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Gov. Walker visits LCM battles MU Religious group looks to detatch from Campus Ministry

By Alex Groth

alexandria.groth@marquette.edu

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Gov. Scott Walker and state Sen. Leah Vukmir (left) pose with the event’s attendees following their speech.

Candidates speak to College Republicans on campaigns, issues

By Caroline White & McKenna Oxenden Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker visited Marquette’s campus Monday night to talk with students from the Marquette University College Republicans about how college students can be pivotal in elections through their votes and support.

Walker touched on subjects including tax reform, K-12 education, the second amendment and the current political climate. The governor, who is up for re-election in November, also pushed his accomplishments over the past eight years to 40 attendees.

“People are finding not just jobs, but careers. The economy

is doing well,” Walker said.

“Heck, our health care systems are ranked number one in the nation for quality. Our colleges and universities are doing well.

We’re transitioning people off of welfare. We’re doing all sorts of positive things for the people of the state of Wisconsin.”

State Sen. Leah Vukmir was also in attendance to promote her U.S. Senate campaign. Even though Walker’s wife, Tonette Walker, endorsed Vukmir in the Sun Prairie Star, the governor said he is not endorsing her until after the Republican primary.

“I’m neutral in this,” he said.

“I know her obviously very well in all of this, but with my own race, I’ll end up supporting the Republican who wins the primary.”

Walker was a student at Marquette from 1986 to spring 1990 before discontinuing his studies.

He commented on the change in

political activism on campus. “(When College Republicans would run campaigns in the past) it was to get up and go help the campaign somewhere else in the metropolitan Milwaukee area,” he said. “You can make a difference right here on campus.”

He said the close number of votes in the 2012 governor election were among 18-24-yearolds, an age group which heavily affected the outcome.

“In the end, if you up the numbers a little bit in a close election statewide, you can make a difference,” Walker said.

He also pointed to college conservative groups as being a gateway to informing younger generations about the ideals of the Republican party.

“We don’t always do a good job of telling you millennials this,” Walker said. “(Democrats) want to tell you how to live your life and what to do with it.

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When Lutheran Campus Ministry distributed glitter ashes supporting the LGBTQ community last spring, members were hopeful it would be fully supported. It was not.

The Campus Ministry office said they received phone calls from parents and other non-university individuals. “(LCM) was not penalized, but scolded,” Ryan Twaddle, an LCM member and third-year graduate student in the School of Dentistry, said.

Twaddle did not let Campus Ministry’s disapproval of glitter ashes stop him from advocating for LCM’s inclusive mission. He was part of LCM’s first task force meeting March 1 this year to discuss creating a separate student organization. If the organization is created, it would not be under the authority of Campus Ministry.

Mary Sue Callan-Farley, the director of Campus Ministry, said

glitter ashes will not be supported by the office and “will not happen out of the Catholic tradition.”

The problem appears to be controversy over glitter ashes, but Twaddle said it can show differing views, especially regarding supporting the LGBTQ community.

Glitter ashes happened again this Ash Wednesday in the Chapel of the Holy Family, and although LCM didn’t receive any official complaints from Campus Ministry, their decade-long back-and-forth disagreements continue.

LCM’s Rev. Jessica Short said the group has struggled to build a communicative relationship with Campus Ministry. Last year, the issue manifested because the group not have a proper meeting space on campus.

LCM members have met with Campus Ministry over the past academic year to discuss their concerns.

Yana Rawinski, LCM peer minister and senior in the College of Engineering, said she feels like the meetings were an effort to silence the group. She said she met with Campus Ministry multiple times and never received a different response to her concern.

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Members of Lutheran Campus Ministry prepare to spread glitter ashes.

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Walker pushes student campaign involvement VISITS, from page 1 (Republicans) actually think that you’re pretty good at doing that.

As long as you’re not hurting the health or safety of others, go out and do that.”

Walker said in his speech that the key for Republican voters is to be optimistic and organized.

“The wake-up call is that we can’t assume that our friends and neighbors and classmates and others know about the positive things we’re doing for the people of Wisconsin,” he said.

“To me, the way you counter the anger and hate of the left is not through more anger.

You counter it with two simple things. I call it the two ‘O’s’: optimism and organization.”

Walker said Wisconsin is a state that gets things done. He said he understands why people are frustrated with Washington D.C. because policy and legislation are so slow moving, but he feels Wisconsin can lead the way. As an example, he pointed to his new school safety package,

which rolled out last Thursday after an audience member asked if he was planning to “keep the Second Amendment intact or poke any holes in it.”

The governor said his $100 million plan would allocate about $115 per public school student. It would function as a grant and allow schools to implement safety changes where they feel are necessary, like adding public safety officers or making physical changes to the building. There is also series of other changes such as modifications in mandatory reporting for threats, bullying and revisions in basic training and safety and trauma-informed care.

U.S. Senate candidate Vukmir, who is running against Kevin Nicholson in the Republican primary this August to determine who will challenge Democrat incumbent Tammy Baldwin in November, took the floor in the basement of Cudahy Hall after Walker to share how and why

she got involved in politics and what her platform is. The state senator spoke highly of Walker and shared the close relationship they have had throughout her political career, as she has held many of the same positions he used to.

She emphasized the importance for students to get involved in campaigns and to take advantage of the College of Republicans — something she never remembers being prevalent back when she was at Marquette from 1976-’80.

Vukmir said she does not think current Democratic Sen. Baldwin is a good fit for Wisconsin.

“I look at Tammy Baldwin, and Tammy Baldwin doesn’t represent the Wisconsinites,” Vukmir said. “She stands so far to the left she makes Chuck Schumer look like a moderate.”

She said she is “chomping at the bit” to debate Baldwin and “can’t wait to run circles

around her.” Vukmir referenced Baldwin’s signing of the Bernie Sanders single-payer health care bill and the Tomah VA incident that involved an over-prescription of opioids.

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LCM faces disagreement with Campus Ministry BATTLES, from page 1 that I can’t mentally and emotionally deal with this situation anymore,” Rawinski said. “After over a year of trying to have conversations with Campus Ministry, I can’t continue this — every time I leave that office, I feel degraded.”

Rawinski said she understands why Campus Ministry would pushback against LCM, especially with glitter ashes.

“If a parent has an issue with something religious based, Mary Sue is probably the person that is going to receive a phone call,” Rawinski said. “So I understand where she comes from wanting to know what is going on in (LCM).”

But Twaddle said it is unreasonable for Campus Ministry to not support LCM’s backing of the LGBTQ community because it aligns with the Lutheran faith tradition.

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America released a statement titled “A Social Statement on Human Sexuality: Gift and Trust” in 2009, declaring that human sexuality is a gift.

Twaddle said the statement created a rift in the Lutheran community but also resulted in a positive framework for addressing any controversy on sexuality and the church.

Last fall, Twaddle wrote letters of complaint about finding space on campus. This spring, he wrote a letter detailing concerns about how LCM’s pastor was negatively treated after her attempts to be inclusive of people on campus.

“I said, ‘Individuals are bullying someone on our campus, and I’m going to take a stand against it, because that’s what (Marquette) stands for,’” Twaddle said.

Twaddle said he was optimistic that Provost Daniel Myers would help construct a solution for LCM and Campus Ministry. He assumed Myers would advocate for LCM because Twaddle said he had a positive track record with other groups on campus.

“To see him stand there with a banner when everything with DACA was going down, we thought, ‘Hey, he’ll be a champion for us as well and stand up for the issues we’re seeing,” Twaddle said.

He was wrong.

Myers said Campus Ministry does not report to the provost, and therefore, he has not been involved in any conflict resolution other than to relay concerns to others who he said can address any issues. Myers said Rev. Gerald Thomas Krettek, the vice president for the Office of Mission and Ministry, would be able to answer any questions.

Krettek said he did not receive any letters of concern from any students. He said he was aware students sent them to other individuals in the university.

Callan-Farley said she is aware of the letters. She said creating a solution is a two-way street.

“Over the years, there have always been a number of opportunities (for communication) that come

up,” Callan-Farley said.

Bernardo Avila-Borunda, who works with the multi-cultural ministry, said while Campus Ministry does not support glitter ashes, there is a constant effort to try to improve ministries across campus.

Callan-Farley said she is not sure if the communication has increased over the years, but said she continues to listen to LCM’s concerns.

“We have taken these issues seriously and will continue to do so,” Callan-Farley said. “They are all our students, and we are their ministers.”

LCM held a review board Jan. 2324. The review committee included Rev. Rebecca Boardman, Matthew Schlake-Kruse, Bishop Paul Erickson and Alexander Jacobs.

The board suggested LCM look into creating the student organization. This recommendation came from section eight: “Ecumenical and Interfaith Relationships,” writing they “recommend exploring the concurrent formation of a student group which may allow more freedom.”

This would not be the first religious denomination to have two separate groups on campus, with one being a student group and the other housed under Campus Ministry. The Jewish population has two separate groups: Hillel Milwaukee is affiliated with Campus Ministry, and Jewish Student Union functions under Marquette University Student Government.

At the task force meeting, LCM members decided the new student organization would be part of the national organization Reconciled in Christ. A RIC ministry actively works to confront ageism, racism, sexism and homophobia.

Short said LCM would also become RIC. She said it fits with the group’s mission, as the ministry already has an LGBTQ pride flag in its logo.

“As I have been here on this campus, I have felt that it’s more and more important every year that we continue to talk about this, and that we continue to have language that is radically inclusive,” Short said. “I’m tired of the nice talk.”

Creating a separate student organization would not mean LCM would be eliminated from the Campus Ministry’s office.

Short said she hopes the organization will branch out to individuals who may not feel comfortable approaching a church setting.

“I think in a student group, the main point is to be diverse and inclusive,” Short said. “We shouldn’t be like, ‘Oh this is for Lutherans or folks that hang out in Lutheran Campus Ministry.”

Megan Hessler, LCM Peer Minister and senior in the College of Health Sciences, said the new student organization would be able to better support the LGBTQ community on campus.

“Just get the word out to the LGBTQ+ Resource Center that we

exist, and we’re here for you as spiritual guides and religious guides,” Hessler said. “We are fully in support of you guys.”

The student organization would also be able to apply for funding through MUSG, which Rawinski said would help the organization create more events and programming.

Rawinski said she is unsure LCM will be able to create a student organization. The student organization needs the approval of Campus Ministry, specifically its director, Callan-Farley.

“This will solve a lot of our issues, and I feel like sometimes we’re just a burden to their office,” Rawinski said. “Can I say I’m optimistic? I don’t think so. We continuously get rejected.”

After the task force meeting, Twaddle emailed Callan-Farley to discuss the new student organization. Twaddle met with Callan-Farley, but was not willing to release any details to the Wire for fear it might interfere with any progress.

However, Rawinski continues to be hopeful the student organization will have a positive outcome for both groups. She said despite any tension, the main goal is to grow the relationship and work together.

“I think being a student org could give us more leverage to work with Campus Ministry and put on events together, which would, in my opinion, be beautiful,” Rawinski said.

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Focus on recruiting Chinese students New admissions employee seeks to diversify campus

By Josh Anderson

josh.anderson@marquette.edu

After graduating from a Chinese university and working for nine years, Alice Wei decided to go back to school for an MBA. She chose to leave the country and attend Marquette, where she was hired last December as an international recruitment manager for China.

Wei said she chose to attend Marquette largely due to its status as a Jesuit institution. After graduating with her MBA in December 2017, Wei was hired in hopes of continuing to increase the number of international applicants to Marquette.

“I received my MBA from Marquette University, and I spent my two and a half years at Marquette,” she said. “I had such a wonderful experience there, so I would like to share my wonderful experience with prospective (Chinese) students.”

As a full-time recruiter based in China, Wei’s role is different from that of an admissions counselor in that she cannot make admission decisions. However, she fills many similar roles, including visiting Chinese high schools and education fairs.

The process of applying to universities in China is very different than the process of applying to American universities, Wei said. Chinese high schools don’t have guidance counselors to help them apply to universities. Instead, many families pay to hire an agent, who helps them decide what universities to apply. “(The agents) help a lot of (Chinese) students apply to

universities in Canada, the U.S. and Australia,” Wei said.

One of Wei’s main goals is to increase Marquette’s name recognition in China, where it is not as well-known as many of the larger public universities, Yao Andrew, coordinator of external agents for international recruitment, said.

“Here (in the United States), Marquette is a well-recognized university, but that’s not the case in China,” Andrew said. “We are trying to increase recognition of the brand and also produce programs to increase international students recruitment.”

The number of international students applying to American universities this year has decreased significantly, John Baworowsky, vice president for enrollment management said.

Latin American and Middle Eastern students, in particular, are less likely to apply to American

schools this year. From 2016-’17, international students from Latin America and the Caribbean decreased by 6.2 percent at American higher institutions, according to the Institute of International Education Open Doors Report. Students from the Middle East decreased by 8.4 percent.

Baworowsky said he attributes this to many international students’ perceptions of President Donald Trump’s administration.

However, Marquette has seen an increased number of applications from prospective students in China and India this year, Baworowsky said. Throughout the United States, there has been a 6.8 percent increase in students from China, according to the Open Doors Report.

He said he thinks the increase is because many Chinese and Indian students don’t perceive President Trump in

the same way that Hispanic or Middle Eastern students may.

“The Asian students don’t really have an issue with what’s going on in Washington,” he said. “They’re not really under President Trump’s sights. There’s no negative rhetoric.”

Baworowsky also said the increase in international applicants from China and India is due to Beyond Boundaries, Marquette’s strategic plan that included hiring Wei. In the future, Baworowsky said he would like to add more international recruiters in countries such as Vietnam, Taiwan and Indonesia. He said he doesn’t see a possibility of adding recruiters in countries outside of Asia until a new president is elected and the world’s perception of the United States changes.

“At least for the next three years, Asia will be the most promising place in the world,” he said.

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MUPD REPORTS March 19 MUPD responded to a report of shots fired in the 2500 block of W. Clybourn Street and located a person not affiliated with Marquette that reported being shot.

MPD took over the investigation.

The incident occurred March 17 at 1:54 a.m.

MUPD cited a subject for prowling in the 800 block of N. 19th Street. The incident occurred March 17 at 9:44 a.m.

A person not affiliated with Marquette reported that a known non-MU subject Marquette displayed a handgun and pointed it at him in the 900 block of N. 20th Street. The incident occurred March 17 at 1:49 p.m.

An intoxicated subject acted in a disorderly manner and punched a person on a Milwaukee County bus in the 1600 block of W.

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Wisconsin Avenue. MUPD cited the subject. The incident occurred March 18 at 7:33 p.m.

March 13 Two subjects were loitering in a lot in the 2400 block of W. Wisconsin Avenue and admitted to being there to buy narcotics. The subjects were also in possession of drug paraphernalia. MUPD cited the subjects. The incident occurred March 8 at 4:17 p.m.

March 12 An intoxicated driver fled from MUPD and drove through the exit gate in Structure One causing damage to the gate. An intoxicated passenger in the vehicle then activated the fire alarm in Structure One without cause. MUPD cited both subjects. The incident occurred

EVENTS CALENDAR March 11 at 1:24 a.m.

A vehicle driven by an intoxicated driver not affiliated with Marquette struck a light pole in the 500 block of N. 17th Street.

The driver fled from MUPD but was located and taken into custody. MUPD cited the driver and transported him to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility for an open warrant. The incident occurred March 10 at 5:35 p.m.

A student reported receiving harassing phone calls. The incident occurred between March 6 at 10 p.m. and March 9 at 10:55 p.m.

A student and his guest in Straz Tower Hall admitted to smoking marijuana at an off-campus location. The incident occurred March 9 at 7:40 p.m.

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Clark Hall, room 111 March 21 2018 Dreamers Gala: Love Has No Borders 5-8 p.m.

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AMU, first floor March 23 Innovation Kitchen Grand Opening 4-6 p.m.

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MUSG announces presidential, EVP candidates Two teams will run in election to hold office next year

By Grace Connatser

sarah.connatser@marquette.edu

Two tickets are running for the positions of president and executive vice president of Marquette University Student Government for the 2018-’19 school year. The election is March 27 and both campaigns will be addressing campus-wide issues such as sexual assault, mental health and administration accountability.

Erin Murphy and Joshua Steinfels-Saenz Joshua Steinfels-Saenz is running for vice president of MUSG. Photo courtesy of campaign website.

Murphy is a junior in the College of Engineering and is from Omaha, Nebraska. She is running for MUSG president. Murphy is a senator for the College of Engineering and is a former senator of Mashuda Hall.

She’s the chair of the Student Life Committee and sits on the Budget Committee. Murphy is also a

member of student organizations Empowerment and College Democrats.

Steinfels-Saenz is a junior in the College of Business Administration and is from Des Plaines, Illinois.

He is running for MUSG vice president. He’s currently a senator for the Evans Scholars House, home to some of Marquette’s golf caddies.

He sits on the University Assessment and Student Organization Funding Committees and is also a leader in the Evans Scholars executive board.

Murphy and Steinfels-Saenz’s platform focuses on three key points: “accessibility, accountability and assessment.” The pair said they want to make MUSG more accessible to better address student needs. Murphy said she believes some issues get swept under the rug and believes MUSG and university administration should be more transparent.

Steinfels-Saenz also mentioned that they want to make sure MUSG is being “fiscally responsible” with students’ money.

“We want to make sure that ... all students can have their voice heard through MUSG,” Steinfels-Saenz said.

Steinfels-Saenz said one of the priorities of the campaign is to put a spotlight on the administration’s treatment of important student issues as a “passing concern.” He said he wants to see the university be more responsive to students.

Murphy said one example of this is sexual assault, and she said there should be clearer communication on sexual assault issues on campus.

“I do not believe that the administration addresses many students’ problems completely,” Steinfels-Saenz said. “I think they give more of a passing concern and then move on, versus actually addressing a lot of the issues that students face ... especially on sexual assault, that’s something that needs immediate attention.”

More information can be found on their website.

Meredith Gillespie and Valerie Del Campo Gillespie is a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences who previously worked for the Marquette Wire, and is from Grand Rapids, Michigan. She is running for MUSG president. Gillespie is currently the outreach vice president for MUSG.

She’s the chair of the Student Organizations Committee and sits on the Student Organization Funding and Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice Committees. She also works with the Near West Side Partners and Good Neighbor programs.

Del Campo is a junior in the College of Communication and is from Waukegan, Illinois. She is running for MUSG vice president. Del Campo is currently the communications vice president for MUSG. She’s worked on sexual assault campaigns and helped create the Title IX town hall forum held in February. She is a member of Bayanihan Student Organization, Marquette’s Filipino student organization.

Gillespie and Del Campo’s platform also has three cornerstones: “academics, experience and resources.” The two candidates aim to diversify Marquette academics and create more 24-hour study spaces. Del Campo said they also want to provide multi-faith resources for nonCatholic students and create partnerships with local businesses. Gillespie also mentioned a need for library and Title IX training improvement. Gillespie and Del Campo said they want

to address the “Marquette bubble” by expanding student resources, both on and off campus.

“There’s kind of like that inner Marquette bubble where I think students and the administration and the ... student government don’t really have a clear line of communication,” Gillespie said. “(We’re also) just looking to diversify the experiences students can have in the Milwaukee area.”

Del Campo said an important issue they want to tackle is mental health awareness. Del Campo, who has experience working on mental health campaigns through MUSG, said she believes students aren’t aware of all the resources the university provides for mental health, especially freshmen.

“Student wellness and sexual assault prevention and counseling (are) a couple things that we want to work on and improve,” Del Campo said. “(We want to) create more awareness and start a conversation on campus.”

More information can be found on their website.

Photo via campaign websites

Meredith Gillespie (top left) and Valerie Del Campo (bottom left) are running as a team. Erin Murphy (bottom right) and Joshua Steinfels-Saenz (top right) are another ticket.

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Sodexo says all dining halls have fresh food Bread, desserts are baked in-house in Humphrey Hall

By Grace Connatser

sarah.connatser@marquette.edu

Every food item provided to students is “100 percent fresh,” Donato Guida, the general manager of Sodexo at Marquette, said.

Sodexo gets shipments from local produce companies five days of the week, and none of it is frozen or prepackaged, Guida said. The bread used in sandwiches and burgers is baked in the campus bakery, located in Humphrey Hall.

“All of our bakery, all of our breads, all of our desserts, even the grab-and-go stuff to-go, is all made in-house,” Guida said. “The only time you will see something come out of a can is sometimes our tomato sauce.”

Every prepackaged item in the Brew is prepared in the kitchens of Schroeder Hall every morning, seven days a week, and delivered by truck to each location. Guida said every item has a 48-hour shelf life.

Rick Arcuri, executive director of business operations and auxiliary

services, said Sodexo donates every leftover food item to the Marquette branch of the Campus Kitchens Project, a non-profit organization which has over 60 chapters in high schools and colleges around the nation, according to their website.

“It’s a nationwide effort where, on college campuses, students can volunteer to help prepare meals for folks who live in the community they’re in,” Arcuri said. “It’s actually based out of O’Donnell Hall. They feed over two hundred people a day.”

Sodexo’s commitment to fresh food isn’t just a preference. It’s also a part of their contract with Marquette, Arcuri said. As long as Sodexo is serving food on Marquette’s campus, everything must be fresh, from baked goods to produce. Arcuri said serving anything frozen is “not an option.”

“We are very conscious of what we serve,” Guida said.

“It’s just the right thing to do.

We’re restaurants.”

Brad Dawson, the executive chef of catering in the Alumni Memorial Union, has worked with Sodexo at Marquette for eight years. While his other restaurant experience has been in fine dining establishments, he said the spirit of the job is the

same across platforms. He said Sodexo is like other restaurants in using only fresh food.

Dawson noted that there are benefits to only using fresh food. He said the cost is actually higher to buy prepackaged items than to directly buy fresh food, such as produce, or to make it from scratch, such as bread. He also said fresh food has a better taste and is healthier to eat.

“The restaurants where I worked at, there wasn’t a lot of

prepackaged (food), we didn’t do that,” Dawson said.

“We’d rather make it ourselves, for sure.”

Maranatha Ovbiagele, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she doesn’t mind if her food is frozen, but she can tell the difference between fresh and frozen produce.

“I’m not used to frozen food because I’m from Nigeria,” Ovbiagele said. “I think you’re kind of limited in the dorms.”

Maya Turner, a sophomore in the College of Education, said she is indifferent to frozen food.

“I’ve never thought about it,” Turner said. “It’s not a priority.

I’ll just eat it.”

Sondra Vickstrom, a freshman in the College of Nursing, said she has faith in Sodexo’s food being fresh.

“I think it’s all pretty fresh — it’s like Subway,” Vickstrom said. “It’s definitely not restaurant-style food, but I like the food here.”

Photo by Olivia Qualls olivia.qualls@marquette.edu

Sodexo’s chicken parmesan is among the foods Donato Guida said are made of completely fresh products.

MU DRs do not receive active shooter training Students who work desks at MSOE, UWM are trained

By Jenny Whidden

jennifer.whidden@marquette.edu

Desk receptionists are the first line of defense at Marquette residence halls.

But the difference that separates Marquette DRs from similar gatekeepers around Milwaukee is the fact that they do not receive active shooter training.

Annie Dysart, a desk receptionist in Straz Tower and sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said that she thinks active shooter situations should be incorporated into DR training. “(School shootings) have really been common recently,” Dysart said. “It shouldn’t be something that should be overlooked at this point in time based on all the things that have happened and all the attention it’s getting.”

Despite her wishes for active shooter training, Dysart said she does not look down upon Office of Residence Life. ORL and director of ORL, Mary Janz, did not respond to multiple requests asking for comment.

Jeff Kranz, interim chief of the Marquette University Police

Department, said the department has done active shooter training with resident assistants and desk receptionists in the past.

“If they requested it again, we would be more than happy to provide that,” Kranz said.

Individuals who man the desks at the Milwaukee School of Engineering and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee receive active shooter training.

Billy Fyfe, the director of public safety at MSOE, said the university’s residence halls are monitored 24/7 by public safety officers.

The officers in the halls are fulltime members of MSOE’s public safety department, Fyfe said. Officers receive training that involves medical certifications, policy overview and active shooter situations.

In addition to public safety officers, all MSOE students, staff and faculty are required to complete active shooter training beginning in fall 2018.

“It’s something that we continue to work toward, making sure everybody at MSOE is trained and knows what to do in an active shooter incident,” Fyfe said.

Matt Moutin, the outreach coordinator for University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee housing, said UWM residence halls are manned by student security monitors who are annually trained for active shooter situations.

Marquette also differs from MSOE and UWM in terms of how students enter residence halls.

Marquette students swipe in with DRs, while students at the other two universities must externally swipe into residence halls in addition to swiping in with a person in the lobby.

Dysart said if someone were to walk by the desk, she would not be able to do anything to stop them.

“We could say, ‘No, you can’t go there,’ and they could still go up the elevators,” Dysart said. “I could see how we are kind of powerless depending on how motivated

someone is to get into the building.”

Dysart said she thinks the addition of students swiping at elevators would help add to residence hall safety, especially with recent school shootings.

“If I were to suggest anything for extra security, it would be that,” Dysart said. “We’ve never had a problem with that, but that would be a good preventative measure.”

The doors leading to MSOE residence halls are locked from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m., Fyfe said. During that time, students must swipe into the buildings in addition to checking in

Photo by Helen Dudley helen.dudley@marquette.edu

Students are not required to externally swipe into any residence halls.

with an officer.

“The biggest thing is keeping the criminal element out of the residence halls,” Fyfe said.

Moutin said the majority of UWM halls require students to wave their ID to get into the building before swiping in with a security monitor.

One hall does not require external access because it is a public state building and is open to the public, Moutin said.

DRs at Marquette receive a week of training prior to the school year, Dysart said. The training includes a variety of exercises in which the DRs role-play various scenarios they may encounter.

“We have a whole protocol of things that we need to do if a certain situation occurs, and who to call in that situation,” Dysart said.

Although other emergency situations are addressed in this protocol, she said active shooter situations are not.

DRs have a panic button in the case of an emergency, Dysart said.

Once the button is pressed, MUPD is alerted, and officers go to the building immediately.

Dysart said it’s important that DRs can call for help without possibly aggravating someone who entered the building.

“It’s a subtle way of keeping us safe and everyone in the building safe,” Dysart said.

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Barstool Marquette viceroy will not delete posts Prof. Erik Ugland says account raises ethical questions

By Lucie Sullivan

lucienne.sullivan@marquette.edu

Barstool Marquette, the local affiliate of the the larger Barstool Sports franchise, is known for posting controversial content on their blog and Instagram page. However, some students are upset after being featured without their consent.

Ryan Congel, a junior in the College of Communication, said a video of her was recently posted to the Barstool Marquette Instagram page that she did not feel comfortable with.

“I direct messaged them saying, ‘I didn’t give you guys permission to use this and I really want you to take it down,’ and they were pretty rude in their responses,” Congel said. “I reported it and had my friends report it, but it never got taken down, and I’m still upset about it.”

The Barstool Marquette account was officially launched in 2016, but a new campus brand ambassador revived it in fall 2017. The brand ambassador, called a “viceroy,” is

the person with authority over the account. The organization has three people on its team, and mainly use Twitter and Instagram to post content, the current viceroy said.

The viceroy said they wished to remain anonymous in an Instagram message. They said they have “seen first hand that Marquette can do whatever they want to students with impunity and (they don’t) want to risk it.”

The account has picked up quite a following in the last year, with its Instagram page having about seven thousand followers at the time of print. When unhappy students like Congel ask the viceroy to take content down, Barstool Marquette declines to do so.

“If someone and their friends are doing stupid things in a place with no expectation of privacy, and it gets recorded then sent into me, I’m going to post it and leave it up until Instagram takes it down,” the viceroy of the account said in an email.

The content they post to social media accounts is either sent to them or taken from Marquette basketball games, and brings up questions of media law and ethics.

Erik Ugland, associate professor of digital media and performing arts with a strong background in media

law, said he thinks the Barstool franchise raises some concerns.

“An organization that traffics in this content and disseminates it without examination of context or regard to privacy is questionable ethically,” Ugland said.

As far as the law is concerned, it’s hard to say that Barstool Marquette and accounts like it are in violation.

Since most of these pictures and videos are taken in very conspicuous

public spaces, one could argue that “implicit consent” is there.

Although the viceroy said there is no malicious intent on behalf of Barstool Marquette, students said they still feel upset with them for not taking down posts when they ask.

“They’re just disrespectful. Even if the person that does send a picture or video asks them to take it down, they say that ‘they can’t,’ and really just have no remorse,” Elyse Monaghan,

a junior in the College of Business Administration, said.

Monaghan said she has had friends experience these issues.

“The purpose of this account is not to ‘expose’ people or otherwise shame them, but for a faction of the Marquette community to congregate and see the happenings of campus,” the viceroy said.

Photo by Helen Dudley helen.dudley@marquette.edu

Barstool Marquette’s Instagram page has many followers, gaining the attention of students across campus.

MU, McAdams submit briefs regarding case State Supreme Court to review arguments in April

By Morgan Hughes

morgan.hughes@marquette.edu

As the Wisconsin Supreme Court prepares to hear oral arguments in former Marquette professor John McAdams’ appeal against the university, amicus briefs defending both sides have begun to stack up.

The case has received attention since its beginning in 2014. Its recognition has continued due to the significant number of amicus, or “friend of the court,” briefs being filed by various groups and individuals in support of either McAdams or the university.

In 2014, McAdams was suspended from his teaching position after naming a graduate student instructor in a blog post who had not allowed a student to discuss his same-sex marriage view in class. McAdams filed a suit against Marquette claiming that the university violated the academic freedom clause in his contract.

In May 2017, a Milwaukee County judge ruled in favor of Marquette. McAdams appealed and is awaiting a decision from the sevenjustice state Supreme Court, which will hear the case April 19.

The case has received significant attention from state and national groups. In 2014, the controversial

Westboro Baptist Church demonstrated down Wisconsin Avenue in support of McAdams and free speech, and the Wall Street Journal recently featured a chain of op-eds from both McAdams and University President Michael Lovell regarding the case.

While a couple of groups have submitted briefs on behalf on Marquette, the overwhelming majority of support comes from First Amendment advocacy groups, either legal or education based.

The Thomas More Society is among the groups to contribute amicus briefs on behalf of McAdams.

Thomas Olp, Thomas More Society vice president and senior counsel, said McAdams’ attorney asked his organization to write the brief, because it was known to defend First Amendment issues. It is not unusual for lawyers to ask outside groups to write amicus briefs, Olp said, and so after conferring, the Thomas More Society decided to submit a brief supporting McAdams.

“A lot of people are wondering, ‘How strong are my rights?’” Olp said, referring to the case’s primary claim, the alleged violation of McAdams’ contractual academic freedom. Olp said the First Amendment is the most important right American citizens have, and that it is everybody’s responsibility to uphold it, which is why his organization contributed to McAdams’ case.

The National Association of

Scholars and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education also submitted amicus briefs supporting McAdams.

The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce and the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities have submitted briefs on behalf of Marquette.

Edward Fallone, an associate professor of law at Marquette University Law School, said there are a number of reasons organizations

may file briefs arguing for a given side. Bringing attention to the case, adding name recognition and positive associations and expanding on arguments are among them. He said reaching out to outside organizations can be strategic for lawyers, but Fallone said organizations may submit briefs on their own accord as well.

McAdams said he is glad there are organizations willing to defend his case and free speech in general.

Those briefs, combined with the

courts’ historically strong protection of free speech, have made him optimistic about a decision in his favor.

He said that most people are tolerant of ideas they disagree with, but “academia is not a good environment for the free exchange of ideas.”

He said a victory could help protect the freedoms of other conservative faculty in the future.

McAdams said he expects a decision in the case by this summer.

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John McAdams’ appeal against the university will be brought before the state Supreme Court on April 19.

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Journal Sentinel stories inspire Oprah segment ‘60 Minutes’ show discusses trauma, poverty in MKE

By Natallie St. Onge

natallie.stonge@marquette.edu

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s recent stories about mental health influenced Oprah Winfrey’s CBS “60 Minutes” segment regarding the childhood trauma epidemic in Milwaukee March 11.

John Schmid, a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter, said he wondered if Milwaukee’s urban economy suffered more than any other major urban center in America. The urban newspaper published a series called “Dreams Derailed,” written in 2004, the year of the 50th anniversary of the Brown vs.

Board of Education decision.

After writing “Dreams Derailed,” Schmid said his curiosity persisted. He was interested in the impact of trauma in Milwaukee. In 2016, he received a research fellowship from Marquette’s Lubar Center for Public Policy Research and Civic

Education. With the support of Law School Dean Joseph D. Kearney, Schmid was able to produce in-depth work that became the series “Time to Heal.”

“Time to Heal” covered economic anxiety, economic decline, economic disruption and the epidemic of childhood trauma throughout Milwaukee.

“By the time I was finished with the project, I saw the city and its dynamic in a new way, much like Oprah Winfrey did after she followed our story,” Schmid said in an email.

Winfrey grew up in a city, poor and on welfare, experiencing a lot of negativity, including sexual abuse, according to CBS News. The Journal Sentinel’s stories inspired Winfrey to change her thinking about mental health and trauma from, “What is wrong with you?” to, “What happened to you?” Schmid said.

Childhood trauma refers to any traumatic experiences from abuse, neglect, separation from a parent, watching domestic violence or living with someone who suffers from addiction or mental illness, said Amy Lovell, president of the organization REDgen. The local

Graphic by Sydney Czyzon sydney.czyzon@marquette.edu

community action group advocates for mental health and the well-being of all youth.

Schmidt said Winfrey latched onto the idea that decades of antipoverty programs haven’t moved the needle in Milwaukee or other cities like it.

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Twenty-five percent of the homeless beds in the state of Wisconsin are located in the immediate vicinity of the university ...

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Lovell said he believes Oprah is inspired to invest in the lives of youth so that any child, regardless of their background, has the same opportunity to succeed as she did.

“Oprah has done an excellent job raising awareness around childhood trauma, the scientific basis behind it and the impact that has on our community,” President Lovell said in an email.

Nearly two weeks ago, President Lovell announced his goal to encourage and inspire his faculty and staff to end the cycle of Milwaukee’s crime, poverty and joblessness through this year’s Inaugural President’s Challenge.

Since there is a direct correlation between disparities and trauma, President Lovell said it is anticipated that any proposal funded in the President’s Challenge would address childhood trauma.

“At Marquette, we have an advantage of addressing an epidemic like childhood trauma because students, faculty and staff already are called on to ‘Be The Difference’ in the lives of others,” he said.

In the case of Marquette, Schmid said the challenges are acute.

“Twenty-five percent of the homeless beds in the state of Wisconsin are located in the immediate vicinity of the university, Marquette’s researchers have

found,” he said.

As for students being the difference, Amy Lovell said students can make sure they understand what trauma and its effects. She emphasized the importance of healing its behavioral and physical effects as well as knowing how best to work with people from trauma backgrounds.

Known for their over 450,000 hours of community service, President Lovell said, Marquette students are already actively engaged in neighborhoods experiencing trauma.

President Lovell said that Marquette, as an important institution within Milwaukee, can play an integral role in being an agent of change for our community.

“We cannot solve all of Milwaukee’s challenges related to trauma ourselves, but through partnerships with other organizations within our city we can start moving the needle,” he said. “Marquette can also be a convener for individuals and organizations around the city to discuss issues related to trauma and develop action items to address these issues.”

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Students serve over spring break Marquette Action Program provides chance to give back

By Kelli Arseneau

kelli.arseneau@marquette.edu

For many, spring break was a time of relaxation and a break from responsibilities. However, some students took the break from school as an opportunity to volunteer.

Since 1977, the Marquette Action Program has provided opportunities for students to go on service trips across the United States. Affiliated with Campus Ministry, MAP provides students the opportunity to travel for service work. During last week’s break, 14 different groups of students traveled to destinations across the Midwest, East and South of the country, volunteering with a variety of different tasks.

Ali Piccininni, a freshman in the Colleges of Education and Arts & Sciences, went on a MAP service trip to Enid, Oklahoma, where her group worked with Habitat for Humanity to rehabilitate a home for new homeowners.

Working with Habitat for Humanity was no new experience for Piccininni, who had worked with the group on four previous service trips. But the MAP trip presented a new obstacle: working with a group of total strangers.

“I didn’t know anyone going into this trip, but we were able to really connect and bond,” Piccininni said. “We got to know each other very well.”

After five full days of labor involving painting the house’s exterior, building a fence and installing ceiling fans and electricity, the group succeeded in completing a large portion of the renovation. Still, despite the limited days, it was hard for the group to leave before the house was finished. Piccininni said that they all would have liked to see the project all the way through.

Regardless, the group of student volunteers were able to provide an enormous service for the new homeowners. On the last day of work, the students presented the new homeowners with seeds and soil from Marquette and the request that they plant the seeds in their yard as a way to remember the students’ contribution, hoping it will symbolically grow alongside the new home.

Kate Lawlor, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, had a different MAP experience over break. She traveled with a group of six girls to St. Paul’s Home for the elderly, an assisted care facility associated with the Little Sisters of the Poor in Cincinnati. Throughout the week, the group spent quality time with the residents, making friendships and bonding through unique experiences that mutually benefitted both the students and the residents. The group served food, planned events — including a fashion show, movie night and game night — and kept the residents company.

For Lawlor, the most memorable thing was hearing the unique stories from the elderly residents.

She recalled their positivity and eagerness to speak to the students about their lives though many had dealt with lots of hardships.

The joyfulness and resilience of the residents left a strong impact on the group.

“This sounds super cheesy, but the hardest part was probably leaving. You just get so attached to the residents, and they didn’t want us to leave, and they were crying because we had to go,” Lawlor said, adding that some of the residents gave the students their pictures and requested that they write and call.

For some students, MAP trips have become a significant part of their Marquette experience. Brian Martindale, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, has been going on MAP trips every spring break since he was a freshman, traveling to Chicago, Illinois; Ogala, South

Photo courtesy of Ali Piccininni alicia.piccininni@marquette.edu

Students work on painting the exterior of a house in Enid, Oklahoma, on a Marquette Action Program trip.

Dakota; and this year, Montgomery, Alabama. Martindale’s group of 10 split their time between volunteering with Resurrection Catholic Missions and touring

important Civil Rights landmarks.

Throughout the trip, Martindale met many people, including a Montgomery preacher who was nearly killed by a group of racists in his youth, a woman inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to fight against the odds of racism and receive her doctorate and a woman who had participated in the march for African-American voting rights from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, and was the youngest woman arrested during the Civil Rights Movement.

Between meeting people directly involved in and affected by the Civil Rights movement and visiting

moving landmarks, Martindale explained that he, along with the other students in his group, have become inspired to use what power they have, despite their age, to continue to fight for justice and change in society today.

With a wide variety of possibilities for service experiences, MAP provides an opportunity for students to embrace Marquette’s Jesuit values and go out and make a change in the world.

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Joan of Arc players use music to connect, de-stress Chapel musicians organize weekly worship sessions

By Mark Lisowski

mark.lisowski@marquette.edu

Jessica Szuminski has played the flute since middle school, but when she came to Marquette four years ago, the senior in the College of Arts & Sciences was worried she wouldn’t be able to find a musical outlet.

But during her freshman year, she learned about a Marquette tradition: 10 p.m. Tuesday mass at Joan of Arc Chapel. For her, it quickly became a musical and spiritual experience that defined her college career.

“I enjoy mass more when I’m

part of it” Szuminski, now the coordinator for Tuesday night mass, said. “The Tuesday community resonated with me. I appreciate the worship time with friends ... It satisfies my musical needs.”

Roughly 30 students, ranging from first-years to graduate students, volunteer their time and talents for weeknight masses occurring at Joan of Arc Chapel, Monday through Thursday at 10 p.m.

“Tuesday night mass used to be the only night mass [at Joan of Arc],” Tom Koester, director of music in the campus ministry, said.

Rachelle Kramer was the director of music for the ministry prior to Koester, who became the director in 2010. He claimed Kramer was “instrumental” to providing masses with student musicians and cantors, allowing services to expand beyond the initial Tuesday night masses.

Koester recruits, trains and schedules student musicians and cantors. Sign-ups occur at the beginning of the school year.

In recent years, equal emphasis has spread to other weeknight masses, where musical accompaniment has gained prominence, according to Koester. There are nine cantors and 20 instrumentalists who play

instruments including piano, guitar, flute, violin and percussion. They split duties to provide musical leadership for the masses. “(There’s) a vitality to what they do,” Koester said of the student musicians and cantors. “Their enthusiasm is a delight to see (and) their dedication is gratifying.”

Austin Dodge learned about the night masses his third or fourth day on campus. Dodge, who is in his fourth year of master’s studies in periodontal dentistry, has been a cantor for the night masses for seven years.

“I make time for things that are important,” he said. “Mass is important to me.”

Dodge appreciates using his musical talent to help people pray and feels singing is a great way to give back to his spiritual community. He sings Tuesday and Thursday night at Joan of Arc and Sunday nights in the Chapel of the Holy Family.

Another member of the Joan of Arc musicians is Sophia Driscoll, who developed her musical interests in sixth grade, beginning her musical journey with the trombone. The freshman in the College of Arts

& Sciences, who also sings in the liturgical choir, began singing as a cantor for Thursday night services his academic year.

“I was nervous when I started,” she said. “I messed up a psalm.”

Driscoll acknowledges feeling closer to God when playing music; she finds singing as a form of prayer. She plans to be involved in night masses as she continues her studies.

For many of these musicians, it’s about more than just the songs themselves.

“Music is a function of forming people in the faith,” Bernardo Avila Borunda, assistant director for multicultural ministry, said. The university began having bilingual masses almost four years ago and soon after, students asked to have a service in Spanish.

“People like [having a service in] the language they grew up with,” he said. “It brings them closer to God.” A Spanish service is held the first Thursday of each month.

Bilingual services occur a few times each semester. During the Christmas season, a Filipino service is also held. “(These services) connect us to

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Tom Koester described liturgy as “the work of the people,” or the congregation’s participation in prayer and music.

“I’m amazed that students, at the end of the day, have held on to the evening masses,” Koester said. He finds they value having an opportunity to pray at the end of the day.

Matthew Braccio, a senior in the College of Engineering and guitarist for Tuesday night masses, is one of those many students.

“No matter how stressed I am, or what’s on my mind, I can leave that all at the door,” he said. “I sort of get into a rhythm once I’m at mass.

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Op-Ed: A Response to HARRINGTON: Reagan legacy incorrectly praised

This op-ed was originally submitted signed by Ahna Key, President of Turning Point USA at Marquette University, Joseph Diamond, President of Marquette Young Americans for Freedom and Zachary Thomas Petrizzo, president Marquette University College Republicans

In an edition of the Marquette Tribune dated Feb. 20, there was published an opinion piece entitled, “Reagan Legacy Incorrectly Praised.” The piece proceeded to attack the legacy of former President Ronald Reagan and accused the conservative students who honor his legacy of either ignorance at best, or malice at worse. While we applaud the Tribune’s dedication to publishing thought-provoking journalism, and naturally respect the author’s constitutional right to express his viewpoints in the press, we know it incumbent upon us as the representatives of the Marquette conservative community to correct the record of half-truths and falsehoods which heretofore have been presented as fact.

Among the primary pieces of misinformation contained in the article is the characterization of the presidency of Reagan as “disastrous.” Now, what an individual chooses to define as “disastrous” is highly a matter of opinion, but it is important for any individual concerned with truth to support t heir opinions with facts.

Here are a few: Since the end of his second term, presidential historians have consistently

ranked the Reagan administration as among the top 10 most successful in American history. So popular were his policies of small government and “peace through strength” that, in three consecutive elections, the American people delivered both him and Vice President George H.W. Bush electoral and popular landslides — with Republicans winning the popular vote by 9.5 percent in 1980, 18.2 percent in 1984 and 7.8 percent in 1988.

Given the massive success of the president’s domestic policies, this can hardly be considered a surprise. The Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981, which dramatically decreased tax rates on all Americans, was instrumental in rescuing America from the economic doldrums which characterized the preceding Carter administration. This, combined with business deregulation and monetary reform, kindled a period of economic dynamism not experienced since the early 1950s.

His free-market policies saw the creation of 16 million new jobs, a $4,000 increase in median family income, and an 11 percent decrease in inflation. We concede that, during this time, the earnings gap between

the richest and poorest Americans increased. Potential negative effects of this are negated, however, when one considers that the average working class American grew in net wealth during his administration. Furthermore, we call to question the very relevance of such a statistic when measuring the quality of a nation’s economy. As the bloodstained ramparts of the Berlin wall may surely testify, it is better to exist among an unequal sharing of blessings than an equal sharing of misery.

Furthermore, to characterize the Reagan foreign policy as anything short of massively successful is to demonstrate an ignorance of world history so astounding that it perhaps borders on the miraculous. Reagan was not afraid to call the Soviet Union for what it was: an evil empire.

Through selective increases in military spending and savvy diplomacy, he forced the Kremlin into a fury of expenditure and reform which the country’s hobbled socialist economy could scarce afford.

In his eight years in office, Reagan brought the world from the brink of nuclear destruction and transformed it into one ripe for the cultivation of freedom of democracy. Regardless of political persuasion, it should be easy for Americans to echo the words

These spring break vacations often include drugs and alcohol, which have their own consequences. The U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism stated that 44 percent of college girls and 75 percent of college guys drink on a daily basis during spring break.

But worse, many bottles, cigarette butts and litter end up on the beaches. Students see this as a vacation and since they do not live in these places, they do not care how dirty they get.

Not only is this a problem for marine life, but also for the people who live in the area. These locations are their homes, and oftentimes after spring breakers leave, the locals are faced with beaches covered in trash.

The trash left on the beach can end up in the oceans and gulfs, which can damage the sensitive ecosystem and harm innocent animals.

What some spring breakers may not realize is if they want to keep returning to these beach destinations, they must keep them clean. Without proper conservation, these beaches will not stay in pristine condition.

Many cities have organized beach clean-ups and implemented more laws to help keep their beaches clean. In Gulf Shores, a litter ordinance was implemented in 2016.

Travelers could either clean up after themselves or face a $500 fine.

This may seem dramatic, but it is becoming increasingly necessary to implement harsh punishments to protect the beaches.

Some groups have tried to make beach cleanup into a game in order to draw more people in. Handing out trash bags and having competitions for who can pick up the most trash is a very simple way to get more people involved.

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In his eight years in office, Reagan brought the world from the brink of nuclear destruction and transformed it, ”

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In a prior edition of the Tribune, Harrington was critical of Reagan.

of final Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev, and say that Ronald Reagan was truly “a great president.”

As the Marquette Tribune continues to push a strictly liberal agenda that aids in the liberal bias on campus, we refuse not to be heard. We will continue to fight so that voices from all across the political spectrum are heard, as that is what is fair to the students who invest in this academic institution. It should not be in the interest of a university to indoctrinate students by publishing solely the liberal agenda, purposefully omitting student access to conservative viewpoints from their own university paper.

We are writing this letter to encourage the Marquette Tribune to engage in dialogue with the leaders of these profound organizations listed below as we move forward: Turning Point

USA, Young Americans for Freedom and The Marquette University College Republicans. We also encourage them to publish an occasional article on what our groups are doing, just as they do for liberal organizations on campus. As WISN 12 and local news stations pick up our stories and conversations, we do not understand why the university paper ignores the conservative voice on campus while bashing and never asking for a response from those the paper seeks to condemn. Marquette University encourages diversity, but often forgoes diversity of intellect.

We know that dialogue is the most essential part of becoming better informed as a university.

Former President Reagan truly lived out what it means to “Be The Difference.”

Litter takes much more time to decompose than people might think.

It can take aluminum cans up to 100 years and glass bottles up to 1 million years. Cigarette butts and plastic six pack rings are around forever, which are especially harmful to sea turtles. Turtles can easily get caught in these 6-pack rings, and are often unable to escape. They can also ingest the plastic and get sick and die as a result. The simple fix is to simply recycle cans and cut up plastic rings. Using reusable bags can also be a helpful.

I remember one time I did a beach clean-up on Lake Michigan.

In about an hour, we had gathered multiple pounds of plastic, cans and cigarette butts. I can’t imagine how much worse it is for spring break destinations. This was during winter, and there was still a copious amount of trash.

I’m not saying to stay away from the beaches and not have fun on spring break. This is a time designated for relaxing and spending time however one desires. That said, it is also important to look out for the environment and people’s homes.

As cliche as it sounds, one of the most important sayings to keep in mind is “take only pictures, leave only footprints.” Leave the beach looking cleaner than it was when arriving. Take a one minute break every hour to pick up a few pieces of trash, no matter who put it there.

Having fun doesn’t have to come at the expense of wildlife. It is important to keep the beaches clean so that others can visit these places and enjoy them for years to come.

Spring break can have negative impact on environment Maya Korenich

Spring break is the perfect time for college students, parents or even high schoolers to take a break and get some much-needed relaxation.

Exotic and warm locations are usually the ideal spot, especially for those who live in cold-weather climates and have just experienced a brutal winter. Unfortunately, spring break can have some negative consequences on the environment, and for those who live full-time in popular spring break destinations.

About 40 percent of college students head to spring break destinations, according to Project Know.

These include places like South Padre Island, Miami Beach and Cabo San Lucas, among others.

Maya Korenich is a sophomore studying social welfare and justice.

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

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Trump, Jong Un meeting positive Jackson Dufault Donald Trump and the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are scheduled to meet for the first time. The president announced that he would be meeting with Jong Un in an upcoming summit to discuss denuclearization, among other topics. This is an opportunity to try to smooth over relations with the authoritarian regime, something that the United States hasn’t exactly been trying to do since Trump’s inauguration.

What’s perplexing is how this summit is occurring in the first place. Who could forget the heated exchanges between the two leaders that occurred only months ago.

For a while, it seemed like our two countries were on the brink of nuclear war. Now, the North Korean government has agreed to discuss denuclearization with the man who previously called its leader “short and fat.”

Despite these talks, it is important to be realistic.

North Korea has been building its nuclear arsenal since the 1990s, and nuclear attacks have been the base of the nation’s threats against the U. S. and its aggressive policy toward the regime. After all of the insults and threats, it is highly unlikely that North Korea has any intention of giving up its nuclear arsenal.

Furthermore, North Korea has pledged to denuclearize before.

Notably in 1994, when then-leader Kim Jong Il assured the Carter administration that North Korea would stop nuclear development.

Considering the dilemma today, that was a lie. There is no reason to believe the regime would not try the same tactic again.

With this summit, North Korea is likely attempting to manipulate American leaders into believing that the regime could commit to meeting U.S. demands. It appears to be a public-relations move, something that might convince the United States to yield its aggressive policy toward the authoritarian state.

The Olympics made it clear that the regime’s ultimate goal is reunification. The United States, with its military presence in the Korean Peninsula, is one of the major obstacles to accomplishing that.

Jong Un will likely use this summit to mislead the United States into removing its military presence, which obviously can’t happen.

Trump cannot allow himself to be manipulated into loosening sanctions on North Korea.

Mr. Trump’s policy on North

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Korea has been more aggressive than past presidents, and it has led to pettiness by both sides. Now, Trump has an opportunity to establish a more professional relationship between the two states. Though the leaders disagree on many subjects, communication through diplomacy is worlds better than spats over social media.

If the president continues to promote his policies, then this could be a diplomatic breakthrough for the administration. The meeting could be Trump’s finest accomplishment in his presidency thus far, and could display his capability as a diplomatic leader.

With Trump’s approval rating clocking in at a measly 40 percent, a positive outcome at the summit could boost the public’s confidence in the president.

Historically, the United States has made deals with authoritarian states that have been unpopular among the American public. This is because making deals with non-democratic regimes is against U.S. values. If Trump plans on making some sort of mutual agreement with Jong Un, he best tread lightly if he wishes to salvage his public perception.

Instead of making mutual agreements, it would be valuable to further promote the United States as serious with its threats. This does not mean threatening war if the regime doesn’t agree to denuclearization, but Trump should be sending a message that North Korea is walking a very thin line.

But the summit is still advantageous. There’s plenty of diplomatic advantages to holding the summit, and it has the potential to affect North Korean-American relations for years to come. This all depends on if Trump understands Jong Un’s ultimate goals.

Trump’s unpredictability will have some influence on the summit’s outcome, but his stance on North Korea is his strongest.

Despite the surprising and hopeful nature of the meeting, it cannot distract the United States from the very serious threats North Korea has made in the past. North Korea’s sudden change-of-heart toward the U.S. should cause the Trump administration to be cautious. This summit will either turn a new leaf or go horribly, nothing in between.

Trump cannot allow himself to be manipulated,”

Jackson Dufault is a sophomore studying journalism and political science. He can be reached at jackson.dufault@marquette.edu

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Haspel torture links problem Reilly Harrington In what has become a routine cabinet shake-up for President Donald Trump’s administration, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was ousted and replaced by CIA Director Mike Pompeo last week.

While some have speculated on the cause of Tillerson’s firing, more attention should be directed toward the now-empty CIA director position.

The current favorite set to replace Pompeo is Deputy Director Gina Haspel. The announcement of Haspel’s ascension led to celebration in some circles, as she would be the first woman to head the agency. But Haspel’s connections with “enhanced interrogation” make her not worthy of celebration.

Celebrating women breaking new ground in professional fields is necessary. However, a line must be drawn determining what we are celebrating. “Enhanced interrogation,” or, more aptly named, torture, is both legally and morally wrong.

The post-9/11 landscape redefined how the United States fought wars, and the rise in torture on our prisoners associated with terror has been a mark of shame on this country for the past two decades.

Regardless of who the subject is, torture is torture, and should not be abided by any administration or agency. Haspel has been linked to the destruction of video recordings of interrogations, which should raise more than enough red flags.

Hassle also oversaw a CIA “black site” in Thailand where Al Qaeda detainees were interrogated using techniques later deemed torture.

Haspel’s name has been linked to the interrogation of Abu Zubaydah, a notorious instance of these so-called “enhanced interrogation” techniques. However, due to the classified nature of documents surrounding these events, many reports conflict with one another. But the aforementioned oversight of a

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CIA Dir. Mike Pompeo’s Sec. of State chances leave agency vacancies.

“black site” as well as the alleged destruction of video recordings of interrogations should carry enough weight to cast doubt on the new proposed CIA director.

While some have celebrated this groundbreaking move for women in the intelligence community, Haspel’s links to torture should disqualify her from being hailed as a champion for the empowerment of women. To go even further, no person, regardless of sex, should be celebrated for their achievements in an organization so interlinked with torture.

This kind of accountability rises above gender and poses a more important standard we must hold our own government agencies to: human decency. Haspel’s career in the intelligence community is pockmarked with accusations like these.

The current deputy director’s selection as the upcoming director has drawn criticism from some Democrats, and even opposition from Republican Senator Rand Paul. Paul’s public statement of opposition cites Haspel’s role in the agency and her links to “enhanced interrogation.”

This same scrutiny would — and rightfully should — be applied to any other candidate for the office of CIA director whether they be male or female.

Controversy and infighting in feminist and progressive circles have erupted since the announcement of Haspel’s selection for CIA director. Some publications are putting forward the idea that

feminists should be celebrating the success of a woman in a field that has been monopolized by men. The role of CIA director is vital to the operation of the agency, and that role can be filled by anyone who is deemed fit and capable to do that job.

Representation is incredibly important, whether it is racial representation, gender equality or the empowerment of the LGBTQ community. However, the individuals who are being selected to represent these groups in high positions of power should be characters of great integrity, representative of the positive qualities of the people they are supposedly representing. This, at the very least, should include the basic respect of American and international laws surrounding human rights.

While Haspel’s nomination is technically groundbreaking, it should not be framed or interpreted as a success in the fight against the patriarchy. It should, however, be regarded as the willful and deliberate denial of our own intelligence communities’ role in the degradation and dehumanization of our prisoners.

Regardless of the ends or the subjects involved, torture is simply that: torture. It should not be excused, and its perpetrators should not be celebrated, regardless of the glass ceilings they may be smashing.

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

Women’s basketball’s season ended in Louisville, but the Cardinals’ coach doesn’t want to play them again.

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Finding meaning in NIT

Men’s team focuses on getting better in consolation event.

By Andrew Goldstein

andrew.goldstein@marquette.edu

To the average college basketball fan, it may seem like the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) is hardly worth paying attention to.

For the Marquette Golden Eagles, there’s still every reason to keep competing, according to sophomore guard Markus Howard.

“We get to practice still and compete. It’s a real motivation factor for us. That’s really important, especially now in March.”

A 94-70 walloping by Villanova in the quarterfinals of the BIG EAST Tournament one day after narrowly beating last-place DePaul revealed Marquette as a below NCAA Tournament standards. Playing in the NIT is all about bringing the team up to par.

“We put back-to-back wins together in March,” head coach Steve Wojciechowski said after Marquette’s 101-92 win over the Oregon Ducks last Sunday.

“Hopefully that’s something that will get (our guys) even more excited to continue to do that.”

Most of Marquette’s players have never even had the opportunity to win in the postseason. Three of the Golden Eagles’ nine rotational players are freshmen and two are coming off redshirt seasons. The NIT is a chance for a young core to get regular playing time in win-or-go-home situations. Point guard Andrew Rowsey is the only scholarship player slated to graduate after this season.

“That’s a big part of it,” sophomore Sam Hauser said. “All of our youth gets more experience, we learn how to win in March and obviously (we) build chemistry.”

Marquette’s youth gives the team a different approach. This is not a group of upperclassmen that took one last run at March Madness and fell short. Howard said he views it instead as a step on the road to something bigger.

“It’s really exciting being able to compete with a group of guys that are going to be back next year,” Howard said. “We’re not losing much, so I’m really excited to continue to compete with

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Eight of nine scholarship players to receive regular minutes are projected to return to the team next season. Andrew Rowsey is the only senior.

the guys who are going to be here next year.”

A lack of experience contributed to several botched opportunities that kept Marquette out of the tournament. One notable example came in the final two minutes of a loss to Xavier in December. The Golden Eagles failed to execute a three-on-one fast break that would have put them ahead. Poor openfloor decision-making, one of the hallmarks of inexperienced teams, probably cost Marquette an NCAA Tournament spot.

That fast-break attack looked noticeably better in Marquette’s victory over Oregon. Marquette outscored the Ducks 36-15 in transition and converted 13 Oregon turnovers into 30 points.

Howard said the improved productivity was all about increased awareness of his teammates, something the NIT gave Marquette more time to cultivate.

“A big part of our transition offense is advance passing,” Howard said. “When our guards look up the floor and hit our wings, our wings are so good at being able to create in transition. Just being able to do that when they turn the ball over is really important for our offense.”

While the bright lights of the NCAA Tournament are a far cry from the NIT’s more humble offerings, the tournament is anything but a series of casual scrimmages. Playing the Ducks and the Penn State Nittany Lions, two major conference programs that just missed out on March Madness, has generated excitement.

“When you see guys with ‘Oregon’ on their jerseys walking on the court, there’s an instant respect,” Wojo said. “That (program) was in the Final Four last season.”

It also helps that Marquette is able to play on a friendly floor.

As the higher seed in each of their first three matchups, Marquette has hosted all three at the Al McGuire Center on campus, where a sold-out crowd awaited them for each contest.

On Sunday, the bleachers were rocking for several key moments of the Oregon win. Because of the lower ceilings and gymnasiumstyle enclosed setup, the crowd noise reverberated through the space much more intensely than it did in the BMO Harris Bradley Center. The 3,600 fans sounded far louder than crowds four times that size earlier this year.

“I’ll tell you what, the crowds have been awesome,” Wojo said.

“Our kids have fed off the energy of the support we get. I’m so thankful for the students that are here.”

As much as the team is enjoying playing in its on-campus space, there is one larger venue that Marquette wouldn’t mind returning to:

Madison Square Garden in New York City, the site of the NIT’s Final Four.

“It would be great to go back.

We want to definitely wrestle some demons in New York,” Howard said. “We didn’t end the way we wanted to there.”

There’s no proven correlation between making it to the NIT’s final stages and reaching the NCAA Tournament the following year. Last year’s champion, Texas Christian University, drastically improved to a No. 6 seed in this year’s Big Dance. George Washington University won it in 2016 and took a step back in the last two seasons.

However, any talk of a March Madness bid, whether this year’s missed one or next year’s hopeful one, is the last thing on the players’ mind.

“We don’t want our season to end. We want to keep playing with each other,” Howard said.

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Gabriel, Lane help women’s lacrosse control midfield Draw controls play large in possessiondominant offense

By Meghan Rock

meghan.rock@marquette.edu

Senior midfielder Allison Lane and junior midfielder Grace Gabriel have found the recipe for success in the draw control circle.

The chemistry between the duo this season and their teammates has led to Marquette ranking eighth in the nation in draw controls per game. In 2015, the last season where Lane and Gabriel were not in the draw circle together, the Golden Eagles averaged eight draw controls per game. This year, they’re averaging 14 and have won more total draws (151) through nine games than the entire 2015 season.

Those numbers all point to one undeniable fact: The chemistry between Lane and Gabriel is helping Marquette win extra possessions.

“It has gotten to the point now where we don’t necessarily have to say words to each other, we just know each other’s tendencies and where we’re going to be,” Gabriel said.

The chemistry between the two has resulted in developing a sixth sense about how they play off the draw.

“It’s verbal communication, where if I’m taking the draw, I’ll tell Grace where to be, but sometimes it’s not,” Lane said.

“Sometimes, it’s nonverbal communication. We kind of just mesh well together.”

The duo’s success isn’t solely

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Grace Gabriel wins a draw control against Niagara. She finished out the game with a team-high nine draw controls, part of her 48 on the season.

about communication. It’s also about trusting the other member of the partnership are instincts.

“If I don’t have it right to myself, I know that (Gabriel) is going to get that for me and vice versa,” Lane said.

The revamped NCAA draw control rules have only bolstered the advantage. Instead of everyone being allowed to rush the circle after the draw, only three players are allowed in the circle. That lessens the chance of Lane or Gabriel getting hit with another player’s stick and gives them more room to operate.

A less cluttered draw circle

also means more draw controls inevitably go to the dynamic duo.

Both players average over five draw controls per contest.

It’s easier when Lane is six feet tall. Although her height is a boon to the team, Lane’s endurance is far more important, especially when the other team employs a draw specialist, a player that stays fresh by switching out after each draw.

“We’re going to work a little bit harder, a little differently to kind of combat that or work against it in some way,” Lane said.

Lane and Gabriel try to keep their off-the-field relationship as

strong as their on-field chemistry.

“Me and Allison are very different people, but I think that works for us,” Gabriel said. “We always talk to each other about lacrosse, about each other’s lives and I think that correlates to on the field.”

There’s only a half-season left until the ingredients to Marquette’s recipe for success changes. Lane graduates at the end of this year, and there’s still some unfinished business to attend to before that happens. The Golden Eagles (5-4, 1-0 in BIG EAST) have never made the BIG EAST Tournament in program history. Only

the top four teams out of 10 make the tournament.

Marquette took a first step toward that goal Saturday, beating Cincinnati in the conference opener and controlling 58.3 percent draw controls along the way.

Numbers aside, Lane hopes to be remembered for her hard work and contributions to the team over four years, including all those draw controls.

“They see how hard I worked or hopefully how much I have done for this team and they can kind of take that with them over their years,” Lane said.

Scout team leader Storrs prepares starters for games Lacrosse transfer challenges Wagner, others in practice

By Brendan Ploen

brendan.ploen@marquette.edu

When Kai Storrs decided to transfer from the University of Maryland men’s lacrosse program, the reigning national champions, he wanted to find a program that was a little closer to his Minnesota home. He found that opportunity at Marquette.

“I’m a big family guy,” Storrs said. “It was nice to come home to my mom, my two little brothers and my sister. I would say I’m a lot happier being closer to home.”

Storrs left his home in Minnesota during sophomore year of high school to go the Salisbury School, a boarding school in Connecticut.

From there, he went to Maryland and won a national championship last season with the Terrapins. After four years of being on the East Coast, Storrs was getting a bit homesick.

From the first day Storrs arrived on campus, he embraced a “prove it” mentality in practice.

“He did not come in here arrogant or overconfident,” Amplo said. “He came here with an edge and something to prove. And I’ve challenged him as a leader, from the first conversation I had with him, and he’s accepted that challenge.”

One of the ways Amplo challenged Storrs was by having him lead the scout team, the players that emulate the opponents’ playing style. It allows the starters to see an approximation of what they’ll face in the game, which is a necessary tool for preparation after a threegame losing streak. Storrs said if Marquette is to get back to its winning ways, it will have to start from the bottom up.

“It depends on how hard you want to work for (a win),” Storrs said. “In my opinion, it falls on the scout team because the scout team is challenging the starters.

Storrs hasn’t stepped onto the field once this season and rarely played

at Maryland. That doesn’t seem to matter for Storrs, who said he can make an impact in other areas.

“I’ve always liked being on the bottom of the depth chart,” Storrs said. “I like challenging them to be better because I know that if I’m going to put up my best, he’s going to have to put up his best.”

Amplo said he believes that Storrs’ scout team mentality is the right approach, particularly for the younger players that aren’t playing as confidently as they should.

“To have someone who’s been in big moments and been around great players, to have someone make those kids feel comfortable, that’s a necessary ingredient,” Amplo said.

Although Storrs is a calming presence among a young group, it has not yielded impressive results lately.

During the three-game losing streak, Marquette has given up 31 goals and scored only 15, both numbers that intensely bother Storrs.

“We have (the score) in the back of our minds and that’s good in a sense,” Storrs said. “I’ve always

been a player where giving up 12 goals has pissed me off ... I like to keep that in the back of my mind as a burning little pin that’s like, ‘Hey, I’m still here, this still happened.’

I find a way to look past it and realize that we can play differently next time.”

During practice, Marquette includes John Wagner, the junior attackman who’s scored both of Marquette’s game-winning goals and the player that opponents worry about the most because of his scoring prowess.

“I love going at Johnny Wagner everyday in practice,” Storrs said.

“That’s fun for me. He’s a great player, he beats me, I beat him sometimes, it’s a great competition.”

Going up against Wagner has motivated Storrs to practice at the highest level.

“That’s what fuels me,” Storrs continued. “Him beating me pisses me off. I stop him (and it) pisses him off. So if I can knock heads with him a bit and both make each other better, that’s the goal at the

end of the day.”

For Marquette to get back to winning ways this weekend against Georgetown, Amplo said players like Storrs are the ones that stir change and create a winning culture.

For Amplo, it’s more than just playing defense and scoring that makes a difference.

“He’s seen what the top of the mountain looks and feels like,” Amplo said. “Whether he played minutes on game day or not is irrelevant because he was a part of a championship culture.

Amplo says that the culture that Storrs brought has positively impacted the program and his experience will be invaluable down the stretch and into BIG EAST play.

“That’s what we’d like to think we’ve created here,” Amplo continued. “We’re trying to get our championship culture to the ultimate championship, and he’s touched it, he’s been there, so to have first-hand experience within our organization is invaluable.”

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Goldstein

Ploen

Steppe

Comerford

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15-16

12-19

DeSutter

Bibens

Reisner

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15-16

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Penn State 3-20-18

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Georgetown 3-24-18

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COLUMN: Other teams deserve electric atmosphere Andrew Goldstein As fans stomped, hollered and chanted their way through Marquette’s run in the National Invitation Tournament, it became hard not to notice the increased intensity for games at the Al McGuire Center.

The BMO Harris Bradley Center was a proud part of Marquette basketball history, and the new $500 million sports palace will be dandy as well. But there’s something about smaller gymnasiums that feels right for college sports. Students in the front row feel like they’re right on top of the players. Every cheer for a Marquette 3-pointer is ear-splitting instead of merely loud.

There’s no chance that the men’s basketball team will play frequently in the Al. It’s far too small for the amount of fan interest, which would make tickets exorbitantly expensive. The only way men’s basketball plays there again would be another undesirable NIT bid.

For those who are sentimental about never getting to partake in this kind of high-octane environment again, there’s good news.

Two other teams – women’s basketball and women’s volleyball – play at least a dozen games per year there and are good enough to garner at least as much excitement.

Sadly, they don’t.

Tickets for Marquette volleyball’s upset over a ranked Creighton Bluejays team did not sell out in under 15 minutes, as men’s basketball’s second round NIT game against Oregon did. Stated attendance for arguably the most exciting, significant volleyball home game of the past four years was 938 people, or roughly 25 percent of the Al’s capacity. That’s only the total number of people that either purchased or were given tickets for the game. Odds are that the actual number of people that showed up was lower.

Women’s basketball draws more people, but still not nearly enough. Outside of Milwaukee Public Schools Kids’ Day, where most seats are occupied by

students, the team’s highest stated attendance was 2,438 people, or just under two-thirds of the Al McGuire Center’s capacity.

As a result, both of the Al McGuire Center’s full-time residents rarely get to experience what the men’s basketball team has for the last few games, even though they are both NCAA Tournament-caliber squads.

It’s unrealistic to expect women’s basketball or volleyball to sell out every Al game the way men’s basketball has in its brief stint, but they’ve been good enough for long enough to earn decent crowds. Volleyball has made the NCAA Tournament in seven consecutive seasons, and women’s basketball just did it in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1999 and 2000.

Barring a meteor strike on the Al during game day, both teams will easily make the tournament again next season.

In light of all that, is it really too much to ask for a few more students to show up to volleyball and women’s basketball, especially when student tickets to both are free? Is there anything that makes those teams less worthy of Marquette fans’ time than men’s basketball?

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Marquette basketball has played its NIT games in the Al McGuire Center, not the BMO Harris Bradley Center.

Average attendance for women’s basketball and volleyball have risen in back-to-back seasons, which is encouraging. Give the athletic department partial credit for that.

Reaching out to students by offering free food or Marquette gear has obviously enticed more people to at least give some of the traditionally

smaller sports a try.

College sports are never going to be perfectly equal in the amount of attention they garner, nor should they be. Teams that don’t perform as well or sports that aren’t spectator-friendly obviously won’t draw well. Women’s basketball and volleyball don’t fall in either of those

categories. Some version of the raucous cheers men’s basketball got this past week should also be there for the other teams.

Andrew Goldstein is a senior studying journalism. He can be reached at andrew.goldstein@marquette.edu

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Men’s tennis record-holder helps lead women’s team

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Assistant coach Dusan Medan racked up over 29 wins per year in his three seasons at Marquette after transferring from Troy University in 2007.

Medan left behind career in Serbia to join coaching staff

By Zoe Comerford

isabel.comerford@marquette.edu

Dusan Medan has a closer bond with Marquette’s tennis program than most people.

From 2007-’10, Medan played on the men’s team under head coach Steve Rodecap. He is still the most decorated singles player in Marquette history with

88 wins in three years.

“It was definitely an unbelievable experience,” Medan said. “(Marquette is) the place where I matured and learned a lot about college tennis, where I ended up playing my best tennis and got an excellent degree.”

Rodecap said Medan’s best quality on the court was his relentless competitive drive.

“I always joked with him that he really had no forehand, no serve,” Rodecap said. “He had a great backhand, but when it came to competing, there wasn’t

anyone who he wasn’t going to beat.”

Following his graduation in 2010 with a degree in economics, Medan spent some time in Serbia trying to get his career started, but the country is economically troubled, which hampered his ability to make money.

After a year and a half of trying, he decided to come home.

In 2016, Medan became an assistant for the women’s team under head coach Jody Bronson, who originally wanted him to coach four years earlier, but

Medan had to refuse because of Visa issues.

When Bronson heard Medan returned to the United States, they met in New York about returning to Marquette as a coach.

Obtaining a work visa was challenging for Medan. The process was time-consuming and expensive enough to take three-and-ahalf years.

“Being a foreigner, it was not so easy being on a work visa,” Medan said. “I had to battle through this first, and get my permanent residence status in

the U.S. Once I did that, it was much easier for me to look for those jobs.”

Four days after finalizing his green card, he received a call from Bronson offering him the assistant coaching job.

He immediately accepted. Today the women’s team keeps thriving and improving with Medan’s help.

“We are definitely working with a little bit of the culture of the team,” Medan said. “We feel that we have a really young team right now. What I try to bring is a little bit different approach than maybe Jody (Bronson) and her previous assistant had.”

As a former player, Medan always knew he could go to Rodecap for advice.

“He’s my mentor right now,” Medan said. “I learned as a player a lot from him and I’m learning now as a coach a lot from him.”

Rodecap said he believes Medan brings both a disciplined work ethic and a love for Marquette to the women’s tennis program.

“When you’re representing your own alma mater as a coach, I think that’s really special,” Rodecap said. “I’ve known him for years now, and he’s just another piece of the family that fit in right away.”

The most impactful quality Medan has, besides expertise of the sport, is his passion for tennis and Marquette.

“He appreciated the opportunity that he had at Marquette as a player,” Bronson said. “He loves Marquette. He loves the city. This is where he wants to be.”

Women’s basketball hopes to emulate Louisville’s rise MU has lessons to learn from March Madness adversary

By John Steppe

john.steppe@marquette.edu

As Marquette women’s basketball took the floor at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky last Sunday, the Golden Eagles were going up against a powerhouse. Louisville was the top seed in the Lexington region, had 8,047 fans in attendance and was 40 minutes away from its fifth Sweet 16 appearance in the last six seasons.

Now Marquette head coach Carolyn Kieger is trying to replicate the Cardinals’ rapid ascent in the college basketball world at her alma mater. “(Kieger and Marquette) have a great ballclub,” Louisville head coach Jeff Walz said.

“She’s done a remarkable job

and has that program right back on the verge.”

Penetrating the upper echelon of women’s college basketball has proved to be nearly an impossible task. The same set of teams have dominated the women’s landscape for the last decade. The four No. 1 seeds in this year’s tournament — UConn, Louisville, Notre Dame and Mississippi State – have been perennial heavyweights for nearly all of that time period.

Kieger got a firsthand look at a blueprint for how to break into the top tier of women’s college basketball this weekend at Louisville.

“If we want to become a top10 program or keep evolving as a women’s basketball program that gets into the top 25 annually, we’ve got to look at the best teams, and what they do, and what they do on a consistent basis,” Kieger said.

Louisville was not always a

power. When Jeff Walz took over the Louisville women’s basketball program in 2007, the

Cardinals were far from where they are today.

The Cardinals averaged 3,104

fans in an 18,789-seat venue in Walz’s first year. Since then, WBB, see page 16

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Junior guard Natisha Hiedeman is part of an eight-woman recruiting class that came to Marquette in 2015.

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“Jeff (Walz) has done a phenomenal job with this program and where he’s taken them,” Kieger said. “I’ve watched Louisville from afar for a long time and seen the rise.”

In Kieger’s first season, Marquette averaged 1,185 fans, filling roughly a third of one of the BIG EAST’s smallest venues, the Al McGuire Center. This year, Kieger averaged a respectable 1,865 fans per home game, a considerable improvement over the last few seasons.

The Cardinals head coach was impressed with Kieger’s leadership at Marquette.

“She has a plan,” Walz said.

“You can tell the kids play hard for her … When she talks to them, the eye contact they make, you can see they’re nodding their head like, ‘I’ve got you, I’ve got you.’ That’s what it’s all about.”

This leadership is not exclusive to developing her team chemistry. Kieger’s unpredictability regarding in-game adjustments makes her harder to scout against.

“She’s very good Xs and Os,” Walz said. “She comes out of a timeout, and she draws up something they haven’t run all year.”

The reconfiguration of the BIG EAST five years ago helped open the door for Marquette’s rise. Previously, UConn, Notre Dame and Louisville were essentially locks for the top three spots in the conference each

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Women’s basketball made back-to-back NCAA Tournaments for the first time since the 1999 and 2000 seasons under then-head coach Terri Mitchell.

year, which limited opportunities for new teams to achieve elite status.

“I’ll probably get in trouble for it, but the old BIG EAST is the best basketball league I’ve ever been a part of in women’s basketball,” Walz said. “You throw West Virginia in there, Rutgers, Marquette, DePaul, Villanova, UConn, Notre Dame — just go through the list, and it’s

pretty impressive.”

Now with UConn in the American Athletic Conference and Notre Dame and Louisville in the ACC, there are more chances for members of the old BIG EAST to thrive.

“When the old BIG EAST broke up, that’s why I think everybody has had success because you’re used to playing in it,” Walz said. “It was a war night in

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Head coach Carolyn Kieger instructs freshman Selena Lott, one of two true freshmen on this year’s roster.

and night out.”

Kieger said she believes the program needs to improve in two areas before being able to catapult itself into the aristocracy of college basketball: Do better against top-tier opponents and recruit bigger players.

Marquette’s up-tempo, scorein-transition system has masked height issues against other small BIG EAST rosters. Against toptier teams, simply out-running opponents only goes so far.

Those problems were apparent in games against No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 11 Tennessee.

Marquette flirted with a few major upsets this year, taking both opponents to overtime, but fell both times.

“You need to beat the best to be the best,” Kieger said. “We’re going to have to go through a No. 1 seed at some point (and win).”

Marquette has shown that any starter is capable of huge performances, but still lacks the consistency of a team such as No. 3 Louisville or No. 1 UConn.

“If you want to be a good team, you have to have two players,” Walz said. “Every night you know what they’re going to do.

Like you don’t even have to look at the stat sheet, you know what they’re going to do.

“You want to be a really good team, you’ve got to have three of them,” Walz added. “You want to be special, you’ve got to have four. And if you want to be great, you’ve got to have five.”

Key contributors have not stepped up for Marquette in every game this season. Guards Danielle King and Natisha

Hiedeman, both of whom regularly play 30-plus minutes, combined to shoot 30 percent in Marquette’s three BIG EAST Tournament games.

Kieger’s junior class is the first to bring in this culture. Highlighted by BIG EAST Player of the Year Allazia Blockton, the junior class has accounted for at least 69 percent of the team’s minutes in the last three seasons.

“Louisville has a great culture,” Blockton said. “And that’s what we’re establishing here … I’m glad that (our) class will be the first ones to start this culture.”

The class has already ushered three top-three finishes in the BIG EAST and two NCAA Tournament appearances after the program only had one in the previous nine seasons.

“You watch classes come in and go out, and their junior class is as good as anybody’s in the country,” Walz said. “They’re starting five juniors who are big-time players, and they play with a swag.”

As those juniors become seniors, Marquette will look to take the next step forward: becoming a regular mainstay in the Top 25 in 2018-’19.

“I don’t want to play them.

I’ll tell you that,” Walz said.

“They’re really, really good.”

But the players realize this process isn’t going to happen overnight.

“I hope in 10 years, or whenever we come back to Marquette, Marquette is like (Louisville,)” Hiedeman said. “It started with us, so just hopefully seeing that, it’ll mean a lot.”