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Thursday, April 9, 2015
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Broken Yolk to change, reopen Other Broken Yolk on Wells St. expected to stay open later in fall By McKenna Oxenden
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By Benjamin Lockwood
The Marq’s Broken Yolk location shut down last week but will reopen under a potential new partnership as a new food service venue. Students don’t need to distress, though, because the second Broken Yolk, located in the 1600 block of Wells St., is expected to stay open until about 8 p.m. on weekdays and even later on the weekends next fall. The location in the 2000 block of W. Wisconsin Avenue, which operated since 2008, closed due to economic reasons last week. In 2012, owners Jim and Caroline Gatto added a second location in the 1600 block of Wells St. The Gattos are trying to sublease the space to another food service or reopen with a different food service themselves. Ideally, they said they would See Bro-Yo, Page 6
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friends I met at Marquette.” She was announced as a finalist for the Colorado position in January. At the time, Bergen said she was “a long way from leaving Marquette.” However, her mind changed throughout the next months. “In January, it was the very early stage of the search process,” Bergen said in an email. “As the process unfolded, I met with the chancellor, provost and faculty and was increasingly impressed by them. Over the course of the discussions, it became clear to me that this was an opportunity where my skills, passion and experience aligned perfectly with their goals, aspiration and vision.” Bergen beat out four other
After spending four or more years working toward that bachelor’s degree, it’s normal for seniors approaching graduation to try to translate their work into tangible benefits – namely a high starting salary. Peers who skipped the four-year route and went for a two-year technical degree often seem like they are making the same – or even more – money, without adding the hefty debt from university tuition. Some outlets have reported cases of two-year students out-earning their bachelor counterparts, even if they end up in the same career. So why waste time and money on a four-year degree when you can get the same job for a fraction of the price with an associate degree? Most cases showing two-year degree holder earning more do not represent the more general reality. Although it’s true that many of the highest paying starting salaries come with jobs that only require an associate degree – such as air-traffic controllers at $108,000 a year, registered nurses at $64,000 a year and radiation therapists at $75,000 a year – there is no indication that bachelor’s degree-holders cannot command the same salary. In fact, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the median income of men aged 25 and older was almost $16,000 more a year with a bachelor’s degree than with an associate degree. Women made about $12,000 more. The real difference is the cost of the education. Milwaukee Area Technical College, for instance, costs roughly $2,100 a year for a student taking 15 credits per semester. Compare that to Marquette’s $36,720 – and that doesn’t include room and board. It becomes clear that getting a technology, engineering or math degree – often resulting in the highest-paying jobs – at a community college sets up new graduates with a better financial situation
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The Broken Yolk’s owners are considering various types of restaurants the closed location could be converted into.
Dean Bergen resigns for Colorado job Bergen leaves College of Communication, thanks university By Andrew Dawson
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Lori Bergen has served as dean of the College of Communication since 2009.
Lori Bergen, dean of the College of Communication, resigned Wednesday to become dean of the new College of Media, Communication and Information at the University of Colorado–Boulder. “I’m excited, honored and humbled by the confidence that the University of Colorado leadership and faculty have placed in me,” Bergen said in an email. “At the same time, I’m going to miss the wonderful students, alumni, donors and
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Why your bachelor’s degree still matters
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Paul: Swearing, sometimes
Body donors honored
Cuss words get a bad reputation but there can be a proper time and place.
More than 200 students attend fifthannual student-organized ceremony.
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Buena Vida coffee grows
What started as a one student project will staff at least eight in the fall. PAGE 6
Track and Field hosts meet
Marquette hosts its first and only home meet Friday against UWM.
Best Pandora Stations
Marquee ranks the ideal Pandora radio stations for every occasion. PAGE 8
Gozun: RFRA and saying no
Religious freedom acts could protect freedoms rather than disrupt them. PAGE 10
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Degree: Mid-career pay is higher with a 4-year degree than the same degree at a private university like Marquette. After all, if you can make $108,000 a year as an air-traffic controller and you only have $4,000 in school expenses, why would a four-year route make sense? University spokesman Andrew Brodzeller said in an email that it’s all about “fit” when it comes to finding the right path. Some feel an associate degree offers the best benefits to suit their needs, while others will be more drawn to the unique experiences a four-year university offers. “The Jesuit education provided by Marquette allows students to develop more than the hard skills taught in textbooks,” Brodzeller said. “In our learning environment, faculty, students and staff work together to solve the world’s problems. That’s a unique opportunity and one not found at every school or program.” Tori Andrade, a junior in the College of Engineering, echoed that sentiment. “I think you would be a better engineer with a bachelor’s degree,” she said. “Engineering classes are so difficult because they aren’t just teaching you thermodynamics or differential equations, they’re using those as tools to teach you a way
U.S. median income by educational attainment, adjusted to 2013 dollars Associate degree - male Bachelor's degree - male
70,000
Two people not affiliated with Marquette acted in a disorderly manner in the 1200 block of W. Wisconsin Ave. at 12:29 a.m. April 4 A student reported that unknown person(s) smashed a window of his secured, unattended vehicle between 10 p.m. April 3 and 9:38 a.m. April 4 in a lot in the 700 block of N. 22nd St. and removed property estimated at $100. The estimated damage to the vehicle is $300.
Associate degree - female Bachelor's degree - female
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau
2013 Infographic by Amy Elliot-Meisel/amy.elliot-meisel@marquette.edu
Students weigh the benefits of a four-year degree against incurring higher debt than two-year degree holders do.
of thinking. I think that takes more than two years to develop.” But people get more than just skills with a bachelor’s degree. People with four-year degrees consistently earn more money over the course of their careers. According to a study by the Hamilton Project, bachelor’s degree holders make an
average of around $335,000 more in their lifetimes than associate degree holders. Although the starting salaries may be around the same, the mid-career and end-of-career salaries are higher for those with four-year degrees. The point is this: associate
degrees are valuable, but so are bachelor’s degrees. For the most part, the higher the degree attained, the more money you’ll make – and the more you’ll spend to make that money. But there’s no real reason to feel like a bachelor’s degree isn’t worth it.
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Bergen: Dean opts to leave after six years at the helm finalists for the position. “We really appreciate Lori’s leadership and innovation in driving a new model of communication that has focused heavily on experiential learning,” said Margaret Callahan, interim provost and dean of the College of Nursing, in a university-wide email. Bergen will remain at Marquette until the end of June. An interim dean has not been selected but will be chosen by the end of the semester. “I am excited by the chance to lead this new college – a distinctive, innovative and entrepreneurial enterprise where students will engage with world-class faculty to learn, create and analyze media content in all its many forms,” Bergen said in a Colorado-Boulder
news release. “The college will establish a new standard for teaching and scholarship in communication, media and information, and I’m looking forward to being a part of that.” Bergen spearheaded the O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism and the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, and received over $20 million in support for student scholarships and other initiatives. She also received the 2014 Scripps Howard Foundation’s Journalism and Mass Communication Administrator of the Year Award, which honors the best work in the communications industry and journalism education. In addition, Bergen said she was recently accepted for membership in the Arthur W. Page Society.
DPS Reports April 3 A person not affiliated with Marquette removed property from a business in the 1600 block of W. Wells St. at 8:42 a.m.
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April 5 A person not affiliated with Marquette removed property from a business in the 1600 block of W. Wells St. between 1:26 and 2:09 a.m. and was verbally detained by DPS. MPD took the subject into custody. Unknown person(s) broke a window in the Marquette Gymnasium at 3:25 a.m. causing an estimated $500 in damage. April 6 A student reported that unknown person(s) removed his unsecured, unattended cell phone estimated at $600 between 4:30 and 5:55 p.m. in the Helfaer Recreation Center.
I’m excited, honored and humbled by the confidence that the University of Colorado leadership and faculty have placed in me.” Lori Bergen, Dean of College of Communication
“I’m proud that I leave the Diederich College of Communication in a better condition than when I arrived in 2009,” Bergen said in an email. “The next dean will have a great foundation and tremendous momentum on which to build.” Bergen became dean of the college in 2009, filling in a spot left vacant by John Pauly who then moved up to be provost. “My thanks to each of you
who have provided friendship and support over the past six years,” Bergen said in an email to staff and faculty of the college. “It has been a wonderful experience to work with so many fine students, alumni, donors, colleagues and friends at Marquette, and I am proud of the many accomplishments and successes we have achieved.” This story was updated April 8 at 9:20 p.m.
Events Calendar A person not affiliated with Marquette reported that an unidentified subject in a vehicle fired a BB gun at her, causing minor injury at 7:03 p.m. in the 1200 block of W. Wisconsin Ave. MPD was contacted. April 7 An underage student was in possession of drug paraphernalia, alcohol and a falsified ID at 2:04 p.m. in Abbottsford Hall and was cited by MPD. A student reported being touched inappropriately by an unknown subject outside a business in the 1600 block of W. Wisconsin Ave. at 5:28 p.m. MPD was contacted.
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Thursday 9 Hype Dance Bake Sale, Lalumiere Language Hall, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sign-A-Stud, Raynor Library flagpole, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Cupcake Giveaway, Wehr Chemistry building, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Last Lecture Series featuring Deirdre Dempsey, Haggerty Art Museum, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Listen Up! A Benefit Concert for Autism Speaks, Weasler Auditorium, 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Friday 10 Taco & Horchata Sale, Raynor Library flagpole, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Marquette Radio & MUSG spring show, Alumni Memorial Union, 8 to 10 p.m.
Saturday 11 Act! Speak! Build! Week - Bench Initiative Project, Central Mall, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Spring Car Show, Parking Lot F, 2 to 5 p.m. Alpha Chi Omega’s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, Central Mall, 2 to 5 p.m.
Sunday 12 Holi Celebration, Central Mall, 12 to 5 p.m. Symphonic Band Concert, Varsity Theatre, 2 to 3:15 p.m
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New Bucks arena package highly anticipated by MU inspired by the rivers, lakes and forests of the region.” “This collective effort will create a ripple effect of growth, development and transformation for the entire community and region,” Bucks President Peter Feigin said By Allison Dikanovic in a statement. allison.dikanovic@marquette.edu Marquette Athletic Director Bill Scholl said he expects the univerThe Milwaukee Bucks revealed sity to be included in the project. its most specific plans Wednesday “Our men’s basketball program for a $1 billion arena package lo- is excited about the prospect of cated north of the team’s BMO playing in a new arena,” Scholl Harris Bradley Center, includ- said in a statement. “It will proing $500 million for development vide a tremendous state-of-the-art surrounding the new arena. facility for our student-athletes, The Bucks released conceptual it will have a significant impact images of the “futuristic-looking” on recruiting and it will provide arena, expected to roughly cover our incredible fan base, includ700,000 square feet and seat 17,000 ing our students, with a gamepeople. The development will re- day experience second to none in place the team’s outdated facilities the country.” at the Bradley Center, which also Scholl applauded what he sees as houses Marquette’s men’s basket- the Bucks investing further in the ball games. Milwaukee comThe developmunity. He asment will include sociated the new a 60,000-squarearena with neighfoot plaza that will borhood improveserve as an enterment initiatives tainment space like the Near West and 3 million Side Partners. square feet of oth“From Marer development, quette’s perspecsuch as a new tive, it seems practice facility to like a pretty big replace the Cousboon,” said Anins Center, hotels, Peter Feigin, drew Hanson, asoffices, retail and President of the Milwaukee Bucks sociate professor commercial space. of economics. The team described the arena’s Although Hanson said he thinks design as evoking “Wisconsin’s Marquette will benefit from the natural beauty and Milwaukee’s arena plan, he expressed reservarich heritage of industry and tions as an urban economist about craftsmen, with expressive struc- the idea of governments spending ture, transparency and fluid forms on something like a sports arena
Project may cost $1 billion, will be finished in about 10 to 12 years
This collective effort will create a ripple effect of growth, development and transformation for the entire community and region.”
and the idea of the state funding what he sees as a local amenity. The Bucks are supporting Gov. Scott Walker’s plan of $220 million in state bonds with a $150 million commitment from the Bucks owners and a $100 million commitment from Sen. Herb Kohl. Mayor Tom Barrett has committed $25 million from the City of Milwaukee. Logistics of public financing from the state are still being debated in the state legislature. Student reactions to the arena have been split. Margaret Stang, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she thinks the concept of spending that much money on the project is “ridiculous” and “excessive.” Others are thrilled, like Erik Van Hammond, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences. “For the city of Milwaukee, I think it will give a new energy and cause the development of new areas around downtown,” Van Hammond said. “For Marquette, if they plan to play in the newly built stadium once it is completed, I think it would be an awesome experience for players and would make Marquette basketball more appealing than it already is.” It could be a while before Head Coach Steve Wojciechowski and his team get to hit the court of the new arena. The entire project is anticipated to take approximately 10 to 12 years. The Bucks’ plans, which are still conceptual, call for tearing down the Bradley Center in the future. At this point, though, it will continue housing Marquette basketball games.
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Ceremony honors body donations for anatomy Biomedical sciences, dentistry students reflect on body donors By Devi Shastri
devi.shastri@marquette.edu
The cadavers in Schroeder Complex’s freezing gross anatomy lab are permanently silent, but they’ll teach students about the human body for years. More than 200 Marquette students attended the fifth-annual memorial ceremony for the lab’s body donors this Tuesday. The attendees were students in a graduate dental class and undergraduate Gross Anatomy for the Biomedical Sciences class, which both use the body donations. Like in previous years, nearly everyone from each class attended, despite the event being optional. The memorial, organized by students, is considered a time to be thankful to the donors and reflective of the experience of studying on what is considered hallowed ground. Professors emphasized the lab as a stop between death and cremation reminding the students of their course’s sacred nature. “I think it’s really important that the students appreciate the magnitude of the gesture,” said William Cullinan, dean of the College of Health Sciences. “(It is) one of the most magnanimous gestures a person could make to benefit students in a way that really is unparalleled and irreplaceable.”
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Students symbolically place textbooks, scrubs, white coats and flowers on a table during the ceremony.
Attendees filled every chair in the room and people stood lining the back wall as the Rev. Doug Leonhardt gave the opening remarks and led a short reflection. “We’re here because people said they want to make this world a better place,” Leonhardt told the students. “A better place so that you can have the education to really make people more healthy. ... To have a place where people can go because of their diseases and get healed. That’s what these people wanted, (those) who gave their bodies to you to learn from.”
Students in the biomedical sciences program presented readings, including the poem “The Greatest Teacher” by Jeff North, a graduate of the State University of New York, who wrote of a donor’s role as an educator. Daniel Cibich, a junior in the College of Health Sciences and gross anatomy teaching assistant, spearheaded the memorial’s organization this year. “One of the reasons that inspired a lot of us to come to Marquette was this program,” Cibich said. “(The memorial is) to realize that our experiences wouldn’t be the same (without) those people who we never met
(and) will never really know anything about. We’re indebted to them as well.” The memorial concluded with a student performance of the song “Go Forth,” a closing prayer led by the Rev. Leonhardt and a flower tribute. Students placed textbooks on a table to symbolize how much they learn, in addition to white coats and scrubs to represent the medical professionals they will become. They also place flowers – one for each donor – to remember the body donors and their gift. Each donor’s family usually has its own memorial
following the person’s death. The embalmed body then stays with the university from six months to two years. The donor’s body is fully dissected and studied before it is cremated and returned to the family. Each year, the program receives 60 to 80 bodies which are studied by undergraduate and graduate students. The experience is considered a rite of passage for first-year medical students, and Cullinan said Marquette’s program for undergraduates is uncommon and may even be the largest in the country. The course’s undergraduate version is open to biomedical sciences majors. Twice a week each spring semester, nearly 100 students don their scrubs and partake in touching and naming the exposed muscles and probe for elusive nerves. Following the memorial, many students returned to the lab to continue that day’s dissection of the heart. For many students, the ceremony is a chance to think back to the first cut. “I think it was really eyeopening to be able to look back on it rather than just cut right in, because when you’re in there you don’t see anything personal like hands or the face,” said Margaret Franklin, a junior in the College of Health Sciences. “You only see the muscles and the bones initially. To really realize that this was someone like you, probably someone in the same position as you … it’s really eye-opening.”
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Buena Vida coffee grows in number of employees Student-run company donates sales money to Honduras kids By Nicki Perry
nicolette.perry@marquette.edu
A student-led nonprofit company selling coffee is still brewing up passion on campus five years after it began its mission to feed orphans in Central American. Buena Vida, operating out of in the Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship in the 707 building, gives a meal to a child at Sociedad Amigos de los Niños, an orphanage in Honduras, for every bag of coffee sold. After being run by one student from 2010-’12, the company has eight employees for the fall 2015 semester and is looking to hire two more. The company is a partner of Stone Creek Coffee Roasters, which delivers coffee throughout metro Milwaukee and to partners across the country. “We’re really focused on offering students an opportunity to learn hands-on but also being able to make an impact in the world around us,” said Daniel Klingelhoets, the CEO of Buena Vida and a junior in the College of Business Administration. The company was founded by Marquette alumna Kate Novotny in 2010 after she went to
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Marquette alumna Kate Novotny founded Buena Vida coffee in 2010 after taking a Global Brigades trip.
Honduras with Global Brigades, a student-run organization focused on improving global health and sustainable development. There she met with coffee farmers and worked at the Sociedad orphanage. Eric Resch, the owner of Stone Creek Coffee, was on the same trip. “Her goal was to find a way to import the coffee to the United States, sell it as a fundraising mechanism and offer students that experiential learning opportunity,” Klingelhoets said. “And
then have the profits go back down to support this orphanage in Honduras.” Klingelhoets said Novotny worked for Buena Vida on her own for a year and half. Then two student interns joined the team in 2012. There are five interns this semester and Klingelhoets said next year it is looking to hire between five and eight students. The internships are unpaid but can be done for class credit. “I was introduced to (Novotny) my second week of my
freshman year,” Klingelhoets said. “A week or so later she emailed me. I applied, I was selected and I started that May. Before my 19th birthday, I became the CEO of Buena Vida Coffee.” Kelsey Hau, a senior in the College of Communication, spent her first semester at Buena Vida as an intern doing programs and outreach. Her job was to talk with corporate partners and look into new channels the company could get into. She moved into a managerial role during her
second semester with Buena Vida, serving as the operations and outreach coordinator. “Definitely the biggest challenge is that we are students,” Hau said. “It gets a little stressful toward the end. But getting to work with (Klingelhoets), who’s so passionate about it and then all of the Marquette faculty and our investors and our board, they’re so behind us and behind the cause, it was such an incredible experience.” Klingelhoets was a resident of Mashuda Hall when Hau’s worked as a desk receptionist in the same building. “(Klingelhoets) is so passionate about the company so he used to come (to Mashuda) and have these crazy stories about what they were doing,” Hau said. “I looked into it and there are very few places that you’re going to get the opportunity that you have at Buena Vida. We are six students that run the entire company.” Rose Littlefair, a junior in the College of Communication and Buena Vida’s multimedia coordinator this semester, said the experience has been a whirlwind, but she learned a lot. “I have learned just how talented everyone truly is,” Littlefair said in an email. “At Buena Vida we have an amazing team of people that are all very skilled in their certain area. It really opens your eyes to just how amazing people really are.”
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Bro-Yo: The Marq location to change into different type of restaurant prefer for a partnership to form, so they could stay involved. “I’ve been in the food industry 38 years, but I’ve only ever done breakfast, so even though I’ve been in the industry I’m not well versed on, let’s say, opening up a barbecue restaurant,” Gatto said. “I’m trying to lean a little more on other people for support.” Gatto wants to cater to students’ wants and needs as to what food should go into the closed location. “Sometimes you can’t see the trees even though they are right in front of you,” Gatto said. “That’s why we want to get students involved and give us some ideas.” Gatto explained that closing the store was purely an economic decision since there were not enough people in the area to support two stores within blocks of each other. “There is hardly anyone here on vacation and we still have to pay for staffing and overhead,” Gatto said. “I like the idea of something new,” said Ellie O’Neil, a sophomore in the College of Communication. “We have a lot of sandwich shops and I
don’t think a little variety would hurt at all.” Gatto said that his restaurants rely on Marquette, since many of the employees are students. When Marquette goes on break, so does Broken Yolk. Gatto considered opening a Chinese restaurant but is open to other ideas. The only option he said he would not consider is a pizza place. “I even think a Thai or even a good Mexican restaurant with some authentic food would be good,” Gatto said. “But right now we’re just kicking back and smelling the coffee.” Gatto said the transition of the Broken Yolk to an alternative restaurant will be almost seamless once a partnership and plan have been solidified. “It’s like buying a house,” Gatto said. “The store is fully equipped and ready to go, it just needs some cosmetic work.” Meagan Sodaro, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, agreed with O’Neil and said that with several sub and sandwich shops, Marquette doesn’t offer a lot of food diversity. “A Chinese place would be great,” Sodaro said. “Especially if they deliver.”
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The Marq’s Broken Yolk location closed for purely economic reasons according to owner Jim Gatto.
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Group calls for MU divestment from companies Legislation receives mixed reviews from students on campus
By Joseph Cahill
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A student group at Marquette has been advocating for the university to divest funds from companies criticized for violating human rights in Palestine, but the movement has gained strong opposition from Jewish students on campus. Rawan Atari, president of Students for Justice in Palestine and a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said the campaign, called “MU divest,” has been in the works for about a year. It includes a proposal for Marquette Student Government to pass legislation as a recommendation to the university to screen and divest from companies. “It calls on the university to pull out its money from companies profiting off of human rights violations,” Atari said. “We are focusing specifically on those human rights abuses in Palestine.” Ahmad Murrar, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences and author of the legislation, specifically calls out three companies: Caterpillar Inc., United Technologies Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. Caterpillar and HP have been criticized by Palestinian advocacy groups for violating human rights by demolishing homes and restricting movement of Palestinians. United Technologies similarly has been under fire for building fighter jets and Black Hawk helicopters used in bombing in the West Bank. The proposal, however, has met
with resistance from MUSG legislators, including senator Seth Haines, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences. He said MUSG should not support legislation that makes any group of students feel marginalized due to their race, religion, gender or ethnicity and called the legislation a one sided approach to the IsraeliPalestinian conflict. “As a Jewish student on campus, I can personally say that the Divestment Legislation has made me feel threatened, unwelcomed and utterly unwanted at Marquette,” Haines said. Anna Goldstein, another Jewish student and sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, also said she does not support the legislation because it only calls on divesting from Israeli based companies. “I personally find that many students are not aware of the extremely one-sided viewpoint that this proposed legislation holds,” Goldstein said. SJP Vice President Leean Othman, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said the campaign is controversial because of misconceptions. “This isn’t about the PalestinianIsraeli conflict,” Othman said. “We are not asking students or senators to take a stance. That is why we are asking Marquette to divest its money because investing in one side in not remaining neutral.” Murrar argued that the legislation was an important step in the campaign’s process, bringing more credibility and increase pressure on university administration while addressing student voices. Murrar and Atari said their legislation is co-sponsored by over a dozen student organizations.
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The legislation calls for university divestment from companies profiting off human rights violations in Palestine.
Students for Justice in Palestine also has a petition that has gathered over 700 signatures from students who support divestment Murrar also pointed to a divestment resolution recently passed last month at the University of Loyola-Chicago that included specific language about the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, although the Marquette legislation does not include the language. “We want to keep it specific to Marquette, not about the conflict,” Murrar said. The Loyola legislation barely passed after the speaker of the student senate broke a 15-15 tie in favor of the resolution, but the university issued a statement that it would not adopt the students’ proposal. University spokesperson Brian Dorrington said in an email that the university invests in a large number of mutual funds and stocks, but not in individual companies. He also said leaders from the Division of Student Affairs have met with the students with
concerns and are appreciative of the students expressing various viewpoints on important international issues. “We also recognize that one group’s interpretation of socially responsible investing may differ from another group’s perspective,” Dorrington wrote in an email. “As a university, we emphasize an equal measure of respect for all students.” Dorrington emphasized that the university follows the investment guidelines of the Wisconsin Province, in addition to guidelines established by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. “Representatives from each Jesuit province, including the Wisconsin Province, form the National Jesuit Committee on Investor Responsibility,” he said. “The NJCIR advocates for socially responsible corporate behavior by coordinating shareholder advocacy initiatives at both the province and national levels.” Atari said she hopes the legislation is passed because it would
help set up a screening process for Marquette’s investments. “Marquette doesn’t have any ethical screening for their investment work,” Atari said. “This could set that kind of committee or process to look at companies first before placing investments through stocks or bonds.” Murrar explained that the Business and Administration committee of MUSG has already denied the legislation once. The recommendation must pass through the B&A committee before it can reach the senate floor. Murrar said the B&A committee cited problems with the language of the legislation and requested more documentation and footnotes. Business and Administration committee chair Cameron Vrana, a freshman in the College of Business administration said his committee is dedicated to working with the authors and concerned students regarding this legislation.
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By Eva Schons Rodrigues
eva.schonsrodrigues@marquette.edu
Each day, we face various dilemmas and consequently find ourselves having to make tough decisions. Oddly enough, one of the hardest choices we make in a day is deciding which Pandora station to listen to. Pandora is one of the best companies in the music- listening market along with Spotify and Grooveshark. Pandora does not let you to listen to the exact song you want when you want to, but you can create stations based on a particular song, artist or genre. The streaming service is great for discovering new music because it tailors stations to a particular taste. You can give a specific song a “thumbs up” or “thumbs down,” which helps suggest similar music. Also, Pandora lets you shuffle different stations together for a greater variety of songs. It becomes difficult to choose what station to listen to with so many options. Yes, there are several occasions that cue certain stations: studying, exercising, relaxing or getting ready for a night out. Still, it’s safe to say most of us end up listening to the same stations repeatedly. Of course musical tastes vary, but according to many students here at Marquette, these are the best Pandora stations:
Best For Studying:
Studying is never easy, but perhaps the right station can help you focus. These stations are perfect companions for the nights you spend studying (or procrastinating) in solitude.
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Bon Iver Radio Spa Radio Lord Huron Radio Classical New Age Piano Film Scores Radio
Best For Working Out:
Let’s face it, not everyone can be motivated to work out, which is why having the right music is so important. These stations will help you feel ready for any exercise.
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Maneater (by Nelly Furtado) Radio Today’s Hits Radio ‘80s Cardio Radio Sexy and I Know It (by LMFAO) Radio Imagine Dragons Radio
Best For Reminiscing:
Music has the strange ability to make us look back and remember moments, people and things that are important to us. These stations might not only make you remember great songs and tracks you used to love, but they can also get you thinking about those feelings your memory attempts to hide so well.
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Fleetwood Mac Radio Summer Hits of the 90s Summer Hits of the 2000s John Williams Radio Frank Sinatra Radio
Best For Hanging Out or Relaxing:
There are thousands of stations you could choose to listen to unwind after a long day, but that only makes the decision even harder. If you need some background music for any occasion, these stations are the best options.
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Ed Sheeran Radio Indie Pop Radio The xx Radio Arctic Monkeys Radio Cole Radio
Best For Going Out:
What could possibly work better than music to make you even more impatient for Friday to come? These stations are perfect for getting you ready to party any day of the week.
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Temperature (by Sean Paul) Radio Project X Radio Indie Dance Radio Daddy Yankee Radio Party Radio
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New to Netflix: ‘Life Partners’ thrives on realism By Jack Taylor
jack.taylor@marquette.edu
“Life Partners,” one of the new movies streaming on Netflix this month, is quite the surprise. Knowing very little about the movie, I didn’t expect much. It proved me wrong. Independent films often bring a certain realism to the screen, and this movie exemplifies this statement. Sasha (Leighton Meester) and Paige (Gillian Jacobs) are best friends, inseparable from each other, even though they are polar opposites. Sasha is an inadequate receptionist with hopes of someday becoming a musician and getting her life on track. Paige is a top-notch lawyer with her career path laid out in front of her. However, they both start having one thing in common: loneliness. They’ve got each other, and that’s all they’ve got.
The two often have girls nights, consisting of wine, television and the latest gossip. They are most interested in each others’ dating lives. The two have dates scheduled for the night. Paige has a date with a dermatologist named Tim (Adam Brody) while Sasha schedules a blind date with another woman. Sasha is a lesbian and often tells Paige that she wants to find a woman who treats her like Paige does. Sasha spends a main part of the movie in pursuit of that woman. Paige and Tim quickly begin to work out, and soon enough the two are going steady. On the other hand, Sasha’s date night plummets, leaving her completely alone. Tim and Paige begin to consume each other’s time completely, slowly eating away at the friendship that the two women share. Sasha’s sense of isolation only worsens over time. As the women draw closer to
their thirties, their paths travel in opposite directions, bringing them further apart from each other. The entire movie is like a tree with a hundred different branches growing in a hundred different directions. It’s not only a struggle for Sasha to keep Paige in her life, but a struggle for the characters to handle the idea of growing up. “Life Partners” is indeed the story about two friends, but it mainly sheds light on the art of maturing. Sasha tells Paige on her 29th birthday, she wishes things were easier like they were at 21. The movie does an excellent job depicting the stresses that life throws at people during their pursuit of happiness. Screenwriters Joni Lefkowitz and (Director) Susanna Fogel create a script that emphasizes the elements of reality. The movie becomes so real at times that we forget that we are just watching it on screen. The
New music streaming service Tidal plays same old song
way Sasha and Paige communicate is carried out in a way that seems so incredibly natural, making us feel like we’re eavesdropping on the local gossip. The scenes aren’t as staged as Hollywood films, but capture the moments of everyday life. The film is also unexpectedly clever. Tim often quotes lines from his favorite film, “The Big Lebowski.” One scene shows him doing this while drinking a White Russian, Jeff Bridges’s drink of choice in “The Big Lebowski.” That same scene features Sasha subtly pouring herself another full glass of wine in the midst of third-wheeling with Tim and Paige. It would make for an interesting experiment to re-watch the movie, studying the characters who aren’t speaking. Even the lowkey facial expressions are enough to pick up on for a laugh or two. However, the script, as strong as it is, lacks realism in Tim’s
character. The script was written by two women mainly creating dialogue for two women, so it emulates any natural conversation between women. Tim’s lines do not seem quite as natural as the women’s in the film. His lines don’t necessarily capture the reality of conversation as everyone else’s does, making for scenes that feel forced at times. Putting that aside, “Life Partners” is quite the treat for the new wave of Netflix titles. It’s a movie that depicts and understands human behavior in the midst of relationship struggles. Its highly relatable content makes for an interesting watch, and it’s definitely worth a viewer’s time.
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Celebrity-backed site costly, limits music available to public By James Price
james.price@marquette.edu
Music is everywhere. It helps relieve stress, adds motivation to workouts and is a soothing remedy that can be uplifting. Having music at our fingertips is now commonplace, and being able to personalize your music experience with playlists and other forms of sorting allows for a refreshing listening session. However, when music turns into a commodity that we must pay for, it no longer elicits that same message of convenience and bliss. Tidal, a high-quality music service that was acquired by Jay-Z, Daft Punk, Taylor Swift, Madonna and other well-known artists, is beginning to position itself on the market as a premium, top-quality music service, which in turn helps other artists financially. This up- and- coming service will provide listeners with videos, deeper editorial content and supposedly tracks that will be more sonically pleasing that rivals Spotify and Pandora. This new music service, however, comes at a cost and will force people to pay a monthly fee around $20. To music junkies there may be a distinct difference in Tidal’s highquality streaming to typical streaming from services, like Pandora and Deezer. For most people, paying for music is simply old news. Piracy is king and buying music on iTunes is like purchasing an artist’s physical album, which is essentially what Tidal is asking customers to do. Yes, Spotify has a premium option available for $10 a month, but it is simply an option and is not required. Listeners do not care if Drake makes a certain amount of money for every minute a song is played, as long as
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Musicians like Jay-Z and Madonna were among the first to back Tidal.
they get their music. Tidal has been around for a couple of weeks and already seems played out. Forcing listeners to pay for music is the one aspect of music that was taking a hit because people found streaming services to be more convenient—whether it’s because of price or functionality. Oddly enough, Tidal is ignoring the trend of listeners not paying for music by offering one paid plan. It seems misguided that artists are trying to lure people back in by paying for music, but people are smarter consumers now and realize that paying for music is avoidable and unreasonable. Yes, big name artists like Kanye West, Coldplay and Beyonce are collaborating to ensure this music service thrives and becomes successful, but they are failing to realize that their established status as a celebrity or artist does not negate the fact that people’s only option to listen to their favorite artist will require them to dig into their wallet. Unless it is a concert or buying an all-time best selling album, money and music are not as synonymous as they once were. Another downfall of Tidal is the
limitation of music within their service. Not every artist can pay to appear on the music streaming service, compared to Spotify, which has a bottomless amount of archived content to enjoy. Tidal also claims it will pay more to artists, but that is simply speculation at this point and is hard to believe. Until Tidal understands the importance of providing listeners with a bevy of rates that start at free, this service will stay stagnant in comparison to other major players in the music industry, especially with younger audiences. Growing up with free music has been a theme for most people under 21, and taking away a person’s freedom to listen to music whenever they please—other than the annoying advertisements, is completely unfair and provides another reminder of how some artists become money-hungry and disconnected from their music. It is intriguing how Tidal is trying to highlight the high-quality, finetuning features of musical tracks and put value back into music. In reality the sad sound of a violin playing is the only thing that can really be heard.
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Service work linked to classes pose many positives
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Buena Vida Coffee is a student-run business that also provides meals to kids in Honduras.
For some students, incorporating service and learning opportunities is a big part of the Marquette experience. For others, service-learning is just another class assignment that means more effort or denotes a certain class that should be avoided. Everyone understands the importance of service and volunteering within society, yet everyone relates to service in a different way. Some students find ways to do it throughout the semester or on trips, while others may claim to be too busy to make the effort or that available service opportunities do not align with their other interests. While service is not everyone’s thing, these excuses should not be a cop-out from participation. There are many different ways to get involved with service on your own time wherever you desire. Marquette and student organizations do a good job facilitating opportunities throughout Milwaukee and in other locations, yet, as evidenced in some recent student projects, more can be done to integrate service into the academic curriculum voluntarily. As the Tribune reported March 31, two physical therapy students tailored a wheelchair to meet the needs of 2-year-old Sam Wollenhaupt for a biomechanics project. The result of their efforts was making a young boy in Milwaukee independently mobile for the first time. Students Katie Hoffmeister and Becky Voss worked directly with Sam, improving their patient care skills while serving Sam. Another service-learning opportunity for students is Buena Vida Coffee, a student-run, not-for-profit company run out of the Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship. The business’ policy is for every bag of coffee sold, one meal will be given to a child at Sociedad Amigos de los Niños orphanage in Honduras. Students from
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Our view: As seen in recent successes, service opportunities connected to the academic interests of students can be very time-efficient and beneficial to all involved.
Religious freedom acts prompt people to say no
any major can gain experience in graphic design, outreach and marketing while serving a greater purpose. These are practical examples of how various and life-changing service opportunities can be for both students at Marquette and affiliated parties. Service can be done anywhere, even within the academic buildings at Marquette. Moreover, both these examples emphasize utilizing skills necessary to advance careers. Integrating service into the classroom is a great way to get students more involved in different ways while having a wider impact. Final projects can be more engaging if there is a greater social or interpersonal purpose for the work going into it rather than just better a understanding of the class material. This way, students could get more out of the service and class experience. Drawing an academic focus to service can make it more appealing to those already taking classes in their area of interest. Chances are they will enjoy servicelearning that is connected to what they are studying. Students’ interests can be met as well as the greater needs of Milwaukee and other communities. Service at Marquette can be more than an extracurricular and integrated into the curriculum. Many students are busy and find it hard to pursue service opportunities as well as manage academics, other activities and life outside of school. Having a chance to do service that is well-integrated into the class or leads to other learning opportunities would be a time efficient way for students’ educations to have a greater impact. At Marquette, the title of “volunteer” can be made just as important as “student” by connecting more service to academics. Faculty and administration can encourage a service initiative and it is very likely students will participate. Service-learning has a great impact and if the university wants to maintain its dedication to service, this is a good idea to promote.
In December 2008, a New Jersey couple went to a bakery seeking to purchase a cake for a special occasion. However, the two were denied their request by the store’s management. “We reserve the right not to print anything on the cake that we deem to be inappropriate,” a spokeswoman for ShopRite, where the couple went to make the order, said. “We considered this (order) inappropriate.” Someone reading this story without context may assume a discrimination lawsuit against the store followed for its refusal to service the couple’s order. After all, other cases of businesses refusing to serve customers have made news across the country. However, there was little controversy at all over ShopRite’s decision, which was to not decorate a birthday cake with the name of Heath and Deborah Campbell’s three-year-old son named Adolf Hitler. Whether or not individuals or businesses can be allowed to opt out of performing services they deem to go against their beliefs has been at the heart of intense controversy these past few weeks due to the passage of “Religious Freedom Restoration Acts” in Indiana and Arkansas. According to the Indiana law, the government may not burden a person’s freedom of religion unless there is a compelling government interest in doing so and that a person may use the burdening of his or her right to religious expression as a defense during court proceedings. A similar bill was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993 after passing Congress with an overwhelming, bipartisan majority. Today, 21 states have RFRAs, from Rhode Island to Illinois to Arizona. So why have the Indiana and Arkansas laws drawn so much scrutiny, while the federal law faced almost none? The answer, many will say, is context. The original 1993 federal law was written in response to a case in which two Native Americans ran into legal trouble for ingesting peyote, which is a component of certain indigenous religious ceremonies. By contrast,
the most recent RFRAs were passed in light of several cases in which business owners, such as bakers or florists, were sued for declining to service same-sex weddings. And thus, despite neither law containing any language specifically referencing LGBT persons, opponents have called them an open license for businesses to discriminate. Many are now calling for boycotts of various kinds against Indiana and Arkansas to protest the law, among them numerous business leaders and the governor of Connecticut (which has its own RFRA). This is ironic because the issue at hand is not discrimination, but freedom of association. Through a boycott, those involved are pledging to not do business with Indiana and Arkansas, which as private individuals, is completely within their rights. Now there are people refusing to do business with those who passed a law ensuring people the right to refuse to do business with others. But even more important than freedom of association is freedom of conscience. In 17th Century Japan, the Tokugawa Shogunate forced suspected Christians to step on pictures of Jesus and the Virgin Mary. Those who refused were executed. Regardless of what you may think about stepping on a picture or baking a cake for a same-sex wedding, it is immoral to force people through the rule of law to compromise their beliefs. As a democracy with both freedom of religion and separation of church and state, it is unlawful for the government to selectively choose which beliefs it will deem recognizable and which it will deem illegal. In a truly tolerant society, all beliefs, including those we personally deem repugnant, must be allowed protection under the law. If you find making a cake for children named after Nazis to be wrong, then don’t do it. If you are gay and don’t feel like catering for the Westboro Baptist Church, then don’t do it. If you are a PalestinianAmerican and don’t want to serve the Israeli ambassador, then don’t do it. Thankfully, you have the right to say “no.”
Matt Gozun is a senior in studying biology and economics. Email him with any comments or questions at benjaminmatthew.gozun@marquette.edu.
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Rolling Stone story alludes to journalism’s limitations Elena Fransen
Columnist When a sexual assault survivor shares his or her experience with someone, that person is encouraged to listen to what he or she is willing to share and to be non-judgmental. Reaffirming a sense of control is part of supporting the recovery process after a traumatic incident when it was likely taken away. For a friend, this seems like common sense but it can be trickier when you are a journalist drawing on others’ experiences to create your own story and a broader narrative. Rolling Stone writer Sabrina Erdely learned this the hard way after writing “A Rape on Campus: A Brutal Assault and Struggle for Justice at UVA,” which drew immediate backlash and later redaction for its inaccuracies pertaining to a University of Virginia student’s reported gang rape at a fraternity house. The piece went viral and drew many different readers and responses. Journalists and readers alike were outraged by the possible falsehoods depicted in the account of “Jackie.” People would remember this rather than Erdely’s larger narrative on campus rape culture and how universities deal with the reality of sexual assault. In the aftermath, Rolling Stone reached out to the Columbia School of Journalism to conduct a critical review of Erdely’s
investigative reporting and what led up to the publishing of the piece. The critical report reflects Erdely’s hesitancy to trust Jackie’s story without verification or substantial evidence, yet she also did not pursue a different account because Jackie’s was so dramatic and shocking. After initial questions started to pop-up, Erdely asked Jackie for more information, including the dress she wore the night of the incident and statements from people she saw yet continued to push the story forward in the editing and publishing process. While fault was found in Rolling Stone’s journalistic process for failing to follow the basics, the report also leaves the impression that journalism has no place in evaluating and representing the story of sexual assault and rape survivors objectively. Journalists want to tell stories and often tackle larger social justice issues along the way. Though commendable, journalists are not conducting criminal investigations where they can require evidence and hold someone accountable, especially in a traumatic incident when there can be contradictory accounts and missing memories. Writers should be critical but not to the point where they diminish someone’s difficult experience to the facts and evidence. The report may set a new guideline for reporting rape cases, but it might not be teaching the right lessons. “Ultimately, we were too deferential to our rape victim; we honored too many of her requests in our reporting,”
Rolling Stone editor Sean Woods said in the report. “We should have been much tougher, and in not doing that, we maybe did her a disservice.” Woods learned something from this nightmare yet it goes against everything advocates are trying to demonstrate to victims of sexual assault. Some say the original story most egregiously affected victims by showing them the negative consequences of reporting, yet I think what people are taking away from its retraction and the critical report have the worst implications: even if you do speak up, people can discredit you and no one will care. It remains unclear if Rolling Stone was really trying to do a service to Jackie. It seems unlikely. As the magazine tried to prove a greater point, that rape has major ramifications and that universities need to deal with it, a survivor was revictimized and put under new scrutiny for her possible experiences. Rolling Stone and Charlottesville police found no substantive evidence for the alleged account but as both should remember, that does not mean something did not take place. Rolling Stone, and people who are influenced by this series of events, needs to work on its response to the critical report in order to get back to that greater point of awareness and advocacy the original article was trying to prove. As a survivor with my own particular experience, I think the public needs to understand the problem facing victims and how they are currently being dealt with. And maybe that is best
done by not putting victims on trial for what they have been through. My story is my own and it is not for anyone else to use for another purpose. For many survivors, it takes a long time to reconcile with our own experiences, which is only made more difficult by someone else, be it assailant, friend or reporter, challenging what you have been through to make some point of an interesting story. The truth is, survivors of campus sexual assault know there is a problem—we faced it. We are not being served by sensationalized accounts or the controversial statistics that one in five or seven women are sexually assaulted during college. It is attentiongrabbing but our attention is elsewhere, on changing the culture that hurt us and learning to care for ourselves. Serving us means allowing us to tell our own stories and to share what we have been through without threat of someone grilling us for more details or evidence. This applies to friends, family, police and journalists. Survivors are coming forward in different ways and this should be embraced. Journalists can still tell stories, but there must be an understanding that experiences of assault are not theirs to tell or justify.
Elena Fransen is a senior studying history, philosophy and women's and gender studies. Email Elena with comments at elena.fransen@marquette.edu.
Profanity has its place in some spaces and situations Caroline Paul Columnist
People who cuss are bad. People who do not cuss are respectable. This is the idea of morality most of our parents probably impressed upon us at a young age. But someone’s choice to use or not use swear words may or may not be an accurate indicator of that person’s respectability. As with most things, there is a gray area when it comes to appropriate cussing. You probably shouldn’t drop some choice expletives at someone’s funeral but blanket condemnation of swearing is also extreme. You realize you just locked your keys in the car? You cuss. Your toilet just clogged and you never invested in a plunger? You swear. You stub your toe on the corner of your bed frame in the middle of the night on the way back from the bathroom? You let loose a string of profanity previously unheard on this earth.
And if you do not regularly use language requiring special sound effects to dub over, you would probably at least agree swearing is acceptable in all the previous situations. The widespread “cussing is bad; only hoodlums do that” sentiment seems limiting and like an overreaction. Maybe it’s time we shift to a “swearing is something you do when you are older” mentality. The use of expletives is a vice just like smoking and drinking, but as a society we tend to let those things go as things done by older people off the clock. It is jarring to see a six-year-old with a cigarette and using language that requires bleeping but make that individual someone in his or her 20s, and it is not even an event worth noticing. Granted it is inadvisable and unprofessional to curse in work emails or meetings. You probably do not want to do it in the classroom or in an essay. Consider censorship of swear words in the vicinity of those too young to say them. There are two obvious ways in which a child can interpret this censorship: they either are too young to know it is a bad word and were alerted to its swear word
status by the act of censoring it, or they already know what the cuss word is, so there was no point in censoring it. Even if smoking and drinking are bad for children, they are still seeing those images unpixelated in advertising and on TV all the time. It is also likely that you would frown on a person dropping f-bombs in front of child more so than a person smoking a cigarette in front of child. Strange, given that smoking is much more likely to kill you than pronouncing the word cuff backwards. As we go off into the real world, we should probably be aware of the impact cussing has on people our age and older. In professional settings, there are very few instances in which you should curse, regardless of how old you are. Even among workplace friends, be cautious. It’s still the workplace. With those work friends outside of the office though, you probably have a bit more leeway. To be clear, I am not speaking in defense of slurs as swear words. Those are words that require much more finesse. Really, only the marginalized groups that those words describe can reclaim those kinds of
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words and use them. Using historically derogatory words when it is not your place to do so can and should have an impact on your perceived respectability. General cussing though? Not a blanket condemnation, maybe just used in moderation. Not the Spongebob style of “conversational enhancers” that means a dolphin noise every other word, but when the occasion calls for it. Sometimes there are just those moments of pure, unadulterated need to say a bad word to lessen your rage or pain or frustration. Whether you choose to say “frick frack patty whack” or “&%$@#!@,” sometimes you just need to let it out, and people need to be OK with that, as long as the situation truly warrants it. But sometimes, like during a work presentation, you might need to settle for “fiddlesticks.”
Caroline Paul is a senior studying corporate communications and Spanish. Email her with comments, questions or pie recipes at caroline.paul@marquette. edu.
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MLax flies to Providence
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Long stick midfielder Liam Brynes scored Marquette’s first goal just six seconds into the game against Notre Dame, but the quick start couldn’t build momentum against the No. 1 team.
Golden Eagles battle slumping Friars in final away match By Jack Goods
jack.goods@marquette.edu
No. 15/16 Marquette heads to Providence this weekend, looking to stay on pace with Georgetown in the Big East standings. The Golden Eagles were handily defeated by No. 1/1 Notre Dame Tuesday 14-7. The team jumps back into Big East play and will see a much different team than the high-powered Irish.
The Friars (4-6) have gone cold as of late, losing their last four games. That includes a 17-7 blowout loss to St. John’s, who Marquette defeated Saturday. Providence did hang with Georgetown this week, losing 9-6. If Providence loses to Marquette they will fall to 0-3 in the Big East. With games coming up against No. 5/5 Denver and Villanova, Providence could be in danger of going winless in conference. Another loss would make it very likely the Friars miss the conference tournament. “This is a must win for them,” coach Joe Amplo said. “We’re
playing it like a must win for us. We know the importance of this game… Our guys are using this as a playoff game.” The Golden Eagles can clinch a Big East tournament berth with a victory, since they hold head-to-head tiebreakers with Villanova and Providence. The Friars struggle offensively, only passing the 10-goal mark twice this season. Junior attackman Will Mazzone leads the team with 15 goals and 10 assists. Four different Golden Eagles have more goals; graduate student attackman Jordan Greenfield, junior Conor Gately, redshirt junior midfielder Kyle Whitlow and sophomore
midfielder Ryan McNamara. However, Providence did pull off a victory against Villanova last year for its only Big East victory. “Providence is a better team than (its) record shows,” Amplo said. “Each year they’ve beaten a big Big East opponent.” Bryan Badolato’s three goals helped Marquette defeat Providence last season in a game marred by scoreless droughts. Marquette failed to find the back of the net in the second and fourth quarters. Despite the lopsided nature of the Golden Eagles’ previous game against Notre Dame, Amplo believes the game can
get stronger. He said that every game is a chance to grow, and that growth is magnified in an important game. “I think you learn more from your failures,” Amplo said. “I think that’s going to better focus our guys moving forward. If we had won yesterday, the Providence game would have been a really challenging game to get our guys ultra-excited for. Now that we lost, I think our guys are laser focused.” The two teams face-off at 11 a.m. from Schneider Arena in Providence. Marquette will close out the regular season with home games against No. 7/7 Duke and No. 5/5 Denver.
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Track and Field host only home meet of season MU aims to build off solid showing at EIU Big Blue Invitational By Andrew Goldstein
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After a successful showing at the Eastern Illinois Big Blue Invitational in Charleston, Ill., Marquette track and field will get ready for its first and only home meet of the year against the WisconsinMilwaukee Panthers Friday. Sophomore distance runner Brittany Feivor is worth keeping an eye on this meet after a stellar performance at Eastern Illinois. Feivor took first place in the 5,000-meter run with a time of 17:17.95. It was her first win of the season. If the Big Blue Invitational is any indication of how things will transpire this weekend, there are also plenty of short-distance runners to watch. The women’s 4x100 relay team of Arra Strong, Anna Strong, Tercia Harris and Cassy Goodrich submitted a time of 47.74 seconds – good enough for the 10th fastest mark in Marquette history. However, despite their impressive time, the runners only managed to place sixth out of the nine teams competing in the event. Goodrich also contributed some impressive individual performances last weekend. The freshman phenom set personal bests in both the 100 and 200-meter dashes with times of 12.10 and 24.61 seconds, respectively. Goodrich has had a stellar season so far. She has set the Marquette records for the 200 and 300-meter runs and was part of the four-woman team that holds the school record
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Freshman Cassy Goodrich has set numerous Marquette records in her short time as a Golden Eagle and will be a runner to watch against UWM.
for the distance medley relay. The Franksville, Wis., native also holds three freshman records and recorded three top-three finishes at the Big East Indoor Championships. Goodrich is primed to set even more records in the future and is definitely one to watch against UWM.
Men’s track and field also had a slew of solid contributors last weekend. Aric Miller and Cody Haberkorn each set personal records in the 1,500-meter race, while William Hennessy took second in the steeplechase. “Overall, we had some good
efforts. I thought we competed hard,” coach Bert Rogers said. “As a team, the goal was to get a lot of volume, get a lot of races, get competitions in, and get jumps in as we build forward for the Big East Championships.” The meet against UWM will
take place at Valley Fields and will start with field events at 1 p.m., followed by running events at 4 p.m. Unlike many collegiate track and field meets, this one will last only one day.
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New rules won’t save MLB’s youth fandom decline Joe Kaiser
Columnist I went to my first baseball game May 18, 1997. Most of what I remember is receiving a promotional Cubs Beanie Baby, Sammy Sosa hitting a towering home run and sitting with my family in the last row of the 400 level. I still have the Beanie Baby somewhere. And for what it’s worth, the Cubs won 5-3. Then came the mythical 1998 season in which Sosa hit 66 home runs en route to an artificially-enhanced MVP season. He was surpassed by fellow juicer, Mark McGwire, who blasted 70 for the St. Louis
Cardinals that same year. Sosa went on to hit 63 in 1999 and 64 in 2001 – the same year the San Francisco Giants’ Barry Bonds hit 73, a record that will likely never be broken. Ethical debates about steroids aside, baseball was defined by home runs and therefore, was flashy. And as a first impression with the sport, baseball became the greatest thing, to me, in the history of bases, balls or compound words. This past March, nearly 18 years after my first game, my dad and I went to our fifth Cubs spring training, and that feeling remains. I’m still giddy during this opening week, too. But kids these days – I say as I lean back in my rocking chair, smoking a pipe – just don’t agree. According to Nielsen
ratings, 50 percent of baseball viewers are 55 or older. ESPN says the average age of viewers of its baseball games is 53, while only 47 for the NFL and 37 for the NBA. Kids aged 6-17 only made up 4 percent of the television audience for MLB postseason games last year, a three percent drop from just a decade prior. The MLB, at least internally, is asking itself how it can pull youngsters back in. There are many ways to do so, and many strategies may be exhausted, but one that is obviously trying to appeal to millennials is making the games quicker. In other words, having less baseball to help baseball. The average length of a baseball game in 2014 was 3 hours and 13 minutes, considerably
longer than past years. To control this, MLB introduced several new rules this season to try and gradually trim the average length of a game down. Some rule changes include requiring all batters to keep at least one foot in the batter’s box, adding MLB representatives to time pitchers’ warm-up pitches and the time it takes batters to step into the batter’s box, and allowing managers to challenge calls from the dugout, as opposed to slowly walking out to notify the umpire. The hope is these amendments when added up should take some time off those 3 hours and 13 minutes. But it seems weird that a professional sports league would want to make its game more appealing by shrinking the sample size of
it. It’s counterintuitive to say “people think our game is stale and boring, maybe people will like it more if there is less of it.” Baseball should do all it can, in terms of marketing and branding, to try and attract a younger audience. But speeding up the game is just a reflection of trying to meet the assumed demands of a generation more inclined to read Bleacher Report over long-form journalism, or watch ESPN First Take opposed to Ken Burn’s Baseball. It isn’t an actual reflection of the game’s problems. Watering down baseball is not going to make baseball appealing for those who don’t like baseball. It will just make for a quicker version of a sport already found disinteresting. Baseball’s real problem lies in defining itself in its 2015 form. It’s possibly just a cyclical decline from the awe of the steroid era, but MLB seems to be in a place where it does not know how to market itself. The 500-foot home runs that defined the late ’90s are gone, and the game is increasingly defined by pitching and defense, and quantitatively defined by advanced metrics. Unless you’re a nerd like me, this generation and those younger are not going to get excited solely by someone’s weighted on-base percentage or ultimate zone rating. It’s also behind the times on the web, with an archaic YouTube policy that is quick to take down fan footage of games. I wouldn’t expect college-aged folk addicted to list articles, hot takes and “skip ad” buttons to jump on board to a sport driven by numbers and yet illiterate to the interwebs. But even so, “excitement” is not directly tied to the length of the game, and if MLB can somehow take the very best of baseball in its current form – pitchers’ duals, its giant crop of young talent and alwaysrelevant history – and market it the right way, the length of the game won’t matter. MLB is in a weird place where it is trying to re-appeal and market itself to younger generations, but condensing the very thing it is trying to market isn’t going to do it. Evolving it, marketing it and possibly in some ways rebranding it, will. I went to my first baseball game May 18, 1997, and since then probably watched more than 1,000 games (most of them Cubs losses), went to five Spring Training trips with my dad and treated 18-straight opening weeks like holidays. The product has changed over time, though MLB can evolve and adapt to it to pull in younger fans. I see no need to shorten the games and the experiences with them. They’re going by fast enough. Joe Kaiser is a senior studying journalism and political science. Email Joe with comments or suggestions at joseph.kaiser@marquette.edu
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Men’s golf competes in 1st event since spring break Sanchez, Nelson, Swift to shine in spring campaign By Jacob Born
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The Marquette men’s golf team will compete in its first event since March when it travels to California for the El Macero Classic, hosted by California-Davis. Marquette is one of nine schools competing in the El Macero Classic and the only school not in the Pacific time zone. Reigning champions UC-Davis, as well as top finishers California State-Fullerton, Grand Canyon and Nevada will also be competing in the event. The Golden Eagles are coming off a seventh place finish at the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate, hosted by Michigan during spring break. In that event, Marquette was led by junior Zach Gaugert, who played the best tournament of his collegiate career. Gaugert set a personal record for highest finish by placing 12th with a 219, the second lowest score of his career. His personal 219 was the best of any competitor at the event and he also tied the third-highest birdie total with 13 during the tournament. The Golden Eagles are led by a trio of juniors in Pat Sanchez, Nick Nelson and CJ Swift. Swift and Sanchez were named to the 2014 All-Big East team and are poised to gain the nomination once again. Swift finished with a tie for 17th in the 2014 edition of the tournament, shooting a 223, which he matched at this season’s Bridgestone Golf Collegiate. Sanchez was named the Big East golfer of the month in September for his stellar play in the fall. He also competed internationally for his home country of Mexico in the Latin America Amateur Championships, where the winner received an invitation to the 2015 Masters. After making the second cut, Sanchez finished the event in 57th place. Nelson had a prolific start to the season with four consecutive top-20 individual finishes in the fall semester Nelson, Swift and Sanchez were the top three scorers for the
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Junior Pat Sanchez finished third on the team in the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate, shooting a 231 in the spring’s first tournament.
Marquette team in the Desert Mountain Intercollegiate, shooting three-round scores of 221, 227 and 231. The other two competitors,
senior Brandon Cloete and freshman Trevor Thomas, both shot a 232. Marquette is aiming to do
better than its 2014 finish of eighth place when the Golden Eagles shot a combined 897. The El Macero Classic starts Friday and continues
through Sunday. Marquette will then have one more event before the Big East Championships.
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No. 8 Gators take bite out of WLax Golden Eagles unable to stop Florida’s Gilroy who scored 5 points By Hank Greening
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The Marquette women’s lacrosse team put in a valiant effort Wednesday, but ultimately could not pull off the upset against the No. 8 Florida Gators in a 16-5 loss. Marquette has now lost four straight and is still in search of its first Big East win of the year. The Golden Eagles (4-9) were led in scoring with two goals by senior attack Nicole Gleason, who is now riding a five game scoring streak. Gleason’s performance tied her for the team lead in goals with junior attack Claire Costanza with 17 on the season. Marquette also received a goal each from attacks Julianna Shearer and Riley Hill and midfielder Taylor Smith. In net, it was another tough day for junior goaltender Sarah Priem, who allowed 11 goals on 15 shots on net. Backup goalie Emma Salter didn’t do much better, surrendering five goals on seven shots after she replaced Priem with 20 minutes to play. For the Gators (10-4), it was leading scorer Shannon Gilroy who carried Florida to victory with four goals and an assist. The senior midfielder now has
52 goals on the season, good for best in the NCAA and her 70 points this year is also tops in the country. Gilroy was just one of the eight different Gator goalscorers on the day. On the defensive end, Florida was just as good, as junior goalie MarySean Wilcox stopped nine of the 14 on net shots she faced. The score, though decisive, is not indicative of the effort put forth in this game. The Golden Eagles fought hard for all 60 minutes, but the top-offensive team in the Big East would not be stopped. Florida opened the scoring just 44 seconds into the game and it looked as if the Gators would open the floodgates early. But the Golden Eagles wouldn’t go down easily. Marquette responded with two unanswered goals from Shearer and Smith, taking a 2-1 lead with 27:58 remaining. The Golden Eagles faced a 3-2 deficit shortly there after, but again showed determination and tied the game at three on a rip from Riley Hill at 18:57. The 3-3 score was as close as Marquette would get though, as the Gators went on a five goal tear to take an 8-3 lead into the half. The break did nothing to slow down the Gator offense as Florida outscored Marquette 8-2 in the second half, ending the game on another 5-0 run. The Golden Eagles look to end their four game losing streak at Temple (8-4) Saturday at 11 a.m. in Philadelphia.
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Midfielder Hayley Baas and the rest of the Marquette offense had a tough time scoring goals against Florida.
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