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MU drops MUSG bias report Student government accused of political collusion, favoritism By Grace Connatser & Sarah Lipo
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A bias incident report that was filed against a Marquette University Student Government election committee was recently dropped for reasons the university cannot disclose. The report alleged political collusion and favoritism, the individual who filed the report said. The individual, who wished to remain anonymous to avoid being targeted for filing the report, was an applicant for the Outreach Vice President position in MUSG. Applications for the position opened Nov. 1, 2017, and interviews were conducted Feb. 15. The OVP selection committee consisted of Executive
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Dreamers’ futures uncertain Trump’s effect Congress fails to find permanent solution regarding DACA By Matthew Martinez
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Following President Donald Trump’s declaration on Sept. 5 that he plans to repeal DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals), the presidents of the student governments at all 28 Jesuit universities in the United States signed a joint statement pledging support to undocumented students at their universities.
Ben Dombrowski, president of Marquette University Student Government, is a signatory on the statement. Dombrowski said he believes the letter is a reaffirmation of Marquette’s mission. After President Trump released the statement about ending DACA, Dombrowski said it was a clear calling for Jesuit universities to do their part. “What’s so important about this particular letter is that it calls us to action. We are signing something saying we are going to do this and provide more education to this issue,” he said. Creating the document was a long time in the making, according to
Dombrowski. Many student government presidents from Jesuit universities attended the National Jesuit Student Leadership Conference this past summer at Georgetown University, which Dombrowski said was a starting point for the statement. At the conference, students were able to voice their concerns about issues they cared about. “Leading up to the actual announcement by President Trump, we had a day where we got to meet with our state representatives and talk about DACA,” Dombrowski said. After the conference, attendees used the National Jesuit Student Government Presi-
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Election precedes decrease in foreign exchange students By Josh Anderson
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Sara Atshan an Arab-American junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said since Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, she has seen an overnight change in how she is treated. “Ever since the day of the election, I’ve gotten more comments thrown at
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me,” she said. “I’ve always been stared at, but it’s been much more open now.” American universities have seen a decrease in enrollment from Latin American and Middle Eastern countries of just over 6 percent in 2016’17, according to the Institute of International Education’s Open Doors Report. Louise Cainkar, a professor of social and cultural sciences, said she sees a correlation between the decline of international enrollment and Trump’s administration. “It’s very clear that right now,
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Vice President Allie Bitz, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences; current OVP Meredith Gillespie, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences; Senator Aisling Hegarty, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences; student-atlarge Linnea Stanton, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences; and Carrie Enea, assistant director for conference services in the Department of Student Affairs. Gillespie, who was recently elected MUSG president for the 2018-’19 school year, is listed as a “perpetrator” in the report, while Bitz is listed as a “witness” to the incident. While neither Bitz nor Ben Dombrowski, the outgoing MUSG president and senior in the College of Communication, disclosed any information on the applicant’s political views, they said the applicant was deeply involved in a political student organization. “MUSG is not a political organization.Whoever’s in this job has to have zero bias,” Dombrowski said. The individual disagreed and said that politics is tied into the position because they work with so many groups on campus. After an investigation process, the individual said the Department of Student Affairs, which handles bias incident reports, said the school deemed the claim unnecessary because political affiliation “does not constitute as protection under Marquette diversity.” “The criteria on the bias incident reporting website does not specifically call out political views, so if there’s any misunderstanding, it could stem from that,” Chris Jenkins, university spokesperson, said in an email. “Speaking generally, each report is reviewed on a case-by-case basis. A report of potential discrimination based on political views would be reviewed as part of that process, just as any other report would be reviewed.” The individual said they were frustrated by the university’s lack of protection for their political views. “And I was thinking to myself, that doesn’t make sense,” the individual said. “That should really be protected. You should think a student’s identity should be what fundamental ideas they support.” The individual did say they may have been rejected because of their involvement in political groups on campus. They also said they are neutral when it comes to politics. Bitz, Gillespie and Dombrowsk responded to the allegations and said the reports of bias were not true. They said the applicant was denied
because they were unqualified for the position and were too closely related to certain political groups on campus, which Bitz and Dombrowski said would be inappropriate for the role. The position the individual applied for was OVP, who is responsible for coordinating service projects in the Marquette neighborhood and works closely with the Near West Side Partners and Good Neighbor programs. The OVP also chairs the Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice and Community Engagement Committees. Gillespie said the role was created two years ago to be a “liaison between the community, the campus and the rest of the Milwaukee area.” Bitz said a good candidate for the role should have extensive experience in service opportunities and would care deeply about social justice and community issues. She said the applicant who filed the bias incident report had almost no community service experiences during college, which was concerning to the committee due to the large number of opportunities available at Marquette. “They had very little experience with service. (The applicant) went back and talked about what they did in high school,” Bitz said. “We have an absurd amount of service opportunities at Marquette. So, when we asked about service involvement, they ... said Hunger CleanUp, which is once a year. That’s a big red flag.” The individual said they had the
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ALLIE BITZ Former MUSG Executive Vice President experience necessary to perform the role of OVP. “I applied for the OVP position because I genuinely think I can really make a difference for students in a positive
manner that could benefit every single undergraduate on campus,” the individual said. “Some of the things I really wanted to tackle is (sic) sexual assault and domestic abuse on campus.” The individual who filed the report and another individual were the original, sole applicants. The committee is currently in the interviewing process with three more candidates. The report alleges that the committee has already made a decision on someone who is close friends with Gillespie. The individual later corrected the statement and said they believe the candidate most likely to be chosen is close with Gillespie. But Gillespie said the biggest issue is that MUSG didn’t initially receive any candidates they were comfortable with. “The OVP selection committees (sic) opposing views politically have colluded to rather select an applicant based on close friendships and similar political viewpoints than meritbased standards, which violates Marquette’s values,” the bias incident report stated. The individual said they filed the report not to attack MUSG, but to ensure that the committee is held accountable during the hiring process. “This is not something just to go after the people listed on the form,” the individual said. “The reason both the individuals are listed is because they are the heads of the selection
process committee.” Bitz and Gillespie also said that when making decisions, they do their best to put aside any personal relationships and potential bias. The newly-elected president said that knowing people who apply for the job is not relevant to the situation. “We know them personally. I’ve hung out with these people,” Bitz said. “(But) we never promise the job to anyone. We’re trying to hire responsibly.” The bias incident report system was developed in 2015 as a way to report discrimination that is not criminal. According to the system’s website, reports filed should indicate some discriminatory act “motivated by race, ethnicity, religion, age, national origin, sex, disability, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, veteran or socioeconomic status.” Bitz noted that she received no indication that any candidate was upset or planning to file a report after the interviewing process. Bitz and Dombrowski said all information related to applicants for MUSG positions is confidential and could not be released. Bias incident reports are also kept confidential, and there is no public record of the report being filed. The individual said they believe students should be put first in MUSG. “In a decision process, you shouldn’t overlook a candidate,” the individual said. “If you have doubts, you should ask questions.”
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dents Facebook page to keep the conversation going. Hayden Tanabe, student government president at Loyola Marymount University, spearheaded the movement. “With our unifying mission underlining the importance of standing in solidarity with all students, regardless of national origin, I knew that our Jesuit counterparts would be the ones to turn to first,” Tanabe said. He began to contact other Jesuit institutions. It took over a month for student government presidents at each of the universities to sign the document and add their contributions. Both presidents hope the
pushes for change will not end here with this statement. “This past week, LMU held a “DREAM ACTion Week” that not only educated our students about DACA and the DREAM Act, but also put the focus on the calling of legislators. We offered rewards and incentives for students to call their legislators this week with a special link created by the Ignatian Solidarity Network,” Tanabe said. Marquette University hosted its first Dreamer’s Gala this past year, raising more than $20,000 for an undocumented student’s scholarship. Dombrowski thinks the university is taking “great initial steps,” yet believes there are always more actions to take. As of now, Marquette has not
declared themselves a sanctuary school, a term used to describe those universities that offer protection to students who protect their undocumented students. According to a statement released by the university, “Marquette University and the Marquette University Police Department will follow the law, but will not act as an arm of federal immigration enforcement.” Dombrowski said the statement means that MUPD will never solely enforce immigration laws on or off campus, but also will not allow nonMUPD agents on university property without a lawful warrant. He believes that Marquette is not a sanctuary campus for various reasons.
“There is no legal definition to ‘sanctuary campus,’ so if our university makes such a declaration, it could simply just be words without any obligation to action,” Dombrowski said. University President Michael Lovell has urged students affected by the potential reversal to come speak to the administration. In a statement he released last month, he said, “This is about real people who have done nothing wrong and deserve the chance to succeed — to walk across the stage with their classmates at Commencement and go on to contribute so much more to our community and our country.”
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the two groups that are the subject of so many executive orders and enforcement mechanisms are Latinos and Middle Eastern people,” Cainkar said. “I’m sure that there’s a perception that the U.S.’s government and a lot of the population are very hostile to Middle Eastern people these days.” According to the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis, Marquette international students from the Middle East dropped from 29 to 24 between 2016 and 2017. Students from Latin America remained at 21. Cainkar said because of this perception, many international students will likely attend universities in Canada or Europe rather than in America. She said in the long run, other western countries will benefit from the United States’ policies, while the United States will lose out. “I think those other countries will reap the benefits of this, and we’re going to lose in status and prestige and talent,” she said. Alexis Garcia, a senior in the College of Education and a first-generation student, said her dad was born and raised in Mexico. While she isn’t an international student, Garcia has seen many international students struggle to pay for college, she said. “Being an international student, you don’t get any support from FAFSA, you don’t get any support from the government,” she said. “It’s literally solely based on scholarships or your own financial means.” Garcia said while she personally hasn’t been affected by the repeal of DACA, she sees how international students could perceive the United
States differently because of it. “If (Trump) is not even supporting those who have been in the United States their whole lives, how is he going to support international students?” she said. Atshan said many ArabAmericans have faced the same experiences. Atshan’s parents immigrated to the United States from Palestine 25 years ago. She said she has seen a change in her relatives’ perceptions of the United States. “I think if I was born and raised in the Middle East, I definitely wouldn’t want to come here,” she said. “Even knowing how my family back home talks about the United States, it’s always been this place where we have gold growing on our trees, and everyone is rich and free to express themselves, and it is, but I’ve definitely seen a change in the past few years with Trump.” Atshan said she thinks the election allowed people in this specific region of the country to embrace being racist. “Especially in the Midwest, we’ve always had this passiveaggressive soft racism, where people will tolerate you, but they won’t really accept you,” she said. “Since the election happened, people have gotten the green light to be more open with their racism.” Atshan said that though she receives her fair share of hate, she has also seen many acts of kindness. “A lot of people who see what’s going on and don’t normally speak out feel like they need to speak out,” she said. “They’ll come up to me and say, ‘I just want you to know that I support you.’” Graphic by Jenny Whidden
MU transitions from U.S. Bank to Wintrust Corp. Current bank’s contract ends at end of 2018 fiscal year By Jenna Thompson
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Marquette University announced March 27 that it will partner with Chicago-based Wintrust Financial Corporation, as the university’s contract with U.S. Bank is set to end at the finish of the 2018 fiscal year. The new partnership with Wintrust Financial is a 10-year contract, including a $12 million investment in scholarship
aid, athletics, and commercial and retail banking. The university’s previous partnership with U.S. Bank began in 2000, university spokesperson Christopher Stolarski said. He said he does not know how much money U.S. Bank invested over the years. Stolarski said the university chose a partnership with Wintrust because “their community-centric approach to banking aligned perfectly with Marquette’s mission.” Jack Blum, a freshman in the College of Business Administration, said he will close his U.S. Bank account, since he will no longer have the
convenience of a bank branch on campus. “I’m planning on opening an account with USAA bank instead of a Wintrust account,” he said. “Coming from the East Coast, it just doesn’t make sense to open a regional account in the Midwest.” Wintrust has locations throughout Chicago, southern Wisconsin and northwest Indiana, according to the corporation’s website. U.S. Bank is the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States with branches in 26 states from coast-to-coast, according to the corporation’s website. Stolarski said in an email
that the university began requesting proposals from financial services institutions in November 2017. Leaders from the Wintrust and the university “are calling a unique, mission-oriented relationship that aims to serve Marquette students and the broader community,” according to the university news brief. The university news brief outlined the benefits of the new partnership: Wintrust becoming the official commercial and retail banking partner of Marquette athletics, investing in the College of Business Administration’s
growing commercial banking program and setting aside seed funding for Marquette students’ small businesses and for businesses in the Near West Side neighborhood. Specific terms of the Wintrust agreement are confidential, so information regarding how much money will be set aside for seed funding cannot be publicly shared, Stolarski said. Stolarski said students who are U.S. Bank customers “can absolutely keep their accounts.” The closest U.S. Bank is located on 25th Street and Wisconsin Avenue.
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Study abroad experiences can pose problems Some students have graduation credit, cost issues By Claire Hyman
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In the spring 2017 Graduating Senior Survey, 25 percent of students reported having an international undergraduate experience. The transition from Marquette to going abroad was more seamless for some students than others. Karli Webster, associate director and manager of study abroad, said a common myth about studying abroad is that it will delay a student’s graduation. She said that the Office of International Education has course planning processes in place to help students remain on track to graduate on time. OIE has a database of over 2,000 courses that have been pre-approved at Marquette, allowing students to know how classes will transfer back and how the courses will
impact their graduation checklist. Webster said OIE works with the colleges to identify programs that work best for different majors. Madelyn Labriola, an alumna from the College of Arts & Sciences, spent five months studying abroad in Galway, Ireland, during the spring of her senior year. Labriola was told that if she took two classes in the fall of her senior year and six classes during the spring in Ireland, she would be on track for graduation. However, during her time abroad, Labriola said the criteria regarding graduation requirements was changed. “Right before term was over last semester, Marquette was like, ‘Oh, kidding, you aren’t graduating,’” Labriola said. Already starting a master’s program, Labriola said she had to appeal to the school to receive her graduation certificate. The change in credits for Labriola’s trip occurred due to a change in university policy, Webster said. She added that there are pre-departure deadlines and reminders to ensure
that credits and graduation requirements are cemented before students go abroad. In this case, Webster said graduation requirements changed before students went abroad and had
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picked their classes. Nonetheless, Labriola said she felt these changes weren’t effectively communicated. “I think that the advisors and the Office of International Education need to do a
better job of being on the same page,” Labriola said. Pricing and budgeting also affect Marquette students who study abroad. Webster said in an email that while some study abroad programs are more expensive than Marquette tuition, about half of the semester programs offered by the Office of International Education are similar to or less than the cost of a semester at Marquette – airfare included. Scholarship funding also allows more students to study abroad, she said. Even with programs being less than or the same cost as Marquette, studying abroad can still be expensive for students. Lisa Durrant, a senior in the College of Nursing, never thought studying abroad would be a part of her college experience. But for the fall of her junior year, Durrant applied to a nursing program in Barcelona, Spain. Although tuition was the same for Marquette as it was for the program abroad, Durrant had to cover all extra expenses
with her own money. The summer before she left, Durrant saved as much as she could and boarded the plane with $1,700. Meals and extraneous expenses added up, though, and Durrant began tutoring two Spanish families to earn extra money. “While my friends would be exploring after school, I’d be like, ‘Nope, sorry, I have to go to work,’” Durrant said. Tutoring simultaneously rooted Durrant in Spain — helping her learn the language and connect with locals — and isolated her from other American students, who were able to travel throughout Europe without worrying about cost. Despite the mixed experiences, Durrant said she reflects on her study abroad experience fondly and said she thinks about Spain frequently. “I came back with zero money, but I’ll still graduate in four years, and it was just one of the coolest things I’ll ever get to do,” Durrant said.
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MU expands physician assistant program Building, class size, graduation timeline, will undergo change By Sanya Sawlani
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The university will break ground this spring on a facility for the physician assistant program on the corner of West Clybourn and North 18th Streets. The building is expected to open in fall 2019. The new facility will allow for more spots in the program, making the university’s program one of the largest in the region and nation, according to university officials. The program will expand from 55 to 75 seats and will be restructured from 33 months to 28 to be more affordable and competitive with other programs, said William Cullinan, dean of the College of Health Sciences. The expansion has been in the planning stages for a year and a half. The first thought was to expand within Schroeder Complex, but the cost of renovating was prohibitively expensive, Cullinan said.
“The site selected at 17th and Clybourn works well for several reasons. It brings the program closer to other elements of the College of Health Sciences,” Cullinan said. “The location will facilitate interdisciplinary educational training with the Colleges of Nursing, Dentistry, as well as other Health Sciences programs (like) physical therapy, speech and language pathology.” PAs provide care and help physicians in the diagnosis and management of patients. Many students are attracted to the field because training is less extensive than medical school, Cullinan said. There is a reduction in debt when comparing a PA program to medical school, Cullinan said. He said PAs can have deep relationships with patients and the flexibility to change specialty areas of practice during their career. “The expansion enabled by the new facility will allow us to help address a shortage of primary care and other medical providers that is projected to worsen with the aging demographic,” Cullinan said. The university’s program is ranked 40th by U.S. News and World
Report and scored in the 99th percentile of the board score, something that is attractive to incoming students. Several students in the program said they are happy to see it expanding. “Classes will increase with the new addition, but that’s not a bad thing at all. With an increase in class sizes there will be a great abundance
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Midnight Run collaborates, hosts clothing drive Donations will be given to Pathfinders to help local teens By Grace Connatser
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Midnight Run, a campus organization that provides a variety of service opportunities for students, held a clothing drive throughout residence halls in March for homeless teens in the area. The organization collaborated with Pathfinders, a local organization that serves Milwaukee youth. The drive will continue through Friday. Gerry Fischer, Campus Ministry administrator for Midnight Run, said that while he doesn’t have any hard statistics so far, the drive collected about 30 large trash bags of clothing from residence halls on campus as of March 29. He said his office was “full of bags.” Fischer said the idea for a clothing drive arose after brainstorming ideas for March’s “Advocacy Month,” which focuses on child poverty in Wisconsin. Fischer said this is the first time Midnight Run has worked directly with Pathfinders. “The teen clothing drive is just to support a young person’s struggle with homelessness or housing security,” Fischer said. Fischer said the drive is set up like a department store, where teens can “shop” for clothing on racks and pick out what they like. Midnight Run collects the clothing from residence halls and takes it to the Pathfinders office, located in northern Milwaukee. Pathfinders staff take over from there to set up the store-like venue and handle the operations. Becky Kanitz, Pathfinders
program manager, said she appreciates the partnership between Pathfinders and Midnight Run because it strengthens the cause. “The support from Marquette University fills a significant need of our youth and also shows them how much those in the community care about them,” Kanitz said. “That is truly a powerful message.” The Pathfinders clothing bank is called Urban Threads, which works directly with Milwaukee Public Schools and Lutheran Social Services, Renee Kirnberger, senior vice president of development and communications at Pathfinders, said.
Urban Threads provides clothing and more to thousands of teens each year. The center also has laundry and shower facilities for homeless youth. “Pathfinders staff work with MPS liaisons to secure referrals for students in need of an Urban Threads visit,” Kirnberger said in an email. “In addition, all of the nearly 7,000 youth Pathfinders serves annually continue to receive clothing and hygiene supplies through Urban Threads.” Chiara Shehata, a senior in the College of Health Sciences, has been volunteering with Midnight Run since her freshman year. Now, she is one of the primary coordinators of
the clothing drive. “I’m pretty passionate about food waste, and it kind of goes with clothing waste,” Shehata said. “We live in a society that just throws clothes away. ... I think used clothing, for anybody, is the best way to go. It’s just so much greener.” While Fischer said there are no plans for another clothing drive at the moment, Shehata said she would like to see it happen again. “I would love to see this continue because the first time you do something you never know what the response is going to be,” Shehata said. “There was an alum who brought a ton of clothing in because she saw
what we were putting on social media. I’m thinking it can only grow from here.” Fischer said homelessness has been a challenge for Milwaukee for decades. He said the work that Midnight Run does solidifies the relationship between students and the Milwaukee community. He called Midnight Run a “movement of compassion.” “Midnight Run has worked for almost thirty years to address the real needs of people in the community,” Fischer said. “It’s been part of my work to really help to make the connection between students and the community around us ... to help build bridges between the two.”
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A box with a Midnight Run flyer sits in the lobby of Straz Tower. There are boxes in dorms and the AMU. Donations can be dropped off through Friday.
Gillespie, Del Campo win MUSG election Last presidential, EVP term ends over Easter break By Sarah Lipo
sarah.lipo@marquette.edu
Meredith Gillespie, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, and Valerie Del Campo, a junior in the College of Communication, won the Marquette University Student Government election for president and executive vice president respectively March 28.
Twenty-six percent of Marquette students voted. “We were just so excited (when we found out) and really thankful that the Marquette population showed so much support. We can’t wait to get started,” Gillespie said. Upon hearing the news, Del Campo said she teared up, calling the experience “surreal.” Before the end of the year, Gillespie said she hopes to get some of her ideas started. Gillespie and Del Campo want to implement library improvements before the end of their term, Gillespie said.
These goals include being able to use Marquette Cash to pay for library fines. Del Campo said she hopes to make student organization funding as transparent as possible. “The most appealing aspect would be that I get a chance to connect with other organizations on campus and make SOF more transparent,” Del Campo said. “There are a lot of organizations that fall through the cracks, and Meredith and I really want to make sure that students on campus are heard.” Gillespie’s role as the new
president starts today, as MUSG will begin transitioning over Easter break, Gillespie said. The current president and EVP term ends April 1. Gillespie’s past position on MUSG was outreach vice president. Because interviews are still being conducted for the incoming OVP, the end of her OVP term will overlap with the beginning of her presidency. Senate meetings would resume after Easter break, she said. Del Campo said she cannot wait to get started in her new role.
“I’m really excited to connect and build stronger relationships with the student organizations on campus,” Del Campo said. The inauguration took place March 25. Gillespie called the ceremony the “official passing of the torch.” Gillespie said she feels prepared to take on the presidency. “I’ve been in MUSG long enough that I have some incredible role models to look up to,” Gillespie said.
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Senioritis sets in during final month Lack of motivation struggle for some, no match for others By Kelli Arseneau
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While for most, the term “senioritis” conjures up images of carefree seniors embracing the intense lack of motivation found as graduation draws near, students at Marquette have a bit to say about where that definition might just go wrong. While for seniors, the end of the semester certainly means leaving the last four years behind and taking the next step in life, motivation largely depends on a student’s plans after graduation— whether that be graduate school, a job, a move away or still considering their options. Matt Mallinger, a senior in the College of Communication, said that his semester’s lighter workload has been evened out by the time spent looking for a job after graduation. “(Senior year) is not as much of a break as a lot of people think it is if you’re still in the middle of the job search,” Mallinger said. For Stephanie Drake, a senior in the College of Health Sciences, it’s not a job, but continued education after graduation at Marquette’s School of dentistry that has her still focused. Aiming to achieve a 4.0 GPA, Drake has not let the diminishing cares her peers feels interfere with her school work. “I don’t have senioritis in the sense that I do less work ... but it’s just — it’s more of a drag to do it, I guess,” Drake said. Compared to past semesters at Marquette, she said, “I think I’m just as motivated,
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The workload piles up for some seniors as the semester winds down. Others strategically planned lighter course loads to coast into graduation.
but I have to work less to get the grades because I’ve been doing it for so long, so I guess I’ve kind of gotten the experience to where I don’t need to have as much motivation.” Similarly, Christian Wallace, another senior in the College of Health Sciences, finds himself unable to slack off despite the ever-present lure of entirely giving up on school. “My schedule’s pretty hard, so
it’s not like an easy schedule, it’s one of the harder ones I’ve taken so far ... but I know I have to do it,” Wallace said. “I knew that if I didn’t take a hard class load, I would just, like, not study for any of my classes, so I purposely kept the class load hard so that I wouldn’t completely slack off.” While Wallace’s scheduling keeps his goals and focuses on track, others, like Max Mattappilli, a senior in the
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College of Arts & Sciences, are able to take a lighter course load (and breathe) during this last semester of college. After taking 18 or 19 credits for nearly every semester at Marquette and securing a fulltime job in New York following a junior year internship, this semester Mattappilli is taking just 12 credits, and, for the first time, no math or physics. With his extra free time, he finds that rather than doing the “bucket-list” of activities he once intended to complete before leaving Marquette, he instead has been spending time making memories with friends while he can. “It’s weird … A lot of my friends right now will probably be in Milwaukee for the next one, two, three years, but I won’t, so there’s this weird feeling of kind of leaving — honestly — your second home, and not really coming back, which I don’t know if I’ve come to terms with it yet,” Mattapilli said. “It is definitely melancholy.” Mallinger agreed that he sees many of his peers recognizing their imminent departure from this chapter of life, yet said there’s still a lot of fun involved in many students’ farewells.
“I would say kids are kind of taking advantage of their last couple months or so here and really kind of just partying and stuff through the weekdays beyond just the weekends — enjoying the time that they’ve got,” Mallinger said. Regardless of their level of affliction by senioritis, seniors all over campus are spending this final month of classes reflecting on their years here at Marquette. Mattappilli had great things to say about both the past and what is yet to come for him and his peers. “(I) kind of wish I could do college for another four more years, but it’s all good,” Mattappilli said. “It’s going to be fun just to see where everyone is going to be in the next five years.” Life beyond college is indeed near for seniors, yet the opportunity to embrace or actively avoid the influence of senioritis is the present reality for most of those who will be donning caps and gowns this May. Whether or not this avoiding is successful varies from senior to senior, yet it seems most can name a peer or two that has fallen victim to a contagious, alluring and ominous case of senioritis.
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April Fool’s Day catches students off-guard on Easter Meat cupcakes, phony school dropouts fool families By David Goldman
david.goldman@marquette.edu
For the first time since 1956, April Fool’s Day fell on Easter Sunday, and though the student population was on break, plenty of Marquette students had pranks and tricks for their friends and family. I myself am no stranger to April Fool’s pranks, as my mother is an avid participant each year. Growing up, she would cook “fake meals” and pull various other hijinks throughout the day to keep my family members on our toes. This year, even though it was Easter, my mother still managed to make sure we were fooled. She made “cupcakes” and offered them to us, only to find out that it was meatloaf with colored mashed potatoes on top of it after taking a huge bite. She also made jello in a cup with a straw in it, making it look like some sort of sports drink. Finally, later in the night, she
offered me a wrapped chocolate candy. When I opened the wrapper I found a single grape. While not everyone has to face such a gauntlet of pranks on April 1 each year, plenty of students still find themselves in the midst of less intense jokes on April Fool’s Day. Mike Carpenter, a junior in the College of Communication, was one of those students. “I’m not usually super into April Fool’s Day, but the pilot on my plane played a trick on us,” Carpenter said. “He said the baggage carousel was closed and no one could get their bags and people were really nervous.” Others, like Joe Lauer, a senior in the College of Business Administration, were tricked on an even smaller scale. “I don’t usually do much for April Fool’s Day but this year my mom tricked us into thinking our Easter dinner reservations were canceled,” he said. “It was kind of funny, but it wouldn’t have been that big of a deal if it was.” While plenty were tricked this April Fool’s Day, others at Marquette were doing the tricking themselves including J.P.
Orr, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences. “I told my parents I dropped out of school with only two months left,” he said. “Initially they were mad but they knew something was up after a little bit since it was April Fool’s Day.” While many still participated in the day of deceit, others weren’t able to pull their usual hijinks because the day fell on Easter this year. Nico Couri, a senior in the College of Business Administration, said he usually likes to pull tricks on his friends but this year, he was on vacation during break, foiling his plans. Couri did share a tale of a previous April Fool’s Day in which he did trick his friends. “In seventh-grade, farts were in,” he said. “One of my friends obtained a fart machine from Walgreens. A marvelous feat of modern technology. They put the machine in a pencil bag in the corner of the class. They hit the remote, a fart noise was made, and everyone laughed. (My teacher) was able to track the fart machine down in the pencil bag. She took it out and was angry. With fury of being embarrassed she lifted
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Meatloaf and mashed potatoes aren’t the typical cupcake ingredients.
up the fart machine and said, ‘Whose is this?’” “Then, it, of course, got quiet. I took this opportunity to hit the remote. The machine let out a fart noise that sounded like a loud creak from opening an old wooden door. Then she put it in her desk and I kept doing it so she finally took out the battery. I never got in
trouble. My friend Jack who owned the machine did.” While there was less hilarity than usual this year, Marquette students still found a way to celebrate April Fool’s day in their own way. Next year, when it is on its own day, students are sure to pull more pranks, tricks and jokes on their friends around campus.
Milwaukee Irish Fest announces lineup for August Celtic artists make their way to famed Wisconsin festival By Mikala Hershman
mikala.hershman@marquette.edu
Known for his strong bass vocals and artistic combinations of Celtic, Appalachian, cowboy and plain old folk music, Hank Cramer is praised for bringing to life the rich story of America’s westward movement with ballads from Ireland and Scotland. With the announcement of his name in the lineup for Milwaukee Irish Fest, one of the biggest Celtic music celebrations in the United States, Cramer and others are preparing to participate in the elaborate, four-day celebration. “This will be my first time participating in both the Milwaukee Irish Festival and the Irish Music School,” Cramer said. “The festival has a reputation for being the biggest and finest Celtic music celebration in the United States, (and) I look forward to performing in front of a large enthusiastic audience.” In the Celtic-fusion music scene today, Cramer thinks of himself as a rarity – being a solo storyteller, singer and humorist in the tradition that his grandmother so loved. He looks forward to connecting and collaborating with other artists while at the festival, and with artist Seamus Kennedy in particular, who
is slated to perform. “I am actively conspiring with Seamus Kennedy to team up together for at least one set: collaboration, fusion and synergy are wonderful things,” Cramer said. “I feel my style of music fits well in the spectrum of Celtic music ... and to those music fans who miss the great ballad singers like Liam Clancy and Tommy Makem, I’d say, ‘Please come give me a listen’ – that is the style I love, and I work hard to do it justice.” Speaking about how the lineup was created, Cramer explained that only specific artists are chosen to perform at the Celtic event. “I’m flattered to be invited,” Cramer said. “You don’t apply to this festival; it’s ‘by invitation only.’ They send out ‘scouts,’ including Ed Ward himself, to discover Celtic musicians at other festivals and entice them to Milwaukee.” While Cramer described his feelings of pride and accomplishment at being chosen, he also spoke of his great excitement to view and be perhaps humbled by the other artists in the lineup. “I also look forward to being an audience member myself and hearing some superb musicians from all around Ireland and North America,” Cramer said. The extensive lineup of the festival has peaked the interest of students like Brent Silverman, a sophomore in the College of Business
Administration, who is now thinking of joining in on the festivities. “I actually just heard of this festival and didn’t expect it to be as big as it actually is,” Silverman said. “There are way more artists and activities than I thought, (and) now that I’ve seen how extensive the lineup is, I’m definitely interested in going and enjoying the culture and live music.” Liam Roder, a sophomore in the College of Education, is interested in the festival not only for its lineup,
but its links to his heritage and one of his favorite holidays. “Every year in March, I always look forward to St. Patrick’s Day because it’s one of the most fun holidays of the year, and it reminds me of my heritage,” Roder said. “When I saw that there was a festival with so many cool artists and activities celebrating the Irish culture, I was really excited.” Students with or without Irish heritage can partake in all that the
Milwaukee Irish Fest has to offer, which will include authentic Irish food, entertaining family activities, and traditional Celtic music. The festival will take place from Aug. 1619 at Henry W. Maier Festival Park, meaning any interested party has a few months to brush up on the river dance and break out their Irish wear before coming together with others to celebrate Irish culture.
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Irish dancers and Celtic costumes are just one of several attractions at Milwaukee’s annual Irish Festival.
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Competing values underscore lack of total acceptence of LGBTQ There are competing value systems on and around Marquette’s campus, and one of the most contentious issues those value systems grapple with is the acceptance, or not, of the LGBTQ community. Marquette has a Gay-Straight Alliance and the LGBTQ+ Resource Center, an extension of the Office of Intercultural Engagement. The upcoming Pride Prom is an effort to give LGBTQ students space, and for the past two Ash Wednesdays, Lutheran Campus Ministry has used ashes mixed with glitter to support the LGBTQ community on campus. But Marquette is a CatholicJesuit institution, and the consequences of both the university’s affiliation with, and individuals’ connection to, those values can, at times, manifests as intolerance. A petition circulating online calling for the cancellation of this month’s Pride Prom exemplifies this. The petition began late last year and has now accumulated more than 18,000 signatures. Despite university leadership ensuring that the prom will continue as planned, the petition’s existence is a reminder that regardless of institutional support, tolerance and inclusion are different words with markedly different implications. An executive order issued by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953 empowered government officials, in the interest of national security, to terminate the employment of gay men then working in the State Department. The efforts to oust “sexual perversion” in government spanned from the 1940s through the ‘60s, far before and far after Eisenhower signed executive order 10450. Still, the signing of the document created an official record, an official order, to excise LGBTQ persons from prominent government positions. In effect, it was an official government designation of the
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A petition asking for the upcoming campus Pride Prom’s cancellation has stirred a conversation about traditional vs. progressive values.
LGBTQ, and not a tolerant one. In 1948, several years prior to executive order 10450, four University of Wisconsin-Madison students either left or were removed from the university and were then sentenced to one year of probation for “participating in abnormal sexual activities,” according to a 2015 article in the History of Education Quarterly. This was not the first or last time university students were criminally charged for being caught expressing their sexuality, and it was by no means the most violent purge of gay men from academia. But it did establish that LGBTQ people should feel shame, and if they do not, a judge should remind them to. Now, LGBTQ people hold Senate seats, chair international organizations and even head universities. The most
latter of these positions is as odd as the most former, given the institutions’ shared histories. Our histories are blighted with discrimination, and it does not only or always come from traditional Catholic values — faithbased organizations are often among the strongest community advocates — but the competing value systems on campus are apparent. We can mandate tolerance in a way, and Marquette has an institutional role to play as well, but this is not a problem for university leaders alone. It is a difficult task, to reconcile social norms with tradition, and as with any inclusion effort, creating a safe and accepting community requires support and understanding from everybody — faculty, staff and students alike.
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Walmart #MeToo effort misguided Maya Korenich Walmart recently decided to remove the popular women’s magazine Cosmopolitan from checkout lines at 5,000 stores across the U.S. Cosmopolitan is a popular women’s magazine featuring fashion, sex advice, beauty and more. Although the company said this was primarily a business decision, Haley Halverson, the vice president of advocacy and outreach at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, told a different story. Halverson said, “You can go through and buy your groceries with your family knowing you don’t have to be exposed to this graphic and often degrading and offensive material.” Halverson also cited the #MeToo movement in the decision to remove the magazine from the checkout line display. She stated, “We really want a culture that will respect women and ensure their dignity is understood.” Unfortunately, Halverson and Walmart are completely missing the point of the #MeToo movement. The #MeToo movement has primarily focused on stopping and educating people about sexual harassment and assault, not on getting rid of pornography. The movement is trying to empower safe and consensual sex, not hide sexual content from people. Walmart is not removing the magazine from the store completely, one thing it is doing right. Readers will still have access to Cosmopolitan in the designated magazine aisle. The company may not realize that this decision is making information regarding women and sex less accessible. Instead of just grabbing the magazine on the way out, consumers have to be conscious about going to get the magazine. This wouldn’t be such a big deal if women’s health information wasn’t constantly hidden and difficult to attain in the first place. Women have been denied knowledge about their personal sexuality and sexual decisions for years. Metoomvmt.org states that the #MeToo movement was founded to help survivors of sexual violence, particularly young women of color from low wealth communities, find pathways to healing. This mission statement really focuses on the importance of
knowledge and healing. When companies or individuals decide to make information regarding women’s sexuality, sexual health, or just plain information about sex hard to find and access, they are feeding into rape culture. It should be normal for women to talk about sex. It should be easy for women to read about their bodies and sexuality. When referencing the #MeToo movement, it is extremely important to do so correctly. Walmart, and anyone else for that matter, should study and read about what the movement is before citing it as an excuse for a company’s business decision. It is insulting to the movement and all those fighting for their rights when the point is just completely missed. Women’s sexuality and sexual health information have long been ignored. It is not something that is explicitly taught in schools, and there is oftentimes feelings of shame or guilt around wanting to know certain information or to discover more. It is movements like this and the recent surge of women’s marches advocating for various women’s rights that have helped to make this information more readily accessible and less of a taboo. There are magazines out there that feature half-naked males on the cover and sex tips for men, and these are not the magazines being moved to the back of the store. When the information is regarding women, it is somehow not suitable for children and “bad” to have in checkout lines. If stores feel like they need to move a women’s magazine to the back of a store because of its “explicit” and non-family friendly content, then they should be doing the same thing with magazines featuring males in a similar light. This pattern of censoring women and not men is something that is all too familiar. This double standard seems to keep popping up surrounding women’s issues. To dismantle this, and have instances like this appear less the most important thing is to be educated and aware of the issues. Moreover, having resources can also be valuable in helping people who desire or need them. Maya Korenich is a sophomore studying social welfare and justice. She can be reached at maya.korenich@marquette.edu
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Users should value internet privacy Jackson Dufault Facebook is under fire, and it’s for an unsurprising reason. The social media platform is in the news for a privacy scandal involving the accounts of its users. A firm named Cambridge Analytica pulled personal data from the accounts of over 50 million Facebook users. The firm allegedly employed a company to create a survey that could be utilized to create ‘psychographic profiles’ of the people who took it. Cambridge Analytica was also employed by now-President Donald Trump during his campaign and may have been used to influence the outcome of the election. This is a complicated development, but it essentially boils down to this: Facebook is not committed to keeping people’s private data safe. But honestly, this does not surprise me in the slightest. This is a classic example of people putting too much trust into a large corporation, and since Facebook has an unconventional business model, it is more inclined to take more risks. Facebook is a free service and doesn’t require users to spend any money, so this means that Facebook primarily makes money from advertising and endorsements. It is likely, then, that Cambridge Analytica offered Facebook a lucrative deal in an agreement to allow it to have access to users’ personal data. But it’s difficult to believe that Facebook needed this deal badly, considering it is already in a stable financial position. Instead, this seems like a case of Facebook becoming too greedy. The social media site was already doing well financially, which makes this unethical decision more perplexing. Now, the site is paying the price for its terrible mistake, as the corporation has already lost about $80 billion in stock since the scandal became public. Add all this to the continuous questionable decisions that Facebook has made in the past couple of months. Remember Messenger Kids, the extension of the Facebook Messenger application geared at children younger than 12? It’s the social media website’s attempt to appeal to all ages, and it’s honestly a pretty terrible idea for parents to get involved with. Especially when it’s now been proved that the corporation holds the privacy of its adult users so cheaply. All this is proof that the world entrusts too much in social media. As previously stated, Facebook is a corporation, and it needs to make money somehow. It’s a common practice for large-scale corporations to gain the trust of their consumers and then take advantage of them in
some manner. While that’s obvious, it’s also true that people are much too modest about how they perceive social media websites. In truth, Facebook isn’t the small, innocent website it was in 2005. Now, it’s one of the world’s largest corporate entities and has the ability to make a massive impact on how people perceive the world. That is why its users must be careful about what kind of information they choose to share on social media. Personally, I’m pretty careless with how I throw my data around at times. On Facebook, I have my birthday, home location and university listed on my profile. In addition to that, I’ve “liked” a plethora of pages that pertain to my interests. People who partake in these social media habits, myself included, display a newly developed societal aspect. Due to social media, we are more inclined to share essentially every aspect of our lives. Social media sites similar to Facebook, such as Snapchat and Twitter, not only make it easy but actively encourage users to share whatever they are doing. As we’ve seen here, they can (and will) take advantage of the information given to them. They use this information to tailor advertisements to users, which could require selling information to third parties, with or without consent. The Facebook situation is indicative of how this precedent in society could be harmful. It’s bad enough that plenty of scandals arise from people accidentally sharing information online, but it’s a new level when we actively put private aspects of our lives online so large corporations can take advantage of it. Society should use more restraint when putting personal information online, so scandals such as this have less of a chance to occur.
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Trump adviser warmongers Reilly Harrington Assuming recent Trump administration hire John Bolton has some kind of exceptional staying power, the United States is sitting on a frightening precipice. Our involvement in another pointless and destructive war seems all but guaranteed with John Bolton taking on the role of national security adviser. The last thing that Donald Trump, who has established a reputation for egging on unstable foreign agents such as North Korea, needs is a war hawk whispering in his ear about the United States’ role in foreign politics. Any person who opposes the innocent loss of life in needless conflict should be horrified by the prospect of Bolton’s new position. Bolton’s meddling in the State Department prior to the war in Iraq pushed the United States into a conflict that rapidly accelerated the destabilization of the Middle East and took hundreds of thousands of lives. Bolton’s actions regarding the distribution and cover-up of vital and influential intelligence and his calls for the ousting of certain United Nations officials prohibited deeper investigations of (non-existent) weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Bolton also routinely has expressed his distaste for the United Nations, an organization that is instrumental in maintaining relative stability around the globe. The role of national security adviser is incredibly influential, despite the position commanding a less concrete amount of power than both the secretary of state and secretary of defense. The national security advisor
has a more influential privilege: proximity to the president. While the Trump administration has a revolving door policy with frequent firings and staff changeups, it is apparent that Trump’s decision-making is heavily influenced by those he keeps in his inner circle. Given Bolton’s anti-diplomacy stances and Trump’s tendency toward jingoism, the United States involvement in international conflict seems inevitable. These concerns are intensified by the proposed 18 percent increase in the United States military budget for 2018. This increase places the budget at approximately $700 billion, hardly a reasonable budget for a country with no plans for war on the horizon. This budgetary swell coincides frighteningly well with the deadline of the Iran nuclear deal, an Obama era foreign policy that has been harshly criticized by both Trump and Bolton. If the United States and Iranian governments do not find a resolution to the deal, Iran will likely return to its nuclear program to its full capabilities. This would not sit well with an “uber-hawk” such as Bolton, who has been advocating for military strikes on Iran since 2015. Iran is not the only international target Bolton has expressed his interest in striking. Bolton published an OpEd in February stating what he believed to be a “Legal Case for Striking North Korea First.” The relationship between the United States and North Korea recently had an unprecedented breakthrough in the form of proposed summit meetings between President Trump and Kim Jong-Un. These potential meetings have been disregarded by Bolton, who insists the North Korean government is
simply buying time to finish their intercontinental nuclear weapons program. Bolton has routinely backed his cases for first strikes by bending facts and credible intelligence to fit his agenda, a behavior familiar to many in the Trump White House. The United States’ involvement in yet another pointless conflict offers nothing but downsides. Conflict overseas will do nothing but drive a greater wedge between the domestic United States population. A potential war with Iran or the North Korean government will also isolate us even more from the rest of the world. These conflicts will not be entirely concentrated in these nations, as the shifting geopolitical instabilities associated with war will bleed into neighboring countries through refugee crises and collateral damages. Now that Bolton has been hired as Trump’s national security adviser, a process which foregoes the need for approval from Congress, it seems that continued war in the Middle East is a looming inevitability. Bolton also seems poised to dismantle any potential democratic strategies to the North Korean situation before these talks can even occur. A war hawk in the White House is the last thing this nation needs in its efforts to repair its strained relations with Northeast Asian nations such as Russia and China. While Trump’s foreign policy strategy has been inching us closer and closer to conflict, the added internal pressure from Bolton will make Trump’s “Rocket Man” tweets seem like playful banter. Reilly Harrington is a junior studying digital media and peace studies. He can be reached at reilly.harrington@marquette.edu
Jackson Dufault is a sophomore studying journalism and political science. He can be reached at jackson.dufault@marquette.edu
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John Bolton is the Trump administration’s newest National Security Advisor, a crucial advisory role.
A former Marquette distance runner did well enough in the L.A. Marathon to qualify for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials
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From intern to indispensible
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Nick Singleton started as a strength and conditioning intern and made a strong impression on Marquette head coach Joe Amplo, who offered him a roster spot prior to the 2017 season.
Morning workouts helped Singleton stand out to staff By John Hand
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When men’s lacrosse head coach Joe Amplo is recruiting players, he looks for physical and mental toughness, the sign of a player that has something to prove. “I won’t recruit a kid that doesn’t have that burning desire to prove himself,” Amplo said. Nick Singleton had that desire, but Marquette was no longer recruiting him. Marquette initially looked at Singleton early in his high school career, but by his senior year at Wheaton North High School in Wheaton, Illinois, the Golden Eagles already filled their roster for the following season. Singleton, who is rarely satisfied, decided to show Amplo through determination and persistence he deserved a spot on the Marquette roster. He was prepared to send his tuition deposit to Purdue University and pass on several Division III lacrosse offers. Before he sent his
deposit, Singleton decided to take one more tour of Marquette. “I came here. It was a beautiful day,” Singleton said. “Everything felt perfect.” Singleton was sold on coming to Marquette, even with lacrosse out of the picture. He enrolled and selected exercise physiology as his major. In his Introduction to Exercise Physiology class, Todd Smith, Marquette Athletics’ director of sports performance, was a guest speaker. After Smith gave his talk on athletic training, Singleton and about 10 of his classmates introduced themselves to Smith to learn how they could become involved with the athletic teams. Smith instructed each of them to show up at the Al McGuire Center early the next morning. “I make them jump through hoops to see if they are serious about it, ‘cause I don’t want to put time into somebody who is not serious about it,” Smith said. “Making them wake up at 5-5:30 a.m., most people don’t do that.” But Singleton did, so Smith hired him as a strength and conditioning intern. By pure happenstance, Singleton was assigned to work with
the men’s lacrosse team. After working with the team in the weight room, Singleton found himself missing the sport. He longed not only to play, but to also feel team camaraderie. Singleton wanted to give his lacrosse dreams one more shot. Every day during the school week, Singleton would wake up at 5 a.m. to work as an intern, then go to class, fit in his own workout, and find time to play wall ball. That wasn’t enough, so he joined the club lacrosse team second semester. They practiced late at night, sometimes not ending until 1 a.m., which gave Singleton a mere four hours of sleep before he was back in the weight room to help the men’s team. All the while, Singleton made sure to show Amplo he deserved to be on the team. Each morning, he greeted Amplo with a handshake and would engage him in conversation about how the Division I team was doing. “I felt bad, actually,” Amplo said. “Honestly, I mean, I remember being in the weight room feeling bad that I didn’t give this kid an opportunity because I was so impressed right away with his work ethic. … I had it in my mind right away: I missed one here.”
Over the summer, Singleton’s persistence finally paid off. Amplo and the coaches told him he would have a spot on the team. “At that moment, I was extremely excited. I called my parents.” Singleton said. “At the same time, I knew it wasn’t an easy road to get to that point, and I knew it wasn’t going to be an easy road going forward. “I had to literally get to work because I needed to prove myself,” Singleton continued. “Proved that I belonged there.” Amplo switched Singleton from a long stick defensive midfielder to short stick. That allowed Singleton’s athleticism to shine, but Singleton was told he needed to improve his stick skills. “Jake Richard, our assistant coach, said, ‘If this kid could figure out how to be a lacrosse player, he is athletic enough to do it,’” Amplo said. “So, we told him, ‘We are going to change your position. We want to see you all the time with a stick in your hands, and he took that to heart.” Soon, there were a few walls on Marquette’s campus with balls bouncing off them. Singleton had at least 500 touches a day by carrying his stick with him everywhere he went,
playing wall ball in between and after class. In his redshirt freshman year, Singleton saw action in two games. This season, he’s already surpassed that mark, appearing in all eight of Marquette’s games, causing five turnovers and picking up five ground balls in gritty, workmanlike fashion. “He has been great,” Amplo said. “Certainly, he is not free of mistake, but that is OK. He learns from his mistakes. I mean heck, Nick Singleton is a walk-on, and we beat Ohio State with him out there.” “He’s the type of human being we need on our team,” Amplo continued. “Regardless of skill or stat, he’s going to make us better because of the person he is.” Yet Singleton always strives to improve. “I never want to be satisfied with where I am at because then you are not moving forward,” Singleton said. “Sometimes it is a fault of mine because you grind on things too much and you never have a break. But I love the grind. I love working hard.”
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Lack of DI offers didn’t stop golf team’s Kendziorski One of MU’s top golfers didn’t start until seventh grade By Jack Phillips
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After not receiving many offers from the big-name schools, Austin Kendziorski created a unique plan to circulate his name around the nation: He stepped away from school for one year after high school graduation to focus on golf. Kendziorski participated in tournaments, practiced daily and sent hundreds of emails to various coaches, all in an effort to get a bigger and better offer. Marquette head golf coach Steve Bailey was already familiar with Kendziorski, having watched him three times during senior year. He received some of those emails and decided to watch him again over the summer, which eventually led to a scholarship offer. “The one thing that really attracted us to him was his work ethic,” Bailey said. “I really took a liking to Austin (Kendziorski) because we have pretty similar family backgrounds. I had a little soft spot for him in my heart.” So far, Bailey’s soft spot for Kendziorski is paying off in a big way.
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Junior Austin Kendziorski won the Marquette Intercollegiate at Erin Hills and thrived in several other events.
He won his first event earlier this season: the Marquette Intercollegiate at Erin Hills, the same course that hosted the 2017 U.S. Open. He led the event for nearly its entirety, flashing the kind of talent that made him a top-tier golfer. The week prior to that, he opened the Northern Intercollegiate tournament with
an eight strokes under par round, one stroke away from Marquette’s single-round record. Although Kendziorski is one of the most potent players at Marquette, he was not always quite so dominant. A native of Sussex, Wisconsin, Kendziorski began playing golf much later than most Division
I athletes do. While most begin in elementary school, Kendziorski first picked up a club in seventh grade and didn’t take the sport seriously until high school. “I was a little behind the eight ball in terms of the whole recruiting process,” Kendziorski said. “I really didn’t have a chance to play
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in a lot of big events to get my name out there. I think I was trying to play at a lot bigger school than probably where (my skill level) was at.” Other, more well-known programs did reach out, including University of Virginia. However, Kendziorski saw something in Marquette and Bailey that he liked. “I thought the program was rising,” Kendziorski said. “It was trending in the right direction. It seemed like (Bailey) was building an unbelievable program. I knew a bunch of the kids on the team and I knew what kind of people they were and the chemistry that they had.” There have been a few stumbles, including last weekend’s Augusta Invitational in Georgia. He tied for 51st in the 75-player tournament with a seven over par performance over three days. Despite those 54 holes of golf, there’s still a lot of season to be played, including the BIG EAST Championships at the end of the month. Kendziorski still has high hopes for what the team can achieve. “I think everyone on this team is working really, really hard to win a national championship,” Kendziorski said. “I think everyone kind of has that vision and that mindset now and that’s what we’re working toward.”
Point guard transfers provide options for Wojciechowski Carr, Chartouny headline crop of backcourt transfers By John Steppe
john.steppe@marquette.edu
Following Marquette’s NIT quarterfinal loss to Penn State, head coach Steve Wojciechowski appreciated knowing he’ll finally have the opportunity to coach a veteran team. “We’ll finally have more than one or two upperclassmen next year,” Wojo said. Even though Marquette is only losing two players, senior Andrew Rowsey and Harry Froling who left the program, the Golden Eagles still have some holes to fill on the 2018-‘19 roster, especially at point guard. Marquette’s only point man is rising junior Markus Howard, who can run the offense when needed but plays more naturally off the ball. As the college basketball coaching carousel causes point guards from around the country to transfer, here are players Marquette is targeting as veteran additions: Joe Cremo (6’4, 185lbs., previously at Albany, one year of eligibility remaining) After finishing fifth in the America East with 17.8 points per game, Cremo is one of the top point guard graduate transfers
available. Cremo also has a weapon Marquette is quite familiar with — 3-point shooting. He shot a conference-best 45.8 percent from 3-point range. Cremo committed to the Great Danes following three consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances, but Albany has missed the NCAA Tournament and NIT in all three of Cremo’s seasons. Other suitors include two fellow BIG EAST foes — Creighton and Seton Hall — and myriad highmajor programs, per Corey Evans of Rivals.com. Arizona, Ohio State, Louisville, UConn, Texas and Wichita State are also among those to reach out to Cremo. Joseph Chartouny (6’3, 205lbs., previously at Fordham, one year of eligibility) Marquette’s defense could be characterized as mediocre-at-best last season, as the Golden Eagles missed the NCAA Tournament for the fourth time in the last five years. Joseph Chartouny could fix much of that. The Fordham standout is looking to transfer for his last season after leading the country this past season in steals. The 6-foot-3 guard also averaged 12.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game. Marquette has not publicly been connected with Chartouny, but head coach Steve Wojciechowski and associate head coach Brett
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At least one player has departed from Marquette for non-graduation reasons each season in the Wojo era.
Nelson have recently followed Chartouny on Twitter. Since Chartouny is a graduate transfer, he will be immediately eligible to play next season. as opposed to sitting out a year. Marcus Carr (6’1, 185lbs., previously at Pittsburgh, three years of eligibility) Unlike Cremo and Chartouny, Carr would have to sit out next season per NCAA transfer rules, leaving Marquette without a true point guard for another season. However, if Marquette can mind the wait, Carr has plenty of potential. Carr had options in the six major power conferences entering college. He chose Pitt over other Power Five foes like Baylor, Vir-
ginia Tech and Vanderbilt. After a winless ACC schedule and an unsurprising coaching change, the 6-foot-1 guard opted to transfer. He averaged 10 points per game his freshman year. Rivals.com’s Corey Evans reported that Carr received interest from Texas, Cincinnati, Iowa State and other perennial March contenders within a week of him requesting his release from the Panthers. Koby McEwen (6’4, 200lbs., previously at Utah State, two years of eligibility) Wojo has a track record of recruiting transfers after their sophomore years. Andrew Rowsey transferred after two seasons at
UNC-Asheville in 2015, and junior Ed Morrow transferred last summer after two seasons at Nebraska. Koby McEwen could be next. Per ESPN’s Jeff Goodman, Marquette has reached out to McEwen since he announced his intentions to transfer, as did Creighton, Oregon, Arizona State, Ohio State, Iowa State, Tennessee and Grand Canyon. McEwen has held prominent roles in both seasons at Utah State. He averaged 14.9 points in 31.3 minutes per game his freshman year. While his efficiency trailed off slightly in his sophomore campaign, the guard averaged a teamhigh 15.6 points per game before the Aggies fell in the Mountain West Tournament semifinals.
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Women’s soccer players volunteer at Campus Kitchens Meals program for homeless attract athlete volunteers By Meghan Rock
meghan.rock@marquette.edu
Abby Hess and Mary Kate Simon initially volunteered at Campus Kitchens to earn Spirit Cup points for the women’s soccer team. The Spirit Cup is a points-based competition based on what student-athletes do in the community, classroom and supporting other athletes. At the end of the year, one of Marquette’s athletic teams is awarded the cup for its athletes’ commitment to service, academics and on-field performance. Despite initially going for points, the duo said the driving force to return each week stems from the kindness of their hearts. “It’s not about (Spirt Cup
Points),” Simon said. “Service is more about giving back to the community and doing what we can do off of the field.” They got the points, but also developed a new perspective on life after working at Campus Kitchens, a student-run organization that provides unused food to non-profit partners in the Near West Side neighborhood. “Every time we go it’s like, ‘That felt good,’” Simon said. “You know that we’re doing something for something bigger than ourselves.” Neither player has to travel a long way to give back. Campus Kitchens is located on campus in the basement of O’Donnell Hall. “It’s really nice to see Campus Kitchens on our campus,” Hess said. “The homeless shelter is right there (too) and we’re giving these meals to them.” Volunteering is difficult during the season because of practice
and travel schedules. During a 21-day stretch in September, the team played five of six games on the road in locations ranging from Rhode Island to Indiana. That lack of availability in the fall pushes Hess and Simon to take advantage of opportunities in the spring. “The service that we do is mostly team-coordinated at a soccer event, or something for soccer,” Hess said. “So, after season it’s really nice to branch out and find other organizations we can contribute to.” Through volunteering at Campus Kitchens, the duo said they have had the opportunity to build relationships with teammates and non-athletes alike. What the soccer duo initially did just for Spirit Cup points has since evolved into an enjoyable tradition. Simon said making an assembly line and tossing the wrapped muffins into a bucket
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Abby Hess (left) and Mary Kate Simon (right) are friends off the field.
is one of her favorite Marquette memories so far. “We laugh and have fun. It’s not only just focus or hard work,” Simon said. “It’s like you’re
doing something for the community with your friends, and it’s an opportunity to have fun with it.”
Men’s soccer alumni provide early test for 2018 team Former Bennett players scrimmage next year’s squad By Shane Hogan
shane.hogan@marquette.edu
In the men’s soccer team’s first game of the spring season, they faced a familiar foe: alumni of the program. Head coach Louis Bennett has organized the alumni game since his first year at Marquette in 2006. The game might not count for anything in the scorebooks, but Bennett wants the younger players to have a firsthand example of what he wants out of the program. “(The alumni) know what we’re trying to do,” Bennett said. “They might not be quite as fit, or they might not be as game-ready to play at this speed, but they’re smarter, more knowledgable and I think it tests us.” The alumni game serves many purposes for the soccer program. It provides a reason for former players to come back to campus and gives the current team
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Nathan Sabich (left) no longer plays soccer but returned to Valley Fields for the 12th annual alumni game.
experience with new lineups against former college players. Over the next few weeks, men’s soccer will play seven exhibition games – six against collegiate teams and one against a professional indoor soccer team. After that, Marquette has a long summer layoff. Freshman forward Lukas Sunesson scored a hat trick against the alumni team. Sophomore
midfielder Luka Prpa, who scored two goals in the game, also felt the significance of having the former players as competition. “They’re more experienced so they know all the little tricks of the game, like how to get you off your game,” Prpa said. “Putting yourself up against them is always a good test.” The alumni team was comprised of players from
throughout Bennett’s tenure in Milwaukee that had varying skill levels. Some, like Louis Bennett II of the United Soccer Leagueaffiliated Swope Park Rangers, are professional players. Others, like 2006 alum Nathan Sabich, have long since stopped playing soccer. All of them have something the current soccer players don’t: perspective.
“It teaches our guys some things that we may not be able to teach them when they are all the same age,” Bennett said. “These (alumni) have gone on and seen a couple things.” From the start, it was a lighthearted atmosphere inside the Valley Fields Dome. Bennett was joking with the alumni team during the game, reminding them to only keep 11 men on the field and chiding their counting skills during a botched substitution. Joking aside, the alumni team’s passion made an impression on the current crop of players. Prpa said there are a lot of lessons the team could take from those that came before them. “Seeing how they have done, I think they’ve been so committed, so dedicated and still come back and play,” Prpa said. “Knowing what the program means to everybody, committing 100 percent and giving everything, I think we’re getting there.” The men’s soccer team will continue their spring season with a matchup against Southern Illinois-Edwardsville Saturday.
Weekly staff picks
Goldstein
Ploen
Steppe
Comerford
18-15
16-17
12-21
DeSutter
Bibens
Reisner
18-15
16-17
13-20
MLAX vs. St. John’s 4-7-18
WLAX vs.
Vanderbilt 4-8-18
Record
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Thomson brothers help each other deal with injuries
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Tanner, Keaton wait for opportunity to play in games again By Brendan Ploen
brendan.ploen@marquette.edu
Keaton and Tanner Thomson put on the Marquette men’s lacrosse jerseys for the first time this fall season, but now the brothers wear polo shirts instead because of injuries. Without the brothers’ scoring output and presence on the field, Marquette’s offense has suffered. The Golden Eagles rank 59th out of 69 Division I teams in goals per game, with 8.13 goals per game. Tanner, a senior midfielder, was the team’s leading scorer before getting injured last fall and deciding to redshirt. Meanwhile, his freshman brother Keaton made three starts as an attackman before suffering his own injury. “It’s tough to watch for sure,” Tanner said. “I want to get out there and contribute as much as I can, but I guess all you can do is practice and help the scout (team) out.” Keaton has focused more on recovery than practice to avoid re-aggravating an injury that has kept him out of action since the Bellarmine game in early March. “It sucks, but you don’t want to come back early and then be out even longer again, so you’ve just got to take your time with recovery and listen to our trainers and coaches,” Keaton said. Meanwhile, Amplo said he views it as an opportunity for the brothers to use their leadership in more of a coaching role. “Honestly, he acts like a coach on game day. This has become his team, but it’s hard to say
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Tanner Thomson (center) scored 49 goals in the last two seasons as a midfielder for Marquette. He is redshirting the 2018 season due to injury.
that because he doesn’t play on game day,” Amplo said. “He’s got this ownership of this program and he really wants it to do great things.” Sibling relationships are a hallmark of Marquette lacrosse’s culture. Nick and BJ Grill, Jake and Noah Richard and Blaine and Griffin Fleming are the other three siblings to play together under Amplo. “I’m proud to say we’ve been blessed with a number of younger siblings who decide to play here,” Amplo said. “That’s a sign that Marquette’s doing some things right. People trust us with the development of
their sons and younger brothers as well.” Keaton learned a lot from his older brother after also playing together in high school, when they starred at St. Michael’s College School in Toronto. When he arrived in the United States, he had a a familiar face to practice with. “It definitely helps to have a senior brother, especially me as a freshman,” Keaton said. “It’s definitely opened up a path for me, and it’s worked out well. This experience was completely different, coming into a different country, not knowing too many people, and just having each
other to lean on.” Tanner also says that it’s fun to play with his brother in practice and enjoys having him on campus. “The whole point is to have fun at the end of the day and it just helps a lot having him around,” Tanner said. Keaton was starting to make inroads with his adjustment to the college game before the injury. He scored against Ohio State and recorded an assist in the loss to Bellarmine two days later. Keaton developed his confidence on offense much sooner than Tanner, who played just one game during his freshman
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season. Tanner did not start to register high point totals until his sophomore and junior season, scoring 49 goals in the two-year span. The brothers know each others’ tendencies well, which makes for occasionally chippy practice sessions when both are healthy. “We’re definitely a lot harder on each other than we are with the other guys on the team, but it’s always been like that,” Keaton said. “It’s for the better.” “We push each other a little bit more than most people do,” Tanner said. The brothers will have to push each other and Marquette’s offense more in order for the Golden Eagles to return to the NCAA Tournament. Marquette has started BIG EAST play going 1-1 after an overtime win against Georgetown and a five-goal loss to No.8 Villanova. While having the Thomson brothers on the sidelines hurts Marquette’s offensive output, it’s only temporary. Once they are back wearing jerseys instead of polo shirts, the Thomson brothers know their long-built chemistry will play out on the Valley Fields turf. “Having (Keaton) at Marquette is a little piece of home in Milwaukee which is very cool,” Tanner said. “And then having him on the field is even better because as we’re playing, I know exactly who I’m looking for.”
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Marquette track alumna Feivor qualifies for 2020 trials Distance runner places 10th in Los Angeles Marathon By Chris Reisner
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After finishing in 10th place in the annual Los Angeles Marathon, former Marquette distance runner Brittney Feivor has earned a chance to represent her country. “It’s still kind of hard to wrap my brain around it because it’s still so far away,” Feivor said. Feivor’s time of 2:40:37, which equates to a 6:08 mile pace, qualified her for the 2020 U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials. Despite being an accomplished distance runner, Feivor had never completed a full, 26.2mile marathon before the Los Angeles Marathon. “I always wanted to try marathons,” Feivor said. “I’m definitely an endurance runner. Speed has never been my forte, and the long grinding workouts have always been what I’m good at.” Feivor bested approximately 24,000 participants to get that top-10 slot, which was fourthfastest among American women.
The race began at Dodger Stadium and ended in Santa Monica, a suburb roughly 20 minutes from downtown Los Angeles. Cross country head coach Mike Nelson wasn’t surprised with Feivor’s performance. “It definitely wasn’t shocking to me,” Nelson said. “Whether Brittney is running a 5k, 10k, half-marathon or full marathon, she is going to do really well. When you’re good, you’re good.” Although Feivor will continue to run, she must do so on her own, having exhausted all her collegiate eligibility at Marquette. While a member of the Golden Eagle track and field team, Feivor set the program record in the 5,000-meter event with a time of 16:26.32. After leaving Marquette, Feivor moved to Arizona for graduate school to become a physical therapist. She also joined the Sonoran Distance Project, a women’s running team based out of Arizona. Nelson helped Feivor in the process of finding a good fit. “A very close friend of mine is a coach of an elite group (in Arizona),” Nelson said. “He suggested the Sonoran Distance Project and so I recommended that group to Brittney. She did all
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Brittney Feivor set school records in the indoor and outdoor 5,000-meter race while running at Marquette.
the leg work from there.” John Reich, a coach that seeks to help athletes pursue their goals of competing in the Olympic Trials, runs the Sonoran Distance Project. “John (Reich) is very well known around here,” Feivor said. “If you go to any local race around here, pretty much all of the top finishers will be people that he coaches.”
With the increased distance and level of competition comes an increased training regimen for Feivor. “It’s definitely a whole different mindset,” Feivor said. “I went from doing more speed work in college and running about 50 miles per week, to now running around 80-85 miles per week.” As she continues to train every day with the motivation of the
2020 trials, Feivor’s focus remains squarely on the chance to represent the United States. “It’s always something I have dreamed of, and you never know if it’s fully possible until it happens,” Feivor said. “I’ve come a long way though since I’ve started training, and you can really surprise yourself with what your body can do”.
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