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Media goes wild over Knox verdict change The media went wild, plastering headlines about the case across the Internet and in print the next day. The Huffington Post put together a slideshow of Twitter reactions shortly after the verdict was released. The Telegraph, a By Katie Doherty British newspaper, wrote one conkathleen.doherty@marquette.edu stantly updated story; one section even followed her plane from EuNews broke Monday on what rope to the United States via GPS. The Knox case bore more than had been one of the biggest stories set before the American public. It a passing resemblance to another wasn’t about the financial crisis. case from this summer: that of No wars were ended or begun. Casey Anthony, who was charged with the murder of her Bipartisan comprotwo-year-old daughter mise still remained “The driving factor Caylee but found inelusive. on selecting what to nocent in July. AnthoThe news was that ny and Knox dominatAmanda Knox, found report is driven by ed the headlines while guilty in 2009 for the economics ... what news on the financial 2007 killing of her news sells.” British roommate in Janine Geske crisis and other pressProfessor of Law ing issues were an afPerugia, Italy, had terthought. that verdict overJanine Geske, former turned by an Italian appellate court, freeing her and Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice, her Italian boyfriend, also con- current Marquette professor of law, and leader of the law school’s victed in the case.
American woman released after four years in Italian jail
restorative justice program, watched coverage of the Knox case in Belgium where she is teaching restorative justice at the Catholic University of Leuven. She said the fact that Knox took precedence over other worthy stories was lamentable. “Issues of genocide, war, torture, hunger, poverty, sickness, world economies, education, politics etc., all impact many more people and relationships than do these (cases),” Geske said in an email. “Unfortunately, I think most people would agree that the driving factor on selecting what to report is driven by economics... what news sells.” Bonnie Brennen, a professor of journalism at Marquette, questioned the media’s obsession with these cases. “Why is there such an interest with the lives of these women and their court cases when other court cases (and news stories) don’t See Media, page 7
Visionary Jobs dead at 56 Technology pioneer leaves legacy of success, simplicity andrew.phillips@marquette.edu
By Matt Gozun benjaminmatthew.gozun@marquette.edu
Photo by Paul Sakuma/Associated Press
Steve Jobs introduces the third-generation iPod Nano in 2007. Jobs died Wednesday after a long and public battle with pancreatic cancer.
high school friend Steve Wozniak in 1976 in a suburban California garage, and eight years later revo-
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MU expands ethics hotline options Little-known reporting system also includes website
By Andrew Phillips Steve Jobs, the co-founder and former CEO of Apple who repeatedly transformed the way people use and think about technology, died Wednesday at the age of 56. His death was announced by Apple, which did not give a specific cause. Jobs had fought a long and public battle with pancreatic cancer, undergoing surgery in 2004 and receiving a liver transplant in 2009. He took three leaves of absence from Apple for medical reasons before resigning as CEO in August. Tim Cook, Jobs’ successor as CEO, announced Jobs’ death to Apple employees in an email Wednesday. “Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being,” Cook said in the email, which was released by Apple. “Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple.” Jobs founded Apple with his
Photo by Ted S. Warren/Associated Press
Amanda Knox reacts to an Italian appellate court’s overturuning of her 2009 guilty verdict for the 2007 kiling of her British roommate in Italy.
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lutionized personal technology See Jobs, page 7
Marquette recently expanded its financial misconduct reporting service, allowing students, faculty and staff to anonymously provide tips about possible violations against university policies in a broader range of categories. But despite the expansion, some doubts have been raised about whether the hotline’s usage will increase. Individuals will now be able to call or report online possible cases of misconduct in academic, financial, athletic, human resources, information technology and safety matters. The service was initiated in 2006 and is run by Oregon-based EthicsPoint, Inc., a corporation specializing in compliance and policy management. Both the phone line and the website are run and operated by EthicsPoint, but the company says it is Marquette that decides what to do with the information received. “We’re a software company,” said Bob Conlin, EthicsPoint’s
senior vice president of business strategy, in an email. “We have no input on the specific policies each of our customers manages within our system.” Marquette hired EthicsPoint in order to allow employees to report cases of financial misconduct, with the expectation that the number of reportable subjects would increase in time. Of the few cases reported to the university since then, none involved serious dollar amounts, said Ruth Shock, director of the office of internal audit at Marquette. And despite the cost associated with running the program, Shock said she considers working with EthicsPoint an investment in maintaining high ethical standards on campus. “Increasing the reportable subjects on the hotline provides the university a way in which to be better informed about misconduct and reflects the university’s commitment to compliance issues,” Shock said in an email. Even though EthicsPoint was targeted toward university employees until recently, Shock said the administration is working to increase community awareness of the program over the next few weeks. Nick Kubit, a junior in the See Hotline, page 7
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