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Signed, sealed and restricted Documents from Joseph McCarthy held in library

By Matt Harte

matthew.harte@marquette.edu

For decades, a set of private materials on former Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy have sat in the Raynor Memorial Libraries where they will remain sealed until the death of McCarthy’s daughter.

McCarthy, an alumnus of Marquette Law School, is best known for his investigations during the 1950s that attempted to expose members of the United States Army and government suspected of having Communist ties. The term “McCarthyism” is used by his critics to refer to unfair allegations, especially against people accused of being communist.

McCarthy’s private materials are sealed in the libraries at the request of Joseph Minetti, the second husband of McCarthy’s widowed wife Jean.

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See MCCARTHY page 5 Various artifacts like photographs and voice recordings from former Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy are held in the campus libraries.

Students allowed exemptions for vaccinations University does not share if sick students recieved vaccine

By Clara Janzen

clara.janzen@marquette.edu

Since January, six Marquette students have been diagnosed with mumps on campus, but the university would not comment if students suffering from mumps were vaccinated.

The first reported case came in a university-wide email Jan.

20. Another email with one more case went out Feb. 8 and yet another email with two more cases was sent Feb. 10. The university requires students to provide a proof of immunization of MMR (or measles, mumps and rubella) along with Varicella for chicken pox and a Tetanus and Diphtheria shot.

However, some students can be exempt from receiving required vaccinations for religious or medical reasons, according to the Marquette University Medical Clinic.

“While there are some students who can’t receive a vaccine for medical reasons and others who choose not to for religious reasons, these students are few and far between,” Carolyn Smith, executive director of the MUMC, said. “All students that request an exemption must first meet with one of our nurses to discuss their individual situation and the risks and benefits of vaccination and risk of disease acquisition. Depending on the outcome of that interaction, they may or may not be granted an exemption.”

Smith emphasized while the MMR vaccine is not 100 percent effective, it goes a long way in helping to stop the spread of mumps. Smith declined to disclose which residence halls have been affected.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that people who have received two doses of the MMR vaccine are about nine times less likely to get mumps than unvaccinated people.

Sabrina Peisker, a freshman in the College of Business who lives in Humphrey Hall, said,

“My dorm has a lot of space and less people than other dorms … but I would be more worried if I lived in a dorm like McCormick because there’s less space and more germs and you’re always in close proximity.”

Mumps is spread from an infected person through coughing, sneezing, talking and occasionally through contact with saliva, according to Smith.

Part of the university’s followup procedure has been to contact

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Behind the badge: Praising role models Racine native discusses influential black female officer

By Clara Janzen

clara.janzen@marquette.edu

Josiah Williams, a blues music-loving Marquette Police officer, would not be on his current career path without a youth role model to look up to.

“It goes all the way back to when I was a child,” Williams

said. “There was a female police officer, Julia (Witherspoon) … Lots of people in our area weren’t so fond of police officers, but by her being a black female officer she gained a lot of respect from the people in our neighborhood,” he said.

Born and raised in Racine, Wisconsin, Williams was inspired by Witherspoon’s ability to “come around when something happened and … take something that escalated pretty high and bring it

all the way down,” he said.

“I admired her and wanted to be just like her. She’s my role model.”

Williams has worked for the Marquette University Police Department for the past year and a half. He previously worked as a security officer and ran the Racine County Explorer Post.

“I’m not new to law enforcement, just new to the official part,” he said.

A self-described jokester, Williams said he can be

funny around his coworkers because of the workplace comfort level. “With Marquette you have a real family-like feeling,” he said.

MUPD Captain Jeff Kranz said Williams is a model officer. “Here at MUPD we are trying to change how policing is delivered in a large city setting,” Kranz said. “We are trying to become part of the community and not occupy the community. (Officer) Williams embodies this style of policing through both his words and his actions.”

Similarly, Williams said the most rewarding part of his job is assisting citizens.

“I love to help people,” he said. “I like seeing people come from a bad situation and giving them hope, so they know that’s not their only situation.”

When he’s not on the job, Williams is jamming to the blues or practicing his guitar.

“I like to dabble,” he said.

“Every day after work I get in my car and turn my Pandora on. Music really centers me.”

Williams said he especially loves the music of B.B. King and Albert King.

He also has read all the “Alex Cross“ books by James Patterson. “That’s my character,” Williams said of the title character. “He’s a psychologist and he also works on the police department and I think, ‘Wow I could see myself being just like that.’”

Williams attended Milwaukee Area Technical College, and is interested in taking more classes while working.

“I’ve always had an interest in psychology, like criminal psychology,” he said.

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MUPD Officer Josiah Williams has been working for the department for a year and a half.

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Residence hall wing turns temporary hotel O’Donnell Hall houses Italians for student symphony

By Matthew Martinez

matthew.martinez@marquette.edu

Students from renowned conservatories across Italy are staying in O’Donnell Hall until Feb. 23. The students are here as part of the International Music Program, and they performed with the Marquette Symphony Orchestra Feb. 19.

The 15 students are being housed in the previously unused wing on the northwest section of the first floor. According to O’Donnell Director Jennifer Roche, the vacant wing was last used over the summer to house conference attendees. The students were given the same conference packages which featured linens and various amenities.

“We kind of go from residence hall mode to hotel mode,” Roche said. “We’re always very

pleased to host these students.

We try to make them feel like part of the community. They’re in our Batcave (the basement at O’Donnell), and they’re interacting with residents.”

O’Donnell housed the students when they came here for the first time last April as part of the International Music Program.

The program reached Marquette when Italian conductor Maestro Filippo Salemmi visited with Dr. Erik Janners, the conductor of the Marquette Symphony Orchestra, in spring of 2015. According to Janners, Salemmi was leading a similar program at Carroll University in Waukesha when he reached out to Marquette.

The International Music Program has grown to include universities such as Marquette, Carroll, University of Milwaukee-Wisconsin and Stanford. The program will also allow Janners to take a group of Marquette students to Italy in July.

The program allows Marquette’s string orchestra to

perform alongside Salemmi’s wind ensemble.

“The preparation wasn’t too difficult,” Janners said. “We sent them PDFs of the pieces we would be playing in advance so they would have time to rehearse. Mostly, our rehearsals this week were getting everyone on the same tempos.”

The concert featured the conducting of both Janners and Salemmi, leading students to adapt to the nuances of both conductors.

“The big difference is that Maestro Salemmi is really expressive,” said freshman viola player Amy Harrigan. “He’s also more of a perfectionist.”

Harrigan says that the opportunity to play with a wind ensemble adds an entirely different sound to the compositions.

“It helps that they’re all super talented,” Harrigan said. “There weren’t many language barriers, either. Dr. Janners knows enough Italian to communicate, and Maestro Salemmi speaks fluent English.”

While language barriers were not an issue, the transition was not easy for the visiting students.

“It’s an interesting period, but also tiring,” said wind ensemble player Antonio Criscuolo. “We do music all day. It’s fun, but there’s a seven-hour time difference. It’s afternoon here, but it’s the middle of the night there. It’s fine now, but it was a struggle when we got here.”

Despite the time difference, the students are getting rare opportunities to experience American culture. This includes a trip to see the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Saturday.

“We did a four- to five-hour analysis of all the pieces,” Criscuolo said. “We’re really enjoying the American people. The food, the schools, the culture is just very different.”

After the students stay in O’Donnell, they will be going for another ten-day trip to Stanford University for a similar engagement.

MUMPS from page 1

Six cases confirmed at MU, 44 in Wis. since Nov. 2016 students that may have interacted with infected students, whether it was in a mutual class or living on the same floor in a residence hall. The email did not specify the students who had gotten sick or where they may have come into contact with them.

“Based on recent findings by the City of Milwaukee Health Department, it is possible that you have been around someone sick with mumps,” the email said.

“Because of your possible exposure to someone with mumps, it is very important that you monitor yourself for signs and symptoms of mumps until March 15, 2017.”

Those who got sick were sent home and are not allowed to return to campus until they are cleared. All students and staff are being urged to check their

medical records and make 60 sure they are updated on Cases of Mumps their immunizations. in Wisconsin 50 “After receiving this email, I was very concerned for my health.

It was nice of the school to send 40 this email out to all the students that might have been in class 30 with this person with the mumps, 53 45 43 but it was stressful receiving 20 16 this,” said Natalie Quist, a fresh8 man in the College of Nursing, 10 4 who received the email.

0 The university’s email warned 0 students on campus to be cautious ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 ‘14 ‘15 ‘16 ‘17 and check to make sure they are not Source: Wisconsin Department of Health Services Infographic by Anabelle McDonald anabelle.mcdonald@marquette.edu exhibiting signs of mumps, which people diagnosed with the mumps The CDC recommends to include: swollen throat, swollen received two or more doses of the wash your hands often with soap salivary glands, fever, nausea, vaccine.

Of the cases, 43 percent and water, avoid sharing food or headache and appetite loss. are female and 57 percent are drinks and to frequently disinfect Since November 2016, there male, the median age being 21 surfaces to avoid transmission. have been 44 confirmed mumps years old. cases in Wisconsin. 28 of the 44

MUPD REPORTS FEBRUARY 20 A student was ill in McCormick Hall at 12:56 a.m. after consuming a controlled substance in O’Donnell Hall and received medical attention.

Unknown person(s) vandalized university property in Schroeder Hall, causing an estimated $450 in damage between 9:15 p.m. and 11:15 p.m.

Two students and four guests not affiliated with Marquette admitted to MUPD they used a controlled substance in Campus

Town East at 10:51 p.m.

An underage, intoxicated student acted in a disorderly manner in the 800 block of N. 18th Street and was cited by MUPD at 2:40 p.m.

FEBRUARY 17 An alumnus acted in a disorderly manner in Carpenter Tower and was cited by MUPD At 3:07 a.m.

FEBRUARY 16 A person not affiliated with Marquette acted in a disorderly manner in the cafeteria in Straz

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Pipeline decision affects MU students Native American freshman shares his perspective

By Matthew Martinez

matthew.martinez@marquette.edu

President Donald Trump signed executive orders late last month to expedite approval of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The pipeline is slated to cut through lands that are considered sacred by Native Americans, causing protests at sites where construction is supposed to begin.

A Marquette student was directly affected by the 1,172 mile-long pipeline project stretching from North Dakota to Illinois. Eman Shott, a Native American freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, was called back to his South Dakota Tribal Union to vote on the pipeline construction in August.

Shott, whose full last name is Shott With Two Arrows, is a member of the Lakota Sioux tribe. He serves with his uncle on the Tribal Union, a gathering of two elected members from each family of the tribe to deliberate over issues facing the reservation.

The majority of the Tribal Union did not approve of the pipeline completion, but the recent executive orders overruled the Union’s vote.

At the meeting in August, “there were a couple members of the (U.S.) government there,” Shott said. “They went over the general (information):

‘This is how people are going to benefit; you’re going to lose this much of your reservation.’

I was perfectly okay with it.”

Shott signed a piece of paper saying he would advocate for the pipeline’s completion. “We have thousands upon thousands of miles that we don’t use,” he said. “More or less, there’s just garbage that piles up over there. Let them build the pipeline. It will benefit everybody. They don’t see it right now. They see their sacred lands getting torn up.”

Fervent protestors who wish to preserve the sacred lands include members of various Native American tribes and environmentalists.

According to the Standing Rock Syllabus, the pipeline violates the Treaties of Fort Laramie of 1851 and 1868.

The treaties reserved more than 12 million acres of land for Native Peoples in parts of North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana and Nebraska. The land included the Black Hills, which are considered sacred by the Lakota.

Furthermore, outrage has gone on, as the original plans for the pipeline were supposed to pass through the predominantly white border town of Bismarck, North Dakota. The plan was then diverted to pass over Standing Rock. Anti-DAPL protesters have referred to this as environmental racism.

Those who put together the Standing Rock Syllabus hope to construct a more broad and historical frame of

Photo by Austin Anderson austin.anderson@marquette.edu

Eman Shott, a member of the Lakota Sioux tribe, participated in voting on the pipeline.

reference for the pipeline. They encourage readers to engage in conversation across various social media platforms using #StandingRockSyllabus.

Protests have gone on across the country to stall or discontinue its construction, including the main protests at Standing Rock. Marquette is home to many who oppose the pipeline, including faculty and students.

“The government just keeps taking everything that makes Native Americans themselves away from them,” Kayla Macho, a freshman in the College of Health Sciences, said. “First the whole country, now this?

Contaminating their water source, although it is environmentally terrible, is also taking away the spiritual connection

that they have with the water.”

While Macho said the pipeline may have benefits, she is doubtful that the end would justify the means.

“Obviously it could be efficient, but it’s not worth the consequences,” Macho said.

“Like in theory, yeah, it would be great. But communism is great on paper, too.”

Marquette declined to take an official position on the pipeline. “As an institution, Marquette generally does not take formal positions on political issues or endorse political candidates,” Chris Jenkins, associate director of university communication, said. “Individual members of the Marquette community who feel passionately about this or other issues

are encouraged to make their voices heard. Native American students are valued at Marquette, and make important contributions to our campus culture. The university is currently exploring opportunities to make even more coordinated and intentional efforts to help Native American voices be heard on our campus.”

Shott spent the summer before his senior year of high school on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in order to enroll in the tribe. He normally lives in a suburban home in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

“It’s a thing we do to get initiated into the tribe,” he said.

Shott said living on the reservation was an eye-opening experience. “It’s a culture shock,” he said. “The one thing I took away from it is that anything you have in your life right now, you should value it. You really should.”

Shott said he was happy and excited to learn about his culture from the bottom up, but also said the environment is haunting to behold.

“It’s like a Third World country,” he said. “On the entire reservation, we have maybe one or two houses that are fully intact. The community center where everyone works, it’s just, it’s going down. There’s holes in the wall, broken glasses … many of the buildings don’t have electricity.”

Pine Ridge Reservation is recognized as the most impoverished county in the United States. “No one really sees it, because social media doesn’t really get out over there,” he said. “It brings reality to you.”

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MCCARTHY from page 1

Only archivists allowed access to sort, store McCarthy files Marquette first received the McCarthy papers in 1961, but Jean Minetti requested the materials be closed for research uses.

After Jean’s death in 1979, Joseph Minetti refused to give the libraries any of McCarthy’s papers still in the family’s possession unless Marquette kept them sealed until 2050. While he softened his stance in 1988 and gave Marquette the remaining papers, he did so on the condition McCarthy’s private files be closed to the public for the lifetime of Tierney Grinavic, McCarthy and adopted daughter.

Marquette received Jean Minetti’s materials over other institutions such as the Wisconsin Historical Society and Stanford University’s Hoover Institution.

One of the libraries’ archivists, Phil Runkel, said Father Raphael Hamilton, the founder of Marquette’s Special Collections and University Archives, was instrumental in getting the papers.

“(Hamilton) was here throughout the McCarthy era and sympathized with McCarthy,” Runkel said. “Very soon after McCarthy’s death, he contacted Jean Minetti.”

The private files include McCarthy’s Senate files, manuscripts, marine corps records and campaign records. Interested researchers can look at the libraries’ public McCarthy files, which Joseph Minetti also consented to the release of in 1988. These public files include press clipping and recordings of speeches.

Runkel said the libraries are continuing to explore options that would allow for the opening of the papers earlier than the date requested by the family.

“We’ll certainly make an announcement as soon we can,” he said. “We know a lot of people are interested, even to this late date.”

As of now, only archivists like Runkel have viewed the sealed files for sorting and storage reasons. Runkel said despite the

intrigue around the sealed files, people might be disappointed in their contents once they’re finally revealed.

“From what I know from

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From what I know from the sealed files, there’s nothing that would substantially alter what’s known about McCarthyism, his charges or his personal PHIL RUNKEL life.”

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the sealed files, there’s nothing that would substantially alter what’s known about McCarthyism, his charges or his personal life,” Runkel said.

Alison Efford, an associate professor of history, said anti-communist politicians like McCarthy became popular during the 1960s because of American fears during the Cold War. “At the time, there was a lot of public fear of the U.S.S.R. and what it wanted to do,” she said. “There were also politicians that exploited that fear for their own objective.”

Richard M. Fried, a professor emeritus of history at the University of at Illinois at Chicago, has previously written books on McCarthy including “Nightmare in Red: The McCarthy Era in Perspective” and “Men Against McCarthy.”

Fried is currently working on a new McCarthy project and utilized Marquette’s available

McCarthy materials, a decision he said was simple. “I’m writing a biography of McCarthy and this is the largest collection of papers of his,” Fried said.

Fried said he acknowledges the limits of the collection in the parts that are closed to the public, but said it’s especially useful for the years preceding McCarthy’s election. The materials on McCarthy before his years in the senate were donated by McCarthy’s nephew in 1990 and have been open ever since.

Runkel said Grinavic has not responded to requests discussing the papers.

“She has ignored any requests or inquiries, just doesn’t speak about it or address McCarthy, his papers or access to them,” Runkel said. “That is her right, of course.

She’s not a public person and we have to respect that.”

Company aims to recruit quality workers ItusOne looks to help construction, trade companies

By Matt Harte

matthew.harte@marquette.edu

A company run by Marquette students could help construction firms and trade unions connect with high school students.

The company, ItusOne, was founded in September 2015

by Davis Marklin, a junior in the College of Engineering.

ItusOne is planning to use a computer program to collect data from high school students and interpret which students would be the most promising candidates to enter skilled trade and manufacturing jobs. The company would then deliver the information on promising candidates to clients such as manufacturing and construction firms for a fee.

When ItusOne started, the company planned to work on wearable technology to help construction workers stay safe on the job. While the company shifted priority to developing the program, Marklin said he used connections he made working with construction companies to discover problems they were facing.

“We went to these companies and asked them, ‘What’s your biggest problem right now?’ and they said, ‘We can’t get enough people to go into skilled

Photo by Yue Yin yue.yin@marquette.edu

Davis Marklin, founder, looks to help construction companies gain more experienced workers.

trades,’” Marklin said. “There’s high paying jobs in these trades, like being an electrician or carpenter, but they can’t get people from high school into them.”

Many of skilled trade employers are faced with an aging workforce going into retirement. However, employers are finding it difficult to find young workers to fill these positions. Marklin said this difficulty is the result of a stigma surrounding these jobs.

“The big thing is, when you’re in high school, everyone hears that they have to go to college and that’s how they’ll get ahead in life,” Marklin said.

“Skilled trades and manufacturing jobs are also seen as dirty work. People think that if you

fail out of high school or you’re at the bottom, that’s the kind of work you do.”

Sarthak Dabas, a graduate student in the College of Arts & Sciences, is the lead data scientist for ItusOne. Dabas is working on the algorithm that will be used in schools.

“The algorithm will basically spit out names of people who are interested in the industry,” Dabas said. “For example, it would give companies or unions the name of a student, their contact information and the probability of them going into each trade.”

Dabas said while the software is a long way from being used by companies, ItusOne could be beneficial to companies when

they need help staffing a project. “If a company needs ten electricians for a project, they can look at our list of potential electricians and their probability of coming in, and the company could contact them.”

Marklin said moving away from working on wearable technology was a challenge for the company, but he felt that the new program would be better at addressing problems the industry is facing. He said the shift was made harder because ItusOne had already established customer commitments for the wearable tech.

“As we shifted gears, we unfortunately had to turn down those offers,” Marklin said. “As of now, we haven’t made any

money, but I’d say we’re only a month or two off from that.”

The company held preliminary information discussions with a guidance counselor from Wauwatosa East High School.

Marklin said they plan to get schools to work with them by contacting industrial arts or shop teachers. In these classes, students work on home repair and construction projects.

“A lot of shop teachers already worked in the field and are passionate about getting people into that career field,” Marklin said. “If the teachers buy into the program, it shouldn’t be too hard to get them to have their students take it.”

ItusOne received funds to start the company from the Marquette Enterprise Seed Fund, The Dorm Fund and The National Science Foundation’s Innovation Corps Program.

Megan Carver, the associate director of the Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship, said ItusOne has also been working with the center since the company’s beginning.

“I’m extremely proud of the ItusOne team and their accomplishments thus far,” Carver said. “The team embodies the entrepreneurial spirit and demonstrate a true passion for building something great from nothing and they are willing to push themselves to achieve big goals.”

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MU students face minority backlash Mexican-American students share campus conflicts

By Madison Marx

madison.marx@marquette.edu

President Donald Trump’s plan to build a wall between the United States and Mexico has been a controversial topic during his first month in office, with heated viewpoints from both sides of the political aisle.

Two Marquette students shared their stories about being on the receiving end of what they believe to be an effect of Trump’s anti-immigration rhetoric.

Marychel Figueroa, a Mexican-American and sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, recalled a time when she experienced hostility on campus.

In one of Figueroa’s criminology classes, the class was

watching a documentary about immigrants. After the documentary ended, a student turned around and said to her, “This is why we need more walls.”

Figueroa said she felt a sense of shock after hearing the comment and remained silent because she wanted to avoid conflict. “To me, personally, it is very upsetting,” she said.

Figueroa also said she noticed that students avoid sitting next to her in class because of her color. “It is something that I am used to because I attended a predominately white high school,” she said.

Francisco Manzano-Arechiga, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said he is used to hearing racist comments and slurs on campus, especially during intramural soccer on campus with his Hispanic friends.

“While playing intramural soccer on a team full of

Hispanics, we are usually called ‘wetbacks,’ ‘Mexis’ or ‘illegals,’” Manzano-Arechiga said in an email.

Manzano-Arechiga also shared another story where he heard unfriendly talk from students. He was walking down the sidewalk on his way to class when he heard two girls talking about how they were excited that the wall was going to be built because Mexicans will finally be leaving the country.

“At first I was speechless,” Manzano-Arechiga said. “It was so sad how I go to the same university as people who think people like me, innocent and obedient to the law, should leave ‘their’ country.”

Manzano-Arechiga said he would not be directly affected, but can relate to how some families are feeling. “We didn’t feel as impacted by the Donald Trump victory as much as other families did that we know,

because our entire family is legal,” he said. “We feel the pain of those families due to (my family) being in that position a couple of years back, not knowing when we were getting our papers, or worse, when we were getting deported.”

Figueroa would not be directly affected either. She said immigration is part of what makes the United States a special place.

“Over centuries, America has been a melting pot, where different cultures have come together,” Figueroa said.

“This country has been built up by immigrants, which have made it one of the greatest countries in the world.”

After Trump’s travel ban on seven majority-Muslim countries, the Marquette administration released a statement about its commitment to ensuring that Marquette is a community open to people from a wide

variety of backgrounds. “We stand with our international students and any other student whose family is impacted by this evolving situation,” the statement said.

The two students had differing views on Marquette’s statement. Figueroa said she found comfort in it. “Marquette does a great job of protecting their students,” she said.

Manzano-Arechiga said he believes more could be done.

“I am shocked at the fact that President Lovell hasn’t said or done anything to talk to those Hispanics who have been victims like me,” ManzanoArechiga said. President Lovell releases a letter once in a while but it doesn’t change anything, he just does that to ‘show’ his support. They usually just release a statement, but it doesn’t help at all, and, to me, it seems like they don’t even care.”

Black Love Week shines light on history Students host daily events, including activist Shaun King

By Leah Harris

leah.harris@marquette.edu

Programming by Black Student Council received lots of love from celebrants of Black History Month.

The Black Love Week event began Mon., Feb. 13 with a

talk by civil rights activist and writer Shaun King. The event sold more than 800 tickets and was live-streamed in the Weasler Auditorium.

“That was the biggest BSC event ever,” said Cate Sullivan-Konyn, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences and treasurer of BSC. Sullivan-Konyn described the well-received kickoff event as a “long time coming.”

Following a successful first

day, BSC continued with daily events, all linked together by the theme of love.

Brianna Hawkins, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said, “Black Love came to be because initially it started the week after Valentine’s Day.” Deidre Hasan, a junior in the College of Communication and the social media coordinator for BSC discussed how disheartening it was to know that much of black history goes untold.

“I didn’t know the women from (the film) ‘Hidden Figures,’” she said. She recalled how “important” black people

were often left out of the history she was taught growing up.

“We also have black students here who don’t feel included,” Hasan said.

Tuesday, students took part in For the Love of Black Art. A paint night celebrating art and culture that instructed a class of students to create paintings of the African continent. BSC described the event as having a “better turnout than expected.”

Wednesday, there was a screening and discussion of the film “Bound: African vs.

African Americans.” This joint event was hosted by BSC along with the African Student

Association. The film concentrated on the tension between the two communities.

Thursday, All Black Lives Matter was hosted with the LGBTQ+ Resource Center to discuss the inclusion of LGBT individuals in the dialogues surrounding Black History Month. The week concluded Friday with a game night.

“It’s important to learn about other people’s history,” Sullivan-Konyn said. “It’s important for me to learn about black history so I can better educate my peers and (understand) our role in dismantling racism.”

Photo by Austin Anderson austin.anderson@marquette.edu

Deidre Hasan (left) and Alexandria Brown (right) discuss various topics at Black Love Week.

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Senate approves tobacco-free campus New policy directs students to cityowned sidewalks

By Camille Paul

camille.paul@marquette.edu

The Marquette University Student Government Academic

Senate approved the tobacco-free campus policy, originally introduced in November of 2015. It will go into effect Aug. 1, 2017.

The new policy makes the campus tobacco-free and will direct students toward sidewalks owned by the City of Milwaukee if they need to use tobacco.

In 2015, a recommendation on creating a tobacco-free campus

Photo by Austin Anderson austin.anderson@marquette.edu

MUSG President Adam Kouhel and adviser Jen Reid discuss new legislation at Monday night’s weekly MUSG meeting.

inspired senators to reach out to their constituents through survey for their opinion on Marquette being tobacco-free.

“We are Jesuit and we are an urban campus and we took that into account,” said Legislative Vice President Ricky Krajewski, a senior in the College of Health Sciences. “We found something that was relatively feasible and similar to other urban campuses.”

Last Thursday the final version of the policy was brought in front of the Staff Senate and passed unanimously. The version was then brought to the Academic Senate and ended in the same fashion.

“This is a culture shift,” Krajewski said. “We understand that students that currently go to Marquette might not be as affected, but after a few years and tour guides promoting it, we think it will have a positive effect on campus.”

Meeting brings new appointment and focus on commuters With elections approaching, executive board positions are

also going through changes.

The new senior communication vice president will be Ben Dombrowski, a junior in the College of Communication.

Dombrowski formally served as creative director for MUSG. He was approved unanimously by his fellow senators with glowing remarks. ”In all my time as a senator, I don’t think I’ve seen a more qualified candidate that MUSG has approved people for,” Senior Senator J.R. O’Rourke, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said. “Ben has approached every task that I have seen him work on with enthusiasm and a good work ethic.”

Dombrowski said he hopes to bring a voice to MUSG that can better communicate with students on campus through social media and event promotion.

“There is a lot of things that MUSG does well that doesn’t get as much attention as it deserves,” Dombrowski said. “There are also a lot of ways MUSG can improve and I want to do whatever I can to

make MUSG better for students.”

On top of improving communication with students, MUSG has been reaching out to commuter students through email to get students further involved with oncampus activities.

“Commuters are a very important part of this campus,” Krajewski said. “MUSG wants to make sure that they are not being overlooked in any capacity. They are just as important as any other student on campus.”

MUSG Senate Adviser Jen Reid, a graduate student in the College of Education, closed the meeting with her thoughts on the recent negativity displayed in senate meetings and her concerns with senators not treating each other with kindness.

“You have to be more generous with each other and focus on the work you are doing to benefit students,” Reid said. “Just think are you focusing on things that have to do with the student body or just MUSG?”

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Making mellow conversation Student-produced magazine invites open contribution

By Brendan Attey

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In a heated political climate, civilized discussion about personal viewpoints can be difficult to isolate from emotional discourse.

“In politics, everyone is always yelling at each other,” Clare McCullough, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences said.

McCullough aims to create a space for dialogue with Mellow Mag, a new online publication.

Composed of five to 10 writers from Marquette University and students from other parts of Milwaukee, the group aims to promote discussion of today’s political and artistic climate in a balanced and respectful way.

“In politics, everyone is

always yelling at each other,” McCullough said. “Especially in America now, divisions are something we need to embrace instead of ostracizing people because they don’t believe what you believe.”

The content that writers submit is published to MellowMag.Squarespace.com. Members meet twice a month to discuss their current projects.

“We just get together and talk about issues that we’re passionate about,” McCullough said. “It’s an open space for people to feel okay to ask questions and ... (share) their opinions and see both sides of certain arguments. It’s really just a space to come and have discussions in a compassionate and intellectual way.”

The group of writers, in

addition to producing content for Mellow, send letters to lawmakers and those influ-

encing government policy.

Two weeks ago, the group wrote to the Wells Fargo CEO and urged him to disinvest the Dakota Access Pipeline.

McCullough said the hope is that students will view Mellow Magazine as an alternative place to learn about the cultural splits America faces at a time when the country is as divided as ever. She also wants people to see the publication as being especially geared toward discussion and open-mindedness.

Meetings are open to the public and the magazine accepts contributions from anyone.

“Not everybody is into politics, but the personal does intersect with the political very often, so we focus on art and politics,” McCullough said. “We try to ... c r e a t e a community space that is more laid back than most political discussions.We want to get the information out by educating people and showing them how exactly the issues affect their lives. How can we advance our human rights and liberties while still maintaining peace?”

The magazine has published seven pieces on the Women’s March on Washington, Black History Month and a poem from contributor Chris Kresser.

Jake Champe, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration,

follows Mellow Magazine.

“Any time students take charge is pretty cool,” Champe said. “And I think that with the way political issues have become so divisive lately, a news source dedicated to dialogue could be very valuable.”

Jessica Kathe, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences, said it was important for a publication to allow people to express their views in a welcoming environment.

“College is a time for discussion and expanding your viewpoints,” Kathe said. “An online magazine like this seems perfect for that, especially if it’s meant to be a back-and-forth that lets people learn about other sides of important issues today.”

Mellow Magazine is only available online but McCullough hopes that it can expand to print in the future.

She also hopes to change the publishing schedule from quarterly to monthly.

Photos courtesy of Clare McCullough

From left to right: Zoe Campbell, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences; Cameron Wolfe and Chris Kresser, both UWM students; Sam Langheim, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences and Isioma Osademe, a sophomore in the College of Communication. Mellow Mag meets twice a month and is a collaboration between students from various schools.

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Seeking refuge in comedic improvisation Fugees entertain with witty ad-libs, impromptu jokes

By Brendan Attey

brendan.attey@marquette.edu

Danny Lang, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, doesn’t remember the last time he left practice without being in pain. But this isn’t practice for a sport – Lang is a member of the Studio 013 Refugees, Marquette’s improv team.

“I don’t think I’ve ever gone a whole practice or show without laughing so hard that I was in pain,” Lang said.

Marquette’s 14-person improv team, better known as the Fugees, puts on monthly shows in Marquette Hall. Their show Feb. 17 was especially rowdy.

Lang said that this was one of their bigger crowds. Fugee shows can draw crowds of up to 300 people.

“There were people sitting in the aisles because there weren’t enough seats,” he said.

Some of the Fugees have been doing improv for years. Others, however, didn’t start until after arriving at Marquette.

Ryan Lavelle, a senior in the College Communication

had performed improv in high school theatre classes before he joined the Fugees.

“I got on campus my sophomore year and tried out and I didn’t make it, but I tried out again next year and went to all the workshops,” he said.

His hard work paid off, as this is his second year on the team.

Lavelle said his favorite aspect of being on the team is the people he performs with. The audience is secondary.

“You’ve done improv with these kids so much that you’re trying to make them laugh during scenes,” he said. “Sometimes the audience laughs are going to feel cheaper than a genuine laugh you give people in the group.”

Some of the group members are involved with other forms of comedy as well.

Lavelle said he writes some comedy material. He prefers writing and filming skits, and leaves stand-up to others. He said he’d love to try stand-up, but it’s hard to think of ideas and that is why he prefers improv.

“You just go up there and say the first thing that comes to your head. I really think improv is just your core comedic sense coming out of you. You’re rolling along with what your gut says is the funniest thing,” Lavelle said.

Lang, however, has had no trouble converting his sense of humor over to stand-up.

“In improv, there’s just no set path for where something will go, and no expectations for what’s going to happen,” he said.

“Sometimes with improv, the audience and the other people you’re out there with understand that things don’t always work out well, but with stand-up it’s a little more nerve-wracking.”

Lavelle said the skill of being part of improv doesn’t come from getting the biggest

laugh. Team members have to work together as leading and supporting characters to put on a powerful show.

“You go and you play the scene and the biggest thing is to have confidence in what your improv prowess can be. You have to understand how scenes work and not force it, and just trust your abilities,” Lavelle said.

Cassie Lecinski, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences attended a comedy show that included the Fugees and enjoyed the group’s hilarity.

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Lecinski said she would go to a future Fugee show. “I thought it was really cool how they included the audience and based their sketch on what people said,” Lecinski said.

Tryouts for the group happen at the beginning of the semester.

For now, the current members of the Fugees are sharpening their timing and working to make the crowd at Marquette Hall erupt in laughter once more.

Photo via Facebook.com

Fugee members left to right, top to bottom: Alessandria Rhines, Danny Lang, Katelyn Weber, Jack Puhr, Daniel Ramos, Kelly Bauer, Connor Cacciottolo, Grant Egan, Ryan Lavelle, Claire McDonald and Madi Kec.

Few fails for Future in self-titled release Rapper’s latest album displays power, emotions

By Mac Vogel

mackane.vogel@marquette.edu

Future gave his fans the best Valentine’s Day present this year. The 33-year-old rapper announced that his self-titled fifth studio album would release three days later.

As promised, the 17-track album dropped and did not disappoint. The rapper brought his gritty roots back to life with this album, which had no features.

It begins with an absolute punch. The first track, “Rent Money,” is arguably the catchiest.

DJ Khaled is credited with production for this track and much of his upbeat, egocentric style can be heard in it. In the song, Future aims to insult several rival rappers, with a strong focus on Tyga.

He makes reference to his rival’s ex-girlfriend getting “Future” tattooed on her hand and suggests

that he cannot pay his rent, hence the title of the track.

For the most part, Future keeps the upbeat tempo going for the first six tracks.

Track seven, “Mask Off,” offers a different vibe, with a flute carrying the melody for the song’s entirety. Future’s vocals match the melody and stay lower with less autotune than normal. This song is a tremendous example of the rapper’s ability to use autotune stylistically and to know when to let up a little.

The audio processor often gets criticized, as well as artists like T-Pain who use it in most of their songs. But Future has always had a talent for using autotune cleverly, in a way that adds to his style. The sound of his autotuned vocals during singing and rapping create a voice that sounds, to an extent, heartfelt.

The second to last track on “Future” displays how the artist’s autotune stylistically matches his emotional lyrics.

“When I Was Broke” shows a side of Future that his fans do not get to see very often. His

meaningful lyrics are a big change from his traditional lyrics that are often about struggling with drugs.

Instead, Future sings, “She ain’t leave when I was broke ... I could see you was giving up, and that’s what killed me the most.”

It is difficult to tell who Future is talking about since he has been seriously involved with many women, but regardless of who this song is about, Future is undoubtedly putting a sincere vibe on display.

The final track on Future’s new album, “Feds Did a Sweep,” does a great job of closing out the album. The song has a softer vibe so as to end the album smoothly. In the middle of the song, however, there is a sample of police officers busting down a door and making arrests in a house. Future’s vocals then kick back in hard as he sings loudly “feds did a sweep.” This is an interesting stylistic choice, and he uses samples throughout much of the album, at the beginnings and ends of songs.

Future continues to impress fans with his awesome ego and unmatched style. While many

rappers struggle to stay relevant in the fast-developing industry, Future has once again

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Artistic outlets must National Marquette Day no excuse for obnoxious disrespect reach more students Ryan McCarthy Last Saturday was probably the best National Marquette Day in my four years at the university. The unseasonably warm weather gave the festivities a block party vibe, with hundreds of students taking to the streets to celebrate.

Although I didn’t really notice at the time, this also led to issues.

It wasn’t until 6 a.m. the next morning while walking back to my apartment that this finally hit me. I walked by two men in Marquette jackets filling up black trash bags with hundreds of cans and bottles that littered the streets and walkways along Wisconsin Avenue.

I was among the hundreds of students who gathered in the area around 19th and Kilbourn before the game and I saw firsthand the smashed bottles in the street, the tilted over trashcans and vomit in the bushes. I saw people boo and flip off Marquette University Police Department, who weren’t even acting on the literally hundreds of open

container violations in front of them. They were just trying to keep the roads clear and keep us safe.

I think it’s easy to forget that we don’t live among only other students. There are people with families, mortgages and full-time jobs who simply are trying their lives. I saw one student relieve himself at the corner of an apartment building and a wooden fence.

A middle-aged man holding a newborn baby appeared at the window next to the student and yelled at him to go away.

We often don’t think about how our actions affect others, especially in large groups and especially when drinking. We can have fun and get a little drunk without making everyone else who lives around campus miserable.

Even if you argue that it’s just a few students causing some problems, which it assuredly was not, these actions still reinforce the stereotype that all Marquette students are privileged and self-absorbed.

At a Jesuit university, one of the things we like to tout is that we exist to serve the community surrounding us, not the other way around. Although we sometimes fail to meet this ideal

administratively, last Saturday was all on us students.

It’s not just about treating our neighbors and our university with respect, it’s about respecting the people who are out at 6 a.m., not because they were celebrating a win the night before, but because it’s their jobs to make the school look nice for us.

This respect should extend to the game itself. I mean, come on, instead of yelling “F— (opponent)” and “Sucks” during the opposing team’s lineup announcement, can’t we come up with something at least a little more clever? I’m not saying the student section needs to be a family-friendly environment, just that we should choose carefully how we want other fans to remember us and how we want them to think of Marquette.

So next time you’re out drinking in public, remember that like it or not, you represent your school. If you act like a degenerate, that’s exactly how other people will remember all of us. “We Are Marquette” is not just some slogan, it’s a fact.

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

Photo by Austin Anderson austin.anderson@marquette.edu

Saturday’s warm weather and big win made for a fun National Marquette Day. Unfortunately, many students allowed the celebratory environment to get in the way of common decency and respect.

Jennifer Walter During my freshman year of high school, the principal announced that we would be building our own theater. This was great news; after construction, the theater department would no longer have to rent out a cramped, 150-seat venue in another city for shows. Promises were made, but no promises kept. Five years later, the field next to the high school still sits empty, not a trace of this proposed theater in sight.

This isn’t to say that my high school totally neglected its arts programs — we had a drama club, choir, orchestra and student galleries to display art from the many arts classes available to students. But art always seemed to take a back seat to academics and more popular forms of entertainment, such as sports.

The same trend is apparent at Marquette. We certainly care about the arts, as shown by the fact that we have programs for music, dance, theater and even an art museum on campus, but there is room for improvement.

Last week, I wrote a profile on Steven Piper, an artist and Marquette alumnus who is debuting his first gallery at Eleven25 at Pabst this Friday. Piper was a business student who didn’t develop a love for visual art until a study abroad trip to France, where he was immersed in the art scene and realized how much he loved photography. From there, he used his experience with Photoshop to distort images and make his own creations.

While on campus, Piper felt that art was accessible only to students studying art, such as those in the theater program. Living in Milwaukee was a plus, since the Milwaukee Art Museum is only a stroll away, but he was frustrated

by Marquette’s lack of an outlet

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for visual arts. His friends at Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design had the opportunities to display their art in ways that aren’t available to Marquette students.

By the nature of a school like Marquette, there’s no denying that art will likely not be prioritized higher than, say, basketball, but there is a need for more opportunities for students to showcase and appreciate art on campus. The university organizes outlets for students to express their creative side through music, theater and dance, but doesn’t reach out to those who aren’t personally involved in these types of art expressions.

If students don’t seek it out, they will likely never appreciate art in a personal way.

Free art galleries for student artists and those enrolled in fine arts classes on campus, perhaps hosted through Late Night Marquette, or even as daytime events in the AMU, would support student artists on campus.

The goal would be to popularize visual art so that students can see what their peers are making and appeal to a creative side that many aren’t aware of. This could pique the interest of closet artists in colleges that don’t generally prioritize art like they do science or math.

There sometimes seems to be a left brain, right brain split among the student body — many communication students don’t spend time hanging out in the engineering building, and students in the College of Health Sciences can’t tell you where Johnston Hall is. On a campus where one’s academic major is often seen as a sole identifier, it is even more important to step back and look at what we can create beyond the classroom.

If students don’t seek it out, they will likely never appreciate art in a personal way.“

Jennifer Walter is a sophmore studying journalism. She is the Marquette Wire Arts & Enternainment executive. She can be reached at jennifer.walter@ marquette.edu

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Student attendance Why we should all appreciate lacking at King talk moderates: A love letter to Jeb! Caroline Kaufman

Members of the Marquette and Milwaukee communities came together to hear civil rights activist Shaun King speak on campus last week.

King played a vital role in the Black Lives Matter movement and currently serves as the senior justice writer for the New York Daily News.

King spoke about many different issues, including police brutality, mass incarceration and how we can create real change in our systems and communities.

At one point, King asked all the students in the crowd to raise their hands. From what I could tell, it would be generous to say even a fourth of the audience was students. I was surprised that more students, regardless of personal and political opinions, wouldn’t take advantage of an opportunity to hear someone so involved in our nation’s current events.

Perhaps we allow violence and injustice to overwhelm us and make us feel as if we can’t make a difference, but refusing to remain passive is often easier than we may think. As King noted, frustration can be a major source of inspiration and signal a growing passion within us.

Utilizing our voices can take many different forms. As Marquette students, we’re lucky to have opportunities like service, community discussions and speakers such as King to show activism and solidarity. King’s speech was a conscious reminder to engage in opportunities that help us see beyond our comfortable Marquette bubble.

Introducing King, local civil rights activist and writer Reggie Jackson expressed these exact sentiments. He reiterated the current injustices in our city and urged the audience to stay informed to be an active voice for change in Milwaukee. The first step in creating change in society is promoting change in our local community.

We live and learn in a city that has experienced many of the issues that plague people all across our nation. The worst thing that we can do as students is be indifferent about the issues.

For these four years of college, we are given the chance to see and hear people like these two very influential activists and participate in discussion with them and our peers. We need to seize these opportunities now while we have the chance.

King was quick to dispel the common misconception that humanity, like technology, has experienced a bar graph-like positive growth throughout time. Instead, he argued that human development is not a steady progression, but a series of peaks and valleys.

He used examples like the Holocaust and the transatlantic slave trade to show how throughout history, humanity can experience setbacks and declines, even as our world keeps improving as a whole.

This was a humbling but important realization to understand. After all, awareness is the first critical step in recognizing we as a society are stuck in a valley. Only then can we organize in hopes of rising out of it.

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

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

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The Black Student Council and Center for Urban Research, Teaching and Outreach hosted journalist Shaun King last week.

Morgan Hughes

Roses are red, violets are blue, I love Jeb(!) Bush and so should you.

John Ellis Bush: Jeb! to friends, family and the American populous, son of George H.W. Bush and younger brother of George W. Bush, and rightful 45th president of the United States of America.

I’m not a Florida loyalist or a charter school advocate; I’m an Obama foreign policy apologist and a defender of same-sex marriage. In every election I’ve been old enough to participate in, I’ve voted along Democratic Party lines and have even been called a “liberal talking parrot” by a very astute Facebook commenter. So, why the Jeb love letter?

Certainly some of my feelings could be described as pity.

As in the “Please Clap” incident, or the beautiful-thoughmisguided #Jebunfiltered. But clueless sincerity aside, I genuinely believe that Jeb Bush would have made an excellent president, and had the political climate during the recent election been more tempered, I think we would have seen a Bush 3.0 in the Oval Office.

On many things, I wholeheartedly disagree with Jeb, but I admire his steadfastness in his convictions. He does not often fold under Republican pressures. He is, by and large, a representative of the GOP status quo, but is also known to break that mold when it challenges his personal ideologies.

A short list of these inconsistencies with his party include supporting a path to citizenship, acknowledgment of climate change, approval of abortion in instances where the pregnancy would put the mother’s life in danger and in instances of rape or incest, and support of the Common Core (which Republicans

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Columnist Morgan Hughes made Jeb Bush valentines for friends and family last Tuesday to show her respect for a great moderate.

rightfully oppose, but still).

These stances don’t make him a good or bad person. His moral aptitude is irrelevant (though I would also argue that the dude’s got character to spare).

W h a t m a k e s Jeb an admirable politician is his ability to work past partisan responsibility.

T h e politicians we should revere are not the ones who champion all of our personal beliefs, but rather those who embody a true representative democracy – that is to say, those whose platforms best represent the most diffuse citizenry.

At the same time, I would hope most citizens would align their views similarly, in a way that may break with party divisions but is ultimately a more precise representation of the middle.

This is a hard view to uphold. I’ve heard compelling arguments against my beliefs in the merits of a moderate, bipartisan electorate. A Facebook friend recently posted a long list of reasons not to “work together” with the current administration. It read

I would hope most citizens would align their views similarly, in a way that may break with party divisions but is ultimately a more precise representation of the middle.”

something like this: I will not “work together” to build a wall, I will not “work together” to persecute Muslims, I will not “work together” to strip individuals of civil rights, and so on.

I feel necessitated to abandon my stance and agree. I do agree. A wall is a bad idea, persecuting Muslims is a violation of human rights and extolling a man who supports sexual assault is not only embarrassing but dangerous, but despite how abhorrent I find our current executive branch, I still support middle-of-theroad voting and practices that encourage compromise. “(Political parties) are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government.” – George Washington, First President of the United States.

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” – Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States.

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

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Feb. 14’s “Dangers of DeVos Appointment” was incorrectly accompanied by a photo of Carly Fiorina. This should have been a photo of Betsy DeVos. The Tribune regrets this error.

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Freshman Nick Grill was named BIG EAST Freshman of the Week after not allowing a goal while on the field at Jacksonville Saturday.

Nick Grill gets top assignment in first collegiate action

By Jack Goods

jack.goods@marquette.edu

With all the changes to the men’s lacrosse defense this season, there’s a sense of comforting familiarity seeing No. 8 worn by a Grill.

The number was fittingly passed to freshman Nick Grill from his older brother B.J., who wore it in Marquette’s previous four seasons of play.

Head coach Joe Amplo said the brothers play a similar game, despite some subtle differences. He described B.J. as a tad quicker, Nick a tad stronger and, although he said B.J. would kill him for saying it, Nick has a higher lacrosse IQ. The most stark distinction between the two is their high school resumes. B.J. won two state titles at Bridgewater-Raritan High School, but his individual awards were all regional. He was an under-recruited player at the Division I level until late and had a chip on his shoulder as big as his home state of New Jersey.

Nick, on the other hand, is a

two-time high school All-American, the New Jersey Player of the Year in 2016 and the New Jersey Defender of the Year in 2015.

He’s also slightly taller, standing at 5-foot-7 as opposed to B.J.’s 5-foot-5. Both were late bloomers, but Nick got looks from Air Force and Rutgers before committing to Marquette as a junior.

“Amplo saw what B.J. was doing and making a name for himself,” Nick said. “He really saw me as that same potential. It really helped with B.J. making a name for himself, really showing that smaller players can definitely play defense at the college level.”

Even with the differences, Nick found himself in a position Saturday his brother was in many times — matching up against the opponent’s top weapon.

His assignment in his first collegiate game was Will Hendrik, a sophomore who scored five goals against Lehigh in Jacksonville’s season opener. Like the rest of Marquette’s defense, Grill silenced his man. Although Hendrik scored the Dolphins’ only goal in the 17-1 Marquette victory, it came after Amplo pulled Grill and the rest of the top defensive unit off the field. Grill was named the BIG EAST Freshman of the Week Monday for

his efforts.

“He played within himself,” Amplo said. “He knew his assignment. He knew the kid was a pretty good left-handed dodger … It was a pretty good confidence builder.”

“I played alright,” Grill said.

“You can thank (faceoff specialist) Zack Melillo and (goalie) Cole Blazer. It really helps having a great goalie and a great faceoff guy to keep pressure of you.”

Amplo commended Grill for his growth this year. He struggled with his matchup against Fairfield in the fall, but played well against a player with a similar skill set to Hendrik on Penn in a scrimmage last week. Amplo saw it as a good tuneup for Grill’s first regular season test.

“I hope so, because the beginning of the year it was definitely a tough learning curve,” Grill said. “There’s still growth to be had. We were just watching film. There’s still plenty of mistakes I’ve made that I can easily correct.”

Despite his young age, Amplo said he expects Grill to get the top assignment most of the time this season, sharing that job at points with Jackson Ehlert. If the opponent’s top player plays left-handed, expect Grill on him.

“He’s taken after his brother,” Amplo said. “B.J. got the top assignment from day one here as well. It’s in his blood.”

Now it’s just a matter of consistency for the younger Grill who, like B.J. did four years ago, is learning on the job.

“He’s got tremendous talent,” Amplo said. “Can he be a good lacrosse player? Can he understand it’s more mental at this level once you get the physical tools?

He’s by no means the player he’s going to be years from now.”

Weekly staff picks

MLAX

Goods

Unger

Becker

Hand

Boyle

Salinas

17-15

17-15

15-17

13-19

15-17

17-15

Ploen

Steppe

DeSutter

19-13

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Richmond 2-25-17

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Villanova 2-26-17

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Costanza returns to WLax for last postseason push

Program’s leading scorer missed all of 2016 with injury

By Thomas Salinas

thomas.salinas@marquette.edu

Claire Costanza sat helplessly as a spectator last year while she watched her teammates set numerous program records and nearly reach postseason play.

The Webster, New York, native missed her entire senior campaign because of an injury she suffered right before the 2016 season. It was Costanza’s first major injury since she started playing lacrosse when she was five years old.

“It was really hard. Growing up and even in my college career, I had never broken a bone or even sprained an ankle,” Costanza said.

After her injury, Costanza had to make a decision to whether or not she would return to play and use her last year of eligibility. Costanza said for a brief period she thought about moving on with her life because of the tough recovery road. Ultimately, the now graduate student determined she had some unfinished business to complete.

“The season we had last year was incredible,” Costanza said. “Obviously I was part of it, but you still kind of feel like you’re not. So I

Photo by Austin Anderson austin.anderson@marquette.edu

Graduate student Claire Costanza cradles in the offensive zone during Marquette’s 12-10 loss to then-No. 17 Johns Hopkins.

think what switched it for me was how good the team did and I wanted to be a part of that again.”

Head coach Meredith Black wanted to give Costanza as much time and space as possible while she made her decision. Black said she made it clear she wanted the senior to return but she did not want to apply any added pressure.

Costanza has experienced many ups and downs throughout her time at Marquette.

She is one of two players on the current roster who were part of the inaugural season

in 2013. That year the team finished 2-15, relying heavily on Costanza as she posted a team-high 40 points on 18 goals and 22 assists.

“We depended on her a lot.

She had to do everything,” Black said.

Things are looking a lot brighter for the team now, four years later. Marquette moved past their early program struggles. Coming into this season, Costanza was the program’s all-time leader in points with 129. The small but creative attacker has already added to that mark with

MARQUETTE SPORTS CALENDAR TUESDAY 2/21 Men’s Basketball vs. St. John’s 7 p.m.

THURSDAY 2/23 Women’s lacrosse at Central Michigan 1 p.m.

FRIDAY 2/24 Track BIG EAST Championships Friday-Saturday

Women’s basketball vs. Georgetown 7 p.m.

Men’s lacrosse at Richmond 12 p.m.

SATURDAY 2/25 Women’s Tennis vs. Minnesota 11 a.m.

Men’s basketball at Providence 3 p.m.

Men’s soccer (scrimmage) vs. Northwestern 12 p.m.

SUNDAY 2/26 Women’s tenis vs. NIU 12 p.m.

Women’s Basketball vs. Villanova 2 p.m

BIG EAST STANDINGS MEN’S BASKETBALL (BIG EAST, Overall) Villanova 12-2, 26-2 Butler 10-5, 21-6 Creighton 9-5, 22-5 Xavier 8-6, 18-9 Marquette 7-7, 16-10 Seton Hall 6-7, 16-10 Providence 6-8, 16-11 St. John’s 6-8, 12-15 Georgetown 5-9, 14-13 DePaul 1-13, 8-19

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL (BIG EAST, Overall) DePaul 14-2, 22-6 Creighton 14-2, 20-6 Marquette 11-5, 20-7 Villanova 11-5, 16-11 St. John’s 10-7, 18-10 Georgetown 9-7, 17-9 Seton Hall 4-13, 11-17 Providence 3-13, 11-16 Xavier 3-13, 11-16 Butler 2-14, 5-22

MEN’S LACROSSE (Overall, BIG EAST)

WOMEN’S LACROSSE (Overall, BIG EAST)

Denver 2-0, 0-0 Marquette 1-0, 0-0 Providence 2-1, 0-0 Georgetown 0-2, 0-0 St. John’s 0-2, 0-0 Villanova 0-2, 0-0

Denver 4-0, 0-0 Vanderbilt 1-0, 0-0 Temple 2-1, 0-0 UConn 1-1, 0-0 Georgetown 1-2, 0-0 Cincinnati 0-1, 0-0 Florida 0-1, 0-0 Butler 0-2, 0-0 Villanova 0-2, 0-0 Marquette 0-3, 0-0

seven points in three games this year.

This season the team is dynamic, with a number of players capable of scoring goals.

Black said she is playing with perhaps the program’s most talented group of offensive players and the best she has coached. That poses a unique challenge for Costanza, returning from a year-long injury to a team where less of the production will come from her. She said adjusting to the team has been hard at times, but believes getting acclimated again is only a matter of time.

Black said she believes Costanza is already looking as sharp as ever.

“She’s too smart, she’s too

adaptable and she’s too good of a player to worry about it,” Black said. “So far she’s been awesome. She’s the Claire that we’ve always known.”

Knowing this will be her last season, Costanza is focused on helping her team reach the BIG EAST Tournament for the first time. She said watching the program grow and being a part of its entirety is what makes her most proud.

“I had the opportunity to come back and I think I would’ve regretted it if I hadn’t,” Costanza said. “I think this year is going to be really special, so hopefully down the road I’ll be able to say I was proud of what we accomplished.”

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Q&A with ESPN bracketologist Charlie Creme Interview by John Hand john.hand@marquette.edu With March rapidly approaching, the Marquette women’s basketball team is making a final push to be selected for their first NCAA Tournament under head coach Carolyn Kieger. The Wire caught up with ESPNW women’s college basketball bracketologist Charlie Creme Monday to discuss Marquette’s playoff potential.

Q: On Sunday, Marquette beat DePaul convincingly.

How much does the win help their seeding?

Creme: They are still an eight seed. … When you are talking about these seeds it is only a matter of a couple of spots. If you are 31st on the list you are an eight, if you are 33rd you are a nine, so that is really what it was. So (Marquette) had fallen to 33rd and I have them back up to 31. The teams ahead of them did stuff that was pretty significant and other teams have fallen back, but not fallen back far enough for Marquette to leap over.

Q: What are some teams Marquette needs to look out for in order to move up?

Creme: The teams I have around them are just ahead of them: Drake, Arizona State, Temple.

Q: How important is it for Marquette to go deep in the BIG EAST tournament in order to have success in the NCAA tournament?

Creme: That is going to be a marker. They don’t want to go out early. By losing early in the (BIG EAST) Tournament, you don’t have a chance to improve your standing because you aren’t playing any more games, and with other teams playing they have a chance to do something that

Photo by Austin Anderson austin.anderson@marquette.edu

Sophomore Allazia Blockton drives the lane in Marquette’s 96-81 victory against then-No. 17 DePaul at the Al Maguire Center Sunday.

puts more positive marks onto their resume. It is important to just keep winning.

I would say this — if they get to the final or win the BIG EAST Tournament, given the probability of what other teams would likely do, I would think they would be moving higher more toward a seven.

Q: How do you think the selection committee judges the BIG EAST Conference?

Creme: This is somewhat of a misconception and part of it’s our fault. We talk about how many teams from a certain conference are going to get in or conference versus conference RPI. The committee, when they have conversations, they are voting on teams and that is the emphasis there.

They are looking at

everyone’s schedule and your conference obviously plays into your schedule, so their not having a specific conversation about the BIG EAST. … What they will look at is, well, they beat DePaul twice. DePaul is a really good team. They lost to Providence. Providence is not a good team.

Q: What do you think the committee will judge Marquette on?

Creme: Well, they look at everything with every team and I know that sounds like a cop-out answer, but to be more specific what I will say is one of the things we have learned from these reveals, what I have gotten out of the committee, what I have been able to decipher, is that schedule and accomplished wins are big factors. If Marquette

had a bunch of big non-conference wins, but was below .500 in the league, well you know there would be some give-and-take on those subjects. … Marquette’s win against Oregon State and their win against Arizona State, even though they were very early in the season, they loom pretty big.

A win at Oregon State, a road win like that, not many teams have a road win of that caliber, so that will bode very, very, very well. Their schedule strength is kind of average, in terms of non-conference.

They played some dogs too and everybody does. I think Marquette scheduled pretty well with those two games out west and that tournament out west, they spent a lot of time out west.

The BIG EAST has

given them the opportunity to play some other good teams: Creighton, DePaul. I guess those are the two tournament teams. Teams like Villanova, St. John’s, they are some reasonable opponents. Georgetown, too. Then there is some bad stuff. The Providence loss, as we said, not great.

You want to keep your losses to sub 150 RPI to a minimum.

Those are all some factors that will be discussed.

They have a couple of big non-conference wins, which is good. That is always something that is pointed to. They have done well in their league and they have beaten the first place team twice now, which DePaul is a top-20 RPI team, that bodes really well.

Creme’s Current Bracket 1 Connecticut 16 Sacred Heart

Marquette’s Resume (RPI) Big Wins

Big Losses

Oregon State (5)

Santa Clara (155)

8 Marquette 9 West Virginia

DePaul x2 (19) Providence (176)

Arizona State (28)

Infographic by Molly McLaughlin molly.mclaughlin@marquett.edu

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Smrek learned competitive spirit from NBA father Mike Smrek was first Canadian to win NBA Finals

By Brian Boyle

brian.boyle@marquette.edu

Freshman tennis stud Luke Smrek’s father is a two-time NBA champion, the first Canadian to ever win a ring and played with some of the greatest the sport has ever seen (he refuses to choose a favorite former teammate between Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Michael Jordan).

But if you followed Luke around, you would never know it.

In the fall, when men’s tennis is mostly just cruising through occasional pre-season weekend tournaments, head coach Steve Rodecap subjected his team to conditioning boot camp twice a week. As the fall season wrapped up, so did the conditioning sessions. On their last day of basic training, Rodecap injected lighthearted basketball drills to reward his players.

If his teammates and coaches didn’t know about Luke’s lineage already, they definitely wouldn’t have realized then.

“The guy took his first shot, and it looked like a shot-put,” Rodecap said. “It didn’t even come close to the backboard. He had no touch. It was like that was the first time he ever shot a basketball. To me, I just found it unbelievably remarkable that he could be that un-athletic at another sport, especially one that his dad excelled in.”

But to Luke, his father and his coach, the lack of specific expectations tied to living up to any kind of legacy is what helped define him as both a burgeoning tennis star and successful young adult, and it’s also what makes the father-son relationship so special.

“He didn’t want to push me into anything. He wanted me to do whatever I wanted to do. I think that was really important for him,” L. Smrek said.

Mike Smrek, a seven-foot giant whose nearly ten-year journeyman career spanned from sharing a rookie season with Michael

Thomas discusses MUBB’s interest

2018 PF target said MU, Arizona State stand above pack

By John Steppe

john.steppe@marquette.edu

While Marquette’s historic win last month over Villanova stunned almost the entire college basketball landscape, one person who was not surprised was Tartan High School forward Jarvis Thomas.

“I knew they had a good group of guys that could get the job done,” Thomas said.

Thomas’ voice means much more to Steve Wojciechowski and his staff than the average fan. The 6-foot-8 resident of Orono, Minnesota, is one of Marquette’s major recruiting targets for the Class of 2018.

Thomas first emerged as a Marquette target in October, when he was one of five recruits to make an unofficial visit for Marquette Madness.

Thomas received an offer from Marquette that weekend.

“Coach Stan recruited me and Wojo offered me,” Thomas explained. “Both are really great coaches leading a great program.”

Per Thomas, Marquette has three goals for him if he chooses Marquette: “coaching me to be successful on and off

the court, winning the NCAA Tournament and preparing me for the next level.”

While Thomas is not yet ranked on 247Sports, he has spurred plenty of interest from high-majors.

“Out of my offers, everyone shows a good amount of recruitment, but the two that exceed the rest are definitely Marquette and Arizona State,” Thomas said. “Besides my offers, Madison has been showing lots of interest along with Cal, Cincinnati, Texas, Clemson and Oregon.”

Having seen Marquette firsthand at Madness and more recently the Marquette-DePaul game, Thomas holds the program in high regards.

“It’s great,” Thomas said. “They’ve got some good players.”

Orono’s leading scorer does not have any visits set in stone, but hopes to visit Arizona State in the near future.

Thomas expects to make a decision in the fall or winter of 2017. Marquette has also recruited AAU teammate Race Thompson, but Thomas does not expect Thompson’s recruitment to have much of an impact on his decision.

Thomas is one of about a dozen 2018 recruits currently considering an offer from Marquette.

Left photo by Wiki Commons and right photo courtesy of Maggie Bean Marquette Athletics

Mike Smrek (left) playing during a stint in Italy in 1989. Luke Smrek (right) serving against Wisconsin.

Jordan to earning two rings with the much heralded late ’80s Lakers, didn’t know much about tennis. When Luke first picked up a racket at a young age, the most tangible advice he could give his son was to mimic the players on TV and not fan at the ball with a two-handed between-the-legs swing. Luke, a noted independent, shrugged this off and eventually figured out standard tennis strokes by himself.

But Mike knew how to be a competitor, and though basketball couldn’t be any more different than tennis, he knew that this is the one area his athletic expertise would come in handy.

“A lot of it has to do with focusing your mind,” M. Smrek said. “A lot of times before games or matches, your mind will start

running wild with all these thoughts. ‘How am I going to play? How are my legs going to feel? Will my forehand or serve be ok?’ Your mind can really start going wild. You need to draw it back in to one point. Even if you have it in your imagination, like if there’s a spot when you step on the court and your toe hits that one line, it sort of snaps your mind back into the moment. You have to be calm and focus.”

Watch Luke play one match of tennis and his competitive intensity immediately becomes clear. He has found sure-footing in the elite second singles spot in this spring’s dual action, going 4-2 so far. It’s an impressive feat for a freshman facing off against seriously experienced and skilled opponents.

Off the court, Luke is low-key and soft-spoken. He rarely flaunts his hoops heritage. He’s the type who profusely thanks a group of dorm room buddies for showing up to enthusiastically bellow ‘Luuuuuuuuuuke’ after every nice shot. On the court, he’ll grit his teeth, focus his mind and use his powerful 6-foot-4 frame to strong-arm his opponent into fastpaced baseline battles.

You would never know that the freshman stud with a killer backhand had a dad with two NBA rings. But climb inside his mind on match days, and it’d become apparent that the tips, tricks and advice, not overbearing pressure or expectations, are just what make him so great.

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Club jiu-jitsu finds success in first year of action Group won two medals at Chicagobased tournament

By Nathan DeSutter

nathan.desutter@marquette.edu

Aidan Flanagan, a junior in the College of Health Sciences at Marquette, has come a long way in one calendar year.

In November 2015, he put the finishing touches on his brand new club, Brazilian jiu-jitsu.

Now, he’s the captain and de facto head coach of 16 to 20 individuals coming off an incredibly successful weekend at the Grappling Industries Tournament in Chicago.

Two members finished in the top three in their respective divisions. Flanagan was second in the adult male, blue belt, 155-170 pound division.

His teammate David Wertz, also a junior in the College of Health Sciences, was third in the adult male, white belt, 170-185 division.

“We wanted to see where our skill level was at,” Flanagan said. “A lot of the guys went down and were competing in various levels, and it was a really good showing.

We all learned a lot from it.”

Throughout last Sunday’s tournament, there were about 500 competitors crammed into the Oak Lawn Park District Community Pavilion on the South Side of Chicago.

Overall, more than 1,000 people fluctuated in and out before the day came to a close.

More than just having success on the mat, the jiu-jitsu club strives to have an excellent atmosphere, team dynamic and community

Photos courtesy of Marquette jiu-jitsu

Junior Aidan Flanagan competes in the Grappling Industries Tournament in Chicago last weekend. Flanagan is the founder of the club.

presence. That mindset was set by Flanagan from the start.

“Every practice you should come ready to work, but it’s not like you have to be afraid or be nervous,” Flanagan said to the Wire in 2015 before the club’s launch. “Mainly, our goal is just to give people the opportunity to learn something new, make some friends and get some exercise in the process.”

His message hasn’t changed at all. He said he expects hard work, but wants a strong team environment. Omar Gomez, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences and former high school wrestler, experienced Flanagan’s teaching style first-hand when he tried ju-jitsu for the first time Thursday night.

For a majority of the practice, Flanagan patiently

“

A lot of the guys went down and were competing in various levels, and it was a really good showing.”

Aidan Flanagan Captain, Marquette jiu-jitsu

worked with Gomez 1-on-1 so he could understand the basics, then sent him off to roll (the jiu-jitsu word for spar) with some of his new

teammates. Even though he looked exhausted after the hour and a half affair, he had no hesitation when it came to returning.

“Of course, it feels great to be sweating again,” Gomez said.

Everyone on the team loves the sport, and more importantly, they have an intense desire to improve. When Flanagan attempted to wrap up the night’s practice session, everyone begged for one more five-minute roll.

Harry Murray, a freshman in the College of Business Administration, exemplified that dedication last Tuesday.

When rolling with a teammate, Murray heard a loud pop erupt from his kneecap.

He grimaced in pain and hobbled off to the side. But two days later, Harry happily

cheered on his team with a wrapped knee at practice, giving pointers during drills and participating in the one aspect of practice he could: a 15 minute ab circuit.

After a year, the club has stabilized on campus, but Flanagan and practice manager Eric Eastwood, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, are still looking to improve in all aspects.

“Currently, we are doing events with CHAARG, Kappa Sig, ROTC,” Flanagan said.

“But, I want to see more involvement with other clubs, more service in the community and be one of the leading clubs on campus.”

“Also, I’d like to see a better practice facility,” Eastwood said. “Hopefully that will be possible with the new gym coming in.”

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