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Braving the shave for cancer
MU picks members of master plan committee
Evans Scholars host fifth St. Baldrick’s event on campus By McKenna Oxenden
mckenna.oxenden@marquette.edu
For Devlin Gray, a 2013 Marquette graduate, this coming April is more than just warm weather and sunny skies — it’s his 20th anniversary of being cancer free. Gray battled with cancer since he was 11 months old. After entering remission for over three years, he relapsed when he was four-and-a-half. During his first year on campus, Gray was inspired to bring St. Baldrick’s to Marquette, a foundation that funds childhood cancer research and hosts fundraisers that encourage people to shave their heads in support of those who lose their hair in chemotherapy treatment. Marquette’s Evans Scholars hosted its fifth annual St. Baldrick’s event this Saturday. “It’s meaningful to me that some kids will lose their hair and they don’t know why, but then they see this and we’re supporting them,” said Matteo Brucato, a sophomore in the College of Engineering, who shaved his head at the event. Brucato was first introduced to St. Baldrick’s as a junior in high school. A member on a swim team, he shaved his head down to the skin. After discontinuing swimming, he still found himself wanting to shave his head, but not just to do it. He wanted to do it for a good cause. “I just love doing it because it’s something I can do,” he said. “It’s not really, at least for me, it’s not really difficult to lose my hair.” Marty Kelly has been head coordinator of the event for the past two years, originally getting involved in it because he wanted to have a leadership role in the Evans House and on Marquette’s campus. Marquette’s St. Baldrick’s events have collected $77,000 so far, with the goal for 2015 to pull in $20,000. Kelly emphasized the most important aspect of the event was having a good time and enjoying Saturday’s spring weather. “The total amount of money is never really that important for us; INDEX
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Liz Ferreira (right) supports childhood cancer research by buzzing her hair and raising $110 for the cause.
it’s really just about the event,” he said. “Having everyone come out and just have a good time. You know, as you can see, it’s just a great turnout and we have a really nice day too.” Liz Ferreira was one of the few women who decided to take the leap in shaving her head completely. Ferreria explained several of her family members died of cancer and she wanted to help in some way. She described the experience as a “blast” and enthusiastically said she will definitely do it again. “Hopefully, more girls will help too,” she said. A letter written by a classmate, and close friend to Gray, kicked See Baldrick’s, Page 4 NEWS
St. Baldrick’s supporters share a photo-op with President Michael Lovell. MARQUEE
OPINIONS Accounting for mental health goes beyond resources at universities.
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Tennis nets two victories
Men’s team secures wins over Xavier and Butler over the weekend.
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MU chooses dean finalists
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Patel: A college mentality
College costs to jump?
MU keeps an eye on Fed interest rates and the impact on student loans.
Four candidates for Business school to give presentations on campus.
Marquette took the next step toward planning its guide for campus expansion in the next couple of decades, announcing the members of the steering committee for its master plan. University President Michael Lovell announced the master plan in his presidential address last week as a way to establish a longterm vision and decision-making guide for the future. “This is a rare and exciting opportunity and it is our goal to develop a bold plan that will chart the course for our future,” said Lora Strigens, who will lead the committee. “While the master plan will look at our university in a way that has not been done before, it will also take into account the recommendations from other recent studies, such as those on enrollment, student housing, recreation, athletics and the current campus climate survey.” Strigens, associate vice president for finance and university architect, said the master plan will outline where the university’s strengths and weaknesses are. The announcement of the committee is the first step in the creation of the university-wide plan. In the coming months, the committee will begin its discovery phase. In this phase, the committee will form seven working groups on the following: facility assessment and space analysis, academic plan integration, student life, site and campus development, infrastructure, transportation and parking, and outreach and engagement. The committee will convene for the first time in mid-April, when it meets with a consultant team from CannonDesign, a New Yorkbased firm that has worked with a number of universities across the country, including the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “CannonDesign is providing leadership to a team of consultants
South By Southwest 2015
A new app as well as artists and films emerged from the festival.
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Fransen: NCAA and equality
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Legislative Vice President Zack Wallace speaks at a Marquette Student Government meeting in the Alumni Memorial Union earlier in the year.
Coordinator lays out plan for legislation to strengthen committee By Joseph Cahill
joseph.cahill@marquette.edu
The coordinator for Marquette Student Government’s Committee for Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice argued Monday that student representatives need to pass legislation to strengthen the committee created last semester. Esther Aviles, a freshman in the Colleges of Arts & Sciences said her committee has been working to set an agenda for the rest of the year. “The committee aims to address diversity issues specific to Marquette University, by creating an inclusive campus climate in which diversity acceptance
and cross-cultural understanding are demonstratively valued,” Aviles said. Aviles asked for help from the senators to author legislation that would protect their legitimacy of the committee, arguing that “certain events” have shown the importance of protecting the efforts of their committee. “We hope to create legislation to prevent the future of the Committee of Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice name on legislation that is not endorsed unanimously by the committee,” she said. Aviles also said her committee was in need of legislation that clarified the duties of those in the committee and who has the power to remove them from the committee. Executive Vice President Natalie Pinkney, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences said the Resident Hall Association appoints one member, two members are appointed by MUSG
DPS Reports March 18 Unknown person(s) threw an egg against the exterior wall of the 707 Building at 7:55 a.m. Facilities Services was contacted and cleaned the wall. A person not affiliated with Marquette trespassed in the Alumni Memorial Union between 12:30 and 12:46 p.m. and was cited by MPD. A student reported that unknown person(s) forcibly removed his secured, unattended bicycle outside of Raynor Library. The estimated loss is $625. MPD was contacted. March 19 A person not affiliated with Marquette removed property at 8:22 p.m. from a business in the 1600 block of W. Wells and was taken into custody by MPD.
March 20 An unidentified subject removed property at 9:33 p.m. from a business in the 1600 block of W. Wells. March 21 An underage, intoxicated student acted in a disorderly manner in Schroeder Hall at 3:24 a.m. A person not affiliated with Marquette reported that an unidentified subject acted in a disorderly manner in a business in the 1600 block of W. Wisconsin Avenue between 9:30 and 9:35 p.m. MPD was contacted. Four underage students were in possession of drugs, drug paraphernalia and alcohol at 10:31 p.m. in Straz Tower Hall. MPD was contacted and took two of the students into custody. The students were cited and released.
and the rest are appointed drafting a diversity pledge are also in the works Aviles said. by Aviles. “Our hope for the pledge is Members can only be removed by the organizations that it becomes a staple to the that appointed them. Aviles Marquette culture,” Aviles said. hopes to change that with “We have been working with Dr. Lovell and new legislation. hope to have it “We hope to implemented at create legislation convocation,” that grants the she said. committee the The senate power to immepassed two midiately remove a nor pieces of member if they legislation at are unanimously the Monday found to undermeeting. The mine the duty of first was for a the committee,” restructure of Aviles said. The updates Esther Aviles, coordinator for the the communicathat Aviles menCommittee for Diversity, tions department tioned included Inclusion and Social Justice and the second was to allocate efforts to create a logo and brand the committee so $2,175 for the Neighborhood it can be more easily recognized. Cleanup event on March 28. Aviles is also working with sen- The funds will cover the cost of ators to draft a budget for the a lunch provided after the event committee. Creating a diversity as well as shirts for participants tab on the MUSG webpage and to wear during the event.
Our hope for the pledge is that it becomes a staple to the Marquette culture.”
Events Calendar An intoxicated student lost control of his scooter at 11:58 p.m. in the 800 block of N. 17th Street and was taken into custody by MPD for driving while intoxicated. The student was cited and released. March 22 An underage, intoxicated student acted in a disorderly manner at 12:13 a.m. in the 1700 block of W. Wells and was uncooperative with DPS. Two students attempting to sell a vehicle through Craigslist had their vehicle taken by a subject who displayed a handgun after posing as an interested buyer in the 900 block of N. 14th Street at 1:31 p.m. The students were not injured. MPD was contacted.
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Tuesday 24 The Charlie Hebdo Attack in Context, Raynor Library, 4 to 6 p.m. PMI Resume Builder Event, David Straz 554, 6 to 7 p.m. Morning YOGA and Relaxation, 7 to 9 p.m. Jordan Bunrhan: keynote speaker for Mental Health Awareness Week, AMU
ballrooms CDE, 7 p.m. Counseling Center Open House, Marquette Counseling Center, 5 p.m.
Wednesday 25 Skee Week Recycle Drive, 8 to 11 a.m. Evolution of Ping Pong, Evolution Milwaukee, 6 to 9 p.m. Morning YOGA and Relaxation, 8 to 10 p.m. Amy Lovell presents Question, Persuade, Response (QPR) Training, AMU ballrooms CD, 6 p.m. “Sharing your Story” workshop for Mental Health Awareness Week, AMU ballrooms CD, 8:15 p.m.
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Whelton shares experience with panic attacks, recovery Student president shares background for mental health week By Nicki Perry
nicolette.perry@marquette.edu
When he was 14 years old, Kyle Whelton, now a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, went to the emergency room after suffering a serious panic attack. “You need to go get help about your father,” his mother said. She could see the toll her divorce was having on Whelton and his mental health. After the emergency room visit and counseling sessions, Whelton said he’s been anxietyfree for seven years. He will share his story on Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union ballrooms, as part of Mental Health Awareness Week’s “Sharing your Story” workshop. Nycole Fassbender, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, will also speak at the event. “I was convinced, as most teenagers are, that I had already done everything needed,” Whelton said. “There’s also kind of this feeling that you don’t want to admit that you’re struggling with (anxiety). Stigma in mental health is a real problem.” Whelton’s experience with anxiety started in the middle of sixth grade, when his parents divorced. During the summer before his freshman year of high school, Whelton said he had a difficult decision to make: have a relationship with his father or be healthy. He chose the latter. Whelton said he felt relief by taking a step back from what became an unhealthy relationship for him. However, because he lived in a town of 50,000 people, Whelton continually ran into his father. As a result, the anxiety and a heightened sense of fear kept building until he suffered the panic attack. “It’s very tough to deal with,” Whelton said. “It’s a scar that’s left on your psyche. But the good news is all of that doesn’t have to be binding.” Whelton did not make it to counseling alone. His mother, who he describes as his rock and hero, encouraged him to seek help, but he didn’t agree to do so until he spoke to the emergency room doctor. The first thing he said to that doctor was about his father. That was the moment Whelton realized his mother was right. “She’s almost like a motivator in my life,” Whelton said. “There was no length my mom wasn’t willing to go to, to make sure that I was healthy and I was getting the help I needed.” Whelton said he can now handle the stress in his life. He will graduate this May with a degree in political science. After graduation, he has a job lined up with Epic Systems outside of Madison, Wis., as a project manager and implementation consultant. “What most people don’t understand is that mental health, just like any other part of our physical health, is very treatable and there are a number of things that occur that go away with time and proper
treatment,” Whelton said. “It’s not a life sentence.” Looking back on the experience, Whelton said he wouldn’t change anything because it made him who he is. There are two lessons he took away from it: everything happens for a
reason, and talk to somebody. In light of Mental Health Awareness Week, this is the first in a two-part series of stories about student experiences with mental illness and treatment.
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MU names finalists for Business dean Four candidates to visit campus to vie for leadership position By Rob Gebelhoff
robert.gebelhoff@marquette.edu
The university named four finalists for the vacant dean position in the College of Business Administration Monday, and announced the candidates will visit campus this week for presentations. The four candidates include: • Kevin Stevens, a professor and director of the School of Accountancy and Management Information Systems at DePaul University (visiting March 27, 2 to 3:30 p.m.) • Norean Sharpe, senior associate dean and director of undergraduate programs for the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University (visiting March
30, 10:30 a.m. to noon) Eric Morse, a professor in the Ivey Business School at Western University and academic director of the Ivey and KPMG Enterprise’s QuantumShift Program for Exceptional Entrepreneurs (visiting April 10, 10:45 a.m. to noon) • Brian Till, dean of the Williams College of Business at Xavier University (visiting April 17, 10:30 a.m. to noon) The candidate chosen for the dean slot will fill a vacancy left open since Linda Salchenberger stepped down from the position in July 2012. Search for a new business dean stalled after former University President Scott Pilarz resigned September 2013. Online feedback forms for each of the candidates will be available online soon. Videos of the public presentations will be put online following the final presentation on April 17. •
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MUSG President Kyle Whelton grew up struggling with anxiety over his relationship with his father, but overcame it with the help of his mother.
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The Terrence P. Kane Foundation is pleased to announce that Marquette senior Zach Bowman has been awarded a $5,000 scholarship this spring. This award recognizes Zach’s record both inside and outside the classroom and recognizes and affirms the beautiful gift given to Zach and all LGBTQ individuals by almighty God. Zach’s incredible record epitomizes the values of leadership, service, inclusion, and being the difference, which Marquette seeks to instill in every student. This scholarship appears to be the first in the country designated exclusively for undergraduate LGBTQ students attending a Catholic university. As the first recipient of what is expected to become an annual award at Marquette, this foundation tips its hat to a talented, accomplished young man.
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Plan: 13-member committee to discuss campus development future that has great expertise in master planning, with institutions both in our region and across the country,” Strigens said. More about CannonDesign’s role in the process will be outlined at the campus-wide master plan launch event, which will be announced in the near future, Strigens said. The steering committee is made up of 13 individuals from a variety of different departments,
including: • Mel Austin, senior associate vice president for finance • Mike Broeker, deputy athletic director • Bill Cullinan, dean, College of Health Sciences • Jeff Janz, assistant vice president for student affairs • Joe Kearney, dean, Marquette Law School
MU keeps an eye on Federal Reserve through budget reallocation and eliminating faculty positions. “As interest rates rise, it will have an impact on Marquette in many different ways,” Lamb said. “ If we go out into the market and borrow more money, it is more costly for us to pay back. By Julia Pagliarulo julia.pagliarulo@marquette.edu For donors it may lessen their investments and as the market The U.S. Federal Reserve is goes down, they will have less contemplating raising interest money to donate to Marquette. It rates this summer, which would will impact all higher education create an increase in the amount institutions the same.” of money students will need to Abdur Chowdhury, a monetary pay to reimburse loans. economics professor, said he exThe Federal Reserve, the U.S. pects the Federal Reserve to wait central banking system, has low- until late July or mid-September ered the federal funds rate, from to initiate an increase in interest which all other interest rates are rates, although he did not rule set, to nearly zero percent since out the possibility of the increase the economic downturn in 2008. happening during the Federal With the economy stabilizing, Reserve’s meeting in June. there has been discussion of in“The Fed’s future decisions creasing interest rates, including about raising the interest rate will Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yel- be increasingly data-dependent,” len’s suggestion that strategies Chowdhury said. “With that in to slow down the economy are mind, the downbeat assessment already being contemplated. and more vocal concern related “What the Federal Reserve to external factors, which have is contemplating is normal,” increasingly hindered U.S. ecoMaurizio Azzarello, an econom- nomic growth, suggest that the ics professor, said. “In the worst- Fed will be in no rush to raise case scenario, if the economy is rates, especially given the lack growing too fast, of wage and it might trigger inflationary high inflation, pressures.” which creates The finanuncertainty and cial dashboard erodes the value describes Marof money. In this quette as financase, the Federal cially stable, but Reserve uses a dependent on ‘contractionary tuition revenue monetary policy’ that is generby increasing ated by enrollinterest rates to ment. Due to make borrowing John Lamb, this dependence, more difficult vice president of finance a decrease in and slow down enrollment the economy.” numbers would This potential increase in in- affect the success of the uniterest rates would slow down versity. To diversify revenue the economy and make it more streams, the dashboard recomexpensive for students who take mends an increase in gift conout loans to pay back their debt. tributions, investment income, Consequently, students may de- grants and endowment income. cide college is simply too expen- These changes would help allesive, and Marquette may face viate the fallout from a potential a decrease in enrollment. Over decrease in enrollment. the past five years, the numAzzarello said with the econber of undergraduate students omy trending upwards, an inpaying full-time enrollment crease in interest rates in the has increased. coming months is plausible. Vice President for Finance and “It is true that unemployment Treasurer John Lamb said he is moving in the right direction, does not expect interest rates to and that albeit feeble, the econaffect students and enrollment omy is slowly recovering, and short-term, but that it might be that inflation is slowly rising to something to worry about long- its target rate of 2 percent,” Azterm if interest rates continue to zarello said. “It would seem likerise. He also said Marquette is ly to start controlling a growing focused on not passing increased economy by increasing interest costs along to students by raising rates back to ‘normal’ levels.” tuition costs, but will cover costs
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Kathy Lang, chief information officer Aliya Manjee, undergraduate student Aaron Tyler McCoy, graduate student Tim Melchert, associate professor of counselor education and chair of University Academic Senate Gary Meyer, vice provost for undergraduate programs
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Tom Pionek, assistant vice president for marketing • The Rev. Nicolas Santos, associate professor of marketing • Michael VanDerhoef, vice president for university advancement. Two additional members, a director of facilities and campus services and a director of planning and project delivery will be added to the committee soon,
Strigens said. “We are thrilled to have diverse representation from across our campus community in the master plan effort,” she said. “Each individual on the steering committee plays an important role in developing a collective vision that will consider what is best for Marquette University as an institution as we move forward into the future.”
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Baldrick’s: Alumnus’ event continues
Possible interest rate hike may increase the cost of attending MU
For donors it may lessen their investments and as the market goes down, they will have less money to donate to Marquette.”
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Matteo Brucato loses his hair to show solidarity with sick children who have to undergo chemotherapy.
off the event, describing Gray and his accomplishments. “That crazy Marquette leprechaun — he convinced people to shave their head to raise money from their friends and family and to join us on the day of the event,” the letter said. “And needless to say the event was, and still is, an overwhelming success. That’s the product of Devlin’s enthusiasm.” Kelly McInerney co-chaired with Kelly for the second year. McInerney said both her and Kelly are extremely close with Gray and are honored to carry on the tradi-
tion he began. “It was so special to him and we just wanted to carry that on for him after he graduated and its been a lot of fun, a lot of work,” Mcinerney said, pausing to smile. “But this is my favorite day of the year.” Gray said the event has more participants and
raises more money each year. “Looking at it as a whole, it’s just amazing to see that something can be popular like this from, you know, us just starting it five years ago and it’s almost become kind of a staple here in the Matteo Brucato, sophomore, Marquette comCollege of Engineering munity,” he said.
It’s meaningful to me that some kids will lose their hair and they don’t know why, but then they see this and we’re supporting them.”
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This year’s annual South by Southwest film, music and interactive festival in Austin, Tex. came to a close Sunday. Here are some of the festival’s highlights:
By Phillip Ghuneim
phillip.ghuneim@marquette.edu
MUSIC
Thousands of musicians from a multitude of genres and styles flocked to the South to overrun Austin with six days of unrelenting concerting like they do every year. Always most anticipated about SXSW’s music lineup are the featured unknown bands and musicians with the opportunity to showcase their unique sounds and talents. One of these obscure artists included Brooklyn-based baroque pop group, San Fermin, which is comprised of a crowd of musicians that each contribute to their incredibly full, dulcet sound. The lead singer of the band is originally from the Milwaukee area. The rising band will be releasing its second album next month, entitled Jackrabbit, and have likely gained considerable publicity and promotional worth at the festival. Another relatively unknown artist featured at SXSW was the multitalented Kate Tempest. Aside from being a musician, Tempest is also warmly known as a spoken word artist and a playwright from southeast London. In 2013, Tempest received the Ted Hughes Award for her innovative work in poetry and is known for using her tremendous eloquence in her song writing. In particular, Tempest’s music does an exceptional job of portraying the poetic aspect of music.
Last on the list of obscure musicians featured at the South By Southwest festival is Courtney Barnett. Similarly to Kate Tempest, Barnett is renowned for her articulate music style. While she isn’t yet among the most prevalent and popular musicians, the Australian singer-songwriter has been recognized by Rolling Stone and the New York Times as a noteworthy artist, which not only paved the way for her career in the United States, but also serves as indication for future success.
FILM
As for the film portion of the festival, a number of outstanding screenings were featured this year. Here are a few that proved to be the most eye-catching.
Train wreck
Starring Amy Schumer and Judd Apatow, this candid yet ridiculous comedy has all the makings of a hit movie. Schumer’s characteristically deadpan humor, along with a number of celebrity cameos, are sure to make this a droll and hilarious picture.
instead make a legitimate action movie. A film where well-renowned comedian Melissa McCarthy is not only a spy, but a good one, makes for an interesting plot to say the least.
Angie Tribeca
Aside from upcoming comedy films, SXSW also featured some promising comedy series including Steve Carell’s “Angie Tribeca.” Angie Tribeca is a slapstick comedy cop show that lacks a dull moment. Everything from its physical stunts to the sheer speaking volume of the previewed characters just seem to contribute to this upcoming show’s comedic intensity.
APP
Because it would have been impossible for a single person to visit every concert, screening and conference that South by Southwest had
to offer, audience members experienced a new streaming app for iOS, called “Meerkat.” The app links to the user’s Twitter account, allowing people to live stream every one of their followers on Twitter. It is no surprise why this particular app saw such a tremendous growth in popularity over the course of SXSW, as it basically allowed the events of this already massive music, film and interactive festival to be viewed by virtually everyone anywhere. Considering its utilization during one of the largest and most popular music and film festivals in the country, in addition to the collaboration with arguably the most prevalent social networking service online, it’s clear to see how “Meerkat” according to Fortune, was able to reach the “Top 100 social networking apps in the U.S.” in a mere two weeks after its initial launch.
To depict the magnitude of the app’s overnight success, Twitter deemed it necessary to constrain Meerkat’s intensifying popularity by eliminating the crucial ability for users to directly import followers from Twitter. This meant that Meerkat users would have to take the time to manually add each friend to receive notifications of their live streams, as opposed to receiving them automatically upon downloading the app. While Twitter’s unpopular move was no doubt a hindrance to Meerkat’s potential success, it doesn’t take away what the fledgling app was able to achieve in such a short amount of time. Considering the apps practicality during this year’s SXSW festival, “Meerkat” is sure to be used in future concerts and events of a similar sort.
Spy
Melissa McCarthy playing a spy is funny in itself for obvious reasons, but what makes this movie so extraordinary is director Paul Feig’s effort to work past the overtly humorous set of circumstances and
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Annual South By Southwest festival offers musical performances from well-known and emerging artists.
T W I T T E R T U E S DAY
If, like most people, your March Madness bracket is already busted, you can at least distract yourself by following these five Twitter accounts. Hopefully, when you watch the rest of the tournament, you can show off your knowledge of college basketball if the tournament picks you want to burn do not. By Paige Lloyd
Seth Davis @SethDavisHoops
“Louisville. Sharpie.” This is just one of many tweets by Davis uses to show his prediction or a victory, which means to represent marking a victory down on a bracket with a Sharpie. With other short and witty tweets like this one, Davis is able to draw in followers during the NCAA tournament as a College Hoops reporter for CBS Sports and Sports Illustrated.
paige.lloyd@marquette.edu
Terrence Payne @terrence_payne
As a writer for College Basketball Talk at NBC Sports, Payne keeps his followers in the loop with his constant tweets during certain games of the Tournament. His humor is also represented in his tweets such as one featuring a photo University of Wisconsin Director of Athletics Barry Alvarez with a caption of “Barry Alvarez 1, Big Screen Operator 0.”
Reid Forgrave @ReidForgrave
Forgrave is a College Hoops insider for FOX Sports and uses storytelling with his tweets. He strays away from simply giving statistics throughout each game. In an example from a recent tweet, he writes, “Dayton an incredible hoops town. Few people in America would appreciate @DaytonMBB’s season as much as Dayton will. Throw ‘em a parade.”
The College Tailgate @TailgateCollege
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This account is perfect for different opinions as the content is cultivated by a group of writers. Its tweets will keep Twitter users up-to-date on all things March Madness, as well as provide tips that can help you create the perfect bracket.
Jay Bilas @JayBilas
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Bilas is an analyst for ESPN and quickly informs readers on his Twitter page that his tweets are of his own opinion. This page gives one perspective of the tournament and the upcoming games throughout each round. But be forewarned—he attended and played for Duke University, so if you are not a Cameron Crazy you probably don’t want to follow him.
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‘Life Itself’ animates late film critic Ebert’s legacy Netflix picks up 2012 dramatic, emotional documentary tribute By Jack Taylor
jack.taylor@marquette.edu
Roger Ebert’s final blog entry a day before his passing is titled “A Leave of Presence,” and he begins by simply thanking his readers. It serves as an indefinite farewell to his audience. He knew his time was limited, and his health was rapidly deteriorating. “So on this day of reflection I say again, thank you for going on this journey with me,” Ebert wrote. “I’ll see you at the movies.” Those were the last of Ebert’s words his audience ever read. “Life Itself,” based on Ebert’s personal memoir, began production in fall 2012 and just got picked up by Netflix this week. Director Steve James decided to explore the world of arguably the most influential film critic the world has ever seen. Ebert was very involved with the project, but since surgery that removed a tumor in his jaw, Ebert lacked the ability to talk. In the film, he types through a computer that reads the messages out loud. As a television film critic, Ebert understood how essential his voice was to his career, yet he maneuvered around the incident by creating a blog to communicate his thoughts.
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The film follows Roger Ebert’s life from his college years to his final days.
“I lived in a world of words long before I was aware of it,” Ebert said. “My blog became my voice, my outlet. It let loose my flood of memories.” The interview with Ebert takes place in his hospital room as he recovers from a hip fracture, which registered as his fifth stay in the same rehabilitation hospital. The fracture, initially lacking any apparent cause, is later revealed to be the
result of a cancerous tumor in Ebert’s hip. The interviews are raw and emotional at times. Ebert acknowledges the hardships to the film crew, but he explains that all documentaries should tell their stories as they are, to tell the truth. He endorses the cameras being in the room. The documentary bounces around between Ebert and his friends and colleagues who
describe the wild adventure it was to live with (and at times, put up with) Ebert. His ego often got in the way of his relationships, but it created a driving edge that Ebert kept with him until his final minutes. The film explores his younger days at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It was there, as the editor-inchief of the Daily Illini newspaper, where Ebert developed his journalism skills, and they carried over to his career as the head film critic of the Chicago Sun-Times. His longtime partner-incrime, film critic Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune, built a professional bond that created dramatic television. The two initially refused to work with each other on television as they viewed each other as professional rivals. Regardless, their film criticism television show began as “Opening Soon at a Theater Near You,” which was simply a discussion about the current films. The two were wooden and their tension reached out into viewers’ living rooms, but the show eventually caught on as the two developed their own on-camera personalities and received national attention. We see the duo appear on “The Tonight Show” for an interview with Johnny Carson. On one of the biggest stages, Ebert demonstrates the frank nature of film criticism. When asked which films he advises audiences to avoid, he responded with the 1986 comedy
“Three Amigos.” Chevy Chase, one of the leading actors in the film and a featured guest on the show that night, sat on the couch next to Ebert. Chase hilariously mocks Ebert while his back is turned, but Ebert knows this and slips out a laugh. Ebert always shared his honest opinion of a film, and he had no fear telling someone their movie was terrible. Bravery and honesty are the true models for film criticism, the traits that Ebert so brilliantly mastered. Not only has Steve James made a film about Roger Ebert, but he has animated the words of Ebert’s blogs, transforming them into the very art to which Ebert devoted his life. To say “Life Itself” is a tribute is misleading; rather, it’s an unabridged look into the legacy of Roger Ebert’s career. The film is engaging, emotional and educating, just like some of the greatest films in the history of cinema. In honor of Ebert’s life, his annual film festival, Ebertfest, still continues at the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign. Those he touched with his reviews keep his spirit alive by admiring not only his work but the beautiful art of film, and we can all start by watching “Life Itself.”
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College life poses mental health risks to consider Sarah Patel
Columnist With mental health awareness week taking place on campus, it is important to consider how many students are affected by mental illness. In reality, the number is higher than many of us may expect. About one-third of college students have some sort of depression and nearly half experience anxiety. The most common causes of this are related to school work and financial issues, as well as family and relationship issues. When looking at these causes, we can see mental health is a broad term that can encompass many issues we all can relate to. While there are many other mental health challenges and issues that affect individuals, college students are most commonly affected by stress-related issues brought on by classes and living away from home. Things like lack of sleep are expected for students since they spend time studying, but something that many people don’t realize is this can play a big role in how one’s emotional health is affected. Many of the emotional issues that affect young adults are more prevalent after the start of college. This does not necessarily mean that college causes mental illness, but rather it shows how stressful situations can bring about preexisting emotional issues. When one feels stressed, one often needs to be alone or have space. While this is healthy to an extent, being alone for too long can have detrimental effects to one’s emotional health. As
many of us have seen or at least heard, there is a solitary confinement cell in the lobby of the library. This simulator shows the conditions of someone who is placed in solitary confinement, and how if placed in this state for too long, one’s brain development, as well as emotional state, slows down and can be negatively affected. While the media dramatizes solitary confinement situations like in the popular Netflix series “Orange Is the New Black,” wider society needs to consider the reality of what that experience’s effects are and the effects of other mental health problems in order to promote healthier environments. We often have stigmas and stereotypes helping us define mental illness so we rarely understand how vast the scope of mental illness is. As we spend this week looking at mental illness as it relates to college students and more specifically Marquette, it is important to understand how these stresses can be seen in all different environments and under all kinds of conditions. The rate of depression increased over the last decade, especially in college-age individuals, and untreated depression can lead to the increasing suicide rates on college campuses. Seeking assistance can really help bring down these rates and help on a personal level. College is stressful, and by understanding the different mental illnesses and what may trigger them, individuals can realize that they might need help. From sleep deprivation to depression and eating disorders, Marquette has resources to help individuals struggling to stay mentally healthy. Sarah Patel is a senior studying social welfare and justice, philosophy and sociology. Email Sarah with comments or suggestions at sarah.patel@mu.edu.
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Sunday’s debate brought together three tickets and mostly members of MUSG.
Our view: MUSG has lots of room for improvement with a new president and executive vice president and those elected must take advantage of the opportunity. The Marquette Student Government election is in just two days, and the Wire is continuing its coverage up to and through election day. That included Sunday’s presidential and executive vice presidential debate, which, in many respects, was disappointing, but not a total waste. The Wire had the opportunity to moderate the debate, and asked questions concerning Student Organization Funding, expanding into the Avenues West neighborhood, Department of Public Safety police powers and diversity on campus among other topics. The answers ended up being pre-crafted and a little fluffy, in part because the candidates unfortunately received access to the Wire’s questions before the debate, something our staff was not aware would happen. Through all the buzzwords, cliches and pre-planned talking points, though, a positive can be drawn that the debate showed a clear need for MUSG to expand the conversation it is having. Most students don’t attend MUSG debates, and that’s understood. The debate featured an audience mostly of those involved in MUSG, candidates’ friends, Wire reporters and editors and thankfully a handful of concerned students. But it was certainly not reflective of the student body or even the 20-25 percent of it likely to vote on Thursday. Last year’s debate featured a similar audience, with MUSG members and student journalists occupying a decent percentage of the crowd. The Wire has also referenced low voter turnout in MUSG elections multiple times and just
recently criticized the lack of publicity for this particular election. The debate was not attended by a wide audience, and at least 75 percent of the campus does not participate in MUSG elections, but the candidates – one of which will ultimately be MUSG president – are talking about issues that affect 100 percent of students. Growing that conversation is necessary, and we believe the candidates for this election might actually see to that. It will just be matter of following through. The most encouraging thing said at the debate was that all of the candidates wanted to be more visible on campus year round – not just during election season. A massive increase in engagement is not going to happen in the next two days, but if the next president and EVP are focused on changing that, there is a chance for improvement within the next year. MUSG is an important outlet for students’ voices, and while our student government might be more engaging than some other schools, it still cannot have a conversation in a room with itself. The candidates, at the very least, understand this and will hopefully remember it and find avenues to change it. Within an election cycle and debate we’ve criticized, we are not close to endorsing a candidate in the election. What we are comfortable doing though, is endorsing the desire to increase MUSG visibility and engagement on campus. Sunday’s debate felt like an inside conversation, but when it happens again a year from now, it does not need to be. We hope the next president and EVP will make sure the conversation grows, and we are glad they all mentioned it in advance of the election. It needed to be said, and hopefully soon to more people.
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The equalizing effect of March Madness in sports Elena Fransen
Columnist March is a time for madness, a time when everyone and their grandmother holds their breath as their bracket picks are ultimately blown to bits. The NCAA men’s basketball tournament is a pretty big deal to sports aficionados and draws in a lot of amateur viewers as well. One does not have to know much about college basketball to make predictions that sometimes can even lead to the best results. Picks based on a complete season of analysis can be just as wrong as selecting winners based on which mascot would win in an “Injustice-” style fight or by the head coach’s attractiveness and that’s the true beauty of the tournament. While you could have all the skills, the odds of probability are still against you. As the chances of having a perfect bracket are one in 9.2 quintillion, you could go with only high seeds or teams who won their conference championship, but these factors are no sure thing (thanks, Iowa State.) No matter what you do, there’s always room for an upset. This is the great egalitarian quotient of the tournament. You don’t have to know a lot of background information about basketball to make the right picks and even if you do, you could still be as wrong as those who always pick the high seed. Just as the David can rise up against the Goliath, everyone can be as right or wrong as anyone else. I consider myself a college basketball fan, but not in the sense that I know everything that is going on at all times. That doesn’t make my bracket any less valid, as I understand the important reality of the tournament’s unpredictable nature. Of course, I only remember that after things start to fall apart. As I complete my bracket each year, I feel invincible. Sure I ask my dad and sports fanatic friends what teams they are going with but at that point I’m not wrong yet and my choices are all possible. There is the possibility that I am all-knowing and that is exhilarating. Then day one hits and without fail I lose one of my Final Four teams; my “perfect” bracket starts to crack and my expectations of my predictive power become a lot more realistic. Day two comes around with a bracket buster and I’m thankful that I don’t have a lot of money riding on such
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unpredictable pieces of an even bigger puzzle. Some people put big money on their guesses which seems to go against the spirit of enjoying the game and the tournament’s atmosphere. I would be too anxious to find any game that wasn’t a blowout entertaining. While my $5 pool entry is probably long gone, the tournament continues to be fun and entertaining. It is something to gripe about and we could use a topic besides the weather to complain about in the Midwest. It’s another great American pastime that has been made into a consumerist plot with a lot
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For more on March Madness check out Andrew Goldstein’s article on page 11. Elena Fransen is a senior studying history, women's and gender studies and philosophy. Email Elena with comments at elena.fransen@marquette.edu.
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Junior Blaine Fleming tied the game at nine, but the Hoyas struck back with less than four minutes to go and handed the Golden Eagles their first loss.
Rally comes up short as Georgetown scores late game winner By Jack Goods
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The No. 13/12 Marquette men’s lacrosse team’s miraculous winning streak is finished. The team is aware that doesn’t mean their season is over too. “We were never going to go undefeated,” coach Joe Amplo said. “I don’t think we have to falsely motivate our guys. They’re internally motivated enough. We certainly have to use this as a learning experience… You grow more from your losses than your victories.” The goose egg in the loss column was eliminated Saturday when Georgetown handed the Golden Eagles their first loss of the season in a 10-9 battle, just the second time in program history the team has lost a one goal game. Marquette is already looking ahead to next weekend, but is using the loss as added motivation. “We know what could happen to us if we don’t play well, so it’s just fire to us,” sophomore attackman Kyran Clarke said. “We always have to be on top of our game.” The Golden Eagles went down 8-2 at half, but mounted
yet another comeback effort. Junior midfielder Blaine Fleming tied the game at 9, but the Hoyas scored the game-winning goal with just less than four minutes left. The loss to Georgetown makes this weekend’s game against Villanova even more pivotal for a
potential tournament bid if the team does not win the Big East tournament. With tough games against No. 6/6 Duke, No. 2/2 Notre Dame and No. 5/5 Denver remaining on the schedule, a loss to the Wildcats, who are receiving votes in both polls, would mean they’d likely need to upset
one of the other three to be in the conversation for an at-large bid. To avoid losing a second game in a row, the Golden Eagles may need to overcome playing with a shorthanded roster. The team could be without two of its top offensive producers, including the team’s leading scorer, gradu-
ate student attackman Jordan Greenfield. Both Greenfield and redshirt junior midfielder Kyle Whitlow were given unsportsmanlike conduct penalties following the final whistle. “I know I watched it on film and I saw both guys run past the official and definitely say something,” Amplo said. “They made a big mistake. They have to learn from that experience.” The penalty was Greenfield’s second in the final five minutes of the game. He and Amplo were each given unsportsmanlike penalties at the 4:48 mark, resulting in the go-ahead Georgetown goal on the two-man advantage. “The things that were said and done at the end of the game and in the last few minutes, that’s not what Marquette lacrosse is,” Amplo said. “It starts with me. It starts with my actions on the sideline and it trickles down to our players.” Any further discipline will be announced in the coming days. The Golden Eagles fell behind in the first half against Georgetown, but started to look like their normal selves during their 7-1 run in the second half. The team believes they need to play up to the same standard for four quarters to defeat Villanova. “I think we need to be cleaner,” Amplo said. “We have a thing called pass count. When the pass count gets into the upper 20s, we typically get a really good look at the cage. I don’t think we got our pass count up to 20 more than one or two times in the second half.” Amplo said his team’s break in the schedule caused the team to be a little too assertive offensively. “Early in the game we struggled to get patient in our offense,” Amplo said. “Not playing for two weeks, we were trying to go to the net too quick and forced passes that weren’t there. Once we got comfortable I felt our offense was clicking as normal.”
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Men’s tennis nets two wins Fernandez, Dykema lead Golden Eagles to productive weekend By Jacob Born
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The Marquette men’s tennis team battled conference opponents Xavier and Butler, securing, two victories, while the women’s team lost its two weekend matches. The Golden Eagles (9-8) defeated Xavier 5-2 Friday and then made the short trip to Butler for the 4-3 win. The men’s team concluded a five game road trip and extended its winning streak to three matches. Marquette won the first two games of set play, securing the doubles play. The top pair, junior Daniel Fernandez and senior Vukasin Teofanovic, narrowly defeated Xavier’s top pair 8-7, but an 8-5 win by sophomores Nick Dykema and Mackenzie Stearns secured the double point. In singles play, Marquette won four of the six matches. Fernandez at No. 1 and Dykema at No. 3 won in two sets, winning 6-5, 6-1 and 7-6, 7-5, respectively. Sophomores Kristiyan Trukov and Stearns needed three sets to eventually get the win, defeating their Xavier counterparts 6-2, 3-6, 6-0 and 7-6, 6-7, 6-3, respectively. Teofanovic and freshman Andre Romanello
both lost by scores of 6-4, 6-4 and 6-4, 6-1, respectively. Using the momentum from Friday’s win against Xavier, the Golden Eagles won a much tighter matchup against Butler. Doubles play went to a third game, as Butler won the No. 1 game and Marquette won the No. 3 match with an identical 8-5 victory. It came down to the No. 2 pairing of Dykema/Stearns, who lost a nail-biter to Butler 8-7. With the loss, Marquette entered singles play down 1-0. Fernandez, Dykema, Trukov and Stearns continued to shine and brought Marquette the win with wins in singles play. Dykema won 6-3, 6-2 and Stearns won 6-2, 6-0 to set up the Golden Eagles for a win. Trukov battled back from a 6-7 loss in the first set to win the next two sets 6-3, 6-2, and Fernandez clinched the victory with a 6-2, 7-5 two-set win. Teofanovic lost in a three-set thriller 6-3, 2-6, 6-3, and Romanello fell 7-5, 6-4. The women’s team (9-7) lost to Xavier 5-2 Friday and to Cincinnati 4-3 Saturday. With the two losses, Marquette lost five of its last six matches. Xavier set the tone against Marquette Friday with the doubles point to start off the match. Sophomore Diana Tokar and freshman Paula Tormos Sanchez won the No. 3 game 8-3, but Xavier won the No. 1 and No. 2 spots for the first point of the match. In singles play, only Sanchez and senior Vanessa Foltinger won points, do-
ing so as No. 5 and No. 6. Sanchez won 6-0, 6-4, while Foltinger won 6-4, 6-0. However, Xavier excelled in singles play as well, knocking off Marquette’s top four seeds. Junior Erin Gebes was the only Marquette player to go to three sets, as she lost 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 in the closest set of the match. Other losses included No. 1 junior Ana Pimienta falling 6-1, 6-2, Tokar at No. 3 6-3, 7-6 and No. 4 senior Ali Dawson lost 6-2, 6-4. Saturday’s match against Cincinnati was a closer affair, but Marquette still came up short. Playing just six games instead of eight, Marquette opened doubles play with another Tokar/Sanchez victory, this time a 6-1 score. However, the Bearcats overcame the Golden Eagles’ top two seeds as Marquette dropped the doubles point again. In singles play, Sanchez played the toughest match of all players, narrowly beating her Cincinnati counterpart 7-6, 0-6, 7-6. Gebes redeemed her close loss against Xavier with a 6-2, 7-6 win at the No. 2 spot, while Foltinger won at No. 6 again, winning 6-0, 6-2. However, Pimienta lost 7-5, 6-3 at No. 1, Tokar lost at No. 3 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, and Dawson lost at No. 4 6-4, 4-6, 7-6. Men’s tennis resumes play after Easter break, when the team closes out the season with four straight home games. The women’s team continues its road trip with matches at Butler Saturday and Notre Dame Sunday.
Golden Eagles split weekend Costanza earns 10 points as MU loses to UM, beats Detroit By Hank Greening
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The Marquette women’s lacrosse team went 1-1 this weekend at Valley Fields with a 10-7 loss to Michigan Friday and a 13-5 victory against Detroit Sunday. Claire Costanza led the Golden Eagles (4-5) in scoring with 10 points for the weekend, coming on three assists and seven goals. Marquette also had significant contributions from freshman and senior attacks Riley Hill and Nicole Gleason, who each had four goals. Costanza tops all point categories for Marquette with 33 total points on 13 goals and 20 assists, which is good for the most assists per game in the Big East (2.22) and the fifth most assists in the country, as well as the conference’s third most points per game (3.67). “Claire (Costanza) is just so important to our team,” Marquette coach Meredith Black said after the loss to Michigan. “She’s a leader on the attack and really controls the ball so well and is able to take any type of defense.” However, Costanza’s fourpoint performance was not enough to keep the Golden Eagles from surrendering a fourgoal lead and falling victim to an 8-1 second half run from the Michigan Wolverines. Marquette was all over its opponent in the first half,
making good on offensive chances and giving the Wolverines no room to work on the other end of the ball. Hill had a hat trick in the first half. Defensively, the Golden Eagles forced seven turnovers and junior goaltender Sarah Priem stood on her head, stopping eight shots. Marquette also dominated the faceoff circle, winning six of the nine contests in the opening 30 minutes. The Golden Eagles went to the break leading 6-2, but that all changed in the second half. Michigan came out firing, scoring three goals in the opening 7:49 of the half to cut the Marquette advantage to one and forcing a timeout from Black. The timeout did little to change the pace of the game, as Michigan tied the game and subsequently took the lead with two goals in a span of 70 seconds and ripped home eight consecutive goals in the second before Costanza stopped the run, netting one with six seconds remaining, but the damage was clearly done. “We played to win in the first half and we played not to lose in the second half,” Black said. “We lost a little confidence... This team’s never had to play with a lead before... It put us into a defense mode where we needed to keep on the attack and we didn’t.” Sunday afternoon, the Golden Eagles had another big first half advantage, and with it an opportunity to avenge Friday’s loss. Marquette took a 2-0 lead less than two minutes into the game against Detroit, but the Titans refused to back down, scoring two and tying the game with 20:22 left in the first half. But the Golden Eagles stayed aggressive on offense, netting five in a row against Detroit and taking a 7-2
lead with 5:58 to go. The Titans posted one more before the first intermission and again Marquette led by four at the half. But the Golden Eagles didn’t let the lead slip by this time and had five different scorers in the half, putting away six goals and never letting their opponent within three points, winning 13-5. “It feels good to have a response after Friday’s loss,” Black said. “We talked about a mentality shift going into this game and also to keep that same mentality that we had in the first half for the second half... staying focused, staying committed and driven to what our ultimate goal is, to win the game.” The Golden Eagles take on No. 17 Notre Dame at Valley Fields Wednesday at 4 p.m.
Busted brackets are all apart of March’s charm Andrew Goldstein Columnist
It happens every single year; fans consume an irresponsible amount of college basketball during the season, watch the conference tournaments with the focus of a (Golden) Eagle and pour time and effort into picking what they think is a solid bracket. And every year, as reliable as the equinoxes, March Madness shreds the carefully planned brackets to pieces, lights those pieces on fire, then dances on the charred remains. Most times, this happens before the clock strikes 6 p.m. on the first evening of Madness. According to USA Today, if you were to close your eyes and pick every game at random, your chances of filling out a perfect bracket are one in 9.2 quintillion. Yes, that’s quintillion with a “Q.” Quintillion as in a nine with 18 zeroes after it. You’d have a better chance of being bitten by a great white shark, a hammerhead shark, left shark and Mark “The Shark” Titus within 10 minutes of each other than getting anywhere close to a perfect bracket. But let’s assume you don’t randomly fill out your bracket and factor in win probabilities – i.e., one-seeds always beat the 16-seeds, the two-seeds almost always beat the 15-seeds, etc. If you do that, your odds radically improve to one in 128 billion, according to DePaul mathematician Jay Bergen. With those odds, USA Today calculated that if everyone in America filled out a unique bracket, we’d see a perfect bracket once every 400 years on average. Actually, though, it may be better to just wing it no matter what the odds say, because the people with the best brackets almost never put any thought into it. This year’s quest for college basketball’s holy grail actually lasted longer than expected – it took until the 35th game out of 63 for the final perfect bracket on ESPN. com to fall. An account with the username Malachi owned the only bracket with a perfect first round. And yet the owner of the account, who asked for his identity to remain anonymous due to privacy concerns, told ESPN.com, “I actually
haven’t watched a full game all year.” Not dumbfounded enough yet? Malachi, who filled out his bracket 15 minutes before the first game tipped off, also told ESPN.com, “I knew I had to have some upsets, but I can’t really give you specific reasons as to why I chose certain teams over others.” That’s why logical reasoning fails 95 percent of the time in March Madness. The defining question isn’t, “Who’s the better team?” It’s, “Who’s the better team on that particular day?” Also, of the thousands and thousands of Division I college basketball players, only 60 of them get drafted into the NBA at the end of the year. When you think about it that way, the difference between, say, Iowa State and and Alabama-Birmingham doesn’t seem insurmountable anymore. Now, factoring in all the aspects of the college game – shortened 3-point line, 35-second shot clock, more stringent foul calls, etc. – makes it easier to overcome an athletic disadvantage. These things act in tandem to form a whirlwind of complete anarchy, where just about anything can happen. So don’t get too preoccupied with the fortunes of your bracket. Remember how it goes every year: you care about it for the first day or two, watch it go kaput by the end of the first weekend and then stop caring about it when Wichita State makes it to the Final Four. Besides, on the day when a 16-seed finally threatens to upset a one-seed, do you really want to be rooting against it just for the sake of your all-too-fragile bracket? Next year, put away the cheat sheets and have your fouryear-old brother or your pet parakeet fill out your bracket. They have just about the same chance of being right as Dick Vitale does. And if your bracket ends up in the bolt-shredder yet again, well, isn’t that just March Madness for you? Andrew Goldstein is a freshman from Cranbury, N.J. Email him at andrew. goldstein@marquette.edu
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Lax propelled by faceoff men Trio of Weselek, Kelly and Kennedy aiding MU’s early success By Jack Goods
jack.goods@marquette.edu
Faceoff men are a rare breed in lacrosse. They have one goal recover the ball and then run off the field. It sounds simple, but faceoffs can play a pivotal factor in a game. In a sport without a consistent shot clock, possessions are vital. Marquette has an interesting situation at the faceoff-X. The Golden Eagles rotate three players, always playing the hot hand. The strategy has worked for the team, as their faceoff performance is at the desired 50 percent through about half way through the season. “I love it,” Marquette coach Joe Amplo said in regards to the faceoff competition. “I love their commitment to each other and their buy-in to our team culture. There’s no egos in that group.” The primary faceoff man is redshirt junior K.C. Kennedy, who started this weekend against Georgetown. With this being his first season in the starting position, he already has taken twenty more faceoffs than he did last season. He’s been one of the most improved players on this year’s roster, upping his win percentage from .463 to .519. “He works his tail off,” Amplo said. “He’s a kid that wasn’t recruited by anybody. I don’t even think we recruited him. I think he just showed up on our front doorstep and said he’s going to play lacrosse.” Kennedy won more than 50 percent of his draws against Hofstra,“I think getting more opportunities (has helped), going up against more guys this year as opposed to last year,” Kennedy said. The team had previously split a majority of the draws between Cullen Cassidy and Paul Riportella in their first two seasons. After waiting in the wings for twoo years, Kennedy has finally earned an increase in playing time. “It’s the job that everyone strives to have,” Kennedy said about his increased role. “It’s what I’ve worked for.” Amplo praised Kennedy’s knowledge for the game. “After every faceoff (assistant) coach Roberts, myself and K.C. have a meeting and decide what the next play is going to be,” Amplo said. “He’s almost a coach on the field.” Kennedy was struggling at the start of this weekend’s game against Georgetown, so he and Roberts decided that it was time to switch in freshman Owen Weselak, who has over a .500 win percentage. Weselak can be seen as the faceoff man of the future for the Golden Eagles. The 5-foot-11 freshman had an impressive debut earlier this season against Lehigh, winning nine of his 15 draws. “He’s just a kid who needs to grow a little more, Amplo said. “He has great technique. He’s really fast with his hands. He’s trying to faceoff against a 22-year-
old kid. He’s a freshman from California who probably the heaviest thing he lifted was his surf board before here.” Weselek wasn’t able to crack the Georgetown faceoff unit either on Saturday, losing his two draws. The Golden Eagles decided to make a change once again. Marquette finally solved their faceoff issues by inserting junior Gryphin Kelly into the lineup. After Marquette lost their first eight draws, Kelly helped the Golden Eagles win every faceoff in the second quarter. He won nine of 14 on the day. “If there was an MVP for us to get back in the game, he was it,” Amplo said. “I told him ‘There’s going to be a time when we’re going to need you,” Amplo said. “’You’re not going to know when it’s going to come, but there will be a time.’ It was in the second quarter of the Georgetown game, in the biggest game of the year.” Kelly, who is playing his first season with the Golden Eagles after transferring from Hobart, also won six of his seven draws in the Golden Eagles blowout victory over Detroit earlier this month. His standup stance allowed him to match up better against the Hoyas. “K.C. and I weren’t doing well against them, and then (Gryphin) comes in and he has a different style,” Weselak said. “He’s on his feet, not on a knee. He punches his back hand up a little more.” “Being up on my feet gives me more mobility,” Kelly said. Sharing playing time can be a bit difficult, but the unit says they each try their best to stay warmed up on the sidelines. You never know when the coaches will call your name, and you don’t want to be at a disadvantage. “The more faceoffs you take the better rhythm you’re going to be in,” Kennedy said. “That’s something we actually worked on with the staff. If we’re going to make a change at the X, or start one guy, we are going to let him get into a rhythm. We’re not going to necessarily pull the plug after one bad faceoff.” “Throughout the game you get more adjusted to the whistle,” Weselak said. “It’s hard coming into a game when it’s your first whistle and the other guy has had four or five faceoffs.” Having three talented players can also have its advantages, as each player felt practicing against one another was making them better players. “We’re all very different,” Kelly said. “Each of us have our own different style, especially here.” “There’s a good mix of different styles, so it keeps it interesting,” Kennedy said. “Guys are always tinkering with what they’re doing pretty constantly. You’re getting new stuff that they’re trying. So if Owen is trying something at practice, that’s just another wrinkle I go up against.” Having a competitive group is a good problem to have for the Golden Eagles, who have struggled in that facet of the game prior to this season. Marquette won just under 43 percent of their faceoffs in their inaugural season, and 44 percent in the sophomore campaign. This season, the team is up to 50 percent. “We needed to get better there,”
Amplo said. “We needed to be above 50 percent.” Struggles with draws isn’t uncommon among the new programs. Faceoff men are one of the hardest things to find when putting together a team. If you do find one, he can be the foundation for success.
“In high school you can be a great faceoff kid, but that doesn’t translate to a great faceoff kid at the college level,” Amplo said. “It’s hard to evaluate the speed and your technique against most high school players because there’s not great depth of faceoff talent. You very rarely
see the best kid going against the best kid.” Marquette seems to have found a few capable of taking them to the next level, an important factor in the team already breaking their program record for wins in a season.