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Reactions to Golden Eagle Basketball Preview possibility of tobacco-free campus Top-10 freshman class
New kids on the block brings different skill sets to new-look team
President Lovell needs to approve legislation before it’s enforced
By Dan Reiner
daniel.reiner@marquette.edu
At 6:15 a.m. on any given morning, while most of Marquette’s campus sleeps, you can find freshman Matt Heldt in Kasten Gym at the Al McGuire Center practicing his post game and working on free throws. Not long after, around 7 a.m., fellow freshman Henry Ellenson joins Heldt to refine his own game. Such is life for the Marquette men’s basketball team, a group full of self-described “gym rats” who can be found working out at any time of day. It’s a culture that was revitalized by the onslaught of new players, highlighted by the highly touted 2015 recruiting class. “This team is just different,” said redshirt junior guard Duane Wilson, who is one of only four returners from last year’s team. “Everyone is on the same agenda, ready to work... We’re doing things as a team.” In assembling his five-man recruiting class, head coach Steve Wojciechowski took a page out of Noah’s playbook when he built the ark–the Marquette coach found a player to fill each position on the court, which not only benefits the current team, but builds the foundation for future teams. The class, ranked No. 5 in the country by Scout, No. 10 by ESPN and No. 11 by CBS, is arguably the best in program history. Yet, Wojciechowski and his
staff landed those five players–Ellenson, Heldt, Sacar Anim, Haanif Cheatham and Traci Carter–against improbable odds. The Golden Eagles were coming off a 13-19 record under an entirely new coaching staff and the future of the program was uncertain. Persistent communication and general friendliness with the recruits were ultimately the factors that catapulted Marquette into the national radar. “When Wojo was recruiting me, it was only him,” said Ellenson, the 5-star gem of the class. “It was the head coach
recruiting me instead of the assistants, so I could tell he was really invested in me. When I was about to commit to my school, I swear he was at Rice Lake (High School) every other week. It was special.” Ellenson will jump right into his role as the team’s starting power forward who will control much of the offensive tempo with his personal style of play. The 6-foot-10 player has all the tools of an NBA player and some scouts are projecting him as a potential top-10 NBA draft pick. “There’s going to be a lot
placed on Henry’s shoulders to be as good as he can be in a short period of time,” Wojciechowski said. “He’s got the highest ceiling too…it would be good to see him really make some serious strides as a player.” While Ellenson will certainly have a learning curve with each game inching toward BIG EAST play, the roles of his freshman comrades are not as clearly defined. For Anim and Cheatham, it will be figuring out which position they fit and how they will contribute to
Students have mixed reactions to Marquette Student Government’s decision to prohibit tobacco use on campus. MUSG voted 16-3, with four members abstaining, to pass the tobacco-free campus legislation Nov. 9. It is being sent to University President Michael Lovell for final approval. The legislation approves creating a temporary committee of students, faculty and staff who will be responsible for writing the tobacco-free campus policy by Aug. 1, 2016. If Lovell approves, the committee is slated to be formed by the end of this semester. Marquette is considered a smoke-free campus, meaning that the public is not allowed to smoke within 10 feet of any university-owned buildings. Blake Hartman, MUSG senator and freshman in the College of Business Administration, voted against the legislation. He said it won’t do much to discourage smoking and will be a waste of time and resources. “I don’t think it’s going to be as effective as (MUSG) says it will be,” Hartman said. “It’s just not going to do enough.”
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By Gary Leverton and Sophia Boyd
gary.leverton@marquette.edu sophia.boyd@marquette.edu
Photo by Ben Erickson/benjamin.a.erickson@marquette.edu
Every member of the highly touted recruiting class has made adjustments to their game since arriving in June.
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Coupons being handed out to pedestrians who follow street laws.
Studying social support
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Staff basketball predictions
Wire sports writers pick BIG EAST, postseason finishes for MU teams.
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Professor draws connection between health, community values.
SPORTS
Anthony Hecht Prize
English professor recieves poetry award for light-hearted writing. PAGE 10
Millennial-focused values COMSTOCK: Companies try to market to millennials in chill ways. PAGE 15
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Active shooter trainings teaching crisis intervention MUPD classes given in light of national school shooting trends By McKenna Oxenden
mckenna.oxenden@marquette.edu
The Marquette Police Department is offering active shooter training classes for the first time to students and employees that work in academic buildings on campus. MUPD Capt. Jeff Kranz said the department opened the class to students due to current school shooting trends and for the growth of the program. “As the program moves on, we are trying to cover as much of the Marquette community,” Kranz said. “(We want) to give them an opportunity to let them be a part of this program and know what to do if something occurs (like a mass shooting).” Topics covered in the class will include what to do after a shooting, and will focus on intervening and helping a coworker or friend who may be in distress. The classes will be run like the self-defense classes that MUPD offers on campus. Students will be given a time to sign up at specific time and place. Kranz said demand has been high within the Law School and the College of Engineering, and
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Training sessions are offered to students, faculty and staff by request. Each session lasts around an hour.
that both colleges had sessions this week. Many other colleges have scheduled a session for their faculty and staff to attend. “I think that everybody should be able to learn this type of thing because everybody is involved in and on the
campus,” Kranz said. Noa Crowley, a freshman in the College of Health Sciences, said she thinks hosting the classes is a great idea. “There are people from other states that are not from the city and are unfamiliar with how
to handle certain situations,” Crowley said. Kranz said past sessions offered were more faculty-based. “I think we look more toward faculty because they are going to be looked to more in a time of crisis to have
answers, but the more we educate people the more they can make decisions to save themselves,” Kranz said. Students have expressed interest in attending the active shooter training to improve their overall safety. “I would go to this class because I think it would be a good opportunity to provide additional information and discussion about what could potentially happen here in Milwaukee and what I should do to keep myself safe,” Crowley said. Julie Trotter, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences, said she thinks it is sad that this training has become necessary. However, she is happy to see it offered. “I think that in light of what seems to be an exponential increase in college shootings, that it’s important [that] MUPD do everything they can to keep us safe,” Trotter said. The classes will be based on demand. Kranz assured that whether three people or 300 people want the active shooting training, MUPD will provide the service. The first active shooter training session will be Nov. 30 at 6 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union, Room 157. Sessions are scheduled to last about an hour.
MUBB uses national Jesuit marketing campaign Videos, soial media accounts highlight national matchups By Julie Grace
julie.grace@marquette.edu
Marquette men’s and women’s basketball teams will once again participate in the Jesuit Basketball Spotlight, a marketing campaign led by the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. The JBS is a campaign by the AJCU to capitalize on basketball at Jesuit schools and bring awareness to the mission of Jesuit universities through the games. Marquette has been involved in the program since its inception eight years ago. Deanna Howes, AJCU director of communications, said they considered this idea for many years before its launch. “There are so many great Jesuit basketball teams, so why not capitalize on their success?” Howes said. “Some students do come to Marquette for the basketball team because of the fact it is largely deemed a basketball school, but eventually most Marquette students realize the education and Jesuit values are
what the university is really about,” said Patrick Shay, a junior in the College of Engineering. With the initial help from ESPN bracketologist and Saint Joseph’s University alumnus Joe Lunardi and representatives from Fordham and Fairfield Universities, the AJCU created the original campaign and branding in 2008. The JBS campaign includes a minute-long video highlighting players and coaches from the 28 Jesuit colleges and universities, JBS Twitter and Facebook accounts, weekly round ups and the National Jesuit Basketball men and women Player of the Week selections. Former Marquette players Jimmy Butler, Lazar Hayward, Darius Johnson-Odom, Katherine Plouffe and Angel Robinson have received this distinction in the past. Fairfield University and Georgetown University graduate Brian Larkin volunteers as the JBS Sports Information Director and uses a calculated formula and weekly statistics to determine the accolades. Howes said she appreciates when athletic departments put the Player of the Week press releases on their websites, noting the particularly positive feedback the AJCU received when Creighton University consistently showcased Doug McDermott’s recognition
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The Marquette men’s basketball team before playing an exhibition game againt Valley City State University.
of this honor last year. Scott Kuykendall, associate athletic director for communications, said in an email that Marquette has also used materials the AJCU provides, including announcements in-game, video elements and information in game notes and on the Marquette athletics website. “The JBS is a great way to spotlight universities who share similar core values while at the same time recognizing the quality basketball programs a
majority of the institutions feature,” Kuykendall said. Since its launch in 2008, the JBS has received significant and wideranging press coverage, including articles in ESPN, the Washington Post and America Magazine. “It is very helpful to have this coverage,” Howes said. “But it can be difficult to remind people of the program because of the quick turnover rate in many collegiate athletic departments.” She said although small steps in
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the program encourage the AJCU and JBS, they still have high aspirations. Playing the JBS video at games especially heightens the exposure to thousands of Jesuit basketball fans in attendance. This year, the campaign added one more marketing material: a schedule of the games in which Jesuit schools play each other this season. It is available for download on their website and was distributed for use to all 28 athletic departments.
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Debt by degrees: dealing with payments Some students graduate with nearly $100,000 in debt By Patrick Thomas
patrick.thomas@marquette.edu
By the time Alex Young graduates from Marquette, he will have accumulated more than $100,000 in debt from student loans. Young is a senior in the college of Health Sciences. He plans on going to dental school and said he knew the risk he took with student loans when he first decided to go to school for dentistry. Young said he has faith that his chosen career path will make him enough money to pay off the debt he has accumulated eventually. “I knew it was going to be a risk. I hope it’s a good investment,” Young said. “I’m hoping that the career I’ve chosen will pay off in the end.” Like many students around the country, Young has taken out student loans to pay for his future. The median federal debt for all Marquette students that graduated in 2013 was $27,000, according to data released by the U.S. Department of Education. Compared to other private schools, Marquette ranked 82 out of 101. Jeffery Rueth, a senior in the
College of Business Administration, said he pays $10,000 a semester in student loans, which will add up to $80,000 by the time of graduation. “The stress from carrying debt in conjunction with the typical school and work load can become disheartening at times,” Rueth said. “I expect to see a return on my choice to attend MU that will more than cover my bills.” The Danger of Debt Anthony Pennington-Cross, a professor of finance, called student debt a “dangerous thing” because it cannot be washed away if a person files for bankruptcy – although student debt holders have more rights than any other debt holder. Cross said that student debt can “overhang your career.” “It’s a long-term obligation, and people are worried that they may not have enough money to pay them back. When you come out of school, your income is at its lowest level,” Cross said. “You have to live within your means. You have to delay what other people might be doing: buying certain stuff or living a higher quality of life.” Cross mentioned that when he and his wife left graduate school, they had accumulated more than $100,000 in student debt. It took them about five years to pay it off. “When you have easy
access to something, that means more people will buy it, and that makes price go up. That’s why the price for student debt is so high. It’s a vicious circle,” Cross said. “By making it more available, naturally that will drive the price of that good up.” Cross offered several “draconian” solutions to student debt. These included capping the amount of admitted students to a university, which would cut back the amount of student debt by forcing students to select schools based solely on what they could afford without financial aid. “Or just say everyone could go to school, which is politically unfeasible in politics today,” Cross said. As someone who has taken on debt before, Cross suggested students be aware of the debt they are accumulating. He said it can be complicated balancing all the different types of loans, but it is important to keep track of who needs to be paid and how much you need to pay them. “It may seem like a trivial thing, but that can get complicated quickly,” Cross said. “I had about 20 different loans, and keeping all that straight at 21 is not what you are totally ready to do.” A Learning Experience Jim Zielonka graduated from Marquette’s College of
Communication with a degree in broadcasting four years ago. He left Marquette with about $24,000 in student loans. Zielonka said that he has gotten that number down to about $14,000. He works as a paralegal for Reckmeyer Law LLC. Contrary to popular opinion, Zielonka has embraced student debt and said that it can be an important learning experience if handled properly. “It could be worse. It hasn’t killed me, it’s taught me to live within my means and watch my money carefully,” Zielonka said. “No one dies from it, and most of it is paid off in about 10 years.” Zielonka expects to have his debt fully paid off in the next five years. After graduation, Zielonka moved back in with his parents for a year to save money. He was able to pay off a “huge chunk” of the debt immediately after college. His advice to anyone taking on student loans was to start saving money early on, and said that may mean swallowing your pride and moving back home. “There is no such thing as life with no debt. You’re eventually going to have to pay off a loan for your car, or home,” Zielonka said. “Student loans are a good way to get your feet wet in how the world works.”
Jon Arratibel, an international student and a freshman in the College of Business Administration, said he supports the initiative because of how harmful tobacco is. “I think that modern societies have to encourage healthier lives and try to educate the population to reject damaging products that affect not only the consumers,” Arratibel said in an email. Robin Brown, the associate director of student health and wellness, said secondhand smoke is a Class A carcinogen. “One of the most effective ways to decrease harm from tobacco at Marquette is to change the cultural norm by establishing a tobaccofree campus policy,” Brown said. She said tobacco smoking in the U.S. produces 16 million carbon dioxide equivalents per year, which
is the same amount that four million cars produce per year, which is supported by many researchers. There are 1,620 smoke-free, 1,130 tobacco-free and 769 e-cigarette-free campuses in the United States - including three Jesuit universities. Brown said 70 percent of daily smokers want to quit, and half of them try to each year, but only eight percent are able to quit. She added that nicotine is a classic addiction, which means that smokers develop several traits including tolerance, mental preoccupation and withdrawal symptoms. She said 50 percent of occasional or social smokers in college go on to smoke for the next 1620 years, and 75 percent of high school smokers go on to become daily adult smokers.
MUPD Reports Nov. 5 Between 3:25 and 3:30 a.m., a person not affiliated with Marquette acted in a disorderly manner in a business in the 2300 block of W. Wisconsin Ave. and was cited by Marquette University Police Department. Nov. 6 At 11:37 a.m., a person not affiliated with Marquette removed property from a business in the 1600 block of W. Wisconsin Ave. The subject was taken into custody by MUPD, cited and released.
removed another student’s unsecured, unattended property estimated at $1,489 in a study lounge in Schroeder Hall. MUPD took the sudent suspect into custody and transported him to the Milwaukee County Criminal Justice Facility. MUPD recovered some of the property and returned it to the victim. At 6:44 a.m., a person not affiliated with Marquette trespassed in O’Donnell Field and was cited by MUPD.
At 10:56 p.m., a person not affiliated with Marquette trespassed outside of Humphrey Hall. MUPD cited the subject and transported him to the detox center.
Between Nov. 7 at 10 a.m. and Nov. 8 at 12 p.m., a person not affiliated with Marquette reported that unknown person(s) vandalized the exterior of her secured, unattended vehicle in an alley in the 900 block of N. 17th St. causing an estimated $300 in damage.
Nov. 8 Between 12 and 12:04 a.m., a student
At 7:07 p.m., MUPD stopped a vehicle driven by a person not affiliated with
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Tobacco: Some skeptical, others in favor of the change faculty and student signatures on a petition for a tobacco-free campus. “This is not meant to take away anyone’s right, it’s to speak for those who feel their personal health is being violated on a consistent basis,” said Michaela Bear, one of the legislation authors and a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences. Olivier Van Hauwermeiren, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said he isn’t a fan of going tobacco-free. “I just don’t see how much it would actually change,” Van Hauwermeiren said. “People will still find ways to smoke, so I just don’t think it would actually make a difference.” One concern with going tobacco-free is that it may alienate international students who came from a culture where tobacco use is more accepted.
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Francesca Caparas, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she supports going tobacco-free. “I would still feel a little bad for those who smoke a lot,” Caparas said. “Many of those smokers use it for stress relief and relaxation, so it would be a difficult transition for them.” Clayton Keefe, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, abstained from voting on the legislation. He said he supports Marquette as a tobacco-free campus but was concerned about implementing the committee and its policy. “I would like to see the committee (form) before the campus became tobacco-free completely,” Keefe said. Four students wrote the legislation and brought it to MUSG. They also gathered more than 1,600
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Events Calendar Marquette for disregarding a stop sign in the 2200 block of W. Kilbourn Ave. and determined that the driver had an outstanding warrant. MUPD took the subject into custody. The subject signed a PR Bond and was released. Nov. 10 At 8:30 a.m., a vehicle driven by a person not affiliated with Marquette struck a student’s parked, unattended vehicle in the 1800 block of W. State St. causing damage to the student’s vehicle and left the scene. MUPD cited the driver. At 2:48 p.m., MUPD stopped a vehicle driven by a person not affiliated with Marquette for a traffic violation and determined that the driver had an outstanding warrant. MUPD took the driver into custody. Bond money was collected and the driver was released.
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Friday 13 Unity Jam, Marquette Place, 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Saturday 14 Dance Inc. Fall Showcase, Weasler Auditorium, 5 to 7 p.m. Gold ‘n Blues Fall Concert, Varsity Theatre, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Sunday 15 Dance Inc. Fall Showcase, Weasler
Auditorium, 1 to 3 p.m. Fall Symphonic Band Concert, Varsity Theatre, 2 to 3 p.m.
Monday 16 How to Be an Ally ft. Chris Dixon, Alumni Memorial Union Ballroom A, 12 to 2 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
Tuesday 17 Robert S. Ford talk, Alumni Memorial Union Room 227, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
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Climate study results further discussed in forums More faculty, staff attend both events compared to students By Dana Warren
dana.warren@marquette.edu
The Climate Study Work Group hosted two open roundtable forums Tuesday and Wednesday so faculty, students and staff could gather to share their thoughts on the climate study results. The CSWG helped monitor discussions and established the forum as groups of nine people at each table. Attendance at the first forum was estimated at 36 faculty and staff and three students. The second forum had approximately 25 staff and faculty and four students. “We had good attendance, but we do have some other sessions where we have invited students in for discussion, so those will happen as well,” said William Welburn, associate provost for diversity and inclusion who was the head facilitator for both forums. “They are basically split up by different demographics, gender, gender-identity, race. Generally, we were very
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Participants were split into groups to discuss the campus climate study that was conducted during winter 2015.
satisfied with the first forum.” When groups discussed the results of the study, there were several recurring themes, including a desire for faculty and staff resources in diversity training as well as the desire to see more diversity
consideration in the hiring process. Additionally, some faculty expressed they feel a lack of support. While there are resources for students of diverse backgrounds like the Center for Intercultural Engagement, there are no support departments for
faculty and staff members. Students suggested that an expansion of diversity learning-living communities could create a more positive campus climate. “I wasn’t super surprised by the results of the climate study,”
a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences who attended the forum, Maggie Stang, said in an email. “I knew that people felt excluded, but now we have the numbers to back that and we can move towards action.” Faculty and staff expressed a desire to have more diversity classes taught by more professors, as opposed to several classes taught by one or two professors. Stang said this was a topic her group discussed. “If you feel comfortable at Marquette and you want to advocate for those who don’t, you need to learn how to do that effectively,” Stang said. “In addition, we felt there should be a safe space for people to share their experiences and stories.” A consistent topic of conversation among participants was the allocation of funds across different initiatives regarding diversity. One written concern was that an increase in diversity would be a challenge because of current budget constraints. “We will look for the responses that rise to the top, and we will compile a report with the top three items which we will in turn pass to senior leadership to be acted upon,” Welburn said.
New MUPD Advisory Board sets up roles, plans Group part of new efforts to improve MUPD transparency By Brittany Carloni
brittany.carloni@marquette.edu
University President Michael Lovell established a Marquette Police Department Advisory Board, which provides recommendations on MUPD policies and procedures to Lovell, the Board of Trustees and MUPD Chief Paul Mascari. The announcement was sent in a university news brief on Nov. 2. The board’s charter
states that additional responsibilities will include reviewing complaints against MUPD personnel and any other duties assigned to the board by Lovell or the Board of Trustees. “I think it’s a really good idea for the university to have constituted this board because this was an opportunity for there to be input from the constituencies that the Marquette Police Department serves and have input from them on the operation of the department,” said Thomas Hammer, chairman of the board and associate professor of law. Hammer said he looks forward to having the board serve as a valuable resource for the university and the police department. Photo by Brittany Carloni/brittany.carloni@marquette.edu
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The Advisory Board will have open meetings every month. Its members include students, faculty and staff.
The advisory board consists of: -Hammer -Zack Wallace, Marquette Student Government president and representative to the board -Herbert Lowe, academic senate representative to the board and director of the O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism -Carol Trecek, staff senate representative to the board and director of continuing education and alumni relations at Marquette School of Dentistry -Keith Stanley, the community representative to the board and executive director of Avenues West and Near West Side Partners “We can be a resource for [MUPD],” Hammer said. “We can be a resource to the university. We can be a source of suggestions for things the department ought to do. We can be a source of getting information to the department and to the
university from the various constituencies that are served by the board.” Hammer said he was asked to serve as the chairperson late this summer. He said there have been many meetings between the university counsel, Mascari, John Lamb, the vice president of finance and Jim McMahon, the vice president of student affairs, to put together documents to launch the advisory board. “I think everybody around the table here wants MUPD to be a success, wants to get be successful in improving safety in our campus community and the area around our campus,” Hammer said. “We want to be a resource to help make that happen.” Before making a presentation at the board’s first meeting, Mascari thanked the members of the advisory board for serving their positions. “I think it’s going to be extremely beneficial to us and
our operations,” Mascari said. “As I’ve said from the beginning, I want to run a department centered on transparency and communication and I think this advisory board is a key component of that.” The advisory board’s first meeting took place Nov. 10 in the Alumni Memorial Union Monaghan Ballrooms. The meeting included discussions on the charter and operating rules. Mascari gave a presentation on the transition from a department of public safety to MUPD, which included descriptions of MUPD community outreach initiatives like Coffee with a Cop. At the end of the meeting the board elected Lowe vice-chair. Three people were in attendance at the meeting. The next Advisory Board meeting will take place Dec. 8 at 3 p.m.
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Dorm Fund provides capital for student startups Grants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 given to students By Jennifer Walter
jennifer.walter@marquette.edu
In an effort to make Marquette more entrepreneurial, the Dorm Fund was implemented to give students a head start with getting their businesses off the ground. The fund is a collaborative effort between the Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship, the College of Business Administration and the Office of Innovation. A student associate team was created last spring to hear pitches and choose which startups to fund. The panel is made up of six volunteers from a variety of fields. It plans to give out grants from $1,000 to $5,000. “We’re so excited at the growth in entrepreneurship and hope to encourage it across majors here at Marquette,” said Cait Freschi, junior in the College of Business Administration and panel member, in an email. “It allows students to have the financial freedom and stability without any strings attached,”
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Straz Hall is home to the College of Business Administration, which is one of the Dorm Fund collaborators.
the fund’s associate director Megan Carver said. The fund focuses on helping early ventures. Some of the ideas are starting to come
together as business models while others may be well-developed and in need of a jumpstart. “We want to hear as many (pitches) as possible,” Tyler
Sucharzewski, a junior in the College of Business Administration and panel member, said. “We’re not just here to hear the pitches. We’re also
here to help out.” Though the fund is a way to receive money for a venture, it can also connect students to Marquette’s Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship for help with developing their startup ideas. “We try to work with the students to get them to the point where they’re ready for ‘the ask’ when they pitch,” Freschi said. If their idea doesn’t succeed, student’s don’t have to pay the fund back. “Most ventures fail - it’s just a fact,” Sucharzewski said. “But we want to encourage them to keep going and to not be afraid of the failure.” Successful ventures can move on to look for larger funding, such as the Marquette Enterprise Seed or the Strategic Innovation Fund, depending on what the startup is focused on. “Being a student is actually a really great thing because of all the grants that they can get,” Carver said. Students from all majors can submit a business model to apply for funding. Applications are being accepted on a rolling deadline starting Nov. 16.
Dining halls getting waffle irons with MU logo Mashuda, Cobeen, McCormick to get appliances in spring By Thomas Salinas
thomas.salinas@marquette.edu
Students will soon be able to eat Belgian waffles with the university logo branded on them. Kevin Gilligan, general manager of Sodexo at Marquette, said the specialized waffle makers will be available in Mashuda Hall, Cobeen Hall and McCormick Hall. He said he thinks it is something fun to add to the waffles, and that students can expect them to be available by spring semester. Rick Arcuri, director of business operations and auxiliary services, said the university previously considered making this change the last time the iron waffle plates were replaced. A student at University President Michael Lovell’s fireside chat on Oct. 29 brought up the idea again. “A request came through and we thought we might as well just do it now,” Arcuri said. “It’s something that the students want.” Arcuri said Sodexo owns the machines, but the university will only have to pay a onetime fee for the new customized irons. He said the university is always looking for ways to create things students want. “It’s kind of fun to order something students want to see happen,” he said. Kim Allen, a freshman in the College of Nursing, expects students to enjoy the new machines. Allen said it is good to see the university taking
time to focus on small details students might enjoy. “It’s school spirit in more than just the traditional sense,” Allen said.“It’s kind of nice, it’s a little thing and you wouldn’t think they would care about that.” “It doesn’t affect academics or anything, but its something that could enlighten a student’s day,” said Emily Sprague, a freshman in the College of Nursing. John Chitko, chef manager at the Cobeen Hall Dining Hall, said he is excited to work with the new waffles. He plans to create unique yellow and gold toppings for the waffles that will go with the Marquette logo. Marissa Ellison, a freshman
in the College of Communication, said the university could do a better job of listening to student ideas, even though it was responsive on this topic. “I feel like the university listens to students pretty well for certain things,” Ellison said. “There’s definite discrepancies on who they listen to sometimes.” Ellison said she wants the university to focus on bigger issues. “I think there’s sometimes more important things that they might not be listening to,” she said. “We need to be sure to vocalize those things more.”
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MUPD incentivizing safety with pizza coupons Students who don’t jaywalk could get free food from 7-Eleven By McKenna Oxenden
mckenna.oxenden@marquette.edu
Marquette Police Department is using positive reinforcement in the form of free pizza to educate students and drivers on pedestrian safety. MUPD received an $8,000 grant in October to increase on-campus pedestrian and traffic safety. MUPD Cpl. Carrie Peters said the force wants to inform students about expectations of the law and fines if laws are broken. “We’re finding a lot of people, both pedestrians and drivers, don’t know what the pedestrian laws are,” Peters said. “I think it can get a little trickier with pedestrians because, as somebody who goes through driver’s ed., they don’t tell you how to be a responsible walker, they tell you how to be a responsible driver.” Recently, officers started giving out free pizza coupons to pedestrians walking safely. MUPD is working with 7-Eleven, which is providing the coupons.
“If we see that you are waiting despite there being no traffic around, and you are following the letter of the law for that walk sign to turn to walk, you get pizza,” Peters said. “It’s basically rewarding people for keeping themselves safe, which I think is a total win.” “We’re out here trying to educate students,” said MUPD Captain Jeff Kranz. “We don’t want to punish them. We want them to comply on their own. We thought this would be a good educational tactic, especially with pizza.” Peters said jaywalking can punish the perpetrator with a $70 fine and a ticket. She emphasized that pedestrians can cross the street outside of a crosswalk but traffic can’t slow down at all for pedestrians to be within the constraints of the law. It is also illegal to cross the street when a walk sign is prohibiting it. Maggie Cleary, a freshman in the College of Health Sciences, said the intersection at 16th Street and Wisconsin Avenue has some issues. “I’ve almost gotten hit by a car was when I was walking across 16th (Street) by Walgreens,” Cleary said. “Even though you have the right of way, some cars still turn.” “Ideally, we could be in
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MUPD is able to distribute coupons because of an $8,000 grant it got for promoting pedestrian and driver safety.
every corner in our patrol zone making people cross safely, but people need to do that on their own,” Peters said. MUPD is looking specifically
for safety violations and actions that put students in danger or drivers in unsafe situations. “I have been here 11 years, and I’ve seen a huge impact in
terms of drivers stopping for pedestrians in the cross walk,” Peters said. “That’s really exciting. I do feel like we are making a difference there.”
MU providing support to new pastors with grant Money goes to project for advancing diverse pastoral careers By Clara Hatcher
clara.hatcher@marquette.edu
Marquette is now one of 17 institutions in the country that has been given funds to run the Pastoral Leadership in a Cultural Context project. The university received a grant totaling half a million dollars from Lilly Endowment, Inc., an Indianapolis-based private foundation committed to the causes of community development, education and religion. Eleven pastors were chosen to participate in the project, which is designed to be a cohort based, two-year continuing formation program.
Of the 11, there are three women and eight males from various religious traditions ranging in age from 31 to 45. Typically, there are 12 people per cohort. “It is a diverse group comprising of pastors from the Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Presbyterian and United Methodist traditions,” said Abraham Fisher, the program’s assistant director. We have eight Anglo and three Latino pastors. So far, we have been amazed at how quickly and deeply they have bonded and developed into a cohesive group.” The project is designed for “Christian early career pastors and congregational ministers prepared in seminary or pastoral programs,” according to the Lilly Endowment’s call for applications. Marquette’s history with the Lilly Endowment goes back to 2002 when the it funded university for a vocation grant focusing on theological exploration of vocation.
“It is wise to recognize that faith based ministry that provides these people are at very vul- support for people transitioning nerable points in their pastoral out of prison. careers,”director of Manresa for The excursion ended with a talk faculty Susan Mountin said while from Commissioner Rocky Mardiscussing the benefits of the coux concerning development program. “They recognize that in the city. seminary training perhaps had We wanted people to have limitations, sometimes not neces- hands on knowledge of what’s gosarily preparing ing on,” Mountin them for issues said. “Shouldn’t their congregachurches be tions face and ison the cutting sues facing larger edge of addresscommunities.” ing these social Mountin said issues.” the group recently Topics to be finished an urban covered in future excursion to Walmeetings include nut Way, a Mildealing with diwaukee nonprofit vorce and separaneighborhood ortion, mediation, ganization, Guest restorative jusHouse, a publicly tice, immigrafunded hometion, education, Abraham Fisher less shelter, and Assistant Director of Pastoral health care and Project Return, a Leadership in a Cultural Context the environment.
There is great potential here for sustained, significant social change.”
Mountin described the meetings as a place to build a network of support for each other and a place to share ideas and resources. This program’s cohort will meet at least four times a year for two years. Afterward, Mountin said they will be taking on another cohort for the same program. Fisher said the program aims to provide spiritual development in the Ignation teaching, develop a network of relationships, enhance understanding of cultural issues and assist in the development of leadership skills. “Because of their position as pastoral leaders, they can be a bridge between an energized congregation and other persons of influence in business and local government,” Fisher said. “There is great potential here for sustained, significant social change.”
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Professor looks to continue off-campus research Studying Lindsay Heights provides insights on healthcare By Julia Pagliarulo
julia.pagliarulo@marquette.edu
Angelique Harris, an assistant professor of social and cultural sciences, is looking to secure more funding to continue promoting health after the Lindsay Heights research project concluded in June. Lindsay Heights is an economically disadvantaged neighborhood in Milwaukee where 95 percent of the community is African-American. Harris joined with health workers and partners to understand and try to improve the health of its women of color last year. “We want to use the (Lindsay Heights’) findings to, in essence, create a systems change within a health care setting,” Harris said. “We want to try to develop ways in which health care providers can take into account culture, like access to healthy food or stress levels, when they care for patients.” Harris and other researchers are also conducting a series of focus groups this summer with African-American men about the same issues, as they previously focused only on women in the community. Harris said she is working on ways to establish and sustain overall healthier living
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Assistant social and cultural sciences professor, Angelique Harris, is studying health in low-income areas.
in the community. She plans to begin a process to bring in health sciences students to provide exercise training to further continue the relationship with the community. Part of the group’s research focused on the lack of access to gyms and grocery stores in the neighborhood. Harris said no
gyms have been built, and there aren’t any plans in the works for one to come to the area. Harris said there is an Avenues West project to bring in a grocery store. In January, Outpost Natural Foods announced Walnut Way Conservation Corp. and Fix Development are renovating a vacant Lindsay Heights
building into a pop-up store. The Lindsay Heights project started with the aim to reduce obesity in African-American women living in the area, as 80 percent of these women were overweight or obese. However, Harris said after speaking to the women, she decided it would be more beneficial to establish
social support and health promotion. After interviews and focus groups, Harris said she realized views on weight and obesity are culturally determined. For example, many women associated “thin” with drug addiction or unhealthiness and being overweight with attractiveness, leading to a general unwillingness to lose weight. “What was most impressive was how important it was for there to be social support among the women,” Harris said. “The women loved working with health workers and interacting with the other women. By participating in the project, they formed more connections with other women and learned about community resources.” When Nina Myrick, a community health worker who helped with the project, returned to the community after living in Los Angeles for several years, she said in a video that she was inspired to help. “When I came back to my community, I saw there were no more grocery stores,” Myrick said. “That was deepening to me, so with that, I said, ‘how can I make a difference here’?” The project worked to make the participating women more health-conscious. “This program has made them aware of how important their health is and why they want to live longer and why their families want them to be around longer,” Myrick said.
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Walking research helps stroke patients recover Discovering love of movement led to the rehabilitation study By Maredithe Meyer
maredithe.meyer@marquette.edu
Allison Hyngstrom knew she wanted to help people move when she was working on a physical therapy degree at Washington University. She decided to dig deeper when she discovered her passion for working with stroke survivors and teaching a basic human action: walking. “After I graduated, I worked at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, and my favorite part of the day was when I led a walking class,” said Hyngstrom, an assistant professor in the College of Health Sciences. “I really enjoyed helping people walk again.” Her passion led her to earn a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Northwestern University before coming to Marquette in 2007 for a post-doctoral fellowship in the Department of Biomedical Engineering. Hyngstrom has taught at
Marquette since 2008. Hyngstrom teaches an advanced neuroscience elective, a graduate neurology course and conducts research in the physical therapy lab on post-stroke rehabilitation. The physical therapy lab often collaborates with the biomedical engineering department to develop the effective rehabilitation methods and technology. “We make measurements of how strong they (patients) are, what the blood flow is like to their legs and the ability of their nervous system to activate different muscles,” Hyngstrom said. The study’s subjects are primarily baby boomers, and some have suffered strokes. Certain patients have come to the lab since Hyngstrom started working at Marquette so she has developed close relationships with them. “I could not do my work without their help and their dedication,” Hyngstrom said about the volunteer subjects. She works with physical therapy students to design and run the studies and record measurements for research. These students have various majors and levels within
the College of Health Sciences. “From a clinical perspective, working in the laboratory for the past three plus years has given me experience with working hands-on with patients poststroke, which I could draw from when learning about stroke in the classroom,” Meghan Kirking, a third year student in the physical therapy program, said in an email. Hyngstrom said she recognizes the advantage undergraduate students gain when they conduct research in a lab. She said students often do not fully realize this advantage until they are out of school. “I put a lot of responsibility on my students, and I have high expectations and the result is that they are highly productive and they perform really well and they are ready to achieve what they want to achieve,” Hyngstrom said. A split-belt treadmill and a muscle activity amplifier are among the advanced equipment that the College of Health Sciences has provided for Hynstrom’s studies. “Dr. Hyngstrom’s research is very important in order to
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This poster of Allison Hyngstrom’s work details how strokes can impair the strength and control of a patient’s motor output.
learn more about how a stroke can impact someone’s ability to perform everyday movements, and will ultimately contribute to developing new rehabilitation methods to help people who will suffer a stroke,” Katie Bathon, a graduate assistant researcher, said in an email. Hyngstrom is part of a multifaceted health committee that
plans to create a stroke center at Froedtert Hospital in the next five years. She said she hopes to use the stroke rehabilitation research she has conducted at Marquette at this new center. “The hope is that my research can somehow help people live even longer, be more independent or help their caregivers take care of them,” Hyngstrom said.
Grad computer students get new specializations Programs created to keep up with changing demands By Gary Leverton
gary.leverton@marquette.edu
Marquette has created two new specializations this year for graduate students studying computer programs as well as a program that allows students to achieve their undergraduate and Master’s degrees in five years. The new specializations are called “Information Assurance and Cyber Defense”, and “Big Data and Data Analysis”. Information Assurance and Cyber Defense focuses on security concerns within databases, networks and systems. Big Data and Data Analytics focuses on business applications and
provides future computing professionals with the knowledge to define processes and systems that will enhance the performance of their organizations using data. “There has been a lot of talk in the industry about the need for people in those two particular areas,” said Thomas Kaczmarek, director of the Master of Science in Computing program. “Now we have them.” Kaczmarek said the program became aware there was no Information Insurance and Cyber Defense programs through a contact who is a representative with the Department of Homeland Security, which is responsible for infrastructure security in Wisconsin. He said that after talking with him, they became aware that there was no recognized program in that area in the state of Wisconsin. Wisconsin is one of six states that does not have Information Insurance and
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Cyber Defense programs. “We looked at the curriculum and had most of the elements to do it,” Kaczmarek said. “We just made a few adjustments and established the specialization.” Kazcmarek said that they somewhat simultaneously decided they need to have a specialization in the Big Data program as well. “We had developed a number of courses that were aimed at using big data, data analysis as used in business,” Kazcmarek said. “So we put those courses into our curriculum and decided we should probably have a specialization in that area as well.” Kaczmarek said he received a lot of interest, especially from incoming students, about these two programs. Gary Krenz, a professor in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, said people wanted these
specializations. He said it would make it easier for students looking at Marquette to see what programs they have. “It will attract more students,” Krenz said. “Students would always be like do you have this? And I would say we do, but we don’t call it that. But now we do have it. These specializations give what we have a voice.” Krenz said that the interest for these specializations came from a wide variety of people. “Tremendous interest in these specializations from not just students, but companies as well,” Krenz said. “Not just nationwide, but especially in the state.” Krenz added that although the specializations will require making changes, he believes they will only strengthen both the graduate and undergraduate programs. “It will make us put a sharper focus on certain courses,” Krenz
said. “Update and change them to whatever improves them.” David Kliemann, an instructor in the mathematics, statistics, and computer science department, said that both specializations, especially cyber security, are growing and need more people with an increased skill level to protect critical infrastructures. “It is definitely needed across every industry,” Kliemann said. “There is never going to be a magic app or tool that is unhackable. It is always going to be needed, and you see that whenever you go on any job search board. DICE, LinkedIn, others. They all have jobs for information security at all levels.” Kiliemann said that having these two specializations is great for Marquette and will help the university stand out while providing excellent education for students. “They’re both key roles that society needs to fill,” Kiliemann said. In addition to specializations, a new program that would allow students to get their undergraduate and Masters’ degrees in five years was introduced for the graduate computer program. Kaczmarek said that this initiative would allow students to take 12 credits of 4000 level courses that would also count as 5000 level graduate courses. He said this would mean the students who want to do this program would do extra work in these courses compared to somebody who is an undergraduate. A Master’s degree is 36 credits, 18 for the specialization, and 18 for electives. This program would allow students to finish in one year instead of two. Krenz is a professor for some of these courses and said not only is more work expected of his graduate students, but a harder grading scale is added. “But most don’t bat an eye,” Krenz said. “They understand the extra work it takes for a Master’s degree.”
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International Education Week November 16-20 Tuesday, Nov. 17 America’s Coalition Against the Islamic State: Report Card After 18 months 4:30 p.m. • AMU 227 Former ambassador to Syria, Robert S. Ford will discuss the progress of U.S. efforts against the Islamic State.
Wednesday, Nov. 18 Soup With Substance Global Health and Justice in Health Care: A Liberating Approach from Below Noon–1 p.m. • AMU 157
Photography 101 4–5 p.m. • Raynor Library Beaumier Suites Join Dan Johnson, MU chief photographer, to learn the basics on how to document your experience abroad through photos you’ll treasure for years.
Blogging from Abroad 5–6 p.m. • Raynor Library Beaumier Suites The MU Writing Center shares tips on how to successfully share your experiences abroad through a personal blog.
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8:45 a.m.–5 p.m. • Raynor Library Beaumier Suites Join MU faculty experts as this daylong symposium focused on the contemporary issues facing the European Union.
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English professor accepts poetry award in DC Hills receives Anthony Hecht Prize for lighthearted, witty poetry By Ryan McCarthy
ryan.mccarthy@marquette.edu
Marquette adjunct professor Jaimee Hills has had many different job titles in her lifetime. She can now add award-winning poet to the list. Hills’ debut collection of poems, “How to Avoid Speaking,” won the tenth annual Anthony Hecht Prize this fall. In addition to a $3,000 reward, she was also given the opportunity to read alongside famed
British poet Anthony Thwaite at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. “It was a great honor to read alongside Anthony Thwaite,” Hills said. “He is 85 years old and is this energetic force. He gave me tips on how to read my poems during our mic checks to ‘lift the words’ and to read very slowly so even though we’d never met, I felt like this person was an immediate mentor.” Hills finds inspiration in many things. In her undergraduate days she studied art and science alongside her writing-intensive courses. Much of her poetry deals with language and is sometimes based on odd phrases. “I am inspired by language and interesting phrases,” she said. “I think
a writer develops a relationship to language as an important way of seeing the world.” The subject matter of her work ranges from the absurd to the serious. Her poem “Derrida Eats a Dorito” imagines exactly what would happen if post-modernist philosopher Jacques Derrida agonized over whether or not eat a dorito. Another of Hills’ poems “True Knot” was inspired by the birth of her daughter. A true knot is a dangerous condition involving the umbilical cord. Hills said she was “struck by the simplicity of the phrase that didn’t seem to match the emergency of the situation.” An entire section of “How to Avoid Speaking” revolves around the concept of removing a single
letter from words in a poem and changing its meaning. Her poem “Lesson on the Letter S” juxtaposes the words laughter and slaughter as well as swords and words. She recently shared her poetry, along with former Milwaukee poet laureate Jim Chapson and Marquette professor Tyler Farrell, at a reading in Sensenbrenner Hall. “Prof. Hills’ collection of poems is quite striking, a feast of images and ideas,” said Farrell, who recently published his second collection of poems “The Land of Give and Take.” “Hopefully Marquette can continue to highlight faculty accomplishments.” Hills described winning as a dream come true. She said often the difference between writing as a
hobby and as a profession is getting published. Winning the Hecht prize gave her a sense of validation as a writer. “I think any writer continually asks the question: is this any good? Getting a poem accepted for publication is usually confirmation that the work you do has value, but winning the award was like a sea change, as though I’d been knocking on a door for years, and suddenly that door opened.” Although she does not know what the future holds, Hills hopes to continue to publish poetry. “That is the hope and the dream. It takes me a long time to feel like a poem is really finished, so a new collection of many poems will probably take years.”
Seniors team up to create mystery web series Student directed film project, ‘Salvage,’ to debut April 2016 By Alexandra Atsalis
alexandra.atsalis@marquette.edu
Ambition is a word used a lot by George Bicknell, a senior in the College of Communication, and Brian Mohsenian, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, while describing their film project. They are ambitious, their collaboration is ambitious, and their goal of writing, filming and editing a seven-part web miniseries titled “Salvage” by April 2016 is certainly ambitious. “We really want this to be one of the biggest projects to come out of Marquette,” Bicknell said. “We’re just going full-force with it too.” It’s a grandiose statement, but one that Bicknell and Mohsenian have earned the permission to say. Unlike many people who whisper their goals quietly to themselves with no drive to make them a reality, these filmmakers write their’s in a full-length script and proclaim it to the world with the word, action! Together, Bicknell and
Mohsenian are the co-creators of “Salvage,” splitting the responsibilities that accompany it almost down the middle. The miniseries itself is a surreal mystery drama, which takes inspiration from the TV series “Twin Peaks” and “True Detective.” The setting is a college campus, filmed at Marquette, where a “dark change” occurs among students, causing the preexisting bad habits and vices of college to be amplified. In particular, it follows two ordinary students who try to make sense of a series of mysterious crimes. “They’re trying to do what they think is the right thing and salvage what they can along the way,” Mohsenian said. The filmmakers hope that by using a realistic setting for their story, it will prompt their audience to think about their own lives in a unique way. “We want people to realize how absurd a lot of college tendencies are, and that we all don’t live in our own worlds,” Bicknell said. “The world around us is very much a part of our lives whether we like it or not.” The cast is made up of two main characters and six supporting roles, in addition to a slew of small parts.
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George Bicknell and Brian Mohsenian review their script before shooting the mystery drama web miniseries.
All actors are either current or former Marquette students. The specifics of the plot are a heavily-guarded secret, considering the intricacies of the story implied by Bicknell and Mohsenian. At one point during their interview, Mohsenian gave away more information than he was supposed to and was stopped by Bicknell. It was a moment that drew attention to their professionalism as budding filmmakers. Though their paranoia of leaking plot secrets seems unnecessary for an independent student film, it speaks to their level of seriousness that they take their project. For the filmmakers, providing the audience with a compelling and meaningful narrative is at the heart of their work. “For people to be able to watch something and relate to it … not only are they able to be entertained and lose themselves, but reflect on their own lives through that,” Bicknell said, explaining why story is so important. It is this devotion to storytelling that is behind every decision they make as filmmakers. “The crew is small because we wanted to be really intimate with actors and direct them well,” Mohsenian said. “Mainly it’s just me and George.” Bicknell agrees adding that in their project, good storytelling takes priority over complicated technical tricks. “We’re going to shoot in a kind
of guerrilla style … we just want to get the camera and sound and get in there, because we want to work with actors.” Bicknell said. “We want to get some great performances and really push story and performance over the technical side.” Story was important from the project’s initial conception last spring, where it went through many changes before becoming what it is now. “My original idea was a TV detective series, we had a bunch of friends who were actors who wanted to be involved and we wanted to make a story that utilizes everything at our disposal,” Mohsenian said. “That was our original idea. But then we were like, ‘Let’s use the college campus, let’s use students, let’s make it more surreal.’” Utilizing what they have around them is another vital aspect of Bicknell and Mohsenian’s filmmaking style. Without making their own individual drive seem less remarkable, the project almost could not have happened outside the Marquette community. Not only does Mohsenian and Bicknell’s access to Marquette provide them with talented actors, a diverse range of shooting locations and free equipment, but also the confidence gained form working on class films. “Last semester we were in an advanced production class, George and I were lucky enough to have
our scripts chosen and to make our own short films,” Mohsenian said. “Having our names as director or writer, it really does inspire confidence in our abilities, otherwise I don’t think we’d have the ambition to do this kind of project.” The encouragement did not end in the classroom. Bicknell and Mohsenian praised Amanda Keeler and Joe Brown, both professors in the College of Communication, for their ongoing support. “(They both) helped us with moving the script forward and thinking about how we can … keep everything under,” Bicknell said. “And they’ve done a great job of that.” Mohsenian, who is doing an independent study with Keeler for this project, agrees that the professors’ willingness to meet with them has been positively influential. Bicknell and Mohsenian started filming “Salvage” two weeks ago and are still in the process of finishing the script. However, once “Salvage” is complete, they plan to release it episodically on YouTube or Vimeo, in addition to submitting the pilot episode to the College of Communication’s student film festival later in the year. Bicknell and Mohsenian’s joint passion for their project is apparent, and it is clear that in their minds, as long as they create a powerful and meaningful story, they will have succeeded as filmmakers.
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Hip-hop duo shares process for new album Kalin and Myles discuss their music influences and tour By Thomas Southall
thomas.southall@marquette.edu
Breaking into the mainstream music scene was the next logical step for Bay-area Kalin and Myles, the duo behind the song “Trampoline.” They use a mix of hip-hop and pop, which brings a lot of energy to their music and is sure to make listeners hum their tunes all day. Kalin White and Myles Parrish said their influences come from many artists, including Usher, Chris Brown and Michael Jackson. White added that fellow Bay-area group The Heart Break Gang also inspires him. Their current “Just for Fun” tour with hip-hop duo Timeflies stopped by Milwaukee to do a
show at the Rave Oct. 24. The two said they enjoyed Milwaukee because it had a lot to offer and the Rave was a change of audience for them. “(The Rave) was awesome,” Parrish said. “There was more of a college crowd. It was an older audience, which we like, even though we usually perform for high school crowds.” They also said the crowd from the Rave had a lot of energy, something that they love to feed off of. The group’s full-length, selftitled album is scheduled to be released Nov. 20 and they said they are excited for the release. This album promises to bring their signature clash of R&B and pop. The duo said “Out of my Mind,” a song coming out on the album release, was one of the most fun songs they have ever created in their musical career. “It has a fun beat and energy to match. (The rhythm) feels good,” White said.
When creating their sound, the two follow a basic approach while adding their own flair. They start with a simple beat then add a melody and later, vocals tracks. Parrish is more of the beat creator while White does his part to create the vocals. They said they tweak the sound until they turn to each other and say, “Oh yeah, this is tight.” As of now, their hit is the song “Trampoline.” The song is bright, poppy and almost hypnotic. The tune is, as Parrish puts it, “old school.” The song also has quite the backstory. Kalin and Myles first thought “Trampoline” to be a loving serenade, but the sound changed when their manager arranged for the group to work with another producer. They met at his studio, a refashioned garage with music equipment and met Marlin “Hookman” Bonds, who helped them with the lyrics. Kalin and Myles said they “were hesitant at first”
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Kalin and Myles will release their self-titled debut album Friday, Nov. 20.
about the lyrics. The word trampoline was used as a verb, causing something to sound strange initially, but it paid off in the end and after one session, the song was completed. Kalin and Myles are just
getting started. I bet we will hear more of them in the future. But for now, “Trampoline” will be that song that will bounce around in our heads for the next month.
Milwaukee hosts eighth annual Zine Fests
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Zine makers produce every aspect of the publication from the writing and illustrations to the physical production.
Hundreds of local self-publishers come together for event By Carly Wolf
carly.wolf@marquette.edu
Zines (pronounced “zeens”) are homemade, self-published magazines. The small, photocopied, DIY-style publications can take shape in various forms and cover just about any subject. Some zines are filled with writing, while others only contain photos, drawings or collages. Some zines are created by one person, while others are compiled and created by a group of people. Zines have been around for as long as people have had things to say. Thomas Paine’s 1775 pamphlet “Common Sense” can be considered a zine. Other well known figures such as Benjamin Franklin and H.P. Lovecraft can even be described as zine-sters of their day. The mainstream history of zines, however, can be related to the emergence of the punk
movement in the late 1970s that carried on throughout the 1990s. Today, zine making is still alive and strong. To celebrate local zine makers and the art of it, Milwaukee hosts its very own annual Zine Fest. This year’s Milwaukee Zine Fest will take place Nov. 14 at The Falcon Bowl on East Clarke Street. Milwaukee Zine Fest was started and organized in 2008 by zine creator Jessica Bauman while she was working on Special Collections, a collection of rare books and printed materials made in Southeastern Wisconsin, at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The event was small and took place at the Golda Meir Library at UWM. Since then, MZF has grown to host hundreds of participants. “This year we will have folks from New York City, Durham, North Carolina, Boston, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Seattle in addition to all the amazing local zinesters,” said Milo Miller, current organizer of MZF and co-creator of The Queer Zine Archive Project. The growth and success of
MZF can be mostly attributed to a community of volunteers who are passionate about zine making and sharing art. “Over the past seven years there have been a number of volunteer organizers who have lent their time and skills to making it happen. While the working group changes from year to year, all of us are zine makers, artists, librarians, archivists and community organizers,” Miller said. MZF consists of one main day of tabling, where zine creators can sell and trade zines, along with workshops on various zine related topics, an art show, a zine reading, and a popup vegan café. MZF provides an encouraging atmosphere for people of all ages and experience levels to create zines. “While most of the folks who participate are in their late teens through adulthood, we’ve also got a couple of youth zinesters, and a workshop specifically for young folks to learn about making zines,” Miller said. Current MZF volunteer and zine maker Shannon Connor became involved with MZF after she first started working for
The Queer Zine Archive Project with Miller. “Zines are an underground art form so it’s really cool to set this up totally DIY-style and meet tons of people who make zines, and get a chance to trade and sell zines. “It’s also about teaching people about zines who may not have heard of them before. It’s awesome and really fun,” Connor said. MZF also promotes a “SaferSpace Policy” to ensure the fest is as welcoming as possible. “The Safer Space Policy is to welcome all types of people to MZF and encourage folks to feel comfortable being in the space and expressing themselves as they wish. “It’s also to let people know that we are not going to be tolerant of any oppressive behaviors, language or content,” Connor said. Most, if not all, volunteers at MZF are zine creators themselves. Jessie Lynn McMains, MZF 2015 workshop leader,
has been creating zines since she was 12 years old. “I decided to create my own zines because I had wanted to be a writer pretty much since I could scrawl the alphabet, and zines seemed like the perfect way to do that,” McMains said. “With zines, I could write whatever I wanted, and put it out into the world with no outside approval. McMains even has plans to create a Racine/Kenosha Zine Fest to further engage and promote the zine community. She notes that the future of zine making looks promising for young creators. “The Internet, far from killing zines, has made them more readily accessible than they used to be,” McMains said. “With the emergence of social media and other resources for creation and discovery, the art of expression through zine making appears to be growing strong.”
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University archivist shares meaning behind our fight song By Dennis Tracy
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“Ring out ahoya” is a part of our school’s identity. We sing it during basketball games and all other sporting events. It has been established as a unique part of our campus’ anthem, but what does it mean? “(I think it means) to get hyped and excited for everything going
on during the game,” said Connor York, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences. Another student, Patrick Reed, a junior in the College of Business Administration, said that ring out ahoya means “the whole student body at Marquette games just stomping their feet and yelling a cheer as one.” It is a phrase that has a community-empowering sense to it, but where did it all come from, and why? Michelle Sweetser, a university archivist, shared some information on the history and meaning of “ring out ahoya.” “The song has been around for
quite some time, and (people) have spent a bit of time guessing or trying to provide an explanation for what it means,” Sweetser said. There are various explanations to its history as to how the meaning developed. In 1911, a song came out with the phrase “ring out ahoya,” with ahoya broken up into a-hoya. It was eventually lumped together to get the spelling that we use today. In 1946, an article came out in the Tribune that said “ring out ahoya” meant a victory chant, and that there was no other meaning behind it. “Ring out ahoya” was just a
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catchphrase the students and staff would say during games to pump up their teams and themselves in showing school spirit. The song couldn’t even be played over the radio in the 1940s due to copyright restrictions. Another explanation behind the phrase is that it comes from the Greek word hoxa saxa, which means “what rocks.” “What rocks” is a phase used at Georgetown University, created when sailors who were passing through the town on the Potomac River used it. The phrase meant to bring out the strong team members and became a part of Georgetown University’s school spirit song.
At Georgetown University, the ahoya is spelled without the a, leaving just hoya. Sweetser said “ring out ahoya” was selected from a number of contests in the 1900s, ‘20s, and ‘30s when students could vote for a school spirit song from a number of suggestions. The song was originally for Holy Cross but became a part of Marquette as something that stuck with its faculty and students to chant at games. “I think of it as being a word that connotes strength through greetings and something that you can get behind,” Sweetser said.
BigNoggins legacy evolves over past decade Increased student participation helps bring tradition to life By Casey Beronilla
casey.beronilla@marquette.edu
Marquette is a school of many traditions. From late night Mass at the Joan of Arc Chapel to hot cookie nights in the dining halls, students have experienced countless characteristics that make up the Marquette experience. One tradition that is currently celebrating a decade at Marquette is BigNoggins. These fatheads hovering in the student section at basketball games have become part of Marquette’s culture and have gained national attention from the media, including “SportsCenter” and “Pardon the Interruption.” According to an article published by the Tribune in 2008, the BigNoggins tradition began at basketball games three seasons prior in 2005. Although Marquette has
certainly made the BigNoggins tradition famous, the school is always quick to give credit to San Diego State University, where the tradition was first established. Marquette adopted the idea after the athletic department saw a spread in ESPN The Magazine that featured the enlarged photographs of celebrities’ heads being passed around the student section at a game, and thought it would be a fun tradition to unveil at Marquette’s first game in the BIG EAST Conference that year. Craig Pintens, senior associate athletic director at the University of Oregon, was Marquette’s assistant athletic director for marketing at the time the BigNoggins took off. He remembers much about the tradition’s early stages and the craze surrounding it when it was introduced. The BigNoggins were so well-received that students asked if they could be purchased as souvenirs. Some enthusiastic fans even took the giant heads without asking. “I remember walking past an apartment on 18th street one
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morning and saw Mike Tyson in the window,” Pintens said about the first time he realized some BigNoggins were stolen from the arena. A system was later implemented for students to exchange their Marquette IDs for a BigNoggin at the games so that the athletic department could track down any student who might be trying to walk off with one. Pintens recalled that the loss of their IDs was deemed a worthy sacrifice by some students, who took a BigNoggin home with the plan of paying for a new student ID. However, the athletic department was sure to provide the school with a list of students who tried to pull this off so that these students would not be granted a new ID, and would have no choice but to return the BigNoggins and retrieve their original IDs. Over time the tradition evolved and allowed students to vote for the upcoming season’s new BigNoggins. The athletic department originally chose all of them according to pop culture and unveiled their selections throughout the season. “Headlines in the news really determined who we were going to put out there,” Pintens said. Chuck Norris was one of the very first BigNoggins to be revealed at a basketball game, but the athletic department really tried to keep up with celebrities who were most talked about at the time. When Burger King commercials became especially popular, Marquette introduced a BigNoggin of the King himself. When Britney Spears shaved her head in 2007, there was a BigNoggin for that, too. Other BigNoggins that Pintens noted included Flavor Flav, David Hasselhoff and Mr. Potato Head. An especially notable BigNoggin in the early days of the tradition was Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker, who had a mohawk at the time. As pop culture evolved, so did the production methods of the BigNoggins. These large posters were initially printed at the Alumni Memorial Union and plastered on foam core. After these homemade BigNoggins were easily ruined at the games by spilled beverages and rough enthusiasm, it became evident that more durable materials were needed to maintain the heads. Marquette then got manufacturers to sponsor the BigNoggins to
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Marquette’s BigNoggins tradition has been featured on “SportsCenter.”
ensure professional quality. Marquette also subscribed to a photo service for the BigNoggins to guarantee high resolution and to avoid copyright infringement on the photos. Some students have gotten creative by trying to produce BigNoggins on their own. Because BigNoggins were first introduced at a game when Marquette played University of Connecticut, Marquette students saw an opportunity when the Golden Eagles faced the Huskies in a later season. In 2009, Connecticut head coach Jim Calhoun, the highest-paid employee in the state at the time, was infamously quoted in a press conference saying he would give “not a dime back” of his salary during the state’s budget deficit. Naturally, Marquette students produced homemade BigNoggins of Calhoun bearing the words “Not a dime back!” and had fun holding up their creations during the Marquette vs. Connecticut game later that year. Currently, voting for BigNoggins is not open to students, but the athletic department is doing its best to choose only the best for the upcoming season. “Anyone that’s relevant,” Greg Cronkite, assistant director of marketing, said on which BigNoggins they want to see. “Current trends, different celebrities and personalities in the news, or anyone that the students would enjoy seeing.” Cronkite said there is no specific way the BigNoggins are distributed, but that a random selection is
brought out at each game. The Marquette Athletics official website gomarquette.com has a gallery of all the faces featured on BigNoggins over the years, including the date each BigNoggin made its debut and Marquette’s wins and losses when each BigNoggin was present in the student section. The gallery also indicates which BigNoggins have been stolen or retired. For this season, some suggestions for BigNoggins include actors Will Smith and Steve Carrell, television personality Jimmy Fallon and Marquette’s University President Michael Lovell. “Put Betty White on there. She’s a classic,” Ryan Lisy, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, said. Some students might prefer to hold up a piece of Marquette history on a BigNoggin at the games this year. “I’d like to see Chris Farley and Dwayne Wade because they’re both notable alums,” Dalton Sproul, a junior in the College of Business Administration, said. Another suggestion tied in with Marquette alumni is Mike Wazowski from Monster’s Inc. because Marquette graduate Jim Murphy worked on his animation. The athletic department has not yet revealed the BigNoggins for this season, but this tradition is expected to continue at the home opener against Belmont University this Friday, Nov. 13, at the BMO Harris Bradley Center.
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Marquette’s pep band started in the 1920s and consists of students from symphonic band and wind ensemble.
Music director shares new songs featured this MUBB season By Rachel Kubik
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Everyone knows that basketball games are exciting, and a lot of that excitement comes from the student section. However, the Marquette Pep Band brings upbeat music that helps to add
a competitive drive and a longing for victory into the hearts of spectators. Erik Janners is the director of music at Marquette, a pep band conductor, and he has been a full-time professor at three different universities since 2001. “(Pep band) has always been a part of what I do,” Janners said. “One of the things I really like about Marquette is that it’s a basketball school. We’re kind of the traveling cheer section in addition to the cheer squad. We play tunes, but we
also yell as loud as we can.” A “pep band” has been apart of Marquette’s band program since the 1920s. Janners said it was a marching band when Marquette had a football team. The band would march around the football field and make formations, as any typical college marching band would. It was converted into a pep band in the 1950s, when football was no longer a sport played competitively at Marquette. As a pep band, the students stand in the bleachers while playing.
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The pep band consists of students either in the symphonic band or wind ensemble, and per band policy, each student is required to play their instrument at a few volleyball or basketball games throughout each sport’s respective season. However, many students go to more games than required because of the band’s excellent and all-around fun program. The band has been playing “Ring Out Ahoya,” the university fight song, since the group was formed. Janners said that “Louie, Louie,” “Great Balls of Fire,” and other classic hits from the 1960s have been in their music library since at least the 1990s. However, Janners likes to keep the song repertoire updated. The new songs this year are ‘My Sharona,’ ‘Bully,’ ‘Shake it Off’,’ ‘Monster,’ ‘Love Drunk,’ and ‘Children of Sanchez.’” Janners said he is excited for the first few games of men’s and women’s basketball this season because they are always well attended by band members. “Everyone’s really excited to get that first real game under their belts, and that’s always a lot of fun,” Janners said. Janners is hoping that the basketball team will go far this season. If the team does well, the band travel with the team and plays at the tournaments. “The tournaments are always really fun to travel to, and cheer for the team, whether it’s in Chicago or New York City for the BIG EAST tournaments,” Janners said.
He said that he gets to know the students in pep band on a more personal level because pep band is not in a formalized instruction setting. He is also looking forward to seeing former students at the alumni game Jan. 9. The students in pep band echoed a similar excitement for the season. “I love being in pep band because of the excitement and energy that I think we bring and add to the basketball or volleyball event,” said Amanda Stolz, band vice president, piccolo player and senior in the College of Education. “It’s a great way to hang out with friends and play some really great music.” Caroline Hildebrand, clarinet player and sophomore in the College of Communication, said her favorite song on the pep band playlist is “The Impression that I Get.” Ricky Krajewski, baritone saxophone player and junior in the College of Health Sciences, also said that is his favorite song to play. “The arrangement for (The Impression that I Get) is really good and the band sounds really good on it,” Janners said. “It’s a fun piece to listen to and it’s a fun piece to conduct.” Krajewski said he likes playing for basketball games more than volleyball because of the environment. “It’s a lot more upbeat,” Krajewski said. “It’s really exciting to see my peers get into the game.”
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Tobacco-free policy fails to represent majority of Marquette’s population
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The recent decision by the MUSG Senate unequally affects certain groups at MU.
Marquette aspires to be tobacco-free. Marquette Student Government Senate voted 16-3 for legislation hoping to implement a tobacco-free campus policy on Tuesday. The legislation will be sent to University President Michael Lovell to make the final call. Michaela Bear, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences and senator for MUSG, stated if Marquette does not go tobacco-free, “It will make us look terrible.” The question is, whether the university decides to go tobacco-free or not, to whom will we look terrible? If we are doing this to protect our appearance or better our image when compared to other Jesuit universities, like Creighton University and Santa Clara University, who have instilled tobacco-free policies, Marquette needs to ask itself whether this legislation is being
instilled with all Marquette students, faculty, and other campus workers in mind. Implementing this legislation will marginalize international students. Ricky Krajewski, one of the authors of the legislation, spoke with a member of Global Village regarding the policy. The member explained that they had come to Marquette prepared to respect a culture different from their own and added that abiding by different norms could be a good learning experience for them. While this international student’s perspective offers insight and hope for harmony between international students and this policy, it is not representative of the entire international community. Students who identify with a foreign culture that uses tobacco regularly will be isolated in the same way.
It is equally important to consider Marquette employees who smoke. Yes, they work for the university, but it isn’t right to regulate what they choose to put into their bodies. Given Marquette’s urban geography, tobacco-free legislation is a logistic nightmare. Our campus is cut down the middle by one of Milwaukee’s busiest streets. Think about individuals passing through from surrounding Milwaukee neighborhoods – will the policy apply to passersby? Will they be fined or told they have to walk down a different street or wait at a different bus stop a few blocks away? Telling fellow community members that their habits are not welcome here and they must go elsewhere to smoke will only further denounce Marquette’s ability to welcome the surrounding community. Imagine another scenario: if Marquette allows those passing through to smoke while upholding a tobacco-free campus policy for Marquette workers and students, there is no doubt that the policy will be difficult to enforce. Taking into consideration that people are social beings who see and then do on a regular basis, if someone sees another person smoking on campus (aware of the law or not), he or she may feel inclined to smoke as well. Add in tobacco’s addictive nature and it will be very difficult for someone to fight the urge to smoke in that moment. It will be difficult to enforce this policy. Approved or not, students and university workers who choose to smoke will continue to do so. Where there’s a will, there’s a way, after all. From middle school health classes to lectures from parents, smoking has been stigmatized for the last few decades. It’s fair to say that most – if not all – students and faculty members on Marquette’s campus are aware that smoking and general tobacco use is harmful to the smoker’s health and the health of those around them, but it isn’t the university’s responsibility to decide whether smoking is an activity in which adults shouldn’t engage. Instead of instating a tobaccofree campus policy, the university should do more to offer designated on-campus smoking areas. That way, smokers have places they can go for a break without being completely isolated, and non-smokers will be knowledgable of those places and can steer clear, especially if their health is of concern. The idea of making Marquette’s entire campus tobacco-free is overwhelming, especially given its urban setting. Ultimately, it begs the question, who exactly are we doing this for? If it really is for all of the individuals who make up the university, then it is essential that everyone’s voice is heard.
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‘Gofundme’ campaigns are great for certain situations and inappropriate for others.
Ryan Murphy
Columnist Weddings and trips abroad – they both come at a high price. It takes time to work and save for something like that. But if working and saving are unappealing, there’s a social media solution: Gofundme. Like other crowdfunding websites, Gofundme gives people a platform to ask for money online – much more efficient than that door-todoor nonsense that the scouts do. On Gofundme’s homepage, there are a plethora of campaigns, and many of them feature people who seem genuinely in need. Theirs are stories of the expenses that surround an untimely death, or the massive medical bills that follow a life-changing diagnosis or accident. Who can blame someone in such a situation for turning to the generosity of strangers? Where else are they supposed to go? If this website has been able to help people make ends meet after a family tragedy, or help a sick child get her medicine, I’m all for it. There’s something beautiful about people coming together to support a fellow human being. I have a bone to pick with the less urgent pleas, however. Let’s start with weddings. They don’t have to be expensive. If you wanted to be extremely frugal, you could have the whole thing over with at the courthouse for about $200. If you do want to go through with the big ceremony and reception, you should either wait until you can afford it or plan something less extravagant. It’s probably a bad omen, anyway, to begin a marriage begging. And then there are the honeymoons. If you don’t have the money to travel right now, here’s a novel idea: don’t travel right now! It’s really almost comical how
deserving some of these people pretend to be. That’s part of the irony of this website. There are cases of extreme need – a poor family didn’t have life insurance for their young daughter, and after she passed tragically and unexpectedly, they were faced with the cost of burial. Next to them are people who want to visit Paris. Some of the appeals that raise my eyebrows are for study abroad trips. It might be very clear in the description that the donations will only be used for the airplane ticket or the cost of tuition, but it can’t be ignored that most of these trips are to countries with fantastic tourist attractions and a lower drinking age. I don’t begrudge anyone a good time – I just don’t want to pay for it. There’s nothing wrong in putting off travelling until one has salary to afford it – it’s the responsible thing to do. Besides, there’s something tacky about an adult asking friends and relatives for cash. It might have worked as a kid, but now there aren’t labor laws preventing you from earning a wage, and you aren’t cute anymore. Of course, there’s no guarantee that anyone is using the money for what they say. Sure, Gofundme will certify some charitable organizations, but they can’t check the receipts for the thousands upon thousands of individual users. That’s why they recommend only donating to those you “personally know and trust.” Gofundme is only a tool, and people can use tools for good or bad, or they can just use them stupidly. Ronald Reagan famously said, “The best social program is a job.” If the users of Gofundme who just want to travel have taught me anything, it’s that the best crowdfunding program is a job. Ryan Murphy is a junior studying Business Economics and Writing-Intensive English. He is reachable by email at ryan.p.murphy@marquette.edu
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Casual company methods do not White privilege still necessarily attract millennials very apparent today Morgan Hughes
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Companies often use relaxed methods to attract millennials to the workforce, but what are young people really looking for?
Caroline Comstock Columnist
As Career Services warned me, searching for a full-time job was going to feel like an additional three credit class. I guess I didn’t take them seriously enough. What I did not realize was that the most challenging aspect would be figuring out what I’m looking for in a company. Companies seem to be advertising their image in a way that supposedly appeals to millennials in fun and relaxed ways, but hard work and recognition are paramount to a millennials decision on where they work. What is a good benefits plan? Is a huge training program necessarily the best training program? Why do I keep calling this my first job as though I’m going to have to switch in a year? So I started looking at company “culture” videos on YouTube to get more of a grasp on my search. There seemed to be a common theme: young people dressed as if they were going to the gym, playing putt-putt golf, or shooting hoops in the office. Along with more than a few impressive sport shots among cubicles were employees raving about the culture. Again. And Again. At some point, these videos started to remind me of an episode of “The Office” where Creed threw on a wig in hopes of avoiding being fired when Dunder Mifflin decided to start going for a younger vibe. It is almost as if human resource departments around the country have decided that millennials are so adamantly opposed to the corporate world to the point where they push their chill, laid-back image in desperation as they begin to lose their aging baby boomer workforce. Despite the impressive sales pitch, companies struggle to attract, and more importantly,
retain millennial employees. Why? What is it that they think we want? Pajama Day? Company kickball tournaments? Pricewaterhousecoopers was eager to know. By 2016, PWC expects that roughly 80 percent of their employees will be millennials. After years of mysteriously high turnover, PWC decided to invest in NextGen, which was a comprehensive study conducted on millennials in the workplace around the world. The results were surprising, and dispelled some commonlyheld stereotypes of millennials who have been written off as lazy, entitled, and uninterested in working hard. Some key takeaways from the study suggest that millennials place a higher value on personal life rather than work life, and favor work with more schedule flexibility. However, millennials do not want this flexibility any more than other age demographics. Perhaps this suggests that millennial influences in the workplace correlate with, but are not the cause of, widespread calls in politics for increased family leave and paid time off. A result that certainly did not surprise me was a marked interest among millennials to work abroad at some point during their career. Many of us have gotten a taste of what the world outside the U.S. is like, unlike preceding generations. Many millennials have figured out that the U.S. isn’t necessarily the greatest place on earth, and we want out. Promoting an employee’s ability to do an internal transfer overseas is a good company tactic for appealing to millennials. It’s always one of the first questions I ask in an interview. The most prevalent differences between millennials and other demographics were found in evaluation and recognition systems. This is where the whole “trophy
for everyone” phrase comes into play. Millennials are less likely to leave a job for pay reasons, but leave if they felt their work was not appreciated or recognized appropriately. This isn’t shocking. For our sake, I hope employers don’t take advantage of this one. PWC has become one of the most sought out companies for young college graduates because it has implemented its findings into its strategy. Popular benefits include 22 paid days off, generous maternity/paternity leave and even college tuition reimbursement programs. Maybe accounting majors are on to something – like job security. The resounding message coming from the PWC study and similar studies like IBM’s “Myths, Exaggerations, and Uncomfortable Truths,” seems to be that millennials want flexibility, and they will go elsewhere if they don’t get it. However, millennials do not want flexibility more than any other demographic. As crazy as it might seem, maybe it’s time to consider how the work itself has changed. Gone are the days when people can clock out of work and be completely done. As recent Marquette alumni explained in a recent panel discussion, we are expected to be reachable when the work day ends, and even on the weekend. Work is no longer confined to a cubicle – work is always at hand. So perhaps there’s some merit to some of those cliché job interview phrases. I want a place I can grow. I want a place that is willing to recognize my individual strengths. Most importantly, I want a company that recognizes the changing nature of work life as it relates to technology and comes up with a plan to truly achieve the infamous work-life balance. Caroline Comstock is a senior studying Marketing. She is reachable by email at caroline.comstock@marquette.edu
We had just finished eating and had moved from the dining room to the living room of my grandma’s house. My uncle was tipsy on boxed wine and was in the mood to talk about politics. This was around the time of the Ferguson riots, and my uncle, tipsy or not, was not going to miss the opportunity to share his opinion on the issue. He made a few insensitive remarks, but the one that really stuck with me was when he said, “white privilege doesn’t exist. It’s just an excuse to make white people feel guilty about slavery. I know white privilege doesn’t exist because of all the poor white people in the country.” Taken aback, and not in a sympathetic crowd, I was forced to show my disgust with just an eye-roll and a scoff – typical of the average American teenager. While my drunk uncle might need some convincing, I think that it is pretty apparent that I am privileged to be white. The first indicator of my privilege takes the form of the two trailer parks in my hometown. One is nicknamed Little Mexico, the other has no nickname and is majority Caucasian. Why does one get a racially charged title, but the other one does not? In addition to that, nobody is afraid to go into the “white” trailer park – but a friend from high school said she felt uncomfortable with the windows rolled down while driving through “Little Mexico” to pick up another friend. Another trait reserved for the privileged is that no one asks me if my parents are legal U.S. citizens, or uses race to make presumptions about their values. Sure, I’ve been asked if my parents are German or Italian, but no one assumes that they are illegal immigrants, or that they are Nazi sympathizers. But the last time my little brother saw someone
wearing a hijab he asked me if they were a terrorist. There was only one Asian student who attended my high school between my freshman and senior years. He was Laotian, but everyone assumed he was Chinese. No one assumes anything about my heritage because they ask me first. I can flip through a magazine and see hundreds of pictures of white women. The percentage of white leading actresses among my DVD collection takes a dramatic majority. It is an undeniable fact that most media representation of minorities is either token or vacant altogether. Why is having a relatable celebrity role model a privilege reserved for white people? I’m not trying to make white people feel guilty about the things they can’t help. I don’t feel guilty about my privilege. If anything, I feel angry and confused. What should be basic human rights are luxuries that I am afforded because of my skin tone. Saying that white privilege doesn’t exist is a privilege only white people have. I have no idea what it is like to be systematically oppressed because of my race. I can write this article with any combination of words, and none of them would be able to deliver a true understanding of not having white privilege. I can share this article and get complimented on being open, perceptive and intuitive, but if I were a minority and shared this article, I think my language would be perceived differently. I would be called angry. I’d be accused of blaming the system for my “lack of luck.” I may not be able to relate to the minority population, but I have this platform, so I will do my best to utilize it. The first step to removing systematic oppression is admitting that it exists, despite not being able to truly understand what it feels like to be a victim of it. Morgan Hughes is a sophomore studying Journalism and Political Science. She is reachable by email at morgan.hughes@marquette.edu
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Big men a luxury for Wojo Three-man rotation poses nightmare for future opponents
FRIDAY 11/13
Cross-country Great Lakes Regional When: 11 a.m.
By Jack Goods
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Women’s Basketball at UW-Green Bay When: 7 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. Belmont When: 8 p.m. Men’s Hockey vs. Missouri State When: 8 p.m.
SATURDAY 11/14 Photos by Doug Peters/douglas.peters@marquette.edu
Luke Fischer, Henry Ellenson and Matt Heldt combine to make the tallest Marquette lineup since 2008-’09.
possibly game-plan for two players who are nearly seven feet tall? “Having him on the floor is going to help the whole offense be able to move the ball more easily,” Fischer said. “He’s such a dynamic player that if he’s in the paint, they’re going to be focused on him in the paint. If he’s outside, they’re going to be focused on him outside. He’s going to move the defense around and help everyone out.” “You have to double-team,” Wilson said. “If you play them one-on-one, then one of them is going to get 30 points. That’s something you probably don’t want to do.” Playing with multiple talented big men opens up space for the guards outside, something Wilson noticed was very effective during the team’s Italy trip. “Coach is always on us to hit it to the post and see what happens,” Wilson said. “Our post is very unselfish. Luke can pass. Henry can pass. You keep on pounding it into the post, that’s going to open up jump shots and open lanes for the guards. It’s going to be hard for teams to guard us.” Opening up the floor will be vital for the Golden Eagles, who were last in the BIG EAST in points per game last season. Distracting opposing teams with the
big men will put less pressure on some of the team’s young guards, including freshmen Traci Carter and Haanif Cheatham. “They’re going to see you cutting and filling in the slots, but when they get the ball down low they have a chance against anybody to score the ball,” Cheatham said.
together can be a very dangerous combination,” Wojciechowski said. “In today’s day and age, in college basketball there aren’t many teams that have guys approaching seven feet that can play together.” The Golden Eagles will also have nice insurance off the bench in freshman Matt Heldt.
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Women’s Volleyball at St. John’s When: 1 p.m. Men’s Hockey vs. Missouri State When: 1 p.m.
SUNDAY 11/15 Women’s Volleyball at Providence When: 11 a.m.
MONDAY 11/16 Women’s Basketball vs. IUPUI When: 12 p.m. Men’s Basketball vs. IUPUI When: 8 p.m.
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The era of small ball at Marquette is over. Head coach Steve Wojciechowski, with a bit of help from former coach Buzz Williams, has assembled one of the top frontcourts in the country. The crown jewel of that frontcourt is freshman Henry Ellenson, ESPN’s No. 5 recruit in the 2015 class and the highest-ranked Marquette recruit since Doc Rivers in 1980. The 6-foot-10 power forward from Rice Lake can do it all. He’s powerful in the paint, slamming down dunks like the ones that earned him the dunk contest title at this year’s Marquette Madness. He can shoot the midrange, forcing defenders to stay on their toes if he gets away from the basket. He can even bring the ball up in transition like a point guard if you need him to. “He’s got the talent and the ability to be as good as anyone in the country,” Wojciechowski said. “Honestly I believe he’s a topfive pick in this year’s draft,” junior guard Duane Wilson said. “His versatility, you don’t see that every day. I don’t know the last time you’ve seen someone that’s (6-foot-10) that can dribble, shoot, that’s athletic, that can post up. That’s hard to come by. He’s got a real talent.” In the paint, Ellenson joins redshirt junior Luke Fischer, who played his first full season at Marquette last season following his transfer from Indiana. Fischer was also highly touted, ranking 34th in the country by ESPN and fourth among centers in 2013. Both he and Ellenson were the top-ranked Wisconsin recruits in their respective classes. “I feel like we have a really close bond,” Ellenson said. “For me and Luke, we have to be best friends on the court. We have to be able to work with each other and be a force.” The pairing puts Marquette’s opponents in a treacherous situation. Do they double-team Ellenson or Fischer? How can you
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The offense may be the flashy part of their game, but the onetwo punch should improve a defense that finished around the middle of the conference in points allowed and ninth in defensive rebounds. The added size also allows Wojciechowski to play more man-to-man defense. “Our size and length across the board is better … Those two guys, as they continue to learn to play
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Ranked the No. 23 center in this year’s class by ESPN, he allows Marquette to have a multi-faceted big man rotation for the first time in years. He said his role this year will be to get rebounds and play solid defense while the other two big men get time to rest up on the bench. It’s the sort of luxury not many teams get in college basketball. “I’ve obviously always been the tallest guy on the team; being able to play with other 6-foot10, 6-foot-11 guys, that’s huge,” Ellenson said. “I can be able to do the stuff I want to do on the perimeter. They attract the defense with their height so it gives me mismatches in the post.” While the trio will surely face smaller bigs throughout the season, the practice against each other will help prepare them for BIG EAST matchups against bigger lineups like Georgetown, Xavier and Seton Hall. “We make each other better every day,” Heldt said. “I think, all three of us, our physicality has increased and our awareness and being able to score against guys our height.”
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Creighton 14-1, 20-8 Xavier 11-3, 15-10 Villanova 11-4, 21-7 Marquette 10-4, 19-8 St. John’s 6-8, 16-13 Butler 6-8, 10-17 Seton Hall 6-9, 12-15 Georgetown 4-11, 10-18 DePaul 3-11, 15-12 Providence 1-13, 10-18 Men’s Hockey ACHA Division III Pacific Region (Overall, points) MSU Denver 11-1-1, 23 pts Marquette 10-3-1, 21 pts Iowa State 10-1-1, 21 pts Arkansas 9-1-1, 19 pts Colorado “Mines” 9-2-1, 19 pts UW-Platteville-Blue 8-2, 16 pts Colorado Mesa 7-7-2, 16 pts Air Force 7-3-1, 15 pts Loyola-Chicago 6-3-3, 15 pts McKendree 7-7, 14 pts
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Q&A with Henry Ellenson How much progress have you made since you got to campus? I think the biggest change you’ll see in me is how much strength I’ve added. That’s from the weight room working out with our strength coach. On the court, I feel like my shot has gotten better. I’ve offensively been tuning my game and adding stuff just because it is the college level now, and you have to be making different moves a little quicker. What is the best aspect of your game? My versatility. That’s something that I’ve always been real effective with. My shot for my size is really good. I like to always step out and use that, but also play an inside-out game, scoring on the inside first. That will open up the court and open up the court for my teammates, too. A lot of people compare your game to Dirk Nowitzki. Do you agree with that comparison? I think I’ve got pieces of his game. Obviously he’s a footer and can shoot, too. I have a little bit of other players, too. I like Jabari (Parker’s) game. I like (Carmelo Anthony)’s. When I watch games on NBA TV I like to pick pieces from other players’ games and try to add it to mine, because it works for them. It could work for me too. What current NBA player would you most like to play with? I think it’d be cool to play with a pass-first point guard. I like Damian Lillard at the point guard spot. He likes to score, but I think he sets up teammates well.
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Have any NBA players reached out to you? We’ve played with the Bucks players a couple of times at open gyms. Chris Copeland was a guy who talked to us a lot. He’s mentoring a lot of us young guys. There (have been) a couple guys at open gyms, like Jabari (Parker), Khris Middleton. They’re always there. They’re pros and they’re leaders, so they are helping us out.
Marquette star Henry Ellenson has attracted the attention of media and scouts nationwide.
If you could have dinner with three people past or present who would they be? One for sure (is) Barack Obama. I’d love to meet the president. Carmelo (Anthony). He’s my favorite basketball player. And then I’ll throw LeBron James in there too. It’d be a pretty fun dinner.
Favorite player to play with at Marquette? For me, I’ve never been able to play with someone bigger than me. Being able to play with Luke Fischer, I enjoy it a lot because that opens up the court for me. It’s really nice to play with a person of his size.
Who are the top three artists on your Spotify right now? Kanye, Drake and I’ve been listening to a lot Meek Mill. My teammates got me on that one. I’ve been listening to Justin Bieber, too. “What Do You Mean?” (has) been on repeat a bit.
What game are you most looking forward to this season? One game, at Villanova, that’s on my birthday. I’m excited for that one. Obviously the LSU game at the Barclays Center and going to Wisconsin. I could just name off the whole season. I’m excited for it.
Favorite thing about Marquette? One thing I’ve been noticing since being on campus is the size of it all. It’s really nice. It’s not a big school, so you see a lot of the same faces from class to class. It’s a real close atmosphere. There’s a lot of excitement around here for the basketball season. People just walking by, wishing me luck for the upcoming season. I think that’s really neat.
What’s your favorite class? I have this contemporary presentation class where I give speeches. We have this discussion group that meets in Johnston Hall, and we just have a great group of characters in there. We all are pretty comfortable with each other.
Favorite thing about the basketball program? I think it’s really cool that we play at the Bradley Center. Not many teams get to do that, play at a professional arena. I think that it’s really cool that we play at such a big arena, and that Marquette’s going to pack it this year.
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Freshmen: five-man class taking on leadership roles despite youth
the team. For Carter and Heldt, with their positions set in stone, it is simply a matter of adjusting to the fast-paced college game. “The first few days of practice, Luke (Fischer) was very physical and I just wasn’t used to that,” Heldt said about going up against his fellow center. “The guard play, too, is so fast. You go from high school to here playing against these highlevel guards. These guys are so good; I never played with guys like this in high school.” Anim is learning similar lessons in his first few months at the collegiate level. A wing in high school, the coaches tasked him with
learning the power forward position for the first time in his career. At 6-foot-4 and 205 pounds, what Anim lacks in height can be made up for in strength. “The first couple weeks it was so tough because I’d never played it before and I’m playing against bigger guys,” Anim said in early October. “It was something at first I was a little skeptical about but I listen to the coaches and I trust the coaches so going into practice now I’m really getting more adjusted to it. When I’m playing the four I just try to use my guard skills and use my speed.” The circumstances for Cheatham
are along the same lines, only on the opposite end of the spectrum. The 6-foot-5 wing from Fort Lauderdale, Florida has taken on point guard responsibilities for the first time in his life. This allows Wilson to shift over to the more natural shooting guard spot when on the floor together. Carter, the only true point guard on the roster, will handle the ball when Cheatham’s not in the game. With all the modifications made over such a short period of time, Wojciechowski knows there will be some trial and error involved. “Younger guys tend to go through more ups and downs more
frequently than older, more experienced guys,” Wojciechowski said. “There’s going to be some times where our freshmen, you’re watching them play and you’re seeing who they could be as a player, and then there’s going to be times that we all watch and say ‘man, he was a real freshman today.’” Still, Marquette needs to rely on its freshmen right out of the gate. Every freshman player credited both the coaches and the veterans–Wilson, Fischer, Sandy Cohen and Jajuan Johnson–with helping to develop their skills since arriving on campus at the beginning of the summer.
Now, through gameplay adjustments and positional changes, the five-man band is taking that advice from their elders and implementing it into the team’s game. Whether it’s in the locker room, in Kasten Gym or at the BMO Harris Bradley Center, the freshmen are quickly learning to take on leadership roles as they have with their style of play. “I’ve seen that really come on since we got here in the summer,” Cheatham said. “The younger guys being leaders, talking on the court, not being shy to say what they have to say. I think that’s really helped our team.”
Johnson ready to live up to expectations Junior guard was ranked No. 27 by ESPN in 2013 By Peter Fiorentino
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It would be rather difficult to call the 2014-’15 basketball season a success for junior Jajuan Johnson. The guard’s numbers dropped off from his freshman season in nearly every statistical category. His field goal percentage fell from 44 to 37 percent, his three-point accuracy plummeted from 29 to 21 percent and he averaged an additional turnover per game. Last
January, Johnson went 9-38 from the field, and missed the Xavier game with a sprained ankle, a game that Marquette went on to lose 62-58. It’s difficult to describe Johnson’s role last year. Was he supposed to be a lockdown defender? A three-point shooter? How about a rim attacker? Perhaps the most frustrating part about Johnson’s season was that there were no answers. This season should be a different story. “I think JJ had his best summer since I’ve been around,” head coach Steve Wojciechowski said. “First and foremost, we are going to need him to be a reliable defender on the perimeter.”
The Memphis, Tennessee native has learned to be an altruistic defender from his head coach, the 1998 National Defensive Player of the Year. He showed tremendous defensive improvement in Wojciechowski’s first year, collecting 58 more rebounds than in his freshman campaign. “I’ve changed my feet, (I have) quicker feet,” Johnson said. “I’ve been caring for my teammates on defense not just my own game.” Having to guard the opponent’s best perimeter shooter this season won’t be an easy task for Johnson. He did earn Wojciechowski’s praise, though, for the work he has put into his offensive game so far this year.
“Offensively, he’s very good in transition, he’s at his best when he is attacking the basket, and we want him to look for more ways to do that, and not settle for perimeter shots,” Wojciechowski said. “We want him to be an attacking player.” Johnson, who was ranked 27th in the 2013 recruiting class by ESPN, was a highly thought of shooter coming out of high school. That success clearly has not yet translated to collegiate play. He has worked on his shot and adjusted his unusual motion in the offseason, and he said it is already doing his game wonders. “Even in practice I’ve been shooting terrific right now,”
Johnson said. “I moved (the ball) over to the right. I don’t bring it across (my body) anymore, so it’s more natural. It’s much more about technique.” For Wojciechowski, Johnson’s shot is just as much about technique as it is about shot selection. “He’s worked on his shots where if he takes one from 15 feet and in, you know it’s going in,” Wojciechowski said. “I don’t want him to feel like he has to shoot threes if there’s a 15-foot shot that he has as good a chance of making. Figure out ways to attack the paint on the drive or off of cutting, where he’s getting most of his shots under the basket and at the free throw line.”
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Kieger poised for sophomore crusade Women’s coach confident in team’s defense, speed By Andrew Goldstein
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“It’s almost basketball season!” exclaimed Marquette women’s basketball head coach Carolyn Kieger seemingly out of the blue as she waited for her media day press conference to begin. Such spontaneous outbursts of excitement may be out of place for almost everyone else, but they are standard fare for Kieger, who is entering her second year as Marquette’s head coach. Kieger is a one-woman hive of activity on the sidelines, pointing and yelling and running every which way during games and practices. The former Marquette point guard and captain will put her seemingly limitless reserve of energy to the test this year through a daunting challenge: coaching an 11-woman team that contains eight freshmen. “We’re teaching every day, we’re learning every day, we’re implementing a new offense, a new defense,” Kieger said in her typical rapid-fire cadence. New is the operative word for this Marquette team, from the redesigned court to the snazzy championship blue uniforms to the scheme the players will be running to the players themselves. Marquette has the youngest team out of the 349 programs in Division I, and that brings with it a set of difficulties that no other coach in the nation faces.
“Obviously, (this team) doesn’t have experience,” Kieger said. “We can do drills all we want, but they haven’t worn that jersey yet. They haven’t been in late-game situations where the pressure’s on them and they have to ice a free throw or get a stop.” It is this lack of experience that caused Marquette to finish ninth in the BIG EAST preseason poll, one point ahead of Providence in last place. Marquette was also the only team to not have a player on a BIG EAST preseason all-conference team, although that is primarily due to the fact that Marquette only has three non-freshmen and returns zero starters from last year. You would never guess any of that from talking to Kieger, though, who describes her young team as “awesome.” “This group is coming in hungry and eager,” she said. “They’re acting like sponges and soaking up everything we’re teaching. They’ve been so fun to coach.” One doesn’t need to look too hard to find some reasons for optimism on this team. The incoming freshman class contains a trio of Wisconsin guards that ranked among Prospect Nation’s Top 150 recruits: Amani Wilborn, Allazia Blockton and Natisha Hiedeman. Freshman forward Erika Davenport was also a top recruit. Hiedeman says that Kieger’s frankness in her recruiting visit was a large factor in her decision to come to Marquette. “She set out the goals right away,” Hiedeman said. “Her goals and my goals meshed, so it ended up being perfect.” The primary goal for Kieger this season will be to improve on a
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Former Marquette player Carolyn Kieger will rely on eight freshmen to improve from last year’s defensive woes.
dismal 2014 campaign, which saw the Golden Eagles go 9-21– their worst overall mark in 29 years. That record included a 10game losing streak to start BIG EAST play, which came one shy of tying a program record for the longest losing streak. Last year’s struggles were largely due to a suspect defense, which ranked 340th out of 343 in the country in points per game allowed. Kieger bristled when the topic was brought up in a media day press conference.
“We’re definitely not talking about last year at all,” Kieger said. “This is a completely new defense and completely new personnel, so we don’t worry about that. We haven’t played a ball game yet, so my defense right now is number one in the country.” Kieger found substantially more success on the offensive side of the ball last year; Marquette finished in the top half of the BIG EAST in points per game, free throw percentage and offensive rebounding. When asked whether or
not she would maintain last year’s fast break-centric offense, Kieger wasted no time in responding. “We will be very fast this year,” Kieger said. “We’re going to run and we’re going to get up and down very quickly.” When one gets to know the fastmoving, loud-talking, fist-pumping ball of energy that is Carolyn Kieger, it almost seems ridiculous to think of her running a team any other way.
Men transitioning to man-to-man defense Size, depth provide Wojciechowski with consistent scheme By Andrew Goldstein
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Avid fans of Marquette basketball will notice a lot of obvious differences between this year and last year’s teams, but one of the biggest differences will be a bit more subtle. Head coach Steve Wojciechowski said that he plans to run a man-to-man defense this year, which is markedly different than the zone scheme that the Golden Eagles ran for most of last year. Wojciechowski said that man defense is his preference, and the zone-dominant scheme that Marquette ran last year was born out of necessity. “We ended up having to play multiple defenses a lot last year based on our personnel and the number of guys we had on our team,” Wojciechowski said. “I would prefer to play mostly man defense.” The Golden Eagles started off last season playing man-to-man, but quickly found it ineffective due to their lineup’s lack of size and inability to fight through screens. Starting with its game against Wisconsin, Marquette
transitioned to a 2-3 zone defense, which entails two players occupying zones close to the perimeter and three players guarding zones closer to the baseline and basket. The Golden Eagles stayed in that alignment for the majority of the 2014-’15 season, with occasional shifts to man-to-man and other types of zone defenses. The switch reduced the burden on specific defenders, but often left the Golden Eagles’ frontcourt out of position for rebounds, which contributed to Marquette surrendering offensive rebounds on 36.4 percent of all opposing shots, one of the lowest marks in Division I. However, center Luke Fischer believes that switching back to man-to-man will alleviate the problem. “Man-to-man absolutely helps with rebounding,” Fischer said. “You’re not searching for a guy like you are in zone... you’re already guarding someone, and you know who they are.” Even though a new defensive scheme can be complex and take an exhaustive amount of practice to perfect, the prevailing sentiment among Marquette players seems to be that the switch will not be an issue. “I feel comfortable in both (defenses), honestly,” small forward Sandy Cohen said. “In high school I played all zone, and in AAU I played man, so I can do both pretty well.”
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Last year’s team was forced to play zone defenses, but this year’s has flexibility with a more complete roster.
Fellow small forward Sacar Anim concurred, saying, “I’m really comfortable with manto-man. I’ve actually never played zone in my life before, so I’m really pleased that we’re doing man-to-man.” Of course, when it comes to running a defensive scheme, it always helps to have bigger bodies on the floor. Marquette’s versatility on defense last year was inhibited by the fact that Fischer was the only player on the roster taller than 6-foot-7. Now, Marquette has three such players, which means
the Golden Eagles can guard opposing big men one-on-one without being at a massive size disadvantage near the hoop. “We have size at multiple positions around the basket,” Wojciechowski said. “We should be a better defensive rebounding team, and I think our size and length across the board is better.” In the end, though, no defensive scheme is a substitute for skillful enthusiasm at that end of the floor, Fischer said. “Coach Wojo’s biggest pet peeve is when you’re not
hustling,” he said. “As long as you’re playing hard and hustling, he’s going to be on your side.” It appears that Marquette is wholeheartedly embracing this philosophy. Anim described his defensive style in three words: “Ferocious. Lockup. Furious.” Wojciechowski will need his new man-to-man defense to be all three of those things and more if Marquette hopes to reverse its fortunes from last year and make a run in the gritty BIG EAST conference.
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Top men’s non-conference opponents By Peter Fiorentino
peter.fiorentino@marquette.edu
1. Wisconsin Badgers
2. LSU Tigers
3. Belmont Bruins
4. Iowa Hawkeyes
5. Stetson Hatters
Marquette matchup: Dec. 12 (12:30 p.m. at the Kohl Center) 2014 record: 37-4
Marquette matchup: Nov. 23 (6 p.m. at Barclays Center) 2014 record: 22-11
Marquette matchup: Nov. 11 (8 p.m. at the Bradley Center) 2014 record: 22-11
Marquette matchup: Nov. 18 (8 p.m. at the Bradley Center) 2014 record: 22-12
Marquette matchup: Jan. 27 (8 p.m. at the Bradley Center) 2014 record: 9-22
What to know: The Badgers are 47-7 at home over the last three years, but they graduated three of five starters from last season– Frank Kaminsky, Sam Dekker and Josh Gasser. Wisconsin will be battle-tested heading into the matchup with Marquette, with non-conference games against Georgetown, No. 8 Oklahoma and Syracuse.
What to know: LSU had a 2014’15 season that was capped with a few early exits. The Tigers lost to No. 1 Kentucky 71-69, and fell to Auburn in the first round of the SEC Tournament, 73-70, in overtime. LSU advanced to their first NCAA Tournament since 2009, and lost in the Round of 64 to 8th seeded NC State, thanks to a tip-in by the Wolfpack with 0.1 seconds remaining.
What to know: You may remember the Bruins from their dramatic Ohio Valley Conference championship, a sensational one-point victory over Murray State. The win secured the 7th NCAA tournament appearance for Belmont in the last 10 years. While the Bruins haven’t made it past the Round of 64, they averaged 74.5 points per game last year and pose a threat to a Marquette team who averaged 65 per game.
What to know: The Hawkeyes made it to the Round of 32 last year with an 83-52 victory over Davidson in the first round in the NCAA Tournament, before exiting with an 87-68 loss to Gonzaga. Iowa was fairly good away from home, finishing 7-3 on the road last year, with wins at North Carolina and Ohio State.
What to know: Stetson is not a good basketball team. They won only three conference games last year, and were out-gained in nearly every statistical category. The game with the Hatters comes in the middle of the BIG EAST schedule for the Golden Eagles. After games against DePaul and St. John’s, Marquette could be resting easy and not take Stetson seriously. Sure, the Golden Eagles will probably win, but with a few young players, anything is possible.
Who to watch for: Bronson Koenig is a returning junior, and scored in double digits in three of Wisconsin’s six NCAA Tournament games. Paired with returning starter Nigel Hayes, the two veterans should provide a thorough attack from beyond the arc. The real question will be who steps up in the paint. Kaminsky, Dekker and Gasser combined for 17.2 rebounds per game, so the Badgers will have to rely on redshirt freshman Ethan Happ, who pulled in 10 boards against UW-River Falls.
Who to watch for: Ben Simmons, a 6-foot-10 big man from Australia, was named to the preseason All-American team and is the favorite to be taken first overall in next year’s NBA draft. He averaged 28 points and nearly 12 rebounds per game at his high school, Montverde Academy. When the Tigers went on a tour of Australia in August, he averaged 20 points and 9 boards in five games.
2015 Men’s Basketball
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Who to watch for: The three B’s — Craig Bradshaw, Taylor Barnette and Evan Bradds. Bradshaw led the Bruins in scoring last year with just over 18 ppg. Bradds was close behind with 14 ppg, but he also averaged seven rebounds per game, and shot 68 percent from the field. Barnette hit the gamewinner against Murray St., averaged 10 ppg and added 26 steals last season.
Who to watch for: Iowa graduated two of their three leading scorers, Aaron White and Gabriel Olaseni, who combined for 24 ppg and 11 rpg. This opens the door for Mike Gesell and Jarrod Uthoff to have a bigger role. Uthoff, a transfer from Wisconsin, averaged 12 ppg and 7 rpg and added 38 steals last year. The offensive struggles continued in Iowa’s exhibition loss to Division II Augustana, missing 39 shots against and attempting just five free throws. Last season, Iowa averaged 15.8 points from free throws alone.
Dan Reiner, Sports Editor
Jack Goods, Assistant Editor
Peter Fiorentino, Assistant Editor
2015 Women’s Basketball
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NIT Champion
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Robby Cowles, Staff Writer
Andrew Goldstein, Staff Writer
Jamey Schilling, Staff Writer
Who to watch for: Divine Myles, a junior guard, averaged 11 ppg last season and threw up 16 points seven times. Myles and fellow guard Grant Lozoya (9.6 ppg, 3.3 rpg) could give Marquette’s guards some trouble on the perimeter.
John Hand, Staff Writer
Infographic by Anabelle McDonald/anabelle.mcdonald@marquette.edu
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Prep teammates reunite at MU Top Wis. recruits bring chemistry from AAU team By Andrew Goldstein
andrew.goldstein@marquette.edu
Amani, Natisha and Allazia. It has been pretty difficult over the past few years to hear or see one of these names and not find one of the other two in close proximity. Pull up Prospects Nation’s 2015 Top 150 recruits list for women’s basketball, and you’ll find Amani Wilborn at No. 86, Allazia Blockton seven spots below at No. 93 and Natisha Hiedeman at No. 149. Search Hiedeman’s highlight reel, and you’ll see her send a laser of a pass into the paint directly into the hands of Wilborn for a textbook layup. Yes, Marquette’s freshman guards Wilborn, Hiedeman and Blockton have been inseparable both on and off the court. They spent free time together in high school, played AAU basketball together for Wisconsin Playground Elite, and now they’ll spend the next four years together in Milwaukee. “We kind of know each other’s games, which makes things (easier) for everything on the court,” Hiedeman said. Even though the trio played together on their AAU team, the odds certainly did not favor all of them landing at Marquette. Jeff Smith, the women’s basketball director for Wisconsin Playground Elite, said other schools heavily
recruited all three players. “Natisha had almost 10 offers, Amani had over 10 offers and Allazia had over 15 offers,” Smith said. “They had plenty of other options.” Eventually all three players decided to accept Marquette’s offer. Hiedeman announced her commitment Aug. 2, 2014, and both Amani and Allazia followed suit in November that same year. Marquette women’s basketball head coach Carolyn Kieger said that she recruited each of them on an individual basis and was thrilled when they all decided to become Golden Eagles. “That’s how we recruit here: we go after the student-athlete and the whole person,” Kieger explained. “It worked out great for us … their chemistry is already there, and it was an easy transition.” If the group had a standout player, it may very well be Wilborn, a 5-foot-9 spark plug out of Riverside High School on the North Side of Milwaukee. She averaged 15.7 points and 6.4 rebounds per game over her high school career. Wilborn’s smooth ballhandling and strong drives to the hoop have won the admiration of many, including Smith. “I would call her a wizard with the basketball,” Smith said. “She can score for herself, she can create for others, she can shoot the 3-pointer, the midrange, the floater. She can also get to the basket on anybody at any level.” Hiedeman, who will likely join Wilborn in the starting backcourt this year, is no pushover in the scoring department herself. The 5-foot-8 guard from Green Bay
Southwest averaged 25.6 points per game for her high school team last year to go along with an eye-popping 4.5 steals per game. Along the way, many defenders made the mistake of giving Hiedeman space beyond the 3-point line -- she shot 38 percent on 3-pointers during her senior year. Given her on-court prowess, it’s actually Hiedeman’s demeanor that stands out most to her teammates. The guard is almost always laughing or joking with her teammates and coaches. “She’s our energy bug on and off the court,” Blockton said. “She pumps us up and is always talking a lot.” And, of course, there’s Blockton herself, who was also considered to be one of the best women’s basketball players in the state coming out of Dominican High School in Whitefish Bay. Blessed with a nimble first step and natural athleticism, Blockton has emerged as one of the more intriguing young players in the BIG EAST. She holds Dominican career records in points, rebounds and blocks and was named an all-state performer for three consecutive years. “She’s probably one of the strongest players that I’ve played with or against,” Wilborn said of Blockton. “She’s strong going to the basket, but she also has a great midrange jump shot. It’s hard to guard someone (that has both).” All three players seem to be perfect fits for Kieger’s up-tempo, rim-attacking offensive philosophy, in which fast breaks and incisive cuts to the hoop are usually the order of the day. Running the
Photos by Doug Peters/douglas.peters@marquette.edu
The three top-150 players highlight the eight-woman recruiting class.
break can be one of the most difficult things for young guards to execute correctly, but Wilborn says that playing alongside familiar faces has made things significantly easier. “That’s pretty much what we did (in AAU ball),” she said. “Our offense was run-and-gun, and we were pressing a lot, so it’s good that in college we can kind of play how we are already used to playing.” Having three players with such chemistry will be invaluable for a Marquette team whose inexperience may reign supreme this year. The Golden Eagles don’t have any of their starters from last season, and eight out of the 11 players on the roster are freshmen. One of the three non-freshmen, junior guard Chelsey Gibson, tore her ACL in preseason workouts and will miss
the entire season. That leaves junior guard McKayla Yentz and sophomore center Shantelle Valentine as the only players with any college basketball experience. That’s why the Wisconsin trio is so important to this year’s team. Perhaps Blockton, Hiedeman and Wilborn are the beginning of a recruiting boom for the Golden Eagles, and maybe their recruitment signals something more substantial down the road for Kieger’s program. While growing pains are to be expected with this year’s young team, the trio may soon be the pieces to carry Marquette back to a postseason tournament. “All of them have the ability to start and be all-conference players,” Smith said. “I’d love to see them take Marquette back to the NCAA tournament.”
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