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New eateries bring foreign tastes, breakfast classics By Jennifer Walter
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Schlegel, 72, was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in late January. He was told it is inoperable. He announced his diagnosis in a letter to his congregation, saying he would use palliative treatment--no chemotherapy or radiation. Since the diagnosis, he has traveled to many places from his past to visit friends, family and
former colleagues. Those include his hometown in Iowa, Creighton University in Nebraska--where he served as president for 11 years-and the Vatican in Rome. A photo of him meeting Pope Francis hangs in the hallway of Gesu’s parish center. “I must say, the way I’ve decided to do it my way has really worked out really well,” Schlegel said. “Without the baggage of chemo and radiation,
I’ve really had a high quality of life. I’ve had the opportunity to travel widely.” Margi Horner, director of liturgy at Gesu Parish, has worked with Schlegel throughout the journey of his illness. She said she has seen God’s mercy and grace in Schlegel. “We who work with him here at Gesu, we really have been walking
After The Broken Yolk in The Marq apartments on 2040 W. Wisconsin Ave. closed in April, a new restaurant called Mendy took its place. The closure led to plans of extended hours for Bro-Yo Campustown. Its hours are 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Bro-Yo’s owner, Jim Gatto, said he considered extending the hours, but the restaurant, located in the 1600 block of Wells St., has constraints. “We have parameters… space limitations in the kitchen, (but) in terms of opening longer hours, sure, we’d like to stay open, but it’s just a matter of (finding) reliable people,” Gatto said. He had negative experiences with employees who cut corners with their shifts or didn’t show up for various reasons. Because of that uncertainty, he said there are not enough backup workers to keep the restaurant running earlier and closing later in the day. Mendy is a Middle Eastern restaurant managed by Ahmed Yafai. It opened about a month ago and is one of the few restaurants in Milwaukee to specialize in food from the Arabian Peninsula. Its signature dish, called Mendy, is steamed lamb. “We’ve been doing 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.,” Yafai said about Mendy’s hours. “We’re open seven days a week--we may go earlier for students.” Yafai also discussed the possibility of delivering in the
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Gesu’s pastor discusses experiences, faith Schlegel accepting terminal diagnosis, offering counsel By Kathleen Baert
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The Rev. John Schlegel, pastor of the Church of the Gesu, has almost 1,200 pictures on his phone. They include an infant’s baptism, his twin great-nephews and a war between a cat and a squirrel in front of Raynor Library. While flipping through them, he stumbled upon one taken in a hospital. “My last hospital visit,” he said with a laugh. “I got everything on here.” He’s listening to a classical music station based in New York. Cards and letters with warm wishes sit on his desk. His computer screensaver circles through photos from England and Italy, also taken on his phone. The photos are all part of his “kaleidoscope of visual memories” collected during his travels over the past several months. INDEX CALENDAR...........................................3 MUPD REPORTS.................................3 MARQUEE..........................................10 OPINIONS.......................................14 SPORTS...........................................16
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Schlegel, sitting in his office, reflects on the past several months, which has been filled with international travels.
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Engineering and design
MURPHY- Student athletes get TempurPedic beds. Is this fair?
Joint program between MIAD and Marquette will teach new skills.
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Club Crew gets new home
The new location and boats are start of a new direction for the program.
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Millennials and politics
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Profile: 2015 Evans Scholar Shalonda Jones Scholarship awarded to recipient with ‘rough’ background By Sophia Boyd
sophia.boyd@marquette.edu
Shalonda Jones, one of 17 new Evans Scholarship recipients, said “this is a big deal.” At 18 years old, she is the youngest of six older brothers and the first in her family to attend college. Jones, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences, attended Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart, an all-girls private high school in Lake Forest, Illinois. It introduced her to the scholarship program, which awards free college tuition and housing to golf caddies. With limited knowledge about golf, she started caddying in 2012 in pursuit of the scholarship. She took part in one of the first all-girl caddie groups at the Western Golf Association Evans Scholars Foundation. Mike Maher, director of education for WGAESF, has known Jones for four years and said she has a fantastic attitude. “I’ve never seen her without a smile on her face,” Maher said about Jones. “There’s a certain energy that comes with Shalonda that is very well-received.” Jones moved into the Northwestern University Evans Scholarship House in Evanston, Illinois, and it was the first time she left her northern Chicago home, which she said is in a rough neighborhood. She welcomed all the pros and cons that come with group living. “It was exciting for me to just be away from home for the first time,” Jones said. “I love my family, but I know how to be independent.” For Jones, the adjustment to Marquette’s Evans Scholarship House has been relatively easy. Her upbringing in a male-dominant household in Waukegan, Illinois, shaped her confidence and strength before entering the caddie academy, where she then strengthened those qualities. “Living where I grew up definitely gave me an outer layer of skin that helped me push through things,” Jones said. She thanks WGAESF for helping her learn more about herself and keeping an open mind to her housemates
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Shalonda Jones is proud to be the first in her family attending college. She said golf caddying has given her a resilient life perspective.
from different backgrounds around the country. “You learn a lot of people skills and how to be resilient,” Jones said about caddying. “You never know what the day will present you with.” Two summers ago, resilience was exactly what she needed. Jones received the news of her brother’s death while at the caddie academy. She said the
support from everyone around her made it possible to keep reaching for her goal – attending college. Jones’ community at home continues to be a vital support system, and she remains active on social media to update them on her life. “Everyone who I grew up with was super excited about all my accomplishments and
achievements,” Jones said. “The support was overwhelming.” As the number of girls at the WGAESF rose, Jones stood out to Maher as a leader. “She went from a very hesitant and introverted new participant to almost a natural and immediate leader.” Maher said. Outside of the program, Jones said she’s thinking of taking on
leadership opportunities during her time at Marquette. Jones said the Evans Scholarship program has been and continues to be a “gateway to success.” “I’m excited to continue my college career here at Marquette and to go out in the world and do great things,” Jones said.
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After protests, work to improve diversity student affairs, campus ministry, the office of diversity and student representatives from Marquette Student Government and the Ad Hoc Coalition of and for Students of Color at Marquette was convened this By Thomas Salinas summer to identify ways in thomas.salinas@marquette.edu which staff and students could collaborate and create diversity The Ad Hoc Coalition of and initiatives and programs,” Berfor Students of Color criti- gen said in an email. cized Marquette last semester Bergen said many of the for its handling of diversity programs have already been and inclusion. developed or are in the The coalition issued a list of process of development. demands and “These proorganized programs focus on tests including a dialogue around solidarity march, issues of diverwhich resulted sity and incluin a blocked insion, education tersection and around issues the arrest of four of diversity and students. inclusion and Daniel Beraction-oriented gen, interim opportunities assistant vice for engagepresident for ment,” Bergen student affairs, said in an email. said the uniIn addition to versity worked those programs, with multiple the university organizations Daniel Bergen worked on anthis summer to Interim Assistant Vice President for swering the Student Affairs coalition’s decreate a committee focused on diversity mands. One of them was to reand inclusion. crop the university seal because “A committee comprised the coalition saw it as a biased of staff representatives from view of Father Marquette’s
Campaign will explain history of the university’s seal
These programs focus on dialogue around issues of diversity and inclusion, education around issues of diversity and inclusion, and action-oriented opportunities for engagement.”
relation with indigenous people. “To provide context for the Native American depictions on our university seal, the Office of the Provost will launch an educational campaign that will feature the 1869 Wilhelm Alfred Lamprecht painting from which the seal is derived,” University Spokesman Brian Dorrington said in an email. Information about the campaign will be posted online and shown in displays in the Alumni Memorial Union, Raynor Library and Cudahy Hall. Additionally, Dorrington said the university planned events to improve diversity this year, including the Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Faculty Award. “The annual award will recognize exemplary leadership by a single regular or participating faculty member, which manifests the ideals of diversity, equity and inclusion into practical action,” Dorrington said in an email. There will be campus-wide presentation on Sept. 15 and 16 to announce results from the campus climate study survey.
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“(The survey was) an exercise that Provost (Daniel) Myers says will bring the open and healthy dialogue necessary to address Marquette’s strengths and growth opportunities in the areas of diversity and inclusion,” Dorrington said in an email. Dorrington also said the Office of the Provost is developing a committee to address recruitment and retention of a more diverse student body. The committee will focus particularly on Native American students. A full comprehensive diversity plan is in the final stages of development, and Dorrington said it will be released this semester.
Students return from RoboCup in China MU team took sixth place in its robot soccer league By Jennifer Walter
jennifer.walter@marquette.edu
After qualifying for another year at the international RoboCup tournament, Marquette’s Humanoid Engineering and Intelligent Robotics Lab returned from the event in Hefei, China with a new outlook and plenty of stories to tell. The HEIR Lab’s team of five competed in the TeenSize humanoid league in July, using robots to play bot-to-bot soccer with students from around the world. The team finished sixth
out of seven teams in a tie with Germany’s NimbRo team. Marquette was the only U.S. team in its league, according to a university news release. The students competed against teams from Germany, Canada, Iran, India and Taiwan. Humanoid robots are constructed to resemble humans and carry out human-like activities. Some of their features are the ability to walk on two limbs and respond to voice commands. The Marquette team included College of Engineering students Matthew Morris, graduate student; Ryan Walsh, junior, and Adrianna Williams, sophomore. Rounding out the group was the team leader, Engineering Professor Andrew Williams, and graduate student Sally Lin, the translator.
The team was in China for 10 days, splitting the time between setup and competition. It spent much of its time watching tournaments in other leagues as well. Not only did the teams compete against each other at RoboCup, they got the chance to show off their bots and talk with each other. The HEIR Lab squad met many new students from all around the world. “It wasn’t the environment I expected,” Morris said. “It was much more friendly. Everyone was very open and came over and tried to help us or get help from other teams.” The tournament had different leagues and activities besides humanoid soccer games, including programming rescue bots to respond in simulations. Walsh said the RoboCup gave
him “a perspective about just how deep the field is and just how much there is to do.” Overall, the competition helped the HEIR Lab team see work in a new light. It hopes to compete next year as well, and have thought about what kind of improvements it can make to its bots. It plans to update voice commands and improve bot gestures, walking and balance. “The goal of RoboCup is to ultimately make a robot that can compete against a human soccer player,” Morris said. Competition gets tougher every year as RoboCup looks forward to a day when robots will be on the same playing field as professional human soccer players.
Sept. 5 Between Sept. 4 at 2 p.m. and Sept. 5 at 3:30 p.m., a student reported that unknown person(s) removed his secured, unattended bicycle outside of Carpenter Tower. Estimated loss is $370. Between Sept. 4 at 8:30 p.m. and Sept. 5 at 5:30 p.m., a student reported that unknown person(s) vandalized his secured, unattended vehicle in the 600 block of N. 18th Street causing an estimated $1,000 in damage. Sept. 6 Between 10:30 a.m. and 8 p.m., a student reported that unknown person(s) removed his bicycle from his unsecured residence in the 900 block of N. 15th Street. Estimated loss is $820.
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MUPD Reports Sept. 4 At 1:10 a.m., a person not affiliated with Marquette reported that an unidentified suspect displayed a weapon and removed property from him in the 500 block of N. 22nd Street. The victim was not physically injured. Estimated loss is $420.
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At 2 a.m., an underage intoxicated student acted in a disorderly manner in Schroeder Hall. Between Sept. 5 at 6 p.m. and Sept. 6 at 10 a.m., a student reported that unknown person(s) removed his rear license plate from his unattended vehicle in the 900 block of N. 18th Street.
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At 9:35 a.m., a person not affiliated with Marquette removed property estimated at $36 from a business in the 1600 block of W. Wisconsin Avenue and fled the scene. MUPD located the subject, and he was taken into custody. The subject was on probation and had several unpaid citations. MUPD transported him to the Milwaukee County Jail.
Meet the Greeks, AMU 252, 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
At 9:33 a.m., a student reported that unknown person(s) removed her unsecured, unattended property estimated at $47 in the 500 block of N. 16th Street.
Roller Skating at the Annex, Union Sports Annex, 9 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Hype Dance Workshop/Auditions, Weasler Auditorium, 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Marquette Greek Life Carnival, Schroeder Field, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday 14 Sign Language Club Meeting, Wehr Chemistry 141, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
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SCHLEGEL: Friends, colleagues inspired by pastor’s high spirits with him as he’s gone through the ups and downs over the past few months,” Horner said. After Schlegel announced his illness, Horner said the parish office staff placed a large basket in his office to collect the letters and cards he received. She speaks to parishioners nearly every week and they ask how he is doing. Despite all of his travels, Schlegel missed only one Sunday at Gesu. STRENGTHENED SPIRITUALITY
In the past few months, Schlegel said his faith didn’t change but his spiritual life grew richer and deeper. He learned to allow God complete control in his life. “Across the years, I was a little reluctant to let the Lord all the way in my spiritual life, but now that I’m in this situation, I just fling the door wide open, and he’s welcome to come in and do anything, say anything and tell me to do anything he wants,” Schlegel Margi Horner, said. Horner Director of Liturgy said she saw the Marquette community respond in ways synonymous with Jesuit
I’ve tried to be more attentive to people. It makes you realize life is precious and at times life is fragile, and you never know what the next person is going through.”
Schlegel said fear is a genuine and human response to his situation. Though he fears the unknown, he most fears aspects he knows are in his control. “The big one is: have I truly been a forgiving person when all is said and done?” he said. “Are there individuals or circumstances out there that I could be more understanding of or forgiving for?”
values. “We are all called to have some impact in others lives,” Horner said. “The Marquette model is to be persons for others and to care for the person. That was personified in the way people reached out to him.” By accompanying Schlegel through his journey, Horner said she learned valuable lessons. “I’ve tried to be more attentive to people,” Horner said. “It makes you realize life is precious and at times life is fragile, and you never know what the next person is going through.” ADVICE TO STUDENTS Schlegel spent 40 years in higher education. He was the dean of the College of Arts & Sciences from 1984 to ’88. In addition to Marquette, he held positions at John Carroll University, Rockhurst College, the University of San Francisco and Creighton. “For college kids, faith is maybe not in the top 10, but I would say give it a shot,” Schlegel said. “Wrestle with it, question, doubt, wander and see what happens. I
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Schlegel shared his faith and prayer life has grown deeper in past months.
think faith of any denomination is really an enriching part of one’s life because you can find that comfort zone with it.” Matt McDonald, a fourth year dental student, has been a
member of pastoral council for three years. He recalled times Schlegel impacted him as a student, including when he worked on a dental clinic proposal. “I really like the way he leads,” McDonald said about Schlegel. “He’s very intellectual and smart, and has a lot of successes.” Upon learning about Schlegel’s illness, McDonald immediately wrote him an email and said he was praying for him. “Ultimately, faith plays a really big role,” McDonald said. Schlegel suggests that students build a strong selfidentity. He advises them to take risks, explore the world and explore new ideas. “A mind stretched by a new idea never goes back to its original dimension,” Schlegel said. “Education is meant to stretch the mind and allow you to develop new ideas, a new sense of self, a new sense of purpose and a new sense of objective.” LOOKING FORWARD In the Gesu bulletin distributed the weekend of Aug. 23, Schlegel announced that he is curtailing his schedule and delegating pastoral duties to the Rev. Roc O’Connor. “I am mindful of the gift Pope Benedict XVI gave the church when he prayerfully stepped aside from his duties in order to allow the church to move forward and make a change,” Schlegel said in his announcement. His bucket list is depleted--though he is looking forward to seeing the altar carpet replaced after $30,000 was raised for it. Three carpet samples sit on a table in his office--burgundy, indigo blue and steel grey. Parishioners will vote to decide the winning color. The Rev. Tom Lawler, provincial of the Wisconsin Province of the Society of Jesus, will determine Schlegel’s successor. He said the formal selection process hasn’t started yet, but when it does he will consider parish input before presenting a recommendation to the archbishop. The process usually takes between several weeks to a couple of months. Schlegel delivered what he called his last sermon on Aug. 30. He told parishioners to have gratitude for all the gifts they’ve been given and to trust in the Lord. “I’m going to buy tickets to see the symphony,” Schlegel said. “How’s that for having an act of faith? It’s not going to end tomorrow.”
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Pope’s letter spurs reactions to ecological concerns Campus leaders say poor hurt when global resources depleated
is planning the university’s 2016 Mission Week. The theme will be “Earthjustice: committing to our sacred world” and will be held Feb. 7 to 12, 2016. The week will include talks, research expositions, caBy Brittany Carloni reer opportunities, service projbrittany.carloni@marquette.edu ects and entertainment focused on the environment. “Marquette faculty and stuFaculty are working to make Marquette more environmental- dents will have an opportunity ly friendly in response to Pope to showcase their current research projects related to the Francis’ letter, “Laudato Si’.” The letter addresses every environment and sustainabilperson on the planet, not only ity as a central part of Mission Week this Catholics, about year,” Coffeyecological conGuenther said. cerns in the world, Jame Schaeincluding climate fer, associchange, access to ate professor safe drinking waof Systematic ter and concerns Theology and about the poor. Ethics and diThe Office of rector of the Mission and Mininterdisciplinistry discussed the ary minor in importance of the Environmental Pope’s letter. It Ethics, said will hold a symshe thinks the posium on “Laudato Si’” on Oct. Mary Sue Callan-Farley, pope’s letter, Director of Campus Ministry also called an 6 in the Beaumier encyclical, is a Suites at Raynor gift for Catholics and people of Library. “Pope Francis is calling us in all religions. “In the 40-plus years that I a similar way to this sense of deep interconnectedness with have been addressing ecologall life so that we may take re- ical-social issues in various sponsibility to help with the capacities, I have never expecare and sustaining of all cre- rienced the level of interest in ation before it is too late for the integral relationship that the earth and all living beings is occurring now – all due to to live, thrive and grow,” said Pope Francis and the authentic he is,” Schaefer Kathy Coffey-Guenther, associ- person said in an email. ate vice president of OMM. Schaefer said the Marquette Coffey-Guenther said OMM
What the Pope clearly talks about is that those hurt the most by environmental degradation are the poor.”
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Pope Francis authored a letter urging consideration to conserving the natural gifts of the Earth.
community is obligated to answer the Pope’s call for dialogue about threats the environment is facing. She said the university can do more about the initiative that the pope began. “We must begin a serious discussion about how to live, learn and function collaboratively as an ecologically responsible community of the kind Pope Francis envisions and to make a university-wide
commitment to do so,” Schaefer said in an email. For Mary Sue Callan-Farley, director of Campus Ministry, the Pope’s letter points out the need to care for others. “What the Pope clearly talks about is that those hurt the most by environmental degradation are the poor,” CallanFarley said. “It really underlines the need to use the gifts of God for all people.”
Callan-Farley said Campus Ministry is incorporating themes from “Laudato Si’’” into retreats, study groups and faith sharing groups. “The Pope has really put this in a beautiful perspective,” Callan-Farley said. “In ‘Laudato Si’,’ there is a place for everybody to participate in the restoration of the earth.”
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Designing for the future: Marquette, MIAD partner College of Engineering joins with MIAD for hybrid program By Patrick Thomas
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The College of Engineering and the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design are working together to create a hybrid “industrial design” program capable of arming students with the knowledge to tackle real-world problems. Engineering students from Marquette build a project using their engineering skills and the MIAD students work creatively to make and design aspects of the project to present it to the general public. The specific curriculum is not yet set, but the program aims to get students to work collaboratively to solve big problems. John Caruso, an industrial design professor at MIAD, said he sees students from both institutions working together to solve global issues like the spread of disease, mechanical solutions and water conservation and purification. Mark Nagurka, a mechanical engineering professor at Marquette, said he considers the program a win-win. “We want to have the tools to solve these problems. It might be something that occurs in
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Kevin Vanneman studies in the engineering hall, which will eventually host the industrial design program.
a new facility separate from Marquette and MIAD,” Caruso said. “This is all in the inception phase, but we have a grand vision of true collaboration between both schools.” Caruso said the program brings “left-brained students and right-brained students together.” Essentially, this means math students will see the creative side of engineering. Similarly, this
will allow art students to work in the technical field. However, the industrial design program will not happen in the 2015-’16 school year, as the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported in 2013. The new target date is set for 2017-’18. “A lot was promised, we have to reset the clock, and (we) want to make sure we are getting this right,” Nagurka said.
“We had a hiccup, there was some changes in leadership, but we have a vision and will hopefully have a draft out by the end of this month.” The change in leadership Nagurka was referring to was the retirement of MIAD President Neil Hoffman, along Robert Bishop leaving his post as dean of Marquette’s College of Engineering.
O’Donnell wing empty due to enrollment Freshman enrollment under expectation, leaving unfilled rooms By Thomas Salinas
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O’Donnell Hall will have a vacant wing this year after the university received a smaller freshmen class than it aimed for. “There is one wing in O’Donnell that is vacant as the result of our current
occupancy,” said Sean Berthold, assistant director of housing services, in an email. “Since the wing is not staffed with a RA, it will not be used during the academic school year.” O’Donnell can hold up to 296 male freshman according to Marquette’s residence life website. Approximately 24 students live in each wing of the residence hall. Besides O’Donnell, there are several vacant rooms in other campus residence halls due to enrollment numbers. Mary Janz, executive director of housing and residence life, said there
was a goal to increase 2015 freshman class enrollment by 100 students. “The hope was to enroll a freshman class of 2,000,” Janz said in an email. University Spokesman Brian Dorrington said the exact enrollment number for the new class is 1,899 students, 101 shy of the goal. However, Janz said those enrollment numbers remain consistent with years past. “We are still housing nearly 94 percent of the incoming class and over 52 percent of those who transferred to Marquette,”
Janz said in an email. Berthold said the vacancies in residence halls vary from building to building. “Those residence halls in higher demand that have a waiting list, such as Abbottsford Hall, will have very few vacancies,” Berthold said in an email. The vacant rooms will be used if needed during the year. “Any vacant spaces that do exist in the residence halls will be used to accommodate room changes or students who wish to live on campus during the spring semester,” Berthold said in an email.
“It was a combination of a leadership vacuum and a timing error,” Caruso said. “We are currently on track and farther than we thought we would be at this point; this is a big endeavor for both schools.” Nagurka and Caruso both said they hope they can begin to roll out courses for industrial design in 2017. Caruso said by 2020 they hope to be offering a minor in industrial design. For the past 20 years, Marquette and MIAD have offered graphic design courses for advertising students at Marquette. For the past nine years, Marquette biomedical engineers and MIAD industrial design students have worked together on semester-long senior projects to solve problems. “This is an exciting opportunity. We want to have the path paved for students wanting to take courses at both schools,” Nagurka said. “The sparkle that’s out there is to create a course that will start next-generation solutions, and hopefully help people.” $75,000 from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation and $125,000 from an anonymous donor will fund the first year of curriculum development. MIAD and Marquette will raise another $200,000 in matching funds to support the second year of curriculum development, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
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Blog takes stab at What major is most popular? campus food scene a chapter set-up process. The student first creates an event on Facebook and includes links to past Spoon articles. “This way students are more familiar with what Spoon is before it comes By Maredithe Meyer to campus,” Chu said. maredithe.meyer@marquette.edu Stefani is in the middle of colA student is working to es- lecting student support. She needs tablish a Marquette chapter of 300 students to like Spoon’s FaceSpoon University, an online book page and sign a virtual petifood resource that will welcome tion before the Spoon team appoints student leaders to choose student contribution. The two-year-old company op- the chapter’s members. The petition was started erates on the idea Aug 18. that, contrary to Stefani said opposing stereostudents are intertypes, college stuested in joining dents can eat food Spoon, but the that’s healthy set-up process has for them. not been a piece Lena Stefani, of cake. She had a senior in the more than 300 College of Busilikes on Facebook ness Administrabut only 200 petion, started the tition signatures chapter to bring last Wednesday, together students two days bewho share a comfore her set-up mon interest. She deadline. was writing her “It hasn’t been own food blog what I expected,” and reading the Lena Stefani, senior in the Spoon University College of Business Administration she said. “The petition stage caught site when she nome off guard, but ticed Marquette I’m hoping that finding people didn’t have a chapter. “Starting my own blog made who are as excited about food as I me realize how much people love am will make it really fun.” Stories trending on the Spoon reading about food,” she said. “It will be cool for students to have site include “Make it Into A some place to connect with each Cookie: Chicken & Waffles,” “7 other and talk about food and Ways To Throw the Best Tailgate There Ever Was” and “Never Orevents going on in the area.” Students will be able to contrib- der Pizza Again With These Crazy ute to the site by writing and ed- Quick Pizza Pockets.” “I really enjoy trying out the food iting stories and blogs, producing video, taking photos and taking scene in cities, and having a onepart in marketing. Marquette will stop destination to share my experibe one of 100 colleges in Spoon ences and learn from others would University’s global community of be awesome, especially in a town like Milwaukee,” Brett Hornung, 3,000 student correspondents. “The ultimate vision is to build a senior in the College of Arts & this larger community of people Sciences, said in an email. Hornung said he hopes to who care about food or care about what they are putting in their bod- become a chapter member ies, and provide them the ultimate and writer for Spoon. “You are the voice of your food resource on their campus,” said Britney Chu, Spoon Univer- generation,” Chu said. “Having sity’s community growth manager. a Spoon chapter is a great way After a student like Stefani to get students excited and inreaches out to Spoon Univer- form them about what is going sity, Chu guides them through on in the food world.”
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It hasn’t been what I expected. The petition stage caught me off guard, but I’m hoping that finding people who are as excited about food as I am will make it really fun.”
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FOOD: local business considers plans to expand hours and seating future, saying he already spoke to a delivery service. Gatto said he would like to expand seating either indoors or outdoors in the future. There is a small patio behind the restaurant, but he said it would need some renovation. “(We could) put in some lattice work, dress it up a little bit so you don’t think you’re in the backyard,” Gatto said. “If the university gave me a tent, I could put in six or seven tables.” He also considered renting the restaurant out in the evenings for private parties or opening at midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Gatto said he plans to pass out a survey to students that come to the restaurant next weekend. It will ask them what they think of the menu and store hours. He said he’s open to customer feedback and sees it as a way to further improve the restaurant. Gatto also co-owned The Broken Yolk in The Marq that closed due to economic reasons. Mendy is one of several new restaurants on campus. Subway and Tangled Noodles and More opened during summer in the Ivy on Fourteenth apartments. A Burger King is under construction in the same location.
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Mendy restaurant employees serve Middle Eastern cuisine, a new option for Marquette student dining.
New Title IX coordinator shares ideas, future plans Creating a safe enviorment part of coordinator’s plans By Laura Litwin
laura.litwin@marquette.edu
The Wire corresponded over email with Christine Harris Taylor about her new role as Marquette’s Title IX coordinator. She was hired for the position in May. Marquette Wire: What specifically does the role of a Title IX coordinator entail? Christine Harris Taylor: “The
Title IX coordinator is the designated agent of the university responsible for overseeing university policy, procedures and compliance with Title IX legislation, regulation and case law. The Title IX coordinator is responsible for documenting all reports of incidents of sexual harassment. I am also one of the members of the Title IX team (to whom) reports of sexual harassment, discrimination and sexual misconduct may be made.” MW: What is your academic background? Where have you studied? CHT: “I have an undergraduate degree in psychology from Iowa State University, I earned
a law degree from Valparaiso University and my LL.M. (Master of Laws degree) in dispute resolution from the University of Missouri-Columbia Law School.” MW: How did you decide to pursue a profession in law, and what brought you to the position of Title IX coordinator at Marquette? CHT: “When I graduated with a degree in psychology, I wasn’t really sure what specialty I was interested in. After working for a year, I decided that law school would offer the most options. I have been at Marquette on the academic side in the graduate program for dispute resolution since 2006. When the position opened up, it combined
my experience as an attorney with my skill set and experience as a mediator and arbitrator.” MW: What are the best aspects of your new position and what are the most challenging ones? CHT: “The best aspects are definitely the people that I work closely with. The Title IX team, made up of four Deputy Title IX Coordinators: Cara Brook Hardin, Sarah Bobert, Lynn Mellantine and William Welburn, are very committed, proactive and dedicated. The team is committed to having an educational and work environment free from sexual harassment, discrimination and sexual misconduct. The Title IX team works closely
with Emily Schumacher-Novak, coordinator for advocacy services and sexual violence prevention education. The team is involved in sexual assault prevention training and bystander intervention training for freshmen and sophomores, participating as presenters for the live webinars for graduate students and involvement in ongoing training programs for the upcoming academic year. The most challenging (aspects) are similar for all Title IX coordinators in universities everywhere: creating an environment where students, faculty and staff are comfortable reporting incidents of sexual harassment, discrimination and sexual misconduct. Working with Marquette Police Department and victim advocates, we are dedicated to responding promptly and compassionately to anyone who believes that they have been a victim of sexual harassment, discrimination or sexual misconduct.” MW: What has the transition into your new position been like? CHT: “It has been seamless. (Former Title IX Coordinator) Marya Leatherwood provided me with invaluable insight into the position and did a lot of work with policy and process before I was brought in. I continue to receive support for the work the team is undertaking from James McMahon, the interim vice president of student affairs.” MW: What do you hope to achieve in your new role? CHT: “I would like the students, faculty and staff to understand that if something should happen to (one of) them and they report it, the university will take care of them, and provide resources and interim measures so that they are comfortable on campus; that the Title IX team has created a process for investigating and resolving Title IX complaints that is understandable and sustainable.”
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Students more stressed, college combats with tools Rates of mental illnesses increase, but resources provided By Maredithe Meyer
maredithe.meyer@marquette.edu
Millennials reported the highest levels of stress compared to past generations in a 2015 American Psychology Association survey called Stress Snapshot. On a 10-point scale, millennials rated their stress levels at 5.5. Level 10 is the highest, and it identifies a “great deal of stress.” “I think most people in higher education tend to drive and motivate themselves with stress and fear,” Mike Zebrowski, director of the Counseling Center, said in an email. “We
do seem to be seeing a rising level of stress with college students and we are trying to meet that with many options across campus to help.” Students can feel stressed for a variety of reasons including student loans, the job search, academic performance and relationships. “Rates of depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses go up during college,” Markie Pasternak, president of Active Minds and a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said in an email. “Active Minds works to connect students across campus who can relate to having high rates of stress in college to create a mentally healthy campus.” The APA identifies three different types of stress: acute, episodic acute and chronic. Acute is the most common and least threatening form, and chronic is long-term and the most
damaging to every part of the counseling and a “Zen Den” that body. Episodic lies in the mid- uses biofeedback equipment to dle of the spectrum. promote relaxation. “We sometimes think overlyZebrowski talked about the stressed people have poor time importance of finding the most management skills, but the real- effective stress reliever for each ity is that stress responses are individual. He said the medical very real,” Jack clinic and HelLundeen, a sefaer Recreation nior in the ColCenter on camlege of Arts & pus also provide Sciences said. services to de“Being overlystress students. stressed, regardStudents find less of the stressthat comparing or, creates a real themselves to health risk.” their peers creThe Counselates stress. Zeing Center ofbrowski said he fers services to encourages stuhelp students Markie Pasternak, dents to direct relieve stress senior, College of Arts & Sciences. their focus away throughout the from that type of school year. thinking. They include individual “Students can focus on the counseling sessions, “Mind- true thought that they made it ful Minutes,” weekly group here and how they compare to
Rates of depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses go up during college.”
others is not important to anyone,” Zebrowski said in an email. “They can try to focus on their goals and dreams and try to let go of the thoughts that pull them to compare themselves to others.” The Marquette student wellness website provides resources on five “stress busters” for students: sleep, exercise, healthy meals and snacks, relaxation techniques and self-care tips. College students need an average of nine to 10 hours of sleep per night, according to the site. The page suggests meditation at St. Joan of Arc Chapel, yoga classes, guided imagery and deep breathing as some relaxation techniques on- and off-campus. The self-care tips include avoiding drugs and alcohol, finding support and connecting socially.
Engineers study techniques to clean H2O Grant gives professors and students chance to research water By Dana Warren
dana.warren@marquette.edu
A $200,000 federal grant given to College of Engineering professors in May has been helping them research the removal of water contaminants via electrocoagulation (EC). Engineering professors Brooke Mayer, Daniel Zitomer and Patrick McNamara received the grant for studying drinking water treatment. A National Science Foundation project called the Fundamental Research Program allows researchers to focus on industry-defining proposals to fund the grant. “The grant covers the entire project and in that project a lot of the funding goes toward supporting the graduate student research assistants who work on it,” Mayer said. In addition to helping the team do more in-depth research, the grant provides stipends and tuition money to the two graduate students who help with the research over a two-year period. The money is also used to create reactors in the testing environment and purchase other necessary research supplies. The research team also consists of three professors. Mayer said she will mentor one of the graduate students to research the virus aspect of the research, which she noted is part of her background. Meanwhile, McNamara will work with the other graduate student to investigate estrogenic micro-pollutants. Mayer said Zitomer “is linking all of (the research) while looking at overall optimizing system processes” between the two sub-teams. “In the end it gives (the money) a lot of strengths in different areas that they would not be able to combine without the grant,” Mayer said. EC is not a standard process for removing impurities from water. This is in part because there is not a thorough understanding of how and why the
process works. As a result, the team will use the standard process of coagulation to investigate EC’s effectiveness. EC is a chemical and physical process that has not yet been tested on a large-scale but is not uncommon in smaller-scale practices. Mayer said some corporations use EC systems to reduce wastewater output. Cities and corporations differ because companies tend to have “highly-polluted and low-flow” water systems versus a city’s more “diluted flows at higher volumes,” Mayer said. Due to a lack of previous research, the team decided to investigate certain types of contaminants on the Environmental Protection Agency’s “Contaminant Candidate List” and uncover their effects on public health. The agency has not deemed them dangerous to public health but has labeled them as priority research candidates. While there is not much research on the topic of EC, this research will build a case for the process’s effectiveness in the future.
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MU grad makes directing debut with ‘Lava’ James Ford Murphy started with doodles and ended at Pixar By Stephanie Harte
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Jim Ford Murphy developed a fascination with Hawaiian culture as a child. While honeymooning with his wife on the Big Island, he witnessed an active volcano for the first time. This sparked the inspiration behind “Lava,” the Pixar short film preceding “Inside Out,” which premiered this summer. Murphy graduated from Marquette in 1986 with a degree in journalism and credits his success at Pixar to his college years. “As a student I was taught how to go out and tell a story,” Murphy said. “This translated into my career at Pixar through coming up with and pitching my own ideas.” Murphy worked as an animator for 12 years at Pixar, before becoming the director of creative artists, where he supervises the animation, art and story behind films. However, he took a break from his role to direct “Lava,” a seven-minute musical love story featuring Uku, a lonely Hawaiian volcano who sings a song to the ocean each day and wins the heart of Lele, an undersea volcano. “I was watching ‘ER’ with my wife when I heard Israel ‘Iz’ Kamakawiwo’s version of ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow,’” Murphy said. “I will never forget how I felt when I first heard that song and thought, ‘what if I could write a song that made me feel the same way?’” Murphy developed the idea into a story and performed the song that plays throughout the film with his ukulele for a panel at Pixar. John Lasseter, the company’s chief creative officer, attended the panel and Murphy said Lasseter loved the idea, which isn’t surprising because it is well-documented that Lasseter owns 374 Hawaiian shirts. He wears a different one every day. Creating a story with characters that can’t talk was the hardest part, Murphy said. He took on the
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James Murphy oversees story design at Pixar Animation Studios.
complicated task of creating personalities for items found in nature. “It’s crazy to go from a little idea and sell the potential of what it can become,” Murphy said. “You get to create your own version of an idea and really think of yourself. I really fell in love with the story and collaborating on the little song.” Murphy has Marquette to thank not only for his education, but also for the relationships he formed. He met “Saturday Night Live” icon Chris Farley through the rugby team. The two became best friends and lived together in the big red house on 19th and Kilbourn their junior year, along with 12 other guys. “Chris was such a funny and clever guy,” Murphy said. “The appeal you see in his characters is so endearing. I’m still close with all of my friends from Marquette.” Farley helped Murphy meet his wife Kathy Karas as well. Farley’s younger brother, Kevin, was
two years behind them in school along with Karas, and brought her to parties his older brother and Murphy attended. “Kevin introduced me to them and said [to them], ‘be nice to her, she’s a good one,’” Karas said. Murphy’s passion for animation took off after he created the comic strip “Murphy’s Law” for the Marquette Tribune. The outlet allowed him to combine his talents in art and writing. “I noticed his love of art right away from the comic strips,” Karas said. “His desk where he would study was full of doodles and even when we would go out to dinner he would start doodling on a napkin. He was always drawing something.” Murphy had never considered drawing as a career before
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Murphy got his start in animating through the Marquette Tribune.
accepting a job as an art director for Jockey International. During that time he also worked as a freelance illustrator and was eventually hired at Calabash Animation in Chicago. At Calabash, Murphy learned traditional animation and created drawings for commercials and advertisements. He most notably created the miniature, toga-wearing mascot for Little Caesars Pizza who chants “pizza pizza,” to promote their two-for-one deal. Then Pixar, a new company attempting to make the first all-computer animated feature film, caught Murphy’s attention. He sent them a reel of his work and résumé.
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Murphy was hired and, believe it or not, turned it down. He couldn’t take the risk of moving his family to California for a short-term project that may not have worked in the end. Instead, he accepted a job at computer game company Sierra Entertainment in Seattle. “The decision really rocked him,” Karas said. “We really loved where we were in Seattle, but I could tell the company wasn’t giving him the creative freedom Pixar could.” After watching “Toy Story” and feeling devastated that he wasn’t a part of it, Murphy spent that Thanksgiving break putting his résumé and reel back together and resubmitting it to Pixar. He became the first new hire of the year and never looked back. Murphy’s animation credits for Pixar include “Finding Nemo,” “Toy Story 2,” “Monsters Inc.,” “The Incredibles,” and “Ratatouille.” The Murphys’ oldest son Will is a senior at Marquette studying criminology and law studies in the College of Arts & Sciences and has been with his dad throughout his Pixar career. Murphy’s son Jack is a sophomore at University of Michigan, and his daughter Louise is a sophomore in high school back in their hometown of Sonoma, California. “Growing up, I was able to sneak on a few trips with him and see the development of his work,” Will Murphy said. “I was really excited to see him get a bigger role with the company. Kids growing up would always ask about my dad who works for Pixar. It’s really cool to see him do something he loves.” Watching the finished product of “Lava” was the most rewarding part of the whole process, Murphy said. “You get the opportunity to work with incredibly talented people, and then you are so sad when it is over,” Murphy said. “It’s indescribable being able to sit in an audience and watch them react. Watching your work touch people is the best part.”
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MUsic club allows student musicians to connect A new group for music enthusiasts to share their passion By Rachel Kubik
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MUsic, pronounced em-YOUsic, is one of the newest clubs on campus. Founded in January, the club aims to band together passionate musicians to form their own musical groups – with the interconnecting help of the world wide web. MUsic’s webpage was formed to help this musical connection take place. Any potential musician just has to fill out a profile and puts his or her musical intentions down. The leaders of the club share a desire for musical success. Kevyn Schwab, a junior in the College of Engineering, is a co-founder and president of the club. He has played guitar for seven years. Schwab said that he and the other founders of the club, Randy Spaulding, a junior in the College of Engineering, and Mary Kate Hickey, a junior in the College of Communication, met at a leadership conference and discovered their mutual passion for music. At the time, no campus organization existed to help students develop their specific passion. “(My friends and I) would jam in the dorms but get yelled at by RAs,” said Hickey. “It just wasn’t a comfortable area to practice our passion.” That was part of the spark that began MUsic. At the club’s O-Fest table, they received between 75 and 100 names of interested students. The club welcomes not only musicians, but singers, songwriters and other music enthusiasts as well. “(If) there’s a singer that wants to start a folk band and is looking for a guitarist, we’re going to help them out with that,” Schwab said. In addition, previous musical experience is not required. Hickey is an example of a student who does not play an instrument but still has an interest in music. “(Music has) always (been) one of my greatest interests, and I love the whole promotional aspect behind it. That’s what I wanted to bring to this group.” The club plans to have an endof-the-semester concert with multiple events showcasing Marquette’s musicians. MUsic hopes to get the word out about the club and get the organization up and running as fast as possible. Nick Simon, a junior in the College of Communication, drummer and club member, said that he looks forward to “forming new bands and new friendships through this club.” “I’d like to see jams happening [and] live music promotion all around campus,” Simon said. He said that he believes college is the best time to start a band. Michael Richter, a junior in the College of Engineering with 15 years of drumming experience and 10 years of guitar and bass experience, said he is seeking a similar product. “Marquette isn’t necessarily regarded as a school that’s heavily musically oriented, but I think (musical talent) really is out there, and I think bringing it to the forefront and bringing promotions and marketing towards it can really
give people more of a voice,” said Richter. He said that in the future, he hopes to work with sound engineering and freelance music production. Others are looking for an entertaining time in a social environment. To “get on the (drum) kit and mess around a little bit” – that’s Mark Gesior’s goal. Gesior, a junior in the College of Engineering, played snare drum in middle and high school, but does not feel ready to start a band just yet. The MUsic E-Board will not only facilitate, but also participate in the musical processes. It will help promote MUsic’s mission, connect the musicians, run the meetings and set-up for future concerts. Troy Farsakian, a junior in the College of Engineering, club member and drum/percussion player for about 12 years, said, “My vision for MUsic is that one day, maybe not this year, but one day a group of kids are going to meet at Marquette, and they’re going to form a band, and then they’re going to become super famous.”
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MUSG custard crawl explores Milwaukee favorites Students discover preference for custard over ice cream By Hannah Byron
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Back to school got a whole lot sweeter Sunday evening with a custard crawl with Marquette University Student Government (MUSG). The crawl was the last excursion of this year’s MU Mania, a week of fun activities planned by MUSG. With the three-day weekend and MU Mania coming to an end, a night out with friends and custard was what students needed to help cool off from a hectic first week back. The crawl for Milwaukee’s best custard stands included Gilles Frozen Custard on Bluemound Rd. and Kopp’s Frozen Custard on west Layton Ave. Established in 1938, Gilles is the oldest custard shop in the city, making it a must-see stop on the crawl. Kopp’s is also a fan-favorite among locals and a Milwaukee
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Students traveled to Gilles Frozen Custard and Kopp’s Frozen Custard shops for the MUSG sponsored event.
experience students just couldn’t miss. Between the two custard shops, students had a variety of free flavors to choose from. Gilles offered vanilla, chocolate and butter pecan. While Kopp’s had vanilla, chocolate, peanut butter pecan and hog heaven. Sarah Beattie, the program vice president of MUSG, managed the planning and execution of the event by reserving the custard stands, arranging busses and
distributing wristbands and posters. “I know they did the custard crawl last year. It was a really popular event and we re-vamped it a bit,” said Beattie. It’s no secret Wisconsin is known for its love of custard. Milwaukee is said to be the unofficial custard capital of the world. Unsurprisingly, most students who came for the crawl preferred custard to ice cream. Junior Ali Baehler in the College
of Education, agreed. “Custard every day, all the way, for sure,” Baehler said. “It’s just creamier and nicer to eat.” The creamy and smooth texture of custard comes from adding egg yolks to ice cream, which gives it the cool and refreshing taste we crave with each spoonful, and making it the main difference between ice cream and custard. Even gelato, Italian ice cream, could not beat out
custard for the prize of best frozen treat. “It has to be custard. I love the dense material and just the culture behind it,” said Brian Leightner, a senior in the College of Engineering who tried butter pecan at Gilles. “It’s a basic flavor, but they made it work.” After the evening, students not only had a favorite cold dessert, but they also had a favorite place to eat them. While most agreed that Kopp’s was the destination for all things custard, Carli Sacramento, a sophomore in the College of Nursing, said, “I really like Gilles. I’ve been coming here since I was a little kid. This is my first time at Kopp’s, but I have to be true to my Gilles passion.” In terms of future custard crawls, Beattie said it depends on who is in charge of programming next year. “People seem to enjoy it, so I imagine it would happen again next year if the next program vice president deems it worthy.” Listen to the full radio story produced by Lily Wellen, the assistant music director of Marquette radio, at www.marquettewire.org.
Helfaer honors strong women in this year’s theme Theatre lineup showcases different forms of strengrth By Paige Lloyd
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“Another opening, another show.” Now is the time of year when the Helfaer Theatre opens its doors to a brand new season of plays and musicals. The featuring theme of the 2015-16 season is “Strong Women.” The Helfaer begins this season with “Loose Lips Sink Ships” in late September, continues with “To Kill a Mockingbird” mid-November, “Ivy + Bean the Musical” in January and “As You Like It” in late February. The featured shows will encompass a theme of strong women, as the plays are either written by or
about women. Artistic director and associate professor Debra Krajec expanded on the theme and the theatre’s choice of plays to showcase this season. “I saw this ripple effect of a focus of female playwrights happening across regional theatres and especially throughout Milwaukee,” Krajec said. “We wanted to take place in it and along our way there, we discovered how many connections to women in the theatre there can be.” Stephen Hudson-Mairet, department chair of digital media and performing arts, weighed in on why this theme became important to the Marquette theatre community. “This idea really struck a nerve and resonated strongly with us,” Hudson-Mairet said. “We are predominantly female this year and wanted to find a way to highlight their work. It is an interesting little stew when you put these shows
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“Loose Lips Sink Ships” will be first production of the year guided under the therme of strong women.
together and as it starts to lay out you can see a theme emerge once the pieces come into place.” These shows highlight the history of many women with the help of captivating scripts and interesting facets of each show. The Helfaer’s first show “Loose Lips Sink Ships” will be performed over family weekend making it a definite destination during the weekend of events. The musical takes place in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and tells the story of the young women who take the place of their husbands and brothers during World War II. The design process behind “Loose Lips” took a new spin as Hudson-Mairet introduced the play to his Computer Applications in Theatre course last spring. The group of students, which included some comfortable to design and others who were completely new to the concept such as engineers, enrolled for an honors course. The class worked as a collaborative with the director to create the set, lighting and costumes for the upcoming show. “It is truly a student designed production from the ground-up,” Hudson-Mairet explained. “It’s an experimental thing to bring your scholarship and your teaching into one place in order to make sure it is serving your students at the same time.” The second show for Helfaer is “To Kill a Mockingbird”, a show
that many students will recognize but may not have seen acted out before. “We thought this would be such a powerful play to perform as it deals with race and prejudice,” Krajec said. “We hope that these shows can also become great subjects of discussion in the classroom from a professor’s standpoint. There will be a whole series around “To Kill a Mockingbird” that will include talkbacks on the topics of family relations and other issues brought up in the show.” Next on the list is “Ivy + Bean the Musical,” which is based on the popular children’s books of two young girls who cannot help but get into mischief. The play will be performed for the public and for Milwaukee school children. Every other year the theatre puts on a Shakespearean play. The choice came down to “As You Like It,” with main character Rosalind who must dress as a man to get what she wants. “The arch of the season is really interesting as we do focus on some of the stronger woman characters,” Hudson-Mairet said. “Each one has a unique way of applying what it means to be a strong or meaningful character within a play. Each play has its own meaning dynamic around it and it all ties into a whole over the season.” A show that is not featured in the MU box office, but one that will be performed downtown is “Censored
on Final Approach,” a show theatre goers will be very proud to see on stage again. The late Phylis Ravel, former Marquette Professor, wrote this play. The Helfaer is working with the Renaissance Theatreworks, a professional theatre company, to put the show back on the main stage in late spring. Theatre arts student and junior in the College of Communication Aileen O’Carroll explained her excitement for this show. “I’m most looking forward to being in a show this year working with one of our guest artists,” O’Carroll said. “It is a great opportunity to learn from a professional who currently works in the theatre field in the Milwaukee area. I am looking forward to watching all our main stages come to life and sharing our appreciation of strong women in the theatre with Marquette and the surrounding community.” This season offers the opportunity for students to enjoy new plays and for the cast to portray such strong characters. “This season celebrates women of strength and courage; from the playwrights to the directors to the students who act in and design our productions,” O’Carroll said. “We highlight the women who create great art on the Helfaer stage and beyond as this season offers new, delightful stories, as well as timehonored classics, each demonstrating the strength and passion of numerous women.”
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First season of “The Knick” to expire this October
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Steve Soderbergh executive produces and directs this historical thriller starring Clive Owen as Dr. Thackery.
Last chance to catch up before the show is unavailable to stream By Dennis Tracy
dennis.tracy@marquette.edu
The scene opens in the 1900s when scientists discovered more about the human body in the previous five years than the last 500. Dr. John W. Thackery (Clive Owen) and Dr. J. M. Christiansen (Matt Frewer) walk into the operating room to save a woman and her child suffering from placenta praevia, a complication during pregnancy which causes blood loss. The operation fails, and Dr. Christiansen dies shortly afterward,
making Dr. Thackery the new lead surgeon of New York’s Knickerbocker Hospital. It’s only 10 minutes into the first episode and already Cinemax’s “The Knick” is establishing itself as a confident historical and medical drama. Steve Soderbergh, the executive producer and director of season one, has provided a fascinating look at the early 1900s, as various doctors continuously race to make medical discoveries. Originally the series was in development at HBO, but shifted over to Cinemax in an effort to branch out into original programming. “The Knick” continues Cinemax’s streak of the quality dramas produced over the last couple of years and fits right in next to “Strike Back”
and “Banshee”. One of the best features of the show is its cinematography. Soderbergh often shot a series of tracking shots and followed the characters from room to room without an edit to the next shot. This smooth editing makes the show visually appealing and entertaining to watch. Even if the plot suddenly slows down, the fantastic camera movement always provides an occurrence to capture the viewer’s attention. The set, music and unique color usage gives “The Knick” a truly strange feel that works to its benefit. Soderbergh originally wanted to make this a black-and-white series. Instead, set designer Howard Cummings found a way to make the
hospital look like an old blackand-white photograph while keeping the show in color. Composer Cliff Martinez, known for his work as a drummer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, created superb music. Every piece of the soundtrack highlights the appropriate feeling of Soderbergh’s work. During operation scenes the music becomes creepy and nerve-wracking, reflecting the doctors’ feelings of fear and worry. The music also compliments the lighter scenes, such as the scene where Dr. Thackery learns how to ride a bike. Here, the music helps the audience feel cheery and gives the impression that things will be alright. The limited use of color gives the series the perfect dark atmosphere for working and operating in a hospital. Take Dr. Thackery for example, he appears before his peers as a skilled surgeon with an unusual amount of energy. He wants to be the best surgeon in the area, and will do whatever it takes to show his skill. Thackery’s high energy stems from his cocaine addiction. He often steals supplies from the Knickerbocker Hospital and spends the majority of his free time hanging out in a Chinatown opium den. Using shades of yellow, brown and white, the visuals highlight a depressing time in Dr. Thackery’s life. His drug addiction eventually leads him into a journey of madness. Thackery’s cocaine addiction and the loss of his mentor and friend start to take over his life
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Addressing the idol of busyness on Marquette’s nonstop campus
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help is when our professors and advisors compare our simple schedule to those of other students. If anything, our worth is more questionable—especially when our peer’s schedule of work, 18 credits and two roles as a club leader, makes our schedule of the student media position, 15 credits, and an internship look too simple, or as if what we are doing is not enough. The irony of the comparison is that in some cases, the conversations seem less about worth and more about competing to determine who is more miserable or exhausted. The university may explain filled schedules as the pursuit of excellence, or an education that encompasses the development of the whole person. But, when we find ourselves running from one meeting to the next, sleeping two hours at night so the paper we’ve only now started and finished is done for our first class, we are
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Armed MUPD may have negative effects Jack Hannan
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Busyness is Marquette University’s favorite idol. These days, when asking a friend “how are you?”, what is the most commonly received response? Perhaps in passing it’s the usual “good!”, but in conversation, our friends, peers, even professors, exclaim and exacerbate their busyness. Generally speaking, students take 15 to 18 credits per semester, working jobs or internships — on or off campus — and are involved in student organizations or extracurricular activities. Most students enjoy and take pride in their full loads, but we wonder, what are students really getting out of a jam-packed schedule? It most certainly is not worth. We have observed and are guilty of participating in the comparison of busy schedules with our peers at Marquette, but recognize that by the end of the conversation, our worth remains the same. What doesn’t
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compromising excellence as a value and are replacing it with busyness. In addition to deluding excellence, busyness creates a view that equates a lack of blank space in our planners to success. Sure, crossing off meetings and assignments is an accomplishment of one’s goals for the day, but we have concluded the nature of task accomplishment as disinteresting and inadequate in the grand scheme of life. And if we’re constantly worried about the tasks on our lists, how can we really engage or be present when spending time with our friends? Running from one place to the next is not conducive to building community that arguably all of us desires. As mentioned, we have observed this busyness amongst ourselves at the Marquette Wire. We’ve compared our levels of misery and tiredness. On multiple accounts, we’ve stayed up unreasonably late in an attempt to get more done before starting the next day. We have other jobs and internships that cause us to rush on and off campus daily. When busyness goes too far, we lose creativity, experience loneliness, and eventually burn out. Though there is no finite solution, we’ve come up with a few things to consider when busyness takes idol form. We must prioritize our passions. If there is no direct interest in an organization, club, or job, should we really devote our time to it? Of course, it’s important to dabble into a couple of things in order to find out where one’s passion comes from, but so often we fill our schedule with the same things for three to four years, only to realize at the very end that we were interested in something else, we just never explored it because there was no time. If the argument is that there is no time, maybe we should reevaluate our planner and purposefully leave blank spaces for catching our breath. This time could be utilized to reflect, meditate, think, or do something that doesn’t require much thought at all, like take a walk, go work out, or listen to music. Marquette strives to promote health and well-being. On campus, an array of wellness opportunities is available, including fitness classes, counseling center groups, and a weekly meditation hour. While adding these activities into an already busy schedule may seem hypocritical to our beef with busyness, they can provide insight on how to better manage a chaotic schedule and help you practice taking time to simply be. For it is in those moments of being—whether for five minutes or an hour—when we can gain clarity on what is most important to each of us individually, and we can cut ourselves some slack for the time we wasted planning and comparing our plans for the day with our peers.
U.S. police kill an estimated 1000 civilians every year, according to the Bureau of Justice. In many cases, “deadly force” was justified because the victim was considered an immediate danger to others. However, since there is currently no standardized reporting procedure for police homicides, this shocking figure is difficult to estimate. Regardless, 1000 fatalities is an astounding figure in comparison to other countries. Places like Britain and New Zealand, where police officers do not carry firearms on the street, boast some of the lowest numbers of civilians killed by police, as well as police killed by civilians each year. Despite these facts, the idea of disarming American police officers won’t be talked about for a very long time, if at all. And yet, across the country, discussion about disarming campus police departments has already begun. This past May, after an agreement between the State of Wisconsin’s Department of Justice and the Attorney General’s office, the Marquette University Police Department was commissioned to combat growing safety concerns on Marquette’s campus. After extensive training, approximately 35 Public Safety officers are now patrolling campus as fully commissioned police offers. The goal in upgrading DPS to MUPD is to give campus officers full authority to deal with campus incidents themselves, allowing MPD officers to maintain force elsewhere. As a student whose address is uncomfortably close to the ones frequently cited in Marquette Safety Alerts, I welcome the increased safety that MUPD can offer. However, I am still not convinced that guns are compulsory for safety. Wisconsin is one of the most pro-gun states in the U.S., which makes gun regulations on Marquette’s campus more complex than other universities. Even though concealed carry is now permitted in Wisconsin, Marquette still exercises its power to ban guns on campus, which includes university-owned housing. However, students living off campus are still allowed to keep guns in their homes. This seems like an unnecessary risk to me. Of course college students would never partake in anything that hindered
their judgement…but if they ever did, it’s better for the resulting mistakes they make to involve cheese curds rather than deadly weapons. Opinions on student gun control are essentially irrelevant right now since Marquette’s hands are tied by state law. Gun laws for the MUPD are completely under university control, however. Police and their use of firearms have fallen under the national spotlight after a wave of wrongful police shootings and a subsequent backlash from citizens. The U.S. is the uncontested world leader in fatalities caused by police. According to The Guardian there have been 55 fatal police shootings in England and Wales during the last 24 years compared to 59 fatal police shootings in the U.S. in the first 24 days of 2015. Even after adjusting for population, that is a terrifying statistic. As of late, campus police specifically have been under the microscope after University of Cincinnati police officer Ray Tensing shot and killed unarmed driver Samuel Dubose. Although guns undoubtedly offer protection in certain contexts, they are easily misused. Officers that have never used a gun outside of training, like campus police, are more likely to make a mistake. And mistakes that involve deadly weapons are often just that: deadly. Another concern with armed campus police is the fact that most of the incidents they respond to involve students. Guns may be necessary to take on armed assailants, but seem excessive for enforcing noise complaints. Despite the pro-gun sentiments of Wisconsin law makers, Marquette strictly regulates guns because it sees the danger of inexperienced students carrying weapons. This same logic should apply to inexperienced MUPD officers. I am not questioning the skill of the MUPD. Their increased presence is crucial to the safety of our students and faculty. But recent events across the country have proven that even the most seasoned veteran officers can make mistakes when weapons are involved. This should not be surprising as making mistakes is an integral part of human nature. But gun-related mistakes often lead to serious injury or death and with stakes that high, we can’t afford to gamble. Jack Hannan is a senior studying Marketing and Finance. He is reachable by email at jack.hannan@marquette.edu
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Marquette athletes get TempurReshaping Millennial Pedic beds, student tempers flare thought on politics Morgan Hughes
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TempurPedic mattresses fill the beds in Humphrey Hall. Students aggravated with unfair sleeping conditions.
Ryan Murphy
Columnist
“That’s probably just a rumor,” I said to myself when I first heard that the basketball players had received TempurPedic mattresses. All the clichés ran through my head: they may have more on their plate than other students, but student athletes are students first; they live in the dorms just like anyone else. Not content to rest there, I did some research, and was surprised by the findings. “We did purchase TempurPedic mattresses for both our men’s and women’s basketball student-athletes,” Danielle Josetti, the Golden Eagle’s Associate Athletic Director for Compliance, explained in an email. “We purchased the beds out of our operating budget.” Being the humble voice of the people that I am in my position as a Tribune columnist, my sense of justice was offended. What does that say about what we value as a university? Our athletes sleep in luxury, while the future doctors and teachers are crammed into McCormick and Schroeder? I can already hear some of you offering the same tired excuse for this sort of expense: the team brings in so much money for the university- why shouldn’t they be rewarded? But that is only partly true. Yes, according to the data that Marquette submits to the Department of Education, athletic revenues exceed athletic expenses by $6.7 million, and yes, the men’s basketball team generates most of that revenue. But when I asked how the profit was being used, Vice President and Director of Athletics Bill Scholl offered this answer in an email: “The operating surplus that men’s basketball generates is utilized to assist in the funding of all of our other programs.” In other words, athletics largely reinvests in athletics, not academics. Who really brings in money for the university? You’re more likely to find them on
extra-long twin mattresses than TempurPedic ones. Tuition and Fees and Room and Board make up 72% of Marquette’s revenue, according to the operating budget for fiscal year 2015. Of course, Scholl did not pretend that the basketball players were given the mattresses because of the revenue they help generate. He offered first a pragmatic justification: “many of these particular student-athletes are simply too large to fit in standard university-issued beds, and it is not unusual to purchase specialized mattresses.” (A good point; however, height, though an attribute of most basketball players, is not unique to them.) Scholl also explained the larger, more humanistic reasoning behind the mattresses: “With the continued emphasis on overall wellness and performance for student athletes, universities with elite programs from across the country are focusing more on nutrition, strength, agility, and sleep to accommodate the unique needs of their student-athletes.” This is in keeping with our Jesuit values – cura personalis and all that jazz. But with research from the University of Alabama suggesting that 60% of college students suffer from sleep deprivation, it does seem unfortunate that only a small segment of the student body is having this problem addressed. All this said, one could argue that the mattresses are justified because the athletes contribute in a way that isn’t quantifiable: that is, they excite us with their talent, and their endeavors give us something to rally around, something to ignite a unitive school spirit. But here too, I find a bone to pick. My sister described to me a football game at UW-LaCrosse – she said she found herself bored with it, and the other students were equally disengaged or simply absent. Her description stood in stark contrast to my own memories of games at Marquette and the electrifying enthusiasm our students have for their teams, in winning or (as was so disappointingly the case last basketball season) in losing. I suggest it is less the
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teams than the unique sense of community at Marquette that lends our games their fervor. In no way do I mean to diminish the accomplishments, both athletic and academic, of our school’s noble athletes, nor do I question the good intentions of the administrators who purchased the mattresses. What I do mean to point out is that buying TempurPedic mattresses for one group of students creates a false hierarchy which suggests that their contributions are more important than other students’. In that case, I wouldn’t be surprised if many of you who contribute so generously to that sense of community begin to feel yourselves entitled to a finer mattress. Ryan Murphy is a junior studying Business Economics and Writing-Intensive English. He is reachable by email at ryan.p.murphy@marquette.edu
Why should you care about the presidential race?— the cat Limberbutt McCubbins is not a viable candidate. Here’s a quick vocabulary lesson: Blasé: adjective. Unimpressed or indifferent to something due to overexposure. Millennial: noun. Person who is unimpressed or indifferent to something due to overexposure. Of course the last one isn’t true… but doesn’t it seem like it could be? I get it, every 90s teen drama featured the cool kid with his apathetic demeanor and cold indifference to the rest of the world. For some reason, numbing ourselves to our surroundings seems like the popular thing to do. But you know what’s not cool: an uninformed generation that abandons its right to help determine the leadership of the country, all for a chance to emulate Daniel Desario. As of right now, 22 people have announced their candidacy. That means there are 22 politically competent individuals with the desire to lead the United States, and most young people could care less. The cat Limberbutt McCubbins is fully registered through the FEC to run for the 2015 democratic bid… Although the cat may be cute, he is not a credible presidential candidate. It is offensive. It is not cheeky or adorable, it mocks all the work put forth to ensure that all Americans have the opportunity to express themselves politically. Generation Y, we are embarrassing ourselves. I have heard a few arguments from my 20-something peers about why they don’t care about the presidential race, and most of them stem from the ideas “we’ve seen this before” and “all politicians are exactly the same.” Forgive me, but those sound like illthought-out opinions. What’s interesting about those
statements is that we definitely have not seen this all before. We have a woman running, a socialist campaigning, a businessman bolstering, and a whole slew of very unique candidates to look at. To say that this is “the usual” would be a dramatic oversight. The next president will be in office for at least four years, maybe eight. I could potentially be 28 years old before I see a different president in office. In those eight years, welfare could be reformed, healthcare could be universalized, and women’s rights may be greatly advanced. Every single one of these things will affect me in more ways that I can imagine. I need to care about this election. As millennials, we are responsible for the future of the country. We can either choose to ignore it, or we can embrace our rights as citizens and educate ourselves, educate our peers and vote. If you don’t vote, then how can you complain about the outcome? In 2012, only 57.5% of the population participated in the presidential election. The United States is ranked 120 on a list of 169 countries for voter turnout. That is pretty apathetic for “America the Brave.” A Pew Research study suggests that this year, Generation Y will surpass the baby boomers as the nation’s largest living generational group. There are roughly 83 million millennials in the United States. That is a lot of voices. To think that 83 million votes will not matter is absurd. Imagine what would happen if every eligible millennial decided that their vote mattered. We don’t have to believe the same thing, but we should all believe in something. Take honor in the fact that we are responsible for choosing the best leader for this country. Despite the plague of indifference sweeping Generation Y, I believe it is important to exercise my right to check a box on a sheet of cardstock paper. Why? Because we are the future. Call it a cliché. Morgan Hughes is a sophomore studying Journalism and Political Science. She is reachable by email at morgan.hughes@marquette.edu
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Club Crew moves closer to home The rowers moved closer to campus and bought new boats
FRIDAY 9/11
By Jack Goods
jack.goods@marquette.edu
Marquette Crew has a new address. The team has decided to leave the Milwaukee Rowing Club to establish a place of its own on Mt. Vernon Avenue, across the Menomonee River from the Twisted Fisherman. The moving process began at the start of the school year. “It was just time,” head coach Megan Prochniak said. “We’re at the point where we have 60 or 70 rowers. We’ve been looking for an opportunity to move out for a few years.” The team has also begun buying its own boats, adding three fours (boats that sit four rowers) and two eights (boats that sit eight rowers) to their arsenal. It plasn to get one or two more 8’s in the near future. The boats will be on racks welded onto the side of an alumnus’ storage compartment on the lot, which is only a half mile away from campus. An overhang will also be added, protecting the shells from the weather. The team also rents a small, indoor
Marquette Sports Calendar Women’s volleyball vs Wyoming When: 1 p.m.
Men’s soccer vs. Nebraska-Omaha When: 6 p.m. Women’s volleyball vs. Northern Colorado When: 6 p.m. Women’s soccer vs. Northern Arizona When: 8:15 p.m.
SATURDAY 9/12
Photo submitted by Megan Prochniak
Marquette earned three bids for this year’s Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston.
unit to hold its oars, boat slings and other equipment. All of this could be a step toward the team eventually having its own boathouse in the future. Prochniak said this is likely more of a pit stop
Photo by Megan Prochniak
Club Crew moved its five new boats to a new location last week.
for the team, and it will start looking for a more permanent home in the next year or two. Moving out of an established rowing club for something brandnew will obviously come with growing pains. If equipment is lost or broken, there may not be a replacement. The warmth of traditional boathouse will be missed during tremulous weather. “The students are going to have to recognize there’s more responsibility,” Prochniak said. “There’s no backup plan.” It’s a message that the rowers hear loud and clear. “It is a great opportunity for the team to grow and become more independent, but with that we also need to become more responsible with our club’s growth and equipment,” said Rick Kaufmann III, the team’s Public Relations Chair. Prochniak said she hopes that the move will help legitimize the program. The team, entering its 25th year, became more serious over the year’s since its inception. The pride that comes with owning the equipment and location could reignite the commitment
level from the team. “It all goes back to that ownership,” Prochniak said. “When people have ownership, you take it more seriously.” Rowers used to run two miles through downtown to the rowing club. The new location will be much closer, allowing it to feel like a part of Marquette’s campus. “I think it helps with recruiting,” said Alex Campbell, the team’s treasurer. “You can tell future people who want to row for the team, ‘Hey, we’re right by Valley Fields.’ It makes us look even more legitimate.” As Campbell put it, “it’s a marathon, not a sprint.” This move is the first step toward added prestige for the program that is gaining steam. In October, Crew is sending three boats to the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, one of the top races in the country. “It’s an opportunity for Marquette rowing to be a competitive team,” Campbell said. “It means we do everything on our own time instead of having to worry about the Milwaukee Rowing Club… We now have full freedom.”
Men’s golf at Northern Intercollegiate When: Saturday and Sunday Women’s volleyball vs. Kansas When: 11:30 a.m.
SUNDAY 9/13 Women’s soccer vs. South Dakota State When: 1:30 p.m.
BIG EAST Standings
Men’s soccer
(Overall, BIG EAST) Creighton 4-0, 0-0 Villanova 3-0, 0-0 Providence 3-0-1, 0-0 Butler 2-0-1, 0-0 Marquette 2-1-1, 0-0 Xavier 2-2, 0-0 Georgetown 1-2-1, 0-0 DePaul 1-3, 0-0 Seton Hall 0-3-1, 0-0 St. John’s 0-4, 0-0
Women’s soccer
(Overall, BIG EAST) St. John’s 5-1, 0-0 Butler 5-1-1, 0-0 DePaul 4-1-1, 0-0 Creighton 4-2, 0-0 Providence 4-2, 0-0 Georgetown 3-2, 0-0 Xavier 3-2, 0-0 Marquette 2-3, 0-0 Seton Hall 0-4-2, 0-0 Villanova 0-5, 0-0
Women’s volleyball (Overall, BIG EAST) Marquette 5-1, 0-0 DePaul 5-1, 0-0 St. John’s 5-2, 0-0 Seton Hall 4-2, 0-0 Villanova 4-3, 0-0 Providence 4-4, 0-0 Georgetown 3-4, 0-0 Xavier 2-4, 0-0 Creighton 2-4, 0-0 Butler 1-5, 0-0
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Valley to host weekend soccer marathon Three matches to be held Friday, part of women’s tournament
By Dan Reiner
daniel.reiner@marquette.edu
The turf at Valley Fields is going to take a beating. Marquette will host four soccer matches this weekend, highlighted by the women’s Marquette Invitational on Friday and Sunday and a men’s match, also on Friday. After a women’s match between Loyola-Chicago and South Dakota State at 3 p.m. on Friday, the men will play Nebraska-Omaha at 6 p.m. and the women will play Northern Arizona at 8:15 p.m. Following their third one-goal loss of the season last Friday to Minnesota, the women will fight to get back to .500 against a Northern Arizona side that’s heating up. After starting 0-3, the Lady Lumberjacks have won two straight, outscoring opponents 8-1. The Golden Eagles, on the other hand, are in the danger zone with a record of 2-3. After starting last year at the same clip, they went 0-2-1 in the three games that followed. “We’ll keep plugging away. A lot of stuff is still ahead of us,” said head coach Markus Roeders. “We’re not looking at it like we’re having to climb this huge mountain. It’s more like ‘OK, we’ve worked really hard, we’re kind of knocking on the door, let’s just get over the hump.’” Roeders’ squad has lost all three Friday matches they’ve played, each by a one-goal margin. With
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The women’s soccer team looks to end their 3-game losing streak on Friday’s, while the men take on yet another top-25 team.
a Sunday matinee against South Dakota State in tow, the Golden Eagles will be on the verge of desperation this weekend. “If you do the job on Friday, then you just kind of go in with a bounce in your step into Sunday.” SDSU comes in with a record of 3-2 after being picked to finish second in the Summit League. The Jackrabbits most recently knocked off Marquette’s conference foe, Creighton, 1-0. Expect the Golden Eagles to go with a deeper lineup in both
matches this weekend – they had just four players off the bench against Minnesota after substituting 13 players the match prior against Boston University. Roeders said he’ll keep calling on his freshmen and other role players, including junior Cali Pyzdrowski and sophomore Eli Beard. Between the three women’s matches, the men will take on a surprising Nebraska-Omaha squad which is ranked No. 22 by TopDrawerSoccer.com and is receiving votes in the coaches’ poll. The
Mavericks are 4-0, including a 1-0 victory over No. 13 UC Irvine. Junior forward Mark Moulton leads the team with 3 goals and an assist. Marquette is coming off a 3-2 victory against the Dayton Flyers on Monday. Although the offense was in high gear, there were some defensive lapses that the Golden Eagles will need to clean up, including some questionable decisions from freshman keeper Luis Barraza and some mishits by the back line. “We know we have things
we need to improve on,” redshirt senior forward Kelmend Islami said. “We gave up two goals, so we don’t go in celebrating. At practice we started working out right away.” The lads from Marquette are 2-1-1 with only two matches remaining before they kick off the BIG EAST slate on Sept. 26 against St. John’s. NebraskaOmaha is the next challenge on an tough schedule, including No. 12 Oregon State, No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 1 Creighton.
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Islami making mark after year off The redshirt senior tied his career high in points in four games
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Kelmend Islami couldn’t have asked for a better start to the 2015 season. He leads the team in scoring, tying his career high after just four games. After sitting out last season, his addition has already helped the Golden Eagles solve their scoring woes from 2014. “I really don’t know how good Kelmend could be,” head coach Louis Bennett said. “I don’t know if he knows how good he can be.” Islami missed last season while readjusting his academics. He had a slight injury that he likely could have come back from, Bennett said, but the team strategically decided to redshirt him. The south Milwaukee native stayed in shape by training on his own during the fall semester. He said that some days he would have a family member training with him, but he often would be by himself, and never with a personal trainer. “It was difficult at times, just having to do it by myself and not having people to train with,” Islami said. “I had to get out and work on things I thought I needed to improve on every day.” His motivation didn’t wane, and he felt that he came back in a condition that would make the coaches happy. He spent time focusing on his shooting, corners and accelerating into defensive holes. “I knew I wanted to be back here playing with the team,” Islami said. He returned to the squad in the spring, practicing once again with Marquette and appearing in the team’s spring exhibitions. Islami made an impact from
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Islami has worked his way back from taking a year off, training by himself and making an impact on offense.
game one this season, nearly scoring the extra time, game-winning goal in the season opener against Oregon State. He made up for the miss by scoring two goals against Portland two days later. This week, he notched a penalty kick goal and an assist in Marquette’s 3-2 victory against Dayton. Last season, the Golden Eagles only had three games in which they scored three or more goals. This season they’ve accomplished that feat in two of their four games. He fit right in with the quick-footed front line and has been at the center of many fast-break opportunities. “He’s been playing very well for us,” redshirt senior forward David Selvaggi said following the Dayton match. “The chemistry is just there right now.” Bennett said he wasn’t surprised by Islami’s performance this season. While at Marquette,
Islami has been known more as a feeder, tying for the team lead in assists two years ago. He has always possessed a scoring touch, as Bennett witnessed during Islami’s recruitment. “The year before he came to college, he was one of the highest goal scorers in the U.S. academy,” Bennett said. “He scored 19 goals in one year playing for a team that was in the bottom half of the table. You know how hard it is to score goals on a team that’s not winning?” He’s always had the talent, it was just about getting consistency. “He’s a guy that has so much potential,” Bennett said. “He’s quick, he’s got good touch and he can shoot. It’s putting all those things together on a consistent basis.” Islami said consistency was another factor of his game that he focused on during his training. “Throughout my career, it’s
one game I play well, one game bad,” Islami said. “It’s been a lot of ups and downs. So far I’ve been pretty consistent this year, and it’s helping me out.” Now that things are starting to come together for Islami, Bennett believes he has the ability to be a force within the conference. “He’s a good college player,” Bennett said. “He could become a fantastic college player (with consistency). If you’re a fantastic college player in the BIG EAST, it can garnish the possibility of opportunity after.” Bennett said that Islami has been putting in extra time now that he’s back with the team. He volunteers to do extra practice and talks with the coach about working on his shooting. “There’s no rust,” Bennett said. “Just hunger.”
Golf begins title defense in Illinois By Jamey Schilling
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The golf team looks to pick up where they left off last season when they tee off Saturday at the Northern Intercollegiate Tournament in Sugar Grove, Illinois. This is the second straight season the team will open their campaign in Sugar Grove. Last year the team shot a combined 40-overpar 904 en route to a 7th place
finish out of 13 teams. However, following the Northern Intercollegiate, Marquette exceeded 904 strokes just twice for the remainder of the year. That mark includes the Golden Eagles’ winning performance at the Big East Championship, their second team title in eight years. Marquette not only captured the conference crown, but they featured one of the top overall golfers as well. Senior
Pat Sanchez tied for first and finished with a score of 215 after the three-day tournament. Marquette advanced to the NCAA Regional in Noblesville, Indiana, where they missed qualification for the NCAA Championship. For sixth-year head coach Steve Bailey, his team’s strength appears to come from the team’s seniors, who had strong performances last season and impressive showings at
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What could be better than watching your favorite team win? Watching your favorite team beat their rival – the team they hate most. For Marquette, there’s always been that one Wisconsin state school in red who will not be named. After that, who else is there for Marquette fans to hate? Let’s be honest, right now there’s really no other school that provokes the Marquette fan base like Badger people. Rivalries in college usually exist between teams within the same conference. The consistency of playing the same teams every year can really bring out animosity between players and fans alike. However, since Marquette joined the BIG EAST in 2005 there hasn’t been a clear in-conference rival. So where can Marquette fans look? Marquette’s soccer programs are set with UW-Milwaukee as the cross-town rival, with the centerpiece being the annual Milwaukee Cup. It’s a perfect rivalry that draws a ton of attention from soccer fans. Still, that’s just one game in the fall, and it isn’t what Marquette faithfuls care most about – basketball. It seems everyone except Marquette has a dancing – or should I say boxing – partner. Villanova has Georgetown and Providence, Butler has Xavier, St. John’s has Seton Hall. DePaul and Marquette go back a ways, but DePaul has been too much of a doormat for the past 15 years that nobody can get excited about playing them. That leaves one school for Marquette to focus its conference anger on: Creighton University. Marquette and Creighton wouldn’t make traditional rivalsthey’re not very close geographically and they rarely compete for the same recruits. That being said, there is plenty of potential for some good old-fashioned hate to brew between these two. Last year, Creighton was neckand-neck with Marquette at the bottom of the BIG EAST cellar as they, too, were in rebuild mode. After a year at the bottom, both programs appear to be on the rise. Creighton cashed in on its previous successes in the Doug McDermott era for brand new facilities, which can give them an advantage in recruiting. Their fanbase is still massive and loyal. Marquette, too, is banking on new facilities, fresh management and one of the best young teams in the country. In the two years the Golden Eagles and Bluejays have shared the same conference, the games between these teams haven’t been memorable. Still, Creighton is new to the BIG EAST, and a rivalry could develop between these teams. The basketball-loving culture at these schools could connect the two teams looking for a natural rival. From there, the other sports can follow.
Robby Cowles is a junior from Green Bay, Wisconsin. Email him at robert.cowles@marquette.edu
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Three Amigas: soccer seniors take charge Despite small size, senior core able to connect with team By Dan Reiner
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As the sun begins to set behind Miller Park to the west, a sea of gold breaks down 16th Street from across the Menomonee River toward Marquette’s campus. The women’s soccer team, made up of about 30 members, has just finished practice at Valley Fields, and they’re taking their cool-down jog back to the old gymnasium. At the back of the pack, talking to the younger players and keeping everyone in sight, are Jacie Jermier, Ann Marie Lynch and Amanda Engel – the only three seniors on the roster. Each year, a group of seniors comes to preseason charged with the task of providing leadership while maintaining their best on-field performance. After the coaching staff, they are given the responsibility to set the tone not only for each game, but for the entire season. Those duties include guiding the underclassmen, who make up three-fourths of the team. “I kind of forget sometimes that they’re so young and that they don’t know the things that we know,” said Lynch, a midfielder from Arlington Heights, Illinois. “Even just little details in the game like how to mark someone … you need to tell them those
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Jacie Jermier (left), Amanda Engel (center) and Ann Marie Lynch (right) are the center of this year’s team.
things. It’s becoming even more of a role now (as we get further into the season) to make sure that we’re communicating with those younger people.” They make a point of keeping the freshmen in check both in games and at practice. Carrying the balls and getting water are the quintessential freshman roles at practice. In games, the advice becomes more serious: fronting the thrower on a throw-in or urging players to get more physical are the main points of emphasis. “We don’t have drama,” said Jermier, a midfielder from McFarland, Wisconsin. “But if something were to happen on the field,
I’d definitely get chirpy out there.” Engel agreed, noting that the off-field drama never carries into the locker room. “We’ve seen what works in the past, and we’ve had teams here that we’ve been a part of that weren’t like this,” Jermier said. “I think we, as seniors, have learned what works and how the team needs to function to be successful.” Getting to that point wasn’t easy for the seniors. A broken foot and a torn ACL forced Jermier to redshirt her first two seasons. Lynch had to fight for playing time, finally securing her starting role last year. Engel, the fourth-year starting
keeper from Centennial, Colorado, has had to survive the pressures of goaltending in the high-powered BIG EAST conference. After back-to-back 18-win seasons and six straight NCAA tournament appearances, the team struggled to a 10-8-3 record last year. The seniors took it upon themselves to right the ship this season. “I think in their own minds they want to erase some of the steps backwards that we took with our program last year,” said head coach Markus Roeders. “These girls are very positive but at the same time are very motivated and driven. They want
to be successful.” Having just three seniors isn’t normal for any team – Marquette had eight on its roster in 2013 and 2014 – but the small class leads to a tight-knit group. Engel and Lynch have been roommates since freshman year. The three get together often to eat ice cream, watch romantic comedies and explore Milwaukee. That relationship comes into play on and off the field. “I love the dynamic that we have,” Lynch said. “It’s nice having the three of us to trade thoughts and ideas that don’t conflict. It’s very easy to talk to each other to know what we need to do and go out and do it.” Now more than ever, the senior ladies need to use their communication to rally the troops. The team has stumbled out of the gate, going 2-3 to open the season. Not only do they have to stay vocal to encourage their young teammates, but they need to channel the mentality that’s brought them two BIG EAST championships. “We kind of have to build around them with the rest of our squad,” Roeders said of his seniors. “At the end of the day you want to see them to the extent of coaches, and I think they bring that to the table. They have a great voice within the team, and they interact with us in a way that you want senior leaders to act and communicate.” In the sprint toward the postseason, their leadership will be pivotal to carry the Golden Eagles. The cool-down jog can wait until after championship season.
Not horsing around: Equestrian Club to begin competing The riders will enter dressage competition during the fall By Robby Cowles
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There are 36 club sports students can participate in at Marquette. Some of them are very mainstream and popular, like basketball, baseball and hockey. Others are ones that most students don’t even know exist, like the Equestrian Club.
Founded in 2012, the Equestrian Club has had a tough time promoting itself outside of Marquette’s O-Fest. President Natalie Ullrich and her members look to take the club to new heights this year. “Our goal is for people to stop asking ‘Oh what’s an equestrian?’,” Ullrich said. Ullrich, a junior, is entering her second year with the club and first as president. For the first time since its creation, the club will travel to compete against other colleges in dressage competitions this fall. There are also plans to compete in hunter/jumper shows in the spring.
Getting the club to this level has not been easy, but it’s already paid off when it comes to membership recruitment, according to vice president Emily Gaietto. “I think it was a big thing for experienced riders (to see) that at O-fest we weren’t just a team you can join as a beginner, which you can, but we also take it farther and are a competitive team,” Gaietto said. “Everyone’s just gotten way more serious this year I think, and I think we’re going to have more riders because of that.” This year the club will have about 30 riders, its best
year membership-wise. For senior Laurel Stofan, the club’s treasurer and member since its inauguration, competing against other colleges was always a long-term goal. “It’s always been people asking me, ‘Do you compete?’ and we always say ‘Well, we’re hoping to’,” Stofan said. “It’s been neat seeing the club progress, especially this year. It’s taken a huge jump club-wise.” When the team travels to competitions, the host schools will provide the horses to the athletes through a draw. Riding different
disciplines on unfamiliar horses could be a difficult task, but all visiting clubs must follow the same standards. Stofan and the rest of the club’s leadership stressed that despite the added competition, the club is not just for veteran riders. “We’ve had a lot of people who are beginners, who have either never ridden a horse or even seen one,” Stofan said. “We try to advertise that it’s not just people who’ve been riding forever, if you’ve never been on a horse that’s fine, you can come and try.” Ullrich gets excited talking about new members whose first experience of horse riding was with the club. “It’s been really cool to see people who have started out, never ridden a horse before, who are now jumping,” Ullrich said. “(That) is kind of like the next level for us.” Stofan shared Ullrich’s enthusiasm for watching beginner club members improve. “Watching people who have gone from never even riding, to jumping their first fence is awesome,” Stofan said. Ullrich described getting “goose bumps” when watching her club members attempt their first jump. Ullrich, Stofan and Gaietto hope that this year will offer a variety of both beginners, and veteran riders competing for Marquette against other colleges. “That’s what we really want to be, we want to be welcoming to all levels, and we can offer people a lot of growth,” Ullrich said. The club begins it’s weekly riding lessons next week, with it’s first ever competition Oct. 16-18 in Michigan.
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Volleyball freshmen are still adjusting to fast pace Three newcomers all will serve different, vital roles in long run By Andrew Goldstein
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The new school year at Marquette is less than a month old and the freshmen are still settling in, figuring things out and taking the first step on a long journey of self-improvement. For three freshmen in particular, this process means bruised knees, two-a-day practices and the burden of building a legacy. “During the summer, we’d have morning practice from eight to 11, have a small break or do some lifting, and then have another practice from two to five,” said freshman outside hitter Amanda Green. “The only free time you had was when you went to sleep.” The Marquette volleyball team welcomes three freshmen this year: Green, defensive specialist Riley Burchett and defensive specialist Abby Julian. Their task? Be the future go-to players for one of the best programs in the country. When asked what would make
the upcoming year great, Burchett immediately said, “a lot of wins.” Green, a native of Skokie, Illinois, is the only outside hitter in Marquette’s current crop of freshmen. She’s an imposing spike artist with a cheerful, outgoing personality and is charged with eventually being the primary producer of kills for Marquette’s offense, a difficult endeavor. “I have to communicate whether the pass is short or deep, where the hitters are, what the setter is going to do and little things like that,” Green said. “I had experience with that before, but at the college level it’s way more intense.” If Green had a polar opposite on the team, it may very well be Burchett, the defensive specialist out of Burr Hills, Illinois. She has played in all 24 sets this season. Her soft-spoken demeanor fits her position, which entails relative anonymity in the box score. However, her role is every bit as important as her any other player on the team, and every bit as demanding. “I need to be able to be more focused on the court,” Burchett said. “I also need to not mess up in service and stuff like that.” Finally, there’s Julian. The workmanlike defensive specialist out of Lewis Center, Ohio,
immediately won praise from head coach Ryan Theis, who referred to her as the “ultimate gym rat” back in May. Ever since she arrived on campus, Julian has worked hard to understand the intricacies of the Division I game. “The biggest adjustment for me was trying to learn new positions on the court,” Julian said. “I was a setter for seven years for club (volleyball), and so I haven’t had too much practice with serve receive.” Theis plans to redshirt both Green and Julian. And while many would consider this a
bitter pill to swallow – having to put in the work in practice without the payoff of playing in games – Julian seems to have put matters into perspective. “I knew coming in that I wasn’t going to play much because I’m doing new things that I’m not familiar with,” Julian said. “Every girl on the court earned the right to be there and this only pushes me to work harder and hopefully earn it too.” The volleyball freshmen all have lofty goals off the court as well. Julian said that she wants to
obtain a master’s degree in occupational therapy, and Burchett said that she hopes to pursue a double major. Green talked about her desire to become a leader both on and off the court. Marquette volleyball fans ought to remember the names Green, Burchett and Julian, even if they don’t hear them much this season. Their efforts next year and beyond will determine whether or not Marquette can build upon their recent winning ways.
Player of the Week Louis Bennett II Junior Louis Bennett II netted the equalizer in the 73rd minute against crosstown rival UW-Milwaukee last Thursday. The game ended in a 1-1 draw, keeping the Milwaukee Cup on Marquette’s campus for another year. He added a beautiful assist on Jesper Larsson’s go-ahead goal in Monday’s 3-2 win over Dayton, giving his father, head coach Louis Bennett, his 200th career victory.
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