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Photo starts controversy Students feel upset regarding MU’s response to image By Josh Anderson & Natallie St. Onge
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Early last week, a student received a photo that contained “disturbing racial overtones,” according to a statement released by the university last Tuesday. The image appears to show four white males. Two of them look to be holding fake guns, and another appears to be holding a black doll. The student reported the incident to Marquette University Police Department, who immediately devoted “significant resources” to an investigation. The student also submitted a bias incident report, said Xavier Cole, vice president of student affairs. A second university statement confirmed the university identified all four individuals in the image, and only one of the individuals is a student at Marquette. The statement did not explicitly name the individuals. Jadah Cadogan, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences and president of Marquette’s National Association for the Advancement of Colored People chapter, said she first saw the image last week. “My first reaction was
shock and then it was anger and then it was more anger,” she said. “Then it was that this is a problem, and something can be done about it.” Cadogan wrote an article in an email to NAACP members criticizing Marquette’s response to the image. “This type of behavior has no place at a University and action should have be (sic) taken immediately but was not. The University FAILED,” Cadogan wrote in the article. Cadogan said she sent emails to several university leaders and met with them to voice her concerns about the university’s response to the photo. She said the meeting was counter-productive. “We were like, ‘Who are these kids? Who are they besides the one that I found?’ And he was like, ‘We can’t release that information,’ and I’m like, ‘Okay, but at this point, that’s a threat,’” she said. Many students gathered to voice their concerns to university leaders, including University President Michael Lovell, Provost Daniel Myers and Cole, at a meeting in the Center for Intercultural Engagement April 25. After an influx of attendees, the event was moved to the AMU Ballrooms, originally to be held in the CIE. “It was full lecture hall that wasn’t open to the press or media so that there was allowance for our folks to have a conversation freely, so that
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MU grad gets nominated to be brigadier general
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Col. Lorna Mahlock served in the Marines for 30 years. She is currently a deputy director in Washington D.C.
Mahlock could be first African American female in this position
By Natallie St. Onge
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Col. Lorna Mahlock of the United States Marine Corps, who graduated from Marquette in 1991, was nominated April 10 by President Donald Trump for brigadier general. Mahlock served over 30 years in the Marine Corps. She is currently the deputy director of Operations, Plans, Policies and Operations Directorate in Washington, D.C. If
elected, Mahlock will be the first African-American female to hold the position of brigadier general. “I think females, especially who join the Marine Corps, are the type of females who know they don’t have limitations on what they do,” Georgi Llanas, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said. Midshipman (MIDN) Llanas serves as Marine Option Platoon Commander for Marquette’s Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. MIDN Madison Abell, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said if Mahlock is elected, she will either work
under someone higher in the chain of command, or she will take a command position of a marine expedition or a unit force. Promotions are made based on officers potential to carry out responsibilities and tasks of the next higher grade. Promotions do not serve as awards for past work and performances but as an incentive to excel in the next grade. Brigadier general is a onestar rank, and it is the position below the major general. “What I think is really important with the nomination of Mahlock is that she represents not just women in the See MILITARY page 2
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Concerned students meet with university leaders PHOTO, from page 1 people can feel safe and so that people can process what they are feeling and what they saw,” Cole said. At the meeting, Major Cooper, assistant director for African-American services in the CIE, said he thinks students wanted the opportunity to voice their concerns and be heard by administrators. He was made aware of the photo when a student presented it to him and expressed their concerns. “I charged (students) with clear, concise questions and some possible solutions. They were able to articulate that (at the meeting) and I was proud of them for doing that,” Cooper said. Cole said the most concerning part of the discussion was students not feeling confident enough to report because they felt as though nothing would happen. “That’s where a lot of our work needs to be done — making people feel safe that they can report,” he said. In her article, Cadogan named two people in the photo. MUPD said it could not confirm any details due to student privacy laws. The student who initially sent the photo could face disciplinary action ranging from probation to expulsion, according to a third statement sent by the university Friday. Erik Ugland, a professor of digital media and performing arts, said the student who originally sent the photo could also potentially face a criminal charge, depending on the context and the relationship between the
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sender and receiver. “If there’s been some ongoing bullying and then the student receives this message, it could possibly be understood as a threat, an act of harassment or intimidation,” Ugland said. “But if the context and the relationship between the parties would suggest that this is offensive but not likely to be perceived as a threat, then it’s a harder argument to make that it’s a criminal act.” Daijzia Richards, a
My first reaction was shock and then it was anger and then it was more anger”
freshman in the College of Communication, said she was angry when the photo surfaced, but wasn’t shocked. “Marquette as faculty and university don’t see it as a problem. They focus on other things that are important like sexual assault, but they don’t talk about race,” Richards said. New initiatives will be seen this fall to promote diversity on JADAH CADOGAN campus, Cole said. Junior in the College of Arts & Sciences “Our job at Marquette,
which we will do much more of, is to help provide safe spaces, provide support for our students of color but also for our majority students to provide tools that we need so we will be able to engage in meaningful conversations, solutions, and dialogues that not only make Marquette better, but our city, and then our state,” Cole said. “We’ll start there.”
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A photo was sent to a student that appeared to show four males holding fake guns and pointing them at a black doll. The photo was reported to MUPD.
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military — she represents black women in the military,” said Maria Bunczak, sophomore in the College of Nursing and president of Marquette Empowerment. Bunczak said the nomination represents an intersectional issue because there are not that many women in the military. Women in the Marines are the lowest percentage of females in a military force. 7.6 percent of women make up the Marine force, according to a 2015 “Time Labs” report.
Bunczak said it’s great for young girls, and kids in general, to see someone who looks like them so highly ranked. “Whenever there are positions that have just been open like this to women, there is going to be bumps in the road, but there are going to be pioneers like Mahlock who we will look back on and look up to forever,” Bunczak said. Llanas said Marine PFTs, physical fitness tests, are arguably more challenging than any other service — a reason
why females may only make up a small percentage. Marines’ PFTs include a threemile run, push-ups and sit-ups, along with a combat test which consists of sprints, maneuvers under fire, throwing a grenade and buddy-carrying someone over your shoulders. “Physically, it’s very demanding. It’s stressful,” Llanas said. Llanas grew up with Marines her entire life, and she said Marines are her favorite people. She said the
organization has lasted as well as it has because of the people who are in it. “There’s a type of person who gravitates toward the Marine Corps. If you talk to them, they’re very honest. They’re very blunt. They desire challenge. It’s very difficult to try and replicate that,” Llanas said. “There is a certain type of ethos that is commanded by the Marine Corps,” Abell said. Llanas said more and more females are starting to realize
they don’t have limitations. “Society might put it on you, but I think Marines kind of surround themselves with people who push each other. I see it as just progressing. I see it as exponential,” Llanas said. When reached for comment from Mahlock, the public affairs officer from the Department of Defense said Mahlock is out of the country and therefore unable to comment.
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MU researchers discover sugar risks Obesity, diabetes potentially linked to artificial sweetenrs By Josh Anderson
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Diet sodas have long been advertised as sugar-free, and therefore a healthier alternative to sugary counterparts. However, new research from the university’s department of biomedical engineering suggests otherwise. Researchers from Marquette and the Medical College of Wisconsin recently discovered a possible link between artificial sweeteners and obesity and diabetes. Brian Hoffmann, a professor of biomedical engineering, lead the research. He is in a joint department of biomedical engineering which the university and the MCW formed in 2016. Hoffmann said his laboratory has studied the effects of high glucose consumption for a little over two years, though the focus on artificial sweeteners did not occur until more recently. “It wasn’t until a little over a year ago that we started conducting research on artificial sweetener consumption,” he said. In his tests, Hoffmann and his team used diabetes-susceptible rats to measure the effects of sugars and artificial sweeteners on metabolic processes, or the body’s systems which create energy from food. For three weeks, researched fed different groups of rats high doses of different sugars and artificial sweeteners. The researchers then studied the rats’ blood to see how the sweeteners affected their metabolism. The researchers saw negative effects from the sugars and the artificial sweeteners, Hoffmann said. However, different mechanisms caused these effects.
The sugar significantly altered several hundred different substances used in metabolic systems. This severely impacted the rats’ ability to burn fats and oils, which could potentially lead to medical conditions such as obesity and diabetes. The artificial sweeteners also had a large impact on the metabolic processes of the rats. In addition to affecting the rats’ ability to burn fats and oils, the artificial sweeteners affected the rats’ ability to create energy. Hoffmann and his team also
saw a buildup of artificial sweeteners in the rats’ blood, which he said could potentially lead to cardiovascular disease. Hoffmann said the next step for future research is to track the effect of artificial sweeteners and sugars in a long-term study. This would allow them to see the long-term effects of the sweeteners and their potential progression towards diseases such as cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes. Hoffmann’s research was reported on by several news
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MUPD REPORTS April 30 A store manager reported that an employee was suspected of drinking while making deliveries in the 1600 block of W. Wells Street. The subject was found to be intoxicated and in possession of a firearm. MUPD arrested the subject and transported him to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility. The incident occurred April 30 at 12:36 a.m. Unknown subject(s) forcibly removed the victim’s property from a secured and unattended vehicle without consent in the 1400 block of W. State Street. The incident occurred between April 27 at 6 p.m. and April 29 at 1:15 p.m. Unknown subject(s) used an unknown object to smash a window on the victim’s secured and unattended vehicle without consent
organizations such as Newsweek and TMJ4. Lars Olson, the interim joint chair of biomedical engineering, said it’s uncommon for academic research to attract the attention that Hoffmann’s research has. “Many professors do research to better understand the world and make an impact to improve lives,” Olson said. “It is rewarding when one’s research is recognized by the public as being important to their health.”
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in the 1500 block of W. Highland Avenue. The incident occurred April 28 between 7 and 10 p.m. April 27 An MU student reported being the subject of harassing social media posts by another MU student at Mashuda Hall. MUPD advised two MU students regarding the social media posts. The incident occurred April 21 at 11 a.m. A subject was taken into custody and cited for indecent exposure in the 700 block of N. 13th Street. MUPD transported the subject to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility for an open warrant. The incident occurred April 26 at 1:01 p.m. April 25 Unknown
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unknown device to unlock the victim’s secured and unattended vehicle in the 900 block of N. 15th Street. The subjects removed property without the victim’s consent. The incident occurred April 24 at 8:10 a.m. Unknown subject(s) intentionally damaged the victim’s secured, unattended vehicle without consent in the 2300 block of W. Wisconsin Avenue. The incident occurred April 23 between 1 and 6 a.m. April 24 MUPD assisted the Milwaukee Police Department in the apprehension of a suspect wanted for a shooting in the 3100 block of W. St. Paul Avenue. The incident occurred April 23 at 7:09 p.m.
May 1 Verizon executive to speak about cybersecurity 1-3 p.m. Sensenbrenner Hall, Eisenberg Room May 3 Unity Graduation 4-9 p.m. Global Water Center Write All Night 9 p.m.-3 a.m. Ott Memorial Writing Center May 4 Design Day 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Engineering Hall NROTC Blood Drive 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Old Gym
“Milwaukee 53206” screening 12:30-2 p.m. Redeemer Lutheran Church Studio 013 Refugees Comedy Show 7:30-9 p.m. Marquette Hall, room 200 Gold ‘n Blues Spring Concert 7:30-9 p.m. Varsity Theatre May 5 18th Annual Diversity Gala 7-9 p.m. AMU Monaghan Ballrooms
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College Republicans host NRA workshop Three student protesters get kicked out of event By Sarah Lipo
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The National Rifle Association presented its NRA University program at a Marquette College Republicans meeting April 24, where three students were asked to leave for allegedly being a disruption. NRA University is a two-hour training seminar for college students who want to learn more about NRA, the Second Amendment, gun safety, legislative threats to gun rights and the gun control debate, according to its website. Sophomore Zoe Gunderson in the College of Arts & Sciences, freshman Perry Lodes in the College of Arts & Sciences, and senior Kendall Kastner in the College of Arts & Sciences are in the same peace studies class and decided to protest the event. Gunderson came up with the idea the night before when a friend showed her the email about the NRA presenting at the meeting. “I heard about it, and I knew right away I wanted to protest it,” Gunderson said. She said that though her fellow protesters were in her class, this was a protest independent of any Marquette-affiliated class or group. Gunderson said they taped memes to their shirts and covered them up with jackets. She said they decided the memes would be “most relatable for (their) audience.” “About 20 minutes into the meeting, we unzipped our jackets and just stood in the back silently and people noticed, but we were largely ignored until Zach came up to us and told us we had to leave,” Gunderson said. Zachary Petrizzo, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences,
is the chair of the College Republicans. Petrizzo said the event was a closed-door event and only admitted club members. “After letting the protesters stand there for over 30 minutes in the room, I asked them to leave due to them whispering and disturbing the speaker’s presentation,” Petrizzo said in an email. Petrizzo said he had a conversation with the protesters in the hallway in which he told them “they were more than welcome to protest the NRA.” Gunderson said they went into the event speculating that they were going to get kicked out. “We told him that was not our point — to have a private discussion with just one person. We were trying to make more of a broad statement with many people present,” Gunderson said.
Gunderson said she was frustrated about the way the protest was handled because she feels it is important to have an open dialogue. “It’s kind of hypocritical that you are kicking out the very people you want an open dialogue with,” Gunderson said. Petrizzo said the protest was still a disruption. “I asked for their contact information to follow up, for a conversation. They denied, which shows their (sic) not willing to have a serious conversation BUT RATHER be a DISRUPTION,” Petrizzo said in an email. After the protesters were asked to leave, the event proceeded. Suzanne Anglewicz, an NRA midwest field coordinator, said NRA University has been at Marquette for the past three years. “This is a great opportunity for the NRA to have one-on-one
(discussion) with students, to be able to make ourselves available to them ... just really having a good, open dialogue,” Anglewicz said. He said he believed the NRA presentation went “excellently.” “It’s important to have the NRA on Marquette’s campus, as they serve to protect not only the Second Amendment but in my perspective protect rights in which our Founding Fathers gave great time in ensuring are held steadfast and protected, such as the (First) Amendment, Freedom of Speech,” Petrizzo said. Petrizzo said another reason the NRA came to campus was for gun safety education. “The NRA are a group of millions of Americans who are committed to defending and protecting the rights of the people listed clearly in the Bill of Rights,” Petrizzo said. Petrizzo added that the College
Republicans “stand firm in the belief that we will protect and defend the rights of every law abiding gun owner in our nation.” Jackson Suarez, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, has been a member of College Republicans since last year. He said he believes the NRA did a good job in presenting the facts. Suarez said he feels the NRA is often misrepresented. “I hope there’s more support for the NRA and more awareness about what they actually stand for,” Suarez said. As a strong promoter against gun violence, Gunderson said there are a lot of changes that need to be made. She said Milwaukee has some of the highest rates of gun violence in the nation, and there needs to be a lot of legislative change.
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NRA Midwest Field Coordinator Suzanne Anglewicz speaks to the College Republicans at a meeting. Protestors allegedly “disturbed” the event.
Jane Doe’s lawyer requests documents from MU Case remains in discovery phase, could last months By Jenny Whidden
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Marquette is refusing to provide several documents in a case in which a former student sued the university for allegedly violating Title IX and negligence. The former student, who goes by Jane Doe for the purposes of the case, filed the lawsuit in August 2017. In a response
dated October 2017, Marquette denied the majority of Jane Doe’s claims and requested that the lawsuit be dismissed. The case is in the discovery phase, Julie Porter, the student’s lawyer, said. The phase consists of document exchange, in which both sides request certain materials of each other. Porter said Marquette refused to provide several documents. In response, Porter said her team will file a motion to compel, which will ask the judge to require Marquette to hand over the materials. Porter declined to name the specific requested documents.
“There’s not a lot of publicfacing things that happen during the discovery phase, but we continue to take the position that Marquette engaged in serious misconduct against our client, Jane Doe, and she remains steadfast in her wish to hold them accountable for their conduct,” Porter said. Marquette university spokesperson Brian Dorrington said the university maintains its concern for the student and family, but it continues to disagree with the attorney’s assertions. Dorrington said the university will not share additional information due to the legal matter.
“We will continue to prioritize sexual assault education and care for any student who comes forward to get the support they need,” Dorrington said. Paul Nolette, an assistant professor of political science, said it is not unusual for either side in a case to refuse documents. He said this kind of back-and-forth happens in the discovery phase. “The discovery phase of a trial is a really crucial part of the whole thing because it’s where the parties collect the evidence together that would be used at trial,” Nolette said. “That evidence can be testimonial
evidence, talking with witnesses for instance, or can also be documents or other material that are relevant to the case.” It is standard for the discovery phase to span over several months to a year, Nolette said. Marquette’s lawyers for this case did not respond to multiple requests for comment. “I would suspect, in this case, it probably has something to do with either Marquette is saying that it’s not relevant in some way or, given the nature of this case, they might say that there’s something protected by student privacy laws that they can’t turn over,” Nolette said.
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MUPD handles data without crime analyst Department has multiple employees who handle system By Sydney Czyzon & Jenny Whidden
sydney.czyzon@marquette.edu jennifer.whidden@marquette.edu
The Marquette University Police Department does not have an employee solely dedicated to crime analytics, despite converting to a more sophisticated records management system in June 2016. Capt. Katie Berigan said while MUPD does not have an official IT department or crime analyst, the department has multiple employees working with its data. The two employees who handle crime analytics have other responsibilities as well. “The two of us … wear lots of hats on the technology end of that. There are people who handle the stats. It’s one primary person, but sometimes she gets assistance from others,” she said. “There’s a primary person, but that’s not her only role.” MUPD transitioned from a department of public safety to a police department in May 2015, taking on more responsibilities such as making its own arrests and recording its own data. “Our previous (RMS) was the one that we’d had since we were a public safety
department and really was best suited for not a police department,” Berigan said. “There were modules and functionality that just didn’t exist in it.” Today, police are generating more data than ever, said Olga Semukhina, an associate professor of criminology. With body cameras becoming more commonplace in police departments, officers are constantly producing video, audio and GPS data. MUPD recently submitted a budget proposal to request funding for body cameras starting in 2019. Semukhina said MUPD’s transition to a police department necessitated a change in data storage systems. “(MUPD) became a police department recently, so they were required to change their database from something antiquated that they were using before to something more sophisticated,” Semukhina said. “Now, as sworn police officers, they have way more duties.” She said crime analysts can be beneficial in handling data stored by police departments. “You need to have some really good ways of searching it, and that’s where a crime analyst becomes handy,” Semukhina said. “Crime analysts are people who are kind of a hybrid between a computer scientist and a criminologist.” Without certain features on
MUPD’s previous system, Berigan said officers were sometimes required to store data on an Excel spreadsheet. She said the June 2016 transition to the department’s new RMS, called ProPhoenix, was a necessary step in MUPD’s development. ProPhoenix is a company that provides software to store incidents, but does not house any data itself, Semukhina said. She compared it to Microsoft, which provides users with software systems like Word to record information. “One of the biggest reasons (MUPD chose ProPhoenix) was that the majority of other agencies in southeast Wisconsin are using this, including the Sheriff’s Office,” Berigan said. “It came highly recommended because of that.” Berigan said ProPhoenix also has a module specifically for Clery Act requirements, which mandates universities that utilize federal financial aid programs to disclose campus crime statistics. On top of this, she said ProPhoenix allows law enforcement agencies to share certain data points with one another. Although the new RMS allows the department to handle an increase in data, Berigan said the department cannot access DPS data through the system. DPS data remains in the previous system. “If you want to get both, you’ll
have to connect with two different servers,” said Stephanie Sikinger, a crime and intelligence manager in the fusion division at the Milwaukee Police Department. “You kind of do yourself a disservice if you do it that way because it’s going to take more time.” MUPD officers received training when the department switched to the new system, but Berigan said they are still learning. “There’s been ongoing training since then because the system is very large,” Berigan said. “It’s so large sometimes you don’t know that you have what you have.” Semukhina said the new challenges for police departments are storing data securely and using it to identify patterns. She said crime analysis previously ate up a lot of resources at police departments, requiring expensive computers. “Nowadays, most of the software can be ran on a very average computer so you really don’t have to put a lot of cost down,” Semukhina said. Although crime analysis software and equipment is more affordable than in past years, Semukhina said most people need the training to be able to sort through and critically assess the large amounts of data recorded by police departments. “It’s not like a lot of
preparation,” Semukhina said. “(Someone) can become a crime analyst after one year of master’s programs, so it’s not like it’s science.” Sikinger joined MPD in 2012 when there were five analysts. MPD analysts work with Tiburon, another records management company that offers software to law enforcement agencies. Now, she said the department employs a total of 16 crime analysts. Nine are tactical analysts in the fusion division, focusing on short-term trends. Seven work in the Office of Analysis Mapping and Planning, engaging in strategic analysis. Sikinger said crime analysts must be able to pull together multiple pieces of data, synthesize it, analyze it and provide recommendations based on critical thought. “We’re trying to make (officers’ jobs) easier. (They) have an entire city that (they’re) responsible for,” Sikinger said. She said it is helpful to have crime analysts who can complete tasks in half the amount of time it might take a regular officer. “While an officer or detective is out doing (interviews and finding suspects), there’s somebody behind-the-scenes giving you all that additional information,” Sikinger said. “It’s a very nice balance.”
Departments create cognitive science major Program allows students to explore personal interests By Sanya Sawlani
sanya.sawlani@marquette.edu
The cognitive sciences interdisciplinary major is in its first year and was designed to provide a unique study of the mind that requires more than one set of concepts. The departments involved include the psychology, sociology, anthropology, philosophy, English, biology, biomedical sciences, math and computer science departments. Corinne Bloch-Mullins, director of cognitive science and assistant professor of philosophy, said there are currently 13 declared students, which is more than expected. This number does not include freshmen, who are on track but have not yet declared the major. Planning for the major began in 2015. The program is based
off conversations with students who expressed interest in learning about the mind in a curriculum across departments. There was no target number of students to recruit for the major, as the department was more focused on the experience of individual students, Bloch-Mullins said. The program was designed to have flexibility so students can explore what they are excited about. Cognitive science does not have a specific track, but there is an emphasis on advising. Students follow a layered structure. The introductory layer includes classes in philosophy, psychology and computer science, as these subjects are the foundations of cognitive science. In the second year, students can gravitate toward what they are comfortable with. The third layer goes deeper with four chosen electives. During the fourth year, students take a capstone course that focuses on integrated learning. This is
the only course specific to the cognitive science major. “In the capstone, we will put on the table problems or questions about aspects of cognition, and then we’re attacking those questions using concepts, meth-
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ods and tools from all of these areas,” Bloch-Mullins said. “Students get to write a paper drawing on the aspects they’re
most excited about.” Students are encouraged to double major since cognitive science provides deep background knowledge in a variety of areas, she said. For now, the program does not plan on an expansion in faculty because there will not be additional cognitive science courses. The program builds on resources already in place within existing departments. They may reevaluate if the number of students grows substantially, Bloch-Mullins said. Meaghan Mackey, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she picked the major as a basis for law school. “(Cognitive science) has the ability to get as big as physical therapy or nursing (majors) because it offers a great opportunity for secondary school,” Mackey said. “Another route I was thinking was public health or hospital management. A lot people pursue higher-level psychology.” Sara Pardej, a senior in the College of Art & Sci-
ences, started with a psychology major and was able to plan ahead for a secondary major when she heard about the new cognitive sciences program. “The major can be bended (sic) to be whatever you want it to be,” Pardej said. “I’m going the neuropsychology route, but other people could easily do computer science for artificial intelligence, engineering if you’re interested in construction, or linguistics because everyone can benefit from knowing how the brain works.” Marquette is the first Jesuit university to offer a cognitive science major, Bloch-Mullins said. “The Jesuit education is the perfect place because it makes you pause and look at the whole person,” she said. “The broad view of what it means to be a human being is exactly the kind of perspective that the program has.”
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Alum couple donates $2M toward academics Some money will also go to mental health research By Jenna Thompson
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The fund will support research projects aimed at understanding the underlying causes of mental health disorders, most notably depression, William Cullinan, the dean of the College of Health Sciences, said. The college currently has 14
Kelly and John McShane, alumni who graduated in 1968, recently made two separate donations of $1 million each to the Colleges of Health Sciences and Engineering. The money donated to the College of Health Sciences will focus on mental health research, while the money donated to the College of Engineering will allow for more comprehensive academic support. “We are called to transform the lives of our students and address our society’s most pressing problems, and these generous gifts will allow us to do exactly that,” University President Michael Lovell said in a statement. The McShanes have given back to Marquette before. Kelly has a position as a member of the board of trustees, and the couple endowed the McShane Chair in Construction Engineering, an engineering professor position permanently paid for by the endowment. The first Dean’s Endowed Research Fund was established with the McShanes’ donation to the College of Health Sciences.
neuroscientists researching and studying mechanisms of neuropsychiatric diseases, Cullinan said. The long-term goal is to turn these findings into new treatments. “A good example of this is Marquette’s first-ever pharmaceutical start-up company, called
Promentis Pharmaceuticals, Inc., that emerged from this group of scientists. The company has generated over $30 million in investment funding and currently has an investigational new drug in FDA phase I clinical trials,” Cullinan said.
Danielle Videtich, a freshman in the College of Health Sciences, said she thinks the donations are going toward relevant issues. “I think it is great that money is being put to finding treatments for mental disorders such as depression, especially on a college campus where mental health (illnesses) are common and not talked enough about,” she said. Cullinan said the donation will pave the way for further research. “Funding from the McShane gift will launch novel, innovative lines of research that will enable us to better understand what causes these brain illnesses, as well as generate new approaches to treating them,” Cullinan said. Kristina Ropella, the dean of the College of Engineering, said this donation “will allow us to provide an extra layer of engineering-specific academic support through our Engineering Student Success Center.” Students will be offered peer-topeer tutoring, academic advising support and information sessions on course-specific success tips. “Even the visibility of the Engineering Student Success Center allows students to see the constant activity inside and understand that it is okay – and encouraged – to seek support when needed,” Ropella said.
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Christians, Muslims engage in discussion Interfaith dialogue breaks barriers, forms relationships By Grace Connatser
sarah.connatser@marquette.edu
Two students shared their findings on interfaith dialogue between Christians and Muslims in the Milwaukee area at the annual Interfaith Symposium Monday. Kaitlyn Daly, Nursing ‘17, and Caroline Redick, a Ph.D. candidate in theology, worked on a year-long research project with three other students examining different aspects of interfaith dialogue between Christians and Muslims in Milwaukee. Irfan Omar, a professor of theology and world religions, helped facilitate the research project. Daly, Redick and the three other students were in Omar’s interfaith graduate class in spring 2017. Their final project evolved beyond the classroom and grew into an academic publication. Daly focused on the role of institutions like Marquette, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Cardinal Stritch University in furthering interfaith dialogue efforts. Redick created an in-depth timeline
of how formal interfaith dialogue began in the area. “People think that religions are not supposed to mix or contact each other because they have exclusive claims,” Omar said. “On the contrary, what we find out is that the exclusive claims made by people of religious traditions are only a minority.” Omar said he noticed an increase of people from different religions saying that interfaith dialogue is mandatory. Daly said she hoped to increase awareness and encourage more interfaith activities at Marquette through her research. “I noticed that there was a little bit of a lack of interfaith opportunities at Marquette,” Daly said. “Amongst other students ... a handful of us wanted to go forth and pursue more interfaith efforts on campus.” There had been no academic research done on the insurgence of Christian-Muslim relations in Milwaukee before Daly and her peers began researching the issue. A book compiling all five students’ research will be published sometime in fall 2018, titled “Bridging the Religious Divide: 36 Years of Christian-Muslim Dialogue in Milwaukee.” Daly found that many barriers to
interfaith dialogue still hinder students and community members from being a part of the dialogue, such as conflicting schedules and fear of the unknown. She also mentioned several people she interviewed in her research were scared of being converted to a different religion. Daly said the solution to breaking down these barriers is creating relationships. “The overall dialogue and coming together can look a lot of different ways, but it welcomes all ... regardless of being grounded in a faith tradition or to discover one,” Daly said. “It invites them all to grow spiritually, religiously, intellectually, together in one spot.” Redick said nine mosques serve 15,000 Muslims in the Milwaukee area. That number was much smaller in 1980 when two nuns from Cardinal Stritch University, Sr. Lucille Walsh and Sr. Jessine Reiss, began an interfaith effort with Abbas Hamdani, a professor emeritus of Islamic studies at UW-Milwaukee. The three continued to create a conversation between faiths until 2000. While the formal dialogues ended, Redick said the annual Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee and the Milwaukee MuslimCatholic Healthcare Initiative,
among other efforts, have spurred further collaboration between Christians and Muslims. Redick said loving one’s neighbor is one of the most important aspects of the Christian and Muslim faiths. She said the power of that love should not be underestimated. “The dialogue’s not just about academically understanding this religion, and it’s also asking how we can work together to do this project,” Redick said.
“The end is love and saying, ‘How do I love the other?’” Redick said she believes challenging one’s identity also strengthens it by increasing knowledge of others. “I get to understand ideas and things that I held because now I’m conversing with someone else about them,” Redick said. “They have questions about it, and I didn’t think about those questions.”
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Daly (left) and Redick (right) pose at the symposium Monday, April 30.
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Dean Kimo Ah Yun breaks world record Two MU faculty members visit 74 casinos in one day By McKenna Oxenden
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Flip through the 2018 “Guinness Book of World Records” and you might see a familiar Marquette face or two. Kimo Ah Yun, dean of the College of Communication, and Gary Meyer, the senior vice provost, visited 74 casinos in 24 hours, shattering the previous world record – one that he had previously tied – of 69. Ah Yun and Meyer met at Michigan State during graduate school 25 years ago when the two were in the same doctoral program in the department of communication, and they hit it off right away. On occasion, the two were known to dabble in gambling throughout their graduate careers. “We both enjoyed getting out to a casino every now and again, but of course, in graduate school, you don’t have the wherewithal to do that very often,” Meyer said. “So the story really starts about six years ago.” That story starts with Meyer’s 50th birthday. Ah Yun said he would treat Meyer to anything he wanted. The two put their heads together and decided to head to Vegas and visit 50 casinos over one weekend — one for every year Meyer had been alive. They didn’t make it very far. Ah Yun and Meyer got a bit derailed from their task and hunkered down in only one casino on day one. The second day, they made a bit more progress by visiting 20 — a far cry from the 50 they intended to visit. After returning home from their failed Vegas trip that Christmas, Ah Yun got an idea. Each year, he buys his kids the official “Guinness Book of World Records.” No matter what is going on, everything stops, and the kids read it cover to cover. “He decided to look up and see what the record was for most casinos gambled,” Meyer said. “That planted the seed in his head that, ‘Hey, maybe that’s something we could, you know, break.’ And that was the genesis of the whole thing.” Ah Yun said it was fairly easy to
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Dean Kimo Ah Yun and Senior Vice Provost Gary Meyer broke the world record for most casinos visited in a day.
settle on tackling that world record because he had certain criteria for the record and also didn’t have a lot of talent. “I didn’t want anything that required much training. I didn’t want anything that was going to involve a lot of time,” Ah Yun said. “And so then I, as I began to narrow it, I said,
‘Well, it’s gotta be a record I can do, like, quickly,’ and the most I would commit was a day to it, and it had to be something that I could do.” So the two made a pact: They would return to Vegas for Ah Yun’s 50th birthday. They spent the next few years planning and learned a
few valuable lessons. “Although it was a world record about gambling, it really has nothing to do with gambling. It’s about planning a route that you could get to,” Ah Yun said. They took to the Vegas strip again in October 2016 to defeat the current world record. They didn’t fail, but
they also didn’t succeed. The two tied the record at 69 after 23.5 hours. The required items by Guinness — table games, signatures at each casino and the chest GoPro — were no problem for the dynamic duo. All of those things they had accounted for. But what they hadn’t was walking over 36 miles. “That’s the part we didn’t really think about,”Ah Yun said. “We probably should have at least walked a couple of miles beforehand, because when you really go from not walking much to walking 36 miles in a 23.5 hour period, it’s a really tough thing to do.” And don’t forget the bag of poker chips that are necessary to have so the two could play Blackjack — their table game of choice — at each casino. One can imagine how the weight would add up. Ah Yun remembers that night, he said. “I will never do this again because of how grueling it is.” But he woke up the next morning, reborn and ready to try again. Meyer and Ah Yun decided to implement a strict training regimen. With both of them living in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, Saturday mornings the two would meet each other and walk to Potawatomi Casino. There, they would enjoy a cup of coffee and about an hour of gambling. Then they’d walk back. It helped ensure that no matter what, they were at least walking 15 miles a week to prepare themselves. Two years later, this past October, Ah Yun and Meyer finally felt prepared enough. They had a new route and timed out places outside of the Vegas Strip so they could be sure to hit enough casinos. Ah Yun and Meyer said it’s almost like an art form trying to plan which casinos will be open and what bus routes will come by at the right time. Everything has to be done by public transportation. The two walked 26 miles, rode buses for over six hours and ultimately visited 74 casinos in 22.5 hours. They shattered the world record by five casinos. It’s still in the process of being verified by Guinness, but no matter what, Ah Yun and Meyer know they did it. As for what’s next, Ah Yun has his eyes set on riding a roller coaster and saying all the capitals in 60 seconds or less.
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Fake Instagram profiles often show users’ real side Some students are avid ‘Finsta’ users, others see no point By Mikala Hershman
mikala.hershman@marquette.edu
A secret in the social media world hides within the depths of Instagram, where users have created fake instagram profiles, or “Finstas,” that only their closest friends are allowed to follow. Finstas are different from users’ real Instagrams, or “Rinstas,” which are followed by the user’s majority of friends and acquaintances. Yet according to Gee Ekachai, an associate professor in the College of Communication, the renowned Finsta is not what it seems. “What I find ironic is the name finsta, short for ‘Fake instagram,’ is just the opposite
of what it is used for by young Instagram users,” Ekachai said. “(Users have) created a private or secret account so they can post pictures that are more natural, or more “real,” that they can share with an exclusive group of friends.” The material on these Finstas can range from pictures at parties, thoughts about other people, funny experiences throughout the day and more. Yet, no matter the post, Finstas are commonly more revealing about their user, displaying a more vulnerable side that their more put together, glamorous rinsta does not reveal “I don’t have a Finsta, but I think the point is to kind of have a profile where your guard is completely down, and you don’t care about the judgement,” Nicole Tlachac, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said. Though Tlachac doesn’t have a
Finsta, she said she understands why other people would want to have one. A big reason, she said, is to post more “scandalous” material they wouldn’t want employers to see upon searching their name, allowing for a concealed outlet of expression.
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What I find ironic is the name Finsta, short for Fake Instagram, is just the opposite of what it is used for by young Instagram users”
“I think a lot of them are hilarious, but also full of
stuff you wouldn’t want an employer or family member to see,” Tlachac said. “I get why they are private.” Another reason Finstas have risen in prominence, Ekachai said, is for their allowance of a user to escape the pressure to look perfect on Instagram. Finstas, Ekachai said, give a perfect release for one |to be themselves. “(Users) don’t have to look perfect or show their public followers what a happy life they have,” Ekachai said. Finstas are a way, she said, for users to fight against the pressure to appear perfect that exists on real Instagram profiles. “I think it’s great that (users) have a choice to express themselves the way they really are, feel or think,” Ekachai said. “It’s good for them to be themselves instead of having to be fake in the real Instagram.” While often created as a needed
outlet, some students choose to make and delete Finstas as simply a casual hobby. Ksymena Kwasnik, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, often operates a Finsta profile along with her real Instagram, but occasionally finds herself deleting it for various reasons. “I had a Finsta recently, but I actually deleted it yesterday,” Kwasnik said. “I just do not feel the need to have one at the moment.” Whether casual and totally deletable or more personal and closely linked to one’s true life, Finstas serve many purposes that are often overlooked by the general public. Yet, as experts like Ekachai point out, there’s more to fake Instagram profiles than meet the eye – with these secret Finstas perhaps being the realest accounts on the web.
Excess of superhero movies sparks debate among students Students dish on favorite heroes, new ‘Avengers’ movie By David Goldman
david.goldman@marquette.edu
With “Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War” dropping this past Friday, the day before National Superhero Day, this past weekend was an exciting one for superhero fans. Whether one is a devoted follower or not, a superhero craze is sweeping the globe as an explosion in “super” films has occurred in recent years. Major movie studios have been churning out superhero movies at a rapid pace and have been profiting. 2016 and 2017 saw the highest revenue for superhero movies in history, making over $500 million more in revenue than any year prior. When asked about this boom, Marquette students were split on whether there are too many superhero movies. While some tend to like them, others think the market has become too watered down in the past couple of years. “I’m not a fan of how many superhero movies have come out recently,” Nicole Coenen, a senior in the College of Health Sciences, said. “I feel like there’s a new one out every
week. I really liked ‘Black Panther,’ and I think it was really important in breaking all these barriers and box office records, but I think all the new movies are undermining the importance of that film.” While many shared Coenen’s opinion, others at Marquette said they still like superheroes and enjoy all of the new stories being told in each and every movie. “I’d say my favorites are Superman, Iron Man and Batman because I think those three have the best individual movies,” Mimi Kelly, a senior in the College of Engineering, said. “And my least favorite is Thor, just because I don’t know much about him and haven’t seen the movies.” While Kelly tended to be a fan of DC characters, her younger sister did not share that sentiment. “I’m more of a Marvel fan, so my favorites are Iron Man, Bucky Barnes and Hawkeye,” Katie Kelly, a junior in the College of Engineering, said. “And I don’t like Superman. I don’t know why. Not really because of the character but, like, I think his movies suck, so I don’t like him that much.” Katie and other Marvel fans said they are excited for the new Avengers movie, even if it has an overwhelming amount of characters. The movie features characters from “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Black Panther,”
“Spiderman” and “Iron Man,” among others. “I haven’t been keeping up with (‘Avengers: Infinity War’) because I really felt like they’re (going to) mess it up,” Katie said. “Every Marvel character in one movie is so overwhelming. There’s no way they’ll do it right, you know? I’m scared it’s going to be overwhelming, but I’m definitely (going to) go see it. So I’m excited, but in
a nervous way.” Even the Brew Cafe at the Alumni Memorial Union was getting into the superhero action. The coffee shop posted a sign in their store asking customers to pick their favorite movie starring a character from “The Avengers.” Workers at the Brew said it was a fun contest to see which movies students like the most. Though Marquette students
seemed split on their favorite superheroes, each said their inclinations won’t stop them from going to the movies to see their preferred stories. With the new Avengers movie playing for several weeks and more superhero films sure to be close on its heels, fans of superheroes will be able to celebrate beyond National Superhero Day and the surrounding hype on campus this past weekend.
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National Superhero Day and the release of the new “Avengers” movie caused students to discuss favorite heroes.
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Long-standing Israel, Palestine Sensitivity begets conflict often misunderstood empathy, fairness Morgan Hughes
Aminah Beg Israel is a recognizable nation east of the Mediterranean Sea, but not everyone sees it that way. Palestinians, who came from the land that Israel now controls, want back some or all of the land to form an established state. The question is who has the right to the land, and this is the cause for the infamous conflicts between these two countries. Since the early twentieth century, Israel and Palestine have fought wars over this issue, and the boundaries recognized today are a culmination of the results of these wars. These disputes began because Arabs saw the influx of Jews into Palestine as an attempt of British colonialism, which no country has really ever been fond of. Israel gained control over the West Bank and Gaza Strip, which is where the largest populations of Palestinians reside. The West Bank is under Israeli occupation, which means Israeli troops place restrictions on the people of Palestine through their activities. Occupation has resulted in vile, malicious actions by the Israelis upon the innocent Palestinian civilians. They are constantly under military interference and cannot control their own flow of food and medicine into Gaza. It does not stop there. Not only do the Israelis restrict Palestinians’ food and medicine supply, but they have access to the water supply and supply it to majority Israeli areas. There are often water shortages for Palestinians in the West Bank. The people of Bethlehem have reported going forty days without water, let alone it being clean. Palestinians are denied hospital access, and even if they were not, Israel has bombed many of the hospitals available to them. Israel has not even allowed the Palestinian women diagnosed with breast cancer to travel to Israeli hospitals to receive treatment. Palestinians are also denied citizenship, and, as such, the right to vote. These people technically do not belong to any state because of this, and do not have any voice when it comes to national elections and policies. These are just a handful of problems that Palestinians face due to the inhumane actions of Israeli forces.
I am trying not to be wistful. I want to offer this perspective in the same way I always strive to, with sensitive, fragile urgency. It’s harder to strike that balance when the perspective is about my own failings and my own growth. This being my final communique from the opinions desk of the Marquette Wire, it feels proper to reflect on my years as a contributor and an editor. I have never been demure. I don’t have the capacity to purse my lips and sit with fury. I’m terrible at giv- ing the silent treatment. I am so constantly affected by things. This has manifested in perhaps poorly-adjusted emotional responses to everything from flagrant disrespect to subtle inconveniences. (It also makes it difficult to date, but I think that’s beside the point.) I mention this because my temperament is less even-keeled than a journalist’s is traditionally required to be, but it has also afforded me a special perspective. I have always been called touchy, thin-skinned and confrontational. My inability to temper myself has been an enduring presence throughout my life. People tend to be confused when witnessing outbursts of unexpected emotion, and so I have spent a prodigious amount of time defending myself against, and apologizing for the confusion I create. These pages have given me an opportunity to own my stormy, boisterous nature, and to channel it. That privilege is not lost on me. I no longer feel shame for my proclivities. I see them as strengths, as special qualifications. But I also feel personally responsible for appreciating how others are affected by things as well, because I know how frustrating it is to be
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The Palestinian/Israeli territory has long been the subject of contention.
There have been two possible solutions offered for the Palestine and Israel conflict. These are either a two-state or one-state plan. The two-state plan would ensure Palestine as an independent state in Gaza and the West Bank and leave the rest to Israel. Based off the name of the plan, a one-state solution would include one piece of land owned by Israel or Palestine. When the United Nations attempted to create a two-state solution, they gave 650,000 of the Jews much more land than the Palestinians who were twice the size of the Jews in population. Now, Israel owns 77 percent of the land leaving Palestinians with no real livable state. This conflict has created 7 million Palestinian refugees due to the Israeli efforts to ethnically cleanse the Arabs from the land. These seven million lives just demand the right to their home back. There was an Israeli poll conducted by the Hebrew University that discovered that 63 percent of Israelis support a two-state plan. A survey asking the same question was sent out to Palestinians by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, and 53 percent of respondents said they would back a two-state solution. The twostate solution seems like the only viable option to make most of the people involved content. Both
Israelis and Palestinians need to run their countries differently, but the process of creating a fair solution is what has taken so long. Israel refuses to stop all security presence in Palestinian land which is not a completely logical demand because no people want their state occupied by brutal army forces. The two-state negotiations proposed to the countries must include logical provisions and resources, more than just land, for the Palestinian people. The Palestinian National Authority visualizes the establishment of the state of Palestine to include part of the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem and live in peace with Israel under a democratic government. A good amount of people are unaware of, or apathetic to, the current situation between Palestine and Israel. Though this may seem like a daunting discussion with countless moving parts, the public cannot be afraid to approach the topic. The conversation must happen because millions of Palestinian lives are being controlled by the hands of the Israeli. Millions of lives are at risk if a sustainable, fair solution is not introduced soon. Aminah Beg is a freshman studying public relations and cognitive sciences. She can be reached at Aminah.Beg@marquette.edu
constantly misunderstood. It would be a lie to say my time on these pages has not been about self-discovery. Joan Didion once wrote, “All writing is an attempt to find out what matters.” The best way I have learned to do this is by asking why. The most valuable insight I can offer is to grow into the whys. Our perspectives should be more asking than telling, more learning than explaining. More than anything, this job is about empathy. If you have followed my work over the past years, I hope that has been the prevailing tone. Empathy begets understanding, understanding begets fairness and a fair opinion is a less refutable one. This is important. People will always treat opinions like dismissables. Like a la carte insights. I have tried to come to the pages as a reporter first, and a writer second. Facts matter, empathy matters and the facts mean little without the perspective of those affected by them. I have also learned that it is dangerous to assign value to information, but that is what makes these pages so important. If I have written one column or one editorial that has made somebody feel validated in their own concern, I am proud of that. I hope these pages have provided more explanation than scolding. More humility than preaching. Hopefully, they have encouraged empathy. If they have not, I have let you down. I’m grateful that Marquette’s student media has given me the platform to be a nasty, loud, emotional, inconsolable woman, strong in my multitudes and intrepid in my principles. I hope it continues to uplift voices of students otherwise told to feel ashamed of their innate responses to the world.
I have never been demure. I don’t have the capacity to purse my lips and sit with fury.”
Morgan Hughes is a senior studying journalism and political science. She can be reached at morgan.hughes@marquette.edu
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Sleepless nights worth while Guest Columnist Rebecca Carballo At 3 a.m., running on caffeine and zero hours of sleep, I turned to my staff and told them we were two pages short. It was my first production night as managing editor, and it’s one I won’t forget. Most of the staff went home after finishing their sections. There were four editors and one designer left, and once I told them the news, I watched all their faces fall. One thought immediately came to my mind: They all will want to quit. I was baffled and angry at myself that I didn’t notice two pages never came to my desk. It was my job to catch mistakes, not make them. I knew my careless oversight was going to cost them any sleep the staff planned on getting that night. But there wasn’t one complaint. They just got to work. We chose which online content we wanted to print, sent it through page edits and put the pages together at lightning speed. We finished at 4 a.m.
When I saw the paper on the news stands the next day, I was overwhelmed with pride. Any hiccups that happened the night before didn’t seem to matter. There was an investigative piece on the cover, an editorial that held the university accountable, witty entertainment coverage and a sports section that told the story behind the stats. The pages were well-designed, and the photos captured the human element to each story. I then realized, none of the mistakes we made were fatal, and we learned from them. This is a sentiment I will hold with me long after I send my final Tribune to the printer. Each week, we became better. Although production nights were the most hectic for me, it was the highlight of my week, and that is because of the Wire staff. I will be happy anywhere I can be a journalist, but it’s the individuals in the newsroom, who have been at my side through some long nights, that make leaving difficult. I wouldn’t have been able to
make it through some of those late nights and early mornings without Aly Prouty, Jenn Walter, Hannah Feist and Gina Richard with me until the final checklist. Now I realize it’s ridiculous to think any of the editors and designers would’ve quit after the first production night. They care about the Tribune as much as I do, and we’re a team. Every paper we put out this semester I have been proud of. Every reporter, editor, designer and photographer’s hard work is evident every Tuesday morning. This past year has taught me a great deal about journalism, leadership and myself. It has challenged me in many ways, and I know I couldn’t have pulled it off without the 30 talented students I work with every Monday night. I have no doubt that the Marquette Tribune is being left in many capable hands.
Rebecca Carballo is a senior studying journalism. She can be reached at rebecca.carballo@marquette.edu
Lessons for future journalists Guest Columnist McKenna Oxenden To my babies: You will be fine. Everything will be fine. This isn’t me just saying it to say it like I usually do, but everything will legitimately be fine. Do you want to know why? Because you’re good. You don’t believe me? Then remember all the times when I told you to apply for these positions. It’s because you’re excellent. To my babies who are our reporters: Listen to your editors. Take in what they say, ask questions and absorb knowledge. There are no stupid questions. Ask now before you get thrown into the world of internships and life. It’s what I did, and I’d like to think it’s what has made me the journalist I am today. To my babies who are the executives and managers: Don’t let your curiosity go away. You might not be writing stories every week, but you can still live vicariously through the reporter writing it. And then live vicariously through working with them. Teach them. Edit constructively. Tell them what they could’ve done better — but don’t forget to tell them what they did well. As frustrating as it can be, always keep in mind they are still learning, just like you are. Don’t forget through teaching and through mentoring to hold people accountable. If there is one thing you’ve learned from me, I hope that it’s OK to be the stern mom (or dad). It’s OK for people to “hate” you in the moment. Because whether they realize it 10 minutes or 10 years
later, it’s the right thing to do. Rob Gebelhoff, Claudia Brokish and Drew Dawson: You gave me the opportunities that made me fall madly in love with this absolutely insane and absurd profession. Thanks for that. To my babies: I ask that you do the same. Go out on a limb. Give someone an opportunity you usually wouldn’t. Because more often than not, they’re going to surprise you.
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Don’t forget through teaching and through mentoring to hold people accountable.”
To my babies: Take advantage of the people that surround you. Mark “the dad” Zoromski sits right in his corner office. He has 40 years of experience. Talk to him. Cry to him. Yell to him about your frustrations (better him than your reporter). He’s a great listener, a great comforter and is known to give some killer advice. A Pulitzer Prize winner has his office on the first floor. Make a point to stop by. Ask Dave Umhoefer any question you desire. Journalists never get to talk about themselves, but they love to share their knowledge and their own stories to anyone that will listen. Get to know Ana Garner. She’s the dean of the journalism department, and she knows what she’s talking about. And, if you visit her, she might
even have some snacks for you in case you’re hungry. They did it for me, I know they’ll do it for you. And they’ll do it with a smile on their face. To my babies: I will miss you dearly. I’ll miss someone calming me down when I’m frustrated. I will miss that at no matter what hour, there is always a friendly face in Johnston Hall. I will miss the stress of production night and the 3 a.m. Monday nights. I’m going to miss it all. But probably not as much as I’ll miss all of you. It wouldn’t be a senior column if I didn’t say that student media has become and is my family. You are the people I can count on for a Tuesday night pitcher at Caffery’s after our meetings. You are the people that when I’ve fallen down, you’ll pick me back up. You are the people I couldn’t imagine not having by my side. Thanks for making my student media experience so great. I can’t wait to watch everything you do as you grow into better editors, better managers and better people. And I can’t wait to watch you raise the next crop of eager young journalists that will be the future of the world. You know I don’t give out my approval easily. You know I have high standards. But my ducklings, my minions, my babies: You have earned my approval. Like I said, everything will be fine. McKenna Oxenden is a senior studying journalism. She can be reached at mckenna.oxenden@marquette. edu
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NFL cheerleaders victims of sexism Maya Korenich Recently, an NFL cheerleader for the Saints named Bailey Davis was fired after posting a selfie in a onepiece bodysuit online that broke team rules. A group of cheerleaders, including Davis, decided to sue the league for holding them to different standards than the players because they are females. The women eventually dropped their lawsuit on the condition the NFL commissioner meet with the women and hear their concerns. Instances like this highlight the discrepancies between males and females in professional sports. It is essential to hold men and women to the same standards and get rid of embarrassing double standards, like these, that still exist. Davis said Saints cheerleaders are told to leave a restaurant if an NFL player enters and block all NFL players on social media accounts. They are prohibited from appearing nude, semi-nude or in lingerie in photos even on private accounts. The NFL players, however, do not have to follow any of these rules. In connection with this suit, USA Today sports columnist and Marquette alum Nancy Armour, tweeted, “Does the NFL consider cheerleaders to be valued employees or eye candy? This is one way to find out.” It certainly seems that they are being viewed as eye candy when all of the rules surrounding what they post have to do with protecting the cheerleaders’ image. In another case, Kristan Ware, a former Miami Dolphins cheerleader, said she was subjected to work in a hostile environment because she expressed a faith in Christianity. The Dolphins released a statement saying they hold every member of their organization to the same standards and do not discriminate against gender, race or religion.
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This doesn’t seem to be supported though. It is easy to make a statement, but the real work comes with follow-through. Ware posted a photo during the off season of herself being baptized. After learning that Ware was saving herself for marriage and was currently a virgin, she was harassed by her coaches. She was adorned with angel wings in a 2016 bikini fashion show, which Ware believed was an attempt to mock her virginity. During that same show, she was grabbed physically by the team’s cheerleading director when she exited the stage. Despite reporting the incidents to the team’s human resources department, the harassment continued and Ware did not try out for another season. Everyone has the right to work in a safe environment free from harassment and ridicule. It is especially important in places like the NFL, which is male dominated. It can feel even more uncomfortable and scary to be ridiculed and have all these standards as a woman in a mostly male environment. Many of the sanctions that cheerleaders have to adhere to also apply to outside the workplace. Having conduct to adhere to at work is one thing, but infiltrating someone’s personal life is completely different. To make matters worse, according to USA Today, some cheerleaders made less than $1,000 for the year in 2016. A measly salary. The list of rules cheerleaders must abide by is extensive. On some teams, they are forced to buy their own uniforms. On others, they are given uniforms, but must pay for any maintenance that needs to be done on them. According to The New York Times, Cincinnati Bengals cheerleaders must be “within three pounds of their ideal weight.” Carolina Panthers cheerleaders cannot put their street clothes on until they have left the stadium, and Baltimore Ravens cheerleaders are subjected to regular weigh-ins. Many of these standards are completely demeaning and certainly would not apply to the players or even just other NFL staff members. All employees should be treated as if they are people, not objects. Just because cheerleaders are entertainers during the game, does not mean their whole lives revolve around this performance or a certain image. The NFL would fare better if they amended many of their regulations so everyone was treated the same regardless of the position that they hold within the corporation.
Maya Korenich is a sophomore studying social welfare and justice. She can be reached at maya.korenich@marquette.edu
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The rise in men’s basketball expenses can be partially explained by the university reporting lease payments on the BMO Harris Bradley Center to the U.S. Department of Education.
Operating budget jumps by over 40 percent in two years By Andrew Goldstein
andrew.goldstein@marquette.edu
Ever since head coach Steve Wojciechowski took the helm in 2014-’15, the Golden Eagles have played non-conference tournaments in Orlando, New York City and Hawaii in search of solid wins and greater exposure. But those long road trips have a cost. Men’s basketball operating expenses have increased by over 30 percent in the last three seasons according to the Equity in Athletics Data Analysis, an annual Department of Education report of athletic department financial information. Total men’s basketball expenditures have gone from just over $9 million in Wojo’s first season to approximately $11.8 million in the 2016-’17 season, the most recent year available. “We’re always going to look to fund the opportunities that we think best position our program to do what we expect them to do in any given year,” deputy athletic director Mike Broeker said. “Those neutral-site
opportunities you’ve seen are incredibly important for getting quality games. Most of that rise is due to the increase in operating costs, or what EADA calls “game-day expenses.” These are any costs include transportation, uniforms, meals, lodging and equipment. Data from EADA shows operating expenses increased from a little over $3 million in Wojo’s first year to close to $4.37 million in 2016-’17, an increase of 43.6 percent. Some of that increase is simply a matter of different parameters for what’s included in the EADA. Rent payments to the BMO Harris Bradley Center, which were $29,000 per game along with other expenses according to the Milwaukee Business Journal, are also now factored in operating expenses. That makes it appear as if Marquette is spending more money, when the program is actually just reporting a greater share of the money already spent. Broeker said most of the increase is due to variable costs incurred because of travel. An international trip to Italy in the 2015 offseason, which the NCAA allows once every four years, and the 2016-’17 trip to the NCAA Tournament accounted for a sizable chunk of the increase. “(There’s) no conscious need to
say, ‘Hey, we need to spend more,’” Broeker said. “We don’t do that anyway. We provide what we think our programs need to be successful based on the expectations we hold for them.” Athletic departments often portray these trips as necessary, unavoidable expenses designed to enhance the student-athlete experience. Dan Rascher, the academic director for University of San Francisco’s sport management program, sees another motive for these trips: marketing to potential recruits. “They’re competing with other universities to get athletes to come to their schools, so they’re finding different ways to spend,” Rascher said. “They can’t spend money on the athletes directly obviously, so they spend it on indirect measures to get athletes to say ‘yes’ to their school.” Longer road trips are a microcosm of a trend in collegiate athletic departments. Rascher identified it as the Revenue Theory of Costs. The theory states that athletic departments spend more money simply because they’re making more money, not because they need to do so. Rascher estimated that athletic department budgets have grown by an average rate of 10 percent since 1970, although the growth rate has slowed in recent years.
Marquette’s athletic expenses fit this trend. Since 2003-’04, the first year that EADA data became publicly available, the combined reported expenses between men’s and women’s teams have increased by an average rate of 8.29 percent per year. Men’s basketball accounts for a large percentage of Marquette Athletics’ expenses and revenues. In seven of the 14 years since the EADA began, men’s basketball has accounted for at least half of the combined men’s and women’s sports expenses. Since 2005-’06, at least half of Marquette Athletics’ total revenue has come from men’s basketball. Last year, men’s basketball accounted for 55.9 percent of the athletic department’s total $34,563,086 revenue. Although the other 13 Division I sports produce some revenue, men’s basketball is the only consistent provider of large profits. In 2016-’17, men’s basketball spent $11,803,633 but pulled in $19,327,629 for a 38.9 percent margin. For comparison, women’s basketball pulled in $3.431,882 but spent $3,359,055 for a profit margin of 2.12 percent. “(Men’s basketball) funds every other program we have,” Broeker said. “(Other sports) produce revenue … but there’s no surplus running off those programs.”
The inevitable question from these numbers is how Marquette Athletics funds such a massive operation. Athletic scholarships are provided through donations to the university’s Blue and Gold Fund. Per the fund’s website, Marquette offers 96 full-tuition scholarships to athletes, just over 70 percent of the NCAA-sanctioned maximum of 136 scholarships. Most seats at the BMO Harris Bradley Center included a mandatory donation to the Blue and Gold Fund as part of the ticket cost. Prior to the passing of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, fans were able to deduct these donations 80 percent on their taxes. Even though that’s no longer the case, the athletic department is pressing ahead with prior plans for ticketing in the new Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center next season. “There is a contribution that will be with the tickets (for the new stadium) just like there has been in the past, and that goes all to our scholarship fund,” associate athletic director Brian Morgan said. Despite the new law possibly making fans more hesitant to donate, Broeker is optimistic about the fund’s future. “Our donors and benefactors have SPENDING, jump to page 16
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Men’s soccer presses forward despite frequent transfers
Fifteen players left Marquette early since 2015 season By Brendan Ploen
brendan.ploen@marquette.edu
Toby Howell walked into men’s soccer head coach Louis Bennett’s office one morning in fall 2016 for the toughest conversation he ever had with his coach. He was about to tell Bennett he wanted to transfer. “It was one of the most difficult things I’ve ever done,” Howell said. “I was scared, too, because I was going off into the unknown.” Howell, now a junior forward at Brown University, is one of 15 men’s soccer players to transfer or leave the men’s soccer program for non-graduation reasons in the last three seasons. Just over 19 percent of players to occupy roster spots in the last three seasons have transferred. “It was definitely a really tough time in my life, but in the end, I am happy that I made the transition,” Howell said. Division I men’s soccer has the second highest total transfer rate at 17 percent; only baseball is higher at 21 percent, according to an NCAA study in 2016. One major reason for the high turnover is because there is no waiting period after leaving, like basketball or football. Once a player transfers, they are immediately eligible at their new school. For Bennett, seeing players leave is difficult, but he sees where the college game is going and has accepted it for what it is: a trend that has taken a generation by storm. “In college soccer and in college sports in general, there’s been a tendency with players leaving if they’re not playing,” Bennett said. “Do I like that? No, of course I don’t like that. I want people to stay. You’ve got 28 guys on the roster, you can only play 11 and we only travel with 18, so you do the numbers.” After a tumultuous 5-10-2 season in 2015 in which Marquette
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Former Marquette forward Toby Howell tallied two goals and four assists in a Golden Eagle uniform before transferring to Brown in winter 2016.
won just one BIG EAST game, the first set of five players left. Junior defender Jake Taylor and redshirt sophomore midfielder Alex McBride, both of whom started over 10 games that season, transferred, as did freshman Jesper Larsson. Meanwhile redshirt sophomores Kyle Gress and Driton Zyteja left the program but remained at the university. “Teams are weird,” Howell said. “If you don’t have everyone pulling for the same goal, you aren’t going to do well. If certain team voices are against the team philosophy, it’s going to affect the whole.” When a player leaves the program, it impacts the team financially, too. The men’s soccer program has nine full scholarships and one scholarship that covers 90 percent of tuition, which can be split between multiple players, per year for a 28-man roster. When a scholarship opens up due to a transfer, the money is reallocated to a different player. “There isn’t really a formal process, as all head coaches have the
discretion to distribute their allotted athletic scholarships however they choose for the team,” Danielle Josetti, Marquette’s compliance director, said. “If a scholarship student-athlete quits the team or transfers to another school, the coach has the discretion to re-award that aid the next semester to a returning or incoming student-athlete.” Marquette hoped to rebound from the 2015 campaign. Bennett brought in a stellar freshman class, filled with talented ballhandlers like Luka Prpa and Connor Alba. However, Howell and other players still had a different vision than their coaches. “You knew that you were one good game or one bad game away from changing your college career, which I get because it’s a dog-eat-dog world,” Howell said. “At the same time, there’s more to the college soccer experience than just that.” Bennett’s vision for a program was obvious from the start. When Bennett recruited Howell, he repeatedly pointed to the 2013 team
that won the BIG EAST Tournament and made the second round of the NCAA Tournament. However, Howell felt the legacy of the famed 2013 team was a hindrance, not a motivator. That team had future professional players like 6-foot-7 defender Axel Sjoberg and senior midfielder Bryan Ciesiulka. “That championship team was a blessing and a curse because it turned everything into, ‘We have to be that team,’ when in reality, we were never going to be that team,” Howell said. “Every team is different.” Bennett said because the program reached the mountaintop of the conference, he uses it as a model of how Marquette soccer should work. “You cannot accept less with new players and players coming in,” Bennett said. “If a player plays, but he doesn’t play at the level or give the level (of effort), you cannot accept that when you know what the level is.” At the end of the season, the differences in the vision of the
program were too much for Howell and six others transferred or left the program, including Ben Tweedie, Kees Westra, Jordan Webb and international players Anton Von Hofacker, Zacharias Andraeou and Jan Maertins. “It puts the idea in the program that if you weren’t happy, you could get out and a lot of people ended up taking that option,” Howell said. Other BIG EAST teams have also experienced transfers. In 2018, eight players from other BIG EAST schools have transferred, according to soccer website TopDrawerSoccer.com. St. John’s and Providence each had two departures. Villanova, Butler, Georgetown and DePaul did not have any. Marquette had one transfer: freshman defender Brendan Skinner, who left for Western Michigan. Marquette compensated for these departures by bringing in transfers from other schools. In the 2017 season, Bennett landed four transfers, SOCCER, jump to page 16
Weekly staff picks
Goldstein
Ploen
Steppe
Comerford
23-18
21-20
19-22
DeSutter
Bibens
Reisner
24-17
20-21
17-24
MLAX at
Denver 5-3-18
WLAX at
Florida 5-3-18
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Pelton draws attention from defenses, praise from coach Athletic midfielder makes life easier for Wagner, attackmen By Jack Phillips
jack.phillips@marquette.edu
Throughout the men’s lacrosse season, much of the attention has fallen on a few players including the team’s leading goal-scorer junior attackman John Wagner, senior goalie Cole Blazer and senior faceoff specialist Zachary Melillo. However, a different player has stood out to head coach Joe Amplo, a player who doesn’t always show up on the stat sheet: junior midfielder Bob Pelton. “(Bob) Pelton is a guy who I think is just primed for some good things,” Amplo said. “His athleticism has always been there, but now he’s starting to play a little bit more confident.” Hearing praise from Amplo was especially meaningful for Pelton after battling injuries throughout the first two years of his Marquette career. In his first two seasons, Pelton did not play at all, but he has appeared in 10 of 13 games this season. “That’s really cool,” Pelton said. “But there’s definitely some
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Pelton was inspired by teammate Noah Richard to choose the “Curb Your Enthusiasm” theme for goal music.
pressure that comes with that as well. Knowing that (Amplo) looks at you in that way, I want him to think that going forward.” Unlike Wagner and fellow attackman Anthony Orsini, Pelton only has three goals and one
wassist on the season, but his fundamentals still help his team win games. On a team that doesn’t have a dominating, one-on-one physical presence at attack, Pelton helps make things easier on his teammates.
“I like to think that I dodge hard and I can draw a slide,” Pelton said. “Taking pressure off of Johnny (Wagner), a lot of teams are going to key on (him), and maybe if I can dodge hard, then they won’t have to just shut down John.
They’ve got to worry about other kids that can beat their guy too.” On the rare occasions when Pelton does find the back of the net, the theme song from the TV show “Curb Your Enthusiasm” rings out across the bubble of Valley Fields. Each player gets to choose his own goal music and Pelton’s choice stems from his relationship with teammate Noah Richard. “Noah Richard, he’s on the team and my housemate,” Pelton said. “Whenever something goofy happens in the house, sometimes we’ll turn (the song) on we just kind of think it’s kind of funny. I like hearing it. It’s goofy and funny.” As the BIG EAST Tournament approaches for the Golden Eagles, Pelton won’t be able to hear “Curb Your Enthusiasm” anymore, but he said he still believes the team can keep its two-year conference title game streak going. “We’re happy to be in the BIG EAST Tournament,” Pelton said. “Just going forward, just trying to get better every day would be a huge thing. By the BIG EAST Tournament, we want to be the best team that we can possibly be.” Marquette plays top-seeded Denver in the BIG EAST Tournament semifinals May 3 at 3:30 p.m.
Upbeat attitude, resilience propel WLAX to tournament
Victory over UConn leads to first BIG EAST tourney trip By Meghan Rock
meghan.rock@marquette.edu
Heading into last Saturday’s make-or-break matchup against UConn that would decide whether the program got into the BIG EAST Tournament for the first time in program history, senior attack Riley Hill said she was feeling confident. “This is the first year our team has really been in control of our own destiny,” Hill said. “We (knew) what we were capable of and what we have to do.” What Marquette had to do was come back from a five-goal deficit with 17:24 remaining in the game. The Golden Eagles did just that, answering a fivegoal Husky run with a six-goal streak of their own. Senior attack Allison Lane scored the game-winning goal with 1:55 left to give the Golden Eagles a 15-14 victory. The confidence required to pull off such a comeback was fostered back in December, when the team changed their cell phone backgrounds to a photo of the saying “We Will Win.” It’s similar to what the men’s lacrosse team did two years ago when they made their phone lock screens “Beat Denver,” which happened before
the program won its first BIG EAST Tournament. “Waking up and seeing that every morning, you know it just instills (the goal) in the back of your mind every single second,” Hill said. The team developed the trait by doing normal activities to boost camaraderie. Game day bonding activities, like singing and dancing in the locker room before warmups, help build that familiarity, which in turn develops trust between players. “Trust is huge. That gives me the most confidence — knowing that my teammates trust me,” senior attacker Charlotte McGuire said. “I won’t be able to trust myself without my teammates.” McGuire also leads the team in a “Blue and Gold Cheer,” which the team has been doing during halftime and timeouts since she and Hill were freshmen. “Little things like that kind of get us pumped up,” Hill said. Despite the heightened confidence, harrowing situations test the team during games, as they did against UConn. Marquette struggled to clear the ball in the first half, going only sevenof-11 as opposed to UConn’s nine-of-10 rate. It was time for the Golden Eagles’ “We Will” mentality to surface. “We do a great job when we are angry and learning from our mistakes,” McGuire said.
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After trailing by five goals, the women’s lacrosse team scored six in a row Saturday to beat UConn, 15-14.
The second half was a prime example of that. Marquette sharpened up its ball control, going 11-of-13 on clears and dominating UConn in ground balls, 15-6. Implementing that adaptive mindset will be crucial before Marquette heads to Gainesville, Florida, for the BIG
EAST Tournament. Hill and McGuire said they are saddened as they come to terms with the bittersweet realization that the game against Florida could be their final collegiate game of lacrosse. Four years of experience, confidence-building and personal growth are all coming to a head for the
duo. “I’ve been a supporter from the bench. I’ve been a sub off of the bench, and now, as a starter, I think that I am kind of feeling like I can play with a ‘nothing to lose’ mentality,” McGuire said. “I’ve earned my spot on the field, and I really just want to have fun.”
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Men’s tennis earns bid to first NCAA Championships Dominant singles play leads to revenge win against DePaul By Zoe Comerford
isabel.comerford@marquette.edu
The men’s tennis team’s flight back from South Carolina was not the average late-night flight. “We were definitely the loudest ones on the plane,” lone senior Scott Christian said. The team had just won its first BIG EAST title after three consecutive empty trips with a 4-1 victory over the DePaul Blue Demons. After losing the opening doubles point, the Golden Eagles ripped off four consecutive singles wins to clinch the program’s first full-team appearance at the NCAA Championships. “I feel very blessed. I’m just so excited for the guys,” Christian said. “We’ve worked very hard for this moment.” Marquette (17-6) will find out its first-round foe and location during the NCAA Selection Show on May 1 at 4:30 p.m. Marquette will play either May 4 or 5 and most likely won’t be seeded in the 64-team tournament. Only 16 of the 64 teams are seeded. “We’re going to enjoy the moment right now, but I think once we come back to practice, we’re going to have to dial in again and know that we’re going to have a
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The men’s tennis team made its fouth straight appearance in the BIG EAST Conference title match, but won it for the first time in program history.
big hill to climb,” Christian said. “We’re definitely going to prepare ourselves to give them our best crack at it.” The NCAA Championships are similar to the BIG EAST Tournament in its dual-match structure. The Golden Eagles will play against another school as a team. While Christian said the team goal is win an NCAA title, he
said his individual goal is much more attainable. “I think for me and Lukey (Smrek) to play really well and compete as hard as we can,” Christian said. “And leave the court feeling like I gave it my all and there’s nothing left for me to give out there.” Head coach Steve Rodecap is a member of the NCAA
selection committee, so he cannot comment on his team’s specific NCAA placement. However, Rodecap attributed the success of this year’s team, especially the BIG EAST title, to all of the graduated players that have helped to shape the program into what it is today. “I want to thank all of the players who have helped build
the foundation of this program,” Rodecap told GoMarquette.com. “We have obviously been very close in recent years, and this title is as much theirs as it is this year’s team.” “It doesn’t matter who we play,” Christian said. “Whoever we play, we’re going to play our best, seeded or not.”
Club lacrosse’s Kakos to represent Greece at World Cup Kakos came to Marquette in hopes of walking on to team By Alex Milbrath
alexander.milbrath@marquette.edu
Marquette club lacrosse senior Niko Kakos has played lacrosse his whole life. Now he’ll get to do it wearing the Greek uniform this summer against the biggest names in lacrosse at the 2018 World Lacrosse Championships in Netanya, Israel. “Growing up, I never would have imagined I’d be playing lacrosse on an international stage in front of so many foreign fans,” Kakos said. Kakos almost didn’t come to Marquette; he was one step away from playing lacrosse at Tufts University, the 2014 and 2015 NCAA Division 3 national champions. However, Kakos wanted to play closer to his family in Illinois. “One of the biggest things for me growing up was to have my family watch me play,” Kakos said. “My mom is my biggest fan, so the Midwest was really enticing.” Kakos’ father and brother went to Marquette. He decided to send his tape to the Golden Eagles’ coaching staff, which promptly earned him an invite to prospect camp. That’s
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Kakos was ready to commit to Tufts University in Massachussetts before changing his mind at the last minute.
where Kakos met Marquette recruiting coordinator John Orsen, who is now an assistant coach at Denver University. Orsen implored Kakos to try out at Marquette. “I was excited,” Kakos said. “I pretty much cut off communications with the other programs and hopes were high.” Those hopes would quickly be dashed when he tried to get in
contact with Orsen for a summer workout and heard nothing back. He then contacted head coach Joe Amplo, who informed Kakos that Orsen left for Denver and the team did not need to hold tryouts. “That was a little heartbreaking,” Kakos said. “In high school, there’s this D-1 or bust mentality. You play the game you really love, and you were going to get a chance to prove
yourself, and it all just went away.” Kakos started playing club lacrosse his freshman year, but he wasn’t really into it because of the disorganized schedule and relatively low level of play. He contacted the coaches at Tufts and was close to transferring, but his progression as a biomedical science major at Marquette was enough for him to stay.
He hasn’t regretted sticking it out at Marquette for a minute. “Those club guys are some of my best friends now, and they help me enjoy the game,” Kakos said. Sophomore teammate Jake Beery thinks Kakos is one of the most fun players he’s ever played with. “He’s so good, and expects us to play at a high level, but still jokes around and has fun,” Beery said. Kakos’ freshman year was also the Greek lacrosse team’s inaugural season. The team contacted Kakos because his grandparents were born in Greece and invited him to play a tournament with them. He scored three goals in the first game against Israel, including the game-winner in overtime, a shot he still calls “really lucky.” At that point, the Greek team was more like being in a beer league.“It was just a bunch of Greek-Americans getting together to play,” Kakos said. Now that Greek team with humble beginnings is officially sanctioned for international play and even fields Division 1 and professional players. And, of course, there’s Kakos, who certainly doesn’t lack any confidence. “We will be an over .500 team, which is amazing for a first-year program,” Kakos said.
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Travel, lease payments account for spending change
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been incredibly, incredibly generous and they really understand what they’re providing,” Broeker said. Even though donors fund scholarships, portions of overseas trips and other big-ticket items on the expense reports, Marquette Athletics still draws funds from the university itself. Although the department refused to say exactly how much of its budget comes from the university, Broeker estimated that a typical threshold for a “one-triplea” program in Division I – schools
without competitive football – is roughly 70 percent. “We’re not a self-funding operation, and there’s only 24 of 356 programs that are self-funded,” Broeker said. “We do an incredibly good job of providing a significant base for ourselves, but ultimately the university has to help us too.” Rascher disagrees with the assertion that so few of the county’s athletic departments are self-funded because it assumes revenues and expenses stop at the door of the athletic building, which is not the case. For instance, a player in a nonrevenue generating sport may get a scholarship equivalent to 25 percent of Marquette’s four-year
tuition. Marquette Athletics’ balance sheet will reflect the expense of covering a year’s tuition, but not the revenues from the 75 percent the student-athlete is paying. Those payments go to the university’s bursar’s office, even though the athletic department played a decisive role in procuring them. “That’s direct money that the student is providing for the school that wouldn’t be there otherwise,” Rascher said. “It’s like if you go to a restaurant and they give you a coupon for 25 percent off and you buy a bunch of stuff. When you walk out the door, did they make money from you or not as a customer? Likely, they did.” Taking this into account still excludes all the indirect ways athletics boosts the value of a university: free media coverage, increased donations, larger application and enrollment rates and greater brand awareness. After George Mason’s men’s basketball made its celebrated Final Four run in 2006, the admissions department saw a 350 percent increase in application inquiries and a 54 percent jump in out-of-state applications. While no Marquette team has reached the Final Four since Dwyane Wade led men’s basketball there in 2002-’03, that doesn’t necessarily need to happen for athletic success to provide a major financial boost to the university. “I would say that the athletic department is self-sustaining when it
promotes the university,” Rascher said. “It would be hard to come up with a proper profit and loss statement that accounts for all that.” It will be roughly nine months before the 2017-’18 EADA data comes out, but Broeker expects Marquette’s basketball expenses to hold steady next year. “Any expense, small or large, we look at thoughtfully and think
about strategically,” Broeker said. “Those decisions that we make around those are solely focused on providing those kids the experience that we promised them we would provide.”
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Transfer Howell reflects on relationship with Bennett
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including winger Brody Kraussel from Loyola Chicago and attacker Jason Davis from Loughborough University in England. Less than a month ago, Bennett added two more transfers for next fall: Leo Villa from UW-Parkside and defender Oliver ,Posarelli from Montana State. Meanwhile, Bennett claimed the departures helped the younger players on the roster. “Everyone that’s remained on the program has been all-in at all times,” Bennett said. “Of course (transferring) impacted our guys, knowing that going all-in was giving credit, being loyal is credit, and that’s how we win.” The program went through one more major roster change after the 2017 season when the 6-foot-4 Skinner transferred and goalkeeper Noah Heim and freshman Rolland Conway did not return for the spring season. The 15 departures have left an undeniable truth within the program: the college game is changing faster than programs can keep up with. Bennett and his staff have embraced the ups and downs to the standard of Marquette
soccer. While players like Howell left, those that stayed made sure to make their mark on the program. After grappling with the impact of leaving Marquette, Howell made an impact at Brown, leading the team last season with five goals and starting every game. He said he reached
an understanding with Marquette and moved on. “I am thankful to (Bennett) and Marquette for what they did give me because they gave me a lot,” Howell said. “It’s been a year now, but it was a time in your life that happened, and now we’re at a different time.”
Even with the 15 departures in a three-year span, Bennett does not regret his actions. “We wouldn’t have a strong senior class had they not been through that,” Bennett said. “We wouldn’t be where we were if we didn’t have guys like Ruben Sanchez, Luis
Barazza, Martin Alba, and quite a few others. If we didn’t have those kind of guys, there would be something drastically wrong with what we’re doing … It’s a challenge of balancing school, soccer and social. We do everything in our power to balance those things.”