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By Matthew Martinez

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Response comes in wake of Trump’s executive order

The Golden Eagles defeated top-ranked Villanova Jan. 24 in what is being called the greatest regular season game in the history of the men’s basketball program.

An unranked team beating the No. 1 team in the nation is a very rare occurrence.

It has implications for the team’s tournament hopes, but also for several other facets of the university.

Marquette’s social media accounts are a prime example of this. Immediately following the win, accounts were hit with a barrage of interactions.

Tim Cigelske, director of social media in the Office of Marketing and Communication, said 210,000 impressions flooded Marquette’s primary Facebook account, and the primary Twitter account See VILLANOVA page 16

By McKenna Oxenden

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University President Michael Lovell embraces a fellow fan in celebration of MUBB’s victory over Nova.

Conservative speaker sparks conflict MU staff member takes to social media in protest

By Matthew Martinez

matthew.martinez@marquette.edu

Monday, Jan. 30, a Marquette staff member commented on Facebook she would be attempting to deter the Feb. 8

Lovell pens letter, stands for inclusion

Ben Shapiro event sponsored by the Young Americans for Freedom. Shapiro, a conservative lawyer, editor and speaker is to address to Marquette students his viewpoints on campus culture.

Christina Nelson, program assistant at the Center for Gender and Sexualities Studies, voiced her displeasure with the event and expressed a goal to block its success.

In her Facebook posts, Nelson said: “The suggestion I received and will be promoting is to go (to) the Mission Week events that day, reserve a seat through Eventbrite as a student (to take a seat away from someone who actually would go) and not protest the day of. I would be in support the day after, so we do not give Ben much power.”

Nelson’s concern stems from a Shapiro promise to make

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Take a seat away from someone who would actually go.” Christina Nelson Marquette Center for Gender and Sexualities Studies Program See SHAPIRO page 2 MARQUEE

During the afternoon of Jan. 30, University President Michael Lovell and several other university officials issued an official letter announcing support for all students, documented or not.

The letter, signed by Lovell, Provost Daniel J. Myers, vice president for mission and ministry the Rev. Tom Krettek, S.J. and newly appointed Marquette Student Government President Adam Kouhel, comes in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration ban executive order. The order prohibits Syrian refugees from entering the U.S. indefinitely and suspends all other refugees for 120 days. All people from seven Muslim-majority countries have also been blocked from entering the U.S. for 90 days: Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.

The letter said more than 135 years ago, Marquette was founded to provide education for everyone, not just some people.

And today, as the school hosts people from over 72 countries, the university doesn’t intend to change that.

“Our Catholic and Jesuit tradition calls us to speak out. We stand with our international students and any other student whose family is impacted by See LOVELL page 2 OPINIONS

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MU officials reinforce dedication to Jesuit values this evolving situation,” the letter said. “Our mission states clearly that we at Marquette University offer personal attention and care to each member of the Marquette community.”

Nick Bury, a senior in the College of Education, said he appreciates how Lovell and the rest of the administration is handling the response to Trump.

“I have to admire (Lovell’s) commitment to standing by his religious principles,” Bury said. “I also liked his reference to the German immigrants who fled here. Looking to the past is important. It helps give perspective, and perspective can help foster empathy.”

The letter emphasized the resources available to undocumented students at the university.

“We welcome and benefit enormously from the diversity of seekers within our ranks,” the letter said. “And for all members of the Marquette community to give concrete expression to their beliefs by giving of themselves in service to those in need.”

Clare Danielson, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she found the letter refreshing.

“I think it’s cool that (Lovell) genuinely cares about all students no matter what their background is,” Danielson said. “I think it’s a nice break from such negativity surrounding the election. I’m

glad he’s putting Marquette before anything else.”

Tadhg Scully, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said he was proud to attend a Jesuit university that is willing to take a public stance on immigration issues.

“The type of legislation, and even more so executive action, that is being taken against immigrants goes beyond politics and enters the realm of justice and human rights. Regardless of political inclination, all students, especially Catholic students, should be able to recognize the humanity in every person,” he said.

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undocumented students shows our dedication to the Jesuit values, and provides a beacon of hope to those students who may feel as though they’re becoming unjustly unwelcome in this country,” Scully said.

The letter referenced Pope Francis as a reminder to continue building bridges. It said the university’s door will always be open for everyone, and will do everything in the its power to keep it that way.

The university ended its letter by reminding students to live by its slogan, “we are Marquette.”

The Office of Marketing and Communication was unable to be reached for comment.

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YAF event remains on schedule an example of any protesters that he encounters before the talk. Hence, all protests opposing Shapiro are slated to occur after the event, according to Nelson’s posts.

“This is what I will be doing.

So register as a student (they can’t tell quite honestly).” Nelson said in her post.

The Facebook posts have since been deleted. The content of these posts is in conflict with university policy, and is being resolved internally.

“As we do with all student groups, our Student Affairs team has been working closely with the Young Americans for Freedom to assist them with their event,” senior director of university communication Brian Dorrington said. “Student Affairs staff members approved their event before Christmas Break without changes, met with them in person to help with event logistics, approved their publicity and met their desire to find a venue with increased capacity. We will work to make sure interested attendees have an opportunity to see Ben Shapiro on Feb. 8.”

Nelson’s posts also seemed to hint that there may be more faculty involved, but no names were given.

“I am staff at Marquette. I checked with other staff members just now,” Nelson said in the Facebook post. “Some of them just found out today.

I will let my supervisor know it is happening too. I will be communicating with other faculty and staff to extend student support on my end.”

YAF chairman Mark Seeberg, a junior in the College of Business Administration, responded to the posts, calling for the university to investigate and hold accountable anybody attempting to interfere with the event.

“Conservative students at far too many other universities have also experienced the same type of bias,” he said. Young Americans for Freedom Marquette asks that students from all political backgrounds will defend free speech on our campus, even when certain administrators will not.” Seeberg said. “Free speech does not entitle you to shut down the free speech of others.”

Nelson unable to be reached for comment.

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A student reported that unknown person(s) removed property est. at $270 from his secured, unattended vehicle in Structure Two between 2:00 p.m. Jan. 21 and and 12:40 p.m. Jan. 28.

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Members of the November Project gather at Marquette in honor of MUBB’s win over Villanova.

Dan and Marquette leader Christine Smith, a senior in the College of Engineering. I reached out my hand, preparing a crisp and firm handshake. Dan looked at me like I had ten heads and said, “We don’t do that here. We hug here.”

Never would I have imagined running around Central Mall, planking right outside Lalumiere Language Hall or doing mountain climbers by the Haggerty Museum of Art, let alone be having the time of my life during one hour of exercise.

There’s an incredible energy with the group. It’s impossible to not feel pumped up or have a smile on your face, even when you think your legs are going to fall off – from both the cold and squats.

Jordan Airola, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences, is the first to admit she is a slow runner. At the November Project, it doesn’t matter.

“I’ll be the last one but people still come up and run behind you and yell, ‘Yeah you’re doing great,’” Airola said. “You just realize it doesn’t matter that you’re the last one. It matters t hat I’m here.”

“I had a funny quote which I didn’t necessarily mean at first

but I’ve said it more since,” Dan said. “People that really enjoy and like their alone time just have the wrong friends. I don’t think that people get out as much as they need to and meet as many new people as they need to, and I think a lot of us end up in the same rut and in the same social situations, so to do that with also a fitness angle gets a lot of boxes checked for people.”

People genuinely want to get to know you. One girl who I partnered with noticed the horse donning my sweatshirt. It turned out that, like me, she rides and owns a horse herself. So as we ran from station to station and motivated one another, we bonded over our love for equines.

“It’s hard to not fall in love with a group as magnetic as this one,” Smith said. “Everyone there is there to support you and it’s this mutual support that you’re sharing with everyone.

It’s a wide range of abilities and backgrounds and personalities.

We have 8-year-olds that go and people in their 70s that go. There is something for everyone.”

When I attended the 171st birthday dinner for the city of Milwaukee (yes, you read right), I was not expecting to meet Evan

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By McKenna Oxenden

Standing in 10-degree weather at 6:24 a.m., with our Marquette University Television reporters Phil Pinarski and Kevin Wells giving me the stink eye, I tried to figure out what I got myself into.

People began crowding onto Westowne Square as butterflies continued to form in my stomach. I hate physical exertion, but apparently, I was about to participate in a workout group.

All of a sudden, as people began chanting “Wake up the beer can!” we became human versions of Bop Its by slapping the ground, spinning in the air and highfiving a partner, it clicked: I was participating in something great.

And exerting energy.

This was the November Project, formed three years ago by Brogan Graham in Boston. Graham’s older brother Dan quickly joined the movement, bringing the project to Madison, Wisconsin, and eventually Milwaukee after moving for his wife.

Every week, a “grassroots get fit movement” is offered. The idea of offering a free, fun, fitness environment and workout has skyrocketed. The November Project is now present in over 31 cities, including some in Canada.

“We take away all other excuses like payments for a gym membership. If you don’t come 10 times in a row, that 11th time you’re still very welcome and we’re happy to have you,” Dan said. “Taking away any and all excuses makes people show up.

The more people that show up, the less you want to miss the next one. It builds on itself.”

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with Marquette approached a student in the 700 block of N. 11th Street. One of the juveniles displayed a weapon and demanded the student’s property. The suspects fled with the student’s property but were later located and taken into custody by MUPD and the student’s property was recovered at 9:26 p.m. The student was not injured. The suspects were turned over to MPD. An underage student was walking on a public sidewalk with an open beer can in the

Goyke, representative for the 18th assembly. He’s the one who told me about the November Project and encouraged me to celebrate Marquette’s big win over Villanova by jumping in and getting fit.

Even though I was ready to keel over when he told me how early I would have to get up on a Friday morning when I have no classes, I kept my mind open and decided to jump in. And I’m happy I did.

“This can be as loud and goofy as you want it to be or as serious and quiet as you want it to be,” Dan said. “We end up with a lot of quality people because the grumpy f——— don’t come back. There’s no place for them.

We make you hug, we make you do jazz hands during a workout because if you don’t want to do that, we don’t want you to be here.

Some place down deep in your soul, you want to do a jazz-hands on a Friday morning, whether you admit it to your friends or not. It’s something you want to be doing.”

Despite claiming to hate physical exertion 24/7, it turns out it can be alright. It’s time to stop making excuses and for once in my life, fulfill my New Year’s resolution of “new year, new me.” See you next week, November Project.

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Students take to AMU in support of refugees Peaceful protest encourages MU to stand in solidarity

By Clara Janzen

clara.janzen@marquette.edu

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday, Feb. 27, that significantly limits immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries, and put forward a plan to build a wall on the United States-Mexico border. Both actions received praise and backlash across the nation, with Marquette’s campus being no exception.

Members of the campus group Jesuit University Students Together In Concerned Empowerment were in the AMU Monday advocating for awareness about

the recent actions taken by the Trump administration to restrict immigrant access to the U.S. Lauren Rimmel, a senior in the College of Health Sciences, was one of the many volunteers who worked the table.

“At the end of the day these are issues that are about compassion and life,” she said. “When you are talking about these policies, about building a wall, about blocking refugees, you’re infringing on that humanity that we all share.”

The table was handed out safety pins for students to wear as a sign of solidarity. The volunteers handed out information sheets to students who stopped to grab a safety pin and fill out an email sheet to receive more information in the future.

“What we’re doing here is encouraging and empowering students to contact their

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representatives. People feel strongly about this, and we’re giving them the tools to put their values into action,” Gina DiVittorio, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said about the information sheets.

The sheets provided contact information for Senator Tammy Baldwin and Senator Ron Johnson with phone numbers, a script and suggested phone call structure.

“Everyone’s life matters, not just people in America,” Alexis King, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, said. “It’s everyone in the world.”

King was one of many students who stopped at the table. Some students sat down to immediately call their public officials.

Rimmel said JUSTICE hopes to equip students with the necessary tools to make their feelings

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Seniors Lauren Rimmel and Gina DiVittorio urge acceptance of refugees and immigrants at MU in response to executive orders.

heard. “A lot of times, students are a little apathetic, and they’ll just walk past us, and at this point we’re really encouraging that active citizenship,” she said. “We’re giving them easy and accessible information, and giving them the hope and empowerment to do

something and show that their voice does really matter.”

Information on how to contact those representatives can also be found on their respective websites. Contact information for all U.S senators can be found at contactsenators.com.

New app promotes inclusion Benjamin Zellmer looks to aid student relationships

By Matt Harte

matthew.harte@marquette.edu

A new app could help underclassmen feel included in their community by sharing their guest swipes.

MarquetteMUnchMates, a website and app under development by Benjamin Zellmer, a junior in the College of Health Sciences, would allow underclassmen on the meal plan to request a meal with an upperclassman, faculty member or Jesuit.

The aim is for underclassmen to meet potential mentors and friends while providing the other side with a meal.

Zellmer said the idea came from his own experiences using the guest swipe system. “(Upperclassmen) were the ones that guided me to engage in the Marquette community,” Zellmer said. “A lot of those discussions were over meals, using the guest swipes I had for them.”

Zellmer said a key motivating factor was the university’s 2015 climate study. The climate study found that 64 percent of undergraduate students who considered leaving Marquette did so because they lacked a sense of belonging.

“MUnchMates hopes to create an environment on campus where every student can feel like they can have a home at Marquette,” he said. “It could be a link to organizations, faculty, staff, and upperclassmen who can really

make a student’s time at Marquette very important.”

The program also address low guest swipe use. Alec Johnson, a freshman in the College of Business Administration, said he didn’t utilize the guest swipe system during his first semester.

“It’s not like you have to use the guest swipes, but I think this would be a good way to use them, especially if upperclassmen aren’t on the meal plan,” he said.

Marquette’s Social Innovation Initiative is guiding Zellmer

ideation to feedback.”

Gregory Dobbs, a senior in the College of Communication, said he could see a program like MUnchMates helping the entire campus on a social level.

“I’m sure upperclassmen, faculty, and Jesuits participating in this would also have a blast because there’s a lot of incredibly talented and wonderful people coming into Marquette who might want to drop out only because they haven’t met other wonderful people,” Dobbs said.

MUnchMates was the recipient of a 2016 Strategic Innovation Award. Zellmer plans to pilot a basic version of the program with a small group this semester prior to a developed website or app.

“After that, MUnchMates wasn’t just an idea, it was an idea that the university thought was worth pursuing,” he said.

Zellmer said MUnchMates will need to be a collaborative effort, as his knowledge of computer science and technology is “not nearly advanced enough to begin constructing the app.” He BEN ZELLMER plans to form a team of computJunior in the er science students to program College of Health Sciences MUnchMates and marketing and business students to expose with the effort. Associate Director community members to the idea.

Kelsey Otero said MUnchMates “I hope the team behind was a natural fit, as she advises MUnchMates can reflect Marcommunity members that have quette’s campus community ideas for social change. and what MUnchMates hopes “What’s cool is that the project to do – connect people across is student-driven,” Otero said. campus,” Zellmer said.

“Not only is it being led by Ben, Zellmer said he hopes MUnchbut Ben has brought a number Mates will be ready for incoming of different students into every fall 2017 freshmen. phase of the project so far, from

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I hope the team behind MUnchMates can reflect Marquette’s campus community and what MUnchMates hopes to do – connect people across campus.”

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After delay, dome finally debuts at Valley New additon to be used for collegiate, recreational sports

By Kristina Lazzara

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Marquette’s new seasonal dome at Valley Fields held its first practices Monday morning after months of expedited construction.

“I’m as thrilled and excited as you can possibly be,” athletic director Bill Scholl said. “This will give (students) the chance to fully develop as an athlete.”

Construction began in October 2016 and, after several delays from building and designing the dome, it’s finally open to all student-athletes.

“Even prior to my arrival at Marquette, we’ve talked for years about providing adequate indoor training space for our field sports,” Scholl said.

“It’s nice to walk in and say we finally accomplished it.”

The facility was supposed to open a week prior, but plans were hindered by several factors. The

soil underneath Valley Fields is very soft and caused delays. It took longer than expected to install the footings and help support the foundation so that the structure does not settle into the ground.

Mechanical devices used to inflate the dome also took longer than expected to arrive on site.

The cost of the dome is estimated at $3.6 million and was paid for by various donors and athletic funds set aside by the university.

Marquette contracted Sink Combs Dethlefs for architectural renderings, GRAEF’s Milwaukee office for engineering support and CD Smith Construction Services to lay the foundation o f the facility.

“We consider ourselves a good partner with Marquette,” Rod Krings, the project manager of the dome from CD Smith, said.

“They’re good clients with high expectations. We wish all our clients were like that.”

Krings said despite being a significant undertaking, the dome layout is not complicated.

“It’s a really simple concept,” he said. “It’s like pitching a tent

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Seasonal dome to give club sports, lacrosse and soccer year-round access to full grass field.

when going camping.”

The dome is on a much larger scale than the average tent, so complications came up during the process.

“A big tent,” Scholl said. “One that has to stand up to windloads and snow-loads, all those sorts of things.”

The golf and lacrosse teams were among the first to practice in the new facility. Along with

practices, the fields can host games and tournaments inside during the season.

“If you play lacrosse or you play soccer, it’s hard to practice on a basketball floor in the wintertime,” Scholl said. “This gives them a chance to truly train how they should.”

The 16 varsity sports and countless clubs and recreational sports will also make use of the

facility for the six months of the year it remains up.

“Having the bubble (for practices and games) is a big advantage for us,” Andy DeMichiei, a senior lacrosse player, said.

The university is still working out where the dome will be stored during the other half of the year.

The dome is expected to last approximately 25 years.

Several speakers celebrate Data Privacy Day Graduate student hosts event for MU Cyber Security Club

By Jackson Dufault

jackson.dufault@marquette.edu

Marquette’s Center for Cyber Security Awareness and Cyber Defense recognized Data Privacy Day last Saturday and hosted a talk stressing the importance of data privacy Monday.

The talk was hosted by Drew Williams, a graduate student in the College of Arts & Sciences, and was called “Data Privacy and You.” Williams talked about what private data is, why one should prioritize it and various ways to protect it.

“You hear what will happen if you don’t look into privacy concerns, but a lot of the time when you sit down to enact some of these practices, it’s difficult because there is so much to do, like changing all of your email addresses or making sure each account has its own unique password,” she said.

Williams mentioned how online streaming services, such as Twitch.tv, can be a high source of risk for data privacy issues. She mentioned instances where Twitch streamers have been “swatted,” which is when a hacker gains access to users’ personal information and plays

a prank by calling a SWAT team to their house.

Thomas Kaczmarek, the director of the Center for Cyber Security Awareness and Cyber Defense, stressed how easy it is for virtually anyone to gain access to private data.

“Most people are not aware that anyone can go out and buy (hacking) software and install

it and try and hack into other people’s computers,” Kaczmarek said. “You don’t have to be a genius to be a hacker anymore because you can buy the tools,” he said.

Additionally, Williams and the center are looking to form a Marquette Cyber Security Club, which will work to raise awareness for data privacy.

“There (are) lots of competitions for cyber security and they involve teams working together to either solve some sort of puzzle or get into a site,” she said. “I think that giving people the chance to try out cyber security-related activities might help people pick cyber security as a field they want to get into.”

Debbie Perouli, an assistant

professor in mathematics, statistics and computer science, believes the club can be beneficial.

“One of the reasons I would like to have the cyber security club active is because there are many companies in the Milwaukee area that have a lot of interests and needs in cyber security and they are looking for people to hire,” she said.

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Q&A with new MUSG President Kouhel Former EVP talks plans for remaining semester, SOF

By Kristina Lazzara

kristina.lazzara@marquette.edu

Marquette University Student Government welcomed a new president, Adam Kouhel, the former Executive Vice President, during last Monday’s meeting.

Kouhel was immediately sworn in as president after the resignation of former MUSG President Abe Ortiz-Tapia.

“The way our constitution is written and how our bylaws are written is that if the president

were to resign that EVP would assume the role of the president,” Kouhel said.

Kouhel served as EVP for MUSG since April 2016. He sat down with the Marquette Wire to discuss his new role as president, his thoughts about the transition and what to expect in the remainder of his term.

This interview has been lightly edited and condensed.

What ran through your mind when you found out Abe was going to step down?

My first concern that I wanted to address was how was Abe doing. When Abe decided to announce his resignation, I wanted to make sure it was a decision that

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he was comfortable with and one that was really best for him as he goes into his last semester of senior year. Immediately following that, my executive board, Abe, my adviser and I had to come together and talk about how we will be announcing the news to the Marquette Community.

Your first priority is picking your new EVP. What’s next on the list?

Within the next two weeks, I will be putting together what I call a “vision map” of what I want to see the rest of my term. In there we’ll talk about some of the campaign promises Abe and I had made; I still want to fulfill them the remainder of my term. That will be a public document that will hopefully be available in the next two weeks or so. It will lay the vision of our organization, some of the changes to help improve the community within MUSG internally and the greater Marquette externally as well.

How were your roles as EVP different than your roles now?

Internally my main responsibility was managing the student organization funding process.

I worked with almost 300 student organizations on campus training them, going through the application process and the allocation and reimbursements of funding to student organizations.

It’s one of the largest things that we do within MUSG the service that we offer students. Working around campus, like meeting with administrators, putting together focus groups, I served on a few different university committees where they are seeking student feedback. It was really just making sure I was engaged and

connected with everything that was happening on campus.

How that transitions now to my role as president is I now manage our other vice presidents, like our financial VP, communications, etc. I oversee the staff and all the things they’re doing in their individual departments. I manage MUSG as an organization as a whole. I serve on the budget committee working closely with our

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able to support me throughout the entire process.

What makes you the most nervous?

I love public speaking, but I get super nervous before I go in front of big crowds. In this role I’ll have a lot of opportunities to be able to do that. I will be emceeing the National Marquette Day pep rally, so that one I’m a little nervous about.

How do you feel to be on this journey without the person you started it with?

When Abe and I decided to run and we did the campaigning, it was very nice to have him with me, and in these nine months we had the utmost honor to serve the students. Privilege of a lifetime really. This has actually made my Marquette expeADAM KOUHEL rience working with Abe. But I MUSG President have comfort knowing that he made the decision that was best for him and that makes me feel financial VP. But then also I have OK. Now as I look forward to the utmost opportunity and privi- this new journey and role, I am lege to be the voice of the students eager and excited to have new and advocate on all student needs. people alongside me. I had it beAnd that’s what I love most: be- fore and I have it now. That’s not ing able to find out what the stu- going anywhere, thankfully. dent needs and concerns are, then trying to be able to address them.

Do you have any final thoughts?

Are you scared about I would say that I want to reafanything with this transition? firm — whether it was Abe or I I wouldn’t say I’m scared be- or other people that are in the vice cause I have a very strong support president positions and on our exsystem of my executive board, ecutive board — that we are comfriends, family and my advisers. mitted to the students 100 percent.

Even (University President Mi- I love being able to serve the stuchael) Lovell, I had a meeting dents and being able to work with with him yesterday and we had a students everyday, that’s what I’m great conversation about what this passionate about. I hope to have transition was going to look like. a future where I’m able to give I’m definitely a little nervous, but back like I do now. It’s truly a not scared because I know I’ll once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. have people to lean on and to be

I will be putting together what I call a ‘vision map’ of what I want to see the rest of my term,”

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New executive vice president appointed VP of finance elected to ease SOF process, problems

By Camille Paul

camille.paul@marquette.edu

Marquette Student Government president Adam Kouhel held his first meeting and announced his nomination for executive vice president, former Vice President of Finance Cameron Vrana.

MUSG Senate unanimously approved of Vrana’s nomination. Vrana formally resigned from his original position as vice president of finance after the vote.

“I really took a long time to think about who would be the best person to jump right into the SOF process,” Kouhel said. “I believe that Cameron has the experience, the energy and commitment to do a great job.”

Senator Roberto Santos believes Vrana will be a great fit as EVP. “When it was announced I thought it was a good pick

from the start, especially since no one really knew that we would be electing a new EVP this semester,” Santos said. “The vast knowledge that he has on SOF, will create the smallest learning curve that I have ever seen in our organization.”

Vrana’s new role will be dealing heavily with student organizations and student organization funding. SOF is the process by which most student organizations receive the funding necessary to pay for their events and initiatives.

“I’m really excited to get started,” Vrana said. “I wasn’t expecting to come to this position when I first started in MUSG, but I think for the organization it’s the best way to go and I’m excited to help.”

Santos hopes one of Vrana and Kouhel’s top priorities is to continue improving the relationship with Office of Student Development, as it pertains to approving student organization, so new organizations are eligible for funds, and the overall student experience at Marquette.

Photo by Camille Paul camille.paul@marquette.edu

Former Vice President of Finance Cameron Vrana was appointed the new executive vice president.

Additional meeting highlights The next big issue coming up for vote is on Marquette’s choice for food service provider on campus. Marquette has been in negotiations with one provider, but has yet to release the name of the provider.

The new provider has a new service that will give a “unique and quality” dining experience

for students, Kouhel said.

Kouhel also said a main focus of the new dining experience may include keeping dorms open longer and providing healthier food choices for students in a way that does not raise the cost of living.

“That was a primary concern for who Marquette has been negotiating with,” Kouhel said.

Once MUSG is finished negotiating with the provider, it will release the choice, likely in the next few weeks.

Kouhel said MUSG will provide more details to students in the coming weeks.

Kouhel has also met with 7-Eleven owner and talked about providing more healthy food options the store for students on campus.

Financial aid to increase for 2017-’18 year

By Jackson Dufault

jackson.dufault@marquette.edu

Marquette announced it will be increasing the financial aid budget for the 2017-’18 school year last week.

Associate director of university communication Chris Jenkins said Marquette will be supplying over $146 million in financial aid and scholarships to students next fall. This is an increase of $26 million compared to what was distributed during the 2016-’17 school year.

Jenkins reiterated a point from University President Michael Lovell’s address from Jan. 18, stating Marquette must do “everything it can” to meet the challenges facing higher education institutions around the country. He also shared the reasoning behind the increase in financial aid.

“Our Catholic and Jesuit mission calls us to make education more accessible to students who have so much to contribute to our world, but might find themselves shut out of higher

education because of the difficult financial situations their families face. These are top priorities for our university leadership team,” he said.

This announcement is in conjunction with the Jan. 23 announcement that Marquette will increase tuition by $1,330 next year. Jenkins stated tuition covers about two-thirds of the costs for an undergraduate student. He also said it is a top priority to do everything they can to ease the financial burden on Marquette students.

“President Lovell and members of his leadership team understand the sacrifices that students and their families are making to invest in their education, while we must be mindful of maintaining the overall excellence our students have come to expect, and should expect, from Marquette,” Jenkins said.

Jared Moore, a freshman in the College of Business Administration, said the university could give more money to students.

“I understand that college is a business. It’s kind of hard for them to make money if they increase the financial aid but don’t increase the tuition,” he said.

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of Arts and Sciences, Katie Walker said she understood the change in price of tuition, but she wondered how much the increase in financial aid would impact students.

“Personally my financial aid has not gone up over the past four years even though the prices have changed,” Walker said.

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Will Youman, a freshman in the College of Engineering, thinks increasing financial aid handouts and tuition is “counterproductive.” He believes the university does not give out enough financial aid.

“Increasing tuition and increasing financial aid is kind of counterproductive because

it won’t have an effect on the students who can’t already pay,” he said. “Compared to other schools that are ranked above Marquette, (the university) has about the same tuition.

They should lower the tuition here because we’re not getting as good an education as schools (above Marquette).”

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Milwaukee, will you accept this rose?

‘Bachelor’ Nation grows on campus due to local ties

By Catie Murphy

catherine.murphy@marquette.edu

It isn’t quite the norm when a Marquette Law School graduate and a Waukesha native become public figures on a popular show, but when it does, it usually involves lots of roses.

The show, despite some controversy, invites viewers to surround themselves with their closest friends to discuss the drama Nick Viall will bring to the new season.

Watchers can keep an eye out for the Marquette graduate as a contestant as well as the rose-giver who is from Wisconsin.

A true contender from the beginning of the season has been Rachel Lindsay, a Marquette graduate. Being the first ever African American to get the first impression rose and receiving a group date rose only a few episodes afterwards has made her memorable.

Rachel, an alumna of Marquette University Law School, previously worked as an intern for the Milwaukee Bucks and is now an attorney in Dallas, Texas.

Marquette students watching were excited to have such a close connection to a contestant this season, but questioned her decision to pursue the show.

Mary Sizemore, a junior in the College of Engineering, said she liked the connection that hit close to home. “I feel (conflicted and excited), but if she wants to do that, she can do it.

What really mattered is that Nick said ‘Marquette’ on live (television) and it was really great,” she said.

Rachel is not the only close tie to Wisconsin this season.

Nick himself is from Waukesha and graduated from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

On the Jan. 23 episode, Nick and the contestants traveled to Waukesha. One lucky girl, Raven Gates, got to spend the

Photo by Austin Anderson austin.anderson@marquette.edu

Steve Lewandowski, a sophomore in the College of Engineering, and Lou Hasebroock, a freshman in the College of Education, watch the latest episode of “The Bachelor,” which aired Monday. Watch parties for the show take place across campus on a weekly basis.

day with Nick and had the opportunity to meet his parents and attend his younger sister’s soccer game. After the game, the two ate dinner in, and rollerbladed through, the Milwaukee Art Museum.

Rachel Bandy, a sophomore in the College of

parties to “Bachelor” brackets, students are taking part in activities related to the show.

Some might even say that the “Bachelor Nation” on campus is stronger than ever.

Sizemore started hosting viewing parties at her apartment this season.

“I send out a big text to my friend group and the (boys) all say they’re never going to come, but I tell them I have (chips and) dip, so they show up. Now they come every week. They’re hooked,” she said.

Bandy also watches the show with her friends in her room in Schroeder Hall.

She believes “The Bachelor” is a show that needs commentary from friends.

While some Marquette students love Monday nights solely for “The Bachelor,” not everyone is on board with the choices Mary Sizemore the network ABC has made in Junior in the College of the past.

Engineering Carly Ogletree, a sophomore in the College of Arts Arts & Sciences, found & Sciences, has trouble these Wisconsin scenes getting on board with the especially entertaining. idea of “The Bachelor.”

“It’s interesting to see such “It commercializes hua presence of Milwaukee in man connection. They go on the show,” Bandy said. the show to find love … just From weekly viewing to get their hearts broken. It

“

I send out a big text to my friend group and the (boys) all say they’re never going to come, but I tell them I have (chips and) dip, so they show up. Now they come every week.

They’re hooked.”

creates unrealistic relationship expectations,” she said.

The show has been critically bashed several times for many reasons. After 30 seasons of the two series, “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette,” only seven couples are still together, according to People.

It has also seen backlash from several groups of people of color and the LGBTQ+ community because there has only ever been one person who has not been white as the bachelor or bachelorette and there have only ever been straight couples. “(The show) is heteronormative. The fact that ‘The Bachelor’ has never had a gay or lesbian season is exclusionary,” Ogletree said. “’The Bachelor’ has a great opportunity and perspective … and because it’s coming from the producers of ‘The Bachelor,’ people would watch it and they’re not taking that opportunity.”

Although the show experienced a lot of hate, it doesn’t look like it’s going to end any time soon based on positive reactions from students.

“I’ll probably watch until the very last season,” Sizemore said.

Some, like Bandy, have high

hopes for themselves in the future as the next Marquette student-turned-contestant.

“I really think I could go on the show and win. I think (I’d) know what to say at this point and just build up their ego the entire time,” she said.

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Snapchat, Instagram send Vine to its grave Video app loses its social aspect after competitors appear

By Lucie Sullivan

lucienne.sullivan@marquette.edu

Four years of Vine felt like six seconds on loop for some, with constant repeats of fail videos and makeshift musical artists dominating media feeds. Before Snapchat and Instagram created their own video services, Vine was many people’s go-to for shorts on comedy, music, art and more.

Vine, shut down Jan. 17, will now be a video formatting app which allows users to make the same six-second videos it was once famous for, except with no social aspect.

“I would have been a lot sadder if this had happened when I was in high school,” Elyse Monaghan, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, said.

She does get a kick out of the trending hashtag on Twitter about the matter, “#RIPVine.” She used to be an avid user of the application and even made her

own videos from time to time. they wanted,” Gaughan said. He Vine’s self-acclaimed peak was attended a private high school and in 2014, before many current said that sometimes people got in students attended Marquette. trouble for the content they would Danny Gaughan, a sophomore post on the application. in the College of Arts & SciVine evolved into a huge social ences, said he liked it when Ins- media presence, with lots of users tagram didn’t and many people have videos gaining fame from and Snaptheir videos. Fachat wasn’t mous Vine users that big yet. like Jack & Jack Vine is and Nash Grier owned by made careers out Twitter, and of their Vine recwas originalognition, signing ly intended record deals and to be a video movie contracts.

Maggie McDonald Monaghan said service that Junior in the College of that her personal would coBusiness Administration favorite Vine star incide with their app. It was the user Nut, was created in 2012 and gener- who made quirky and humorous ated buzz because of its short, videos but never gained the kind looping video format that was dif- of sponsored fame that Grier and ferent than anything people had Jack & Jack did. seen before.

Maggie McDonald, a junior Twitter and Vine users never in the College of Business Adforesaw how big the social aspect ministration, also said Nut was of it was going to be. her favorite Viner.

“Vine wasn’t mainstream when “I used to watch Vine in high it first started, so people at my school every night before I went high school just posted whatever to bed,” McDonald said. She’s

“

I used to watch Vine in high school every night before I went to bed.”

a little sad that the service is It was not generating the kind of shutting down, but says that it revenue that it did in 2013-2014, simply became irrelevant. and its future was in question Gaughan, Monaghan and due to quick turnover rates in McDonald all said that they the executive department. deleted the app before its shutPreviously posted videos will down because it was not enter- still be available to view on Twittaining or relevant anymore. It ter and beyond, but Vine’s short was overshadowed by Insta- yet notable time in the social megram video, which offers users dia world is officially over. the chance to post 60 second videos.

“Six seconds was too tight of a time constraint,” McDonald said.

Instagram’s longevity and S n a p c h a t ’s rising fame ultimately won out over Vine. In October 2016, the company announced that it would be shutting down the app in the coming months.

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Literature lovers bond over favorite books Eat Read Love gives outlet for avid readers to connect

By Katie Hauger

katherine.hauger@marquette.edu

While reading can become monotonous for some students in college, for others, it brings enjoyment and the desire to discuss.

Mallory Winkler, a freshman in the College of Communication, has searched for a book club since she came to Marquette.

“I love reading and any chance I get to pick up a book that isn’t a textbook, I go for it,” she said.

Winkler is a part of a few online book clubs and hasn’t been able

to find a group that meets in person until now. She recently joined Eat Read Love, Marquette’s only book club that launched this semester. By attending, Winkler ensures she has the time for fun reads despite her class schedule.

Co-presidents Lauren Flatley, a junior in the College of Business Administration, and Siena Giacomantonio, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, founded the book club this semester when they noticed Marquette didn’t have one. Avid readers themselves, they wanted to form a relaxing space where they could take a pause from their school life for an hour or so to talk about good books.

“I think (the schedule) is great

because it allows me to be involved with other clubs on campus too,” Winkler said.

The club currently meets biweekly Thursdays at 8 p.m. in Cudahy 126.

Another club member, Breanna West, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she heard about the club through the Marquette website on the clubs and involvement page.

“I think the name of the club is great because it references the book ‘Eat, Pray, Love,’” she said.

West said she is excited to read with others who love books as much as she does.

Members can join friends or make new ones as they discuss books decided upon by the group.

Each month, the co-presidents pare down from suggestions and club members’ preferences to four books, and then the club takes a poll.

So far, the preference seems to be young adult books due to their shorter length and lighter content. For February, the club will read “Everything, Everything”

by Nicola Yoon.

“We choose books that we feel the students will enjoy and will serve as an escape from the hectic academic atmosphere,” Giacomantonio said.

Giacomantonio said the club was not aimed to emulate a typical classroom setting.

“The meetings focus on opinions, thoughts and

questions about characters, themes and plot, but in a comfortable and friendly environment,” Giacomantonio said.

On the weeks where the club isn’t discussing books, members can still come together for crafts, movie nights or other fun activities.

“A good way to bond with friends is over books and a cup of coffee,” West said.

There is a Goodreads page to make comments about the book to enable people to say more outside of the designated discussion time. More updates and information can be found on their Facebook page.

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Reopening of LGBTQ+ Resource Center commendable This week’s reopening ceremony of the LGBTQ+ Resource Center on campus calls attention to recent laudable efforts by the university to support and embrace the Marquette LGBTQ+ community. In the past, controversy and difficulty have hindered the university’s progress in creating a welcoming environment for students and faculty who identify as part of this minority group. However, the opening of the resource center, among other campus events and initiatives, shows Marquette’s genuine commitment to all its students.

Now, perhaps more than ever, is a significant time to strengthen any efforts that support minority groups on campus. As University President Michael Lovell and other community leaders identified in a letter to the university Monday addressing current U.S. immigration policy, Marquette will always “provide accessible education for all, not some.”

True to the Jesuit ideal of becoming “men and women for others,” Marquette will never create or foster any sort of environment that makes people feel vulnerable. The Jesuit value of care for the whole person extends to all people, and Marquette has shown its dedication to promoting that ideal always, especially during times that are difficult.

In October, the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property protested on campus against Marquette’s “gender theory,” specifically gender neutral bathrooms and the resource center. Representatives from the group told the Marquette Wire they believe that through these student services, Marquette violates its own Catholic values.

University Provost Dan Myers, who stood in counter protest

across Wisconsin Avenue from the TFP with members of the Marquette community, said in an email, “There is no question that our Catholic, Jesuit mission calls on us to be a welcoming place for all, and we strive to be that welcoming place.”

Coordinator for LGBTQ+ programs and services Enrique Tejada III said in an email, “I believe that it is because of Marquette’s Catholic, Jesuit identity and values that our LGBTQ+ Resource Center is able to operate on a religious and specifically Catholic campus.”

Marquette — along with prominent Jesuit figures like Pope Francis and the Rev. James Martin — refuse to allow the Catholic Church’s complicated relationship with members of the LGBTQ+ community to stand in the way of inclusion and support.

According to Myers, several other Jesuit colleges have similar centers or offices that serve LGBTQ+ students.

“I think that there is a sordid history with LGBTQIA+ folks and the entire Christian church,” Tejada said. “However, if we as a university and staff focus on Jesuit and Christ-like values of

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care, compassion and support, we will find answers to these inquiries and reasons why our center should exist.”

Back in 2010, controversy ensued when the university rescinded an offer to hire a new dean for the College of Arts & Sciences from Jodi O’Brien, a lesbian woman of Seattle University, a Jesuit college in Washington state, who had published scholarly articles on gender and sexuality. A former Marquette spokeswoman told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel at the time that the decision to withdraw the offer from O’Brien wasn’t about her sexual orientation but rather some of her published works “relating to Catholic mission and identity.” Around 100 students, frustrated by the university’s lack of transparency about the situation, protested the decision on campus.

Today, the university’s support for the LGBTQ+ campus community through this resource center and other initiatives shows that we have taken steps in the right direction and are creating a more accepting environment for future students. These developments demonstrate Marquette’s willingness to recognize areas that need improvement.

As reported in Marquette’s fall 2015 campus climate survey results report, LGBTQ+ students expressed feelings of isolation, discomfort and unwelcomeness here at Marquette. So, although the university has taken strong initiative and made great strides in showing support and fostering inclusion, some change in overall campus attitude is still necessary and students must continue to follow the example that the university has put forth.

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Giving meaning to words requires care Morgan Hughes

In 2013, Time magazine published a cover story titled, “Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation.” Underneath the headline was a picture of a teenage girl holding a cell phone, posed to take a selfie. Most commonly, this is the image attached to the word.

In 2013, the word millennial still had a little bite, but now, three years later, the word has no real applicability. It’s useless.

Colloquial buzzwords travel through pop culture like a tongue twister through a game of telephone, and like in a game of telephone, eventually the words lose all meaning.

Maybe it began innocently, as a generation bracket, but the term millennial has quickly turned into a pejorative geared toward shaming anyone younger than 25, solely for being younger than 25.

Technically, millennials are anybody with a birth year between 1982 and 2004. But when the stuffy 45-year-old Luddite disparages millennials, the slight is directed at us, the teenage and early 20-somethings.

Generational designations can and will be used to pigeonhole and generalize a mass demographic, but assigning the term millennial to anything relating to youth reduces any meaning or value the word once had.

It’s a meme, it’s a joke, it’s a phrase satirical news sites can throw in a headline because they recognize the irony in its contemporary overuse.

The argument is not that agebased research or analysis isn’t

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useful, because it is. Use the word anthropologically. That’s fine. But when newscasters, editors, talk show hosts and the like add the word to their scripts, they do so to create an emotional response, because while the word was used to describe an age category, it now describes what’s wrong with the world.

Millennials are always on their phones, millennials are narcissistic, millennials are lazy, etc. This ubiquitous rhetoric disregards the truth in exchange for a feeling.

My 12-year-old sister is obsessed with her tablet, and every chance I get, I remind her that the world wasn’t always like this — that kids used to go outside. But what ground have I to be self-righteous?

Older generations will always scapegoat younger generations. But the problem isn’t about the generational divide, it’s about the power we assign language and the responsibility to use it accurately.

People’s understanding of the world is framed by communication, but when the efficacy of that communication falters, how can we expect anyone to gain a shared understanding?

Maybe it’s just that I’m getting older and have been forced to pay closer attention. Maybe the world has always looked like this.

But it seems that we are disjointing from one another. Miscommunication has enabled the rise and proliferation of hate speech, bitterness and anger.

None of this is because people think millennials spend too much time online, but this phenomena of misbranding is an accessible example for a much larger problem that’s more difficult to pin down.

If we chose our words and the meanings we assign to them more carefully, with clearer and more precise intent, perhaps we would see less division among us.

I have never agreed with the adage that actions have more power than words. Given recent events, we would all want to reconsider the impact of rhetoric, whether that impact be positive or negative.

Morgan Hughes is a junior studying journalism and political science. She can be reached at morgan.hughes@marquette.edu

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Trump’s treatment Growing up in Titletown, USA of press must change Ryan McCarthy

The most shocking thing about White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer’s lie regarding the size of Trump’s inauguration crowd was how unnecessary it felt. Almost nobody cares about inauguration attendance numbers. What’s unsurprising, though, is how this administration is consistently willing to promote falsehoods and misinformation out of nothing else but petty vanity.

It is healthy to be skeptical, but denying easily verifiable information because it does not conform to your self-absorbed conception of reality is madness. In cases like this, there is only one version of reality and it is not subject to partisan debate.

Sure, there are limitless perspectives and interpre tations of what the truth could mean, but those opinions must be pliant to actual data.

We are looking at the beginnings of a vicious war between the White House and media organizations. In an interview with The New York Times, Trump’s chief strategist Steve Bannon said, “The media here is the opposition party. They don’t understand this country. They still do not understand why Donald Trump is the president of the United States.”

In a sense, he’s right. Republicans have near complete control of the federal government, there is little Democrats can do to function as an effective opposition party. The biggest obstacle to Trump’s agenda is public backlash, which is often stirred by the media.

This is why Trump tweets that The New York Times and CNN are “FAKE NEWS,” so he can discredit his only real opposition in the next four years. So far, this strategy seems to have worked. A Gallup poll from September of last year found that only 32 percent of Americans have “a great deal” or “a fair amount” of trust in the media, the lowest level since Gallup began conducting the poll.

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Trump is essentially inoculating himself from criticism by frequently exposing himself to low doses of scandal, like a vaccine.

When former senior adviser David Axelrod and the Obama Administration excluded Fox News from a round of interviews in 2009, the networks united, refusing to attend the interview without Fox. Now, more than ever, it is important for media organizations to provide a unified front against new assaults on objective truth. Instead of allowing lies to go unchallenged and unchecked, the media must push back.

Defending Spicer’s comments about the inauguration crowds, Trump spokeswoman Kellyanne Conway told Meet the Press’ C h u c k Todd that Spicer was m e r e l y providing “alternative facts.” Ignoring the terrifyingly Orwellian implications of the phrase, “alternative fact” is just a thinly veiled euphemism for a lie.

T h i s would not have been a story if Trump, Spicer and Conway had not continued to boldly lie about it. One question this meltdown raises: What happens when the stakes are higher? After all, at absolutely zero point in its history has the United States government been a paragon of honesty or transparency. The president is also the communicator-in-chief, and when he and his staff are knowingly dishonest, it causes lasting damage to the country. The scars of Richard Nixon’s “alternative truths” are still apparent.

In his inaugural address, Trump said he wanted to be a president for all Americans. When he chooses to promote an alternative reality, or suggests that there is no objective truth, he is further dividing the country into competing realities colored by partisan preference.

Ignoring the terrifyingly Orwellian implications of the phrase, ‘alternative fact’ is just a thinly veiled euphemism for a lie.”

Ryan McCarthy is a junior studying journalism. He can be reached at ryan.w.mccarthy@marquette.edu

Caroline Kaufman

After crying in my beer for a week after Green Bay’s loss against the Falcons, the diehard Packer fan in me is ready to talk about my experiences growing up in Titletown, U.S.A. Green Bay is a small, seemingly ordinary town that lives and breathes football.

However, this inconspicuous city fosters a unique relationship between residents and the Green Bay Packers — unlike that of any other NFL team and its fans.

I didn’t realize the magnitude of this relationship until I moved to Milwaukee, another Wisconsin city chockfull of Packers fans, but one where games are just a Sunday afternoon event, not an all-encompassing six-month commitment. And when the season is over, Milwaukeeans get on with their lives. The same cannot be said about the residents of Green Bay. For example, my dad, a lifelong Packer Backer, named by brother Brett after none other than the revered Brett Favre. I went to Vincent T. Lombardi Middle School, named after the famous head coach from the 1960s. Many streets in Green Bay bear the names of Packers players and staff, like Holmgren Way, Lombardi Avenue and Reggie White Way. My entire family is on the season ticket waiting list, and I am anxiously waiting for my tickets to come, hopefully sometime in the next 20 years.

No, this isn’t an SNL parody.

This was my childhood, and I didn’t realize how odd it was until I was surrounded by much mellower Packers fans here in Milwaukee.

Green Bay has a little over 100,000 residents, making it the smallest city to have a professional sports team.

The second smallest is Buffalo, with a population of just over 250,000. Because Green Bay is so small, it isn’t out of the ordinary to run into Packers players around town. I worked at an ice cream shop in high school where I served many Packers and their families on a weekly basis. On Halloween, we always tried to go trick-or-treating at Packers players’ houses for the chance to have Brett Favre or Donald Driver answer the door. There is something very special and humbling about being able to see Aaron Rodgers’ car in

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Caroline went to a middle school named after the famous Packer Vince Lombardi. A statue of him stands outside Lambeau Field.

front of you in the Starbucks drive-thru. The people of Green Bay live among the individuals they look up to and cheer on every week.

Also contributing to the close-knit relationship between the Packers and Green Bay residents is the fact that the team is publicly owned.

The Packers are the only NFL team that releases stock to raise money for the organization, making the stockholders owners of the team. The Packers also give away 3,000 tickets per home game to Brown County residents as a thank you to them for the county-only sales tax they pay

to cover the Lambeau Field renovation that took place in the early 2000s.

Without the Packers, Green Bay would be just another Midwestern town. I used to wish I were from somewhere more exotic (Chicago suburb, anyone?), but I am grateful I was able to experience all things that are quintessentially Green Bay, even my cringeworthy prom pictures taken in the Lambeau Field Atrium.

Caroline Kaufman is a junior studying corporate communication and writing-intensive English.

She can be reached at caroline. kaufman@marquette.edu

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A Marquette fan sits on another fan’s shoulders on the BMO Harris Bradley Center court following the men’s basketball team’s 74-72 upset against No. 1 Villanova.

GoFundMe page created to double court storming fine

By Jack Goods

jack.goods@marquette.edu

Will Knight, a 2014 graduate of Marquette, couldn’t stop pacing after Marquette’s upset of No. 1 Villanova. He decided not to make the drive up from his home in Chicago for the game because he expected a blowout, but he still watched it on TV. His group chat with 20 other Marquette alumni blew up as the Golden Eagles made their comeback.

“I was sweating,” Knight said.

“I was shaking for about a half an hour after the game.”

Marquette stopped Jalen Brunson on a drive to win the game 74-72, and the student section stormed the court. That’s when Knight started joking with the rest of the group chat about the idea of creating a GoFundMe page to match the $5,000 fine from the BIG EAST for Marquette’s violation of the conference’s policy against crowd storming.

Then Knight’s idea became a reality, as he set up a GoFundMe page for the first time.

“I knew when I came here it was a very special fan base and

very supportive fan base,” athletic director Bill Scholl said.

“I think that was a very tangible example of it.”

The money from the fine and from the crowdfunding project will go to Camp Hometown Heroes, as Marquette was able to give the money to a charity of their choice, per NCAA policy. Camp Hometown Heroes is a non-profit organization that serves military members’ children and siblings between the ages of 7 and 17. Head coach Steve Wojciechowski

has worked with the charity quite frequently, including supporting Camp Hometown Heroes through ESPN’s Infiniti Coaches Challenge.

“It takes us by surprise,” said Deb Paschke, executive director of Camp Hometown Heroes. “It was enough that Coach Wojo and the entire athletic department wanted to get behind us with the fine, but when Will stepped up, it (was) just amazing.”

The GoFundMe has raised about $1,400 toward its goal, with over 40 people donating

to the cause.

“I didn’t think I was going to get anywhere close to that,” Knight said. “Especially with the first few days, I was at $300 for a while.”

Knight’s work will double the amount of children that can go to camp for free. It costs $1,000 to send a child from Wisconsin and $1,500 to send someone who needs to fly in. The charity covers the costs for the kids to come to camp. “(We’re) grateful to everybody who steps up for us, and

the enthusiasm is amazing,” Paschke said. “They know what we’re about.”

For Knight, it’s been a way to live up to the Marquette name.

He’s betting others feel the same way he does.

“I thought $5,000 isn’t that much money,” Knight said. “I’m sure we can raise $5,000 between all the Marquette alumni. … Why not match it and live up to all the Jesuit education, Jesuit values we were taught at Marquette?”

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A group of fans stand on the BMO Harris Bradley Center floor. The BIG EAST fined Marquette $5,000 for violating conference rules.

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How clear is MUBB’s tournament path?

MUBB in field for majority of bracket projections

By Jack Goods

jack.goods@marquette.edu

The optimism surrounding men’s basketball took a hit Saturday with a loss to Providence, but Marquette still has a path to make the tournament for the first time since 2013.

ESPN’s Joe Lunardi, Sports Illustrated’s Michael Beller and CBS’s bracket all have Marquette as an eight seed in their latest Bracketology. Teamrankings.com has Marquette at a 67.5 percent chance of making the tournament, slightly down from the 79 percent the Golden Eagles were at before the Providence loss.

So, the loss to the Friars isn’t a back-breaker, but it certainly gives Marquette far less wiggle room.

The Golden Eagles are 5-4

in BIG EAST play and now have a handful of resumebuilding wins. Villanova is obviously at the top of that list.

Marquette’s victory against Creighton, who was playing without injured Maurice Watson, took a hit with the Bluejays’ 20-point loss to Georgetown. If the Bluejays stabilize after a beatdown of DePaul Saturday, a win at one of the toughest places to play in college basketball will be looked at fondly by the selection committee.

The victory against Georgia in non-conference will also help. The Bulldogs sit just outside the top 50 in RPI and KenPom. And just as valuable as the wins is Marquette’s lack of horrific losses. Michigan, Pittsburgh and Seton Hall are all on the bubble currently.

Luckily for Marquette, it’s already gone through the tougher half of the conference schedule. Of the nine remaining games, four are against teams in the bottom half of the conference: at St. John’s, at

DePaul, at Georgetown and at Providence. KenPom favors the Golden Eagles in all but two of their remaining games: Georgetown and Xavier.

It also helps that it’s a down year for mid-majors.

There aren’t many teams from smaller conferences with good enough resumes that would get in even without winning their conference tournament.

The Atlantic 10 is projected to get only one or two teams in the field, while the American Athletic Conference’s only shots are SMU and Cincinnati barring a surprising upset in the conference’s tournament.

The teams on the bubble are far from impressive.

Although it is hard to make this a simply numerical game, if Marquette gets to 10 wins in the conference, that’s usually good enough to make the tournament. Both Providence and Butler were 10-8 last season and made it in, and Marquette already has wins that will impress the selection committee. However, if

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Marquette dropped Saturday’s game against Providence, 79-78.

Marquette’s losses come against teams like St. John’s and DePaul, that could drag the team down more than wins against Georgetown and a Maurice Watson Jr.-less Creighton will raise them up.

In many ways, Marquette controls its own destiny. If the Golden Eagles win the

games against the teams below them and lose against the teams above them on the remaining schedule, they should be in. But as we’ve seen this week, the games don’t always go down the way they are supposed to on paper.

Injuries, upsets narrow BIG EAST third place race Creighton, Xavier both lost star point guards for season

By Grant Becker

grant.becker@marquette.edu

When Marquette men’s basketball upset No. 1 Villanova Tuesday night, the Golden Eagles looked as likely as any of the BIG EAST’s second tier teams to climb up and claim third place in the conference.

The next night No. 16 Creighton looked poised to bounce back on the road at bottomdwelling Georgetown, but the Hoyas obliterated the Bluejays, further bolstering Marquette’s chances of bringing home BIG EAST bronze.

Thursday, No. 24 Xavier fell to No. 19 Cincinnati in a game that had no effect on the BIG EAST standings, but added to the pile of evidence suggesting the Musketeers may be riding more on preseason expectations than anything else at this point.

So naturally when Marquette had a chance to make a statement Saturday with a convincing win at home against Providence, they lost a barnburner in front of their biggest crowd of 2017. The loss handed sole possession of third place to Creighton, who have now played three games without their star Maurice Watson Jr.

It also gave Xavier the opportunity to move into fourth place with a win over St. John’s Sunday and they did exactly that, but it came at a cost. Star point guard Edmond Sumner, a potential All-BIG EAST First Team player, suffered a serious knee injury in the second half resulting in a season ending ACL injury.

Every time it looks like the race for third place is heading one way, the basketball gods shake things up.

It’s unlikely the team that finishes in third place will have more than six or seven losses (the last two third place BIG EAST teams finished at 126). That makes it tough for the likes of Providence, St. John’s, Georgetown and DePaul, who all already own at least six losses, to squeak in.

Seton Hall has five losses, but only three wins and the remainder of their schedule is tough.

They still have road games at Xavier, Butler and a suddenlyhot Georgetown team, plus home games against Villanova and Creighton. It would be borderline miraculous for the Pirates to win more than three of those games, so it’s fair to say they’re not in the hunt for third.

That essentially leaves the competition for third to three teams — Xavier, Creighton and Marquette — two teams who each recently lost a top-seven player in the league for the

season, and the Golden Eagles.

If one of these teams gets hot there’s a chance they could catch Butler since they all still have a game left against the Bulldogs, who have yet to play at Villanova.

But considering the limitations of the Watson-less Bluejays, the Sumner-less Musketeers and the

talented-but-inconsistent Golden Eagles, Butler is a safe bet for second place.

The good news for the three teams chasing Villanova and Butler is they all have tournament resumes and things would have to change dramatically soon for that to change.

Keep an eye on the final week of the season when Marquette closes out BIG EAST play with a road game at Xavier and a home game against Creighton. If there’s anything in this mess to be confident about, it’s that this three-way melee will be a fight to the bitter end.

MARQUETTE SPORTS CALENDAR WEDNESDAY 2/1 Men’s basketball at St. John’s 6 p.m.

FRIDAY 2/3 Track Meyo Invitational Friday-Saturday Men’s lacrosse vs. High Point (scrimmage) 9 a.m.

Women’s basketball vs. Seton Hall 11:30 a.m.

Men’s tennis vs. Toledo 6 p.m.

Men’s basketball at Depaul 1 p.m.

Club hockey vs. Michigan 7:40 p.m.

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SATURDAY 2/4 Track UW-Parkside Classic All day

Men’s Tennis vs. South Dakota State 6 p.m.

Club hockey vs. Michigan 12:40 p.m.

SUNDAY 2/5 Women’s Basketball vs. St. John’s 1 p.m.

BIG EAST STANDINGS MEN’S BASKETBALL (BIG EAST, Overall)

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (BIG EAST, Overall)

Villanova 7-2, 20-2 Butler 7-3, 18-4 Creighton 6-3, 19-3 Xavier 5-3, 15-6 Marquette 5-4, 14-7 Providence 4-6, 14-9 St. John’s 4-6, 10-13 Seton Hall 3-5, 13-7 Georgetown 3-6, 12-10 DePaul 1-7, 8-13

DePaul 10-1, 18-5 Creighton 9-2, 15-6 Marquette 7-4, 16-6 St. John’s 7-4, 15-7 Villanova 6-4, 11-10 Georgetown 5-5, 13-7 Seton Hall 4-7, 11-11 Providence 2-9, 10-12 Xavier 2-9, 10-12 Butler 2-9, 5-17

CLUB HOCKEY ACHA Divison III, Pacific Division (Overall) Marquette 16-2-0 Iowa State 19-3-1-1 Missouri State 22-4-1-1 Colorado “Mines” 17-4-0 Kansas 12-3-1 Fort Lewis 6-2-0 Colorado State 20-7-4 Aurora 17-7-0 Air Force 12-4-3-2 Nebraska 12-7-0

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Women’s basketball utilizing up-tempo offense Kieger and trainer Maggie Smith stress endurance

By John Hand

john.hand@marquette.edu

When asked to explain her offense, Marquette head coach Carolyn Kieger couldn’t help but smile.

“When people ask me ‘what’s your offense?’ I can’t really tell you,” she said. “It’s not like a five-out motion. It’s four out one in. Then it comes up and we add some pinch, post to stuff to it.”

In short, it’s not one set offense, but rather a concoction of the dribble drive and Princeton offenses.

Kieger developed her scheme one summer, while she was an assistant at the University of Miami, after watching countless

hours of John Calipari’s dribble drive offense. When her offense works properly, it makes even the fans watching tired.

“It is very important to be fit when playing with our team,” sophomore guard Allazia Blockton said via email. “We are more run and gun, and even though we play fast on offense we want to play fast on defense, so we press a lot. There is a lot of full court, man to man, so you have to be fit to play fast the whole game.”

So far, Kieger’s offense has shown progression. Marquette’s offense is ranked 17th in the nation and despite two bad backto-back losses, Marquette still stands at 7-4 in conference play and has a legitimate shot at winning the BIG EAST. However, to the casual observer there seems little chance an offense likes Marquette’s will be able to last until March, especially since Kieger usually uses a

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short bench. Kieger has already thought of that. “(The team) has been here all summer with our strength and conditioning coach. We have a plan from day one until the end of March and then we start it back over,” Kieger said. “We want to be peaking in March and we want to be peaking towards the end of the season. That is what they are here to do. They came here to play fast, they came here to play up-tempo and we just got to keep reminding them that the best teams in the country are the fittest teams. I mean that’s what it is. The best players in the country don’t get tired and that I think has helped us in close games.”

The person in charge of that

plan is Maggie Smith, the team’s strength and conditioning coach.

Smith is small in stature. She moves in a quick athletic way and when she speaks she does so in a way that commands attention, while exuding confidence. “(Kieger and I) work together to get their bodies prepared properly,” Smith said. “At the same time these girls, they didn’t come in from their high schools in a prepared way, putting it nicely. They were not prepared at all physically, however, their skill level was very very high. I can get people in shape, so the skill level complements each other.”

In order to have each player ready for November, Smith had the team working on injury

reduction and maintaining strength and muscle mass. During the workouts and games, each player wears a device on their back called the Catapult system that produces an abstract number representing each player’s workload, so Smith can determine how hard to push each player.

“Right now, I’m already talking to them about, ‘We are here right now. We need to get these wins and hold on through February.’ We need to win, while we’re holding on and then we need to peak at the exact right time,” Smith said.

That peak is scheduled to be March 7, the date of the BIG EAST Championship.

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Tedeschi translated gymnastics skills to pole vault Denver transfer set school pole vault record this month

By Brendan Ploen

brendan.ploen@marquette.edu

When looking at a bird’s-eye view, pole vaulting appears straightforward. The vaulter runs, plants the pole and tries to get over the bar. However, for senior vaulter Gemma Tedeschi, it is much more technical than most spectators realize. There are hidden elements and individual movements that can make a difference between reaching new heights or crashing down below.

Tedeschi gravitated toward pole vaulting during her junior year of high school from her first love, gymnastics. She joined the track team and was looking for an event, and her coach told her

to give vaulting a try as it has a lot of similarities to gymnastics she could take advantage of.

“There are a lot of technical elements that are in both sports that a lot of people do not realize,” Tedeschi said. “First, the strength that I did in gymnastics was really helpful for pole vault because a lot of the motions on the pole are very similar to the things that you’d do on the (uneven) bar and other gymnasticsbased drills, and so a lot of the drills in pole vault are the same that you do in gymnastics.”

Although the transition from gymnastics to vaulting was nearly seamless, the transition period into becoming an elite vaulter took a lot of work, and it was her coach who helped perfect her technique and instilled in her the drive to make it at the next level.

“Early on, my coach saw that I had potential and he took me under his wing,” Tedeschi said.

“He actually had a vault pit in his backyard. I would practice all throughout the summer and even during the winter, where we would literally shovel off the ice and snow just to practice.

Throughout all of that, I got better and my technique and height went up as I put more and more into it.”

After transferring from the University of Denver to Marquette, Tedeschi immediately made an impact on the vaulters.

During her first outdoor season, she took third place at the BIG EAST Tournament and was looking for more. She found her stride last season when she scored the second-highest jump in indoor school history at 3.81 meters, or 12.5 feet. She set the all-time school record during the outdoor season when she hit 3.92, or 12.86 feet. Tedeschi said she only hopes to get better by continuing to tweak her

Photo courtesy of the Marquette Track and Field Facebook

Senior Gemma Tedeschi set her record of 3.92 meters Jan. 21.

technique and ultimately reach her goal of breaking 13 feet.

“I want to be the BIG EAST champ for the indoor season, but I also want the BIG EAST winning height to be over 13 feet,” Tedeschi said. “Last year they were not, and both the indoor and outdoor heights were in the 12s. And the year before that there were some really good vaulters at Villanova who were vaulting above 13, and so

I want to raise the bar up to that standard again.”

As Tedeschi moves forward into the season, she continues to push herself and her teammates, and when her mind is racing with technical adjustments she needs to make on the fly, she reminds herself of a piece of advice she received from her coach: “Sometimes you just need to let go all of the technical advice and just go jump.”

Q&A: Story behind ‘Lucky to Win a Game’ film Creators of lacrosse film discuss process of creating project

By Jack Goods

jack.goods@marquette.edu

Sunday the Wire debuted documentary about the growth of the men’s lacrosse program from a startup to the NCAA Tournament in just five years. The Wire spoke to the four executive producers of the project, Grant Becker, Brian Georgeson, Patrick Thomas and Matt Unger about how it all came together.

Jack Goods: I know you guys started this project before the lacrosse team won the BIG EAST Tournament. What was the idea for the documentary originally?

Patrick Thomas: They were a new program that was doing well. It was going to be men’s and women’s originally. It was going to be the sport as a whole, but that’s too broad. We were

just fortunate, I would say, to come across the fact that the team ended up winning the BIG EAST and going to the NCAA Tournament. It narrowed it down for us.

Grant Becker: The fact that they became one of the biggest stories in lacrosse that year changed the direction.

JG: So, I’m guessing when they won the BIG EAST, you must have been thrilled.

Matt Unger: Once they got there it completely changed the script of the story. It was like, “Wow, these guys are really actually good.”

GB: We were excited they won the BIG EAST because they found success so quickly, really concrete success. Not like they were almost there like the season before, where they had a nice little win streak and were ranked for a while.

PT: It also gave us footage of the press conference (men’s head coach Joe Amplo’s emotional postgame press conference

following the tournament game against North Carolina).

GB: That gave us another element. There’s something new here. There’s something here beyond on-the-field success.

JG: How helpful was it that the people you were dealing with were naturally pretty good on camera?

MU: Amplo was a driver of the story for sure. We interviewed him for an hour and a half and there were so many good quotes in there. B.J. (Grill) and Jake (Richard) were very good on camera and they showed emotion. The one scene, Jake literally looks across the camera pretending there’s someone there and says, “I’m playing for you. I love you.”

GB: It’s a good story whether or not those people are good or thoughtful on camera, but it makes it a great story and a really good watch. The most important thing was there were a number of times where we were exhausted

on a Thursday or Friday afternoon. I was like, “I just want this work to be done.” It was kind of the last thing we wanted to do, going into these interviews.

Then they started and you start getting into it. You talk to (former players) Jake Richard, B.J. Grill, Liam Byrnes, (Deputy Athletic Director) Mike Broeker and (Associate Athletic Director – Compliance) Danielle (Josetti) were really good too. Their emotion revived the project every time.

They care about this so so much, from the top to the bottom.

Brian Georgeson: Even the people who weren’t in the Midwest — Corey (McLaughlin) and Terry (Foy), they had so much to talk about. They are die-hard about lacrosse, and so that lacrosse community has really been supportive of Marquette.

JG: How many hours do you think you guys put into this?

BG: It’s got to be over 100.

MU: I was thinking like 150 plus.

GB: I’d say in an average week, each person, between interview prep, transcription, editing, quote cutting, quote selecting, trimming, I would say each person would put in 16 plus hours.

MU: We were there 10 hours a day (in the last few weeks).

JG: Are you surprised by the response so far? The video has over 6,000 views in two days.

GB: I’m not surprised that it got a lot of views or got a lot of traction. We learned throughout how tight the lacrosse community was, especially after seeing the response from our first trailer last semester. I’ve gotten texts from friends of friends who go to different colleges, random people I’ve met one time, saying, “Hey man, that was really cool.”

MU: People eat up lacrosse content because there’s not an abundance of it. ESPN covers lacrosse, but it’s not like they’re making “30 for 30s” on it often.

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Social media, spirit shop benefit from win MUBB Recruits Victory over Nova boosts online stats Update received roughly 156,000 impressions. Marquette’s Instagram account also received 18,400 impressions. It includes a picture of the freshly stormed court that currently has over 4,800 likes on Instagram, more than twice the amount of likes as any other Instagram post.

In total, the Marquette social media team recorded 11,000 incoming messages across all social media in the management system Sprout Social. This includes replies, comments and retweets.

Sprout Social recorded 950 new Twitter followers for official Marquette accounts.

There was also an uptick in Facebook fans with about 300 new fans across all official accounts.

Support for the basketball team in person also received a considerable boost. The crowd at Saturday’s game against Providence amassed 15,369 attendees.

“This is one of our best non-National Marquette Day Big East crowds in the past few years,” Brian Hardin, deputy athletics director, said. “The crowd of 15,369 was our sixth-best in the last 23 Big East games, including two National Marquette Day games.”

Walk-up ticket sales for the Providence game were nine times greater than that of the Villanova game, and 256 percent more than the Saturday, Jan. 14 game against DePaul.

The Spirit Shop received a boost as a result of the win.

While protocol restricts them

Wojciechowski looking to fill final two scholarships

By John Steppe

2,100 Impressions

156,000 Impressions

18,400 Impressions

Attendance up 256% for Providence compared to Jan. 14 against DePaul

11,000 incoming messages across all social media 900 new Twitter followers on all official MU accounts 300 new fans on all official Facebook pages

Source: Office of Marketing and Communication

from giving details, associate director of the Spirit Shop Larry Burke said: “We often experience a significant bump in sales both in the store and online after any major win by the men’s basketball program. This was the case with the recent upset win over #1 Villanova.”

Infographic by Molly McLaughlin molly.mclaughlin@marquette.edu

Online purchase numbers were significantly higher Wednesday, Jan. 25, than any other post-game Wednesday this season. According to Hardin, numbers recorded on Wednesday’s online orders were about a 2,000 percent increase compared to the Thursday after the men’s

basketball win over Seton Hall on Jan. 11.

From a business standpoint, the money made from the Spirit Shop and tickets sales can help fund the $5,000 fine that Marquette accrued for having fans storm the court.

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Back in August, the Wire compiled a list of all the recruits men’s basketball head coach Steve Wojciechowski and his staff were interested in. A lot has changed since then. Many targets have either committed to Marquette or other schools while Wojo and his staff have honed in on other targets since the start of the academic year. Here are the potential Golden Eagles to keep an eye on for the rest of the season.

2017 (Offered) GREG ELLIOTT (Detroit East English Village Prep, Michigan) — Sandy Cohen and Traci Carter’s departures from the program along with Elliott’s connections to Marquette signees Jamal Cain and Ike Eke make the 6-foot-3 guard a logical choice for one of the team’s final two 2017 scholarships. On the court, Elliott has had one of the most productive senior years in the state despite entering the season ranked only 13th among prep players in Michigan. Prior to his Michigan State offer Jan. 29, DePaul was the only other Power Six team to offer the point guard.

Other offers include UWMilwaukee, Temple, Rice, Toledo and Valparaiso.

JACOB EPPERSON (La Lumiere School, Indiana) — Epperson emerged last summer as a solution to Marquette’s lack of depth down low. However, the La Lumiere prospect’s odds of receiving minutes have gone down dramatically since the arrival of midseason transfer and fellow Australian Harry Froling. Epperson, who is known for his defense and playmaking, did not mention the Blue and Gold in a recent interview with Scout’s Evan Daniels.

Epperson also has offers from West Virginia, Creighton, Texas, Virginia Tech and several other high-majors. Michigan State and North Carolina have expressed interest in Epperson but have not offered him yet.

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