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MUPD Sgt. Carrie Peters accepts the AAA traffic safety award Feb. 1 at the Crime Prevention Awards at the Wisconsin Club.
Wisconsin AAA traffic safety award granted to MUPD By Clara Janzen
clara.janzen@marquette.edu
The 68th annual Crime Prevention Awards was held Feb. 1 at the Wisconsin Club, and Marquette University Police Department Sgt. Carrie Peters received the AAA traffic safety award. Peters has worked for one year to increase traffic safety on Marquette’s campus, made possible by an $8,000 grant from the Wisconsin Department of
Transportation last year. Due to the success of Sgt. Peters and the officers who worked with her, she received the AAA traffic safety award. The AAA traffic safety award recognizes police or private citizens who put significant work into preventing traffic-related accidents. “Sgt. Peters was nominated for her work on pedestrian safety issues around campus,” said Nick Jarmusz, director of public affairs for the Wisconsin AAA. “She successfully applied for a High-Visibility Enforcement Pedestrian Grant from the Wisconsin DOT Bureau of Transportation Safety on behalf of the Marquette University Police
Department to improve campus area safety. Sergeant Peters not only oversaw the project, but put considerable time and effort to ensure its success.” During a year-long project, MUPD stopped traffic violators more than it would have been able to due to the increased funding, and it partnered with companies such as 7-Eleven to provide coupons to people following traffic laws. “We are educating, identifying violations and trying to teach people on both sides how to keep themselves safer,” Peters said. According to Peters, trafficrelated incidents have decreased since she and other officers
started their work, and she hopes that continues. “We have reached hundreds of people to really spread the message and improve things,” she said. “We’ve definitely seen progress.” MUPD Captain Kranz said he was proud that Peters’ efforts were rewarded. “The crime prevention awards are usually dominated by the Milwaukee Police Department, so it was cool to see the MUPD recognized,” he said. “She would be the one that would go out into traffic, she stayed late, she did a lot of work on it and that’s why she got recognized.”
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Students walking down Wisconsin Avenue Monday morning got an early Valentine’s Day gift: candy and condoms. The condoms were provided by Planned Parenthood and distributed by students. “This is just kind of a halfway point,” Mary Claire Burkhardt, a freshman in the College of Education, said. “This is much closer in proximity than Planned Parenthood.” Volunteers encouraged passersby with a variety of phrases invoking Valentine’s Day. The volunteers are not affiliated with a specific organization and identify themselves simply as “concerned citizens.” Esther Aviles, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, estimated that over 2,000 condoms were dispensed. This matched the quotas the volunteers achieved during December for their AIDS Awareness campaign. The candy was included to make people feel less bashful about grabbing the brown paper bags. “The candy certainly helps to make things a little bit less See CONDOMS page 4
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MUSG Senator Santos proposes new position 10-page proposal denied without majority vote By Camille Paul
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The proposal of legislation to rearrange MUSG senators’ duties and create a new executive board position created unease at Monday’s meeting. The meeting escalated when senior Senator Roberto Santos attempted to introduce a new 10page legislation that essentially shifts around the senators’ duties. It also creates the position of student organization vice president. The proposal followed the passing of a separate legislation to hold senators more accountable for their attendance at senate meetings, which passed with a unanimous decision. “It’s a time-sensitive issue and that’s why I was so passionate about talking about it tonight,”
Santos said. “This is so big that it’s not something that can be done in a day.” The motion was not entertained by Legislative Vice President Ricky Krajewski, but Santos overturned the decision by calling the senate into a committee of a whole. The move overturned the LVP’s decision and allowed the senators to vote on debating the proposal. The motion lost the majority vote, but stirred some emotions in the senate. MUSG Senator Christian Evans spoke out about the senate’s internal conflict after Santos attempted to push the legislation to the floor. “We need to understand each other and let each other speak,” Evans said. “To try to get things on the floor and to get out your own agendas without getting the voice of other senators is not how things should be done. It’s not productive and it’s not for the betterment of the school.” Santos’ legislation was
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originally brought forward to the Legislation Committee for review and was not accepted. Normally, legislation is brought forward to the committee to be reviewed and edited if need be. If the legislation is denied, senators have to wait a week before resubmitting. Santos hoped to bring the plan
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forward this week so senators could begin thinking about it. He said timely approval of the plan would impact future elections and senators. “If I was running for a position, I would want to know exactly what my duties would be,” Santos said. “I wouldn’t want to run and then, ‘Oh wait, all of my
duties are changed.’” The meeting also re-addressed the tobacco-free policy created by MUSG last year. It will be presented to the Academic Senate this Thursday. A concerned student also took the floor. Gabrielle Hanke, a senior in the College of Business Administration, asked the senate for answers on the recent issue with a Marquette faculty member attempting to block students from attending the Ben Shapiro event. “This was something done against students and we deserve an explanation,” she said. “This goes against everything we believe in at Marquette.” Senate members and MUSG President Adam Kouhel were unable to provide reassurance for what Marquette would do about the situation. “There are internal investigations happening,” Kouhel said. “I don’t know the extent of disciplinary action being taken since it’s a personnel issue.”
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ProductsU delivers food, toiletries Startup seeks to be cheap, convenient, fast alternative By Matt Harte
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A first-year graduate student has made it possible for others around campus to have anything from shampoo to chips at their fingertips. The startup company, ProductsU, was founded by Michael Van Kleunen, a first-year law student. Personal care and food products can be ordered on the company’s website and delivered within 30 minutes. Van Kleunen said he started ProductsU to give students an affordable alternative to shopping at Walgreens. “Walgreens can be so expensive and it’s really the only convenience store in this area,” Van Kleunen said. “There’s roughly 4,000 freshmen and sophomores that don’t have a car, so they don’t have another option.” Erin O’Toole, a freshman in the College of Nursing, said she shops at Walgreens
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because of a lack of other options on campus. “I don’t have a car on campus so I can’t get over to Target all the time,” O’Toole said. “Sometimes I use Zipcar, but you have to pay for that too. Delivery would be a lot easier.” ProductsU started delivering to students at the start of second semester. It services many dorms, apartments and academic buildings. The company was initially funded by Marquette’s Office of Research and Innovation and the Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship. Van Kleunen said the service often provides brand-name products at a cheaper price than competitors can provide. “I’m buying in bulk from a distributor so I don’t have to mark it up like Walgreens does,” he said. “I didn’t need a wide range of goods, I just needed about 100 different products that were tailored to the students.” This fall, Van Kleunen did research to see what products he should provide to students. He found that many students sought items already provided for them in the dorms, such as better quality toilet paper and trash bags. “I looked at those problems that students were facing and anchored around those products,” he said. Meg Flynn, a junior in the College of Education, said she could see ProductsU benefiting students who might not want to leave their residence. “There’s times when you’re like ‘oh no, I’m out of toothpaste,’” Flynn said. “You probably don’t want to go to the store so you could just use this service.” Right now, Van Kleunen is the only person working at
A student reported unknown person(s) forcibly entered his secured, unattended vehicle and removed property from a lot in the 2000 block of W. Wisconsin Ave between Wed., Feb. 8 at 11 a.m. and Sun., Feb. 12 at 3:45 p.m. Estimated damage is $100.
FEBRUARY 10 Unknown person(s) removed university property from the exterior of Marquette Hall between Wed., Feb. 8 at 10 a.m. and Thurs., Feb. 9 at 12:30 p.m. Estimated loss is $120. FEBRUARY 7 Three students admitted to using and possessing a controlled substance on university property at 10:50 p.m.
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Michael Van Kleunen’s startup company has had 10 customers.
ProductsU. However, he plans to employ Marquette students as the company grows. The products are stored in a storage closet at Redeemer Lutheran Church and Van Kleunen does the deliveries himself. ProductsU has serviced 10 customers so far. Van Kleunen said it’s been a struggle to find out what students respond to. “I thought that just doing social media would be good enough, but students aren’t responding to that like I thought they would,” he said. “It’s something I needed to figure out. You’ve gotta
MUPD REPORTS FEBRUARY 13 A student reported that unknown person(s) removed his secured, unattended bicycle in the 800 block of N. 19th St between 2-3 a.m. Estimated loss is $210.
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start somewhere.” Van Kleunen said as ProductsU grows, he could see it expanding to other universities. “I’d like to say if I were to scale this at other universities, it would be something that would be connected to their entrepreneurial department,” he said. “Maybe there’s an entrepreneur student that wants to run their own business and see how that unfolds. They could run ProductsU with some faculty support and make their own business.”
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How MUPD keeps records Requirement of seven years for documentation By Clara Janzen
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When the Marquette University Police Department was established in 2015, it was left with years of records from the Department of Public Safety. For 15 years prior to the establishment of MUPD, DPS worked under the classification of ‘private detective agency.’ “MUPD does not maintain records prior to when we became a police department on May 1, 2015,” said MUPD Chief Paul Mascari. “The length we maintain records created after May 1,
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MUPD does not maintain records prior to when we became a police department on May 1, 2015.”
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2015 varies depending on the type of record.” “We keep records for seven years no matter what,” said Captain Jeff Kranz. Those seven years started in 2015 when MUPD was created, and does not include anything before that. MUPD is subject to the same laws and requirements as other university police departments, as they entered into an agreement with the state of Wisconsin. The document states, “This agreement establishes the Marquette University Police Department, and authorizes their officers to exercise the powers of the state of Wisconsin law.” This means MUPD is required to abide by the same laws as other police departments, including other university police departments. According to the Wisconsin public record law, university police departments qualify as an “authority” that must maintain records and make them public. The Department of Justice released a guide to following a law that says, “An essential function of a representative government and an integral part of the routine duties of officers and employees whose responsibility it is to provide (records).” Chief Mascari said some records from DPS will be kept when they are “required by laws such as the Clery Act.” He did not specify what types
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of crime reports would be kept from DPS, or what MUPD will be required to keep in the future. The Clery Act was signed in 1990 and requires all colleges and universities that participate in any kind of federal financial aid program, which Marquette does, to report and make public incidents of crime near their campuses. This means MUPD is as responsible as every other university police department to make records public and not destroy them. “I feel like those records could be helpful in future situations. It seems kind of rash just to get rid of them,” Nicole Lundeen, a sophomore in the College of Engineering, said. She said it felt weird to destroy records of crime history on campus. MUPD does have a (records) retention schedule, and certain records can be destroyed once they’ve been around for long enough. “No record shall be destroyed or transferred unless such record meets approved retention schedules,” reads the MUPD Policy and Procedure manual. However, retention schedules are not specified in that manual or anywhere publicly. Chief Mascari said the DPS kept daily crime logs, and those will not be destroyed. He also said that in the future “(crime logs) will continue to be maintained by the MUPD.”
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The brown paper bags contain condoms, Pixy Stix and information.
awkward,” Burkhardt said. The standard paper bag contained two Pixy Stix and five condoms. Avlies said the giveaway was spurred by Marquette’s high concentration of sexually transmitted infections. However, survey data from the 2012 National College Health Assessment Survey, the latest available, found 3.2 percent of Marquette students reported having an STI that year compared to 3.6 percent nationally. The volunteers used the sidewalk in front of Raynor Memorial Library because the space is technically off-campus. The high-traffic area allowed for quick distribution. “We cleared out an entire bag in the first
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rush,” Aviles said. The condoms also included information taped to the wrappers concerning safe sex. “We’re going to go until all the condoms are gone,” Aviles said. The dispensation is an attempt to get Marquette to adopt a sexual health program. While a program that dispenses contraceptives might go against Jesuit values, the volunteers cited Tufts University as an example of a private university with a substantial sexual health program. Tufts does not have a religious affiliation. Ann Hilbert, administrative assistant at Campus Ministry, said while Campus Ministry is aware of the dispensation, it has no official comment to make at this time, because the volunteers are not affiliated or backed by the university. “As a Catholic and Jesuit institution, Marquette deeply values our religious identity and does not provide or prescribe contraceptives through our student health service, with exceptions made only when required as the result of a medical condition,” associate director of university communication Chris Jenkins said. “We do not control information or materials that are handed out on public sidewalks.” The volunteers hope that their dispensation made a difference and that Marquette will consider establishing a sexual health organization in the future. “Until a program is established, we’ll be out here doing this,” Aviles said.
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Self-defense class taught by MUPD veteran Capt. Peterson brings seven years experience to class By Leah Harris
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A class of 12 students attended a self-defense class hosted by Marquette University Student Government Feb. 10. Marquette University Police Department Capt. Ruth Peterson, who has been teaching self-defense classes for seven years, explained the importance of the classes. “I want to make sure students have resources...that they have information and the skills to cover themselves and look out for each other.” MUSG sponsored two selfdefense classes — one at 8 p.m.
and another at 9 p.m. in the Union Sports Annex. Peterson taught tips on how to react when grabbed from behind, when grabbed by the wrist or even when you fall. Peterson emphasized the importance of protecting the face, the force the heel of a hand can have and for women especially, the power of the knees. The first class featured a group of all-female students. Molly Welch, a junior and program board member of MUSG, said, “It’s a unique event because Capt. Ruth is taking time out of her evening just to help us.” Welch mentioned that she has felt unsafe on campus, but she has also felt unsafe at many other places because “that’s life.” “It was definitely informative,” Welch said. “I learned a lot of things I never would have thought of.”
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MUPD Capt. Ruth Peterson instructs 12-woman self-defense class in Union Sports Annex Feb. 10.
Peterson said that while female students are most often the participants, the classes are not limited to girls. She said that classes hosted in residence halls such as Abbottsford and Mashuda Halls consisted of almost all males.
“It’s [the class] for anyone,” Peterson said. “You don’t have to be strong. You don’t have to be tall or agile. The things we teach are things anyone can use.” Although Peterson was glad to see a good turnout, she explained that low attendances are
a good sign. “The only time we see a decent amount of people attending the class is when an incident has happened.” Peterson hopes that the low attendance rates mean students feel safe on campus.
Green space reverts to construction site University did not anticipate space conversion meeting By Matt Harte
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In June 2015, Marquette began demolition of three buildings and a parking structure on the site between 17th and 18th streets. After the demolition was complete in fall 2015, the space acted as a green space for students until this November, when construction started on the new Rev. Robert A. Wild residence hall. Lora Strigens, Marquette’s vice president for planning and strategy, said in an email that the university did not anticipate the area being turned over so quickly. “The university worked to establish temporary green space to be available for students and club organizations after the demolition of the buildings on the site of the new residence hall was complete,” Strigens said. “At that time, the university was not aware the construction of the new residence hall was going to be able to begin as quickly as it did.” James Stearns, a freshman in the College of Engineering living in O’Donnell, said he misses having the green space right outside his dorm. “I used to walk across the green space and into the parking garage and now it takes so much longer to go around,” Stearns said. “It seemed like a lot of work to make the green space, section it off and then just bulldoze right over it for
the new dorm.” Strigens said converting the area into a green space was necessary to make the site ready for the residence hall construction. “The temporary green space was installed because we could not simply leave the site as a construction area and wanted to provide some sought-after green space on campus for whatever time we could,” she said. Grass and new fences were installed for the green space. These resources were removed when
construction for the new residence hall started, but Strigens said the university plans to reuse them in the future. “The fencing was removed carefully and will be reused,” Strigens said. “All other landscaping and other resources were salvaged to the greatest degree possible.” Tyler Landoch, a freshman in the College of Business Administration, said he hopes the university is committed to having green spaces for students.
“Obviously they needed room for the new residence hall so it made sense to use the land,” Landoch said. “I think people will miss the green space too, a lot of students liked it just to go out and relax. I saw students just sit out in the sun when it was warmer.” Strigens said numerous factors contributed to the site being chosen for the new residence hall. An evaluation of the current distribution of campus housing was taken for the campus master plan. “This evaluation showed the
site along Wells Street between 17th and 18th would provide a balance to the distribution of lower division housing across campus,” Strigens said. Strigens said the campus master plan also recommended consolidating dining facilities on campus into three larger dining halls. The plan hopes the consolidation will help build community relations. “One of these large dining halls will be located within the new residence hall and serve as a western anchor to campus,” she said.
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Piper’s abstract reality College of Business alumnus to debut art at solo gallery By Jennifer Walter
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As a child, Steven Piper didn’t have a knack for drawing. He never saw himself as “creative,” an identity reserved for the kids who excelled in art class. Fast-forward over a decade later, and the recent Marquette graduate is about to host his first art exhibition just two months after finishing school. Feb. 24, the digital artist, photographer and traveler will be displaying a range of his artwork in a solo gallery. During his time at Marquette, Piper, who goes by his artist name, “Pipe,” studied in the College of Business
Administration. He said it wasn’t until he was 18, during a study abroad trip to France, that his photography and art skills developed. “Ever since then, I didn’t like what I was doing in school, but I kept doing photography as a passion on the side,” Piper said. “I wanted to transfer, I wanted to switch majors, but I just stuck with what I was doing and pushed my artwork.” Over time, Piper’s art evolved. What used to be primarily aesthetic pieces shifted to digital art with a message, but the content of Piper’s work still varies. On his website, he chooses to split his content into categories such as profiles, black-and-white images, abstract digital pieces and travel photography. “I try to touch different aesthetics and touch different styles of artwork,”
he said. “I have a favorite for every category.” In some projects, Piper will take a photograph and “destroy” it with Photoshop. His use of digital distortion
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Self-portrait of Steven Piper, a recent Marquette graduate and artist. His first gallery debuts Feb. 24.
transforms original pieces of photography into dreamlike landscapes. He’s used pictures of human subjects, from strangers on a Lyon, France, street corner to images of his closest friends, as starting points for art projects. Taylor Smith, a senior in the College of Communication and a close friend of Piper’s, was featured in one of his photography pieces. He said sometimes Piper will take pictures and not tell subjects what he plans to do with them. “He took a picture of me and was like, ‘I’m going to make this into something,’” Smith said. “He put my headshot in with, like, eight other people and posted those headshots as one photo.” Piper’s creativity and diversity is what Smith admires most about his friend’s artwork. “Everything that he does, to my knowledge, is all self-taught and self inspired,” Smith said. “It all comes from him. And I think that’s pretty cool.” Despite his self-taught endeavors, Piper noted a lack of artistic outlets while studying on campus. He’d visit the Milwaukee Art Museum, but didn’t have the chance to show his work in a student gallery like his friends at the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. Piper hopes to reach out to students who may not have a lot of exposure to visual art. “When you’re a freshman or a sophomore and you stay on campus, it’s kind of like a bubble,” Piper said. “I want students … to get out of their comfort zone and experience something different. Once they experience it, they might get more interested in (art).” To make the idea of an art gallery seem less exclusive, he structured his upcoming exposition to feel more like a gathering. “I feel like, in the social media age, everyone is starting to have an artistic desire or passion,” Piper said. “I want to try
to bring that out of certain people and inspire them to maybe do more about the art they want to create.” Besides Piper’s personal attempts to appeal to student interest, some professors have picked up on the alumnus’s artistic strides. Linda Menck, a professional in residence of the College of Communication, had Piper in her Introduction to Visual Communication class last semester. She plans to encourage this semester’s introductory class to attend the gallery next Friday. Menck, whose intro class is made up of a mix of majors, said that her students are often hesitant to show their creative side. “Usually, when you’re talking about business or engineering (students) … they usually see themselves as very leftbrained,” Menck said. “My theory is that you can teach yourself to be creative.” During the first week of classes last semester, Menck passed out an attendance sheet for students to sign, showing that they were present. When she got the paper back, she saw that Piper had drawn a small image of a smoking pipe next to his name. That icon that Menck vividly remembers is one that Piper uses as his artist signature to this day. When Piper reached out to Menck regarding his artwork, she thought of other students on campus, just like him, who feel that they don’t have the proper outlet. She said she hopes that more students from all colleges can feel confident enough to identify their interest in art. “I know they’re out there,” Menck said. “Even in the visual communication class that I teach, students produce such great work, and we don’t celebrate that in addition to the more academic work they do.” The show will be at Eleven25 at Pabst, from 5-10 p.m. Admission is only $5, and free wine will be provided for those 21 and older.
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Simplifying interstellar topics over coffee Astrophysics talk series captivates crowds at Anodyne By Mac Vogel
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Packed into Anodyne Coffee on a Saturday afternoon, over 100 visitors came to get their caffeine fix — and hear a lecture about astrophysics. Coffeeshop Astrophysics is hosted by a group of eight postdoctoral and graduate students at University of WisconsinMilwaukee’s Center for Gravitation, Cosmology and Astrophysics. These students are devoted to sharing their passion for science with the world. Angela Van Sistine is one of eight students involved in the program. “We do these talks because we love what we study and we want to share it with others,” she said. The group hosts a presentation each month at Anodyne. Dates vary, but sessions usually begin at 1 p.m. and last about an hour, followed by a question-and-answer segment. The group’s last presentation focused on gravitational lensing and the quest to build a telescope the size of the solar system. The presenters did not disappoint the crowd packed into Anodyne’s location on West Bruce Street. Mike Campise, a graduate of Milwaukee School of Engineering, attended the Feb. 11 event. “I have been wanting to see one of their presentations for a while,” Campise said. “I’m glad it finally worked out because it was really an interesting topic today ... it is interesting to see presentations on something more arbitrary, like science, rather than a more opinionated topic.” Coffeeshop Astrophysics is designed to make complicated topics easy to understand for anyone, even people with no background in science. “Our goal is to explain these topics that are so important to us in ways that everyone will
understand,” Van Sistine said. These heavy scientific topics can discourage the public from attending, so the group decided it would be best to host their events in a place that is welcoming to all people. “We wanted to create an informal atmosphere that feels familiar and comfortable, rather than some stuffy university classroom,” Van Sistine said. Because of this setup, the event sometimes attracts accidental audience members. People like Doug Skinner, a Milwaukee resident, walk into the shop to get coffee on the day of a presentation without knowing what is going on. Sometimes, they sit down to drink their coffee and stay because they are intrigued by the topic. “I sort of stumbled upon one of their first talks accidentally and I’ve been to almost all of them since,” Skinner said. “I am a huge fan of Coffeeshop Astrophysics ... they have so much expertise in their field and they present to us about the most
fascinating topics in ways that everyone can understand.” As Skinner mentioned, audience members range from science experts to elementary-aged students. He spoke about his belief that these talks could be incredibly impactful. “Education through science is the most important part of being an informed member of society,”
he said. “I may be overstepping, but I believe that Trump would not have been elected had more people been scientifically educated.” The group has three more events scheduled before the end of the school year. March’s talk will discuss important women in science history, followed by the ocean and the stars in April and science for everyday
citizens in May. These talks are intended to open the minds of citizens who may not have thought about these kinds of scientific topics. A regular attendee, Skinner compared the experience with following sports. “It is one thing to root for a sports team. It is even better, however, to cheer for academic greatness,” he said.
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Visitors gather for latest Coffeeshop Astrophysics lecture that breaks down complex science topics.
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Campus responds to Ben Shapiro visit
Ben Shapiro
A plea for critical thinking
Op-Ed submission by Provost Dan Myers
Last week, our campus hosted a variety of speakers, one of whom was conservative commentator and columnist Ben Shapiro. While his visit produced some controversy — a bit of which he highlighted in his talk — we, as a university, should not avoid controversy. A university, and a Jesuit one in particular, should be a place to search for the truth, in part through expressing and entertaining differing ideas, even those strongly in opposition. Entertaining those ideas, though, does not mean we shouldn’t challenge them when we disagree. It is in that spirit that I wish to offer a challenge to the Marquette community to not simply listen to speakers for the sake of listening, but to also think critically about what they’re saying, and in some cases respectfully test their claims and assertions. After all, that is one of the promises of a liberal arts education: to help students become critical interrogators of the information and opinions we constantly receive from friends, family, media, pundits and political leaders. As an exercise, let’s take a more critical look at one of Shapiro’s key claims: There is no institutionalized racism in the United States. There are, he admits, individuals who are racist and do racist things, but there is no structural discrimination that victimizes people because of race. He also concedes institutionalized racism existed 40 to 50 years ago, but, he says, that is now gone. There is a lot to address there, but let’s focus on three critical questions before we express agreement. First, has the institutionalized racism of yesteryear really disappeared? Take one instance in our own world of higher education. It is widely accepted that back in the bad ol’ days, universities had racist recruitment and admissions practices that severely disadvantaged African Americans. That disadvantage is gone in our new enlightened era, Shapiro says. But is it? Consider this: Almost all universities have long had recruitment and admissions practices that target legacy students (the children and relatives of its alumni). If the parents or
grandparents were admitted using a racist standard, then doesn’t the legacy advantage replicate that racism in the next generation? Haven’t these legacy practices built racism into the access to higher education? Maybe it’s possible that racial advantages still exist more than we think. Another Shapiro claim is that there are individual racists, but that does not mean there is any kind of structured racist system. That begs the question: Where does individual racism end and structural racism begin? If those racist structures that we agree existed in the past were the result of individuals enacting racist ideas, when do these bad individuals have enough influence to make the system racially biased? Does a company become racist if the CEO is one of these bad people? How about if a group of racists gets control of the board of directors? What if such people become influential on a school board — will the school system become racist through the decisions they make and the policies they create? What if such people become elected leaders? Can we really be so sure that these individual bad people, who we agree exist, aren’t finding ways of enacting their racism through our institutions? I offer a story from my own life to illustrate: When I was growing up, the state where I lived sponsored an all-state high school choir. Students from all over the state vied for membership as the choir traveled around the world, singing at various events and for dignitaries. As it happens, the choir director was one of those individual bad people. We learned after his death that he had, for years, asked applicants to submit a picture so he could weed out the Black kids. After his superiors made him stop asking for pictures, he then tried to guess the race of the applicants based on their last names! That was individual bad behavior, Shapiro would likely agree. But that individual, by virtue of his position, created structural discrimination. By his hand, the state government was enacting systemic discrimination. Doesn’t that make it hard to simultaneously contend that we have individual racists out there, but we do not have any institutional racism?
By denying institutional racism, Shapiro can boil racial differences down to individual agency: if Black people just tried harder and made better choices, they’d do just as well as Whites. Simply finish high school, avoid early pregnancy and get a job. If you do, you’ll be OK. Seems reasonable, but let’s pause again. Does everyone (regardless of race, income, where they live and family circumstances) have the same chance to finish high school? Does every high school produce the same results (learning, skills and chances of getting into college)? Does everyone have the same chance of getting a job? If the answer to any of these questions is “no,” we must rethink whether individual agency is the only thing that matters. Let’s dig further into employment. Shapiro implies that everyone can simply choose to have a job. Are we sure that’s the case? In 2007, the White unemployment rate in the U.S. was just under 4 percent. By the middle of 2009, it had jumped up to 9 percent. Was this change due to individual choice? Did 5 percent of the White workforce just decide to quit working? The more likely explanation is that there were structural economic changes (namely, a recession) that caused that job loss. If a structural explanation is the likely one for Whites, why
not for African Americans? As long as data has been collected, Blacks have consistently suffered about twice the unemployment rate of Whites. But it’s not as if African Americans won’t take the jobs if they are there. In 2007, Black unemployment went down to under 8 percent, lower than the rate for Whites just two years later. Were Whites in 2009 lazier and less responsible than Blacks were in 2007? If not, are these patterns really all about individual choice? Inevitably, talks on our campus — similar to Shapiro’s and not so similar — will raise a lot of questions. And we could conduct this same critical thinking exercise for any number of our guest speakers. Some of their claims will stand up well to further scrutiny, and others won’t do so well. But, as seekers of truth, we need to demand that they do. Healthy skepticism is at the very foundation of active learning. We should be suspicious when we hear that “it’s simple” or “it’s obvious.” Those are the exact moments we must think critically and start cross-examining what may appear simple and obvious. More often than not, it’s neither. Dan Myers is the University Provost. He can be reached at daniel. myers@marquette.edu
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Editor-in-Chief of dailywire.com, host of the Ben Shapiro Show, author, lawyer. Spoke Feb. 8, hosted by the Marquette Young Americans for Freedom. Marquette YAF described the event on its Facebook page: “Mr. Shapiro will be addressing campus culture, campus leftism, and will give his viewpoints on recent events on Marquette University’s campus and other campuses.” Shapiro spoke for about 30 minutes, addressing the idea of victimhood in American society, then took questions from the audience. Watch the full video of Shapiro speaking at Marquette, “Ben Shapiro LIVE at Marquette University,” on YouTube.
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Ben Shapiro speaks to a full crowd in Wehr Chemistry. Since interest for the presentation was so high, some people on the event’s waitlist were able to watch from an overflow room.
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Legitimization of Intellectual diversity most hate as politics important on campuses Op-Ed submission by Jacob Pieczynski
Marquette University Young Americans for Freedom hosted controversial columnist, podcast host and editor Ben Shapiro. It was a school-sponsored evening of ignorance, white privilege perpetuation and lots of deflection disguised as bad jokes. Shapiro spoke on a breadth of controversial topics including: victim privilege, the myth of white privilege, the myth of the disadvantaged woman, the misrepresentation of rape on college campuses, the myth of LGBTQ disadvantage, transgender individuals’ mental illness, the myth of institutionalized racism and victimhood as a perpetuation of poverty. Shapiro opened his speech by attacking and dissecting a statement released by Marquette’s student-run Youth Empowerment Program, calling the student authors “not only stupid, but quasiilliterate.” Later came the claim that white privilege victimhood is nonexistent and simply making “good decisions” would allow minorities to prosper in America, citing Asian Americans as proof. However, Shapiro neglected to disclose that Asian Americans often borrow white privilege the same way scholars like Karen Brodkin say Jewish Americans borrow white privilege. The most disturbing claim of the evening was clearly Shapiro’s forward thought that trans people are “mentally ill.” He referenced a past appearance on the Dr. Drew show in which he calls Zoey Tur, a transgender woman, “sir.” Shapiro recounted the incident more like a comedy bit, quipping jokes about the octaves of transgender people’s voices and their “biology” to a laughing audience. So what is Marquette doing by bringing a speaker like Ben Shapiro to campus? I assume Marquette believes they are allowing for discussion of ideas. Oct. 14, in response to the protest of the Young Americans for Freedom’s pro-life display, Marquette Vice President for Student Affairs Xavier Cole wrote to the student body suggesting that student organizations “begin a dialogue around a particular issue.” The problem is that no space for discussion exists, and bringing speakers like Shapiro hardly creates these spaces. Shapiro actively encouraged leftist questions from the audience, however after listening to a speaker attack the human rights of minority individuals and deny the existence
of institutional racism, it hardly seemed like a welcoming invitation. Shapiro’s welcome was less than inclusive: “I won’t mash you too bad.” What reassurance… This seems to be a growing trend in our society: Individuals and organizations attack notions, often of common humanity, decency and human rights, as liberal positions. By doing so, they create the illusion that the opposite of these notions or ideologies (a.k.a. hate) is a legitimate conservative position. Finally, by masking the opposite ideology of hate or ignorance as conservative, they legitimatize its discussion as a matter of political debate or free speech. In reality, these disguised “political positions” are nothing more than hate. Hate is not a political policy. Racism, xenophobia, sexism, transphobia, homophobia and so on are not political positions; they are human deficiencies with no place in political discussion because they are not politic. There are plenty of selfproclaimed “conservative” Republicans that accept disparaged groups while maintaining a rightwing political agenda, proving the irrelevance of hate to true politics. Marquette University, be it student government or the institution itself, legitimatized Shapiro’s hate and ignorance as political discourse by extending an invitation to him. I am open to true conservative policy debate, but hate is not even in the category of politics and should not be negotiable, especially to a self-proclaimed “inclusive” institution as stated in Marquette’s Statement on Human Dignity and Diversity. They can put the opening tagline that the views presented are not the views of Marquette all they want. The audience laughed through these statements at the beginning of the evening, and I think it may be the one thing we are in agreement on. Marquette’s funding of this speaker, through student activity (Marquette University Student Government) allocated funds, legitimatizes hate as political discourse and sets precedent for the debate of human rights issues. Jacob Pieczynski is a junior at Marquette University. He can be reached at jacob.pieczynski@marquette.edu
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Op-Ed submission by Allison Kazalski on behalf of Marquette Young Americans for Freedom
Diversity is a characterization of a student body’s representation of a multitude of backgrounds. Ask any school admissions team and they will always say that they strive to create a more diverse campus with each accepted class. Contrary to popular assumptions, diversity extends far beyond race, religion, gender and sexuality. The most important diversity on a college campus is intellectual diversity. Universities are built to be hubs of challenging and uncomfortable conversations. The essence of learning revolves around discourse that allows us to understand all angles of an argument. It has come to be the norm on campuses that liberal professors and students make their presence known by being the loudest and most celebrated voices, while the conservative students are shamed into conformity and silence so that they are not ostracized or considered unintelligent. Conservative students are well aware of their unpopular views, but they live in a frustrating dichotomy of campus politics. On one hand, they benefit by being in a silent minority because they learn one argument in the classroom and educate themselves on conservative views in their free time. On the other hand, liberal students are caught in the echo chamber of leftist ideologies that tends to create a more polarized political campus in an already polarized political nation. How are liberal students supposed to learn about the conservative arguments, to which they already assume they disagree, if it is not even discussed in a college classroom? Organizations like Young Americans for Freedom are on campus to benefit both sides of the ideology spectrum. Conservatives come together at YAF to promote their values on campus and advance free speech. Before you decide to silence a conservative group like YAF, consider that liberal students can also benefit from a YAF presence on campus. Education through just one opinion is not an education. YAF brings conservative guest speakers to campus, like Ben Shapiro, in order to shake up the intellectual status quo on a college campus in the hopes of broadening the dialogue that was exclusively for the campus leftists, which is a benefit to the left and right alike. The Ben Shapiro event was riddled with controversy due to an administrator’s desire to take
away seats from students who wish to hear conservative arguments. This school administrator did not trust the emotional intelligence of Marquette students to behave themselves at an event where they disagree with the lecturer. The irony: the students handled themselves better than some of the administration. Marquette students should be insulted that the school did not trust the student body to handle a “controversial” speaker without protests or riots. As students who attend a nationally ranked university and as future leaders of this country, we should be treated as the mature adults that we are instead of coddled away from a view with which we may disagree. So who benefits when a conservative speaker comes to campus? Everybody. Conservatives gain confidence that they are not alone in their stances despite constantly feeling like the black sheep on campus. Liberal students have the opportunity to learn about a side of an argument that they do
not usually get to hear within the echo chamber of a leftist college classroom. Ben Shapiro’s visit to campus last week went off without a hitch, thanks to YAF and the respect of the student body. The event was extremely wellattended by students from across the political spectrum. Let this send a message to Marquette and to liberal universities across the nation: Being a conservative is not a controversy, and when you bring a conservative to speak on college campuses, the student body deserves the opportunity to attend. As a student body, we must set our own expectations to respect speakers because we are more than capable of handling ourselves. If students cannot behave themselves while a conservative is on campus, then there is a bigger problem that stems deeper into the school’s core.
Allison Kazalski is a sophomore at Marquette University. She can be reached at allison.kazalski@ marquette.edu
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Timing of First-Time, First-Year Student Survey questionable
Eighty-nine percent of firstyear students say it’s unlikely they’ll transfer during their time at Marquette, and 82 percent feel a sense of belonging on campus, according to the results of the 2016 First-Time, First-Year Student Survey by the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. However, this months-old data from the start of the academic year and the assumptions it appears to make raise some red flags and call for a critical look into the results. As has been the case for several years, first-year students take this survey in August during New Student Orientation, answering questions about predicted academic success, extracurricular activities and concerns. A recent press release boasted the positive 2016 results. The 2016 survey added two new statements for students to state their level of agreement or disagreement with: “I feel a sense of belonging on Marquette’s campus” and “I feel valued as a member of the Marquette community.” For both, about 80 percent of respondents “strongly agreed” or “agreed.” However, given these responses are from August, they seem inauthentic. They prove New Student Orientation makes a majority of students feel welcome, but what about when the excitement of Orientation subsides and the grind of the semester sets in? The other new question on the 2016 survey asked students about their likelihood of transferring to another university before graduation. Again, students’ first-week impressions cannot accurately predict how they’ll feel next month, semester or year. In fact, the 2016 Graduating Senior Survey results show that 32 percent of respondents seriously considered transferring at one point during their time at Marquette. Despite concerns with timing, the First-Time Survey is not meaningless. Some information about first-year students that can be gleaned from the results
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Morgan Hughes Two men walked into a bar. The third one ducked. More classic, perhaps, than ancient Greek comedic drama, is the corny one-liner. Made famous by dads and weird uncles, these one-liners are simple and easy to digest. Fun for the whole family. But most of us can only stomach so much G-rated fun. Thankfully for us, we’re adults mature enough to appreciate that a joke is usually just that. So we flip to Comedy Central or HBO and laugh when someone uses AIDS as a punchline. But when a comic steps too far over the line determining what’s palatable and what’s poison, we redact our approval and sentence the perpetrator to pubic shaming. Comedy is supposed to provide levity, so why all the drama? From Andy Griffith to Matt Groening and “The Simpsons,” c o m e d y pushes at the periphery of what’s comfortable, exposing society to things otherwise taboo or uncomfortable. Dark humor isn’t new, but internet forum sites and social media have given all the world’s off-color comics a family, and, more importantly, an audience. Shows like “Saturday Night Live” and “Family Guy,” which gained popularity for being purposefully racy, look like an episode of “The Golden Girls” compared to morbid content shared for laughs online. To compete, comedy writers and stand-up comics incorporate that humor into their own work. We ask entertainment to offend us, and then we feign outrage when it delivers. An SNL writer, Katie Rich, was suspended after tweeting, “Barron (Trump) will be this country’s first homeschool shooter.” Rich deleted the tweet after indignation surrounding its “inappropriateness” swelled online.
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During New Student Orientation in August, first-year students indicate their expectations and concerns in the survey.
is useful to know as soon in the semester as possible. For example, the executive summary of the 2016 survey showed only 52 percent of students knew who their academic adviser was when the survey was conducted during Orientation, the lowest of the past five years. The university has been quick to improve these low numbers. An advising center in the College of Engineering is being created, student support services are being centralized in Coughlin Hall and a first-year seminar will be offered fall 2017. As is the case for all surveys and research studies, limitations must be acknowledged when analyzing results, and university staff in charge of the survey are fully aware of its limitations in regard to timing. Jodi Blahnik, director of student affairs assessment at the Counseling Center, said in an email, “the results must be interpreted in their context — they are a measure of student concerns, expectations, etc. at the beginning of (first-year students’) Marquette experience.” Blahnik also said the data from this survey is helpful when comparing it to the Graduating Senior Survey and the National Survey of Student Engagement. While it is important to
address the concerns of freshmen from their first day on campus, wouldn’t it be more effective to do so again later in the year? If a similar survey were conducted at the end of first semester, perhaps the university could understand better and address persisting problems that arise during a student’s first year. The First-Time Survey provides valuable information to administration and contributes to increased student support efforts. As students, it is our duty to engage with this information we are shown and take a critical approach to what the results truly mean.
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Was this joke considered a low blow because a child was the subject, or was it wrong because the content was too close to home? I love offensive humor, so the tweet didn’t affect me, but I want to understand what made it so reprehensible that it would potentially cost somebody their job. Carol Burnett famously said that comedy is tragedy plus time. Not everything in the world is wholesome and pastel, and it feels more human to process difficult things through humor than to put them on a shelf for fear of offending the masses. Why can we pretend to be abhorred at an off-color remark about a school shooting but not at a similar remark about the Holocaust? The 24hour news cycle has reduced the statute of limitations on things we aren’t supposed to find funny to a nominal level. I don’t condone shielding ourselves from things we disagree with or things that challenge our sensibilities, and I don’t condone censoring things simply because they’re offensive. This isn’t about what’s good or bad, what’s morally righteous and what’s sociopathic, but rather why it doesn’t matter. People will make offensive jokes. If it’s something you think perpetuates a dangerous social norm, then say something, but if you’re only uncomfortable and not affected, is it really a big deal? Nobody will agree on what is off limits for comedy, and most things deemed “offensive” aren’t meant to be triggering, they’re meant to be provocative. If we stop letting humor do what it does best – provoke – then what’s the point?
Morgan Hughes is a junior studying journalism and political science. She can be reached at morgan.hughes@marquette.edu
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Defunding arts no Dangers of DeVos appointment answer for deficit Ryan McCarthy
A couple weeks ago, The Hill reported on the Trump administration’s plan to slash the federal government’s budget. All told, the Trump team wants to shrink government spending by $10.5 trillion over the next 10 years. At the same time, Trump campaigned on the promise that he would not touch Medicare or Social Security, two of the country’s largest spending programs. Where exactly is this $10.5 trillion coming from? It turns out two of the budget’s goals are the privatization of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which notably runs PBS and NPR, and the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts. CPB and the NEA have long been targets of spending cuts from Republican administrations. These programs account for so little federal spending, however, that using them to reduce the deficit is akin to getting a haircut to lose weight. The less than half a billion dollars the federal government provides CPB accounts for just under 15 percent of the organization’s annual revenue and is insignificant when compared to the $441 billion government deficit. Of course, the deficit is only a pretense for removing funding. Republicans have long complained that NPR and PBS have a liberal bias, and evidence shows that both have audiences slightly to the left of center. I get it, people don’t like “paying” for things they don’t use. But public broadcasting, much like public education, benefits all of us by creating a more educated, informed public. PBS shows like “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,” “Sesame Street” and “The Magic School Bus” socialize children in morality and ethics while also providing educational and entertaining content. NPR generates some of the best business and political news coverage of any media organization. While it is difficult to apply these benefits to a standard costbenefit analysis, they should not be understated. The NEA’s impact is also difficult to quantify. Even artists sometimes have trouble explaining the true value of art. Instead of trying to prove that art has worth for its own sake, think about what wouldn’t exist without funding from the NEA.
Without an endowment from NEA, Louisiana State University Press would never have been able to publish John Kennedy Toole’s Pulitzer Prizewinning novel “A Confederacy of Dunces.” Actor Robert Redford, founder of the Sundance Institute, said, “Our very beginning was due in large part to the support of the NEA … It’s hard to imagine the arts in this country without the NEA as a rallying point, a promoter of independent thinking artists and a symbol of what we hope to be.” Promoting arts also has a practical purpose. What makes the U.S. the world’s most powerful nation isn’t just its military and economic supremacy, but also its ability to project influence. Much of U.S. influence comes from it being the world’s dominant cultural force for much of the last century. By funding the arts, we continue to ensure American cultural superiority influences all but the most isolated countries. Shrinking the deficit is an admirable goal, but lawmakers should approach it rationally. They either need to drastically cut defense and entitlement spending or significantly increase revenue by raising taxes and closing loopholes. Defunding the arts and privatizing public broadcasting achieves nothing.
Ryan McCarthy is a senior studying journalism. He can be reached at ryan.w.mccarthy@marquette.edu
Caroline Kaufman It’s no news that President Trump has made a number of controversial cabinet nominations. However, none seem more inappropriate, or more contrary to reason, than his appointment of Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education. DeVos has never run, attended, taught in or sent a child to a public school — all relevant credentials one would expect of the person in charge of our nation’s public school budget. Instead, her background experience essentially reaches no further than her position as a lobbyist, using her family’s extraordinary wealth to support her single-minded effort to replace public schools with privatelyrun charter schools and use vouchers to move students out of public schools. Public schools throughout our nation are struggling, and DeVos’ commitment to charter schools and school-choice vouchers will be detrimental to public schools and the assurance that access to quality education is a basic right of every American. Public schools have a special place in my heart. My dad is a professor at a Wisconsin state school and my entire family grew up attending public schools. As a public school student in Wisconsin, I was able to witness firsthand the early effects of Governor Walker’s Act 10 legislation. It is no surprise that Governor Walker endorsed DeVos for Secretary of Education, considering he has received over $340,000
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Betsy DeVos was appointed Secretary of Education last week.
from DeVos throughout his political career. Walker and DeVos share similar ideologies about privatizing education and using vouchers to relocate more affluent students to charter schools, leaving behind a large population of underprivileged students. DeVos’ views on school-choice vouchers have sparked a conversation about the potential resegregation of schools, as they often leave underprivileged minorities in failing schools. Those who advocate for voucher programs must consider these serious consequences for the most vulnerable children of our country. The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision declared school segregation unconstitutional, but racial stigmas and prejudices still persist in the push for private education. It seems voucher programs only affirm this movement. In the last 25 years, the number of severely racially isolated schools, defined as those with 0 to 10 percent white students, has tripled. However, research has also shown the negative consequences of racially segregated schools for both white students and students
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of color. A 2011 study by Rucker C. Johnson at the National Bureau of Economic Research on the long-term impacts of courtordered school desegregation on students’ life trajectories found that black children who attend desegregated schools end up with higher income, higher wages and better long-term health. In addition, this research shows desegregated schools educate all students on how to best contribute to American society. If I had the opportunity to choose my educational path all over again, I would undoubtedly choose 13 years more of public education. Growing up, I was granted the opportunity to learn alongside people very different from me, and being taught to embrace that diversity has shaped me as a person. The need for an inclusive society is more prevalent today than ever, and those values are fostered first and foremost in the classroom.
Caroline Kaufman is a junior studying corporate communication and writing-intensive English. She can be reached at caroline. kaufman@marquette.edu
Nick Eufrasio stepping into leadership role following graduation of Byrnes, Grill
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Ellenson returns to Milwaukee
Pistons forward adapting to life in NBA environment By Grant Becker
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The last time Henry Ellenson played basketball at the Bradley Center, he had 10 points and 10 rebounds in a one-point victory against Georgetown. Ellenson made his return to the Bradley Center Monday night as a member of the Detroit Pistons, and this time he had a much quieter outing. He was one of the team’s inactives, sitting on the bench in a suit. He didn’t let that ruin his trip. “It feels great to be back at the BMO,” Ellenson said. “It’s exciting to get back. Today I went to Marquette’s campus to see my (former) teammates and stuff like that, (and) see some of my friends. It’s good to be back in Milwaukee.” Ellenson hasn’t seen much action in his first season with the Pistons, appearing in just 14 games. Detroit has a loaded front court with Andre Drummond, Aron Baynes, Boban Marjanovic, Marcus Morris, Tobias Harris and Jon Leuer that has allowed Ellenson to develop outside of games. “I feel like it’s been a good year for me,” Ellenson said. “I’ve been staying focused on just taking it day to day and improving. That’s been my role this year, just learning, learning from these other guys. I feel like it’s gone good. My game has improved a lot.” When Pistons Head Coach Stan Van Gundy selected the 6-foot-11 big man with the 18th overall pick last summer, he said the plan was to give Ellenson time to develop
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Henry Ellenson was inactive for the Detroit Pistons in his first game back at the Bradley Center since going pro after his freshman year.
before throwing him into the fire. “Offensively he’s really good,” Van Gundy said. “He’s skilled, he can put it on the floor, he can create a shot, he can shoot the ball. So it’s his strength and his defense (he has to improve). In a lot of ways I think it’s harder for the younger big guys because they’re playing against big strong men and he’s got some time to go but we’re happy with his development. We think he’s going to be a really, really good player.” Not playing has been an adjustment for the coveted prospect. “It’s not easy. I’m used to playing a lot,” Ellenson said. “I did in high school, did it here at Marquette, so it’s something different for me. It’s a different
challenge. I can’t just focus on the short-term stuff.” But Ellenson hasn’t just been relegated to the bench. He’s scoring 18.4 points per game in his 13 appearances with Detroit’s Development League team, the Grand Rapids Drive. “The biggest thing when I go down there, the coaches just tell me to guard and really focus on playing defense because that’s a big thing,” Ellenson said.”Everyone knows I can score, that’s what I’ve always done so it’s just a matter of guarding a smaller four in the D-League. A lot of those guys are pretty much wings. It’s just staying low in the stance, staying locked in, knowing where I’m supposed to be.”
“He’s taken good advantage of that,” Van Gundy said. “He understands the purpose of it. I think he’s approached it the right way and I think he’s enjoyed it.” One of the biggest changes for Ellenson has been living by himself. “Detroit’s been a good city to me but it’s the first (time on my own),” Ellenson said. “I don’t have my roommate Hainey (Haanif Cheatham). We don’t get any more Sunday cleaning days. That’s all on me now so I take all the chores.” Detroit could be rather lonely for a 20-year-old from Rice Lake who works every day and travels all over the country, but fortunately for Ellenson, his bother Wally
isn’t too far away. The former Marquette track and field star and basketball player is playing for the Windsor Express of the National Basketball League of Canada. “That’s only 40 minutes away, it’s not far at all,” Ellenson said. “It’s been great having him around. Any time we both have off days we hang out, which has been great. It’s been a good transition. My family has been there to help me out through the whole way.” Less than a year into his NBA career, there’s still a long way to go for Ellenson, but he plans on sticking around. “I’m thinking big things, I want to be here for a while,” Ellenson said. “I want to be great.”
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MUBB vs.
Goods
Unger
Becker
Hand
Boyle
Salinas
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15-15
15-15
12-18
13-17
16-14
Ploen
Steppe
DeSutter
19-11
0-0
Xavier
2-18-17
WBB vs. Depaul
2-19-17
Record
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Rower traveled to Boston to compete individually Freshman Gordon finished 42nd out of 186 competitors By Nathan DeSutter
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Rowing elicits thoughts of warm days on the water, but in the Milwaukee winter, that picturesque scene is replaced with a flickering fluorescent light, stale, sweaty air and the faint hum of an ergometer, or rowing machine, in the basement of Humphrey Hall. Audrey Gordon, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, is part of a collection of questionably sane men and women known as Marquette Crew, who shuffle into that basement to stay in shape for the upcoming spring rowing season. In years past, Marquette’s Crew team has done their 2k races’s in a suffering silence. They’ve only rowed against each other. But Gordon is breaking the mold. This past weekend, she became the first Marquette rower to participate in the World Indoor Rowing Championships, CRASH-B. Sprints. The 2k is the main element of winter training — a fullout, 2,000-meter sprint. Most rowers hate it, but Gordon embraces the challenge. “Yes, I like the indoor part of rowing,” she said. “But, it’s a delayed feeling of
gratification. It’s the type of thing where you feel so much better and improve so much. Even though it sucks, you just do it and you get better.” Located in Boston, the CRASH-Bs have increased in size each year. She battled 186 female rowers vying for the top spot. “I rowed my first 2K and all my friends said that was really fast,” she said. “I knew there was CRASH-Bs. I didn’t know how intense it was, but I knew I would have a shot at placing in the upper half,” she said. Her personal best going into the weekend was 7:30, and for reference, there are upperclassmen on the men’s team who can’t keep up with her. If you placed her time in last year’s championships, she would’ve been safely in the top third. Her goal was to improve her time for the CRASH-Bs, and on Sunday morning, with the pressure of facing women from Ukraine, New Zealand and West Point Academy, she produced a personal best seven-minute and 24-second 2K that placed her 42nd overall out of 186. She said pressure was never a factor, and her competition, no matter how impressive their resumes, didn’t even register a blip on her radar. “I don’t really care about the people beside me,” Gordon said. “As long as they get what they want, that’s good.
Photo Courtesy of Audrew Gordon
Audrey Gordon is among 16 freshmen with little prior rowing experience on the novice rowing team.
I’m using this an as opportunity to prove me to myself. I’m putting a number out there for Marquette.” Her decision to try rowing and take on the challenge of Boston was her own, but rowing is a team sport. Everyone has to be in the same motion or the boat won’t move. She stressed the importance of her teammates, the novice women, a collection of 16 freshman women with almost no rowing
MARQUETTE SPORTS CALENDAR TUESDAY 2/14 Women’s lacrosse at Notre Dame 6 p.m. FRIDAY 2/17 Track Red & White Open All Day
Women’s tennis vs St. John’s 2 p.m.
Women’s lacrosse vs. Johns Hopkins 12 p.m.
Men’s tennis vs. UW-Green Bay 6 p.m.
Men’s basketball vs. Xavier 7 p.m. SUNDAY 2/19
SATURDAY 2/18
Women’s basketball vs. Depaul 1 p.m.
Men’s lacrosse at Jacksonville 11 a.m.
BIG EAST STANDINGS MEN’S BASKETBALL (BIG EAST, Overall) Villanova 12-2, 25-2 Creighton 8-4, 21-4 Xavier 8-4, 18-7 Butler 8-5, 19-6 Marquette 6-7, 15-10 St. John’s 6-7, 12-14 Seton Hall 5-7, 15-9 Providence 5-8, 15-11 Georgetown 5-8, 14-12 DePaul 1-12, 8-18
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (BIG EAST, Overall) DePaul 14-11, 22-5 Creighton 12-2, 18-6 Marquette 10-5, 19-7 Villanova 9-5, 14-11 St. John’s 9-6, 17-9 Georgetown 7-7, 15-9 Seton Hall 4-11, 11-15 Xavier 3-11, 11-14 Providence 2-12, 10-15 Butler 2-12, 5-20
MEN’S LACROSSE (Overall, BIG EAST)
WOMEN’S LACROSSE (Overall, BIG EAST)
Denver 1-0, 0-0 Providence 1-1, 0-0 St. John’s 0-1, 0-0 Villanova 0-1, 0-0 Marquette 0-0, 0-0 Georgetown 0-0, 0-0
Denver 3-0, 0-0 Temple 1-0, 0-0 Vanderbilt 1-0, 0-0 Butler 0-1, 0-0 Florida 0-1, 0-0 Georgetown 0-1, 0-0 Marquette 0-1, 0-0 Villanova 0-1, 0-0 Cincinnati 0-0, 0-0 UConn 0-0, 0-0
experience and very different backgrounds who have united under circumstances that few of them expected when they arrived at college. “They are such a fun bunch, and it’s hard to find a group of people that have that balance of competitiveness as well as wanting to have fun and all be friends,” she said. Her teammates keep her humble and challenge her every day. “My teammate next to me beat me in a race earlier this week. But, when we were doing a 2k, she started
giving up. I hurt so bad and I was gonna give up too, but I said no. She beat me earlier and, I’m gonna beat her now,” Gordon said. The sport might seem physical, but it comes with a mental challenge as well. “It’s all about taking your time, knowing yourself, being strategic and conserving your energy,” she said. “You hurt, and it feels like there is strep throat in your legs, but you see how close you are and say, ‘I’ve rowed 2,000 meters before, I can do it again.’”
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Eufrasio helps MLax fill hole left by Byrnes, Grill
Photo by Austin Anderson austin.anderson@marquette.edu
Eufrasio defends a Penn attackman during Saturday’s scrimmage.
Senior defender has vocal role with young starting unit By Jack Goods
jack.goods@marquette.edu
Although men’s lacrosse has had its fair share of talented players over the past four years,
few became faces of the program like defensemen Liam Byrnes and B.J. Grill. The duo combined for four USILA All-American selections, four All-BIG EAST first team selections (including two unanimous selections) and a BIG EAST Defensive Player of the Year award. So how does a program go on
when they’re gone? Nick Eufrasio will be a vital piece of the solution. With the graduations of Grill, Byrnes and long-stick midfielder Tyler Gilligan, Eufrasio is the only long pole left who started a majority of the team’s games last season. The senior started in 14 of his 16 appearances, snagging 28 ground balls and forcing 12 turnovers. “(I learned) to stay patient on the field,” Eufrasio said. “Don’t let your emotions overcome what’s going on. … That was the biggest thing.” His tactical role hasn’t changed. He’s still the quarterback on defense on the inside and won’t frequently match up against opponents’ top weapons. Nevertheless, his importance on the field has increased drastically. Replacing veterans Grill and Byrnes are two players in their first year at Marquette — freshman Nick Grill, B.J.’s younger brother, and transfer Jackson Ehlert. He’s needed to take on more of a leadership role, and head coach Joe Amplo said his
need to be vocal on the field has brought his personality out. “He’s really taking ownership of the defense,” Amplo said. “The thing I love about him is he’s holding others accountable to our standard. I think that’s the most telling sign of a leader.” His experienced presence is especially important with all the new pieces in the mix. Eufrasio’s role defending the attackman near the crease means he’s often the player calling slides, or movement in the defense. Amplo called him an extra coach on the field, and the rest of the staff has noticed his ability as a teacher. “He’s working so much behind the scenes that without him we’d have a lot of trouble,” assistant coach Jake Richard said. “Before every play he’s talking to the younger guys about what might come and after each play he’s taking them aside and teaching them about what they saw.” “He’s very good with the younger guys because he can empathize with them very well,” said B.J. Grill, who is
now the director of lacrosse operations for the team. “His communication style is very human, it’s never at an elitist level. It’s very relatable to all the guys.” A lack of communication could lead to a defensive collapse on any possession. That’s why Eufrasio has focused on working closely with each member of the defense, helping the other two starters understand the scheme to avoid a disastrous chain reaction. “Everyone on the defense (needs) to communicate with one another and kind of talk on a name-by-name basis, just not saying, ‘Hey, whose got my two?’ but looking over and saying, ‘Hey, Nick Grill, Jackson Ehlert, whoever it is, you’ve got my two,” Eufrasio said. “Then they talk to the next person.” The defense faces its first real test Saturday when the Golden Eagles open the regular season at Jacksonville. “The defense has definitely improved from the first week to now,” Eufrasio said. “It’s playing together. We’re starting to mesh now.”
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Fischer re-emerging as rim protector for MUBB Matt Unger
Although Marquette men’s basketball has struggled since its surprise victory over Villanova, dropping four of its previous five contests, there is one positive the Golden Eagles can take away from its recent skid. Luke Fischer, who was missing in action on defense at the start of conference play, has quickly recaptured the effective shot blocking form he displayed during his sophomore campaign. The change in tone of Fischer’s defensive tenacity seemed to be sparked by his six-block performance at Creighton Jan. 21. After starting off BIG EAST conference play with just five blocks in six games, the 6-foot-11 center has totaled 22 swats in the following seven contests. This includes a seven-block performance at
DePaul and a four-block performance at home against Butler. Through 13 BIG EAST games, the Germantown, Wisconsinnative surpassed his conference block total from the previous year by seven. The senior’s recent play also put him on track to pass his career-high swat total of 53. A handful of his blocks, especially against DePaul, were easy layups for opponents that turned into fast-break points for the Golden Eagles. “We want Luke to be a shotblocker,” head coach Steve Wojciechowski said after Marquette’s victory at DePaul. “Those are things that we want him to do and he’s good at it. We need him to continue to do that.” For Marquette, Fischer’s resurgence could not have come at a more important time. After dropping three games to teams below them in the conference standings, the Golden Eagles now stand at 6-7 in the BIG EAST and
are likely on the outside looking in for the NCAA Tournament. In addition, Marquette’s usually deadly offense has looked less potent as of late, scoring just 65 and 62 points during the team’s two-game losing streak. The Golden Eagles upcoming slate also features teams that rely heavily on their inside offensive presence. Xavier, who Marquette still has to play twice, has three offensive options above 6-foot-9 that are utilized on more than 20 percent of the Musketeers’ possessions. None of the three have attempted a 3-point shot this year. Creighton also poses their own matchup nightmare in Justin Patton, one of the best big men in the entire country. The 7-footer ranks fifth in effective field goal percentage in the entire NCAA and has flushed 71.4 percent of his two point attempts (eighth in the country). If the Golden Eagles are going to get back on track during their
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Fischer is posting 3.14 blocks per game in the last seven contests.
final five games, Fischer must continue his recent improvements on the defensive end of the floor.
Matt Unger is a junior studying journalism. He can be reached at matthew.unger@marquette.edu
Yentz quietly making massive impact in final year 6-foot-1 center shooting 38.3 percent from deep By Brian Boyle
brian.boyle@marquette.edu
The Golden Eagles found themselves down 44-29 at halftime in a Jan. 21 matchup against DePaul. If there’s any team in the BIG
EAST that can beat Marquette at its own hyper-charged basketballstuck-on-fast-forward game, it’s the Blue Demons, who poured in the points and held Marquette to an ugly 29.7 percent shooting from the field and an even ghastlier 15.4 percent from deep. Senior forward McKayla Yentz wasn’t doing much better, missing all four of her first half attempts. With two minutes and 50
seconds remaining in the third quarter and DePaul refusing to let their double-digit lead slip, the ball found Yentz standing behind the arc. Swish. Two possessions and a minute later, Yentz found herself in a similar situation. Swish. Then, racing against a rapidly depleting quarter clock, the ball found Yentz once more from deep. She got the shot off right before the buzzer,
and again — swish. The third triple slashed the Blue Demons lead to just eight and all of a sudden the game was up for grabs. “She’s so even-keeled. Even when other teams are going on a run, she can step up and make those shots … They really open up the games for us,” head coach Carolyn Kieger said. Yentz didn’t score again in Marquette’s thrilling 102-101 overtime victory. In fact, despite her heroic third quarter, she never even got another shot off before the final buzzer. This was not the “McKayla Yentz Game.” But that’s not her role, either. As her four-year Marquette career comes to a close, Yentz will be remembered more for the little things than any one game, play or highlight. She doesn’t stack the box stats — posting 8.4 points and 3.8 rebounds in 26 minutes per game — but just being on the floor helps her team win. At 6-foot-1, Yentz is the tallest player in Marquette’s main rotation. She’s also one of the best shooters, knocking down 38.3 percent of her looks from deep. She insists on the nominal listing of a forward, though for all intents and purposes she’s the team’s starting center. “I would consider myself a guard-forward. Not really a guard, not really a forward. A center that shoots threes? I don’t know,” Yentz said. The gravity she commands from deep opens the floor up for her teammates, like BIG EAST leading scorer Allazia Blockton, Erika Davenport or Natisha Hiedeman, who love scoring in the
paint, at the rim or in the post. “(Our star players) are obviously huge threats, which draws people to them, which makes me wide open. So I feel like when I knock down that shot, it’s giving it back to them,” Yentz said. Her unselfish attitude and status as the team’s only senior make her an obvious candidate for team leader and has earned her a loving “team mom” nickname. But it’s a role not at all unwarranted, as her years of experience and strong work ethic have shaped her into a consummate veteran. “Her first two years, she didn’t play at all,” Kieger said. “She was practice squad, and I don’t think anyone could’ve envisioned what the future would look like for her.” “She’s really what college basketball should be about,” Kieger continued. “She never complained one time about not playing or minutes. And even when she knew she wasn’t playing in a game, she would wake up at 5 o’clock or 6 o’clock in the morning before class and get 300 or 400 hundred shots up. … She just believed her time would come, and when it came she wanted to be ready.” Now, in the twilight of her career, Yentz’s time has come. And as the sun sets on four years of basketball, the not-quite-acenter is still looking for her one shining moment. “Finishing this season, I want to go to the NCAA tournament. … I think it would be a really good way to wrap up my senior year and career here to have a chance to do that,” Yentz said.
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