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Volume 99, Number 39
Thursday, March 5, 2015
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Editorial
Rumors on McCormick
Commencement speaker will offer valuable wisdom
Time to get things straight on the freshman dorm amid gossip
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MUBB fall to Red Storm Prolific 3-point shooting in second half propel St. John’s to double-digit win
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Prescribing to a philosophy
Club offers disabled the Antidepressant Usage chance to be athletes
Academics face off on treatments for mental illnesses, depression
15.4%
By Devi Shastri
devi.shastri@marquette.edu
The world’s first antidepressant made its debut in 1958 when health care professionals noticed Ipronaizid, a drug used to treat tuberculosis, seemed to make people happier. Fifty-seven years later, the Charles E. Kubly Foundation donated $5 million to Marquette’s College of Health Sciences for professors in the biomedical science department to continue their work in discovering medicines that can treat mental health illnesses like depression and addiction. The Kubly Research Center is at the center of an ongoing debate of whether therapy or medication is the best way to treat such illnesses. The issue surrounds a fundamental question: Does depression have a purely biological See Debate, Page 2
By Andrew Schilling
andrew.schilling@marquette.edu
Percentage of people aged 12 and over who take antidepressant medication, surveyed between 2005 and 2008.
10.4%
6.0%
Men
Women
Average
Source: Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Infographic by Amy Elliot-Meisel/amy.elliot-meisel@marquette.edu
Marquette alumna to speak at graduation Keynote speaker a peace activist working with Salvadoran poor
Activist Margaret O’Neill was chosen to speak at the May commencement.
The university chose Margaret “Peggy” O’Neill, a Marquette alumna, to be the keynote speaker for the spring 2015 commencement ceremony, according to a university news brief Wednesday. O’Neill is a peace activist and the founder of El Centro Arte Para la Paz in El Salvador, an agency that helps the country’s poor and marginalized. She has received multiple honors and awards for her work. Marquette Student Government President Kyle Whelton said he is looking forward to hearing O’Neill
when he graduates. “Marquette’s mission seeks to create men and women for and with others who leave the institution ready to enter the struggle for a more just society,” Whelton said. “There is no better example of our mission coming to fruition in an individual than Sister O’Neill.” University President Michael Lovell called O’Neill a “superb role model for our graduates, someone we would be proud to present as an illustration of the principles of intellectual and moral excellence that Marquette proclaims ... (and one whose) work and tireless service to our human family have significantly improved the lives of countless people in El Salvador.” O’ Neill received a master’s degree in theology from Marquette and a doctorate in religious education from New York University.
INDEX
MARQUEE
OPINIONS
By Natalie Wickman
natalie.wickman@marquette.edu
Photo via ignatiansolidarity.net
CALENDAR...........................................2 DPS REPORTS.....................................2 CLASSIFIEDS......................................5 MARQUEE............................................6 OPINIONS........................................8 SPORTS...........................................10
NEWS
Undergraduate research can help supplement academic experience.
LIMO app developed
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Warm weather for MLax
Golden Eagles head south for a pair of spring break games and practice.
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Students working on technology to request LIMOs, track location.
See Disability, Page 3
SPORTS
Fransen: Value of research
Money proposed for repairs
MU proposes $400,000 to renew external building facades.
Eric Fife sees himself as a kind of a test dummy. The 39-year-old, who lives with a spinal cord injury, serves as a volunteer test subject for adaptive sports activities — such as tennis and lacrosse — designed by physical therapy students to help and study those with physical disabilities. “I give them a test range of motion so they can see what my abilities are, stuff like that,” Fife said. “Basically, it gives the students a little practice on people where it’s a little more hands on.” Fife also works with Marquette’s Adaptive Abilities Club, which is trying to change the Milwaukee sports scene by implementing a wider variety of activities for people with physical disabilities. The club partners with Milwaukee organizations including the VA Medical Center, Adaptive Adventures and Independence First. It provides athletics for those who live with physical disabilities. Students involved in the club go out into the community and actively help people with physical disabilities take part in sports, including downhill skiing, snowboarding, water skiing, paddle boarding, kayaking, rugby, lacrosse, basketball and rock climbing. “All of (the sports) are adapted for people with (physical) disabilities,” said Kristen Seroka, the club’s founder and a fifthyear senior studying physical therapy. “It’s basically changing (the sport) in any way you can to make it possible for them.” While it only became an official club this past October, Seroka became involved with the Milwaukee adaptive sports
Paul: Lifetime Network
Marquee’s pizza tour
As part of a new series, our reporters take a trip of MKE’s best slices. PAGE 6
Network’s melodramatic offerings cancel out gender equality successes. PAGE 9
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