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Genetics get ‘fishy’ with engineered salmon Growth hormones, anti-freeze genes pose no health risks, according to FDA

By Andrew Philips andrew.philips@marquette.edu

A pending Food and Drug Administration decision could make genetically modified fish available for human consumption for the first time, perhaps giving new meaning to the classic Dr. Seuss tale, “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.”

Massachusetts-based AquaBounty Technologies has developed an Atlantic salmon injected with growth hormone and “antifreeze” genes, which allow it to grow to market size twice as fast.

The FDA has been reviewing the issue since 1995, but last week said the salmon would pose no apparent health or environmental risks and would not have to be labeled as genetically modified if it See Salmon, page 7

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Tourist Anne Moral kisses a coho salmon held by vendor Taho Kakutania, left, at the Pike Place Fish Market Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, in Seattle.

Lady Luck seduces students AirTrain deal may College gambling affect MU athletics holds serious risks

Future of sponsorship up in the air

By Pat Simonaitis patrick.simonaitis@marquette.edu

joseph.carey@marquette.edu

Photo by Emily Waller/emily.waller@marquette.edu

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Most college students do not see compulsive gambling as a problem.

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“(Southwest‘s) contract can change that rule,” Anzivino pointed out.

The trickle-down effects of the AirTran originally signed on as massive acquisition of AirTran Air- Marquette’s sponsor in an effort to ways by Southwest Airlines’ have increase its share of the market in reached Marquette.

Milwaukee. The company also has AirTran, based out of Orlando, sponsorship deals with the BrewFla., is one of the major sponsors ers, and employs Wisconsin sports of MU Athletics, and stars Ryan Braun signed a three-year and Donald Driver agreement with Mar- “It’s hard to say at as spokesmen. quette in November of this point because While Marquette of the time it will last year.

Athletics does have Mike Broeker, Mar- take for (the) a number of differquette’s deputy ath- acquisition ... to ent sponsors, losing letic director, said he go through” Airtran’s contract is not 100 percent sure would be a signifiMike Broeker whether the univercant hit, Broeker Deputy athletic director sity’s deal with AirTran said. It would not be will be affected by the a significant enough company’s recent busiloss to jeopardize ness dealings. any of Marquette’s sports pro“It’s hard to say at this point be- grams, however. cause of the time it will take for The university would have to an acquisition of this size to go scramble to find a new sponsor, through,” he said. however, which could be difficult.

When one company takes over “I don’t think finding any sponanother, the buying company is sor in this economy would be usually responsible for honoring easy,” said Broeker, who declined the commitments of the company to release the amount AirTran‘s being purchased, said Ralph Anzi- contract is worth. “There are limvino, a Marquette law professor. ited potential partners.”

By Joe Carey

Betcha five bucks you can’t guess how many words are in this article.

If you just took that bet, you may be a compulsive gambler.

As many as 1 in 5 college students may have a gambling problem, according to the Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling.

That number is substantially higher than the 5 to 7 percent of Wisconsin residents in general that have the addiction.

The current generation of students has grown up in an environment where gambling is largely accepted socially, a key factor in the elevated numbers, said Rose Gruber, executive director of the council.

“With online gambling, Texas Hold’em on TV and the accessibility to all types of betting, students in college today have grown up in a society where access to gambling is far greater than ever before,” Gruber said.

Gruber also said students sometimes have a hard time setting

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Harvesting Hope

The demise of Marquette’s Division I football program.

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FarmAid marks its 25th year of musical charity See PAGE 10

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Kohl’s lacking MU interns

Students largely unaware of local work opportunities

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Liz Hanna (left) and Kohl’s interns network at Marquette’s Career Fair.

The work he spoke of could be applicable to a job opportunity in the near future. According to Liz Hanna, university relations coordinator for Kohl’s, the corporation hires 70 percent of past interns into full-time positions.

“It’s a Fortune 500 company and we have great incentives for those that intern with us,” Hanna said.

The company also has programs for graduating seniors, such as a store management trainee program and merchandise analyst trainee program. The latter is a 12-week program resulting in the largest entry-level executive position at the corporate office, according to the Kohl’s campus recruiting website.

With all of these attractions to the program, however, why aren’t more Marquette students applying for and receiving internships from the company?

Koutnik said he only became aware of the opportunity through CareerManager, a university website focused on helping students find and apply for jobs and internships.

“I just happened to come across it,” Koutnik said. “I applied and had my first interview shortly after.”

Hanna noted that the University of Wisconsin-Madison provides the most interns and students. She said Marquette students simply aren’t aware of the program.

“We’re working on more promotion,” Hanna said. “We do the Career Fair, have information tables and have been doing presentations in classrooms.”

These presentations occurred in various classroom settings all over campus in past weeks. A larger Kohl’s information session will take place on Oct. 11 and on-campus interviews begin Oct. 12.

According to Kristin Finn, employer relations manager for Career Services, internships are the single most important thing when looking toward a career.

“Students need a real-world experience in what they want to do,” Finn said. “Internships allow students to explore their options before graduation ... ‘trying on careers’ is essential.”

Hanna agreed that working an internship as a student is becoming a necessity.

“It is the fastest and easiest way to get your foot in the door,” Hanna said. “Internships attract the fastest pipeline of talent and they’re key in today’s job market.”

Students serve virtual ‘burns’ Social media website offers anonymous JuicyCampus-like forum for peer gossip Special to the Tribune

Ever since Gretchen Wieners revealed the Burn Book in “Mean Girls,” the use of social media sites to verbally “burn” classmates has become a new trend among college students across the nation.

Newest to this trend is Burnbook.com, the lovechild of JuicyCampus and Twitter that “allows you to gossip about the people in your life while staying completely anonymous,” according to the site. And since the 2009 disappearance of JuicyCampus. com, many students have looked for a new source of campus gossip. Or have they?

Limited to 160 characters, 20 more than Twitter, students can browse for their “frenemies” by school, city, workplace or region, and post anything they personally like or dislike about them.

The Canada-based site is slowly expanding to United States college networks, including Marquette University. Students are able to browse for their peers, and if they are not available, they

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By Becca French

DPS Reports

At 5:49 a.m., a 61-year-old male not affiliated with Marquette attempted to remove two Wheaties Fuel Energy bars from Open Pantry. The subject was verbally detained by Department of Public Safety, and Milwaukee Police Department was contacted. The man was ticketed.

By Brooke Goodman College students have one weight on their minds when first stepping onto campus — applying and obtaining an internship or job. No matter what field they are searching in, students need to find a way to make money and gain experience ... and they need to find it fast.

Established in 1962 with a corporate headquarters in Menomonee Falls, Wis., Kohl’s Department Stores Inc. offers students around the nation internship programs ranging from merchandise to advertising to store administration.

Although the corporation provides more than 100 internship opportunities, a mere six of those interns were Marquette students this past summer.

One student, Michael Koutnik, a first-year law student and previous Kohl’s intern, said he was shocked that such a major Milwaukee-area company had such a small presence on Marquette’s campus.

“People are not as aware (of the internships) as they should be for a company with such a large standing in Milwaukee,” Koutnik said. “The company needs to think about how they can get a little bit better focus out there.”

Koutnik, who had an internship in policy and compliance with particular focus on Kohl’s credit division this summer, said he gained skills that he would not have received in a classroom setting.

“They have internships that cater to anything and everything that a Marquette student would be looking for,” Koutnik said. “I did work that a full-time employee would be doing.”

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can freely add someone to the network’s “burn” list. There are currently no students listed in Marquette’s Burnbook network.

According to the Burnbook site, “opinions cannot form the basis of a defamation claim no matter how upsetting or mean they are.” Without fear of being “held liable for anything that is posted on the site by users,” students are free to post anything about anyone, according to the site.

Although students may not contribute to these community gossip websites, by reading and sharing it with their friends, they aid in these sites’ growing popularity.

“I would like to think that I wouldn’t even read the gossip,“ said Alia Mian, a freshman in the College of Engineering. “However, we all are attracted to gossip and drama, especially when it is so easily accessible.”

Students and faculty alike recognize the effects on every student’s wellbeing and ability to communicate with peers.

“It makes me nervous we can say whatever we want,” said communication studies professor Sarah Feldner. “It’s an ethical

dilemma in which people come down on both sides, but we’re just used to it.”

Social gossip sites such as this have become a means for students to express their personal opinions without consequences.

“Anonymity is a key factor,” Feldner said.

This anonymous “cyberbullying” has become a growing issue among teens and college-age students. According to an iSafe survey on Makeadifferenceforkids. org, “19 percent of students admit to saying something hurtful to others online,” and “75 percent have visited a website bashing another student.”

The launch of Burnbook.com has aroused both intrigue and concern among students and faculty.

“There is nothing likeable about the idea,” Mian said.

“Posting gossip which usually involves rumors that hurt someone’s image and reputation is never seen in the positive light.”

The Burnbook site states, “opinions are NEVER defamatory,” but some students disagree.

“I wouldn’t care enough to read about what some random person wrote, because the chances of it being true are slim to none,” said Jenna Speltz, freshman in the College of Arts & Sciences.

Thursday 28 Eastern Orthodox Vespers Service, St. Joan of Arc Chapel, 6 to 6:45 p.m.

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, The Rave, 8 p.m.

Friday 29 Drive-by-Truckers, Special Farm Aid Eve concert, The Pabst Theater, 9 p.m.

Family Weekend begins, various locations around campus, runs until Sunday, Oct. 3 Point Fish Fry and a Flick: “Rocky Horror Picture Show,” Discovery World 500 N. Harbor Dr., 5 p.m.

Saturday 30 Black Label Society, The Rave, 7:30 p.m.

Farm Aid 25, Miller Park, all-day festival Last day of Oktoberfest, Bavarian Inn and Heidelberg Park, 700 W. Lexington Blvd., 4 p.m. to midnight Lady Cannon, United Sports Annex, 9 p.m.

Center for Peacemaking Fall Retreat, Alumni Memorial Union, 9 a.m. to 11:30 p.m.

Triangle Recruitment Week end date, Triangle Fraternity House 806 N. 17th St., 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

Haunted High, 550 E. Forest Street in Oconomowoc, WI, every Friday and Saturday until 10/29, tickets go on sale at 6:30 p.m.

Yelawolf, The Rave, 8 p.m.

Final day of 2010 Milwaukee Film Festival, Oriental, Ridge and North Shore Cinema, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Sunday 31 Broken Social Scene, The Pabst Theater, 8 p.m.

Alpha Chi Omega Pancake Breakfast, 2040 Lofts, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Eels, The Pabst Theater, 8 p.m.

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Assessment programs track university progress

by Kara Chiuchiarelli kara.chiuchiarelli@marquette.edu

One of the largest national assessment programs for universities, the Collegiate Learning Assessment, is underway for its 2012 national report. While it is not used at Marquette, measures from the CLA program are supplemental to similar universitydeveloped programs such as Marquette’s.

This year, the Council for Aid to Education renovated the CLA from a standardized national comparison tool to a program with a variety of tools for university-based assessment.

CLA standard assessment involves testing incoming and exiting students though a writing format intended to measure critical thinking and writing ability, and then compares the individual university’s data to that of institutions nationwide, said Chris Jackson, CAE’s director of business development.

The CLA assessment currently incorporates 40,000 to 50,000 total students annually in about 200 universities nationwide, Jackson said.

“Our goal is to help schools improve not only assessment, but also teaching and learning,” Jackson said. “We do that by providing tools to not only get at how their students are performing on our assessment ... but also how they might adapt how they teach so to help students improve these skills.”

Marquette implements an integrated, university-developed learning assessment program, with assessment at the institutional, programatic and course levels.

The program is a collective design of the University Assessment Committee, Program Assessment Leaders in majors, departments, or co-curricular activities (such as service learning, international study, ministry and student development), along with other faculty members, said Gary Meyer, vice provost for undergraduate studies.

“You can’t ignore the fact that our accreditors require us to engage in some kind of assessment,” Meyer said. “But, to be really successful and build the kind of program that we are building, student learning has to be at the heart of it.”

Mike Tomsic, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said he believes an individualized, but standard program would be a good addition to the current system.

“I think that would be a good thing for students personally to understand what they need to (work on) during the school year,” Tomsic said. “The test could also be passed on to teachers so they can know what students need to work on.”

The Marquette assessment program leaves individual student measurement up to each academic and co-curricular departments.

Barrett McCormick, political science department chair and the undergraduate program assessment leader, said his department uses pre-program and post-program writing assessments, but some majors (such as the biological sciences) use more nationally

standardized tests to attain concrete evidence.

“As a whole (institution) and in individual departments, we are deeply committed to excellence in teaching,” McCormick said.

“That’s more important than formal assessment.”

Meyer outlined the importance of assessment as a whole, whether measured against national, standardized data or by university-specific assessment.

“I think (assessment) is a means by which to demonstrate that we take our mission of (higher) education seriously ... and that we have a sincere desire to ensure we do the things that we say that we’re going to do,” Meyer said.

“We’re taking steps to ensure that we’re making good on our promise.”

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State Republicans audit early release program Current system’s effectiveness brought under fire, return numbers cause doubt nal justice major at St. Louis University, said he generally supports audits and reviews, Thirty-three Wisconsin GOP and this program in particular.

“If a person serves his full lawmakers are calling for an audit of Wisconsin’s Depart- term behind bars, then he’s just ment of Corrections’ early re- thrown back into society (with) no supervision, no help, (and is) lease program.

The lawmakers claim the pro- on his own, that’s bad news,” gram failed to work as adver- Andreoni said. “With the early tised when three inmates who release, you have parole and suwere released ended back be- pervision.”

People in favor of the early hind bars shortly afterward.

As of August, 210 inmates release program believe that had been released, but 21 of structured life after release can those released have been de- benefit society overall as well tained for possible parole vio- as reduce costs.

“I think that (the program) is a lations.

With this relatively high good idea if the inmates have a good chance number, about 10 percent, a “They focus more on whether of finding a legitimate job call for the audit or not an inmate is stabbing and being a from the law- other inmates rather than productive makers has in- important factors like member of tensified. schooling, counseling and society,” said The program psychiatric help.”

Dave Neubegan in Janugent, a senior ary, with the Dave Neugent purpose of savSenior, College of Arts & Sciences in the College of Arts & Sciing $30 million ences. “They by releasing anywhere from 500 to 1,000 in- focus more on whether or not mates by 2012. It can cost up an inmate is stabbing other into $25,000 a year to house an mates rather than important facinmate, while only $5,000 to tors like, schooling counseling and psychiatric help.” keep them on parole.

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Detained for possible violations Prisoners released so far

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year law student, said the benefits of the program outweigh the relapse of three inmates that have been put back into jail.

However, he said he believes there can be changes to the program that offer a nice middle ground, giving incentive to keeping the program running as well as keeping the inmates straight.

“I think that inmates who are released and then commit crimes immediately afterward should have harsher sentences,” he said.

Detaining less people overall could cut costs even more effectively and keep the streets safe, Neugent said.

“The system needs to stop throwing people in a cell and not looking at the source of these people’s problems,” Neugent said. “It’s been really successful in Missouri and their model has started to be put into place throughout the country in places like D.C., Oregon and a few other states.”

With such a high crime rate, Andreoni said he thinks there

may be better options than throwing people in jail.

“The United States of America has the highest incarceration rate in the world,” Andreoni said. “Yet violent crime is a greater problem in the U.S. than anywhere. Most of the prisoner population is drug offenders ... (chances are) when you mix up low ladder drug pushers with violent offenders, (it messes) up any chance drug offenders have of rehabbing.”

Marquette ranks 10th in social entrepreneurship

“Changemaker Campus” title given for values, mission

By Dominic Tortorice dominic.tortorice@marquette.edu

Profits and returns are the measurement of any successful entrepreneur. But in the growing field of social entrepreneurship, furthering society and creating social capital takes priority over any financial considerations.

Social entrepreneurship means solving problems through systemic change and a solid business model, said Jeff Snell, special adviser to the president at Marquette. Akin to business entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurs recognize a social problem and try to solve it by creating a new venture and model that addresses the issue, he said.

Marquette was recently ranked as the 10th best “Changemaker Campus” by Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, an international association of social entrepreneurs.

Launched in 2008, the “Changemaker Campus” title is given to schools that exhibit leadership and innovation in social entrepreneurship, said Beeta Ansari, a program associate at Ashoka.

Each school is selected through a competitive application process. Ashoka provides each campus with support, such as access to the group’s network of social entrepreneurs, according to its website.

The other nine universities are: Arizona State University,

Babson College, College of bility,” Snell said. “We need to the Atlantic, Duke University, be wise and strategic in how George Mason University, The we explore a fit for social enNew School, Tulane University, trepreneurship at Marquette. the University of Colorado at Other institutions are watching Boulder and the University of and learning from us, and we Maryland. couldn’t be more excited.”

Ansari said Marquette’s conTo further strengthen ties tinued excellence in social en- with the social entrepreneurship trepreneurship grabbed Asho- world, Marquette will host soka’s attention. cial entrepreneur Rajiv Vinna“Marquette University was kota for five days in November. selected based on its vision for He will give a presentation and a future in which the values of take part in dialogues aimed at excellence, faith, leadership and strengthening Marquette’s comservice produce leading social mitment to social entrepreneurentrepreneurs and innovators ship. for the public,” Ansari said.

Vinnakota got his start in the Snell said Marquette is natu- field when he started the SEED rally invested in social entrepre- Foundation in 1998. The SEED neurship.

Foundation is focused on bring“It’s our mission and identity ing educational resources to unto help others,” Snell said. “In derprivileged children. many ways, it’s putting new noThe foundation has built two menclature to a growing field boarding schools, in Washingin which Marquette is already ton, D.C. and Maryland for chilmaking strides in.” dren who come from difficult Marquette is the circumstances, Vinonly Jesuit univernakota said. sity to be named “Marquette’s Vinnakota has a “Changemaker Jesuit, Catholic strong ties with the Campus,” as well identity and mission Marquette comas the only Mid- are huge strengths munity — his fawest-based school. in social ther, Sriramulu, has “ M a r q u e t t e ’ s entrepreneurship.” taught engineering Jesuit, Catholic courses here for identity and misBeeta Ansari more than 20 years. sion are huge When presented Program Associate, strengths in social with the opportuAshoka entrepreneurship,” nity to come to MarAnsari said. “Marquette as a social enquette is uniquely positioned to trepreneurship advocate, he said catalyze and connect the Mid- he couldn’t wait. western ethos of tackling tough “Marquette does wonderful problems through hard work to things, and I love the school,” the principles of good social en- Vinnakota said. “My being here trepreneurship.” as an advocate, and the planned Snell said the title only discussions, will be a great way strengthens Marquette’s interest to use resources to further enin social entrepreneurship. trench Marquette as a leader in “We’ve got added responsi- social entrepreneurship.”

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Activist preaches peace, nonviolent negotiations Combats common misconceptions of Arab aggression

by Kelsey massey kelsey.massey@marquette.edu

For many, ending the IsraeliPalestinian conflict may seem impossible. For Mubarak Awad, it’s an achievable goal, dependent on the efforts of young people.

Awad, a psychologist and professor at American University in Washington, D.C., encouraged students to end conflicts all over the world during his speech Tuesday night at the Alumni Memorial Union.

The event, part of the ongoing Frankel Israel-Palestine Series, was sponsored by the Center for Peacemaking and the College of Arts & Sciences.

“Young people can make a difference in their communities and neighborhoods through non-violence,” Awad said.

He encouraged students to take action when they see violent conflict on television and to not just brush it off. He suggested spreading the news via Facebook and Twitter or even writing the president.

“When you watch it and see it, it becomes your business,” Awad said.

Awad’s father was killed in the conflict between Arabs and Jews when he was five years old. This inspired him to study non-violence, specifically the movements of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr., according to a handout given at the event.

Awad, a Greek Orthodox Christian, moved to the U.S. in 1969 to study. He eventually returned to Palestine and co-founded the Center for the Study of Nonviolence.

The organization worked to shift Arab perceptions about violence.

“Arabs and Palestinians are not a violent people,” Awad said.

“They begin to think they are violent because people say they are violent.”

He continued educating people outside of the center as well. Additionally, he told Palestinians to boycott Israeli products.

He was deported from Israel in 1988 and has been teaching American students about the conflict for the past 15 years.

“I want students to know that things are not as bad as they seem and that it is better that we continue the negotiations,” Awad said.

Attendee, Patrick Schoen, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said in an e-mail that he liked the unique perspective Awad gave on the conflict in the Middle East.

“What I took away from the speech tonight is that even in the midst of the most difficult circumstances there are always alternative ways to solve your problems in a nonviolent way,” Schoen said.

Patrick Kennelly, associate director for the Center for Peacemaking, said it is important we educate ourselves through learning from practitioners of nonviolence.

“I’m inspired by the number of Marquette students committed to non-violent peacemaking, who are studying the conflict and working for co-existence among these great peoples,” said Kennelly.

Jessica Gagnon, a junior in the College of Health Sciences, said it is important to have speakers like this on campus because it brings awareness to the issue.

“As students, we don’t pay much attention to the news, so it is good to bring in people to get their perspective and hear their side of the story,” she said.

“We are aware of the conflict, but we don’t feel it pertains to us,” Gagnon said. “Attending speakers like this generates curiosity and inspires them to go and look up more information about the situation.”

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Mubarak Awad speaks to the Marquette community Tuesday night on the merits of nonviolent relations.

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Wis. Senate candidate urges openness from diocese been defrocked. He was convicted in 2004 of sexually assaulting two brothers who were 14 and 12 and is serving a 15MILWAUKEE (AP) — U.S. year prison term.

An attorney for the plaintiff Senate candidate Ron Johnson called Wednesday for the is asking the diocese to release Green Bay Diocese to be more additional documents that list open about its investigation of other clergy members who alleged pedophile priests, al- sexually abused children, but though the activist group that the diocese has resisted such urged him to make the statement efforts. Its attorneys say the documents contain confidential said it didn’t go far enough.

Johnson previously served on material such as the names of the diocese’s finance council. In other victims who want to reJanuary, while in that role, he main anonymous.

The defense also accused the testified before the Wisconsin Legislature, arguing that a pro- plaintiff’s attorney of seeking posed bill for victims of child the information only “to ascerabuse could have harmful — if tain whether he can turn any alleged victims into clients to unintended — consequences.

His call for transparency from generate additional litigation.”

It wasn’t clear whether Johnthe diocese came a few hours the Survivors Network of those son’s statement would change Abused by Priests, or SNAP, things. When asked whether the said it would hold an afternoon diocese would do anything difnews s conference asking that ferent in light of Johnson’s call for transparency, Deacon Ray he issue such a demand Johnson’s campaign released DuBois declined to say.

His organization doesn’t a statement in which the Republican candidate called on comment on statements from diocese officials to “provide the political candidates, he said, utmost transparency,” saying it even if Johnson once served on would help answer any linger- its financial council.

“I’m not going to respond, ing questions from child-abuse other than to say we’re fully victims and others.

SNAP spokesman Peter Isely cooperating with any proceedsaid he approved of Johnson’s ings under way,” DuBois said.

Johnson, a Lutheran, sat on sentiment but said Johnson should also have told the dio- the diocese’s financial council when he arcese to stop blockgued against a ing the release of state bill that the names of other “People deserve a would have clergy members senotor who is going made it easier accused of abuse. to fight for victims of for victims SNAP’s request abuse, and not lobby of childhood of Johnson, a Re- againt them. If he won’t sexual abuse to publican challengstand with children who sue their abusing incumbent ers.

Democratic Sen. are victims of abuse, The Child Russ Feingold, voters can’t trust him.”

Victims Act, came in connecJohn Kraus which was detion with ongoing Feingold campaign spokesman feated, would legal action. A have erased the civil lawsuit from statute of limia sexual-abuse victim accuses the diocese of tations on civil lawsuits against keeping secret the indiscretions child sex abusers. That could of a known pedophile priest, have led to a flood of lawsuits quietly transferring him to other against a number of Wisconsin churches. parishes to avoid scandal.

Opponents of the bill, inThe priest was John Patrick Feeney, now 83, who has since cluding Milwaukee ArchbishDinesh Ramde

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Wisconsin Republican U.S. senatorial candidate Ron Johnson speaks at his victory party, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010, in Oshkosh, Wis. Johnson is calling for the Green Bay Diocese to open up about allegations of pedophilia.

op Jerome Listecki, said such lawsuits could drain resources from charitable causes and could drive dioceses under.

Johnson agreed. He told a panel the bill could create “economic havoc” for countless private organizations that serve children.

“I believe it is a valid question to ask whether the employer of a perpetrator should also be severely damaged, or possi-

bly destroyed, in our legitimate desire for justice,” he said at the time.

He defended those comments Wednesday, saying they shouldn’t be interpreted as sympathetic toward child abusers. He said his concern was simply to warn legislators that the bill as written left open the possibility of unintended consequences against private organizations.

John Kraus, a Feingold campaign spokesman, dismissed that explanation, saying Johnson’s true motive was to defeat the legislation outright.

“People deserve a senator who is going to fight for victims of abuse, not lobby against them,” Kraus said. “If he won’t stand with children who are victims of abuse, voters can’t trust him to fight for them.”

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Salmon: modified meat

Gambling: dicey futures

was sold as food. A final decision gene flow to wild salmon.”

The salmon eggs would be inon the project could come later cubated in Prince Edward Island, this fall.

The salmon, like all genetically Canada and then shipped to Panamodified foods, has sparked much ma, where they would be raised in tanks on land. debate.

“As long as the fish is not harm“If you look at just the public wellness and good in a holistic ful to anyone, I would see no probway, it’s increasingly obvious that lem with it,” said Brian Frenzel, a we are what we eat,” said Claire freshman in the College of EngiBadaracco, a professor in the Col- neering.

Courtright lege of Commusaid this is nication.

“The “We’ve been eating all kinds merely an adquestion is, will of genetically modified food dition to the we as consumers for a long time.” growing list of know what is on James Courtright our plate – what Professor, biological sciences foods already genetically that fish ate, what modified. country was it “We’ve been eating all kinds of growing in?”

Badaracco’s ethical problems of genetically modified food for a mass communications class stud- long time,” Courtright said. “Corn ies genetically modified organ- has been genetically modified by nature for the last thousand years. isms, among other issues.

James Courtright, a professor in Humans have been modifying, the department of biological sci- by one means or another, various ences, says environmental impact crops and animals for a long time.”

Some, however, oppose genetic should also be a concern.

“I think at the level of the eating modification as a whole, citing it, or the effect on animals that eat drops in quality even if the food is it, I can’t see that as being a fac- safe to eat.

“Strawberries are to the point tor,” Courtright said. “But I can’t imagine that if you’re growing where [they] are mostly geneticalthousands that some aren’t going ly modified fluff, with a shiny red tasty exterior,” said Ryan Knott, a to get into the ecosystems.”

AquaBounty said those ques- freshman in the College of Health tions have already been answered. Sciences. “They’re made to look “Farmed salmon are fed on good and increase weight.”

Badaracco said there is more to small, dry pellets similar to those fed to other farmed livestock and be learned on the effects of genetic pets,” said a statement on the com- modification.

“Whatever the downsides are of pany’s website.

“AquaBounty has further stip- this, in terms of our health, are goulated that it will market only ing to take a long time to understerile, all female AquAdvantage stand,” she said.

Salmon. Since these fish are unable to reproduce, there can be no

limits when they are on their own at school, and this can lead to financial difficulties for those who go overboard betting on the big game.

Compulsive gambling, as defined by the council, is “a progressive disorder causing a psychologically uncontrollable preoccupation and urge to gamble.” Such gambling can have serious deleterious effects on all aspects of one’s life.

Furthermore, suicide rates are 20 times higher among pathological gamblers compared to nongamblers, Gruber said.

Kelly Skindzelewski, public affairs manager of the nearby Potawatomi Bingo Casino, 1721 W. Canal St., said the casino recognizes that problem gambling is something that exists in this community.

But only a small percentage of people in the casino are in

college, as players must be 21 years old to be on the casino floor, Skindzelewski said. This eliminates most freshmen and sophomores from legally gambling at the casino.

Skindzelewski said casinos are meant for fun and entertainment, and Potawatomi is the number one private contributor to the Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling.

Gruber said the most popular way for college students to gamble is on the Internet. The ability to hide the evidence of the gambling can feed into the addictive behavior, she said.

James Krickeberg, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said he enjoys playing bingo at the casino and occasionally bets on sports online.

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Online sites can be the riskiest type of betting, as the site’s layout can make cashing in very simple, but cashing out more difficult, Krickeberg said.

He said he has not made a bet in a few months and always tries to bet within his budget.

But when does the “fun and entertainment” of gambling, as described by Skindzelewski, go too far?

Gruber said there are several questions one can ask to gauge the question. “Do you borrow money to gamble? Have you stolen from your family, roommate, friends or others to gamble? Are you preoccupied with thoughts of gambling?” were a few she named.

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Stay fired up for the Nov. elections On Tuesday, President Barack Obama was at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to rally young voters and tell them their vote matters in the upcoming elections.

“We need you to stay fired up because there’s an election on Nov. 2 that will say a lot about the future – your future and the future of our country,” Obama told the Badgers.

Obama is talking to the same students who turned out in record numbers for the 2008 presidential election.

Young people can make a difference in the election process and being involved should be a priority.

Many students have excuses for why voting is inconvenient or irrelevant, including schoolwork, jobs or even being at school out of state. But these are not sufficient reasons for students to avoid their political duties as a citizen.

Even if you aren’t a Wisconsin resident, you can still stay informed and up to date on your home state elections. You can easily take part in these elections by contacting your state’s local election officials and requesting an absentee ballot application, which will be mailed to your dorm or apartment. Your voice can be heard, even if it’s from across the country.

Wisconsin’s governor race should be of great importance to local students. Wisconsin has been a democratic state, but this year’s election — between Republican Scott Walker and Democrat Tom Barrett.

Further south in Arizona, Gov. Jan Brewer (R) is running against Terry Goddard (D), the state’s attorney general and Phoenix’s former mayor. Immigration remains the candidates’ most hotly debated platform issue.

In Massachusetts, the race for governor has slimmed between Gov. Deval Patrick (D) and Charlie Baker (R), as voters debate

which candidate will best handle the state’s budget deficit. The state is also split over the issue of lowering the sales tax from 6.25 percent to 3 percent.

According to a CNN poll, many Americans believe the most important issues facing the country in the upcoming election are the economy, the deficit, health care, illegal immigration, education, energy and terrorism.

While politics can be overwhelming to young people, and seemingly complex issues can discourage voting, students should make the proactive choice to follow the races that matter most to them.

Whether it’s Wisconsin’s governor’s race, or a home state’s governor’s race, stay informed and active. Following the news, looking through candidates’ personal websites, or joining campus political organizations are all means by which students can remain involved.

Marquette’s College Democrats, College Republicans, Students for Walker and Democracy Matters are such on-campus groups that help students find peers with similar political interests, provide opportunities to be involved in campaigns, and are simply sources of information.

Democracy Matters, a non-partisan campus group, focuses on student activism. No matter what party you’re rooting for, Democracy Matters is a forum for student opinions and voice.

We encourage students to get involved in the pending elections.

With a month remaining, there is more than enough time to look into Wisconsin’s races or home state races. Stay aware of the debated issues you care most about, those that will affect you. Join campus political groups and find out what they’re all about. As Obama told students, “Stay fired up.” And keep that fire until Nov. 2.

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Opening eyes to compassion renews faith in humanity The night was supposed to be a night of good friends, laughter and memories. It was a Friday evening in May, the night before summer would Jen grab us and Michalski draw a threemonth line of separation until the fall semester would bring us back together again.

Following dinner at our usual celebration spot, La Perla, a few of my friends headed downtown for a night out, while another friend and I stayed back to watch a movie — I had an early flight home the next morning. When the time came to pick the girls up from the bar, we ditched the movie and began driving down Wisconsin Avenue.

As we neared Grand Avenue and its not-so-elegant Applebee’s restaurant, we were met head-on with pandemonium.

Cars were crookedly pulled off to the side and people were screaming, crying and gripping each other, while others were standing frozen in their tracks.

Looking 100 yards to the left, we saw what they saw: a man lying curled up on the street in a pool of crimson, which was surprisingly vivid in the night. He was struggling. He was shot.

Another 100 yards past the first man laid another, also struggling in a pool of blood.

According to the next day’s news reports, there was a third man wounded, and one of the three died.

Not even minutes after that triple overtaking the love. shooting, my sheltered eyes beThis past weekend, I walked came not so sheltered. Safety as in the Susan G. Komen Race for I knew it flew out the window as the Cure with a record-breaking fast as those bullets flew out of that 16,000 participants. Everyone was unforgiving gun. there to support breast cancer reI returned home for the summer, search. Everyone offered a small dreading the day I would have to or large donation, along with time return to the city where I saw what and effort, to the Susan G. Komen no one should ever have to see.

Foundation.

I thought I had lost faith in huWhat I thought was a lost manity. Violence on the news faith in humanity was just a faith became increasingly glaring af- smothered by violence but relieved ter that night. I thought there was through several heartwarming exmore evil than good, more hate periences. than compassion and more vioI realized I’ve had these experilence than charity. ences all along, but let the hate-fuI thought wrong. eled acts reported in On Sept. 19, I went the media extinguish “What I thought them. to Washington, D.C. was a lost faith in for an internship asNow I was tearfully signment. I was to humanity was just overjoyed to be walkwrite a story on the a faith smothered ing alongside vetStars & Stripes Honby violence but erans — who never or Flight, a southrelieved through asked for anything — eastern Wisconsin several and the Honor Flight organization that flies heartwarming volunteers who gave World War II and terthem something anyexperiences.” minally ill veterans way. to the World War II I was grateful to be memorial. From long one of 16,000 men, before dawn to hours women and children after dusk, I accompanied 198 vet- who set aside a few hours of their erans and another 200 volunteers.

Sunday morning to support the These aging men (and women) survivors, honor the victims and were provided the opportunity raise hope for breast cancer’s futo see their memorial, which was ture, or lack thereof. only dedicated six years ago. HonIn May, I witnessed horrific, or Flight gave a token of thanks nauseating violence — one sliver to veterans who possessed years of a globally chronic disease. But of humility. The 200 volunteers both before and after that night, I were hands for support and open experienced compassion at its best ears for an unimaginable number and humanity in its prime. of stories.

The faith in humanity I thought I It’s those moments that paint a lost, never actually left at all. realistic picture of the good in the world. I had to stop thinking evil jennifer.michalski@marquette.edu was overtaking the good, hate

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Direct attention, activism to a few important causes When I was in high school, there were two people I wanted to emulate.

The first was Mr. Rogers, because I could really Brian get behind the Harper idea of taking a lunch break every day to go home and play with puppets.

The other was Bono. It was inspiring that one of the most famous musicians in the world showed more concern for others’ suffering than his own celebrity. His insistence on wearing sunglasses indoors was just icing on the cake.

My regard for Mr. Rogers never resulted in much, but my desire to be like Bono brought the kinds of results typically seen in young idealists. I drank fair trade coffee, quoted Bobby Kennedy in papers and signed up for countless e-mail lists asking me to contact Congress regarding a number of issues.

Suddenly, I was an activist for everything from migrant farmers’ rights to breast cancer treatment.

My goal to do as the Irish singer did, however, began to present unforeseen problems.

I left for college, became a lot busier and inevitably found my name on more and more e-mail lists as O-FEST, natural disasters and service trips demanded my attention. I continued signing various petitions to elected officials but only occasionally took the time to actually give

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Farm Aid comes to Milwaukee for their 25th year

By Sarah Elms sarah.elms@marquette.edu

What do Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp and Dave Matthews have in common?

That is, aside from a passionate love for guitars and moody songwriting.

If you guessed farming, then you probably already know that those four musicians are coming to Milwaukee this Saturday for the 25th year of Farm Aid, the longest-running benefit concert in the United States.

Farm Aid was born in the mid’80s, at a time when America’s farmers were in serious economic trouble. With prices for produce and land values depreciating while interest rates and production costs rose drastically, tens of thousands of farmers were suffering from debt and foreclosure.

According to Farm Aid communications director Jennifer Fahy, nearly one million people were forced off their land in one 12-month time period.

But then, in 1985, American musician Willie Nelson heard Bob Dylan’s comments at Live Aid, a concert organized to raise relief funds for the people of Ethiopia, who were suffering from a major famine that year.

Dylan said something needed to be done for the struggling farmers right here in America, and Nelson couldn’t agree more.

“He (Nelson) knew what was going on and he said, ‘You know, we’ve got to do something,’” Fahy said.

Nelson teamed up with fellow musicians Neil Young and John Mellencamp to organize Farm Aid, a benefit show designed to increase public awareness of the American farming crisis and raise

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Farm Aid board members (from left) Willie Nelson, Neil Young, Dave Matthews, and John Mellencamp take the music of Farm Aid across the nation.

funds to keep American farm families on their land.

The first Farm Aid concert attracted a whopping 78,000 fans to Champaign, Ill. to watch over 50 artists perform. The benefit raised more than $9 million for the nation’s farmers and their families.

25 years and over $37 million later, Farm Aid is still committed to bringing help and awareness to family farms across the country.

“It was the age of benefit concerts back then, and (they) thought it would just be one concert,” Fahy said. “But they just kept on finding that we needed to have another concert and keep things going.”

The concert became an annual event, and Farm Aid has worked

Photo courtesy Ebet Roberts

Dave Matthews joined founders Nelson, Young and Mellencamp in 2001.

to take the show throughout the country, bringing the music to the farmers. This year marks the organization’s first time in Wisconsin.

“We’re thrilled to be in Wisconsin because it has such a wealth of agricultural history and culture, but at the same time it’s a great place for us to talk about how far we’ve come in 25 years and what challenges still face family farmers,” Fahy said.

For its big anniversary, the concert has donned a special name: Farm Aid 25: Growing Hope for America. Fahy said the focus this year is to get people talking about the role family farmers play in helping the U.S. meet its greatest challenges: our economy, our environment and our health.

“We aren’t going to solve any of these problems without family farmers,” Fahy said.

The benefit is being held at Miller Park, a larger venue compared to the amphitheaters that Farm Aid is used to, and Fahy said they are hoping to pack the house. With a solid lineup of performers and 100 percent of ticket sales going directly to support family farms, this should not be a difficult task.

Ali Clark, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she is looking forward to Saturday’s concert. She is excited about the music, but she also said the event is a good way to build a personal connection between farmers and consumers.

“I like that they’re using music as the venue to start the conversation between the people and the farmers because I feel like it speaks to a bigger group of people, and probably people who might not otherwise be a part of the conversation,” Clark said.

The board of directors, made up of Nelson, Young, Mellencamp

and 2001 addition Matthews, perform each year at the show. Saturday’s concert also features repeat performances by Kenny Chesney, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco and Jason Mraz, who Fahy said has an avocado farm of his own.

In addition, newcomers like Norah Jones, Band of Horses and Robert Francis will take the stage.

In addition to the music, Farm Aid features their “HOMEGROWN concessions” and “HOMEGROWN Village.”

HOMEGROWN concessions are family farm-identified, local and organic foods, including organic pizza, local brats, local fruit and many other healthy and delicious options for concert-goers to get a taste of.

Complementing these concessions, HOMEGROWN Village allows farmers and farming organizations to present educational information and hands-on activities for patrons, so they can meet real farmers and learn about how they are growing good, healthy food.

Faye Jones, a farmer and director of Midwest Organic and Sustainable Educational Services (MOSES), will present two dis-

plays at HOMEGROWN Village.

The first features questions and answers all about soil, and the second provides information for beginning farmers.

“For our organization, this is a great way to spread the word of soil health,” Jones said. “Soil health is the key to healthy crops and healthy crops are the key to healthy people.”

Jones said the concept behind the concert isn’t just about the farmers that organizations like MOSES and Farm Aid are trying to save; it is also about generating a new culture for the way that people think about food.

“I think it’s great what they are doing,” Jones said. “It’s an exciting way to try and create a broader awareness.”

Farm Aid 25: Growing Hope for America is Saturday, Oct. 2 at Miller Park. The park opens at 12 p.m., and acts will begin performing shortly thereafter. Tickets range from $39.50 to $97.50 and can be ordered at the Brewers’ box office, 414-902-4000, or online at www.tickets.com.

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Sculptor putting a new spin on tire rubber New MAM exhibit an example of ‘outsider art’

By Jennie Jorgensen jennifer.jorgensen@marquette.edu

To some, the tires of a city bus might not possess much aesthetic purpose — or any purpose except transportation. But to sculptor Chakaia Booker, within those rubber tires is a work of art just waiting to be discovered.

Starting today, the Milwaukee Art Museum will host “On Site: Chakaia Booker,” an exhibition featuring more than a dozen sculptures made almost entirely

out of used car, truck and tractor tires.

Booker’s sculptures stem from a modern art tradition of using found objects and industrially fabricated materials, according to the museum’s website. The textures and patterns of the tires are described as having a “woven, textile-like quality,” and the forms of the sculptures themselves as “anthropomorphic.”

Manhattan-based Booker initially began her career making wearable sculpture in the 1980s, according to the museum’s website. Now, she works out of a former factory building in Allentown, Penn., where she has the tools that allow her to slice, shred, twist and assemble the automobile tires that are her artistic medium.

According to Brady Roberts, chief curator of the Milwaukee Art Museum, the overall message of the installation is extremely open-ended.

“Some have suggested her work is a commentary on the environment and our producer/consumer/ wasteful society, as these tires will be around for thousands of years,” Roberts said in an e-mail. “Others suggest it is a commentary on the global automotive empire and industrial workers, and still others see it as an expression of the African American experience.”

Whichever way you see it, Roberts said this exhibition is meant to invoke strong reactions and to start a dialogue.

“I think people will be surprised, delighted and, in some cases, not delighted with this show,” he said in an e-mail.

Lynne Shumow, curator of education at the Haggerty Museum of Art, said she was excited to receive an invitation to the exhibition’s opening event tonight, which the sculptor herself will be attending.

She said Booker’s work has the look of outsider art — a type of art primarily created by artists who are self-taught and have little or no contact with the mainstream art world.

Shumow said she is anxious to see for herself the artist’s use of found objects, and also to hear Booker speak about her work at the event.

“I’ve heard (Booker) is very soft-spoken and reserved, which contrasts the volume of her work,” Shumow said.

One of the exhibition’s sponsors is the African American Art Alliance, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. The organization was founded in 1990 as a committee dedicated to acquiring examples of African-American art for the Milwaukee Art Museum, according to the museum’s website.

Sandi Robinson, president of the African Amer-

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Above: “Conversion,” a sculpture of tires, wood and pipes, typifies Booker’s work. Below: Booker’s “One Way” on the streets of Indianapolis.

ican Art Alliance, said memRoberts said the galleries in the bers have been impressed with Quadracci Pavilion allow artists Booker’s work for years and are to create and present art in open, pleased to finally present it as an light-filled areas. The high light exhibition in Milwaukee. levels in those spaces restrict the Because Booker’s sculptures amount of time paintings and are so heavy and sizeable, Rob- other works on paper or textiles inson said she anticipates viewers can be displayed for, but allows will feel overcontemporary whelmed. sculptors and “I think people will be “One would surprised, delighted and, in designers a be surprised some cases, not delighted unique space to that such a with this show.” work within. woman could “The onBRADY ROBERTS have the capacsite series is as MAM chief curator ity to create much about the these pieces,” environment the Robinson said. “(Booker) trans- objects are in as it is the objects forms something we see every themselves,” Roberts said in an day into something impressively e-mail. “The human-scale, induscreative and abstract.” trious nature of (Booker’s) work The idea for the “On Site” exhi- in contrast to the pristine, clean bition series at the Milwaukee Art white marble of the museum will Museum began when the Santia- be powerful.” go Calatrava-designed Quadracci “On Site: Chakaia Booker” will Pavilion opened almost 10 years be displayed at the Milwaukee Art ago, according to Roberts. For the Museum starting today through series, the museum commissions February 13. For ticket prices, an artist to create a site-specific visit mam.org or call 414-224work.

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No tie in Thai Showdown: ‘King’ dethroned

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Inside Thai Palace, which outcooked and outbargained The King and I.

Thai Palace offers more value for less

By Jennifer Zahn jennifer.zahn@marquette.edu

Let’s have an entrepreneurial debate. If you owned a business, would you put it right next to a competitor who makes the exact same thing you do?

While basic logic and eco-

nomics would advise otherwise, somehow over the course of Milwaukee history, Old World Third Street ended up with two dueling Thai restaurants right next to each other: The King and I, part of Milwaukee’s limited Thai scene for almost two decades, and Thai Palace, a smaller, slightly newer restaurant.

Naturally, one has to be better than the other, and there was only one way to find out which — do

it “Food Wars” style and try both. initely more to choose from there The verdict? Though it’s physi- than at Thai Palace, the greater cally dwarfed by the looming fa- selection was mirrored by greater çade of The King and I, Thai Pal- prices — and that’s not a “good” ace is the real giant when it comes greater. Entrées at The King and to both service and food.

I consistently cost about $2 more Featuring a more modest and than a comparable dish at Thai intimate setting than its rival, re- Palace. plete with an eccentric, colorful However, all of this is secondThai decor, Thai Palace boasts ary to the ultimate factor in decustomer service that borders ciding which restaurant is better: obsessive-compulsive — but in a taste. good way.

Since The King and I touts itself Thanks to the ever-attentive as “home to the original Volcano waitstaff, our water glasses were Chicken,” it was only fair to stack never less than half full, and if that dish against the Thai Palace’s something doesn’t please your version. Lightly battered chicken picky palate — smothered for example, the Though it’s physically in succulent spiciness of your dwarfed by the looming spicy “voldish — they are façade of The King and I, Thai cano sauce” more than happy Palace is the real giant when on a bed of to modify it to it comes to both service and cabbage, carmeet your needs. rots and other food.

While The King steamed vegand I offered satisetables, the factory service, its larger seating Volcano Chicken is a must-have capacity worked against it. The for diners at either restaurant. If waitstaff did take the time to at- you’re not a fan of five-alarm tend to the needs of customers, fires in your mouth, don’t worry but only did the barest minimum, — diners can select the spiciness resulting in impersonal and infre- of their dish at both restaurants. quent service.

For those aiming for spice Foodwise, both restaurants do a without compromising flavor, great job of staying true to Thai selecting the “Medium” Volcano cuisine. Each offers authentic Chicken is the way to go at both dishes along a gradient of spici- restaurants. Though the sauce’s ness ranging from entrées that spices instantly assault your simerely tickle the taste buds to nuses, the sweet ingredients ones that’ll make you want to mixed in counteract it to produce plunge your face into a koi pond a calm after the storm of spicy to assuage the blisteringly hot flavor. sensation.

But in spite of its claim of origAlready down by a few points, inality, the Volcano Chicken was The King and I lost a few more all presentation and no substance for its menu. While there was def- at The King and I. At the steep

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For only $14.95, Thai Palace provided a much larger Volcano Chicken — about double the size of The King and I’s entrée — with a generous helping of Volcano Sauce that completely marinated the chicken and vegetables. The flavor was about the same, making this a much better bet.

Another worthy menu item at both restaurants is the Tom Kha Gai soup, an invigorating and spicy blend of coconut milk, lime juice, straw mushrooms, galangal and slices of chicken. Again, Thai Palace wins the price war: it’s only $3.50 there but $4.50 next door at The King and I. And if you really want to be fiscally responsible, the Thai Palace’s all-you-can-eat lunch buffet is the best bargain of all. From 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. weekdays, you can splurge on all the Volcano Chicken and Tom Kha Gai you want for only $7.50 — a fraction of the dinner price.

Though this Thai showdown was hard-fought, it’s clear that Thai Palace had cheaper prices, more for your money, better service and a more down-to-earth atmosphere.

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Here at Marquee (I mean, Dramatics), we enjoy laughter. Laughter brings a smile to our faces, a twinkle to our eyes, and, occasionally, a stitch to our sides.

So when we heard comedian Steve Hofstetter, one of the original columnists for a little website called “CollegeHumor” and an online hit in his own right, was bringing his “comedy without apology” to campus Sunday, we couldn’t wait to tell you about it.

Hofstetter, who’s also written comedic columns for The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, and NHL.com, tours over 100 colleges and several dozen clubs each year.

He’s released three comedy albums thus far, all of which have received critiPhoto courtesy Steve Hofstetter cal success. His first album, 2006’s “Cure Steve Hofstetter will be at the Weasler Auditorium this Sunday. for the Cable Guy,” hit number 20 on Billboard’s comedy charts, and his second, 2008’s “The Dark Side of the Room,” was the first paywhat-you-want downloadable comedy album.

While his albums have somewhat migrated away from that college focus, his books haven’t. (Oh, did we mention the three comedy books yet?) His latest, “National Lampoon’s Balls!” segues slightly into sports humor, but his first two are part of a “Student Body Shots” series that offers a witty, insightful look at college life we can all relate to.

Hofstetter currently hosts The National Lampoon Radio Sports Minute (Or So), a weekly short that mocks anything sports related, and has appeared on television shows such as CBS’s “Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson,” Showtime’s “White Boyz in the Hood” and VH1’s “Countdown.”

If this guy sounds interesting, check him out before you go. Hofstetter is still offering free copies of “The Dark Side of the Room” via his website, www.stevehofstetter.com.

And if you’re a fan, stop by the Weasler Auditorium Sunday, Oct. 3, to see the show, hosted by Sigma Phi Epsilon, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tickets can be purchased in the Brooks Lounge until Friday and are $5 for students with MUIDs and $17 for general admission.

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Start connecting to a real ‘Social Network’ and leaves — an act, the movie implies, that starts Zuckerberg on the path to creating Facebook.

In the last scene, Zuckerberg has finished giving his deposition in the civil case his former best friend has filed against him. He sits, alone in a conference room, Matthew on his laptop. On Facebook. On his ex-girlfriend’s Facebook Reddin page. Refreshing the page again and again to see if she has action probably was.

“See, this is why there needs to cepted his friend request. Trying to reconnect. be a ‘Dislike’ button.”

“The Social Network” is a It’s not much of a stretch. Since its creation only six years ago, movie about us.

It is a story about our desire to Facebook has integrated itself into our daily lives so well it’s connect with others in a world hard to imagine a world without that divides us with walls of blue and white pixels. Like Zuckerit.

What does somewhat stretch berg, we believe Facebook faplausibility and/or good taste is cilitates interaction, allowing us the infamous Facebook movie to connect with more people on a itself, “The Social Network.” It deeper level than we ever could in details Facebook’s early years, the real world.

But every Facebook user knows following Zuckerberg’s rise from insignificant Harvard sophomore that’s not the case. When I use Facebook, I don’t feel connected. to billionaire CEO. I got a chance to see an early I feel detached, a disembodied digital being showing of the film (which Walking in, I was pretty sure floating around getting glimpsopens nation- I knew the story. Typical anwide Friday), tihero narrative: boy makes a es of other peoand eagerly billion-dollar website, people ples’ lives, out jumped at it, start suing, feelings get hurt, of context and meaningless. despite my ear- angry statuses get posted, The “social lier “dislike” etc., etc. network” of the of the idea. I’d film’s title is not heard rumors that it had actually turned out to Facebook at all. It’s the real, livbe a pretty good movie, but walk- ing social network we and Zucking in, I was pretty sure I knew erberg reject, the friends, family the story. Typical antihero narra- and lovers we ignore in exchange tive: boy makes a billion-dollar for their digital doubles.

As hard as Zuckerberg tries, website, people start suing, feelings get hurt, angry statuses get he can never connect with the people he really wants to — his posted, etc., etc.

That’s not what “The Social classmates, girls, his best friend — because he’s building himself Network” is about.

Yeah, literally, this is a story into the center of a world where about Mark Zuckerberg’s rise to connections are as shallow as a the top. It’s a portrayal of a man- pixel on a screen.

I’m not out to start a revolution, child who just wants to achieve greatness and ends up making telling you all to shut down your some bad choices and losing all Facebooks and live in the real of his friends in the process — world, freed from the thrall of technology. That’s no longer posjust as ironic as it sounds.

You can even flip the narrative sible. Like Zuckerberg, there is around, look at it as a denuncia- no going back for us — we can’t tion of Zuckerberg, a man who go back to the days when you allegedly stole the idea for Face- were allowed to love something book from a bunch of wealthy and not just “Like” it, or when the Harvard frat boys, then sold out question “What’s on your mind?” his best and only friend over a was a serious one, not just a call series of minor slights. But that’s to write the wittiest thing off the not what “The Social Network” is top of your head.

But what I am saying — and about either.

If you want to understand what what “The Social Network” is “The Social Network” is really saying — is that we can’t let about, all you need is the first Facebook define how we interact with each other. Because I don’t scene and the last scene.

In the first, Zuckerberg and want to wake up one day and rehis girlfriend are in a dingy bar alize I’ve spent my life making in Massachusetts. Zuckerberg is friend requests when I could have clearly a head or two above her been making friends.

How’s that for a status update? intellectually, and he knows it, rubbing her inability to keep up with him in her face until she gets pissed, breaks up with him matthew.reddin@marquette.edu I don’t remember when I first heard there was a movie being made about Facebook founder Mark Z u c k e r b e rg , but I do know what my reac-

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After thriving in the 1930s, the Marquette football team spiraled into irrelevancy due to debt and poor coaching.

The fall of Marquette football Bad hires, dismal play doom program

By Mark Strotman mark.strotman@marquette.edu

This is the second of a three-part series on the tradition, demise and future of Marquette’s Division I football team.

Following a successful six-win season in 1953 under head coach Liz Blackbourn, the Marquette football program seemed to be on the rise. But after seven years of questionable hires, increasing deficits on the school’s budget and a severe lack of performance on the field, the decision to cancel the program was made in 1960, ending Marquette’s 69-year run as a Division I program.

The demise of the program began when the Green Bay Packers, coming off a dismal 2-9-1 season, hired Blackbourn to be the team’s third head coach in 1954. Blackbourn had accumulated 18 wins over his first four seasons as Marquette’s head coach, and his eye

for talent would soon be missed dearly.

Blackbourn was replaced by Frosty Ferzacca, who had previously coached at Green Bay West High School. It was an interesting choice, considering his lack of college head coaching experience, and the experiment flopped when Ferzacca won a combined five games in his two seasons at the helm.

Ferzacca was let go after the 1955 season in place of former Notre Dame assistant Johnny Druze, but a lack of recruiting in years past and competing against a notably tougher schedule caused Marquette to win just two games over the next three seasons.

In an attempt to boost attendance, Marquette signed a contract with the Milwaukee Braves’ County Stadium to play home games there beginning in 1957.

However, attendance numbers hovered around 60 percent full for a stadium that seated nearly 50,000 in the two years Marquette used the stadium.

“I looked at film of some of the games when we played in County

Stadium and looked at the stands,” Thomas Jablonsky, a professor in the history department and author of “Milwaukee’s Jesuit University: Marquette 1881-1981” said.

“They were empty. It was almost to the point where you could count everybody in the stands.”

After two unsuccessful head coaches and a failed attempt to increase attendance, Marquette rehired Blackbourn in 1959 in a final attempt to save the struggling program. The former coach had compiled a 17-31 record over four seasons in Green Bay and remained on staff as a scout for an additional two seasons, drafting the likes of Bart Starr, Paul Hornung, and Ray Nitschke.

But by the time Blackbourn returned, it was too little too late. The university had incurred a $50,000 deficit, and school officials decided against raising tuition to keep the struggling program alive. On December 9, 1960, Father John Holbrook, chairman of the athletic board, announced the cancellation See Football, page 17

From inside his cell at Riker’s Island, Plaxico Burress – the troubled wide receivErik er serving Schmidt two years for accidentally busting a cap in his own leg – was having nightmares. Not again, he thought. It can’t be.

The Packers and Bears Monday night game was flickering on a rusty television, and Burress was in absolute horror as he watched Green Bay shoot themselves in the foot 18 consecutive times. For a recovering blunderer like Chedder Plax, it was like being in the seventh circle of hell.

Even as a Bears fan, I’m man enough to admit that the Cheeseheads probably win that game if they don’t inexplicably transform into a football version of Rasheed Wallace.

It was one of the weirdest games I’ve ever seen, witnessing a finely tuned machine lurch around like Johnny 5, but luckily for Green Bay it happened in week three and not in the playoffs, when such a performance can get you exiled from entire cities and result in insulting musical parodies being written about your ineptitude.

There have been far greater catastrophes over the years. Sports, by their very nature, breed failure and devastation. Where there is a winner there has to be a loser.

But maybe it’s better to be remembered for something terribly incompetent then not be remembered at all. Then again, maybe it’s not.

If there ever was a guy who wishes he could crawl into a hole and disappear, it’s Leon Lett, the crowned jewel of sports losers.

In Super Bowl XXVII against the Buffalo Bills, Lett scooped up a fumble and ran it back 64 yards before sticking the ball out just before the goal line in a jubilant and idiotic display of showboating.

Sure enough, Don Beebe dove and knocked the ball out Lett’s hand, and the ball rolled out of the end zone for a touchback.

If Dallas hadn’t gone on to win the game, Lett would have had a nice pair of concrete shoes to look forward to.

Blunder number for Lett happened in the 1993 Turkey Bowl, when the Miami Dolphins were down 14-13 and kicked a go-ahead field goal, which was blocked.

Game over? Not on Lett’s watch.

As the rest of the Cowboys celebrated, The Big Cat chased after the dead ball, sliding in the snow and muffing the attempted pickup.

Miami recovered, kicked another field goal, and won the game.

Had Lett not been a professional saboteur and just let the ball stay dead, Dallas would have won.

But possibly even more embaressing than blowing a game for your team is getting hurt for absolutely no reason. Bill Gramatica, then a kicker for the Cardinals, drilled a 42-yarder against the Giants in the first half, then did a completely elegant, completely unnecessary celebration leap worthy of Broadway play.

He didn’t stick the landing, torn ACL, out for the rest of the season.

Then there’s quarterback Gus Frerrote, who headbutted a wall after scoring a touchdown for the Redskins in 1997, spraining his neck and finding out the hard way that cement isn’t very soft.

There are countless others. Jose Canseco getting an assist for a home run by letting it bounce off his head, Bill Buckner botching a simple grounder, and who can forget Steve Bartman destroying an entire city’s hopes and dreams with one misguided attempt at catching a foul ball.

Where there is a winner, there is a loser. That’s sports, and that’s never going to change. As a fan, all you can do is hope and pray that the ghost of Leon Lett doesn’t strike when your team least expects it. erik.schmidt@marquette.edu

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

With the gold and blue, it’s deja vu all over again After hot start, team struggles on road

By Andrei Greska andrei.greska@marquette.edu

Stop me if you’ve heard this before. The Marquette women’s volleyball team impresses in the nonconference portion of its schedule before being swept in its first Big East road trip. 2009, meet 2010.

“We need to get wins,” said coach Bond Shymansky. “I think it’s a little bitter for our team because it’s the same deflating start that we had last year, where we opened up 0-2 on the road.”

Marquette opened its Big East season losing to South Florida and Georgetown on the road. In 2009, Marquette dropped a third road game before getting its first road win, but the Golden Eagles will

seek to change the script for 2010 as they travel to Pennsylvania to take on Villanova and Penn this weekend in search of their first true road victory.

Marquette (7-7, Big East 0-2) has struggled mightily away from the Al McGuire Center, posting an 0-6 record in true road matches. Shymansky is not overly worried, though, noting four of those losses came at the hands of quality opponents.

“Up until now, we were 0-4 in road games, and those four games were against top 25 teams,” Shymansky said. “That doesn’t make us exceptionally bad or exceptionally weak, it’s the reality of where they are and where we are.

“I do think there can be that little something that ticks in the back of your subconscious and lets you know that it’s possible to lose on the road. We just have to make the possibility of losing an impossibility.”

Junior outside hitter Ciara Jones echoed those statements, noting it all comes down to confidence.

“We have to believe that we’re good at what we do and work harder than the opposing team in their home gym,” Jones said. “I’m excited and ready to go.”

The Golden Eagles have their work cut out for them in their attempt to get that first Big East win when they take on the Wildcats. Villanova (13-3, 2-0 Big East) is redhot right now, winning 12 straight matches, including its first two conference tilts. Even more impressively, nine of those 12 wins were straight-set victories.

“Nova presents a significant challenge at their place,” Shymansky said. “We swept them 3-0 here last year, but it was at the end of the season, and they were missing a key player.”

The Wildcats are led by junior

Kim Maroon, who was named to the Big East Honor Roll this week after averaging seven kills per set last week, helping Villanova defeat St. John’s and Connecticut.

“The key will be having confidence in our individual abilities as well as our team capabilities,” said senior setter Nikki Klingsporn. “I think it’s easy to doubt ourselves when we start to lose.”

To make matters more difficult, Marquette might once again be without its leading hitter junior Ashley Beyer, who is still questionable to play after suffering a shoulder injury in the Northwestern Invitational, according to Shymansky.

“We’re battling some injuries right now, but we have to find a way to persevere through those moments,” Shymasnky said. “She has a significant statistical impact, but more importantly, she’s just a six rotation player for us who provides a

lot of stability.”

He also added that Beyer’s absence presents an opportunity for other players to step up on the court.

That player has been freshman outside hitter Casey Read.

Read started her first collegiate game last weekend against South Florida and came close to posting a double-double, tallying eight kills and nine digs. For the Golden Eagles to have a shot at the Big East Tournament, Read will have to maintain that level of play until Beyer is once again healthy.

Despite the challenging start to the conference season, Shymasnky said he has been impressed with his team’s demeanor.

“We came in this week and practice thus far has been very spirited,” he said. “We keep teaching, they keep learning. We just have to show that competitive spirit when things get tight.”

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THE FACTS What can you say about a player who accounts for nearly all of your offense? How about this: Mallace has played every minute of every game for the Golden Eagles, taken twice as many shots as the team’s second leading scorer and has basically won two games all by himself. If last year was Mallace’s breakout season, then this is the year he has become the team’s superstar.

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CROSS COUNTRY

Runners Madison bound

Seniors heart and of soul of the team

By Joe Kvartunas joseph.kvartunas@marquette.edu

After a great result at the National Catholic Invitational two weeks ago, the Marquette cross country team is looking to keep the momentum going at two separate meets this weekend.

The team will be looking to follow up a second place finish for the men and a third place finish for the women with strong performances at the Carthage College Invite and the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational.

“The Carthage College Invite will be a great race for our developing athletes.” coach Mike Nelson said.

Meanwhile, the big race this weekend is the Wisconsin Adidas Invitational, in which Marquette will be running its top athletes.

“This will be one of our biggest invites this year.” sophomore Jack Senefeld said.

“We will be facing some of the

By Tim Seeman tim.seeman@marquette.edu

Offensive linemen for the Indianapolis Colts are preparing for the Jacksonville Jaguars this week, but they should really be concerned about the game two weeks from now when the Kansas City Chiefs come to town.

toughest teams we will see all year.” senior Olivia Johnson said.

The meet, which will take place on Saturday, will feature top Big 10 schools, like Ohio State. The event is being held at Wisconsin-Madison’s home course, which will be the host for the 2010 Big 10 Championships.

This is also a course which Marquette raced well in their meet of the year, the Wisconsin Badger Classic.

“I feel that we will definitely have an advantage having raced the course previously this year,” Nelson said. “There won’t be any surprises.”

That is not to say that Marquette is likely to dominate the meet. It will be facing several nationally ranked runners on both the men’s and women’s sides. Both Johnson and Senefeld felt it was important that the team try to “run its own race.”

“I think if we work as a pack, everyone will perform well,” Senefeld said. “There will be better racers out there, but it is important that we keep a level head.”

Johnson echoed those sentiments.

“We know the field will be strong. It is important that you not get caught

up in what the other racers are doing.”

Both Nelson and Johnson agreed that this would be good experience for the relatively young Marquette team, which has a total of 15 freshman, although not all of them will be running at Wisconsin.

Senefeld was quick to point out that although mostly underclassmen, the team has great leadership.

“The senior leadership is the heart and soul of our team,” he said.

“Nick Szczech and Brice Cleland have been top seven for our team in every race. It sets a great example for the younger guys.”

Nelson said that overall, the youthfulness of his team does not really affect their performance on the field.

“Because the sport is so individualized, youth isn’t as much of a factor as it is in other sports,” Nelson said. “Some freshman train very well and therefore can come in and compete right away. We do have great leadership though, and Brice (Cleland) and Nick (Szczech) are definitely key members of the team.”

The reason isn’t Kansas City’s 3-0 record.

It’s because of defensive end Shaun Smith, but not because of his playing ability. Let’s just say there’s a different kind of sack at stake when going

backward 15 yards on a drive that ended with a missed field goal.

As expected, Smith denied the accusation like Rafael Palmeiro on Capitol Hill.

This past Sunday against San Francisco, though, television cameras caught Smith in the act.

The Cleveland win was all the positive reinforcement Smith needed to try the strategy a second time.

Tackle Anthony Davis didn’t take kindly to the grab, punching Smith in the back as the two fell to the ground during the play in question.

This all tells me one of two things about Shaun Smith: He either doesn’t care what opponents might do to him when the video of him taking Davis by the

up against him.

In the second week of the season, Cleveland center Alex Mack accused Smith of grabbing him in a sensitive location. Use your imagination, Marquette.

Later on in the game, seeking retribution for Smith’s breach of the man code, Mack delivered a late hit, which pushed the Browns

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Football: The end of a dynasty of the program.

“The attitude was positive when Blackbourn came back, and the belief was that the program was on the up-swing,” said Dennis Sell, a former Marquette basketball statistician and an expert on Marquette football. “There’s a chance if the program would have stayed around a few years longer the story would have played out different.”

Reactions from the players and fans differed. Members of the team remained on scholarship after the cancellation, said Bob Wilkins, a junior guard and linebacker on the 1960 team. But it was the end of an era that lasted almost seven decades.

“My first reaction was that it meant no more spring ball,” Wilkins joked. “But in all serious-

ness, my reaction was that it meant no more football for me, and that I wouldn’t be able to attend any more games.”

Since then, Marquette has instated a club football program that plays its games against other regional club programs at Valley Fields, but the city of Milwaukee has not seen Division I football in five decades.

Photo courtesy Marquette images

Senior Olivia Johnson looks to follow up her strong performance at the National Catholic Invitational with a fast time in Madison this weekend.

cajones makes the rounds in NFL locker rooms, or he’s not smart enough to know that kind of thing is frowned upon by the general male public.

Either way, somebody’s going to have to take a stand against

Smith in Kansas City’s next game. I’m sure the Colts’ backup offensive linemen will be getting plenty of practice at finishing blocks after the whistle over the next two weeks.

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By Trey Killian trey.killian@marquette.edu

Q: How do you feel about the team this year?

A: I really like our team this year. We have an interesting dynamic. There are a lot of freshman that are getting a lot of playing time, which is different from previous years. I think our chemistry is good. We mesh together well with the freshmen. The seniors this year have all been together since freshman year, since we didn’t have anyone transfer in, so it’s a pretty tight knit group.

Lauren Thut Photo by Stephanie Waterman/stephanie.waterman@marquette.edu

Q: What’s your greatest moment as a Marquette soccer player?

A: Probably one of two things that both happened last year, and I hope will happen again this year. When we beat St. John's last year in the last minute of the game to win the American Division, or when we beat West Virginia in the semifinals of the Big East Tournament. I don’t think a Marquette team has ever done that

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Q: Who is your best friend on the team?

A: I have a lot of best friends on the team ,I don’t think I can pinpoint one person. Probably my senior class since I’ve known them for the past four years, and we’ve all become really close. We know each other's ins and outs.

Q: What is the toughest thing you do in practice?

A: I’d probably say when we have to do sprints. We do "miller runs," which I wont get into detail on.

They’re basically sprints that take a long time and we do them mostly during preseason.

Q: Who was your sports icon growing up?

A: I’m from Chicago, so probably anyone on the Bulls or the Bears. I had two brothers, so whoever they liked, I liked.

Q: What is your favorite city to visit when the team travels?

A: I would have to say New York.

We got to go two years in a row during sophomore and junior year. We were able to go to downtown New York City both times, and then we traveled up to Syracuse. We get to see the whole state, so it’s always a fun trip.

Q: Favorite place on Campus?

A: Probably the Brew. I like going there, getting a latte and studying.

Q: What do you most like to do in your free time?

A: I study a lot, but that doesn’t really count as free time <laughs). I like to shop. I like to get a(cup of coffee, go to the mall, look around and shop.

Q: Any hidden talents?

A: Finding deals when I’m shopping.

Q: Name three songs on your iPod. A: “Settlin’ ” by Sugarland, “Highway 20 Ride” by Zac Brown Band, and “Toes" by Zac Brown Band.

MEN’S SOCCER

Mallace has got that scoring feeling against UW

David Check posts fourth clean sheet

By Mike Nelson

michael.e.nelson@marquette.edu

For the first time in eight years, the Golden Eagles (33-2, 1-0 Big East) defeated the Wisconsin Badgers, 1-0 Tuesday night at Valley Fields.

“Definitely a good win to have, especially since we were coming off of a win on the road against Rutgers,” said senior defenseman Matt Stummer. “I was happy to see that we didn’t let down at all and that we’re gaining some momentum from Rutgers.”

Junior midfielder Calum Mallace led the offense again with another goal off a set piece.

Mallace drilled the shot from the top of the goalkeeper’s box, 18 yards out. It hit the crossbar and bounced down violently past the goalkeeper’s line for the goal.

“He’s proven time and time again that he can hit that set piece, and other teams know that and (try) not to give up a foul too close to the goal, otherwise he’s going to put it in,” said senior defenseman Anthony Colaizzi.

On the back of Mallace’s third goal of the season, the back line was able to put up its second shutout in as many games. The Badgers managed only six shots

all game, three of them on goal.

“We stayed with our defensive plan,” said coach Louis Bennett.

“The team did a very good job of containing (and) minimizing the damage control when Madison attacked.”

Colaizzi said the key to the back line’s stellar performance was its discipline.

“We stepped when we needed to step and dropped when we needed to drop and just stayed real tight as a unit,” Colaizzi said.

Bennett said the key contributors on the back line were freshman Eric Pothast, Colaizzi – the two central defenders – and redshirt sophomore goalkeeper David Check.

“The two central defenders and the goalkeeper have to be at their best when we’re at our worst, and they were,” Bennett said.

En route to victory, Check recorded his fourth shutout of the season and second in a row. He entered the match with a .61 goals against average. “(We have) confidence that, if we do falter, that Check will bail us out,” Bennett said. “And when Check needs to come up with a big save, he does it.”

Check’s athleticism and size are what make him a talented goalkeeper, Bennett said.

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Junior Calum Mallace gave the Golden Eagles a 1-0 lead with an 18-yard blast that bounced off the cross bar.

peze artist back there,” Bennett said. “All he needs is a pair of tight pants, and he could swing on the cross bar.”

The Badgers entered the game with more goals allowed than scored and a 0.51 goals scored per game average. They averaged 7.4 shots per game and had 16 shots on goal in their seven

games.

Bennett said those statistics and Check’s play this season were irrelevant heading into this in-state rivalry match.

“With in-state rivalries, you throw records, you throw form, you throw everything out the window,” Bennett said. “In-state rivalries can be a real thorn in

your finger.”

Now that the thorn is out of its finger, Marquette prepares for its Big East home opener on Friday against No. 3/4 Connecticut (7-0-1 overall, 1-0-0 Big East). Back line be warned: The Huskies average 3.12 goals per game.