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Captured terrorists Group members responsible for killing Foley found

By Natallie St. Onge

natallie.stonge@marquette.edu

Photo by Associated Press

Alumnus James Foley (pictured above) was killed by two members of ISIS, who are now captured.

Syrian Kurdish fighters captured the last two members of the ISIS-affiliated group that killed and beheaded Marquette alumnus and journalist James Foley in August 2014.

The two members, Alexanda Kotey and El Shafee Elsheikh, were captured mid-January.

They are part of a group called the “Beatles,” a small terrorist group known for their British

accents and their role in torturing and killing hostages. Currently they are being held by the Syrian Democratic Forces.

SDF is multi-ethnic and multireligious militia in Syria.

“My initial reaction, I was happy,” said Thomas Durkin, a close friend of Foley’s and research and grant coordinator for the Center of Peacemaking.

“That lasted about ten seconds, and then I just felt dread and sadness, and it just brought back everything.”

Durkin met Foley during the first week of their undergraduate careers at See CUSTODY page 2

Issues getting off meal plan Honors students receive priority Sodexo tries working with students with class registration dietary restrictions

By Sarah Lipo

sarah.lipo@marquette.edu

In mid-October of this academic year, sophomore Jake Reilly moved off campus and off the meal plan.

Reilly has what he deems an “interesting mixture of food allergies,” as well as various medical issues. He said he tried to apply for housing exemption but was rejected, as was his appeal soon after.

“Although Sodexo did try to accommodate me, the system

that they had in place proved to be not very ideal: this required me to submit a special request to modify the items Sodexo was already serving at least 4 hours prior and required me to also submit the general time I would be arriving at a specific dining hall,” Reilly said.

After these accommodations, Reilly said he felt he still needed to be released from the plan.

“There was also some resistance from the university to release me from the dorms even after this meal plan ‘solution’ proved to be flawed and rather irreparable,” Reilly said.

“Ever since moving into the apartment in mid-October, I have been eating as healthy as I can,” Reilly said. “I have been

following a whole foods, plantbased diet since moving out, which you seemingly can’t do while on the meal plan.”

Since he has been cooking for himself, Reilly said he feels much better.

Rick Arcuri, executive director of business operations and auxiliary services, said Sodexo services will tailor meal plans to students who have dietary concerns.

“The program is built so that they can address almost anything that comes through,” Arcuri said. “They have a list of special needs and dining needs that they will reference and build

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Athletes still register first, non-honors to register later in April

By Sanya Sawlani

sanya.sawlani@marquette.edu

Honors students will receive priority registration over regular students this spring to enroll in fall 2018 classes.

For the first time, honors seniors, juniors and sophomores will register after athletes and

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before non-Honors students.

Registration for Marquette’s 469 honors students will take place March 26-27 by credit, while non-honors students will start registration in early to midApril. Registration begins April 6 for current non-honors sophomores and April 11 for current non-honors freshmen.

“Core Honors students are even more likely than other Marquette undergrads to put together programs of study across See REGISRATION page 4

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US has yet to take custody of ISIS members TERRORISTS, from page 1 Marquette in 1992. They were incredibly close until the end of Foley’s life.

The United States could take custody of Kotey and Elsheikh at anytime, criminal law professor Michael O’Hear said in an email. . but it is unclear if, or when, that would happen. If the U.S. obtains the ISIS members, there is a potential they could face a trial. It has not been released what the two men could possibly be charged with because full details of the case still remain secret, according to the New York Times.

“It is not entirely clear that it would be a good idea for the U.S. to take custody since there is no consensus about what should be done with the suspects,” O’Hear said.

O’Hear said the main reason to take custody of Kotey and Elsheikh would be to assure that they do not attack any more Americans in the future.

However, O’Hear said it is a complicated problem.

“That means either bringing them to the American

homeland for prosecution in a civilian court, or sending them to Guantanamo for prosecution before a military tribunal,” he said.

Guantanamo Bay holds prisoners from the war on terror with no clear future in place for them. Being placed there would lower the chances of them having a trial due to the history of prisoners getting stuck there.

O’Hear said that Republicans in general have been supportive of the Guantanamo Bay and the military trial route because they are concerned about potential security issues with bringing terrorists to the homeland.

“On the other hand, victim families would probably prefer a public trial in the U.S. and there are open questions about whether military commissions in Guantanamo would have jurisdiction over ISIS fighters,” O’Hear said.

Durkin said the last thing he wants is for Kotey and Elsheikh to be placed in Guantanamo

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He loved everything about (life). He was willing to dig in and do the dirty work to help speak for people who couldn’t speak for themselves,” Thomas Durkin Research and Grant Coordinator for the Center of Peacemaking

Bay and never face trial.

James’ mother, Diane, said if the members are taken to trial, she would like it to be public, according to BBC World News.

Ana Garner, a professor and chair of journalism and media studies, agreed with Foley’s mother. She said she would like to see Kotey and Elsheikh crimes come to justice.

Garner only met James on a few occasions, but she said it was an honor to meet such a kind, passionate man.

“He was an independent journalist who cared deeply about social justice and telling the stories that people don’t normally hear,” Garner said.

Foley graduated from Marquette in 1996. Foley was a teacher and fiction writer before becoming a war correspondent during the Syrian Civil War in 2011. During that time, he was captured by Muammar Gaddafi’s regime and was held in a 12x15 foot cell for 44 days. After returning home for a brief stint, he returned to Syria in 2012.

Shortly after, he was captured

by ISIS and eventually slain.

“I just remember his laugh and his smile, and we had a lot of fun times. He was just a great guy to be around,” Durkin said.

“He loved everything about (life). He was willing to dig in and do the dirty work to help speak for people who couldn’t speak for themselves.”

Garner said Foley did not live his life in fear because he saw himself as having the higher purpose.

“You have a choice: Do you let them win, or do you fight?

That’s what James did. Never let fear rule you, find a way to overcome it,” she said.

Garner asks her journalism students to remember him and his work as well as all other journalists who have lost their lives.

Foley gave voice to the voiceless, Garner said.

“What would I say to him now?” Durkin said. “Just come home, Jim. I’m waiting for that phone call.”

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Efforts to increase diversity retention University officials plan Multicultural pre-orientation

By Josh Anderson

josh.anderson@marquette.edu

Marquette undertook several new initiatives to engage with minority and first-generation students while increasing those students’ retention rates.

Historically, Marquette has had low retention rates for AfricanAmerican students. In fall 2016, 83.7 percent of black students returned for their second year, according to the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. This is almost 6 percent lower than white students.

African-American students make up approximately 4 percent of Marquette’s undergraduate student population, according to a fall 2017 report by the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis.

Vice President for Student Affairs Xavier Cole acknowledged this disparity during a press conference last semester.

“This is a population that has been saying that their experience has not been the best at Marquette, and we know from our retention numbers that this is where we’re losing students the fastest,” he said.

Cole went on to discuss some university initiatives to promote diversity among the student body, such as hiring Joya Crear as assistant vice president for student affairs and Major Cooper as assistant director for African-American student services in the Center for Intercultural Engagement.

Cooper has been working for the Center for Intercultural Engagement for about six months. In his first few months, he said his biggest task was building relationships.

“I’ve just jumped right into

building relationships with AfricanAmerican students, and in doing so, just being present,” he said.

Cooper also helped to create the African-American Student Task Force. Comprised of Marquette faculty and staff, the task force is looking into the structural and environmental factors that may cause the low rates of retention and engagement among African-American students.

Cooper has an open-door policy for all students to be able to come talk to him about their needs.

“Me, (sic) as well as my director, as well as our coordinator for the LGBTQ+ Resource Center have an open-door policy for students,” he said. “Anything we’re working on, we’ll stop that to address the needs and concerns of

students as well as helping students navigate throughout Marquette.”

Cooper and the Office of Intercultural Engagement are also spearheading a project to create a multicultural pre-orientation for first-generation students.

“The multicultural orientation came out of a desire that Dr. Cole really wanted to make a more inclusive subset for (sic) marginalized populations and first-generation students,” Cooper said. “As they come to Marquette, (we want them) to feel the need to really be engaged from the first day that they attend Marquette University.”

The pre-orientation will run for a few days prior to the start of orientation, Cooper said. It will focus on resources and organizations available

MUPD took a subject into custody for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in the 500 block of N. 16th Street and determined that the subject had a concealed weapon and an open warrant. MUPD transported the subject to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility. The incident occurred Feb. 18 at 1:16 a.m.

MUPD cited a subject for disorderly conduct in the 900 block of N. 14th Street.

The incident occurred Feb. 17 at 1:28 a.m.

A student reported that a subject was prowling in the 700 block of N. 22nd Street.

The incident occurred Feb. 16 at 7:25 a.m.

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Unknown person(s) from a foreign country extorted money online from a victim after threatening to release sensitive information online about the victim. The incident occurred between Feb. 3 at 11 p.m. and Feb. 4 at 1 a.m.

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Feb. 14 A vehicle struck two vehicles in the 2300 block of W. Kilbourn Avenue and fled the scene. MUPD located the driver and the two passengers and

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to minority students.

“It’s really geared toward firstgeneration, marginalized population students being able to navigate and see the resources that are offered to them before they start,” Cooper said.

Hiring Cooper was one of several steps taken as part of the University’s long-term strategic plan, university spokesperson Brian Dorrington said in an email. He highlighted several other diversity initiatives, such as working to increase the diversity of the faculty.

“We have changed the culture and established more accountability for hiring processes,” Dorrington said.

“Institutionally, our departments and hiring committees are more aware than ever of the need to attract more diverse faculty and staff to campus.”

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cited them. The incident occurred Feb. 8 at 12:25 p.m.

A subject trespassed in the lobby of Cobeen Hall and was taken into custody by MUPD and transported to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility for an open warrant.

The incident occurred Feb. 13 at 8:17 a.m.

Feb. 13 A subject trespassed in Engineering Hall and gave MUPD false information. MUPD cited the subject for obstruction. The incident occurred Feb. 12 at 7:32 p.m.

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Raynor Memorial Libraries Residence Hall Association Blood Drive 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

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AMU Monaghan Ballrooms Residence Hall Association Blood Drive 2-7 p.m.

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University offers resources for dietary concerns MEAL PLAN, from page 1

an individual dining plan for a student if they have to.”

Sometimes, these dietary restrictions can involve setting aside certain refrigerator space for individuals.

“We’ve kept the food that we were serving to them separate from everything else in the dining room,” Arcuri said.

Special accommodations can

also be made for people with religious dietary restrictions.

“We’ve had students who have had dietary restrictions due to religious reasons where we shop at a separate location for them,” Arcuri said.

Meghan Conroy, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, said she has always had issues with

the meal plan.

As a vegetarian, Conroy said she believes Sodexo has started to provide more options, though she still finds the options to be restricting and repetitive.

“It is extremely difficult to find appealing options that aren’t salads or loaded with sugars and carbs,” Conroy said. But she remains on the meal plan.

Arcuri said he finds vegetarian and vegan options to be “more part of the dining hall than the exception.” He said a preference for certain food does not justify being off the meal plan.

“It’s rare for someone to get off the meal plan due to Sodexo’s inability to meet their dietary needs. Most of what comes up, they can manage,”

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Arcuri says Sodexo tries to accommodate students with dietary restrictions and shop for their food at different stores. Special orders are stored separately.

Arcuri said. “Most of what we see is a preference for different foods, rather than a necessity for different foods.”

Like Conroy, Katie Ruffino is a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences, and is still on the meal plan. Ruffino said she tried to get off the meal plan.

She currently uses a forum where students with dietary restrictions or allergies can make special requests at the dining halls.

“For example, if I want to go to Cobeen at 5 p.m. on a Tuesday and have plain steamed broccoli, a baked potato and a grilled chicken breast, I can fill out that information and receive the meal when I go there,” Ruffino said.

Recently, Ruffino joined Marquette University Student Government’s Auxiliary Services Board, and she said she hopes to make positive changes to dining halls on campus.

The new dining hall in Wild Commons will have an allergenfree kitchen at one of its seven platforms, Arcuri said.

“One of them is allergen-free and has its own dishwasher, (and) its own cooking utensils.

None of the equipment there will ever be used at another platform,” Arcuri said.

Arcuri said he urges students to reach out to him about dietary concerns or dining hall questions.

“When we know about it and you are willing to work with us, we will move heaven and earth to help you,” Arcuri said.

Early registration time to help with scheduling HONORS, from page 1 colleges and disciplines, and priority registration helps make that possible,” Zurcher said.

The decision was made by the Provost and other offices on campus, including the University Honors Program, Office of Admissions, Office of the Registrar, advising offices and the Office of Student Development. These offices will be involved in making the new process work, Amelia Zurcher, director of the honors program, said in an email.

Many of Marquette’s peer institutions give priority registration to honors students, including Loyola-Chicago, Saint Louis University, Creighton and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Lily Dysart, the honors program student advisory board freshman representative and student in the College of Arts &

Sciences, said she thinks the priority registration is a good perk for honors students.

“Non-honors students might be upset because I know all Marquette students work really hard,” Dysart said. “Since honors students have certain required classes we have to take that are only offered at certain times, early registration will help us take both classes for honors and our majors.

There is less availability of honors classes compared to nonhonors classes, and the class size tends to be smaller. For example, honors philosophy of ethics is offered during seven time slots and non-honors is offered during twenty.

However, Elli Pointner, an honors program junior in the College of Education, said she understands that registration is a frustrating time for everyone.

“I get that registration time can literally change the course of your whole semester and possibly your whole college career,” Pointner said. “I think there is a chance this change in registration procedure will receive some pushback from non-honors students.”

She said Marquette should be open to hearing concerns from people in the community about the change in registration procedure.

Laney Decker, a freshman in the College of Communication, said the priority registration makes the honors program more appealing.

“If I had known about this when applying to Marquette, I would have considered applying to the honors program,” Decker said. “I don’t think this is a problem yet, and we won’t know until registration actually happens.”

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Supreme Court hears WI gerrymandering case

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A federal three-judge panel ruled that Wisconsin’s current legislative district map violates the Constitution. That decision is being appealed to the Supreme Court by state legislators.

Other states to watch decision, await turn to present arguments

By Clara Janzen

clara.janzen@marquette.edu

WASHINGTON D.C. — As Republicans and Democrats nationwide get ready for this November’s midterm congressional elections, six state-level districting fights are forecasting large changes in the American political map.

In an infrequent move, a federal three-judge panel ruled that Wisconsin’s current legislative district map violates the Constitution. A federal court has not done that in more than 30 years.

Wisconsin legislators chose to appeal that decision, which sends it to the United States Supreme Court.

The practice of drawing congressional district lines

within a state to disproportionately favor one political party is known as gerrymandering.

Wisconsin is one of six states whose congressional districts will likely have to be redrawn because the lower courts have ruled they are gerrymandered. The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide the case by June.

Some of the six states have cases making their way through statelevel courts, while other cases have resulted in court-mandated redrawing of district lines.

These decisions will produce maps not only for this year but lay the groundwork for what they will look like after the 2020 census. This could shape what Congress looks like for the next decade.

Maryland, one of the six states, has oral arguments scheduled for March 28, as proceedings were halted by a federal judge until the outcome of Wisconsin’s case is decided.

The court is expected to hear arguments from Texas in April.

The Supreme Court will consider taking up arguments from North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan once the aforementioned states cases are decided. The Supreme Court is hearing these cases because the states decided to appeal lower federal court rulings.

In Pennsylvania, the U.S. Supreme Court denied an emergency appeal to Republicans after the State Supreme Court struck down the GOPdrawn 2011 map. The court ordered the current Republican majority state legislature to redraw the districts by Feb. 9, with Democratic Governor Tom Wolf having until Feb. 15 to sign off on the new map.

Wolf said the map submitted to him was just as gerrymandered as the old one, tossing the decision to the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court to draw the districts. The court is expected to release a map

Monday. If the state Republicans appeal, it would result in the case going to the U.S. Supreme Court.

State district lines can have a huge effect on state legislatures and the United States Congress. State legislatures of the party in power draw the district lines in their states most often, and a few states have nonpartisan committees who draw them.

The panel decided that by imposing a three-part test. They considered whether Republicans acted with discriminatory intent, if they acted with discriminatory effect or if there were other reasons, such as geography, that made the map to look that way.

The state argued on the third question, saying that Democrats are concentrated geographically in cities.

The three-judge panel disagreed, and said that “does not explain adequately the sizable disparate effect.” The panel concluded that the state GOP acted with both discriminatory intent and effect.

In Wisconsin, Democrats won a majority of statewide votes for the state legislature in 2012 and in 2014, but only hold 39 of the 99 seats. Percentage-wise, Democrats won over 50 percent of the statewide votes, but hold just under 40 percent of the seats. The state’s districts were drawn by Republicans.

An interactive district map shows hardly distinguishable lines in Milwaukee and Madison areas. Contrastingly, the Northwestern districts are easy to see. The court held that this was intentional.

The large gap between Democrats’ votes versus their seats in the state legislature is the reason Wisconsin finds itself at the focus of the U.S. Supreme Court, while other states stand by ready to present their arguments.

Supreme Court decisions would only further exacerbate the Republican struggle to hang onto a congressional majority in the 2018 elections.

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Students work with reptiles, amphibians Professor leads gene research to study evolution, herptiles

By Caroline White

caroline.white@marquette.edu

Izzy Matamoros, a junior in the College of Health Sciences, is one of the few people on the fifth floor of Wehr Life Sciences. She is outnumbered by lizards.

“Two years ago, I didn’t even know what a gecko was, and now I know so much about them,” Matamoros said. “Aside from having one-to-one interactions with the geckos, I have the opportunity to learn more about their biological background from Tony and the grad students.”

She works in the lab to feed the animals and cleans cages with Tony Gamble, an associate professor of evolutionary biology and herpetologist. Gamble and his team of students study the sex chromosomes of various reptiles and amphibians to gain a better understanding of how evolution occurred.

The sex-determining mechanisms of reptiles and amphibians are the key to unraveling the mystery of how life on earth began and how it has evolved, Gamble said.

The research group finds herptiles, which are reptiles or amphibians, interesting because of what lies beneath the surface in the genes of the animals. Gamble is interested in the various sexdetermining mechanisms of reptiles and amphibians specifically because they can vary so much

within one species.

“Over evolutionary time, these different (chromosome) systems transition back and forth between each other. We published a paper a few years ago that showed that just among lizards and snakes, there have been about 30 of these transitions,” Gamble said.

“What’s even more shocking is that we don’t even know the sex-determining mechanisms of most lizard species.”

It takes many students working together to be able to compile as many papers as Gamble does.

One of them is Jaison Banks, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences. He has worked in Gamble’s lab since he was a sophomore. What drew him to the lab was his passion for the research subjects. From a young age, Banks has had an interest in herpetology.

“Coming to Marquette, I knew I wanted to be a (biology) major. I actually wanted to be a herpetologist, which is the study of reptiles and amphibians,” Banks said.

“My sophomore year here at Marquette I was in a cell bio class, but I didn’t really like it. Then I talked to my professor, and he ended up connecting me with Dr. Gamble, who is a herpetologist.”

After talking to Gamble, Banks said he started volunteering in the lab right away.

During his time in the lab, Banks has worked for class credits, as a volunteer and for a paycheck. As a result, he’s had his name published on a variety of Gamble’s papers and has gotten hands-on experience doing work that he’s passionate about.

“The work I have done has focused primarily on snakes and chameleons and their sex determination mechanisms. The lab also has a lizard room filled with hundreds of lizards from many different species,” Banks said.

Currently, Gamble has

students studying speciation and embryonic development in lizards, and he has a grant from the National Science Foundation to study gliding lizards.

“Studying evolution can be challenging because the history of the earth has evolved once,

so you can’t have replicates,” he said. “By looking at these independently-derived sex chromosome systems, we can begin to find the generalities that are common amongst all of them.”

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Tony Gamble, an associate professor of evolutionary biology, works in a lab that studies herpetology.

Gesu, MU settle two-week-long parking dispute University to build new lot to accomodate church parishioners

By Caroline White

caroline.white@marquette.edu

The parking dispute between Gesu and Marquette was resolved to include a new surface parking lot, according to a letter posted on the Church of the Gesu’s website. The letter was signed by Rev. Jim Flaherty, head pastor of Gesu, and University President Michael Lovell.

The new surface parking lot that will be constructed west of Lot F, the original lot utilized by Gesu parishioners. The new lot will be available to Gesu parishioners on weekends.

Parking in Lot G on the weekends and parking in the law school parking structure on Sundays are also

options for parishioners.

“Construction on the new lot will commence this spring, though a firm date has not been set,” university spokesperson Chris Stolarski said in an email.

The construction of the new lot will not impact the construction of the Athletic Human and Performance Research Center. Lot F has been closed for construction as of Feb. 18.

The official groundbreaking ceremony of the AHPRC is set for March 6.

The short-term parking alternatives that Marquette has offered to Gesu parishioners are the same as previously stated, and the shared services agreement between Marquette and Gesu is unchanged.

Marquette and Gesu’s dispute emerged two weeks ago when the Gesu community voiced concerns that they were left out of the

decision-making process surrounding the closure of Lot F. Priests and parishioners were worried that the Lot F closure would negatively affect the church’s mission and that the alternative parking spaces originally offered were not adequate. The two institutions have been communicating since then.

The brief stated that the leadership of the two institutions have agreed to meet regularly to “maintain an open dialogue with respect to important topics that mutually affect Marquette and the parish.”

These topics include a collaborative investigation into more parking options in the area.

The specific details of the investigation have yet to be determined.

John O’Brien, the director of operations and administration at Gesu Parish, said there is much to be done before the details are known, and “it will likely take some time.”

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University and church work together to resolve parking dispute.

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Wild Commons features amenities, resources Students, RAs look forward to moving in, utilizing facilities

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Wild Commons is set to open in August 2018, just in time for the upcoming school year. It is the first new residence hall on campus in 50 years. It includes various state-of-the-art facilities, totaling around $108 million to build Wild, according to the university website.

The dorm will have a total of 890 beds that will be set up in a pod style.

“Primarily, the floor is set up in pods – 18 beds per pod. It is primarily (double rooms), but there are a few singles scattered throughout the building,” Kathy KugiTom, the university’s project manager for the new residence hall, said.

This dorm style will group roughly 18 individuals together. Kugi-Tom said students living in pods will share a common bathroom space and study area.

“Most of the pod groupings are a mix of single and double rooms,” Kugi-Tom said.

The dorm is made up of two separate towers. “T Tower will have two pods per floor, or 36 students per floor. The L Hall (building along 18th and Wells Streets) will have 4 pods total per floor. Two groupings along Wells Street and two groupings along 18th Street – so 72 students per floor, roughly,” Kugi-Tom said.

The exact numbers of freshman and sophomore beds are still unknown.

“That decision will be made by early to mid-February,” Mary Janz, the executive director of residence life said. The housing selection process takes place in March.

Rising sophomores were invited to attend a housing information session Feb. 12. Clare Lumetta, a freshman in the College of Business Administration, said she was glad she attended the session.

“It was helpful because it gave us a clearer idea of how we sign up because it is different than it was our freshman year,” Lumetta said.

Besides housing, the new residence hall will contain other resources and amenities that will be available to all students.

“The building will have lounges, a chapel, an interfaith space, a practice room, and two classroom-type spaces. The theater stairs will be a really neat gathering point for our campus. The exterior courtyard will be a really great gathering space for students,” Kugi-Tom said.

The dining hall will be open 24-hours and allergen-free. It will include eight platforms or venues. The layout of the space is similar to a food court or to mini-restaurant venues, Kugi-Tom said.

Olivia Smith, a junior in the College of Health Sciences, is currently a resident assistant in McCormick Hall.

Smith just received a position in Wild.

Because the hall is in its last year, the RAs in McCormick have to transfer dorms if they wish to continue workings as RAs. “I feel like Wild is a good step in the right direction for me personally,” Smith said. “Wild will be co-ed by door and will also have freshman and sophomores.

I will not only have mixed ages, but mixed genders, which will challenge me in building my community and connecting with a more diverse community.”

Smith said she is also excited about the air conditioning and how less people will be using the bathrooms, due to the pod set up.

She believes most of the RAs from Mccormick will be pursuing Wild Commons next year, she said.

“If McCormick wasn’t coming down, I would probably want to stay with my staff though and not transfer,” Smith said.

Molly Stark, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, is an RA in McCormick as well. She said she became an RA to help freshman transition into college, and she is excited about the prospect of a new dorm.

“I think a lot of returning RAs and new RAs will want to be in Wild because it’s just a cool new experience,” Stark said.

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Battle of the bands returns Eight artists go headto-head in Annex courts competition

Street Studio,” Santana said.

The New Grey will be playing its third public show Thursday and said it hopes to gain some fans along the way.

By David Goldman

david.goldman@marquette.edu

With Marquette Radio’s Battle of the Bands quickly approaching, eight bands from around Milwaukee are preparing to compete. On the table for the champion is a 414 Live session on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee, an opening slot for “An Evening With Abby Jeanne” April 5 at The Tonic Tavern and an opening slot at the Marquette Radio Spring Concert.

With hopes high and excitement buzzing, here are the bands that will be vying for the grand prize Thursday, Feb. 22 from 7-11 p.m. at the Union Sports Annex.

The Marquette-based rock group YaYa Bigs is hoping that the Battle of the Bands contest will bring it more recognition within the campus community. Students Adam Labban, Jon Chacon and Michael Stearns met through their love of music here at Marquette and listed Eurythmics, Jermaine Jackson and Devo as some of their prominent inspirations. While the band mostly specializes in covers, it plans to unveil two new original songs at Thursday night’s event.

“We just hope to inspire at least one person to feel really passionate about something for a brief moment,” Chacon said.

The New Grey is a Wisconsin based R&B/indie-mix band looking to make a name for itself in the music scene. Band members include Jake Rieboldt, Luis Santana, Mike Hartl and Johnny Franchino, all of who share a passion for the band’s playing of solely original songs. Their unity and songwriting skills steered them to the studio before live shows were even a priority.

“Our story is a little unorthodox in that instead of playing shows right away, after three practices we decided to book studio time at Howl

Coming together at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Dogbad’s members said they are inspired by indie rock, jazz, funk, neo-soul and anything weird. Members Carter Voras, Isaac Repinski, Ethan Suhr and AJ Peal said they hope to meet other musicians in the area and share their own music with them.

“We would love to just make some noise, make the crowd feel happy, depressed, beautiful, ugly, shattered, uplifted and overall jive the night away,” Repinski said. “As an up-and-coming band, we’d like to make our own name while developing new friendships along the way.”

While Dogbad has played at a few open mics in Milwaukee, this will be its biggest gig to date, and it plans to play two original songs for the crowd.

“We want to open our hearts and creativity to as many people as possible and share our passions,” Repinski said. “Maybe inspiring those in the audience to make their own dreams come true.”

Chaz and the Eutectics members

Chandler Zastrow, Anthony Gnas and Wyatt Warell are ready to make a splash at Thursday’s Battle of the Bands.

“The band has shuffled members and names, but after six to seven years, we’re back where we started sans a pianist and singer,” Warell said.

Coming together about a month ago after a period of separation, the members are back on their feet just in time for the contest.

The alternative-rock style band is inspired by the likes of Pearl Jam and Dave Matthews and plans to play a few original songs throughout the show.

As a traditional rock group with the majority of its influence coming from both the rock and soul music of the ’70s and the jam rock scene today, Modern Joey plans to play two original songs at Thursday’s event and said it is looking forward to performing alongside others in a friendly competition.

Band members Logan Furuta, Jackson Payne, Carl Erikstrup and RJ Ziebarth said they are excited to network with other bands for future shows and spread their name around the Wisconsin area. They also said they hope to play at Summerfest in the future and think a strong showing at the Battle of the Bands concert could have a positive influence on its prospective plans.

Timothy Kempen, Nathan Waters, Daniel Sendelbach and Alexander Sendelbach are hoping their group SCARLET will burst onto the Milwaukee music scene in Thursday’s contest. With both Alex and Daniel going to school in the Milwaukee area, the band has been looking for an opportunity to bring a performance closer to its college peers than the Fox Cities, where the band usually plays.

The alternative hard rock band is looking forward to playing two of its original songs at the show and hopes that this contest will both establish its presence in the Milwaukee area and lead to regular performances.

Unlike other bands getting involved in the contest, the Wisconsin-based band The Red Flags has already established itself in the Milwaukee and Madison music scenes. Gabe Wilson, Jonah Wilson and Ally Borchardt said they are hoping their unique style lends itself well to the concertgoers. “(Our style is) like Rage Against The Machine and The Dead Weather made sweet, sweet love,” Jonah said.

The Wilson brothers met Borchardt within the Milwaukee music scene, and Jonah Wilson recounted their immediate desire to join forces.

“We met Ally at a gig in Milwaukee. She was playing in a group called Deadly Friend, and we were opening up for them,” Wilson

said. “Soon after that gig, we got wind that she quit Deadly Friend, and we asked her to join us.”

The Red Flags said they hope to use the Battle of the Bands to further connect, network and discover.

“We love who we meet in this industry, whether they’re musicians, managers, promoters, bookers, it doesn’t matter,” Jonah said. “You can tell everyone in this business is very passionate in what they do.”

Hip-hop artist Simon Mustafa will enter Thursday’s contest as the only solo artist in the lineup. Coming off his first official tour, one that was completely organized without the help of a label, Mustafa said he is inspired by the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Jay-Z, GLC and WebsterX. “My main motivation for immersing myself in hip-hop and writing was a need for my voice to be heard,” Mustafa said. “Being the youngest of three children, I often felt I wasn’t being listened to, and hip-hop gave me an opportunity to share my thoughts, feelings and opinions in a different way that allowed me more freedom than I felt I had previously.”

The Milwaukee native said he hopes that this contest will bring him more recognition in the area as well as connections with other Milwaukee musicians. “(I’m hoping to gain) more connections, live performance feedback and new fans,” Mustafa said. “As well as a win.”

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Behind the Battle: Meet the judges Five figures from Milwaukee music scene to form panel

By Kelli Arseneau

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Marquette Radio’s Battle of the Bands will feature a panel of five judges. Here’s a look at the group who will name the winner at Thursday’s event.

Allen Halas began “Breaking and Entering” as a student at Marquette.

The idea was conceived as a podcast prouced out of a friend’s dorm, hence the name “Breaking and Entering.”

It continued as a Marquette Radio Show for a couple semesters, until Halas and his podcast partner parted ways. Halas graduated in 2013, and in 2014 relaunched “Breaking and Entering” as a daily music website, featuring local Milwaukee musicians and bands covering events like concerts and festivals.

Having been involved in Marquette Radio as a student as well as having returned to judge the event last year, Halas is no stranger to the Battle of the Bands. “I was pretty

blown away, actually, by the amount of talent we had at last year’s Battle of the Bands,” Halas said. “It was something that when I was a student at Marquette was interesting, but not to the level of talent that there was last year.”

Halas always appreciates the opportunities both to come back to Marquette and to support local musicians and is glad Marquette Radio is providing a platform for musicians from around town.

A “Breaking and Entering” partner of Halas’s, Patrick Carroll has been involved in the Milwaukee music scene for nearly a decade now, going to shows and promoting local bands. Along with Halas, Carroll was also a judge at last year’s Battle of the Bands “I am all about something original,” Carroll said. “Music’s got to make you feel something … I like something that stands out where you can actually feel what the songwriter - what the band - wanted to convey to the audience.”

Since she was 16, Cat Ries

has been performing in shows around Milwaukee.

She continued performing her music throughout high school and her early 20s, and then began going on tour.

Calling herself the “Paula Abdul of the bunch,” Ries says she will be focusing more on creativity and energy than incredibly technical details when it comes to judging the competition.

As a part-time musician, Ries sings and plays synthesizer in the band NO/NO, which she described as “‘80s synth-pop and new wave, a little shoe-gazey too at times.” In addition, she dances and performs in the theatrical group Rio Turbo, and also performs in an “atmosphericgoth R&B” solo project.

with marketing, advertising and promoting. “First and foremost, I’m a fan,” Forstner said, adding that he enjoys “reaching out to these bands and trying to get them to build a presence in Milwaukee.”

As for what he looks for in a quality band, Forstner considers himself traditional. “I like guitars, you know, a drummer that has a good stage presence, and just a band that kind of brings it on stage,” Forstner said. “There’s a lot of bands that can make similar sounds, but (not as many) people that deliver and the people that can really sell it on stage.”

Forstner also appreciates a band that has a unique sound as well as a band that takes inspiration from other influences and musicians of the past.

For two and a half to three years, Mark Forstner worked at The Rave/ Eagles Club doing social media and online advertising. After working a regular marketing job for a bit, Forstner “still kind of had the itch” to work with marketing for music, and got back into booking shows and providing marketing services to musicians and bands. Since Spring 2017, he has been involved with Extension Cord, an organization helping independent bands

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A session guitar player with Voodoo Honey Records, Aram Feriants plays for the artists involved with the record, specializing in R&B, gospel, hip hop and rock.

In addition, Feriants plays at Christian Faith Fellowship Church of God and Christ, a large gospel church in Milwaukee.

“Honestly, I don’t know what to expect. Probably just looking to check out some music, and hopefully they’re good,” Feriants said.

The Battle of the Bands will be hosted at the Union Sports Annex, Thursday, Feb. 22, from 7-11 p.m.

The winner of the Battle of the Bands will perform at the showcase held by “Breaking and Entering” at the Tonic Tavern on April 5, opening for Milwaukee-based indiealternative musician Abby Jeanne.

As judges, Halas and Carroll keep an eye out for a group of musicians that can add excitement and energy to their upcoming showcase.

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Study abroad students should immerse themselves in experience

Studying abroad is an experience widely considered to inspire personal growth. But many students don’t realize how vital it is to immerse themselves in their new host country, or how difficult that process can be.

Cultural immersion is the process of surrounding oneself with a specific culture, allowing an appreciation and understanding both independent of, and in conjunction with, American life. It can involve living with locals, exploring “non-tourist” areas, adopting the local language and generally investing in the surroundings.

However, some students do not fully immerse themselves in the culture the way they should.

The natural response for some study abroad participants is to gravitate toward other American students, and while having a cultural foothold

for emotional support can be helpful, relying too heavily on it can hinder the experience.

Not all host universities provide the option to have a roommate, which can encourage using a dorm room as a respite from culture shock.

But the more time someone spends in his or her room, the less time that person is spending with the host country, so a conscious effort to spend as little time at “home” as possible is incredibly important.

Studying abroad is typically expensive. Committing to it means literally spending thousands of dollars to get somebody out of his or her comfort zone. The likelihood of being provided with a comparable opportunity somewhere down the road is slim, to say the least. Participants should take advantage of study abroad

to the best of their ability.

The natural instinct to retreat into what feels familiar is understandable, but it needs to be recognized and wrestled with. While it’s natural to be nervous about branching out, immersing yourself in a new culture is the easiest way to learn about your own.

Sometimes the best way to learn about your home is to get as far away from it as possible, politically, socially and academically. Studying abroad is a chance to make new discoveries and become fascinated with things often taken for granted.

Among other things, global education holds the potential to be deeply cathartic while widening one’s capacity for compassion and cultural understanding. It presents an opportunity to more clearly

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A student’s study abroad expereience included a trip to Copenhagen.

discern one’s place in the world while encouraging independence and increasing self-assuredness.

However, some students get overzealous in their desire to experience new cities and countries, and express this by traveling immoderately.

While convenient, cheap travel is a perk of studying abroad, there’s a reason the student chose their host country. Grappling a shallow understanding of many societies is far inferior to a deep, meaningful understanding of a few. By the end of the program, participants should be savvy in their country’s nuances, and the only way to gain that knowledge is to not ignore the study abroad location in favor of excessive travel.

By no means is this a process without challenges. Assimilating into a new place can be

simultaneously terrifying and emotionally draining. The differences in social norms, standards of living and even the treatment of punctuality and etiquette can all contribute to discomfort. But the social enlightenment gained from the experience vastly outweighs the challenges.

This applies to all international and domestic programs, whether wrestling with a language barrier or acclimating to a life in Washington D.C. The most important thing in any OIE trip is continuing to strive toward cultural engagement despite setbacks.

Becoming invested in a host country can provide a multitude of opportunities for growth, both personal and otherwise. Students shouldn’t be afraid to accept it as their home, because it is — for a little while, anyway.

Young Republicans’ celebrations of Reagan uninformed Reilly Harrington

Either through selective memory or deliberate ignorance by conservatives, the disastrous presidency of Ronald Reagan has become a “golden era” of American politics.

College students who were not even conceived during the Reagan years proudly walk around campus wearing “Reagan/Bush” campaign T-shirts.

Conservative Twitter pundits yearn for the days when a former actor-turned-political figure was the face of American conservatism.

This hero worship is baffling, as the Reagan administration set forth historically bad policies both at home and abroad.

Much like our current Commander-In-Chief, Reagan received glowing endorsements from hate groups like the Ku Klux Klan. An editorial written by a member of the Klan praised the Republican platform under Reagan, stating it “reads as if it was written by a Klansman.” Even

after four years in office, the Klan endorsed him a second time during his re-election campaign. However, this second endorsement was spurned by the former governor of California. The former president spoke strongly against the hate group, yet many of his administration’s policies continue to adversely affect people of color to this day.

One of those ill-fated policies was the war on drugs. Despite similar drug usage rates, black populations were targeted more than whites due to racial connotations surrounding the crack epidemic. These policies still affect black communities with no clear positives. The United States, then the largest consumer of illegal drugs in the world, sought to punish any country who was not operating within strict anti-narcotics guidelines. Exceptions to these sanctions were made, as the CIA was funding some of those foreign cartels to help combat the “spread” of communism.

One minority group of the United States was damaged more by the Reagan administration than any

other: the gay community. The 1980s saw the rise of HIV/AIDS in the United States. Little was known about the disease, which allowed misconceptions and misinformation surrounding the disease to spread.

Reagan first used the word “AIDS” in public in 1985, five years into his time in office. The influence of the religious right was apparent in Reagan’s inaction, as the disease was predominantly affecting gay men.

The Reagan administration deliberately dragged their feet on the issue of HIV/AIDS even as the disease was ravaging gay communities with horrific mortality rates.

Foreign policy under Reagan was somehow more devastating than his domestic policy, although not by a very wide margin. From funding death squads and extremist rightwing groups in Nicaragua, El Salvador and Grenada among others, the United States accelerated its rate of government de-stabilization in South America. Also among Reagan’s allstar lineup of foreign allies were the Mujahideen of Afghanistan,

“freedom fighters” who would shortly become the Taliban.

Reagan did speak out strongly against one political figure during his time in office: Nelson Mandela.

Due to Mandela’s links to the South African Communist Party, Reagan placed the anti-apartheid activist on the international terrorist list, where he would remain until 2008.

The former president would also attempt to veto American sanctions on the Apartheid government of South Africa. The Senate, however, would override this decision, marking a shift in public opinion on apartheid.

Economically, Reagan is praised by conservatives for his tax cuts on the rich and his reduction in government spending. During the Reagan years, minimum wages were frozen while taxes on the rich were literally halved. As these tax cuts continued, the middle class saw increases in taxation. As a result of his economic policies, the wage gaps in this country have grown even larger. This tactic of economic stratification has continued to be an essential part of

GOP platforms in the decades following the Reagan years.

The Reagan era had positives that would be unfair to overlook. The former president was well-spoken and had a comfortable media presence for a majority of his time in office.

This is likely a result of Reagan’s time as an actor. This trait is displayed in his response to the Challenger disaster. Reagan’s granting of amnesty to illegal immigrants who entered the country prior to 1982 is an immigration stance that would be unheard of in modern conservatism.

But the lengthy list of negatives associated with the Reagan administration heavily outweigh the positives.

The hero worship of Reagan exhibited by contemporary conservatives is either indicative of the malice of the party, or the ignorance of the damage Reagan has done to the world.

Reilly Harrington is a junior studying digital media and peace studies. He can be reached at reilly.harrington@marquette.edu

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Racists shouldn’t be candidates Parents should vaccinate children Jackson Dufault

White Nationalists like Richard Spencer and David Duke have always been outspoken about their beliefs. Neo Nazis and the KKK still hold public meetings. Intolerance has been an undercurrent in American society since Plymouth Rock. But those intolerant voices seemed like a vocal minority, an archaic counter-culture.

But two U.S. Senate hopefuls in Illinois and Wisconsin, representatives of this vocal minority, are campaigning for office. This indicates an alarming lack of political safeguards against intolerance in government, and highlights a need for change in hate speech laws.

Republican Arthur J. Jones is running for Illinois’ 3rd Congressional district seat. Jones is a former member of the National Socialist White People’s Party, formerly known as the American Nazi party. Jones has gone on record denying the Holocaust. He said he is willing to work with the KKK and Photo via Flickr other “patriotic” organizations and Paul Nehlen is a Wisconsin GOP hopeful with ties to white nationalism. is disappointed in President Donald Trump for appointing “too many in the Republican Party. technically not doing anything Jewish cabinet members.”

Jones is not going to win. He’s wrong. The first amendment gives The Illinois Republican Party has already denounced Jones. The running against democrat and 3rd them protection because they are state’s party chairman Tim Schnei- Congressional District incumbent not inciting violence.

This highlights a serious lack der said, “There is no place for Na- Daniel Lipinski, who has representzis like him in America.” But Jones ed the district since 2004. Illinois’ of safeguards that would preisn’t the only candidate causing 3rd District traditionally votes for vent racists like Jones and democratic candidates, and repre- Nehlen from running. controversy like this.

For many years, hate speech has In Wisconsin, republican Paul sentative Lipiniski is not a Nazi.

This is also the second time Ne- been a frustrating constitutional isNehlen, who is looking to to replace Paul Ryan as congressman hlen is running against Ryan for the sue, spawning multiple supreme for the 1st Congressional District Speaker position. He was obliterat- court cases. These cases have deseat, said that Jews are destined ed the first time, and it isn’t baseless termined that Nehlen and Jones receive protection from the govto “burn in hell” and has gone to assume it would happen again.

But whether these two win isn’t ernment for what they say. Awful on white supremacist podcasts the issue. The general public isn’t people who have done horrid things mocking the Holocaust.

Similar to Jones, Nehlen has re- going to let hateful people win elec- have been protected under the First ceived significant attention from tions. The real issue is how they Amendment; Nehlen and Jones are other politicians. The GOP has managed to get enough support to another example.

There are many politicians who publicly denounced Nehlen for run in the first place.

The Republican Party should be discourage racism and hate speech his comments and continued antisemitic speech. GOP spokesman ashamed that it has been unable and say that there is no place for it Alec Zimmerman said that Ne- to find another candidate to run in this country. They’re right about hlen and his ideals have no place against these two, especially Jones. that. People similar to Nehlen and Even though the odds are stacked Jones should not be considered against the GOP in Illinois, another Americans. They’re monsters. But Statement of candidate should be nominated in talk is cheap, and lawmakers and Opinion Policy order to save the embarrassment government officials need to take The opinions expressed on the Opinions of a racist having even a remote more actual action to fix the probpage reflect the opinions of the Opinions staff. The editorials do not represent the chance of winning. lem. This is a prime example of the opinions of Marquette University nor its Parties cannot prevent someone relevance of this issue. administrators, but those of the editorial board. from running for an election, but It’s time to reinterpret hate speech The Marquette Tribune prints guest submissions at its discretion. The Tribune they can do everything in their laws and punish those who choose strives to give all sides of an issue an equal power to have someone oppose to spread hate throughout this voice over the course of a reasonable time period. An author’s contribution will not them. country the way Jones and Nehlen be published more than once in a fourweek period. Submissions with obvious The Republican Party has done do. A state congress is certainly not relevance to the Marquette community will well in denouncing these two can- a place to do that, nor is anywhere be given priority consideration.

Full Opinions submissions should be didates. They shouldn’t be consid- in the United States for that matter. limited to 500 words. Letters to the editor should be between 150 to 250 words. The ered true Republicans. Both Jones Tribune reserves the right to edit submisand Nehlen are alt-right. But with sions for length and content.

Please e-mail submissions to: morgan. primaries looming, it looks like hughes@marquette.edu. If you are a curJackson Dufault is a sophomore rent student, include the college in which that’s all they can do. studying journalism and political you are enrolled and your year in school.

But the worst part about both science. He can be reached at If not, please note any affliations to Marquette or your current city of residence. situation is that these two are jackson.dufault@marquette.edu

Maya Korenich Last week, 3-year-old Alivia Viellieux of Muncie, Indiana, died after contracting the flu, which she was not vaccinated for. The family was told there was a chance the flu vaccine wouldn’t work, so they decided not to put the chemicals in the girl’s body, which ultimately led to this tragic death.

Families should vaccinate their children to avoid cases like this, and to protect their children as much as possible.

There are many reasons people may opt to not vaccinate their children. Some believe that their is a correlation between vaccines and autism despite most scientific and medical experts being satisfied that no correlation exists between the two.

Other reasons include that vaccines don’t really work and that it is just a way for doctors and pharmaceutical companies to make money.

Vaccines.gov is a helpful website that lists many reasons why it is a smart idea to vaccinate children.

First, vaccines can save a child’s life. There have been advances in science that allow immunizations to protect children from more and more diseases. Vaccination can also protect others and can keep children from getting a disease, and from spreading that disease to others. Immunizations can save families money and time. As a parent, a sick child often means an unwanted day off of work and expensive doctors appointments. Vaccination can help prevent this.

A lot of the confusion surrounding vaccinations can come from misinformation. For example, many people may believe that vaccines contain harmful chemicals, while in reality the ingredients used in vaccines are safe when used properly. Vaccines are also approved by many major medical associations including the Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization.

Additionally, adverse reactions to medication are extremely rare.

Anaphylaxis, a severe allergic reaction, only occurs in one in a million vaccines. Until vaccine-prevented diseases disappear, vaccines will still be necessary.

There is no way to really force people to vaccinate their children.

This is because it infringes upon constitutional rights. For example,

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many religions oppose vaccines, so forcing individuals in those communities to be vaccinated would strip them of their religious rights.

The best thing to do is educate people about the positives of vaccination and the negatives of not doing so, and let them come to their own conclusions about what they want to do in their households.

There is only a small proportion of parents who do not vaccinate their children. Ninety percent of children in the U.S. are fully vaccinated, according to parents. com. Even though that is a small margin it is still important for everyone to be vaccinated.

Healthychildren.org has many testimonials from parents describing why they personally felt it was not only important, but necessary to vaccinate their children. It is one thing to hear information and facts, but mothers’ and fathers’ own stories are possibly the most persuasive.

Sarah Wojtovich and Anne Lee, two mothers, both agreed that they vaccinate because it was recommended by their doctor, who they trust. Victor Lewis, a father, said he vaccinates to protect the vulnerable individuals in his community.

Amy Parker, a now mother of two, said that when she was young her parents chose not to vaccinate her. She led a life filled with homeopathic remedies rather than over the counter medications. Unfortunately, she contracted diseases such as measles, mumps, rubella, whooping cough and chicken pox, just to name a few.

Now that Parker is a mom she made the decision to vaccinate her children. She said they have rarely been ill and have only been given antibiotics twice in their life. Parker was given antibiotics so many times that she contracted penicillin-resistance quinsy at the young age of 21.

Whether a parent or guardian chooses to vaccinate their child or not, it is vital to weigh all the factors. Talking with a pediatrician, reading testimonials and looking at the pros and cons are all very important. For the safety of others and one’s child, it is important to make the decision to vaccinate to avoid disease and even death.

A lot of the confusion surrounding vaccinations can come from misinformation .”

Maya Korenich is a sophomore studying social welfare and justice.

She can be reached at maya.korenich@marquette.edu

Men’s lacrosse will rely heavily on its freshman offense. Early results against Jacksonville were promising.

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Howard leads Marquette with 20.9 points per game. Any absence from the sophomore would leave the Golden Eagles with only eight eligible scholarship players on the roster.

Star guard sustains injury in weekend win over Creighton

By John Steppe

john.steppe@marquette.edu

Sophomore guard Markus Howard has been diagnosed with a right hip contusion and is doubtful for Marquette’s

contest against St. John’s Wednesday, per a tweet from the team account.

His status is unknown for Saturday’s game against DePaul and Monday’s game against Georgetown at the time of publication.

The BIG EAST’s second-leading scorer was seen on campus Monday morning using crutches and not putting any weight on his right leg.

He suffered the injury Saturday night at Creighton late in the first half. As he went up for a layup, he took a hit mid-air from Bluejay forward Toby Hegner and fell hard on the floor. He could not get up without assistance. Team officials had to carry him to the locker room.

“Obviously he took an incredibly hard fall. He was in extraordinary pain,” Marquette head

coach Steve Wojciechowski said after the game. “We’re hopeful and praying for great news, the best news possible and a speedy recovery.”

Howard has been the lifeblood of Marquette’s offense this season, accounting for 33.6 percent of the team’s shots and 29.3 percent of the team’s possessions. He has led Marquette in scoring in 11 of 26 games and leads the team with

20.9 points per game.

If Howard has to miss significant time, it could affect Marquette’s postseason outlook. The Golden Eagles have four regular season games remaining and only have four road wins. Marquette (15-11, 6-8 BIG EAST) would likely need to win three of its next four games including its last two road games to be in NCAA Tournament contention.

Gambacorta starts mental health advocacy initiative Senior lacrosse player wants athlete welfare at forefront

By Meghan Rock

meghan.rock@marquette.edu

Women’s lacrosse defender Alex Gambacorta entered the season with 49 appearances and 21 starts. Yet the biggest difference she has made is far from Valley Fields’ seasonal dome.

Gambacorta, a senior doublemajor in social welfare and justice and writing-intensive

English, launched Student Health Allies and Peer Educators (SHAPE), a mental health advocacy group for student-athletes with the help of her academic advisor, Maureen Lewis.

Gambacorta first became passionate about mental health and self-care in high school.

She knew a few people who struggled with mental illness and saw a need to have more conversations about it.

However, Gambacorta didn’t grasp the daily struggles of balancing a Division I sport and full credit load until she arrived

at Marquette.

“Being on an athletics team is sort of hard, because there’s a mentality of faking it until you make it and not showing weakness,” Gambacorta said.

After seeing teammates and friends struggle, Gambacorta wanted to remove the stigma surrounding mental health.

She knew it wasn’t going to be easy.

“It was really hard to talk about because, it was being vulnerable and sharing your emotions with people,” Gambacorta said. “And that’s not always seen

as acceptable.”

Lewis called Gambacorta “fearless” in confronting the stigma and getting the conversation started. “(Gambacorta) is just … like, ‘We have to figure this out, we have to talk about this more (and) we have to put this front and center,’” Lewis said.

“She’s like an energizer bunny behind it.”

Gambacorta knew she wanted to make an impact off the lacrosse field for her senior season. Lewis and Gambacorta worked on the plan for SHAPE

all of last summer and officially launched the organization at the beginning of the fall semester.

Since its launch, SHAPE has made an instant impact among her fellow student-athletes.

Twenty-three members representing six sports have joined.

SHAPE has added awareness of the stigma through the fourperson pushup challenge. The challenge addresses the statistic that one in four people suffer from a mental health illness.

It was so successful that the

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BIG EAST scoring at highest rate in conference history Coaches give credit to players for increased offense

By Andrew Goldstein

andrew.goldstein@marquette.edu

Last year’s men’s basketball team was ruthlessly efficient on offense, averaging 82.2 points per game to lead the BIG EAST. The 2017-’18 squad returns its three best 3-point shooters and is almost identically as potent, scoring 82.1 points per game.

Instead of finding themselves at the top of the BIG EAST pack in scoring, the Golden Eagles are in fourth, a fact head coach Steve Wojciechowski attributes to strong coaching across the conference. “(They have) really wellschemed, really well-planned and thought out offensive systems, where players are given freedom and have the talent and ability to execute,” Wojo said.

It’s certainly not the BIG EAST one’s parents remember — a conference that built its identity on physicality, to the extent that the NCAA instituted the fivefoul rule specifically for the BIG EAST just to rein it in.

Instead, the style of play has become polar opposite of that era. Free-wheeling offensive possessions and a plethora of unused time on the shot clock has become the norm in the conference.

Xavier head coach Chris Mack, whose Musketeers are tied for fifth in the country in scoring offense with 85.1 points per game, has noticed the rise of offense in the BIG EAST, especially in comparison to other traditional power conferences like the Big Ten. “I heard a stat the other day that said, ‘Minnesota leads the Big Ten in pace of play, but would be last in the BIG EAST’,’” Mack said. “Our teams really get up and down the floor. It’s a hard league to defend.”

Some of the increase in scoring is because of broader changes within the game; a shortened shot clock and embrace of the 3-point shot are responsible for the extinction of the old BIG EAST slugfests. St. John’s head coach Chris Mullin took part in his share of classic conference games as a player from 1981-’85. The league is now much different than the league he remembers, mostly because of the long-ball.

“The 3-point shot has been the biggest impact on basketball at all levels,” Mullin said. “Going back to the old BIG EAST, to me it’s tougher now because … any team can beat anyone on any given night.”

Fundamental changes to basketball’s structure alone don’t account for the increase in scoring. There have already been

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Villanova and Marquette combined to score over 160 points in both matchups this year. The Wildcats average a BIG EAST- best 87.4 points per game.

19 conference games this year in which both teams scored 80 points. Last year only had 13 games that both teams scored 80 points, and the year before had 11.

Villanova, the preeminent power in conference, exemplifies the new-look BIG EAST. A bevy of long-range shooters has propelled the Wildcats to a 24-3 record and no. 2 national ranking. Six different players shoot over 40 percent from beyond the arc. Their star point guard, Jalen Brunson, is having one of the most offensively efficient seasons ever recorded.

Villanova head coach Jay Wright said he views the BIG EAST’s depth of high-scoring

talent as central to its identity as a top basketball conference.

“I think it’s got the highest-level players and coaches,” Wright said of the BIG EAST. “Consistently, top to bottom, I think it’s the best.

How I judge the best is just nightin and night-out, how competitive are the games?”

Marquette’s road victory over the Creighton Blue Jays last Saturday is a prime example of the spit-fire scoring in the conference. The two teams combined to average 1.27 points per possession, far above the national average of 1.04. Only three of the Golden Eagles’ 14 games — home dates against Georgetown, DePaul and Providence — have featured both teams scoring

below that 1.04 mark.

Running on offense is just as central to Creighton’s identity as it is to Marquette’s. Often, Creighton won’t even bother to stay for an offensive rebound once a shot goes up, preferring instead to get back on defense, which the Jays hope will lure the other team into playing at their tempo.

Wojo attributed the uptempo tenor of most conference games to the conference’s coaches and players.

“The style of the play in our league is as fun of a style as any kind could want to play,” Wojo said. “We have a league that has a number of offensive juggernauts … there is not a more exciting

brand of basketball.”

Fans longing for the old BIG EAST’s heyday can take solace in the fact that the new conference is just as successful, if not as defensively-minded, as before.

At least half of the conference’s teams have played their way into March Madness for the last three seasons, and there’s every reason to expect it will happen again. Six of 10 teams in the BIG EAST are projected to make the NCAA Tournament according to the latest projections by ESPN’s Joe Lunardi.

“It’s a fun league to coach in and a hard league to prepare in,” Mack said.

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group is looking to implement it again later this spring by partnering with university mental health group Active Minds to reach more people.

Sparking awareness around the stigma has been a focal point of the organization, making it easier for fluid conversations to take place.

“I think when it’s not visible when people don’t know that there’s (sic) people that care about this necessarily, then it’s harder (because it is) like, ‘Oh, no one else feels like I feel,’” Gambacorta said.

Lewis said conversations among student-athletes were already happening in the locker

room because they are constantly with one another.. A majority of students are resistant to seeking help because they think they can handle it by themselves. “I regularly hear sayings such as, ‘I got it, I don’t need you, I’m good, I’ve got it, I’ll let you know if I need you,” Lewis said.

As a second-semester senior, Gambacorta is more motivated than ever to make her mark, which she believes she can accomplish by showing up, being patient and listening.

“It’s not answering anything back,” Gambacorta said. “It’s just sitting and listening and hearing someone’s side (of the story).”

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Alex Gambacorta is one of five seniors on women’s lacrosse and one of four upperclassmen defenders.

Freshmen carry heavy load for men’s lacrosse offense Thomson, Orsini made first starts in seaason lidlifter

By Brendan Ploen

brendan.ploen@marquette.edu

Heading into the first game of the season with a brand-new attack line, men’s lacrosse coach Joe Amplo knew someone had to step up.

“Those young guys on the offensive end, I think you are going see or hear from them sooner rather than later,” Amplo said before the season started.

True freshmen Anthony Orsini and Keaton Thomson made their debut on the front line along with redshirt freshmen Griffin Fleming and Colin O’Donnell last Saturday in the 11-10 win against Jacksonville.

Redshirt junior John Wagner scored the game-winning goal against the Dolphins, but the freshmen are seeing heavy usage.

“Hopefully it’s motivation for some other guys to feel like they can step up in a big moment like Johnny did today,” Amplo said.

Orsini scored his first two collegiate goals, recorded an assist and took seven shots in his debut. Meanwhile, O’Donnell added a crucial assist to Wagner’s second goal with

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Freshman Anthony Orsini scored two goals and dished an assist in his Marquette debut against Jacksonville.

6:25 remaining to give Marquette a two-goal advantage. Thomson also took two shots on goal and picked up a ground ball.

Prior performances from both players foreshadowed their impacts this weekend. Orsini was named a U.S. Lacrosse All-American his junior and senior year of high school and Thomson notched 10 points in the Ontario (Canada) Junior ‘A’

Lacrosse League playoffs with the Mimico Mountaineers last spring.

The four players have been working with each other since the fall.

O’Donnell and Fleming have been on campus since 2016 after both sustained knee injuries that kept them out of last year’s season.

“We practiced really hard all fall,” Thomson said. “All fall we were working for the starting spots that

we were lucky enough to get. We’ve been working together as a team and I think it showed today in the end.”

Amplo said he was impressed with the freshmen’s debuts and believes it could be a precursor to future success.

“I just liked our ability in crucial moments to manage the game,” Amplo said. “I was proud of guys like Anthony and Connor and even guys

like Collin O’Donnell who went in and made a big play, to go in and make a single play to calm us down.”

The new-look line will have some help with Marquette’s experienced midfield and defense. All but one defensive starter returns, which has provided a boost to team cohesion.

“There’s no difference between all the positions,” Orsini said. “We’re all a unit when we’re out there on the field and we all have to work together to pull through on the field.

I think we all have pretty good chemistry so far.”

That chemistry has come in handy after Keaton Thomson’s older brother, Tanner, made the decision to redshirt the season due to an injury from last fall. Keaton said even though the offensive unit had played together in three exhibition games over the last few weeks, being in a meaningful game produced nerves, although he doesn’t necessarily think it’s a bad thing.

“It puts you on your toes and you grip your stick a little tighter but as soon as you get into the flow of things, you have to play your game and settle down,” Keaton said.

The four freshmen attackmen will look to continue their impressive start to the season Saturday, Feb. 24 when they will play the University of Detroit Mercy at noon.

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Club volleyball hopes to make nationals despite youth Fifth-place finish at home tournament casts future in doubt

By Sammi Alexander

samantha.alexander@marquette.edu

Women’s club volleyball has some ground to make up before nationals after finishing in fifth place at its annual National Collegiate Volleyball Federation tournament in the Helfaer Recreation Center last weekend.

The team took home the championship trophy in back-to-back years in 2015 and 2016. Last season, the women’s team finished third at the final tournament, falling short in the semifinal round by just two points.

With most members returning from last year, the team anticipated a stronger finish at its home tournament and was disappointed with how things turned out.

“I think there was a lot of pressure at this tournament, and I think that’s due to being a young team,” lone senior Kelly Rushman said.

“That’s kind of how we struggled, but we have lots of time to fix it, and I think now everyone’s super excited to gear up for nationals.”

The Golden Eagles lost just two seniors from last season but took on four freshmen. With a group dominated by underclassmen, there are still some kinks to work out before nationals, which are

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With under two months until the national tournament in St. Louis April 15, the women’s club volleyball team is still trying to fix its shortcomings.

from April 12 to April 15 in St. Louis. Just before that weekend, the Golden Eagles will compete in another ranking event held at the University of Michigan. Getting the opportunity to face in-state rivals like University of WisconsinMadison will help the young team know what to expect.

“I think there’s going to be a change in mindset within the coming weeks because of how this tournament ended,” Rushman said.

The underclassman-heavy squad has turned to juniors and seniors

for leadership. Junior middle hitter Hailey Wellenstein has been with the team all three years and has no problem taking on a leadership role. “(It’s) showing the younger girls what I’ve experienced through volleyball and how fun it is to be successful and represent Marquette well,” Wellenstein said. “Once you know what that’s like, you can’t get that out of your mind. You want it.”

While the freshmen are still learning what it means to play

club volleyball at the highest level, Rushman has welcomed the increased camaraderie they’ve brought to the squad. Off the court, the team spends a lot of time together on long bus rides or fundraising for tournaments. Forging a bond with each other through those activities could be the key for club volleyball to get back on track.

“It’s more of a unified group since the underclassmen are the majority of this team,” Rushman said.

Club volleyball made a name

for itself nationwide earlier in the season; both men’s and women’s squads finished in third place at the national tournament last season. Making the necessary leap between now and April depends on eliminating mental lapses, which lead to avoidable errors. “(We have) some hitting errors, hitting into the block, hitting out, some serving errors throughout the day that are such improvable things that we can do,” sophomore outside hitter Erin Hughes said.

Freshman Popovic makes move up to first singles spot Improvement in fall season leads to change in lineup

By Zoe Comerford

isabel.comerford@marquette.edu

Coming into her first spring season at Marquette, freshman Natalija Popovic never expected she would be vying for the No. 1 doubles spot, let alone the top singles position.

Popovic has accomplished exactly that, appearing in every spring match with senior Paula Tormos Sanchez on Marquette’s No.1 doubles team. She also has played all five matches in either the first or second singles slot. In her last match against the University of Illinois-Chicago, Popovic earned her first experience playing on the top court, defeating her UIC opponent in straight sets.

“At first I was surprised that I (was) going to play,” Popovic said. “I honestly felt the same.

When you’re playing for a team, it’s not just for you.”

Playing for higher up has required some adjustments for Popovic. Head coach Jody Bronson said she knows Popovic is a good competitor, but being a part

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On top of occupying the top singles spot, Popovic plays with Paula Tormos Sanchez on the lead doubles team.

of a team has placed a greater burden on her.

“Sometimes she feels pressure playing for a team because she wants to do so well,” Bronson said. “We’re trying to get her to understand that you just go out and play. This is something you’ve done your whole life.”

That added stress initially impacted her confidence, but is gradually improving. “I really enjoy playing for my team,” Popovic said. “I don’t feel that

pressure anymore.”

Part of that poise on the court comes from playing with Sanchez on the top doubles team. “She knows (Tormos Sanchez) is a senior, and I think she really listens to Paula and kind of wants Paula to help lead her,” Bronson said.

This process includes Popovic learning how to be a more effective doubles player and complement her partner.

Popovic is trying to be more aggressive at the net while Tormos

Sanchez has a strong stroke from the baseline. The style of play has worked to their advantage.

Pairing a senior and a freshman is often risky, but Popovic and Tormos Sanchez have the chemistry of an experienced doubles pairing.

“I think both of their baseline games set the other one up at the net,” Bronson said. “Natalija’s serve is a great weapon for Paula at the net on that next ball coming over. They create a lot of

opportunities for each other.”

There is one aspect of Popovic’s game she’s had since the beginning: a powerful serve.

Popovic believes that her serve has always come naturally to her and as a result, is able to be more aggressive for the remainder of the point.

Popovic has also greatly improved her backhand and net game since November, which has made her an all-court player. She can defend at the baseline and finish the point at the net.

The freshman plays tough at the net in doubles, but prefers to be at the baseline working her opponents from sideline to sideline with her groundstrokes in singles.

Moving forward, the Serbia native’s mindset of “practice with purpose” has Bronson excited for her next three years as a Golden Eagle.

“She has tremendous potential to really be a very, very good college player,” Bronson said.

“She’s very coachable. She asks questions, she doesn’t just assume that she understands or knows the answer to something.

Whatever you tell her, she’s going to do it.”

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Women’s soccer graduates remain family in pro ranks Trio from conference title team try to find their way at next level

By John Steppe

john.steppe@marquette.edu

The family atmosphere Marquette head coach Markus Roeders fosters translates into a sisterhood between Marquette’s three professional signees – Morgan Proffitt, Maegan Kelly and Mary Luba.

“It’s great to see each other when we’re all on road trips or away. It’s good to see a friendly face, good to catch up,” Kelly said. “We are all happy that everyone is doing well.”

Luba, a 2015 graduate of Marquette, was the first of two former Golden Eagles to land in Chicago.

After playing with the Chicago Red Stars’ reserve unit, she was promoted and signed her first pro contract in 2015 with the Red Stars. Proffitt joined her in Chicago two seasons later when the Red Stars selected her with the 12th overall pick in the 2017 NWSL Draft. After playing two seasons with each other at Marquette, Proffitt’s arrival was like a family reunion about 90 miles south of campus.

“It was awesome, just like one more familiar face in the Marquette

fam(ily),” Luba said. “We played together obviously for a year or two here, and we know each others’ tendencies, so it was fun to pick that up where we left off.”

Proffitt’s first career game came against a familiar face: Kelly, a 2014 graduate and FC Kansas City draftee. It harkened back to the days when all three members of Marquette’s 2013 BIG EAST Championship team when they regularly shared the field together.

“It’s weird almost because you’re used to having them on your team and now they’re on the opposite team,” Kelly said. “It’s really nice.

You’re like ‘Mo, what are you doing?’ or like, ‘Get out of here, Luba.’

Just like it’d be at practice.”

All three players have found that the transition from Marquette to the NWSL has hardly been seamless. Profitt went from a tightknit program to a more cutthroat NWSL atmosphere, which required some adjusting.

“Everyone’s friends and family, but I think it’s more of a job,” Proffitt said about playing in the pros. “You go out to practice and you go out on the field and you know you need to prepare and stay focused.”

She had to make another adjustment last August when the Chicago Red Stars released her and the

Washington Spirit claimed her with a month remaining in the 2017 schedule.

“You have to figure out their tactics, their playing style, new players, you have to learn names,” Proffitt said. “Being the rookie was hard at Chicago, but then going to a new team, it’s like being a rookie all over again.”

Adverse moments like those make communication between the three essential.

“We keep each other in the loop on what’s going on, how we’re doing just here and there,” Kelly said.

“Mo (Proffitt) has asked me some stuff about playing in the NWSL, or playing overseas and things like that before she even got to the pros. So, it’s useful sometimes.”

Communication varies from advice on where to play after college to text messages congratulating goals and good games.

“If (Kelly) will score a goal, I’ll text her like, ‘Saw your goal, keep it up,” Luba said. “It’s kind of just a little back and forth like that, so that’s cool.”

When Proffitt arrived in Washington, a family-like atmosphere similar to Marquette’s greeted her. One of her teammates bought her some Milky Way candy bars as a small belated birthday present.

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“I had just got there, so I didn’t think anyone would know who I am or anything like that,” Proffitt said. “All the fans, we’re signing autographs and they’re like, ‘Morgan, welcome!’ A lot of them knew it was my birthday the day before, so they wished me a happy belated birthday.”

Whether Proffitt is playing in Chicago or Washington, Roeders will always be watching her and Kelly like

a proud father.

“You live through them and see what they can do,” Roeders said.

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