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Volume 98, Number 25
2 MKE gun incidents lead to MPD investigation
Thursday, November 21, 2013
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Wild holds forum with MUSG
By Matt Kulling
matthew.kulling@marquette.edu
Following two recent highprofile shootings that drew media criticism, the Milwaukee Police Department and other law enforcement agencies are reviewing their policies and practices regarding incidents with reported gunmen. The two incidents occurred over the past couple weeks, one occurring this past week at the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin Nov. 14 and another involving a car jacking Nov. 11 that ended with the shooting and killing of a suspect in downtown Milwaukee. In the more recent incident, MPD officers entered the hospital to arrest 22-year-old Ashanti Hendricks, who had a warrant out for his arrest. Hendricks was reportedly at the hospital visiting his girlfriend and their child in the neonatal unit, where newborn babies go if they are sick. When officers arrived on the scene, Hendricks was holding the baby. He initially complied with officers by putting the baby down, but then fled down a hallway. Hendricks was shot in the wrist while he was trying to flee from officers, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke said in a news conference Thursday. The shooting was reported at 11:59 a.m. Only Hendricks was injured. MPD chief Ed Flynn said in a press conference last week that officers were called to the scene of the children’s hospital when a woman called police to tell them that a man who had a warrant out and usually carried a gun was in the hospital. “It was a dispatched call in which the indication was that we had an armed suspect in the (neonatal) unit,” Flynn said. “Obviously this is concerning, the only reason the officers encountered him to see if he was armed was the fact that he had a warrant on him.” Flynn said officers had to have a lawful reason to go into the hospital to check for the suspect, and the only reason they did was because the suspect had See Shooting, Page 3
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Wild holds a student forum as interim university president, saying they serve as an important dialogue to express concerns to the administration.
Increased diversity, grocery store among top student concerns By Caroline Roers
caroline.roers@marquette.edu
Diversity, food deserts and alcohol on campus were among the topics discussed at the
everything that is going on. And I think that in some cases we are able to fix some things on the spot.” During the Wednesday night session, more than 40 students brought up a wide array of concerns, including environmental sustainability, signing up for classes, academic review and the strategic plan. Some of the main points Wild and interim Provost Margaret Callahan addressed were diversity, the alcohol policy and grocery stores.
DIVERSITY One of the main concerns brought up numerous times throughout the event was diversity. Tyler Crawford, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, asked what the administration’s definition of diversity was and if it saw diversity reflected in admissions and in the graduating class. “True diversity is when See Wild, Page 4
MU journalist still missing after full year Foley family petitions for reporter’s release after Syria abduction By Natalie Wickman
natalie.wickman@marquette.edu
James Foley, a Marquette alumnus and international freelance reporter, was in Syria, enroute to the Turkish border Nov. 22, 2012 when he was abducted from his car. Now, just one day shy of the one-year anniversary of that kidnapping, Foley still has not been found in war-torn Syria.
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Marquette Student Governmenthosted forum with interim University President the Rev. Robert A. Wild Wednesday night. Wild said these forums allow administration to learn about concerns the students have that it may not have previously heard. “I think we have always learned something from the university that we did not know before,” Wild said. “Administrators are not omniscient, and we don’t know
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Foley was reporting in the northwestern part of Syria when he was kidnapped. Private search attempts conducted in the following six weeks found no details of Foley’s whereabouts. To date, Foley’s location has not been updated. Foley’s family will host a “Global Day of Prayer for Jim” Nov. 22 at St. Charles Children’s Home in Rochester, N.H. The event will honor Foley’s bravery and renew the commitment to bringing him home. Foley’s family created www. freejamesfoley.org, a website and online petition calling for the release of Foley unharmed. The site gives updates on the
search for Foley and other journalists kidnapped while working in Syria. William Thorn, associate professor of journalism and media studies, was working as Marquette’s journalism department’s chairman while Foley attended the university. Thorn said he thinks the search for Foley is especially challenging since Syria has no solid governance. “(Foley) is in one of the most dangerous parts of the world, there are vying factions internally and with the West,” Thorn said. “We can speculate about where he is, whether he’s alive or dead, whether
he’s crippled or whole. But nobody is talking.” Thorn ruled out the possibility Foley was taken for ransom, as he said that the U.S. would have heard if his kidnappers contacted Foley’s family or employer to demand money. “You’re not dealing with a government that may have imprisoned him,” Thorn said. “You’re dealing with terrorist and rebel groups with people who aren’t concerned about what the U.S. knows or doesn’t know.” The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists
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