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Extreme weather cancels class

University leaders to consider day off Wednesday for cold

By Joseph Beaird

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After classes were canceled Monday due to heavy snowfall, university leaders are closely monitoring the weather for potential future cancellations.

Acting provost Kimo Ah Yun said university officials began monitoring the weather early Sunday. The university made the announcement via email to students, faculty and staff around 10:30 p.m. Sunday night. Areas around Milwaukee received between 5 to 7 inches of snow Monday, according to National Weather Service snowfall reports. “(For Monday’s classes) we waited until the last report of the 10 o’clock news,” Ah Yun said. “A bunch of us were watching and texting back and forth. It was clear that the weather conditions were not going to improve.”

The temperature is expected to drop Wednesday to between 40 and 50 degrees below zero with windchill, according to the National Weather Service. While Ah Yun

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Leng Yang walks outside Sobelman’s in the snow Monday morning.

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Mikey Zadroga (left) and Megan Cote walk through snow on campus.

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Snow piles up on the sidewalks near 17th Street and Kilbourn Avenue.

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Poll reveals divide Lovell gives annual address Opinions measured on education, health care, border wall

By Donna Sarkar

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Marquette Law School poll director and professor of law and public policy Charles Franklin revealed the first statewide poll results since the November elections Thursday

during “On the Issues with Mike Gousha.”

The poll surveyed public opinion on statewide topics such as healthcare, school funding, taxes and spending priorities. It was conducted Jan. 16-20.

Franklin said one of the main topics surveyed statewide asked whether states should withdraw from a lawsuit against Obamacare or remain challenging ObamSee POLL page 4 INDEX CALENDAR......................................................3 MUPD REPORTS.............................................3 A&E..................................................................8 OPINIONS......................................................10 SPORTS..........................................................12

Speech highlights esports, awards, women’s institute

By Natallie St. Onge

natallie.stonge@marquette.edu

University President Michael Lovell delivered his fifth presidential address Wednesday, when he announced the creation of the Institute for Women’s

Leadership, the $250,000 President’s Challenge grant winner and a varsity esports team. Lovell also announced three Difference Maker Award winners.

“I always like to start with a segment called Difference Makers,” Lovell said. “What difference makers is is identifying some extraordinary people on our campus whose actions or initiatives have helped an individual, a group of people or helped a community organization in a

large or small way.”

Lovell gave a Difference Maker Award to Katie Simet, assistant director for academic service in Intercollegiate Athletics.

The award was for her work with the nonprofit organization Courts for Kids, which built a basketball court in Costa Rica for children.

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WEATHER: First snow day called in five years Continued from page 1

said Monday’s cancellation was for snow, he said a cancellation on Wednesday would be due to the dangers of extreme cold.

Ah Yun said he is already discussing potential Wednesday class cancellation with Marquette University Police Department and vice president of student affairs Xavier Cole.

The decision to cancel class begins with MUPD and then goes to Cole, who makes a recommendation to the provost, Ah Yun said.

“It looks like from all indications Tuesday will be fine, so long as weather conditions don’t change substantially,” Ah Yun said. “We will have some decision by Tuesday night whether or not classes will be canceled on Wednesday.”

Ah Yun said the decision to cancel Wednesday classes will be made by 5:30 a.m. Wednesday and will be sent to students, faculty and staff via email.

Before Monday, the last time classes were canceled due to extreme weather conditions was Jan. 27, 2014, university spokesperson Chris Stolarski said.

The cancellation occurred during an intense winter storm in 2014, which had wind gusts of 30 to 60 mph as well as wind chill values between 30 and 50 degrees below zero, according to the National Weather Service.

Sarah Marquardt, a meteorologist for NWS, said it is important for everyone to limit their time outside as much as possible as temperatures drop in the coming days.

“The heavy snow is a danger for the roads and travel, but with the stretch of cold weather coming up, frostbite can occur within minutes, as well as hypothermia,” Marquardt said.

With the windchill factored in, Marquardt said there has not been a day as cold as Wednesday in Milwaukee since 1996.

The weather conditions affected campus services Monday, and this could continue with extreme weather expected in the coming days.

Some dining halls had different hours Monday in order to ensure the safety of their workers, according to a post on the Marquette Dining Services Facebook page.

The post said that dining halls operated on weekend hours Monday. Straz dining hall was closed, and Schroeder dining hall was only open for dinner, the Facebook post said. The Commons remained open throughout the night and morning, while Cobeen, the Alumni Memorial Union Brew and Tory Hill opened as staff arrived.

“We will do everything we can to get as many facilities up and running as staffing allows,” the Facebook post read. “We will provide updates via social media. Thank you for your understanding (and) we will do our best!”

Stolarski said the following facilities and departments will remain open if conditions continue to warrant class cancellation: Marquette University Police Department, Facilities Planning and Management, the Rec Plex and Rec Center, Marquette University Medical Clinic,

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Students cross the snow-covered intersection of 17th and Wells streets to The Commons residence hall.

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A man wipes off his car near N. Renee Street after snow fell overnight from Sunday to Monday.

Information Technology Services, the Alumni Memorial Union, University Dining Services and Raynor Memorial Libraries.

The University of WisconsinMilwaukee cancelled all Monday day and evening classes, as well as all student activities, for its campus locations in Milwaukee, Washington County and Waukesha. The University of Wisconsin-Madison remained open Monday.

Milwaukee Area Technical College, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design and Milwaukee School of Engineering also canceled all Monday day and evening classes.

The Milwaukee County Transit System closed its administrative building Monday, and the MCTS website advised riders to expect delays on Monday’s bus routes.

Marisa Baldwin, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she was grateful Marquette chose to cancel classes Monday.

“I was truly scared that I was going to have to either walk to class and freeze or miss class and receive a negative mark with one or some of my professors,” Baldwin said.

Deissy Flores, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said it was comforting to know she didn’t have to step outside in the snowstorm.

“I think Marquette’s decision was made in a timely manner, enough time for us students to plan out our day,” Flores said.

Baldwin said weather conditions dangerous for commuters should constitute class cancellation. Approximately 7 percent of all fulltime, first-year students are commuters as of fall 2018, according to data from the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis.

“I think class cancellations should happen when students and professors are at danger just by being outside in order to get to class,” Flores said.

Baldwin said cancellation Wednesday may be necessary with the extreme windchill.

“These conditions are too dangerous for students and faculty to be enduring, even for a 10-minute walk,” Baldwin said.

Patricia Rivera Morales, a freshman in the College of Education, said the university should have a backup plan to prevent students from missing out on learning opportunities during class cancellations.

“They should either extend classes into the summer months or find a way for professors to do online lectures for that period of time,” Morales said.

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awarded for her leadership of the Milwaukee Justice Center.

The third award went to Malaina Moore, a junior in the College of Communication, for her original play “White Privilege,” which was selected for the regional Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Madison.

Lovell went on to talk about the landscape of higher education.

“Higher ed is facing some significant headwinds, and those include things like the economic forces, technology advances, online disruptions, changing demographics of the student population, some non-traditional competition entering the education space and the obsolete physical assets which we have on our campus,” Lovell said.

Lovell said there is a low net tuition revenue because of the concerns over returns of investments on education. He said that higher education is going to cost more to operate, which can have a negative outlook on higher education overall.

“When we talk about what we are trying to accomplish and achieving Beyond Boundaries, we talk about thinking differently, acting differently to be the difference,” Lovell said. “We still want to transform students’ lives, but we know we have to evolve and change because of the forces acting upon us.”

Lovell said 2018 was a record-breaking year. Marquette welcomed the biggest freshman class ever and hired 73 faculty members, he said.

Lovell also recognized Joel Pogodzinski as the new senior vice president and chief operating officer and Kimo Ah Yun for his new role as acting provost.

During the Q&A session

following the address, Lovell said the search for a new provost will begin in March in order to find a permanent provost

by September. Once a provost is hired, Lovell said the university will search for a dean for the College of Arts & Sciences.

Lovell recognized Kevin O’Finn, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, for his product Headphones+, which are light up headphones he created with help from the 707 Hub. “I was able to invent (them) at Marquette University and get them on the market,” O’Finn said.

O’Finn announced a giveaway of 10 sets of his wireless headphones that light up to the beat of the music. The sets were underneath audience members’ chairs.

Lovell also talked about the fastest-growing sport in the world: esports.

“All of us may not understand this phenomenon, but it’s happening,” Lovell said. “What we’re very excited to announce today is that Marquette esports will be the first in the nation to be run by a major conference Division I athletics program.”

Esports is a world of video gaming, but mirrors that of a traditional sport with team model benefits like leadership development, teamwork and communication.

Additionally, the new Institute for Women’s Leadership will launch in summer 2019 and will focus its efforts on research, leadership development programming and networking opportunities related to women’s leadership topics and gender equality in education and the workplace.

“We are very, very proud to be launching this institute at Marquette and going back to our roots of supporting women in achieving their goals and their

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dreams,” Lovell said.

The Thomas J. Rolfs Family Foundation gifted $5 million, which will be overseen by Marquette’s Office of Research and Innovation.

To conclude his address, Lovell awarded the first winner of the President’s Challenge to Amy Van Hecke, associate professor of psychology, for her work with faculty from Marquette in nursing, education, counseling psychology, computer science, communication, psychology and speech pathology and audiology.

The award was for their work on the Next Step Clinic: A Partnership Targeting Mental and Developmental Health for Milwaukee’s Underserved Children and Families.

Van Hecke was awarded a

$250,000 grant for two years that will seek to change the trajectory of lives in the community by addressing one or more of the critical areas in which inequities exist, including health, education, safety, housing, transportation and economic prosperity, according to a news release.

Lovell then listed events coming to campus, which were created based on student suggestions. This included a president panel on diversity and equity Feb. 26, as well as a Beyond Boundaries community conversation March 18.

“These are all opportunities for us to have dialogue and discuss issues directly facing our campus,” Lovell said.

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POLL: Results show opposition to shutdown Continued from page 1 acare. The results of the poll revealed 42 percent chose to continue the lawsuit to overturn Obamacare, while 48 percent chose to withdraw from challenging Obamacare through the lawsuit.

In regards to health care, the poll addressed whether the state should accept federal funds to expand Medicaid or BadgerCare.

Sixty-two percent of voters said they would be willing to accept federal funds to expand Medicaid.

Franklin said these two health care issues —the lawsuit against Obamacare and funding for Medicaid— as had a split between both political parties.

The poll also revealed a majority of Democrats are in support of increased funding for schools. Seventy-three percent of voters from both parties favored state aid for special education in public schools.

The poll revealed a majority of voters are against the increase of gas taxes.

“While many topics have a definite split between Democrats, Republicans and Independents, there are a few (topics) that have proven to be a surprise,” Franklin said.

Among these topics fell the issue of non-partisan commission redistricting, which had 72 percent support across the board. The current system allows the majority party of the state legislature to draw distinct lines.

The legalization of marijuana question revealed a 59 percent support overall.

“Fifty-nine is a lot ... there has been a real change in the last couple years in national polling using this topic and whether it is a good idea or a bad idea, it is something that has significantly impacted public opinion,” Franklin said.

The poll also discussed other national issues. It revealed 51 percent of individuals opposed the construction of a border wall between Mexico and the United States. Sixty-six percent opposed the government shutdown altogether.

However, Franklin mentioned the public was split among parties on who they were blaming regarding the shutdown. Forty-three percent blamed President Donald Trump.

Franklin said about 800 people were surveyed with a margin of error of 3.9 percent. Sixty-one percent of these interviews were conducted via phone calls.

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Charles Franklin (right) discusses the results from the extensive statewide Law School polling project.

Stop the Bleed teaches blood loss prevention Students receive training on lifethreatening injuries

By Annie Mattea

anne.mattea@marquette.edu

Stop the Bleed training events took place Saturday at the Alumni Memorial Union to teach students how to prevent deaths that result from bleeding out.

There were four training sessions throughout the day, taught from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. During these sessions, students were given a presentation and then were able to practice what they learned.

Stop the Bleed is a national organization educating people on how to prevent blood loss related deaths through training and supply kits.

The organization was created by the American College of Surgeons, the Committee on Trauma, the Committee on Tactical Combat Casualty Care and the National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians.

Stop the Bleed’s mission statement is to “provide resources that enable collaboration and cooperation between the many people and organizations working to train and equip the nation to reduce the loss of life due to traumatic bleeding.”

During the presentation, students were taught how to recognize lifethreatening blood injuries and un-

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Students practice applying a tourniquet to the arm, which is used to prevent people from bleeding out.

derstand the procedures when in a trauma-intensive scenario.

Students practiced applying a tourniquet, a device that stops blood flow.

Tourniquets can be used to prevent bleeding out in an arm or leg. They were also able to practice packing a wound, which is when someone puts cloth or gauze into the wound and applies continuous direct pressure. According to the presentation given by Jean Fisher, capstone ad-

viser and clinical assistant professor at Marquette’s PA program, packing a wound is what one should do if a tourniquet is not available, or if the wound is in a place where a tourniquet would be inefficient.

Michael Druck, a senior in the College of Health Sciences, was able to practice putting a tourniquet on himself and on others during the training.

“It’s a great opportunity to respond

in life-threatening emergencies and to experience some of these things firsthand,” Druck said. “It puts it into perspective and makes you realize you can make a difference.”

Fisher said accidents and injuries are the fourth leading cause of death in America. In cases of trauma, bleeding out is the second leading cause.

Professional third-year physician assistant students Maddie

Emlaw and Ashley Beaudry heard about Stop the Bleed at the annual conference for the Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants.

“We thought (Stop the Bleed) would be a really cool project (to bring to Marquette),” Beaudry said.

“We had talked about all the popularity mass casualty events are getting in the media.”

Beaudry said she thought it was important that civilians know how to stop bleeding because in many cases of mass casualty, people die waiting for emergency responders. Two million people worldwide die from blood loss every year, according to a 2018 review by the New England Journal of Medicine. One point million deaths per year are a result of physical trauma.

Emlaw and Beaudry have their capstone project approaching for the physician assistant program. They can do writing based on research, or do something active in the community, Emlaw said.

“We both really liked the idea of being able to do something and leaving something for the university to continue,” Emlaw said.

Jean Fischer, Emlaw and Beaudry’s capstone adviser and clinical assistant professor at Marquette’s PA program, said she thought it would be a good idea to bring Stop the Bleed to Wisconsin.

“The only thing more tragic than a death is a preventable death,” Beaudry said.

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Native American group hosts elder speaker Event reacts to video posted from indigenous march

By Emma Tomsich

emma.tomsich@marquette.edu

The Native American Student Association of Marquette held an event Sunday to educate the Marquette community about Native American traditions, said Aleah Ibarra, a junior in the College of Communication and co-president of NASA. This event followed the incident that transpired at the Lincoln Memorial during the Indigenous People’s March and the March for Life, when a group of Catholic high school students surrounded and appeared to mock a Native American elder, said Alex Liberato, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration and co-president of NASA. At NASA’s event, the university community and NASA’s alumni network came together to enjoy lunch and hear Mark Denning, a Native elder, discuss Native American traditions, Liberato said.

Liberato said the first step to change is education. He said respect stems from understanding others at a basic level.

“I think the best thing that could have prevented (what happened in Washington D.C.) is to just be educated about Native American topics,” Liberato said. “I think Marquette has done a very great job of this.”

Liberato said Marquette has a strong history of respecting Native Americans.

Until July 1994, the university’s mascot was the Warriors. It was then changed to the Golden Eagles because Warriors was disrespectful to Native Americans, Liberato said. He said the change was a controversial move, and a lot of alumni stopped supporting Marquette.

Liberato said Catholic schools get a bad reputation from people who misrepresent their values, but

Marquette stood strong.

“All across the campus we have people who support us, and even though those boys are Catholic, (it) doesn’t mean that has to be the narrative of all Catholics,” Liberato said.

Liberato said the Marquette administration is currently in the process of hiring a Native American literature professor. Native American students are helping with the process, Liberato said.

Jacqueline Schram, director of public affairs and special assistant for Native American affairs, said she is seeing many positive changes occur on campus to increase diversity.

“As an Anishinaabekwe (First Nations woman) and co-advisor to NASA, it is my passion to provide holistic support to our students, whether that be academically, physically, socially or spiritually,” Schram said in an email. “When issues from outside our campus make their way into our students’ daily lives, I stand vigil for any needs the NASA group may have to unpack their feelings and help them assess what we can do to make sure all our other student members feel supported.”

Marquette University Student Government is making efforts to support Native Americans on campus as well, MUSG President Meredith Gillespie said.

“We plan to use the power we have as student leaders to lift up students who have been disenfranchised on account of their identity,” Gillespie said. “We believe one of the most powerful tools to counteract racism and disrespect in our own community is education.”

Gillespie said MUSG has been focused on initiatives to further institutionalize ways for students to learn and have these conversations.

MUSG passed legislation in December to implement Implicit Bias Training during their required Student Organization Funding Training, Gillespie said.

Ibarra said many people on Marquette’s campus are very open to wanting to learn more about others.

“Even to this day, I walk to a class and I’m like, ‘Ok. Someone in there either doesn’t know that Native Americans exist, someone in there grew up in a very non-cultural bubble and some people are very open to these things and they love to talk about these things,” Ibarra said. “You never know what you’re going to get.”

She said people like the Catholic boys in the video may not have opportunities to be around people of different cultures.

“If these kids would have known or understood how important this song was and the symbolism of why indigenous people were marching that day, and what their Tomahawk chop even means, I think that this would have been a much more respectful encounter,” Liberato said.

Ibarra said the boys are high school kids. Everybody makes mistakes at that time, she said.

“The only difference (between me and the boys) is that my mistakes weren’t filmed and I wasn’t in the middle of a very politically heated moment,” Ibarra said.

Ibarra said she thinks the boys who disrespected the Native elder still have a lot of time to mature.

She said she hopes the younger generation will be more open-minded to making positive change.

“I am Apache Nation and Comanche Nation, very proud to be so.

But I am also Polish and Mexican,” Ibarra said.

Ibarra faces challenges from being multiethnic. She said that she tries to be extra aware of different worldviews because she is a melting pot of many cultures.

“It’s very, very different being half Native American and half something else because you want to be either one or the other,” Ibarra said.

“Either you’re too Native for the other, or too other for the Native. It’s hard because not everyone agrees with my thoughts or the fact that I

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Aleah Ibarra, co-president of NASA, said the boys have time to mature.

am on no specific side.”

Liberato, who is of Navajo descent, said that with more than 300 federally recognized tribes, Native Americans are very diverse. “(The Navajos) are not how the public sees Native Americans,” Liberato said. “We don’t live in teepees and run around chasing buffalo. We never did.”

He said the Navajos were traditionally sedentary people who lived in permanent housing and raised livestock.

“We have our own specific art forms, music forms, dances and that’s to be said for every tribe,” Liberato said. “Every tribe has their own traditions, their own history and it’s something that should be recognized.”

Liberato said when it comes to times like this, he wants to focus on the positive and honoring Native

American traditions.

He said he hopes to do that by continuing to hold NASA meetings and growing the association’s influence.

He said NASA is very inclusive, and welcomes all people, especially non-Natives.

“We are majority non-Native,” Liberato said. “Our goal is not just to support Native students, but share our rich culture and heritage with all students on campus, and we want to make it known that we are here for everybody.”

Liberato said he doesn’t think society will regress from the incident.

It will continue to move in a positive direction, he said.

“I think we’ll come back stronger and at the end of the day, we all know what’s right and wrong,” Liberato said.

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Students create self-care box Anna Clark visits Mental health package provides relief for others

By Autumn Hirchert

autumn.hirchert@marquette.edu

ConfIdence, a self-care box program that provides motivation and stress-relieving tools for college students, was created by four Marquette students during the fall semester.

The team is made up of the following members: Mae Haggerty, a senior in the College of Business Administration, Isaac

The group members said they know firsthand how susceptible college students can be to unhealthy mental habits.

“That’s what’s so hard with college students. We all have diverse backgrounds, we all have goals in life, but there’s different things that lead us there and knowing how to handle all that is so important,” Feil said.

The box includes a variety of self help tools geared towards motivation, fun and stress relief, Haggerty said.

“Every single month we each pick out a bunch of different items that we think would help

“(It’s) basically little things that will bring a smile to your face throughout the day,” Haggerty said.

The items are all sourced from Amazon. The group gets together every month to hand pick items and package assortments before they send the boxes out.

Right now, students can purchase a box on ConfIdence’s website. Each box is $25 and is delivered within two weeks of ordering. Last month, the team sold eight boxes and currently has 14 orders in place for the upcoming month.

The team is in the process of

Author-journalist explains relevancy of Flint water crisis

By Joseph Beaird

joseph.beaird@marquette.edu

Anna Clark, journalist and author of “The Poisoned City: Flint’s Water and the American Urban Tragedy,” spoke at Marquette University last Wednesday to discuss why the Flint, Michigan, water crisis is still relevant today.

Clark spoke at two events: a Q&A discussing the process of writing her book and a presentation describing complexities of the water crisis in Flint.

At the first event, Clark said she was excited to research Flint in more depth but it presented many concerns.

“I gave myself white hairs just worrying about feeling the responsibility of telling this story in a permanent book,” Clark said. “I didn’t want to dishonor any of the citizens of Flint by getting any of it wrong.”

Clark said one of her biggest challenges was trying to stay on top of her writing without becoming overwhelmed or stagnant.

“It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” Clark said.

Clark first came in contact with Marquette through CJ Hribal, an English professor at Marquette, who used to teach at Warren Wilson College in North Carolina, where Clark was a student.

“When I saw that she was working on this book, I thought it would be a terrific opportunity to talk about issues of social justice and infrastructure,” Hribal said. “It touches on issues here in Milwaukee, so I thought it would be natural at a place like Marquette.

Photo by Jordan Johnson jordan.d.johnson@marquette.edu Sebastian Bitticks, a visiting asStudents (from left) Mae Haggerty, Pan Roumeliotis, Jonathan Constantine and Isaac Feil created the mental sistant professor of English, said he health self-care box ConfIdence after working together on a group project in an entrepreneurship class. was excited to see if the topics he Feil, a senior in the College of students,” Roumeliotis said. making The ConfIdence Box a covered in his classes would come up naturally in her talk.

Business Administration, JonaJanuary’s ConfIdence Box in- monthly subscription service.

“She mentioned the feeling of than Constantine, a senior in the cluded Awake Chocolates, Let“For now each purchase College of Health Sciences and ters to My Future Self Journal, has to to be made by month,” being lost in her research and writing. We spent the first week of Pan Roumeliotis, a senior in the a pen, Unwind Tea, eucalyptus Haggerty said.

College of Arts & Sciences. rollerball oil, a worry stone, The ConfIdence Box offers class talking about how in order ConfIdence started as an en- hand warmers and Burts Bees positive solutions to help stu- to write well, you need to be open trepreneur class project to cre- lip balm. dents practice good mental hy- to getting lost or losing yourself,” Bitticks said. ate a start-up business. Haggiene, Feil said.

Alyssa Tobisch, a freshman in the gerty pitched the idea to her “Just like how you brush your classmates, the group of four teeth every morning to take College of Arts & Sciences who teamed up shortly after. care of yourself, that needs to attended one of the events, said “The ConfIdence team be the same kind of adjustment she appreciated Clark’s unique apcame together by a common when it comes to mental health,” proach to writing her book.

“I found it interesting how much passion for mental health,” Feil said.

Roumeliotis said.

The team hopes that practic- time she spent on drafting, espeEach team member has a pering good mental health now will cially coming from a creative writsonal experience with mental help students be healthier in the ing background,” Tobisch said.

Clark studied fiction at Warren health that is shown through long run. items in the box.

“It’s important to set the Wilson College.

Despite her struggles, Clark said “I think that that’s why I really foundation (for good mental wanted to start off ConfIdence, health) where you don’t want she loved her process because because I found out so many to come back into that cycle,” of all the people in Flint she met Photo courtesy of Mae Haggerty along the way. things about my (mental health) Constantine said.

The January ConfIdence box “Building those kinds of relationthat I wanted to relay that to othitems are sourced from Amazon. ships is something that I will carry er people.” Haggerty said.

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Anna Clark signs her new book about the stories of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan.

with me for the rest of my life,” Clark said. “I wish I could spend more time listening to them because I want to hear all of their stories, but I needed to bring my book to a conclusion at some point.”

At her keynote lecture, Clark mentioned how hard the citizens of Flint had to work for their voices to be heard. “(They) didn’t just sit silently,” Clark said. “Flint was not listened to, and the fact that they were not believed prolonged this problem.”

Clark said the consequences of that vacuum are very serious.

The problems in Flint were ignored by government and city officials and the issues were not being publicized enough due to the lack of journalists in the area with proper equipment.

“There were great diligent local journalists, but there weren’t enough of them and they weren’t resourced enough,” Clark said.

Hannah Badeau, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences who attended one of the events, said the work of journalists is increasingly more important.

“We need more quality journalists to put out the effort to communicate what’s going on and get people to talk about it,” Badeau said.

Hribal said the work of journalists like Clark help create an informed citizenry.

“We’re going to be more and more dependent on citizen and independent journalists to write these stories,” Hribal said.

Melanie Hernandez, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences who attended one of the events, said what happened in Flint can’t be forgotten about so quickly.

“This is a very real, ongoing problem, and for us to be over it and just moving on to the next news fad is so sad,” Hernandez said.

Clark said the problems occurring in Flint are a repeat occurrence throughout America.

“I hope people can see Flint not just as a warning, but as a model of how community organizing can have potency, even in a community that was dismissed as long as they were,” Clark said.

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MUSG looks to change current visitation policy heterosexual,” Sanders said. “If someone was a lesbian, her girlfriend could stay over no problem. And it doesn’t take gender neutrality or non-conformity into account.”

Alex Kulp, a freshman in the

By Margaret Cahill margaret.cahill@marquette.edu College of Arts & Sciences, said he dislikes the policy due to its inStudent concerns over the visi- consistency across genders. tation policy caused members “If the policy applies only to of Marquette University Student people that are of different genGovernment to begin looking into ders, you wonder what’s behind ways to work with the university the policy,” Kulp said. “If it apin changing the policy. plied to all people — no matter Dan Brophy, legislative vice what you can’t get into a dorm president of MUSG, is working that’s not yours after 2 a.m.— with other members to modify the fine, that might make sense. But if policy, but not eliminate it entirely. you apply it to certain people but “I don’t think the policy is not others, you have to wonder up to date at Marquette with what’s the intention behind that, what the students want and and is it right?” what they need,” Brophy said.

This gender inconsistency be“And I think the point to keep comes more complex when you in mind is these policies should consider the way it affects LGbe structured to make sure that BTQ students on campus, MUSG students are happy, healthy and President Meredith Gillespie said. successful academically.”

“The gender issue also brings When 2 a.m. comes around on a up the idea that there may be stuSaturday night, students scramble dents in residence life who are down to the lobbies of their resi- non-gender conforming or who are dence halls to check their guests LGBTQ+ and feel as though those out for the night. rules aren’t received the same way If a student has a non-resident in by that community as by students his or her room after this time and who are heterosexual or gender they did not register for overnight conforming,” Gillespie said. check-in prior to 10 p.m., they Kulp said he knows many stucould face violation of the student dents in co-ed residence halls conduct code, according to the Of- who simply get around this rule fice of Resident Life website. by having a friend of the oppoStudents cannot check in site sex who lives in the building someone of the opposite check in a guest for them. Then, gender overnight. the guest stays with the resident of “Any student found respon- their choosing. sible for a violation of the visitaBrophy said being able to get tion policy is subject to revoca- around the rule easily is not the tion of visitation privileges and only way in which the rule does other sanctions outlined in Mar- not work well in practice. quette’s student conduct code,” “I think it’s ineffective because the website said.

I think it puts a big burden on the Anna Sanders, a sophomore RAs sometimes to do a lot of work in the College of Arts & Scienc- that they might not want to do and es, said she believes the policy be more penalizing to their resiis old-fashioned. dents when they don’t want to be,” “It assumes that everyone is Brophy said.

Gender of guests determines ability to stay overnight

Additionally, since members of the opposite sex must leave the residence hall at 1 a.m. on weekdays and 2 a.m. on weekends, Valerie Del Campo, executive vice president of MUSG, said this could potentially present a safety concern.

“Especially by the time 1 a.m. or 2 a.m. comes around, then you just kind of get kicked out of the dorm because you’re not able to stay with your friends because of the whole visitation policy,” Del Campo said. “And some people aren’t comfortable taking a LIMO either, so they just walk. Because LIMOs take a while just to come to the dorm and pick you up, so some people just choose to walk home.”

Some other Catholic and Jesuit universities have created modified visitation rules. At Seattle University, students have access to gender-neutral housing. At Loyola University Chicago, sophomores are allowed to have guests of any gender stay overnight as long as they are checked in. However, other Jesuit universities, such as Xavier University and Saint Joseph University have policies similar to Marquette’s.

Sanders said she thought it would work fine as long as Marquette kept the limit on how many nights someone could stay. She said students could have their roommates sign off to make sure they are comfortable.

Gillespie and Brophy both said that part of MUSG’s responsibility will be to do research on other Jesuit universities’ policies.

“I think it’s been something that all Jesuit institutions have been grappling with because it obviously goes back to how students are behaving and the choices that they’re making, and within a Jesuit college, that can be somewhat difficult,” Gillespie said.

Outside of the residence halls, MUSG is looking at ways to

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MUSG legislative vice president Dan Brophy and MUSG President Meredith Gillespie will help research other Jesuits schools’ policies.

modify housing rules, Brophy said. MUSG is starting by reviewing the current rule that students are not allowed to live with members of the opposite sex in any campus-owned apartments junior and senior year, he said.

“The reason that we want to change that policy and make it like any other apartment is because nobody is 14 at this university; everybody’s an adult,” Brophy said. “You should be able to live with whomever you want to live with. If you live in an off-campus apartment, you can live with whomever you want to live with.

So, the university doing that, even if it’s in some attempt to preserve some Catholic, Jesuit tradition, it just doesn’t make sense. And it’s demeaning to us as adults.”

Mary Janz, executive director of Housing and Residence Life, said there are currently no plans to modify the university’s visitation policies.

Despite this, Brophy said drafting legislation to change these policies will be one of MUSG’s primary goals this year, even though

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it might take time. MUSG is going to use a process similar to the one they used to push for co-ed floors on campus and will include a lot of research and data from students, Brophy said.

However, since the co-ed floors are relatively new, Brophy said it might take the university a while to take further steps in this direction.

“When we have a ton of changes all at once, like the co-ed dorm policy, we like to let things sit for a while. We like to see what happened when we moved to co-ed floors and how that led to everything else,” Brophy said.

Even though these changes may not come quickly, Brophy said MUSG is prioritizing it because of overwhelming student support.

“It’s about understanding the perspective of all parties involved in this decision and that’s why it’ll take a little bit of time,” Gillespie said. “But it’s something that students are concerned about, so of course we’re going to look into it and do something about it.”

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Seniors strive to eat pasta with 526 new people Recurring party connects wide group of students

By Kelli Arseneau

kelli.arseneau@marquette.edu

In the early evening of a standard Friday night, music blasts from an apartment at the end of the hall on the fifth floor of Campus Town East. Shortly before 5:30 p.m. — at 5:26 p.m., to be exact — students show up to the apartment, their knocks at the door met by shouts to “come on in” from the event’s hosts stirring pots over a sizzling stove.

The occasion? Pasta.

The event, known as 526 Pasta, began at the beginning of this academic year, when roommates Phil Parisi and Chris Malliet, and their friend James McKenna — all seniors in the College of Engineering — decided they wanted to find a way to bring people together.

The three friends realized they had gotten to know a lot of people during their past three years at Marquette, but they still spent most of their time only hanging out with each other.

The seniors toyed with ideas, but ultimately decided to create a regular event centered on food.

Pasta was the natural option: noodles and sauce provide a fairly cheap, easy-to-make meal that most people love. Plus, Parisi said he is Italian.

“We were originally going to do it at 5:30 to keep it earlier before people go out … because we’re not trying to compete with people’s night life,” Parisi said.

But realizing their opportunity,

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Phil Parisi, a senior in the College of Engineering and one of three hosts of 526 Pasta Night smiles as he spoons pasta sauce at Friday’s event.

the friends decided to match the start time of the event with their apartment number: 526.

Throughout the fall semester, every Friday, at 5:26 p.m. at apartment 526, friends — and friends of friends — gathered to share a meal. After the first few weeks, the hosts saw the event’s potential and decided to set an end goal: Get 526 different people to attend by the end of the school year.

The friends’ dedication to their weekly event expanded beyond a clever use of numbers. Parisi and Malliet decked out their apartment with pasta-themed decorations.

Empty jars of sauce line the top of the cabinets in the kitchen. Used pasta boxes and sticky notes with pasta puns stick to the walls. Wall decor also includes flyers including descriptions of “The Birth of 526 Pasta” and a wall of fame featuring photos of guests who have brought 10 new people. And on one wall, an enormous chart bears the names of every guest who has attended a pasta night, with tallies to mark how many weeks they attended.

The students focus on creating a positive, welcoming atmosphere for all who attend.

“It’s pretty relaxed,” McKenna

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The residents of apartment 526 have decorated their abode with jars of pasta sauce on top of the cabinets.

said. “Everyone’s just hanging out, eating pasta, talking, meeting new people. It’s just a good time. Everyone’s just kind of free to go whenever they want … we’re kind of just there to bring everybody together.”

Past pasta nights, McKenna and Parisi said, have gone until almost midnight, with some friends staying around long past dinner.

Also on the wall of the apartment is a contact list where guests can leave their number for invite information. Parisi said an important element of the pasta nights is its organic and personal nature.

News of upcoming pasta events are spread to friends via text message and word-of-mouth. There are never formal invitations or Facebook events, Parisi said.

“That’s important to kind of the core of this … it’s you inviting another person,” he said. “It’s me to you, come on in, bring whoever you want, bring your people.”

Parisi said one of the best things to hear from a new guest of 526 Pasta is that the person was invited by multiple people independently.

Word of their pasta nights has been spreading. Parents of a neighbor across the hall, Parisi said, once recognized him as “Pasta Phil.”

Currently, the guest list has not quite reached halfway to the goal.

In order to encourage increased attendance, 526 Pasta this semester will switch from a weekly occurrence to being held a couple times

a month, in the hopes that each event will be a bigger deal and thus draw more guests.

Rachel Witt, a senior in the College of Engineering, is a regular at 526 Pasta. As a good friend of Parisi, Malliet and McKenna, Witt said she has only missed one week and sometimes helps cook the pasta and sauce during the events.

“You know, it’s weird, the pasta nights, because it’s almost exactly what I came to Marquette for,” Witt said. “It’s this idea of community, the idea that you grab people from a lot of different branches of study and even ages a lot of time, and you bring them together … over food, something everyone loves.”

While 526 Pasta is free and open to anyone interested in attending, donations of pasta, sauce and other food are accepted. Guests are encouraged to provide their own forks.

“It’s just a fun way to kind of get together. It’s been a great way to meet new people,” McKenna said.

“I would have never imagined senior year meeting so many new people and going to be able to recognize so many faces.”

Witt summed up 526 Pasta in four short words: “Good people, good food.”

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Great Lakes Pet Expo celebrates 15th year Over 500 animals up for adoption at Saturday’s event

By Amanda Parrish

amanda.parrish@marquette.edu

With second semester underway and campus settling back into a routine, students may already miss their furry friends from home.

Luckily, students can get their pet fix this Saturday at the 15th annual Great Lakes Pet Expo. Held at the Wisconsin Exposition Center, the event will open its doors from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The expo began in 2004 as a small event, said exposition director Beth Enneking. She said it has now grown into an event housing more than 220 exhibitors and entertainment events, 500 adoptable animals and upwards of 14,000 visitors. Enneking said she believes its growth has been so great because visitors can be confident in their support of businesses and adoption groups that have in mind the best interests of pets.

Enneking is also the executive director of Alliances of Wisconsin Animal Rehoming Efforts, which sponsors the expo. Enneking said AWARE began 16 years ago as a way to combine efforts and improve

communication between rescue organizations and shelters.

Enneking said AWARE began with just five or six leaders.

Despite its small size, the group rescues around 13,000 to 14,000 local animals a year.

“We’re not the largest, but we’re mighty,” Enneking said.

Enneking said the Great Lakes Pet Expo started as a platform to communicate efforts like AWARE to the public. Through these efforts, Enneking said she hopes to get more animals into good homes.

While direct adoption is not available on the day of the expo, Enneking said she encourages visitors to research and contact vendors about the available animals ahead of time. Visitors will be able to meet the animals they are interested in taking home and speak with the vendors about the adoption process.

In addition to shopping for things like pet food, accessories, and grooming supplies, and meeting adoptable animals, visitors can stop at one of the four entertainment stages. Judi Fischer, trainer and entertainment director, said the different stages are meant to offer a variety of acts that will appeal to a diverse audience.

Fischer said she tries to figure out what visitors want to see, covering topics such as competitions, education and activities that visitors can do with

Photo courtesy of Beth Enneking

In 2018, an estimated 14,000 people visited the Expo. This year they hope to attract even more pet lovers.

their pets at home. One popular event, she said, is the agility competition between dogs and firefighters from the South Milwaukee Fire Department, held on the main stage at 1:25 with Chief Joe Knitter.

Amy Geraghty, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she was intrigued by the agility show. While Geraghty is content with her pet turtle, she said she would still like to walk around and see the animals without looking to adopt. Geraghty also said she likes that the expo was sponsored by an organization like AWARE. Fischer said she focuses on

education because it is essential to the adoption of pets. Homeless animals are not bad animals. They are simply in need of a second chance, Fischer said. She added that the entertainment and expo as a whole is meant to give the public the resources to incorporate new animals into their homes.

“We educate (the public) to help them understand why animals do what they do so we can accept them, which is what we need to do with each other,” Fischer said.

Adult tickets are $7, with a reduced fee of $5 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Children under 12 and

veterans may attend for free.

For visitors who want to beat the crowds and be first to the vendors, VIP tickets can be bought for $15 for adults and $3 for kids. VIP ticket holders can arrive beginning at 9 a.m.

Tickets can be purchased at the door or on the Great Lakes Pet Expo website.

Jesse McCartney comes to The Rave Friday Low ticket alert for singer’s return to the music scene

By Mikala Hershman

mikala.hershman@marquette.edu

Childhood nostalgia is expected to reach new heights in Milwaukee when Jesse McCartney performs at The Rave Feb. 1 at 8 p.m. The popular music venue regularly hosts a wide range of performers from all genres, and McCartney’s concert is guaranteed to recall the days of many college students youth.

After not having released music for four and a half years, McCartney released two singles last year. The newer single, “Wasted,” reached No. 32 on the iTunes pop chart. McCartney also created a dramatic music video for his single “Wasted.”

Sold out dates of his 2019 tour might be a sign that fans can look forward to more new music to come.

Before 2018, the last time McCartney made the charts was when he dropped “Shake”

in 2010. Since then, McCartney released just one album in 2014 called “In Technicolor.”

The album only reached No. 35 on the charts.

Tommy Laka, a junior in the College of Business Administration, works in the security department at The Rave and has heard all the hype around the concert since McCartney was announced to play there last fall. Laka said he frequently talks with his coworkers about the upcoming performers, and this time, most of their discussion surrounded McCartney’s Disney affiliations and hit songs from the 2000’s.

“When everyone found out he was set to perform, I think the first thing that was brought up was his song ‘Beautiful Soul,’” Laka said.

Laka said he did not expect to know any songs by the pop singer, but he was surprised when he realized he remembered the 2004 hit.

“I did actually recall singing along to it on the radio, even though that’s embarrassing to admit,” Laka said.

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Jesse McCartney is back on tour.

McCartney’s premiere album, “Beautiful Soul,” was released in 2004 and reached No. 15 on the Billboard 200 chart. The single, “Beautiful Soul” got to No. 16 on the Billboard Hot 100.

McCartney also was nominated for and won various awards at the 2005 Teen Choice Awards.

Along with the 2005 Radio Disney Music Awards and the 2006 and 2009 Kids’ Choice Awards.

Tay Murphy, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences,

was quick to deny any knowledge of McCartney — that is until he looked deeper into McCartney’s career and realized he was more familiar with the singer than he thought. Murphy particularly recollected McCartney’s cameos on the popular Disney shows “The Suite Life of Zack & Cody” and “Hannah Montana.”

“I was quick to deny knowing much about him because he was sort of the equivalent of a Justin Bieber or something like that,” Murphy said. “Instead when I looked him up to jog my memory, I realized he was actually apart of so many childhood aspects. It is exciting he’s coming to Milwaukee, especially The Rave which we all go to all the time. A lot of people will go just for the reminiscing.”

For Maggie Turchinski, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, news that McCartney was coming to The Rave was a big deal. She said she has been a fan of McCartney since his early music career and Disney days.

“It’s my plan to get a couple of friends to purchase tickets

before it’s too late,” Turchinski said. “It really would be amazing to see him, not only because I think he has a really good voice, but also because it’ll remind me of the good times I had when I was younger with my friends.”

Aside from McCartney’s music, Turchinski also could not help but recall the time in McCartney’s career when he voiced Theodore in the 2007 movie “Alvin and the Chipmunks.” She said the comedy featuring the three iconic singing rodents is one of her favorites.

Tickets to McCartney’s The Resolution Tour in Milwaukee are still on sale online, but the Rave recently announced a low ticket alert for the show. General admission tickets are $25.

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Presidential address foreshadows positive change

Photo by Jordan Johnson jordan.d.johnson@marquette.edu

Amy Van Hecke, President’s Challenge grant winner, accepts a check for $250,000 for future projects.

This past Wednesday, President Lovell made his yearly address to the university. Lovell’s main points included the creation of the Institute for Women’s Leadership, the $250,000 President’s Challenge grant winner and a varsity esports team. The Institute for Women’s Leadership and President’s Challenge highlight diversity initiatives and a shift toward change within the university and surrounding Milwaukee communities.

The new Institute for Women’s Leadership is a program that will launch this summer. The purpose of the institute is to focus on research, leadership development, programming and networking opportunities specific to women’s leadership and gender equality in the workplace and education. $5 million was gifted for this program.

The current undergraduate population is 54 percent female, according to the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. If the student body continues to be majority female, the creation of the Institute for Women’s Leadership will serve a majority of the student undergraduate population. It gives students who are looking for new communities and opportunities another way to get involved. It also addresses an often under-represented population in leadership roles. Women only hold

25 percent of executive and seniorlevel positions despite being 44 percent of the labor force, according to the Center for American Progress.

Marquette’s commitment to gender equality is highlighted through the creation of this institute. In 2019, it is important for Marquette to show that programs for women are a priority and not an afterthought.

With 48.3 percent of Marquette faculty being female, programs that focus on women’s leadership are essential to more than just the student population.

Amy Van Hecke, associate professor of psychology, was the first winner of the President’s Challenge for her work with fellow faculty in nursing, education, counseling psychology, computer science, communication, psychology and speech pathology and audiology. She was given the award due to her work on The Next Step Clinic: A Partnership Targeting Mental and Developmental Health for Milwaukee’s Underserved Children and Families.

The Next Step Clinic is a great example of a project that is well thought out and highlights Marquette’s dedication to service. The project incorporates students, professors and faculty from nearly every college, and it brings an often overlooked service to Milwaukee.

The Next Step Clinic helps families who have been negatively impacted by racial and socioeconomic health disparities. The clinic invites those inside and outside the Marquette community to get involved.

A grant of $250,000 was given to Van Hecke to address inequities within the community including issues like education, safety, housing and transportation. Choosing a recipient like Van Hecke, who has demonstrated a command of leadership on other projects such as the Marquette Autism Project and On Your Marq, is a wise investment.

Not only does Van Hecke have experience, but she also has the drive to get things done.

Although Lovell mentioned a lot of new university projects, details were left out regarding the status of current projects. For example, The Master Plan was not mentioned until the Q&A session. There was also no mention of the Marquette Hispanic Serving Institute initiative, despite the 1 percent increase in Hispanic students from 2017, according to the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. The university showed a lot of promise with the projects that were announced, but Marquette must follow through on other initiatives and be transparent with information.

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Women’s March lacking inclusion Sarah Lipo Two years after millions took to the National Mall following President Donald Trump’s inauguration, women gathered in cities throughout the United States to show support for women’s rights at the third annual Women’s March.

This powerful movement has become an event intertwined with exclusion and drama.

This year, tensions were high as one of the march’s leaders was accused of making anti-Semitic comments and engaging in racist rhetoric, according to a recent ABC news article. Co-president of the march, Tamika Mallory, did not fully condemn anti-Semitic comments a minister had made who she recently praised on social media.

The Democratic National Convention and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People pulled out their sponsorships from the event after this news surfaced, ABC news reported.

Some cities hosting marches this year faced similar problems.

A march in Eureka, California was cancelled this year based on “overwhelmingly whiteness” in attendance in past years, according to an article from The Cut. Three years ago, I participated in the Women’s March in Washington D.C. Moms and kids in my hometown drove 11 hours, slept on a bus sitting upright and did not shower or brush our teeth for three days. Still, attending the march was the most life-changing weekend I’ve ever had.

The finale of the day happened at the White House. Marchers congregated on the muddy grass, and they laid down their multitude of signs on the dewy ground, creating a rainbow of messages.

The messages written on the signs were all different. Scanning each sign, I realized each individual had their own unique reason to walk.

These different reasons are what makes the Women’s March so important. Intersectional feminism is a vital way to view the world. It involves looking at women’s experiences as complicated and intricate, and these experiences are personal to the individual. For example, I may be a woman, but my experience as a white, straight woman may differ from a brown woman who is bisexual. Highlighting those differences and the issues that impact different

groups of women is vital to creating a progressive society.

Change comes from understanding we have differences, but those differences do not need to tear us down and break us apart. Instead, it is important to realize women are stronger together and change will come if we want it to. A Jewish women clearly has different experiences than a Muslim or Christian women, and because of this women should be building each other up, instead of standing with those who make offensive comments about religion, race, gender or anything in between.

According to a New York Times exit poll in 2016, 54 percent of white women voted for Donald Trump, while 94 percent of black women voted for Hilary Clinton. This overwhelming difference in voting demographics in voting points to the idea that women tend to look out for their individual interests, instead of thinking more broadly about women in general. Their individual experiences shape who they vote for.

In 1848, a group of abolitionist women and some men gathered in Seneca Falls, New York to discuss equality. By the end of the convention, the women agreed that American women deserved the right to their own political autonomy through the right to vote.

While times were obviously different more than 100 years ago, these women ultimately received the right to vote in 1920 because they understood the benefits of uniting behind a common goal. While today’s goals may differ, there may be more drama because there is not one common goal to unite behind that creates this strong bond. Instead, what has emerged seems to be individuals fighting with one another.

Women around the world all have differences. A transgender woman’s stories and where her passion lies regarding advocacy and causes differs from an African-American woman’s perspective on the world.

Being a woman and the past history and discrimination of women throughout time can be enough of a bond to bring us together. A march to promote change for women can be unifying simply through the fact that women all have unique experiences that make them different, but together we can be even stronger – and that comes with respect and understanding for all.

Sarah Lipo is a sophomore studying journalism and social welfare and justice. She can be reached at sarah.lipo@marquette.edu

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Impossible standards for women require adjustment Aminah Beg “The Good Place” actress Jameela Jamil recently wrote online about her opinion on the dangerous female beauty standards created by advertisers. She shares this view with many other women who believe that the media enforces impossible standards that shape how women view themselves and how the world views them.

Jamil called out celebrities Cardi B and Kim Kardashian for promoting and advertising harmful products for the sake of beauty. She believes their sponsored Instagram posts perpetuate the standards in advertisements and the negative image women create for themselves. Jamil specifically called them out for promoting products such as appetite suppressants and detox teas. She explained the harmful bodily effects of the substances and how these products are not a healthy path for losing weight. Jamil also responded to one of Iggy Azalea’s Twitter posts and said, “When will these women who are covered in plastic surgery stop

telling their followers to drink a laxative to look like them? It’s so embarrassing and it’s so encouraging of eating disordered behavior.”

Celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Cardi B, Iggy Azalea and many more advertise these dangerous products without realizing the greater effect it has on the female perception in the media and society in general. It causes women to believe the body shape celebrities have is naturally possible, and they will do anything, harmful or otherwise, to get their body to look the same.

Recently, Jamil took a step further to speak out against this perpetuation in American culture. She specifically focused on the false images companies use in their advertisements.

When discussing the use of airbrushing pictures in a British Broadcasting Company piece, she said, “I think it’s a disgusting tool that has been weaponized, predominantly against women, and is responsible for so many more problems than we realize because we are blinded by the media, our culture and our society.”

She goes further to say how the act of airbrushing advertisements and commercials must be outlawed.

Although the single act of banning the use of Facetune or Photoshop for

deceitful purposes can seem insignificant, it will still become part of the trend to fix the larger social ill of standards for women. It will allow younger girls of the next generation to feel less pressure to aim toward an unachievable beauty image. When more real and accurate images become normalized, Instagram famous influencers will feel less inclined to promote such harmful products to

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... two-thirds of teenage girls and young women do not think they are pretty enough.” their impressionable audiences.

Jamil is an individual with status because of being both a celebrity and a woman that follows the typical standards of beauty. It is easy for her to focus on such topics and discuss so openly about them. This is why it is the job of institutions such as the government, companies and media to take action to encourage more positive beauty standards. The government and media affect many

more people than Jamil can, and they also have more credibility behind them to make a change.

Companies have a corporate social responsibility to ensure what they are promoting and showing to the public is working toward the greater good of society. Once these companies begin to normalize the banning of falsified images, then it will make it easier to create impactful legislation that producers can be held accountable for because companies will normalize those kinds of images to the public .

France took a step toward diminishing these beauty ideals through legislation passed last year. It stated that models must provide a doctor’s certificate showing that their overall physical health is at a healthy level.

Since Oct. 1, 2017, digitally altered photos where a model’s appearance was manipulated must be labelled signifying the altercation. “Exposing young people to normative and unrealistic images of bodies leads to a sense of self-depreciation and poor self-esteem that can impact healthrelated behavior,” France’s Minister of Social Affairs and Health said.

Though it might be difficult to hold all companies accountable for malpractice with this kind of

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legislation in place, it still creates a serious consequence for those that do not comply. The high exposure that women, especially young girls, have to falsified media images is not healthy and will never allow women to feel satisfied with themselves.

According to a 2016 survey published by BBC, two-thirds of teenage girls and young women do not think they are pretty enough. Ninety-three percent believe they are judged more by their appearance than their ability.

It is not only women’s perception of themselves that is affected, but their health as well. National Health Service reported numbers in early 2018 that stated admissions to hospitals for severe eating disorders have almost doubled over the last six years. These alarmingly high numbers will continue to rise if impossible beauty standards placed on women continue to be ignored through companies, legislation and the media. Although Jamil’s statements are taking a stance, more action must be taken to ensure change truly occurs.

Aminah Beg is a sophomore studying public relations and cognitive sciences. She can be reached at aminah.beg@marquette.edu

Electoral College overhaul necessary for fair representation There also appears to be growing support for the abandonment of the Electoral College. About 65 percent of Americans believe that presidential elections should be decided by the national popular vote, according to a 2018 poll from the Public Religion Research Institute. Only 32 percent believe the president should be elected through the Electoral College.

Wisconsin’s voters can show support by calling their elected officials and encouraging them to join the interstate national popular vote compact. This system would ensure that all voters have an equal say in electing the president, eliminating the unfair advantage awarded to swing states.

Matthew Harte Colorado is considering joining an interstate compact to overhaul the Electoral College system that currently elects the president.

If the compact is successful, the presidency would be awarded to the winner of the nationwide popular vote. Wisconsin should consider signing onto the compact, as the Electoral College is an undemocratic institution.

The Electoral College consists of 538 electors who cast votes to determine the election of the president and vice president. Almost every state has a winner-takes-all system, in which every elector votes for the candidate that wins the state’s popular vote. This means that if a presidential candidate wins California by only one vote, that candidate receives all of the state’s 55 electoral votes.

The necessity for a popular vote system became apparent in the most recent presidential election. Donald Trump received 304 electoral votes in 2016, despite losing the popular vote by more than 3 million votes.

This represented the fifth election in which the candidate who received the most votes lost the presidency, according to Pew Research Center.

A system where the elected president is supported by fewer voters than their opponent undermines the voice of the people.

The Electoral College’s winnertakes-all system encourages candidates to only focus on swing states,

Matthew Harte is a junior studying political science and economics.

He can be reached at matthew.harte@marquette.edu

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or states where each candidate has a reasonable shot at winning. In 2016, about 92 percent of campaign events occurred in one of the 11 projected swing states, such as Wisconsin and Florida, according to FairVote. This left some states who consistently vote for candidates of the same party, including Washington and Kansas, without any campaign events from either candidate.

However, the benefit of living in a swing state doesn’t end on Election Day. Presidents also deliver

Infographic by Matthew Harte matthew.harte@marquette.edu

more federal grant dollars to swing states during their time in office, according to research from political scientists at Boston University and Washington University in 2012.

This grant targeting is at its peak during presidential reelection years.

If the U.S. instituted a popular vote system, the arbitrary advantage awarded to swing states would be eliminated. Voters across the nation would have an equal say in determining the next president. When a state joins the National Popular

Vote Compact, they agree to give all their electoral votes to whichever candidate wins the popular vote nationwide. The bill would go into effect if enacted by enough states to constitute 270 electoral votes, a majority of the 538 electors.

Currently, 172 votes are pledged to the compact, representing 11 states and Washington D.C. A bill to join the compact passed a Senate Committee vote in Colorado Jan. 25, according to The Denver Channel.

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Esports set to arrive as varsity sport in fall 2019

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Marquette Athletics released a rendering of what the new esports facility on campus could look like. The department has not officially decided on a location for the team or a coach.

University plans to renovate space for competitive gaming

By John Steppe

john.steppe@marquette.edu

Marquette Athletics will be the first Division I athletic department in a major conference to have varsity esports, or competitive video gaming, university president Michael Lovell announced in his annual address Wednesday afternoon.

The team will launch in fall 2019 and will have tryouts, coaches and regular practices, just like any of Marquette’s other 14 intercollegiate teams.

“Being named after an explorer means it’s in Marquette’s DNA to define the opportunities of tomorrow and ensure we’re anticipating what future students will

expect,” Lovell said.

The search for a coach has not started yet Bill Scholl, the vice president and director of athletics, said.

“We have to work through that a bit,” Scholl said.

The university plans to create a state-of-the-art esports facility to host the new team with funding from corporate partners and donors, according to the Marquette Athletics website. The facility will be open to esports athletes and the general Marquette student body, Lovell said.

Scholl and Lovell said the university is looking to renovate a space for the new sport instead of building an entirely new space on campus. Scholl said leaders are discussing different spaces, but have yet to select a space. Lovell said the cost will be “significant, but not in the seven-figure range.”

“First is identifying the space where it is going to happen, and

then actually just transforming the space so that it supports these said activities,” Lovell said. “We expect that to happen sometime over the summer.”

The university has hired consultants to help look for sponsors, which Lovell said will be “fairly easy.”

“There are a significant amount of sponsorships that are available — those that supply the equipment, those that supply the games, along with other professional organizations that want to invest in these activities,” Lovell said.

The athletic department will oversee the team in collaboration with the College of Arts & Sciences, Division of Student Affairs and Office of Admissions. Esports has been a club sport since 2015, with about 40 students participating.

“We had a great appetite from our athletic department because (esports) was already part of the BIG EAST competition,” Lovell

said. “We decided that (Athletics) would be a great place for it to be housed.”

Marquette Athletics spokesperson Scott Kuykendall said the athletic department will not initially give out scholarships to prospective esports participants, but it is “certainly a possibility down the road.”

Scholl said the BIG EAST has discussed the feasibility of esports at recent meetings, and he said most schools in the conference already have esports clubs on campus. Other clubs are often housed in student affairs departments or honors colleges.

Schools across the country have added competitive video gaming as a varsity team, including Boise State University, the University of Missouri and the University of Utah. However, Marquette is the first to have the team housed in an athletic department as a

varsity sport, Kuykendall said.

Esports has grown quickly in the last few years. It is expected to have a global audience of 580 million people by 2020, according to a university statement.

University leaders also noted the opportunity esports has to recruit students in important academic areas. About 70 percent of collegiate esports players are in science, technology, engineering or math fields, according to the athletic department’s website.

Other universities have already developed academic gaming programs. DePaul University, which is also a member of the BIG EAST and has a Catholic affiliation, offers a bachelor’s degree in game design.

“That’s something we would be open to considering,” Lovell said.

“We’ll have a discussion with the faculty about whether that’s something to pursue.”

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Heldt’s offensive rebound propels Marquette past Xavier Wojciechowski emotional over senior’s work ethic

By John Steppe

john.steppe@marquette.edu

CINCINNATI — A lesson head coach Steve Wojciechowski told then-sophomore Matt Heldt two years ago resulted in one of the most impactful plays in Marquette’s 87-82 win over Xavier Saturday.

After Heldt grabbed an offensive rebound against Georgia, he forced a shot up with three defenders around him. Wojciechowski told him he should immediately look for open shooters after offensive rebounds like that one.

“I never forgot that,” Heldt said.

“I just have Wojo in my head every time I get an offensive rebound.”

Heldt got an offensive rebound at the 3:58 mark, and he threw the ball out to junior forward Sam Hauser, who was wide open and hit the three. It gave Marquette its first lead since the first half, never relinquishing the lead after that.

“What Matt Heldt did today was one of the most beautiful things I’ve seen happen,” Wojciechowski said. “There’s no way we win without Matt Heldt.”

As a result, for only the second time in 33 years, Marquette won at Xavier, with a final score of 87-82.

Wojciechowski got emotional after the game reflecting on Heldt’s big play. Tears ran down Wojciechowski’s cheek talking about the senior center’s attitude and impact despite playing a smaller role than in past years.

“One of the things I asked my team in the locker room was, ‘If you were Matt Heldt, could you have the same attitude that he has had for our team this year?’”

Wojciechowski said. “When I was his age, I don’t know if I could.”

The win did not always seem likely. Xavier had a 58-47 lead with 14:11 remaining. Then Marquette went on a 7-0 run. Heldt’s offensive rebound came about seven minutes after that run.

Junior guard Markus Howard scored five of the seven points on that run. Xavier guarded Howard heavily, but he still carried the Golden Eagles’ offense with 31 points on 10-for-22 shooting.

“What (Howard’s) been able to do at the end of the game is pretty much on par with what he’s able to do at the start of the game, and the result of that is his conditioning,” Wojciechowski said. “He was able to free himself up. … He’s just a hell of a player.”

The Golden Eagles’ defense held the Musketeers to just four field goals in the last seven minutes of the game. Xavier went more than

Photo by John Steppe john.steppe@marquette.edu

Senior Matt Heldt attempts to block Xavier’s Quentin Goodin. The Neenah, Wisconsin, native had three rebounds in Marquette’s 87-82 win.

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Sam Hauser and Matt Heldt defend against the Musketeers’ offense.

six minutes without a field goal at one point.

Xavier cut the Golden Eagles’ lead to 83-80 with less than 10 seconds left, but Howard and redshirt junior Sacar Anim each hit a pair of free throws in the final 10 seconds to clinch the win.

Freshman forward Joey Hauser kept the Golden Eagles within striking distance of the Musketeers at several points in the game.

When Marquette was trailing 9-4 in the first half, Joey Hauser hit back-to-back shots to tie the game at 9-9. He had 13 points in the first 12 minutes of the game.

When Marquette needed to get some breathing room from the Musketeers late in the second half, Joey Hauser hit a three to extend the Golden Eagles’ lead to 76-70.

“He has a chance to be a really good college basketball player,” Wojciechowski said. “Right now

he needs to approach his life, his preparation and the games like that because when he does we’re a very different team, and this afternoon is an example of that.”

His performance included one three that went off the backboard.

Xavier guard Quentin Goodin suggested that the “basketball gods” helped Marquette on a few of those challenging shots.

“Our guys made some tough shots,” Wojciechowski said. “We had a three go off the top of the backboard and go in.”

Sam Hauser also played a big role in the comeback, scoring 17 second-half points, including the three following Heldt’s offensive rebound.

Xavier dominated down low, putting up a 36-18 scoring advantage in the paint and a 34-30 rebounding advantage. Musketeers forward Tyrique Jones had a double-double

Photo by John Steppe john.steppe@marquette.edu

The senior center played a season-high 20 minutes Saturday at Xavier.

with 21 points and 11 rebounds.

“For the most part, we got the ball where we wanted,” Xavier head coach Travis Steele said.

“Whether it was via drives or via post-ups. … A couple of times we really tried to post up Markus Howard, and I thought we got a couple good looks out of that as well.”

Heldt had the challenge of simulating Xavier’s post presence as part of the scout team in practices this week.

“Jones is really strong and really athletic. (Zach) Hankins is one of the most efficient scorers in the country. They started both those guys,” Heldt said. “It puts them in great position to offensive-rebound.”

The Golden Eagles’ only other win at Xavier in the last three decades came in 2017.

“It’s a hard place to play,”

Wojciechowski said. “I love their fans. I love their atmosphere. … And they’ve got darn good teams, and they have a darn good team this year.”

Marquette (18-3, 7-1 BIG EAST) will continue its twogame road trip Wednesday at Butler. The Bulldogs (12-9, 3-5 BIG EAST) are coming off backto-back losses to Villanova and Creighton, but they have won their last five games against the Golden Eagles.

Before that, Wojciechowski had a much more immediate thing to take care of.

“What are we going to have for dinner?” Charlie Wojciechowski asked his father at the beginning of the press conference.

“Whatever you want,” Steve Wojciechowski answered.

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Sophomore center becomes more disciplined defender 6-foot-9 Theo John shows improvement in increased role

By Daniel Macias

daniel.macias@marquette.edu

In a matter of one week, Marquette has seen a different level of production from sophomore center Theo John.

Against Xavier Jan. 6, John played 16 minutes and had no points. But Wednesday against DePaul, John put up a monster game of 16 points, 10 rebounds and six blocks.

“He’s a year older, a year stronger, (has spent) a year in the weight room, (and) most importantly, he’s probably a year advanced in his confidence,” DePaul head coach Dave Leitao said. “He’s playing a lot more minutes than he did last year.

So there is a belief that he has in himself, and what that means is that everyone else can believe in him too.”

Last year, John averaged 11.8 minutes per game. This year, he is averaging 19.6. Similar to his minute count, John’s points have almost doubled, while his blocks and rebound numbers have more than doubled.

John has been able to play more because of more disciplined defense. John consistently fell into foul trouble last year, but his fouls per 40 minutes have decreased this year from 8.5 to 7.1.

“I’m just trying to bring the same energy every game,” John said. “I have to obviously play smarter, so that’s been a step for me, and these last few games, I’ve been doing that.”

His defensive presence has allowed John to play more minutes this year.

John leads the BIG EAST in block shots per game at 2.2. He also is tied at 17th in the nation for total blocks.

“I thought (John) gave us an unbelievable physical presence on both ends of the court,” Marquette head coach Steve Wojciechowski said

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Theo John has more than doubled many of his statistics during the first 21 games of his sophomore season.

after Wednesday’s win. “Defensively that’s becoming a consistent theme with him. He’s a rim protector, he’s physical, he rebounds, he covers a lot of our mistakes. That’s a big-time thing.”

While John may not always get a block in the box score for every defensive possession, his presence often changes how offenses attack the paint.

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With a year and a half of play under his belt, the sophomore forward’s comfort is rising.

“It just comes with being out on the floor,” John said. “The more time you get the more comfortable you get, you get used to everything, (like) the flow of the game. That just helps your confidence tremendously.”

In a year’s span, John went

from playing 11.8 minutes per game to becoming the BIG EAST’s leader in blocks per game.

John still has the occasional hiccup. Against Xavier Jan. 26, he was in foul trouble for most of the game and fouled out after 12 minutes in the game. He had no points and only two rebounds.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Tennis bounces back MU beats second-place team Program defeats Georgetown, UIC after loss at Iowa

By M’Laya Sago

mlaya.sago@marquette.edu

Marquette men’s tennis opened its first week of the season 2-1, defeating Georgetown Jan. 25 and the University of Illinois at Chicago Jan. 26 at home after losing to Iowa on the road.

Marquette, the reigning BIG EAST champions, claimed the No. 2 doubles spot against Iowa Jan. 19 with the duo of senior Greg Anderson and freshman Fran San Andres.

However, Iowa won No. 1 and 3 doubles. Iowa continued to dominate the singles matches, shutting out Marquette.

Marquette recovered quickly from its loss a week later against Georgetown.

Sophomore Luis Heredia Gomez

and junior Luke Smrek defeated their opponents 7-5 in doubles at the No. 2 position. Marquette then won at No. 3 doubles and four of six singles matches to secure the victory.

The Golden Eagles won 5-2.

Marquette wrapped up its weekend action the following day against UIC. Smrek and fellow junior Brett Meyers claimed the No. 2 doubles victory early on with a 6-3 win.

Smrek then continued in the singles competition to defeat Johan Hedstrom after a long-lived run ending in a 11-9 tiebreaker at No. 2 singles.

The Golden Eagles won the four singles sets to win its 13th consecutive home match.

Marquette has the chance to get its first road victory of the season at Purdue Saturday, which kicks off a stretch of four consecutive road matches.

The next home match is against Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis Feb. 16 at Helfaer Tennis Stadium.

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Senior Greg Anderson attempts to hit backhand during practice.

Hiedeman scores team-high 21 points despite slow start

By Dan Avington

daniel.avington@marquette.edu

Another day means the chance for another blowout victory for No. 10 Marquette. Even against the second-place team in the BIG EAST, the Golden Eagles showcased their dominance, defeating the Butler Bulldogs 87-58 at Hinkle Fieldhouse Sunday afternoon.

Despite an early 10-2 Marquette lead, Butler remained in the game for most of the first half. Butler trailed by only three at the end of the first quarter and hit six consecutive shots to tie the game at 29-29 in the second quarter, prompting a timeout from Marquette head coach Carolyn Kieger. The Golden Eagles then went on a 7-2 run to finish the half with a 36-31 lead.

Then Marquette pulled away in the third quarter, opening the frame on a 12-0 run on 4-for-4 shooting to expand their lead to 48-31. By the end of the period, the Golden Eagles’ lead ballooned to 22.

Senior guard Natisha Hiedeman led the Golden Eagles in the blowout with 21 points on 50 percent shooting from the field. She was also 5 of 8 from beyond the arc.

Fellow senior Allazia Blockton, who scored her 2000th career point Friday, had another good day

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Senior guard Natisha Hiedeman goes up for a layup against St. John’s.

with 16 points, four rebounds and three assists.

In addition to the big days from Blockton and Hiedeman, fellow seniors Erika Davenport, Danielle King and Amani Wilborn had crucial contributions.

Davenport totaled six points and nine rebounds while also playing tight defense against Butler center Tori Schickel.

King showcased her skills as

the squad’s true point guard, putting up seven points, five rebounds and five assists. Wilborn added 13 points, including nine from the free-throw line.

For Butler, junior guard Kristen Spolyar led the way with 13 points, while freshman Emilia Sexton added 11 points.

The Golden Eagles will complete their road swing Sunday at DePaul.

Tipoff is slated for 1 p.m.

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Blockton scores 2,000th career point in win over Xavier Senior becomes school’s first player to achieve milestone

By John Steppe

john.steppe@marquette.edu

Senior guard Allazia Blockton can add one more accolade to her resume: the first 2,000-point scorer in Marquette basketball history.

Blockton scored her 2,000th career point at the 2:50 mark of the third quarter against Xavier Friday night.

“It’s incredible,” head coach Carolyn Kieger said. “It’s incredible for her. It’s incredible for our program. … No surprise that she’s gotten 2,000, and counting.”

Blockton said this accomplishment proves her four years of hard work has paid off.

“It’s been a long four years, and I’ve been working so hard, so to be the first player to ever score 2,000 points at Marquette is just a blessing,” Blockton said.

Even though senior guard Danielle King had a good look a few feet away from the basket, she instead passed it to Blockton, for an easy bucket a few feet away.

“I knew (I scored 2,000), but I was like, ‘Let me hurry up and get back on defense,” Blockton said. “It was kind of like a flurry.”

A couple minutes later, Blockton checked out of the game, and was quickly met with a bear hug from Kieger.

Kieger and Blockton both gave credit to Blockton’s team-

mates for finding her, just like King did on Blockton’s historymaking bucket.

“They pass me the ball,” Blockton said. “They keep me pumped up. They keep me working hard.”

Her 2,000th career point came despite missing five games earlier this year with an ankle injury.

“I’ve been working hard these last couple of weeks just trying to get my body back healthy again,” Blockton said.

Blockton credited Kieger for keeping her spirits up during the recovery process.

“She’s been on me,” Blockton said. “She’s intense, and she’s been a big reason why I was able to come back so fast. She’s been keeping my spirits high.”

Friday’s game was the first time Blockton could play without any minute restrictions.

“She looked the best that she has looked in a long time,” Kieger said.

This accomplishment joins a long list of feats for Blockton in her first three and a half years.

She is the reigning BIG EAST Player of the Year, a two-time unanimous BIG EAST First Team honoree and the team’s all-time leading scorer.

She surpassed Krystal Ellis as the program’s leading scorer Dec. 9th against Northwestern.

The focus is clear moving forward after the 2,000-point milestone: keep improving.

“I’m glad she was out there to get it and get that 2,000 off her back, so now she can just relax and enjoy it and keep getting better,” Kieger said.

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Senior Allazia Blockton stands in triple-threat position against Xavier. She had 15 points in Marquette’s win.

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The Golden Eagles huddle at the Cintas Center Friday night. They led the Musketeers by 50-29 at halftime.

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Blockton attempts a shot against Xavier forward A’riana Gray. Gray had six points.

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Blockton follows through on her shot against the Musketeers. She had three assists.

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Hauser brothers’ versatility causes trouble for BIG EAST Freshman, junior help Golden Eagles play positionlessly

By John Steppe

john.steppe@marquette.edu

With Marquette trailing for most of the game Jan. 20 against Providence, and star point guard Markus Howard struggling to hit shots, a familiar sequence emerged. Junior forward Sam Hauser found his brother, Joey, who made an open shot.

It first happened at the 3:09 mark in the second half, when Sam found Joey inside for a turnaround jumper. Less than two minutes later, Sam found Joey again, this time for an open three.

“It’s a proud brother-to-brother moment right there,” Sam Hauser said after the win.

Howard has dominated headlines for his scoring prowess, yet the Hauser brothers’ latest string of “brother-to-brother moments” are catching the attention of coaches across the BIG EAST. When three BIG EAST coaches talked about the Hauser brothers, a common theme stood out: the brothers’ versatility.

With both brothers listed as at least 6-foot-8 and both shooting above 40 percent from three, coaches have struggled to define them by one position.

“Today’s basketball is really about two real key elements,”

DePaul head coach Dave Leitao said. “One is the ability to shoot the ball, and both those guys do that very well. Two is positionless basketball, and I’m not so sure I could describe any one of the specific positions (they play).”

When Howard went down due to lower back tightness against Georgetown Jan. 15, Sam Hauser, listed at 6-foot-8, ran the point.

Sam Hauser has been one of the most consistent Marquette players, scoring in double figures in 11 of the Golden Eagles’ last 12 games.

Joey Hauser has often been overshadowed by junior Markus Howard and his brother’s contributions, but that has played to his advantage this season.

“They attract so much attention,” Joey Hauser said. “Having those two guys really opens up the floor for everybody else.”

The Hausers see a lot of court time together. However, Sam Hauser averages 32 minutes per game, while Joey Hauser averages 30 minutes. Only two other players play at least 20 minutes per game for Marquette: Howard and redshirt junior Sacar Anim.

“Their skillset, their versatility and their basketball IQ allow us to play them in a number of different ways,” Marquette head coach Steve Wojciechowski said. “And they’re winners, so when they’re on the court, they’re always trying to figure out how to win.”

Providence head coach Ed

Cooley singled out the Hauser brothers’ versatility and poise as one of the challenges in the Friars’ second-half collapse against Marquette.

“Their versatility is very hard to match up to,” Cooley said.

“They have size. They have length. They both shoot the ball extremely well. They’re gifted offensive players. … It makes them both very, very dangerous.”

Xavier head coach Travis Steele was the latest coach confounded by the Hauser duo. The Musketeers had an 11-point lead early in the first half, but the Hauser brothers combined to score 41 points on 13-for-24 shooting.

“They’re versatile,” Steele said.

“Obviously they both can really shoot the ball. They know how to play. They can post you (up).

They can shoot on the perimeter.

They can pass. They handle the ball really well for kids their size. … They can impact the game in a lot of different ways.”

The Hausers’ chemistry has already led to conference history.

In the same week, Sam and Joey Hauser became the first set of brothers to win BIG EAST Player of the Week and BIG EAST Freshman of the Week, respectively.

“Certainly having those two guys is critical to any or all success that we have,” Wojciechowski said.

The Hausers aren’t the only ones being thrust into larger roles this season. Xavier, who was a No. 1 seed in last year’s NCAA

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Sam Hauser passes the ball away from the Musketeers defense.

Tournament, lost its three leading scorers. Seton Hall lost three of its top four leading scorers, who combined to score almost 5,000 career points.

“You have guys out there that weren’t put in these positions last year to maybe have to make a defensive step, to get a defensive rebound or to get an offensive play,” Seton Hall head coach Kevin Willard said. “That’s kind of

what you’re seeing throughout the league right now, top to bottom.”

In the meantime, Cooley is already eyeing the rematch against the Hauser brothers.

“That’s going to be another hard matchup when they come to the Dunk in a few weeks,” Cooley said. “Those two young men are very, very good players.”

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Freshman breaks hurdles record Konopka has best freshman time, second-best overall

By Matt Yeazel

matthew.yeazel@marquette.edu

The Marquette track and field squad competed in Iowa this past weekend, and one freshman stood out: Ben Konopka. He broke the Marquette freshman record in the 60-meter hurdles.

Konopka ran the 60-meter in 8.23 seconds, which is a tenth of a second faster than former men’s track and field alumnus Nic Wuchrer’s record. Wuchrer set the record in 2002.

Konopka’s run was also the second best run ever among any Marquette hurdles runner, regardless of class.

Marquette head coach Bert Rogers said the accolade didn’t shock him.

“I wouldn’t say it was a surprise,” Rogers said. “It was just a little quicker than what we would have predicted.”

Rogers said he noticed Konopka’s hard work and grace from when the team started training in September.

“We knew he was talented coming in, and his times have come as a result of hard work

“

I wouldn’t say it was a surprise.

It was just a little quicker than what we would have predicted.”

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works and trains hard,” Rogers said. “That is usually a good recipe for success.”

Konopka and Marquette will have plenty of challenges ahead, including a trip to Notre Dame this weekend. Rogers said the team considers it to be a good opportunity to grow and to see where they are as a whole.

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BERT ROGERS Head coach, Marquette track and field

and training,” Rogers said.

Konopka was a talented runner and football player in high school.

He also led his school to consecutive track and field sectional titles as a captain all four years.

“He’s a good kid who always

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Konopka broke a 19-year record.