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Volume 99, Number 40
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
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MUSG ballot adds item The ballot will gather student opinion on the student activity fee
Editorial
Upcoming MUSG election requires much more prep
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Mashuda floods for second time in semester
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2010, 2011, 2012, 2014 SPJ Award-Winning Newspaper
Grill making most of MU Redshirt junior defenseman developing into star after almost not playing college lacrosse
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SEEKING THE KEY TO REFORM See page 4
By McKenna Oxenden
mckenna.oxenden@marquette.edu
For the second time this semester, flooding occurred in Mashuda Hall, forcing some residents to be displaced. The second flooding occurred March 11 and the damage in the residence hall spread across four floors, affecting 18 rooms. A few students were temporarily displaced and had to relocate, but they are expected to return to their rooms by the end of the week. Mashuda’s first flooding incident this semester occurred over winter break after subzero temperatures caused a pipe to burst flooding all seven floors. The cause of this flooding has yet to be confirmed, but it’s likely there was a heat sensor malfunction. The building’s heat sensor reads the outside temperature and then regulates the temperature in the heating system. Rick Arcuri, director of business operations and auxiliary services, described an event like this as “very rare.” The flood began on the fifth floor and worked down to the second floor before it was discovered and contained. The Department of Public Safety was first on the scene. Arcuri said DPS was “very quick to respond.” “The hardest thing were people’s belongings laying on the floor,” Arcuri said. “We took laundry out of all the impacted rooms, then washed it and dried and bagged it, and then put them back in people’s rooms.” Belfor, the same property restoration company that assisted with the first flood, was hired again for this flood to find the cause of the incident and prevent it from happening again. Belfor will work in conjunction with Marquette Custodians and See Mashuda, Page 7
INDEX
CALENDAR...........................................2 DPS REPORTS.....................................2 CLASSIFIEDS......................................5 MARQUEE............................................8 OPINIONS........................................10 SPORTS...........................................12
Photos by Valeria Cardenas/valeria.cardenas@marquette.edu Andrew Schilling/andrew.schilling@marquette.edu
Advocacy groups set up a model of a prison cell in Raynor Library this week, allowing students to experience solitary confinement. The goal is to expose negative effects of solitary confinement on convicts in Wisconsin’s prison system and spark support for incarceration reform.
NEWS
MARQUEE
OPINIONS
Peacemaker to speak at MU
Gozun: Views of the South
Diplomat to share experiences with peace activism in the Koreas.
Experiences in the South greatly diverge from the known stereotypes.
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MU cuts graduate program
Professional Studies school ends offering of dispute resolutions.
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SPORTS
Women’s lax goes 2-1
Golden Eagles defeat UC-Davis, St. Mary’s and lose to Southern Cal.
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Marquee’s St. Patrick’s Day
To preview the festitivities, learn about what’s going on around MKE. PAGE 8
Fransen: Disney’s pitfalls
Live-action remakes pose diversity problems similar to those of its past. PAGE 11
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