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Vending machine mystery solved Hundreds of dollars stolen from machine vulnerability defect

By Clara Janzen

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In the past nine months a man not affiliated with Marquette, Anthony R. Stehofsky has reportedly stolen money from vending machines on campus at least 18 times, and the Marquette University Police Department, said probably more.

Fueling a suspected heroin addiction according to MUPD Captain Jeff Kranz, Stehofsky is currently being charged with three counts of theft and one of vandalism at the city level; but, if he returns to campus then the MUPD is holding multiple charges open against him.

“He stole 30 bucks here, 20 bucks there, so not major amounts,” MUPD Captain Kranz said.

Stehofsky was stopped Top by Austin Anderson austin.anderson@marquette.edu, bottom photos courtesy of John Bernaden last year by MUPD detecTop: John Bernaden, a survivor of suicide loss, shares the story of his son’s death despite his pain. Bottom left: Michael Bernaden on a tive Luke Wagner, and was trip to New York City. Bottom right: The Bernaden family before Michael’s death. Michael, second from right, died from suicide in 2008. warned to stay away from the machines and campus, As he grew, Bernaden’s son Bernaden couldn’t handle first conversations started in but returned this year.

Michael reminded him of his the grief by himself. He start- support groups.

“The subject was interfriend — they were both smart, ed going to support groups “(It was) healthy to have viewed and admitted to mulboth accomplished, both went with his wife. someone who could really help tiple thefts and attempted to Marquette.

“It was intense,” he said. “It us work through our feelings,” thefts from vending maBy Alex Groth and “My son was a gifted kid like felt like I was hit on the side of Bernaden said. chines over the last year Rebecca Carballo Michael Budyak, my buddy,” the head with a two-by-four and Suicide impacts more than or so,” Wagner said. alexandria.groth@marquette.edu Bernaden, Class of 1978, said.

I’ve never been hit that hard.” just the person struggling. AcWhen John Bernaden’s son In 2008, Michael Bernaden, Survivors’ experiences vary, cording to the American Aswas born, he named him af- then a 19-year-old sophomore, but most agree talking about the sociation of Suicidology, there ter his college best friend killed himself. It was 28 years suicide is an important step in are about 41,000 suicides every See THEFT page 2 Michael Budyak. after Budyak had done the same. the healing process. Bernaden’s See IMPACT page 4

Loved ones reflect on suicide, stigma, starting to heal

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Breaking the Silence

10 years of dancing

Preparing to graduate

Counselors, advocates work to improve mental health outreach

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Pure dance celebrates decade anniversary with showcase PAGE 8

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Surveillance footage still being reviewed for potential charges Stehofsky found a vulnerability in the vending machines used around campus that allowed him to easily take cash from them.

“We think he was taught by another addict,” Kranz said.

He is known to have removed cash from vending machines in several buildings, including the Dental School, the Alumni Memorial Union, Straz Tower,

Cudahy Hall, Schroeder Complex, Lalumiere Hall and Straz Hall.

There was always a delay from when the theft took place until MUPD found out, making it easy for Stehofsky to leave unharmed. “It was hard because we wouldn’t find out until a day or two after the incident, when machine maintenance would report the

damage,” Kranz said.

Stehofsky was apprehended April 24. He was also currently on probation and was required to attend scheduled meetings with his probation officer.

“This allowed me to go to one of his scheduled meetings and safely take him into custody without further incident,” MUPD officer Brian Larson said.

One of the ways MUPD was reportedly able to pinpoint Stehofsky was his distinctive Green Bay Packers jersey, which could be seen on security camera tapes as he was committing the crimes.

“It was a department-wide effort, with patrol officers doing a thorough job on initial investigations and communication officers reviewing

video,” Wagner said.

Stehofsky was interviewed

by Wagner and Larson upon arrest. “After approximately three hours of interviews, (Stehofsky) admitted to being involved in all of the vending machine incidents, allowing MUPD to clear a large number of incidents that took place over the last nine months,” Larson said.

Second annual Ebony Ball considered success More than 100 students attended festive dancing event

By Leah Harris

leah.harris@marquette.edu

Students gathered over the weekend to celebrate black excellence by busting a move on the dance floor at the second annual Ebony Ball in the Alumni Memorial Union Ballrooms.

“There’s so many people like you,” Erica Jackson, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said. “So much melanin.”

Black Student Council hosted the event, which consisted of an award ceremony to acknowledge student leaders, a buffet dinner and a dance.

Cate Sullivan-Konyn, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences and treasurer of BSC, said it was the final

event of the year, and it was their way of going out with a bang. “It’s so clear that students want to come out to celebrate black students,” she said.

“It’s an awesome way to end because (BSC) really stepped up their game this year,” SullivanKonyn said. She spoke proudly of how the BSC executive board worked to make the event a reality. Sullivan-Konyn hired the photographer, BSC vice-president Chris Booker was the DJ and Jasmin Young, BSC president, worked tirelessly to thread all the components together.

The Black Student Council estimated more than 100 students were in attendance. All students were dressed in elegant dresses and suits to match the formal dress code. Some mingled in the low-lit ballrooms and a few posed for pictures in a photo booth, but the majority were on the dance floor.

“The vibes are so good,” Sullivan-Konyn said.

Photo by Austin Anderson austin.anderson@marquette.edu

Students dressed in glamorous and elegant outfits and dresses to fit the dress code for the event.

Many other students expressed the same attitude toward the community t he event created.

“I think it’s important for any minority to have a safe place,” Lauren Gabourel, a sophomore

in the College of Arts & Sciences said. “It’s easy to diminish our work when there’s no one like you around.”

Aeronna Dowdy, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said, her favorite part

was the hip-hop music because she often doesn’t hear the type of music she likes on campus.

Crowd favorites such as Chance the Rapper and Migos played throughout the night and kept the dance floor full.

“You can really vibe with it,” Dowdy said.

Dowdy sat with two of her friends, Kennedy Perkins and Kennedy Furnace, who had to take a break from dancing so much.

“It’s one of the few times we all come together as a community,” Perkins, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said.

Furnace, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said that because there is a small number of black students on campus, it’s sometimes hard to feel included. Attending the ball was her way of making the importance of the event known.

“We can’t complain about lack of inclusion if we don’t show up,” Furnace said.

Perkins said she didn’t attend last year’s Ebony Ball.

She thought it was more of a ceremony and didn’t know she would have so much fun, she said with a smile.

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Killed the Cat: New smell on campus Callery pear tree causes disruption within University

By Matthew Martinez & Clara Janzen

matthew.martinez@marquette.edu

On windy days, some residents of O’Donnell Hall keep their windows sealed shut.

The wind carries what some students described as a noxious odor from Callery pear trees near the two entrances of the building. The trees, characterized by their white petals, have caused a stir among residents.

“After a long day of work, you’re walking back into the building, and that’s the smell you get?” O’Donnell resident Michael Guida said. “I think it’s ridiculous. That’s the last thing you want to smell, so I

have no idea who decided it would be a good idea to put these up.”

The smell has been described as that of rotting fish by several residents. The Callery pear has a nationwide reputation for its foul odor, with many residents saying they smells like fish.

According to the National Park Service, the trees are native to China and were first brought to the United States in 1909. It was believed that they were fire-resistant. They are an invasive species and can be found all throughout the United States.

Residents are exposed to the smell when they enter the building from the 18th or 19th Street entrances. There is no way to enter the building without encountering the trees.

O’Donnell Hall was constructed in an H-shape, with

a connecting bridge between the two rectangular structures.

The trees are located directly between the two structures where students stay, exposing several residents to the odor just by opening their windows.

O’Donnell resident Patrick O’Brien said the lower levels of the hall are the most heavily affected.

“You open the window, and it literally smells like a fish yard,” O’Donnell resident Izzy Ogden said. “Thank goodness I have a fan, because I do not want that window open by any means.”

Girls stay on the second floor, which is still not safe from the trees below. Residents on the third floor of O’Donnell have reported similar complaints.

However, not everyone says the smell is unpleasant.

“Me personally, I don’t mind it. I honestly don’t smell

anything ,” O’Donnell resident, James Folan said.

Folan lives on the first floor directly next to some of the trees. He said that people are blowing this thing way out of proportion.

“I keep my window open literally all the time,” Folan said.

O’Donnell is not the only place where the trees can be found on campus. Several complaints have been lodged about trees by Cobeen Hall and Cudahy Hall.

The National Park Service has warned against planting Callery pear trees because they take up space native species could have grown in. They are naturally disposed to go with virtually any soil.

University officials have not yet commented about whether the trees were planted intentionally.

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MUPD REPORTS MAY 1 A student was in possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia in McCormick Hall and was cited by MUPD at 12:30 a.m.

Unknown person(s) threw a rock at a window of a fraternity house in the 1300 block of W. Kilbourn Avenue, causing damage to the window Friday, April 28 at 11:55 p.m. Estimated damage unknown at this time.

A person not affiliated with Marquette reported that unknown person(s) removed her

unsecured, unattended cell phone estimated at $200 in the Alumni Memorial Union on Friday, April 28 between 2:50 and 3:03 p.m.

APRIL 28 A student reported Wednesday, April 26 at 2:03 p.m. that an unknown person(s) used his credit card without permission in a business at an unknown location. Estimated loss is $7,000.

A known subject touched a student in an indecent manner without consent in the 1600 block of W. Wells Street Thurs-

EVENTS CALENDAR day, April 27 at 11 p.m. There were no injuries reported at this time and a Victim Advocate was contacted.

MAY 3 “Bring your Best S.E.L.F.” 12 p.m -1 p.m., Zilber Hall second floor

APRIL 25 A vending machine was damaged in Straz Tower when someone attempted to remove property from the machine. A suspect not affiliated with Marquette was later taken into custody by MUPD and transported to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility. The damage occurred between Thursday, April 20 at 1 p.m. and Friday, April 21 at 2 p.m.

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‘We were all in tears. We were just shell shocked’ year in the United States. It’s The father went to counseling, Goldberg was blunt. He told the estimated that every suicide af- support groups and his church.

1,200 people in attendance that fects about 147 people, includOakes soon found out he his 12-year-old daughter Abby ing an average of six close fam- wasn’t alone. Shortly after had killed herself. ily or friends. From this data, Tim’s death close friends and “We don’t go into graphic AAS determined that 1 of every neighbors had confided in him details about what happened, 63 Americans in 2015 is affect- that they lost family members but we’re not hiding it,” ed by suicide loss. to suicide, and he helped them Goldberg said.

“Typically people think of cope with their loss.

When Abby was in midsomeone who’s attempted suiFor Bernaden, it was not al- dle school, Goldberg said he cide and survived the attempt, ways easy to find the right fit. knew something was “off.” but there are lots of people who He and his wife tried to attend However, he never imagined complete the suicide act and a group for parents who lost a suicide as a possibility. then leave traumatized parents, child. The group was a volun“Kids do unusual things spouses, children, brothers and tary support network usually led sometimes, but nothing was sisters behind and there hasn’t by people who lost someone to (on) the radar,” Goldberg said. been much known about what suicide. The gatherings were not Saunders said it is normal for people go through, partly be- guided by mental health profes- survivors to not see the signs. cause it’s a hard topic,” Stephen sionals. He said the majority of “Some people get the impresSaunders, Marquette director of attendees had children who died sion that it’s always preventclinical trainable, and probably, ing of the docit’s not always pretoral program ventable,” Saunders in clinical psysaid. “If it were, it chology, said. wouldn’t happen.”

“We focus a lot Recognizing the on preventing need for more dissuicide, but not cussion about suiso much on the cide, the Goldbergs trauma of it.” and other volunteers No death created a group happens in a called REDgen, A series of projects promoting suicide vacuum. Suiwhich stands for awareness at Marquette cide is often resiliency, educaperceived from tion, determined — the outside as aimed to advocate a singular struggle, but in real- from cancer. for the mental health and wellity, it impacts more than just one Because the Bernadens did being of younger generations. person. As difficult as a death not fit the mold, the group asked REDgen offers programming is, healing can be even more them to leave. for parents and works with so. Each of the survivors inter“They thought they lost their schools, faith communities and viewed said they found it help- loved one to some unfair can- health organizations to form a ful to talk about an issue that cer,” Bernaden said. “But our safety net for kids. has been left in the dark. But the son took his life so they felt “It’s all about child resilienneed for a discussion is chal- like it was a choice. Suicide cy,” Goldberg said of the orlenged by a stigma that keeps is not a choice.” ganization. He said the discuspeople silent. In a scenario Bernaden expressed the con- sions he had with the members where there are rarely any clear cerns of parents and mental that led to the organization’s answers, survivors often end up health professionals who be- creation helped him cope with blaming themselves. lieve that suicide is not a re- his loss.

“There’s the guilt,” Bernaden sult of a decision made with It all began with a group of said. “Is there something differ- free will, but the consequence community members meeting ent that I could have done?” of a mental disorder. Overall, Bernaden was not the only the National Alliance on Menone to start talking. Brookfield tal Illness reports that 90 perfather Richard Oakes also coped cent of people who die by suiby talking to others after he lost cide experience symptoms of his 22-year-old son Tim. a mental illness.

“I never kept silent about his “Ultimately, where I’d like death,” Oakes said. “I want myself and others to get to other people to know because is (Michael) didn’t do it — suicide is a silent killer.” the disease did it,” BernaOakes said his son had den said. “It’s like blaming too much stress in his life someone for cancer.” that he bottled up and did But as hard as processnot talk about. ing a death by suicide can Oakes went to gather his son’s be, it is even more difficult belongings and clean his room to predict the signs. after he died. This is where he “Understanding afterwards learned how overwhelmed his is easier,” Oakes said. “It’s son was. It was chaos — bills, prediction and prevention paperwork and collection no- that is harder.” tices were strewn everywhere.

To remedy that, a group of Dirty dishes and pizzas boxes parents on the North Shore bewere stacked up. gan to take action.

“His biggest pain and struggle Universal feeling was not obvious,” Oakes said.

At his daughter’s funeral, Abe

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For every ONE suicide, there are SIX survivors of suicide loss As of 2015, there are an estimated

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shortly after Abby’s death.

“We were all in tears,” Goldberg said. “We were just shell shocked.”

The meetings began in people’s homes. As they grew, members started meeting more formally in churches with a grief counselor.

Goldberg started to see familiar faces: parents, teachers, psychologists and people from faith communities who kept coming back to the group.

This open discussion did not always exist. Five months before Abby’s death, Goldberg discovered she started to engage in self-harm. He said she

described it as a way to cope with stress, not as suicide attempts. He and his wife decided she needed to see a professional.

They checked her into to Rogers Memorial Hospital. The hospital advised the Goldbergs to keep the matter as private as possible. Goldberg said the hospital anticipated a recovery and that it would be a “non-event.”

Most of the time, he said, it is just that.

But ultimately, there is too much at risk to not talk.

“I never thought I would be a crusader for suicide,” Goldberg said. “But I can’t be silent.”

Photo courtesy of Abe Goldberg

Abe Goldberg founded the group REDgen after his 12-year-old daughter Abby killed herself.

Tuesday, May 2, 2017 Keeping up the fight In his effort to start dialogue, Bernaden found himself back on Marquette’s campus sharing his story with students. He decided informing people about suicide extended past attending support groups.

“Just helping people with better treatment doesn’t solve any of the problems if they go out of the doctor or therapist office into a world that is just so closed to talking about this,” Bernaden said. “So that’s when I went to talk to one of Joyce Wolburg’s classes.”

After talking with

Bernaden, Wolburg, associate dean of the College of Communication, developed a class project looking at how media impact ideas about suicide that affect survivors of suicide loss.

Students in her research methods class spent the rest of the semester talking about suicide.

It’s something that Bernaden said is not common.

“Especially around the stigma, people … don’t talk about it with you,” Bernaden said. “People will talk about it at our funeral, in the wake, then people just want to move on and ignore the topic and not talk about it.

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Goldberg echoed the sentiment that silence perpetuates stigma.

“That’s part of that stigma: ‘Let’s not tell everyone. Not everyone needs to know,’” Goldberg said.

The lack of visible signs contributes to the stigma as well.

Goldberg added that people do not react to it the same as physical illnesses.

“When a young person breaks their arm, everyone comes over to sign the cast. They rally

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around it,” Goldberg said. “But if you tell someone that their friend is mentally ill, all of a sudden they don’t want you on their soccer team.”

Oakes said most symptoms are silent, saying the victim won’t “wear it around their neck.” So he and other survivors continue to fight the long battle against silence with their loved ones in mind.

“Breaking the silence — that’s the most challenging thing about suicide.”

Counselors, advocates seek outreach Active Minds, MU counseling work to reach more at risk

By Maredithe Meyer

maredithe.meyer@marquette.edu

For mental health professionals dealing with patients in the dayto-day, the need for immediate strategies to help those struggling with suicide is pressing.

“There is a 50 percent lifetime incident of mental illness,” David Baker, an associate professor in the College of Health Sciences and neurology researcher in Marquette’s Charles E. Kubly Center said. “That is an incredibly high number that I think surprises most people and there’s a very strong link between lack of mental health and risk for suicide.”

At Marquette, the Counseling Center and the Active Minds chapter are some of the driving forces behind bringing innovative therapy and outreach to campus.

“We are here to be a voice for the student body and an advocate to the Counseling Center to implement different programs to help students,” Michelle Frederick, Active Minds chapter vice president, said.

While some programs are easily-funded, like the therapy dog that is available for students in the Counseling Center a couple days per week, others are highly expensive. And funding is not easy to secure.

Funding was a challenge the Counseling Center encountered recently when it tested student responses to Kognito. The program, a digital simulation that educates users about the warning signs of suicide and how to effectively address the situation, is one option the counseling center has been working to implement.

Nick Jenkins, a counselor and the Counseling Center’s mental

health advocacy coordinator, said the mental illness stigma often barriers people from getting help through counseling and is why the Counseling Center constantly seeks out new ways to dissipate that stigma and bring students in.

“If there is a way to recognize that we all have mental health (issues) and it’s perfectly acceptable and appropriate to seek out help, then that is something we want to do,” Jenkins said. “We want to think about the different ways that we can connect to students.”

Through a partnership between Active Minds and Kognito, Marquette received a month of free access to the program last September. All students could access the program through a link on a University News Brief email.

Only 68 students accessed the program over the month.

Jenkins said interaction is important when considering permanent accessibility for a program that would cost $10,000 per year.

“We always want to ensure that we are providing a service that is effective and utilized (by students),” Jenkins said. “We don’t want it to be another thing that we all know is out there but no one is using.”

For now, Kognito remains only a hope for the future due to a lack of available funding.

Jenkins said there are other opportunities to seek funding through Marquette, university partners or other supportive donors like the Charles E. Kubly Foundation, another legacy effort by the Kubly family to raise awareness and support local mental health initiatives.

But those funds are not easily granted.

In 2015, the Counseling Center applied for a grant through Marquette’s strategic innovation fund to adopt the Integrated Screening Protocol as a campus suicide prevention method. ISP would allow the counseling center to,

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“Most universities that use this have gotten a 10-15 percent return rate, which sounds low, but still, it is reaching an audience that maybe we are not currently getting to,” Jenkins said.

ISP was not one of the 38 projects selected to receive the grant funding that year, but Jenkins said bringing the service to Marquette through other funding sources is still a future possibility.

Still, ISP’s interactive aspect presents yet another possible shortcoming — a shortage of staff.

“We would have to be very diligent (with ISP) because someone from the counseling center would have to monitor and respond back to all those messages,” Jenkins said. “Do we even have the capabilities to do that?”

The center has now shifted its focus to obtaining a suicide prevention app students can easily download on their smartphones

to use as a reference when faced with the risk of suicidal thoughts or behavior. It resembles Kognito as a digital resource, and it supports the Counseling Center’s ongoing, “Question, Persuade, Refer” training by making prevention strategies accessible to everyone.

“If you see someone you’re worried about or a friend sends you a concerning text, you can take a look at the app and see if there are warning signs, what resources are available, who you could contact if you needed to,” Jenkins said.

Jenkins said a similar app has been used in Texas and that he has reached out to Mental Health America of Texas, a mental health education and advocacy group, and app developers to explore the possibility of modifying it and bringing it to Marquette.

If the cost of the app is reasonable and enough funding becomes available, such an innovation could be ready as early as the fall. But once again, it all depends on the funds.

Until then, Active Minds remains a driving force behind aiding mental health through student support.

“Active Minds has a unique role in that we are not linked to a specific ethnic background, we are not linked to a specific religion,” Frederick said. “We are pretty much all-encompassing and all-welcoming for all students.”

Its interfaith prayer service last fall peacefully brought together students of all faiths to reflect on campus suicide and ways to prevent it. Active listening booths, the organization’s biggest initiative for next year, sets up two students to exchange peer support through listening and advice.

Next year, Active Minds will partner with minority student organizations including BSO, Black Student Council and the Office of Intercultural Engagement to promote acceptance and unity.

“I think the more unified we can be as a community of Marquette, the better mental health we will have on this campus,” Frederick said.

This story is part of the Marquette Wire’s “Breaking the Silence” series to increase awareness and start dialogue about suicide in college. Read, watch and listen to more coverage here.

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Pure Dance celebrates 10 years

Organization marks milestone with spring show

By Kelsey McCarthy

kelsey.mccarthy@marquette.edu

When Kelly O’Malley, a sophomore in the College of Education, transitioned to Marquette and left her high school dance team, she felt like a piece of her was missing. Thankfully, she found a home at Pure Dance.

“Being able to continue dancing in college (is) probably my favorite part,” O’Malley said. “We’re like a family, so it’s really fun.”

O’Malley’s talents, along with many others’, were displayed Sunday, April 30 at Pure Dance Marquette’s 10th anniversary showcase. They featured ten dances, all choreographed by the team, and guest performances from HYPE Dance Company and the Gold ‘N Blues.

Pure Dance Marquette runs on the themes of family and tradition. With values such as friendliness, inclusivity and supportiveness of fellow students and their choreographic and dancing endeavors, Pure allows students to continue dancing and performing while in college.

Members have several activities and frequent rehearsals. Pure Dance events and gatherings help the group bond and grow as dancers and individuals.

Anya Koza, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, has been a member of Pure Dance since she started her college career two years ago.

“Aside from being a dancer (and costumer) on Pure, I also choreograph,” Koza said. She choreographed a few pieces this semester.

Activities the club plans include an annual Christmas party, social gatherings called Pure Bonding Nights and a banquet held at the end of every year. Social events have helped strengthen Pure Dance Marquette’s sense of community, which has caused each member to have a stronger appreciation and love for their dancers, showcase and overall

success of the club.

Katie Orfei, a junior in the College of Health Sciences and the current co-president of Pure Dance Marquette, said, “After dancing all my life, it was great to find a unique way to continue dancing in college.”

Pure Dance Marquette is a student-run organization with “about 20 members, and (they) mainly do perform jazz and lyrical styles of dance and have done other styles in the past such as hip hop and ballet,” Orfei said.

The club has special rituals such as preparation for their biannual showcase at Weasler Auditorium at the end of each semester. Members arrive as early as 8 a.m. to hang up lights, set up decorations and show programs.

Another tradition is what Pure Dance members refer to as the show day group huddle. This involves a special chant recited before the show and an energized pep talk to help the dancers get in the right mindset to have fun and perform at their best.

“We all come together and make sure we’re gonna put our best foot forward for the performance,” Orfei said.

Not only do Pure Dance Marquette members perform for the community, but they also participate in volunteering initiatives and use their shows as a way to raise money for the Greater Milwaukee community. This year they raised money for the United Performing Arts Fund, an umbrella nonprofit organization that raises money to support the arts in 15 of Wisconsin’s most prominent performing arts groups such as the Milwaukee Reparatory Theater, Skylight Music Theater and the Milwaukee Ballet.

Members join for the opportunity to motivate others, to move to the beat, and fuel their passions that encourage and remind them to never stop dancing.

“What I love about Pure is that it’s more than just a dance group. We’re all friends ... there’s a social aspect to it,” Orfei said. “When you go to practice you take an hour out of your busy life and just dance and be together so I really love that part about it.”

Photos courtesy of Rebecca Kames

Pure Dance performs at a showcase spring 2016. The group celebrated its 10th anniversary Sunday.

Kallie Ziegler, a junior in the College of Business Administration, performs at the spring 2016 show.

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‘Gouda’ eats from second food truck event

MUSG plans to grow Wednesday tradition next year

By Nathan DeSutter

nathan.desutter@marquette.edu

Campus was flooded Wednesday, but it wasn’t because of a typical misery-inducing April shower. Instead, a cascading gush of ooey-gooey Wisconsin cheddar, gouda and gruyere enveloped the 16th Street parking lot and surrounding area. It was far from a tragedy. In fact, the mood was pure elation. Students, faculty and community members happily divulged in the delicious delicacies of the famed Gouda Girls food truck, which arrived for Marquette University Student Government’s second incarnation of Food Truck Wednesday.

Two months ago, YellowBellies, another local food truck, visited for the inaugural event.

MUSG and new coordinator Madison Hicks were committed to bringing it back before semester’s end, despite being bogged down with student government transition and elections.

“We wanted to get another one in to establish Food Truck Wednesday,” Hicks said. “Next year, and moving forward, we want to add more, and our plan is to do it at least a once a month, if not twice a month or more.”

Hicks’s goal is to make Food Truck Wednesday a consistent, expected ritual that students will flock to without need of heavy advertising. She also mentioned bringing food trucks on for special events on campus or weekends when the weather is nice.

“I’m really excited about what we can do with this,” Hicks said.

“A lot of people were asking for it again, and it’s a nice break from all the busyness.”

Further, Hicks said she hopes the event will include usage of Marquette Cash on the trucks’ products, possible meal swipe exchange and plenty more specials and early bird deals next year.

“There’s nothing affirmed,

but there are lots of details under development involving possible Marquette Cash,” she said. “If we get more things involved, Marquette Cash or meal swipes, that will help to get the advertising out.”

Advertising was a difficult aspect of coordinating the second Food Truck Wednesday.

It hurt that a small, harsh rainstorm struck minutes before the event was scheduled to kick off at 11 a.m. Coupled with Gouda Girls’ lack of side dishes, it was hard to conjure up a deal similar to YellowBellies’ “free fries to the first fifty” early bird special, so the crowd wasn’t as large as last time.

Overall, it’s something

Hicks plans to have perfected by the fall.

She said she wants sandwich boards inside or outside the AMU. Sidewalk stickers, posters in residence halls and word of mouth are other forms of advertising Hicks said she wants to promote the event.

One of the students to brave the soggy conditions was A.J. Magoon, a senior in the College of Communication and nephew of the Gouda Girls, Katherine and Tina Tonn.

“I was not aware they would be coming,” Magoon said. “I saw them put it out on Facebook, but I didn’t know they’d be here at all.”

Katherine left an X, O and

heart on his personalized box filled with the secret menu item on sale for Marquette students, the Mac. Like the name suggests, it’s their standard triplecheese grilled cheese imbued with a heaping scoop of creamy homemade mac and cheese. But words simply don’t do that symphonic sandwich justice.

“Everything on the menu has had the same home-style feel,” Magoon said. “From watching them open up the restaurant and seeing them on TV cooking shows, it’s been kind of cool to see them gain fame.”

Magoon was excited both to see his aunts and about the idea of Food Truck Wednesday.

“I hope they keep it going.

I’d even be down if it were a weekly thing,” he said.

Brad Degarmo, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, agreed. He went to YellowBellies when they were on campus.

He said he was excited to try a fun, new culinary treat that broke up the monotony of oncampus dining. It was his simple and straightforward attitude that really drove him to the truck.

“I wanted lunch, and I knew they were coming,” Degarmo said.

That’s the attitude Hicks said she hopes students will adopt next year and that food trucks will become a normal part of Marquette’s culture.

Photo by Austin Anderson austin.anderson@marquette.edu

Students line up in the parking lot outside of McCormick April 26 for lunch catered by Gouda Girls.

Senior profiles underground artists online Group highlights up-and-coming talents on website

By Brendan Attey

brendan.attey@marquette.edu

Michael Tayo had been molding an idea in his head for a while. Tayo came to Marquette from Plainfield, Illinois in 2013 for school after living in London until 2008. The entire time, he had music on his mind.

Finally, on Jan. 2 of this year, his 21st birthday, the senior in the College of Business Administration dove into his idea.

Using his music taste and knowledge of site creation, he started a blog called The Ghetto Flower. Tayo described it as a hub he oversees for underground hip-hop music.

The website also has lifestyle posts, other art forms and merchandise, but the music has always been the blog’s lifeblood.

The name, The Ghetto Flower, came from a Lil Uzi Vert lyric. Tayo said, “It’s about

coming from tough roots, but not being consumed by your environment, pushing all of that aside and emerging.”

He said he hopes his website can shine a spotlight on underthe-radar artists pushing to make a name for themselves.

At first, Tayo contacted a couple of artists, asking if they would be interested in promotion on his website.

Ever since then, artists have reached out to Tayo.

“A lot of these artists I had never heard of until they got in touch with me, and now I’m a big fan of theirs,” he said. “I want people to come to my site, find out about a new artist, refer them to a friend and get people listening to their stuff.”

Tayo does not run the site alone. He enlisted the help of two high school friends, Josue Roman and Quinton Coleman. Together, they created a three-person team that has brought the blog to fruition.

Coleman, a senior at Aurora University, helps run content. He is responsible for writing blog posts and

discovering new artists.

Coleman was drawn to the idea of the blog because it provides a platform for young, underground artists.

“I love to see these young kids who are talented artists or photographers. Why not showcase them instead of having people just getting connected to the mainstream when we’ve got these youth that are doing even better than them?” Coleman said.

Roman is in charge of the merchandise, networking and outside aspects of the blog. Currently working in Chicago, he reaches out to local stores regarding possible collaborations.

Recently, he had The Ghetto Flower stickers and shirts created. Roman said he is excited by the unique perspective and creativity the site has.

“I feel like we have a lot to offer that a lot of sites don’t.

We really try to communicate with and get to know the people we’re trying to put out there, rather than them just coming to us,” Roman said.

To anyone thinking about

pursuing their own dream or said, ‘Why not make hobby, Tayo said his advice is my own website and get to “just to do it.” everybody to look at it?’”

“I turned 21, and just

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Reflecting on significant year of diverse campus speakers The university has hosted some fairly controversial speakers on campus this year and sometimes faced criticism because of it. But when there’s public backlash in response to visits from people like Ben Shapiro and Angela Davis, for example, it shows Marquette is doing something right.

As university students during this unique time of political and social tension, division, unrest and activism, we must engage with those we disagree with — those who are different from us. Surely we have all heard that several times over the course of this academic year.

In the immediate wake of the November elections, college campuses became epicenters for racist hate speech and violent protest. Especially troubling incidents have taken place recently at campuses like Berkeley and Auburn,

where university administrators have struggled with the decision to allow controversial conservative speakers to their campuses, and safety officials have worried about protests turning violent.

Thankfully, Marquette experienced no violent backlash to controversial speakers this year. The biggest altercation came when conservative speaker Ben Shapiro visited campus in February and a Marquette faculty member commented on Facebook she would be attempting to deter students from attending. Despite this, Shapiro was welcomed, and the event went on without issues. There was also some outcry over Twitter in response to civil rights activist Angela Davis speaking at the Al McGuire Center in March.

Some might call this debate and disagreement bad publicity for the university, and

Photos via facebook.com/shaunking and by Brian Georgeson, Dan Johnson and Joe Brown

(Clockwise from top left) Shaun King, Angela Davis, Clare Byarugaba and Ben Shapiro all spoke on campus this semester.

yes, it’s tense and uncomfortable, but we need these strong voices on our campus, especially now. When Marquette does not waver in welcoming diverse opinions, it shows commitment to us students, and our academic and civic development.

During a year when public discourse and free speech in this country has both flourished and been threatened, Marquette, for the most part, has refused to back down or shy away. In doing so, they’ve made it clear to students, faculty and staff, parents, alumni, citizens of Milwaukee and the country, that this campus is an environment of tolerance and respect, a place where future leaders can grow.

Other noteworthy figures on campus this year included civil rights activist Shaun King, Bahraini human rights activist Maryam Al-Khawaja, Mexican immigrant rights activist Fray Tomas, Ugandan LGBTI rights activist Clare Byarugaba, Egyptian internet activist Wael Ghonim and Muslim journalist Noor Tagouri.

Offering someone a platform to speak at Marquette doesn’t mean university administration endorses that speaker’s every view. We students are not being forced to accept any opinion, and we shouldn’t.

What we should do is use the critical thinking skills we learn in our classes, listen to a variety of viewpoints and be critical of them, responsibly and respectfully. Next year, Marquette should continue to give students opportunities to grow in this way like it did so well this year.

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Trigger warnings do not limit free speech Morgan Hughes Outrage over trigger warnings has existed since the idea’s conception. In September 2015, The Atlantic published an article claiming these warnings hurt both education and mental health. At the beginning of the 2016-’17 academic year, the University of Chicago sent a letter to their incoming freshman class, citing academic freedom as their reason for abolishing trigger warnings on campus.

A plethora of other articles supporting the university’s decision followed.

The consensus seems to be that trigger warnings are a danger to free speech, a harm to student growth and an overall useless product of the politically correct-obsessed left. I am here to defend the apparent atrocity of trigger warnings.

I do not think we should tip-toe around relevant social issues as a way to avoid triggering those who have had traumatic experiences related to those issues. We should still have the difficult conversations and force ourselves to be uncomfortable, but we should not remove choice from the equation.

I believe in choice.

And while I believe people should choose to have

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conversations outside their comfort zones, I do not believe people should be obligated to relive personal trauma for the sake of the impatient.

For whatever reason, people have decided trigger warnings and safe spaces are an affront to free speech. The misconception is that everything will be given a trigger warning, and if anybody is uncomfortable, the conversation won’t be had. But no one is putting an end to these conversations.

They’re just allowing a warning to be given beforehand.

Trigger warnings do not limit free speech. They only caution potential listeners that the speech may be difficult to hear.

These warnings should not be used haphazardly; they should not be applied to any and all controversial topics, but particularly sensitive speech for which there are obvious victims, such as conversations around sexual assault, battery or the like. They should be treated with sensitivity.

Controversy surrounding trigger warnings stretches from issues of limiting speech to catering to the few at the cost of the many. There are even arguments that, because these warnings are innocuous, they are pointless. Feminist theorist Roxane Gay is in the camp against trigger warnings. She writes, “This is the truth of my trouble with trigger warnings: there is nothing words on the screen can do that has not already been done … I don’t know how to see beyond this belief to truly get why trigger warnings are necessary.”

If the generalization is that these warnings are unnecessary because they lack efficacy, then why are we having the debate at all? Even if most people are wholly unaffected by so-called triggers, there is absolutely zero harm in allowing the select few who are affected to feel safe and supported in their daily lives.

Morgan Hughes is a junior studying journalism and political science. She can be reached at morgan.hughes@marquette.edu

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Social media ‘picture of health’ unrealistic Caroline Kaufman

We live in a world of false realities.

This sentiment is nothing new — social media outlets like Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and Pinterest offer alternate views of who we are as individuals. We become curators of our online image, using these forums to meticulously control what other users see, in turn shaping the perceptions of our lives in the eyes of others.

Having a bad day? Slap a filter on a smiley selfie, post it and no one will ever know.

These false realities have negative consequences, but as a millennial woman, I can attest to how social media influences the value women put on themselves — especially in our ideas of health and wellness.

It seems like every time I scroll through Instagram, there is a new celebrity endorsement for a product that guarantees a beauty standard that is unattainable for most. Flashy fad diets and unrealistic workout routines run rampant on Pinterest — yet I’m guilty of having a Pinterest board dedicated to these gimmicky fitness articles.

Although I am aware that social media greatly warps our view of reality, I still fall victim to these societal norms and try to convey my “best self” online. Why is this? Why do so many women feel the need for their online persona to be a literal picture of health, and how can we begin to look past this as a society?

For me, whenever I get done with a hard workout or am within a 100-foot radius of kale, I feel the urge to snapchat a picture to my friends or put it on my story.

Instead of being content with myself for a healthy habit, it quickly (without me realizing it) becomes a way to seek validation from my peers.

I am not alone in this. The same subliminal, competitive undertone manifests itself into endless food prep pictures, weight room snaps and the never-ending hunt for the most flattering spring break Instagram posts. The line between a “like” and feeling ranked becomes blurred and only further encourages the rat race that has become maintaining an individual’s health and wellness image online.

In no way do I want to say what people should and should not post online; however, I challenge individuals to take a step back and reflect on why they are posting to avoid posting to appease anyone but oneself.

Social media are a catch-22.

There are clear-cut benefits to living in the age of technology; but, as a society, we need to be able to distinguish how our online selves differ from our day-to-day lifestyles. Individual health and wellness should not be a competition or dependent on likes or the views of others, but instead an aspect of everyday life and a commitment to yourself.

Caroline Kaufman is a junior studying corporate communication and writing-intensive English.

She can be reached at caroline. kaufman@marquette.edu

Photo by Austin Anderson austin.anderson@marquette.edu

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Meaning of Trump’s absence Mike Cummings Saturday night, CNN’s politics webpage had side-by-side live feeds: The White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner and Trumps’ rally in Pennsylvania. How convenient.

Instead of attending the annual dinner, the President hosted a very Trumpian campaign rally to, as Fox News graciously reported, “mark promises made and promises kept during his first 100 days.” In addition to slamming the media, Trump also spoke about China and the Paris accord. He even read a bit of poetry that some might remember from his campaign trail. Yes, “The Snake” was read on Trump’s 100th day in office.

Although it is unsettling that Trump refused to attend the correspondents’ dinner, it is not unexpected or unprecedented. Six presidents before have skipped out on the dinner, and with Trump’s fake news crusade in full swing, it’s amazing anyone expected him to go in the first place.

Trump’s absence at the event, however, solidifies two already apparent but increasingly disturbing truths about his character: first, he is terrified of criticism, and second, he has absolutely no time for anyone who disagrees with him.

Did we forget the last time Donald Trump attended the correspondents’ dinner? He’s still losing sleep over the humiliation he suffered at the hands of President Obama and Seth Myers in 2011.

President Obama pulled up a photo of a then-hypothetical Trump White House. A massive tower above it read “TRUMP” in block letters, Mara-A-Lagolooking guys golfed in the front yard and pretty women in bikinis relaxed in the water fountain drinking champagne.

Myers didn’t hold back either, joking that he was surprised Trump wanted to run as a Republican because he “just assumed he was running as a joke.”

Trump sat there that night with pursed lips and a stonecold scowl. I don’t even think he touched his food. It’s rumored that Trump decided to run for the presidency that very night just to get back at everyone, although he denies the claim.

If Trump had been at the dinner this Saturday, we would have seen that familiar pout again.

Imagine the President’s reaction when comedian Hasan Minhaj joked, “Frederick Douglass isn’t here, and that’s because … he’s dead. Someone please tell the

Photo by Brian Georgeson brian.georgeson@marquette.edu

President Trump spent his Saturday in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

President!” or, “Every time Trump goes golfing, the headline should read, ‘Trump golfing. Apocalypse delayed. Take the W.’” The truth is our President can’t handle being targeted by criticism or jokes. Trump may have skipped the dinner on Saturday because he hates the media, but also because he simply couldn’t have handled it.

He lacks self-confidence, is terrified of not being respected and desperately tries to show dominance as a defense mechanism.

It’s why he immediately takes to Twitter every time he reads something negative about him. It’s why he said this week in an interview with Reuters he feels trapped and misses his old life. It’s why he

aggressively pulls people in when he shakes hands and sternly stares them down eye-to-eye.

Rather than attend an event where he was sure to be the butt of every joke, the President opted instead to continue his series of rallies in states he won last November, this time in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Almost one year ago this week in Harrisburg, Trump promised Americans he would win so much they would beg him to stop winning. Maybe he was worried and checking in.

Mike Cummings is a senior studying political science and international affairs. He can be reached at michael.cummings@ marquette.edu

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‘Hamilton’ inspiration for our stories beyond Marquette Elizabeth Baker Last year in one of my journalism classes, the instructor gave us a valuable piece of writing advice: You can’t write about a personal experience until it’s over. You have to give yourself time to reflect on what you’ve been through before you can put it into words.

Well, I think I’m finally ready to put down on paper my feelings about an experience I went through the past six months — my obsession with the musical “Hamilton.”

The songs of this Broadway show have been the soundtrack of my senior year.

The familiar lyrics I’ve had stuck in my head since fall, however, have recently begun to take on new meaning for me during this year of anticipated change, especially now, just weeks from graduation.

Alexander Hamilton’s rise from orphan immigrant to Founding Father has captivated me every time I open Spotify, as if it’s a story of fiction, not of the American Revolution I learned about in fifth grade.

Admittedly, I was late to the party. When it debuted on Broadway in the summer of 2015, “Hamilton: An American Musical” was an

immediate hit. It won 11 Tony Awards and the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for drama. In November, “Hamilton” set a record for the most money ever made in a single week by a Broadway show.

When I began listening in the fall, I loved it for the same reasons everyone else does: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s classic-rap infused style, the racially diverse cast, the overall entertaining telling of how our nation came to be and the fascinating life story of an unsung hero of the Revolution, Alexander Hamilton.

I’m still blown away by the genius that is this musical, but now, six months have passed since my obsession began. It’s May 2017, and worries about graduating, finding a job and saying goodbye to my best friends and Marquette have taken the place in my mind where lyrics to “My Shot” and “Take a Break” used to be. Back in November, these major events seemed far away, and thinking about them didn’t make me anxious. Now, it’s finally becoming real – these changes are heading for me whether I’m ready or not.

“Hamilton” ends with a final song by Alexander’s widowed wife Eliza explaining how after his murder by Aaron Burr, she kept her husband’s legacy alive and told his story.

Just recently, this song made me realize this

musical is the story of Hamilton, but more than that, it’s the story of this nation, the story of all stories.

Weeks away from receiving a degree in journalism, I feel like I’m always talking about the importance of telling stories. But how can I be qualified to go out into the world and tell others’ stories when I’m still figuring out my own? These past four years at Marquette have been only the beginning of my story, and I don’t know what comes next.

Alexander Hamilton was a powerful writer whose amazing way with words allowed him to influence history. From this man who wrote like he was “running out of time … like tomorrow won’t arrive … like you need it to survive,” someone who didn’t throw away his shot, I’ve learned that maybe we don’t have to wait for the end of a story to start telling it. For us seniors, college graduation doesn’t have to be a story’s beginning or end. We might feel stuck, frozen with fear, but that shouldn’t stop us from taking a bold step into our next chapter. There’s still a million things we haven’t done, but just you wait.

Elizabeth Baker is a senior studying journalism and Spanish.

She can be reached at elizabeth.e.baker@marquette. edu

Photo by Elizabeth Baker elizabeth.e.baker@marquette.edu

“Hamilton: An American Musical” tells the story of Alexander Hamilton and the Revolution.

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Graduating, but not quite adulting Ryan McCarthy I thought at some point in the last four years, I would wake up and be an adult. Suddenly, in a moment of clarity, I’d choose a direction in life and all my anxieties and fears would be put to rest. Newfound confidence in hand, I’d set out into the world with nothing but my degree and firm handshake to conquer the job market.

I’ve been thinking a lot about this as I prepare to move into my parents’ basement.

Here I am, almost finished with school, and the thought of calling myself an adult is still laughable. My dad does my taxes for me, I still rely on a parental subsidy and the majority of my meals are microwaveable.

Believe me, I tried to make it happen. Part of the reason I chose to go to school 800 miles from home was a desire for independence and the maturity I thought would come with it. Sophomore year, I went even further, studying in Ireland and living with strangers. As I soon learned, distance does not always equal independence.

College graduation always looked like a starting line, like the beginning of the “real world” everyone always talked about. Now, as I watch people my age getting engaged, having babies, looking at apartments, I’m beginning to wonder what happened.

What did they do that I didn’t?

I know I’m not alone in this feeling. Baby boomers have complained about millennials’ lack of maturity and independence for years now.

While I hesitate to paint any generation with broad strokes, there might be a little truth in it. Heck, just look down Wisconsin Avenue on a warm day

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and you’ll see 20-somethingyear-olds playing Pokemon on their phones and riding Razor scooters to class.

It feels like it’s taking our generation longer to reach the same milestones as previous generations. Just a hundred years ago, boys far younger than I were mobilizing across this country to fight in World War I. The further back you look in history, the earlier it seems that circumstances forced people into maturity.

But is this phenomenon of arrested development all that new?

I’m not so sure.

One of the greatest films of the 1960s, “The Graduate,” is a story about a guy who graduates college and mulls a r o u n d home for a while, uncertain what to do with his future. Even Hemingway wrote about the “great American boy-men”; those who did not fight in World War I and were not shaped by it.

The truth is, being an adult is about responsibility, and it takes hard work to develop.

It’s easy to forget this during the day-to-day of my relatively charmed, care-free collegiate life, but most adults don’t actually have it all figured out. In fact, most aren’t even close. Learning the little things like taxes and 401ks will come with experience.

Life is not a coming-of-age novel. There is no bookend on adolescence. When I leave Marquette on May 21, clad in cap and gown, I won’t suddenly have all of the answers.

But I trust that as I take the next step this fall in attending law school, the lessons I learned at Marquette will continue to guide me.

It’s easy to forget this during the day-to-day of my relatively charmed, carefree collegiate life, but most adults actually don’t have it all figured out.“

Ryan McCarthy is a senior studying journalism. He can be reached at ryan.w.mccarthy@marquette.edu

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Forever a ‘Tribber’ taking pride in Wire success Amy Elliot-Meisel When I started working for student media, I was told, “You are a Tribber.” In my four years here, this has never faltered, and I will always consider myself a Tribber. However, as I now send my final Tribune to the printer as managing editor and my time here comes to an end, I find that I am also a proud member of the Marquette Wire – a Wireite?

Four years ago, this new concept of the Marquette Wire was born into chaos. It was generally said that the Wire would encompass all aspects of student media – MUTV, Radio, Journal and Tribune. Not even the editors that year couldn’t quite explain what the Wire was supposed to be and how it was going to operate.

As most freshmen do, I simply did what I was told and became a devoted Tribber. I worked 30 hours a week as a freshman for the Tribune. As a sophomore, I became the visual content editor, also for the Tribune. At the mention of the Wire, I rolled my eyes and scoffed at its mission.

For a long time, many of us went on like this. We identified as Tribbers and assumed this greater goal of collaboration, what they were calling the Wire, could never work. Until it started to work.

Until I saw convergence actually

begin to happen.

It was during President Barack Obama’s visit that I first saw the Wire come together. Excited about the visit and anxious to take part in the coverage, everyone was vying for press passes.

Our executive director at the time eventually made the call and two reporters were assigned to write a story and live tweet the event. A videographer from MUTV was to coordinate with them and the final product would include a print story, a video and social media posts.

It worked. Print, video and social media came together to produce content together, as a collective unit. On that day, the Wire worked. I started to believe in the Wire and have been lucky enough to watch it grow exceptionally since that day.

Throughout this past year and a half as Tribune managing editor, I have seen the Wire come into its own – and still fought it at several points along the way. But through it all, progress was made and the Wire has proven success.

Just a few weeks ago, shots were fired near campus. Immediately, the editors jumped into the Wire mentality. A news reporter ran to the scene, took photos, did a live stand-up, tweeted the event, then came back to the office to write the print story. Photographers and videographers were sent and by the end of the night, the Wire succeeded in producing content across nearly all platforms.

Four years ago, if you’d told

me this could happen, I would have laughed, maybe called you crazy, and for sure would have rolled my eyes. I’ve been given a lot of flack for being stubborn about my beloved Tribune and its traditions. I think “pig-headed” may have been thrown around once or twice.

But the success of the Wire is not the failure of the Tribune.

The old, pessimistic, stuck-inthe-mud generation I’ve reveled in is leaving – hopefully the new one will continue the progress we’ve made.

With the unwavering support of College of Communication Dean Kimo ah Yun, our ever-incredible Director of Student Media Mark Zoromski and my archnemesis turned confidant, close friend Executive Director Patrick Thomas leading the charge, there is no doubt the Wire will continue to flourish.

As I finish my 42nd issue as managing editor and my 158th Tribune overall, I’ll entrust my beloved newspaper to the extremely capable Becca Carballo and tell her to put the Wire first, because when the Wire succeeds, the Tribune will continue to succeed alongside it. And I’ll tell her that she’ll forever be a Tribber, but a Wireite as well – but I don’t have to tell her that, she already knows it. And with that, my job here is done.

Amy Elliot-Meisel is a senior studying history and sociology.

She is the managing editor of the Tribune. She can be reached at amy.elliot-meisel@marquette.edu

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Managing Editor Amy Elliot-Meisel with future Managing Editor Rebecca Carballo and Executive Director Patrick Thomas.

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Froling takes long path to MU

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Harry Froling drives in for a layup while playing for Australia against the U.S. Froling appeared on the national roster for the U17 FIBA World Championships in 2014.

Transfer finally feels comfortable after SMU exit

By Andrew Goldstein Special to the Tribune

MELBOURNE – One could stand on the deck of the Froling family’s home on the slopes of Mount Stuart just outside of Townsville, Australia, and see almost every important sight of the eldest son Harry’s childhood.

You’ll find the faint outline of a vast cluster of houses.

Squint into the sunlight, and you might be able to make out the Frolings’ old home with the orange roof, although the beat-up old basketball hoop has been thrown away.

What you won’t see are all the places basketball has taken Harry since then: down the east coast of Australia to Canberra, all across America on college visits, to Southern Methodist University in Dallas and, finally, to Marquette’s campus in January.

“It was never a distance factor,” Froling said about his journey. “I’ve got my sights set on the NBA, and the NBA happens to be in America. … (The distance) hasn’t been difficult for me because I’ve got my sights set on

bigger things.”

“HE WAS REALLY STUBBORN” Sam, Harry’s brother, still laughs as he tells the leaf story.

“When he was little, there was a couple of wasps buzzing around in the backyard, and Harry went to touch one. Mom was like, ‘Harry don’t touch those; they’ll sting you.’”

“So he grabbed a leaf, and he poked one with a leaf and it stung him. Mom was like, ‘What did I tell you?

Didn’t I tell you not to touch it?’ So then Harry said, ‘I didn’t touch it. I touched it with a leaf.’”

Shane and Jenny, Harry’s parents, both knew that Harry’s strong will could be channeled into something useful. It wasn’t hard for them to think of an activity, as both parents are basketball coaches and former players.

Shane played for several teams in the Australian National Basketball League during a competitive career spanning over a decade. Jenny’s playing days were cut short by a knee injury that required reconstructive surgery, but she was a referee in both the women’s NBL and the men’s for 10 years afterward.

It comes as no surprise, then,

that his parents introduced Harry to the game. Shane put up an eight-foot hoop and handed Harry a regulation basketball at just three years old.

“He couldn’t throw a fullsize basketball up at it, and he was down there for three hours until it got dark,” Shane said.

“Even in the dark, he was trying to get the ball in the hoop and would not stop until he got it.”

Eventually, Harry’s game on the basketball court started to take shape. He developed sharp passing skills and a much better shot than his father ever had, two attributes that paired nicely with his increasingly tall frame. Nobody knew it at the time, but he was becoming a type of player that didn’t exist in his parents’ generation.

“When we played, if you were a post player, that’s all you did. Whereas now, all these kids are much more skilled with shooting and passing and dribbling,” Jenny said. “The game’s just changed.”

“HE WANTED TO BE WITH THE BEST” Plaques hang on the white brick walls of a tunnel, leading to the courts at Basketball Australia’s Centre of Excellence in Canberra.

Somewhere among them are the names of all the Australian basketball players that an American would know, Andrew Bogut, Matthew Dellavedova, Dante Exum and Patty Mills.

The 1985 team photographs hang a good distance away from those luminaries. Shane Froling stands with his teammates in the men’s photo, while Jenny does the same in the women’s picture.

Players who attend the CoE get an opportunity that top-level teenagers in America don’t — the chance to play adults.

The CoE assembles a team almost entirely comprised of players under 20 years old and pits them against semi-professional teams in the South East Australian Basketball League, one of several leagues that serve as the NBL’s second tier.

“They learn to beat them up under the basket, they learn how to take a hit to the chin,” Shane said of the SEABL experience. “They learn how to go up and get contacted on layups and all of a sudden, they cannot play like they are bullying other kids. They’re the ones being bullied and they have to learn how to play a physical game.”

After completing his time at the CoE, Harry came home for six months and

competed against more adults as a member of his now-defunct hometown team, the Townsville Crocodiles. It was the same team his dad played for and coached.

“It was a big honor for him to represent the Crocs and come home,” Shawn Dennis, the Crocs’ coach at the time, said.

The romance quickly wore off, as Harry’s flaws as a player were exposed against older competition. He wasn’t fast enough. Tougher players would outwork him for rebounds, even if they were shorter. It didn’t help that Harry had what Dennis called “baby fat.”

“He needed to re-condition his body to be an athlete,” Dennis said. “Harry would say this himself – he’s not the greatest athlete. He’s OK, but he needed to work on his body to change that and get every ounce of athleticism he can.”

Slowly, Harry started to move the needle. He became tougher in the low post and a little lighter on his feet. An end-of-the-bench role turned into a middle-of-the-bench role, which was as good as it got for an unpaid teenager. It meant playing time in Australia’s top league at only 17 years old.

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turn into a formidable player, and coaches on the other side of the Pacific Ocean were starting to notice.

“HE WAS DISHEARTENED” Harry played on the U17 Australian Junior National Team that claimed the silver medal at the 2014 world championships. Almost immediately afterward, it started.

New letters in the mail every day. Fresh emails in the inbox.

Messages left on the answering machine. All of them were from top-tier American colleges, and all of them wanted Harry Over the course of a year, Harry narrowed it down to four schools: Illinois, Colorado, SMU and Arizona.

Both parents were sure their son would choose Arizona, as both say the Wildcats did an “outstanding” job in their recruiting presentation.

Instead, Harry shocked his parents by committing to SMU, the same school where his two sisters played college basketball. Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown sold Harry on the university. He still remembers the line that swayed him.

“I want to be an NBA player and (Brown) said, ‘Harry, if you come here, I’ll get you to the NBA in two years.’”

Only one thing during the recruitment process gave the Frolings cause for concern.

Former Arizona coach Lute Olson, who is a good friend of Brown’s, told Shane that Brown was considering leaving SMU. Both parents pressed Brown hard about whether the rumor was true.

“We asked the question, and Larry guaranteed us – we shook hands – guaranteed Harry that I’ll be here for three years and you’ll be here for three years,” Jenny said.

“He looked us in the eye and said, ‘I guarantee you, I’m not going anywhere,’” Shane said.

Larry Brown left SMU July 8, citing an inability to agree on the structure of a new contract. Harry arrived on campus earlier in the week. Brown’s three-year promise barely lasted three days.

Harry decided to give playing with the Mustangs a shot.

Right away, there were problems. The strength and conditioning coaches put Harry, who weighed 270 pounds with 20 percent body fat, on the same lifting regimen as star forward Semi Ojeleye, who weighed 30 pounds less and had two percent body fat.

“It was a different style of play to Harry’s game, and it wasn’t a good fit for him,” his brother Sam said. “They

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Freshman Harry Froling sits on the sidelines during a Marquette game this season. He picked Marquette over Oregon State in January.

were all athletic and jetting up and down the floor. Harry’s more of an in to offense, create his own shot kind of guy as opposed to getting up and dunking on everyone.”

“It was a lot of little things, and it wasn’t the right fit for me,” Harry said. “On and off the court, it just didn’t feel right.”

After 10 games at SMU, Harry announced his intention to transfer just before winter break in December.

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(Larry Brown) looked us in the eye and said, ‘I guarantee you, I’m not going anywhere.”

Shane Froling Harry’s father

“HE SEEMS REALLY HAPPY” Most freshmen, basketball recruits included, take years to find the best fit for college.

Harry now had one month to do so in a country thousands of miles away from home.

The Frolings decided to look at just the two front runners: Oregon State and Dayton. The Oregon State visit happened in late December.

Dayton rescinded its scholarship offer shortly afterward, deciding to pursue other players instead. That prompted Harry to take a second look at Marquette, one of the many schools that reached out at the very beginning.

Marquette gave Harry a similar pitch to the one he heard from Arizona as a prospective freshman: customized weights

program, loss of body fat and heaps of individual attention.

It’s the exact thing that Harry admitted “scared (him) a little bit” the first time he heard it. Almost a year removed from his SMU commitment, had Harry’s mentality really changed that much?

Shane wasn’t sure. He thought Marquette was the better option and Oregon State’s offer provided the same out that SMU did with Arizona a year earlier. During Harry’s initial recruitment, Shane mostly kept his opinions to himself. Harry gave him a reason to change that policy.

“I just said to him, ‘Look, I want your honest opinion.

I don’t care what you say; I want you to tell me what you think, don’t hold it back,” Harry said of his post-trip interaction with his father.

Shane didn’t hold back.

“I told him that if you want the easy route, you should go to Oregon State,” Shane said.

“You’ll be a starter there, they need you, and you can coast.”

About Marquette, Shane told his son, “Harry, you’re not going to like it here because they are going to break your body down.”

“You think that’s a bad thing?” Harry said.

“No, I think that’s brilliant,” Shane said.

It didn’t take too long before Harry concurred with his father, because he committed to Marquette less than 24 hours after his visit to Milwaukee.

NCAA rules preclude midseason transfers from playing in any games until after first semester of the following season, so Harry used that time to heal a nagging stress reaction in his right foot. Although he

is on crutches now, Harry predicts he’ll be a full participant in practice by June.

The other significant thing that’s happened since the commitment is exactly the thing his father predicted, a neartotal body transformation. As of late March, Harry had lost nine percent body fat and over 20 pounds.

“I saw a photo of him the other day, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen him look as skinny or muscle-y (sic) as he does now,” Sam said. “He’s really trimmed down, and he looks heaps better.”

Even 8,900 miles away from home, Milwaukee offers the comfort of familiar faces.

Bucks rookie Thon Maker, who knew Harry from a Basketball Without Borders camp, invited his old friend to get

food. Close childhood friend and fellow Townsville native, Jacob Rose, received an academic acceptance from Marquette during spring semester.

He has until May 1 to decide if he will join Harry in Milwaukee.

The chemistry was just as seamless with the new teammates as well. Jenny always got the impression that her son and fellow Australian recruit Tom Wilson, who transferred as well, were isolated from the rest of the locker room at SMU. The complete opposite is true at Marquette, Jenny said.

“He gets on well with the team, which I noticed straight away with his social media and his Snapchats,” Jenny said. “I think it’s a more comfortable fit.”

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WLax seniors left mark despite lack of postseason Shearer led BIG EAST in goals with 55 tallies in 2017

By Thomas Salinas

thomas.salinas@marquette.edu

Marquette was a well-oiled machine against Butler on senior night. By the time Marquette pushed the lead to 10-0, much of the fanfare should have waned.

However, this goal will be etched into the minds of many because it wasn’t scored by one of the usual suspects.

With 16:34 left in the first half, senior defender Megan Bianco, who only played 13 games over her four-year career, picked up a ground ball and sprinted toward the goal. She powered a shot by the Butler goalie Haley Rayburn for her first career goal.

Her teammates showered her with excitement.

“It just gave me chills just thinking about her scoring,” senior Amanda Bochniak said.

The Golden Eagles finished

the year 6-11 overall and 4-5 in BIG EAST play, failing to reach the conference tournament yet again. Marquette ended their season with back-to-back wins on senior night against Butler and Vanderbilt this past weekend. On paper, the team didn’t reach its goal, but that’s not what the nine graduating seniors will remember from their last season at Marquette.

“Even though it didn’t always go the way we wanted, we set a lot of records and had a recordbreaking season,” senior attacker Claire Costanza said. “We set a high standard for future teams, and now it’s up to them.”

Despite the team knowing the season would not extend into the postseason well before their final games, the seniors knew their job at Marquette was unfinished.

“As seniors, the only thing we could do when it didn’t go our way was to work hard and prepare the team for next year to be successful,” Bianco said. “We want them to ultimately have that season we didn’t.”

The senior group set numerous individual and team records, beginning with Costanza, the programs all-time leader in points with 169. The fifth-year graduate student finished with 100 career assists, the first Golden Eagle to do so. Bochniak sat behind Costanza with 138 points and was the third Marquette player in history to join the 100-point club earlier this season. Defensively, the team was anchored by Fran Meyer, who passed Elizabeth Goslee with 90 caused turnovers all-time.

Another 100-point member, and perhaps Marquette’s brightest star in history, is senior attacker Julianna Shearer, who ended her prolific scoring career with 115 goals. Her 55 tallies on the season led the entire BIG EAST. It’s records like these Costanza refers to that will eventually have to be broken if the team wants to reach their goals.

“We faced a difficult schedule, and if future teams want to break these records, they are going to have to beat these tough teams,”

lacrosse still has a lot going for it.

After having no facilities of their own for the first few years, the recently constructed dome gives lacrosse a space to practice throughout the cold winters. The team is finally playing on campus on the soccer field, which sits an appropriate 1,600 people. In three years, the facilities will get a huge boost in the Athletic Performance Research Center.

A BIG EAST title has helped Marquette recruit at a higher level. I was told about one recruit who had narrowed his list to two big-name programs who coldcalled Marquette coach Joe Amplo after seeing “Lucky to Win a Game.” He and his parents were impressed with how apparent it was Marquette’s coach loved his players.

Above all else, the greatest asset Marquette has and should do everything to keep is Amplo.

He’s instilled a culture of love into this program that is tough to not notice. As a former defensive midfielder and current assistant Jake Richard said in “Lucky to Win a Game,” the team says they love boldly. The commitment to improving and leaving a mark helped a ragtag team of players who weren’t even going to play Division I lacrosse defeat the No. 1 team in the country.

The lacrosse community has started to recognize Amplo’s achievements. He earned a spot on the NCAA selection committee last year, was named an assistant for the U.S. national team for the Federation of Inter-

national Lacrosse World Championships in 2018 and this past summer another program came knocking. Princeton, a school that boasts six NCAA championships and 25 Ivy League titles, offered him the job. He turned it down.

“As I tell every recruit, there’s no perfect place, but there’s a perfect fit,” Amplo said in his

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Megan Bianco (center) celebrates after scoring her first goal.

Costanza said.

The seniors have gone from losing to top teams by large margins as freshman to hanging with nationally ranked teams as seniors. It’s progress, even though Marquette didn’t end up on the winning side of those contests.

“Coach Black could easily make an easy schedule, and we could have a better record. But that’s not what we want,” Bochniak said. “We want to be playing hard teams, and that’s what brought us to this point. I feel like if we weren’t playing these teams, we wouldn’t be where we are now.”

The seniors invested countless hours in the weight room and on the field to help the team reach where they are today.

However, it’s moments like Bianco’s goal the group will cherish and take away from their time at Marquette.

“I scored, and the reaction from every single person was so overwhelming,” Bianco said.

“It made me stop and think this is the program I committed myself to the last for years, and I could not be happier about it.

That’s the kind of thing you want to remember.”

sit-down for “Lucky to Win a Game.” “This is my place. This is my fit. … If I didn’t leave for Princeton University then I’m not sure there’s a place out there honestly.”

This is a man who wants to build something great here, and the success the program has already seen in just five years

shows that’s possible. So, as long as Amplo remains at the helm and everything else goes according to plan, I don’t think it’s unrealistic at all to see Marquette become one of the sport’s national powers.

Marquette will reach great heights under Amplo Jack Goods When I picked to Marquette attend over Fordham and Pittsburgh, having a lacrosse team didn’t play into the decision.

Sure, I loved the sport, but Marquette wasn’t in a position to get people excited yet. The Golden Eagles had just completed their first season of play, going 5-8.

I had no clue that over the next four years Marquette would establish itself as a name in the sport. I had no expectation for the Golden Eagles to beat multiple ranked opponents my sophomore year, then defeat No. 1 Denver to win the BIG EAST title and earn a NCAA Tournament appearance my junior year.

Most people on the Wire write their final column about what it meant to work for the paper, or all the great memories they now have. I wanted to mix things up a little. I want to tell you my biggest sports takeaway of my four years — Marquette is going to be a very good men’s lacrosse school.

I’ve written about the advances in the program before, and my colleagues Grant Becker, Brian Georgeson, Patrick Thomas and Matt Unger did an outstanding job encapsulating the magic in their documentary “Lucky to Win a Game.” However, a sub-.500 season this year has knocked off some of the luster. It’s a learning year, a road bump, but Marquette

Jack Goods is a senior studying journalism. He can be reached at jack.goods@marquette.edu

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ESPN layoffs worrisome for sports media hopefuls Grant Becker The news started breaking Wednesday morning. I was sitting in my capstone class when I saw Ed Werder’s tweet that he had been laid off after 17 years covering the NFL for ESPN. “The worldwide leader” laid off roughly 100 employees, many of which were well-known talents. In addition to Werder, ESPN let go of SportsCenter anchor Jay Crawford, two of the NBA’s best insiders, Marc Stein and Chad Ford, and a whole boatload of noteworthy names.

The news was a punch in the gut for a number of reasons.

First, it’s never fun to see people lose their jobs, regardless of industry. Second, several of my favorite content creators are out of a job, and it’s hard to know when, where and even if they will be back. And third, but most upsetting as someone hoping to enter the industry in a matter of weeks, the layoffs are a statement about the state of sports media.

When even those at the top of the game are deemed nonessential, how does someone with three unpaid internships and a bunch of student media experience expect to find a job?

The layoffs were no surprise — media reporters have been discussing the looming doomsday for months. It was the sheer weight and variety of names who received the axe that was most disheartening for me.

There was little rhyme or reason to who was sent packing. There were men, women, young, old, print figures, television personalities, multi-skilled

journalists, beat writers, columnists, news breakers, playby-play announcers and digital experts. The lesson was that nobody is safe.

For some people this message may have brought about a change of heart — a realization that a long career in this ever-changing, often shrinking industry requires more emotional stamina than they can bear.

That’s not what happened for me.

I read the posts of those who had been let go, and saw the same sentiment in so many of them. “I look forward to the next adventure,” and “Onto the next one” and “I’m excited for what’s next.”

After tasting the business’s bitter lemons, so many stayed so positive.

Then, I thought about why I wanted to study journalism in the first place and the moments that made me double down on it.

I recalled shooting collegiate summer baseball league highlights for a local TV station in Mankato, Minnesota last summer. I remembered late nights in the editing booth working on a documentary about lacrosse last fall. I looked back just a month ago to sitting in a hotel room in Spartanburg, South Carolina, at 2 a.m. piecing together my final Marquette men’s basketball recap story.

I reflected on those times and many more from these incredibly early stages of my career, and I thought about how lucky I’ve already been. I’ve had four years of fun, and I’ve yet to make one penny from a professional news organization.

So I scrolled through the list of those who received bad news last

MARQUETTE SPORTS CALENDAR THURSDAY 5/4 Men’s lacrosse BIG EAST Semifinal vs Denver TBD

SATURDAY 5/6 Men’s lacrosse BIG EAST Final (if necessary) TBD

FRIDAY 5/5 Track and field Wisconsin Twilight Invitational All day

Track and field BIG EAST Championships All day

BIG EAST STANDINGS MEN’S LACROSSE (BIG EAST, overall)

WOMEN’S LACROSSE (BIG EAST, Overall)

Denver 5-0, 11-2 Villanova 4-1, 9-5 Providence 3-2, 9-6 Marquette 2-3, 6-7 Georgetown 1-4, 4-10 St. John’s 0-5, 1-13

Florida 9-0, 15-2 Denver 7-2, 13-3 Georgetown 7-2, 9-8 Temple 6-3, 13-4 UConn 5-4, 8-8 Marquette 4-5, 6-11 Vanderbilt 3-6, 6-9 Cincinnati 2-7, 6-11 Villanova 2-7, 4-12 Butler 0-9, 1-16

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Neil Everett talks to Jerry West on the set of SportsCenter, ESPN’s flagship highlight program.

week, sent a few tweets to those whose work had an impact on me and I carried on.

I opened up what may as well be my homepage during my job hunt and I tracked down the name of the news director at the CBS station in Bozeman, Montana. I crafted a cover letter,

explaining why what I learned over the last four years made me the best candidate to fill the station’s general assignment sports reporter position. I attached my resume and reel, hit send and hoped.

It’s not about the money or the job security; it’s about the stories,

the people who live them and the shared experience of sport. There will be more layoffs, and there will be more bad days for the industry — but I intend to be there, riding the wave.

Grant Becker is a senior studying journalism. He can be reached at grant.becker@marquette.edu

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Golf third on BIG EAST Championships’ final day

Bachmann tied atop leaderboard at 1-under-par

By Matt Unger

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A stormy day at Callawassie Island Club wasn’t enough to stop freshman Matthew Bachmann from his hot play in Okatie, South Carolina. The Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, native posted a 1-under-par 71 Monday afternoon to earn a share of the individual lead and keep Marquette tied for third at the BIG EAST Men’s Golf Championships.

Bachmann’s tremendous play comes on the heels of a steady 1-over-par 73 performance

Sunday afternoon.

“I just kept it really stress-free,” Bachmann said after Sunday’s round. “A lot of pars, a lot of good swings. … It went well.”

Through 36 holes, Marquette posted a team score of 613 (304309), which places them in a tie for third with Butler. However, they will have ground to make up Tuesday as DePaul sits 17 shots clear of the Golden Eagles.

All of the teams have dealt with unfortunate conditions throughout the past two days. Rain and winds exceeded 15 miles per hour, ballooned the average scores and caused the course to play slower.

“I was really proud of our guys and that they battled,” head coach Steve Bailey said after Marquette’s 304 opening round.

“(The wind is) tough not only going into the greens, but on the greens as well when you’re trying to putt when the wind blows that hard.”

While Bachmann improved his score on the second day, the rest of the team averaged a 79 Monday. Sophomore standout Oliver Farrell posted a 80 Monday due to three double bogeys and five bogeys after registering a 76 on the first day. Senior Henry Klongland, playing in his last event as a Golden Eagle, carded a 79 on day two, three shots worse than his day one score.

To stay atop the leaderboard, Bachmann will have to fight off co-leaders Jonathan Hewett (DePaul) and Joey Arcuri (Butler). This will most likely

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Freshman Matthew Bachmann shot under par after two days.

mean avoiding mistakes, something the freshman has done a good job of thus far.

“I took my game plan from yesterday into today,” Bachmann said after round two. “Aggressive swings at conservative targets.

You really have to just keep it in play here.”

Marquette will tee off on hole No. 1 with Seton Hall and DePaul this morning starting at 7:50 a.m.

Weekly staff picks

MLAX vs.

Goods

Unger

Becker

Hand

Boyle

Salinas

Ploen

Steppe

DeSutter

25-21

28-18

24-22

21-25

23-23

28-18

26-20

28-18

10-6

Denver 5-4-17

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