as possible to win the approval of the swing state that is Wisconsin.
By Mia Thurow mia.thurow@marquette.edu
With Election Day rapidly approaching on Nov. 4, candidates Tammy Baldwin (D) and Eric Hovde (R) are in the race for Wisconsin’s Representative in the Senate.
The Marquette Wire had the opportunity to interview both Senate candidates about their campaigns and attempt to answer any questions young voters may have before Election Day. Baldwin’s interview was conducted via email, and Hovde’s via telephone call.
With just one week left until Election Day, Democratic and Republican candidates are battling as hard
This year, Hovde and Baldwin are the politicians fighting for the incumbent Baldwin’s current spot. The Dairy State’s senators at the moment are Ron Johnson (R) and Baldwin.
“Even if you’re voting in your home state, staying engaged in Wisconsin’s election is crucial because this November, Wisconsin is going to be the battleground state that’s going to decide who controls the Senate, the White House and the future of our country,” Baldwin said in an email.
She then detailed why college students should vote for her, stating she is hoping to make education
less expensive with the “America’s College Promise Act,” a partnership between the federal and state governments with Native American tribes and minority serving institutions to help lower tuition for some students in certain types of colleges.
“Education opens so many doors for students but it’s too expensive, plain and simple. I support common-sense solutions so students can get a college degree without taking on backbreaking debt,” Baldwin said in an email.
Hovde said that although he doesn’t support student debt relief, he is unhappy with the rising cost of education and sympathetic to people who may be struggling to
pay off college and/or student debt for decades.
“I’m not in agreement with relieving student debt because it’s patently unfair to the vast majority of people in the country. I think what you have to do is you have to go at the root problem, and that’s driving down the cost of higher education,” Hovde said in a phone call.
For college students who may be voting for the first time, the cost of education is a relevant issue. For Marquette students, the safety in their college town of Milwaukee may be an issue to consider as well. Recently the crime rates in Milwaukee have been trending down. Both candidates have plans to keep cities safe.
Baldwin secured nearly $90 million in state funding for Wisconsin police departments last year and said if reelected she would continue to prioritize public safety.
Hovde is endorsed by both the Milwaukee Police Association and the Wisconsin Police Association and believes that police departments are underfunded. When asked about a 2024 decrease crime and homicide rates in Milwaukee, he expressed that a downtick in violence might not be the actual case.
“I have been informed that one of the reasons why some of the statistical numbers are actually trending down is that less people are reporting crime, and the Milwaukee Police Department is so understaffed that they’re not reporting the information onto the FBI,” Hovde said in a phone call.
In addition to crime, the cost of healthcare may be an addition-
MU party chairs comment on elections
By Sahil Gupta sahil.gupta@marquette.edu
Less than one week remains until Americans head to the polls in what has been a historic presidential election campaign. With former president Donald Trump suffering from two assassination attempts and Vice President Kamala Harris bouncing into the spotlight after what many called a disastrous summer debate performance by President Biden, soon the people will provide the final judgment.
Signs that the election is near are ever present on Marquette’s campus. Each residence hall has put up a poster showing residents where their polling place is. Student organizations have been tabling in the AMU, reminding people to vote and
advocating for candidates. Pins and buttons line students’ backpacks, and doors are lined with stickers.
With Election Day inching closer, both the Marquette College Democrats and College Republicans have been working to advocate for their party’s candidates and platforms. From holding meetings with free food to hosting guest speakers, both groups are doing everything that they can to make sure that their candidates win up and down the ballot.
The Marquette Wire had the opportunity to speak with Jasleen Kaur, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, and Elliot Sgrignuolli, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences. Kaur and Sgrignuolli are the leaders of the Marquette
Photos courtesy of Baldwin Press and Press Team Hovde Headshots of Democractic candidate, Tammy Baldwin and Republican candidate Eric Hovde.
By Ellie Golko elizabeth.golko@marquette.edu
Photos courtesy of Jasleen Kaur and Elliot Sgrignuolli Both chairs have been advocating for their parties' candidates and platforms.
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al factor for young voters to consider.
Baldwin said she is fighting Big Pharma by attempting to pass the “FAIR Drug Pricing Act,” a bipartisan solution to the rising cost of medical drugs
“I won’t stop fighting until no one has to decide between buying their medication or their groceries,”
Baldwin said in an email.
In regard to women’s healthcare, Baldwin said that she is working to codify Roe v. Wade through her “Women’s Health Protection Act” and is also working to pass the “Right to Contraception Act,” which would keep access to all
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College Democrats and College Republicans, respectively. They discussed a variety of issues, ranging from student loan debt to foreign policy.
On student loan debt, Sgrignuolli highlighted several concerns, one of them in particular being the question of how student loan forgiveness will be paid for.
“There’s a lot of people that [assume] student loans are going to be automatically forgiven if [they] vote for this person … Where’s the money coming from? Taxes. Who pays taxes? All [college] graduates. If you want free school, here’s another so and so much on your
By Lance Schulteis lance.schulteis@marquette.edu
forms of birth control legal.
Hovde said he thinks the current American healthcare system needs reform because the Affordable Care Act has failed many Americans. He said he believes monopolies have no place in healthcare.
“The cost of healthcare is bankrupting individuals and companies. It’s putting a great strain on them, and access to care is declining,” Hovde said in a phone call.
Baldwin said if reelected, she wants to continue making positive, lasting changes for Wisconsin families. Despite being labeled by her opponents at times as just a career poli-
tician for Washington D.C., she said she is proud of her accomplishments for the Badger State.
“My singular focus is on working for Wisconsin and I’ll work with anyone to do it. Over 70% of my votes as a U.S. Senator have been bipartisan because that’s what it takes to get things done,” Baldwin said in an email.
Hovde emphasized his desire for both Democrats and Republicans to lower their back-and-forth political rhetoric. He also mentioned he would stand by the results of the presidential election unless he felt massive voter fraud
was present, and he said he hopes Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will each do the same if they lose the election.
“A big part of my campaign is I think we’ve become too politicized, too divisive. I think we need to come together as Americans. We need to cooperate with each other,” Hovde said in a phone call. “We need to stop putting on the blue jersey or the red jersey, fighting amongst ourselves. We gotta put on the red, white and blue jersey.”
Marquette students are able to vote in Wisconsin, even if it is not their home state. Wisconsin is a swing
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taxes,” Sgrignuolli said.
Meanwhile, Kaur highlighted how she thinks students will be able to contribute more to the U.S. economy when they have debt relief.
“If we use government funding … to lessen [student debt] for individuals, we’re going to make that up through the economy. We’re going to make up for that because we are going into the workforce, and we’re going to spend all of that money that would have gone towards paying back student debt back into the economy through the workforce,” Kaur said.
Several other issues were also brought up by both
party groups.
“I would like to see sustained success. I would like to see inflation go down, I would like to see more security in terms of the border and more stability internationally. Right now, we’ve got one war with Russia and Ukraine. There might be another war in the Middle East, and who knows what’s going on with China and Taiwan,” Sgrignuolli said.
The College Democrats also brought up similar concerns.
Kaur said the Israel/Palestine conflict is a main issue on the ballot this year. She also spoke about the topic of climate change and its current impact on
the environment.
“We see its effects right now. It’s super warm right now at the end of October,” Kaur said.
Above all issues, both party groups emphasized the importance of students voting and making their voices heard.
“I’ve been telling people that voting is important. Everyone has a vote; you got to use your vote. It’s your civil responsibility,” Sgrignuolli said. “You can register on Election Day here in Wisconsin. I’ve been telling people that if you live on campus, it’s very easy to do.”
Given Wisconsin’s swing state status, some feel that
state with tight political margins, including compilations of polls currently showing both presidential candidates tied with 48% of support from voters.
On Election Day, there will be polls on campus at the Alumni Memorial Union and other various places in downtown Milwaukee. Voter information such as polling locations, how to register to vote and other frequently asked questions are available online through Checkmarq under voter information.
their vote will be more impactful here rather than their home state.
“I’ve personally been reached out by members of the Marquette community to inform them how they can vote as out of state students, provide them, and direct them in those specific resources,” Kaur said. In-person absentee voting is currently underway in the State of Wisconsin and will conclude on Sunday, Nov. 3. Election Day polls will be open on Tuesday, Nov. 5 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. statewide. Visit myvote.wi.gov to find your polling place to vote early or on Election Day, as well as other general voting information.
Creating a carbon-free campus
Marquette and Princeton University both serve as institutions for higher education. Despite being hundreds of miles away, the two share a unique partner: Salas O’Brien.
The engineering firm is working alongside Princeton to decarbonize its campus with a desired neutrality (net zero carbon) date of 2046. The aim of decarbonization is to reduce a system’s carbon footprint, accomplished by balancing its amount of carbon emissions as close as possible to the amount used.
This past September, the firm released work with two professors at Marquette to investigate a similar opportunity.
David Nowacek, an as-
"The physical science of it is so compelling."
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sistant professor of social and cultural sciences, and Timothy Tharp, an associate professor of physics, served as the primary investigators of the study.
The proposal focuses on two points of potential decarbonization at Marquette, being that it is both feasible and cost-effective to make the change. Both claims are supplemented by science and data within the report.
“The physical science of it is so compelling,” Nowacek said. “This kind of transition is common sense.”
The alteration would also align with Marquette’s Jesuit mission and commitment to the greater good, Ally Olsen, a senior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said. Olsen is an environmental science major with an interest in sustainability.
“It’s good that we’re taking these principles of caring for our environment and transferring them to these other projects— and really integrating our Jesuit values along with caring for the climate and the planet and
making these sustainable changes,” Olsen said.
The study on potential decarbonization at Marquette focuses on the source of thermal energy, as the proposal would transition the university away from using steam generated by fossil fuels. In its place, a hot water network would be used that is powered by the Milwaukee sew-
er system— a renewable, low-energy source
The hot water network would be built parallel to the existing chilled water network. Heat pumps would then be purchased to supply the networks while being paired with the sewer system as a source of thermal energy.
The study revealed the feasibility of that solution
in the discovery of a sewer main along Clybourn Street, which marks the southern end of the Marquette campus. The main runs between 10,000 and 14,000 gallons of water per minute, which generates enough heat to be used in the proposed system.
“It was great to learn that unique fact about Marquette, because using the
Decarbonization aims to reduce a systems' carbon footprint by balancing carbon emissions.
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sewers as the source rather than drilling a bunch of boreholes around campus comes in at about a third of the cost,” Nowacek said.
The financial component of the proposal dictates that the university has the opportunity to save millions of dollars, according to Nowacek. The monetary projection, adjusted for the discounting of future benefits, anticipates $67 million in savings for Marquette within the first three decades of the system’s use.
“[There are] various initiatives on campus to try to cut costs at the university,” Tharp said. “What this study tells me is that we can’t afford business as usual. We can’t afford to not do something like this.”
If the proposal is approved by university administration, there are two different avenues that could be pursued in putting it into action.
The first option (and direction from which the projections stem from) would be to install all of the new heat exchangers and the distribution network at once over the stretch of multiple years, which would allow the university to benefit from the Inflation Reduction Act. Under this act, direct payments
can be made to non-profit institutions for such initiatives to cover up to 40% of the cost.
Alternatively, a slower integration process could be selected, which would ease the new system in rather than doing a complete overhaul. However, this approach wouldn’t provide the same financial benefit. If new infrastructure is set in place without being linked to the renewable source of energy, the tax rebates would not be maximized.
“You don’t get quite the savings as quickly or as high of savings if you just do it step-by-step,” Nowacek said.
In the process of investigating the feasibility at Marquette, WeEnergies was involved in looking at the project on a larger scale.
“We really engaged with our utility company so that we could set up not only a system that is good for Marquette, but one that other campuses could copy,” Tharp said. “[The utility companies] can go out and set up new infrastructure and set it up for the needs of the future instead of just copying what’s been done in the past.”
One of the study’s pri-
mary goals was to illustrate how the sustainable model could be integrated beyond the landscape of Marquette.
“Something we really wanted to do with this is set out to be an example for the rest of the community,” Tharp said.
Following the release of the proposal in September, the researching team awaits an approval decision from university administration.
“This could set up an example and pave the way for Wisconsin to become an important player in determining what our energy future looks like,” Tharp said.
By Gabriel Mannion gabriel.mannion@marquette.edu
Former President Donald Trump‘s latest rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden featured a crowd full of celebrities and crude and racist insults.
Speakers at the rally labeled Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage,” called Vice President Kamala Harris “the devil” and commented that Harris began her career as a “prostitute”.
Tony Hinchcliffe, a standup comic, also made “lewd and racist comments” on Latinos, Jews and Black people.
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The jokes were criticized by Harris’ campaign, and afterward the Trump campaign distanced itself from Hinchcliffe. Danielle Alvarez, senior adviser, said, “This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign.”
Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican music superstar, backed Harris on Instagram after Hinchcliffe’s comments.
Additionally, at the rally Trump’s childhood friend David Rem called Harris “the Antichrist” and “the devil”.
Trump refrained from any “offensive comments” targeted at Harris during his rally.
Also in attendance at the rally was former professional wrestler Hulk Hogan, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, TV psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw, politicians and an artist who painted a picture of Trump hugging the Empire State Building.
Trump is set to visit Wisconsin this week in Green Bay where he will campaign with former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett
Favre. Favre and Trump will address supporters Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Resch Center, an arena in Ashwaubenon, a Green Bay suburb.
Also on Wednesday, Harris will visit UW-Madison for a “Get Out the Vote” rally. Her rally will be accompanied by musical performances from Gracie Abrams and Mumford & Sons.
Trump will also make his way to Milwaukee on Friday where he will speak at the Fiserv Forum.
When MUPD Lieutenant James Hensley puts on Blue’s vest, collar and official badge, Marquette’s very own community support dog knows it’s time to go to work.
Blue is a two-year-old German shorthair pointer who loves toys and chicken-wrapped apple treats. At home, he spends time with his brother Herman, a dachshund, and sister Darby, an English pointer.
A few years ago, Hensley began brainstorming the idea of having a support dog at Marquette after witnessing the police department deal with a couple of unpleasant non-Marquette-related investigations within their patrol zone.
Previously, MUPD had another support dog named Nattie, but she was adopted by a family after the job didn’t serve her anymore.
“What we learned from that is our students really had a sense of comfort with Nattie, because many are away from home,” Edith Hudson, chief of MUPD, said. “They’re away from their pet, and just that comfort, that unconditional love that your pet provides, you don’t have that on campus.”
So, Hensley created a plan for the police department to get another support dog to provide for students and MUPD staff alike. He brought up the idea to Hudson, wrote a detailed proposal and had it presented
to the university, which was accepted. Hensley said that besides offering community engagement, having a support dog would offer a wide range of possibilities and help bridge the gap between college students and law enforcement officers. He got Blue as a puppy and allowed adequate time at the house for him to get used to being away from his mother and littermates, and then time in Milwaukee to adjust to the city noises.
Blue was only a few months old when he made his formal debut as Marquette’s community support dog in May of 2022. Hensley said he and Blue worked well together immediately.
MUPD Officer Tom Wichgers enjoys seeing Hensley and Blue go to events together. He said it allows the police department to let the community know that they exist as a support system to meet people where they’re currently at, no matter their situation.
“We have quite a few people who come here to Marquette, to MUPD, who are at points in their life when they need assistance,” Hudson said. “They come to Marquette for a reason, right? They come here because we are the difference.”
Being a community support dog, Blue is different from a typical police canine. Hensley said police dogs are either trained for patrol where they trace trails of people running
from cops or detection where they sniff out explosives or drugs.
“We didn’t do any of that with Blue, and the reasoning behind that is, we didn’t want to give anyone a reason not to come up to Blue and love on him and be able to get close to him,” Hensley said. “If someone was at a party and they’re worried about some sort of smell being on them … we didn’t want any of that.”
At the office, Hensley has responsibilities other than Blue which include policies and procedures, training and community engagement. On a typical day, he starts working at 7 or 8 a.m., answers emails, does office tasks and then gets Blue ready for any events they may have that day.
Wichgers said he was teaching an emotionally tough active shooter class when Blue made a surprise visit with Hensley.
“To watch the shift in people’s demeanor, it’s so fun,” Wichgers said. “The second [students] see Blue, they pop up, they cheer up. There’s this joy that comes out.”
Hensley said the purpose of MUPD is not only to protect the campus, but also to serve the community. He said Blue allows him a natural opportunity to connect with students who wouldn’t normally start a conversation with a police officer.
“A student reached out to me and said she had anxiety, and she asked if I could bring Blue over for a couple
of minutes just before her exam,” Hensley said. “Then I thought, ‘Well, if she’s going through this, chances are there’s another student in the same boat.’”
Hensley told the student to ask her professor if he could bring Blue into the class as a surprise, and when he did, he said the class immediately relaxed. Since that visit, the pair has made several other surprise visits to classrooms, which Hensley said he loves doing.
Blue also attends games at the Al McGuire Center and makes appearances at community-building events like his annual birthday party, where campus members can get free treats and sign a banner, and this month’s “Blue @ the Bridge” wellness event.
Hudson said she sees the students, faculty and staff who interact with Blue relax immediately. She said often students won’t reach out to a regular person during a tough time for a hug, but they will do that when they see Blue.
Students are also allowed to stop in to visit Blue anytime he’s in the MUPD office, although there are no specific set hours.
“They might be missing their own family, missing their own pets,” Hensley said. “And we’ll invite [Blue] into the lobby of the police department here and they’ll just give them some treats; they’ll play with some of his toys, and I just love seeing that.”
Hensley said one student he talked with chose Marquette over another university because of her experience meeting Blue at an event. He said she came back a few hours later and told him she had committed to Marquette.
“I’ve had four different people tell me they came here because of Blue,” Hensley said. “They’re like, ‘For the university to have a dog, a community support dog for the students, it just gives off the feeling that the university cares about us.’”
When he’s not putting smiles on students’ faces with Blue, Hensley is making a difference outside of the Marquette community with his Blue Bag Program for children in South Africa. Through the program, Hensley and his wife provide the children with toys, clothes and school supplies, and they’re also building a school near the town of Gravelotte to enroll 65 kids.
Hudson said Hensley is a perfect fit at MUPD because of the Ignatian spirituality that he constantly and unconsciously exhibits.
“That Ignatian philosophy and way of doing things— treating people right, seeing God in all things and all people—that is something that has been part of the culture here for years and it continues to be part of the culture,” Hudson said. “It’s just part of who he is.”
Blue, Marquette's two-year-old community support dog, wears a vest, collar and offical MUPD badge when he works at events with his handler, Lieutenant James Hensley.
Photo by Jack Belmont john.belmont@marquette.edu
MU's 'rock and foundation'
Defenders have played over 2,500 combined minutes
By Kaylynn Wright kaylynn.wright@marquette.edu
If you look at the Marquette women’s soccer cumulative stats sheet, you will notice two center backs who have played and started almost every game together — junior Adrianna Alberts and senior Mia Haertle.
That’s not a coincidence.
“Our backline is fantastic, particularly Mia
Haertle and Dree (Adrianna) Alberts,” Allen said after Marquette’s 1-1 draw with University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Sept. 15. “Our two center backs, the absolute rock and foundation of what we’re doing… They’re willing to take the hits for their team, and it shows a lot of good leadership.”
The duo has played a combined 2,848 minutes and counting this season.
Between them, there have been 18 instances where either Alberts or Haertle have played the full 90 minutes.
This extended amount of
playing time isn’t new for Haertle, a veteran who has logged 4,562 minutes and owned over 60 appearances for Marquette in her collegiate career. Last season, she played every single minute of every single game.
“Mia’s like the rock of our team,” senior goalkeeper Chloe Olson said. “We can always count on her. If she needs to make a big tackle, she’s going to make it… She has such a commanding presence back there… She’s just a great all-around player,
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"Mia brings this servant leadership characteristic... Dree brings the freaking edge."
From caddies to competitors
Schmidtke siblings rival each other in collegiate events
By Trevor Hilson trevor.hilson@marquette.edu
“‘Did you come here to qualify or to win?'” Mason Schmidtke asked as he and his brother Max made the turn onto the 394-yard parfour tenth at Rolling Meadows Golf Course in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
Max — the graduate student at South Dakota University — was competing in a tournament qualifier with Marquette sophomore Mason caddying and asking his older brother if he was going to flip the on-switch
for the back nine.
“We were probably right on the cut-line, and he wasn’t too happy with how he was playing,” Mason said, who tends to play more aggressively than the more conservative Max.
“We always have options of what we want to do,” Mason said. “When I caddy for him, I always get him to see the other side of the coin of; ‘You are good enough to pull off the shot.'”
This dynamic, which the two collegiate golfer siblings share helped Max catch fire and make five birdies in a row on the back nine.
“We really play into each other’s hands well,” Max said. “I always enjoy making that walk with him.”
Those walks include qualifiers, summer tournaments when the other brother isn’t competing and Mason’s U.S. Junior Amateur bid at Bandon Dunes in Oregon in 2022.
“That was his first USGA championship and mine too in a way,” Max said. “That was one of those experiences that I look back on when I think about how the game of golf has brought Mason and I closer together.”
The Schmidtke brothers’ shared experiences don’t always include being side-by-side as player and caddie.
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MU received 484 votes in top 25 preseason poll
By Matthew Baltz matthew.baltz@marquette.edu
For the second year in a row, No. 18 Marquette men’s basketball is ranked inside the top 25 to begin the year.
The preseason Associated Press Poll has the Golden Eagles as one of three ranked Big East teams at the start of the season.
No. 3 UConn and No. 15 Creighton are both ahead of Marquette. Other Big East teams that are receiving votes include St. John’s (91), Xavier (73) and Providence (9).
The Golden Eagles are set to face off against two ranked teams in the non-conference portion of their schedule, welcoming No. 14 Purdue to Fiserv Forum Nov. 19, and traveling to No. 5 Iowa State for the Big East/Big 12 Battle Dec. 4.
Overall, Marquette is set to play six games against ranked opponents this year, with three of them being at home and three being on the road.
This is just the fourth time since 2011 that Golden Eagles have been included in the preseason poll — and the 23rd time overall.
Marquette opens its season against Stony Brook Nov. 4 at Fiserv Forum.
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Centerbacks Mia Haertle (6) and Adrianna Alberts (13) have played and started almost every game this season for Marquette.
Chris Allen Marquette women's soccer head coach
Mason (right) and his brother Max were paired up this summer.
CROSS COUNTRY SPORTS COLUMN
THIS WEEK: PEACOCK ON MKE-Chicago Sports
Both Milwaukee and Chicago were ranked in the top three for best big cities in the United States, but that’s about where their current relationship ends. Despite being geographically close and arguably defining the Midwest as a region, the cities have yet to positively associate with each other. One area where they do match up, however, is sports. A cross-city partnership could lead the way in fostering a sports community that celebrates both competition and connection.
Sports foster community and unite people from all cultures, and Milwaukee and Chicago’s fan bases are certainly an entity that stands out within the populated cities. There’s a sports-centered culture within each city, Milwaukee’s tourism website including an entire section about sport-related events in the city and Chicago having a museum dedicated to the city’s sports history.
Milwaukee has the main professional sports — basketball, baseball and, adjacently, football — while Chicago has these, in addition to hockey, men’s and women’s soccer, and women’s basketball. The geographical size and population of the city certainly help, but the culture created around sports in Milwaukee can absolutely sustain enough enthusiasm to introduce a new team if it ever happens. In fact, the Bucks recently submitted a bid for a WNBA expansion team as talk about the 16th franchise city is rising. It’s always exciting when the Cubs and Brewers face off or when the Bucks and Bulls battle on the court. Having a cross-regional rivalry that adds entertainment value to match-ups between the cities creates an experience that goes beyond just watching the sport; but, it might be nice to have something that brings the already geographically close regions together culturally as well. Milwaukee gathers together to root for the Green Bay Packers while Chicago has their Bears. As there is with any two cities who go up against each other in sports, Milwaukee and Chicago fans both have strong opinions about their respective teams. Most of Milwaukee and Chicago’s so-called feud is fueled by sports rivalry, but despite this, there’s still room for coexistence considering a large part of Chicago’s population cheers for Wisconsin teams and vice versa.
Just a few weeks ago, the Chicago Blackhawks took over Fiserv Forum as their home rink to host the St. Louis Blues. It was incredible to see Milwaukee’s typical blue-and-yellow colorway swapped out for Blackhawks red, a team color that belongs to a completely different city. Practically the entire arena was wearing red, and for a second it was easy to feel transported to the Windy City.
The Home Away from Home game was the last preseason matchup for the Blackhawks, taking place in Milwaukee as the second NHL game to occur here since 1993, the last one being in 2022. Overall, the series functions as a way to connect fans in Wisconsin and Northern Illinois and provide a Midwest–based hockey game for the city.
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This concept could spread to other sports between the two cities as well, and even extend further across the Midwest. Similar to how Chicago fans sometimes rely on the Packers because they want a decent team to root for, Chicago’s teams can fill in the gaps of the sports Milwaukee doesn’t have yet.
The Chicago Sky could be brought to Milwaukee for a similar event, which could also work to garner support for a Milwaukee WNBA team, if those plans are put into motion. Chicago’s women’s soccer team could also make an appearance in the 414 — bringing women’s sports to Milwaukee can only be beneficial.
Developing a cross-city sports culture would give fans of both regions the opportunity to connect in a deeper manner, a notion that can be shared across the Midwest, as well. By embracing collaboration and interacting with sports in a way that goes beyond rivalry, cities like Milwaukee and Chicago can lead the way in fostering a sports community that celebrates both competition and connection.
Lilly Peacock is a sports columnist. He can be reached at lilly.peacock@marquette.edu or on Twitter/X @LillyPeacockMU.
MU's 'base point' to build off
Sophomore Emma Coon has set four personal bests
By Mikey Severson michael.severson@marquette.edu
With four personal bests in as many races, sophomore Emma Coon has set the tone for Marquette cross country by leading the team across the finish line.
Coon, who has been the first Golden Eagle to complete each race in the team’s first four competitions, said she attributes her continued success to raising the bar, through in-season improvement.
“Not just seeing our improvements in our times at races, but also seeing them in our ability to balance; we’re getting stronger, we’re increasing the weight,” Coon said. “Those are little reminders of how we’re getting better, which makes it more motivating for everyone, because you can see it on a weekly basis, compared to just when we have races.”
Associate head coach Jack Hackett has noticed that Coon has also gotten stronger from the team’s first hill workout leading into the middle of October, stating that is a key ingredient of her being able to have sustained success.
“She’s starting to pop off the ground, she’s starting to handle a lot more faster running, and it’s looking easier and easier for her, so I think that getting stronger is the best thing she’s done so far,” Hackett said.
Being in the same major and activities has given sophomore teammate Ava Thomas a unique opportunity to bond with Coon, with both athletes majoring in exercise science and participating in the DPT program. Thomas also highlights Coon’s ability to provide a listen-
ing ear; that can assist in her stepping into a team leadership role.
“Any time you get to talk to Emma, it’s always a nice debrief, about whatever; it doesn’t even have to be school or running related; she’s so easy to talk to,” Thomas said.
The team has adopted a new tradition with runners writing their goals on tiles, and after achieving the specified mark, the tile will be smashed at the next practice.
Thomas stated that she views Coon’s success as a launching pad for the team as a whole to soar to new heights from.
“She does the same exact workouts as everyone else, so if Emma can do it, so can we,” Thomas said.
“Emma’s a base point for us to look off of, she’s going out there and running those times, we can also do that; she’s our number one girl, but we can all follow in her lead.”
Coon navigates the balance of working hard and working smart through time management with having to stay up later as a resident assistant on certain nights, classes, and the pressures that come with being a student athlete.
“I believe that how you do one thing is how you do everything, and everything I’ve seen Emma do, she does diligently and well,” Hackett said.
With the four regular season meets complete, along with the Big East Championships and NCAA regional competition approaching in November, Coon placed emphasis on bringing the best out of her teammates when it matters most.
“It would be nice to run a little closer together, I think it’s always more motivating during a race when you’re with a teammate, because it’s someone you know, you can try to push each other,” Coon said.
Photo
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Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics Emma Coon has set four personal bests in as many races.
Emma Coon (164) likes to run around her teammates because they push each other to be better.
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ROCK: Duo leads by example in final year
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and any goalkeeper would be lucky to have her on the field in front of them.”
On the other hand, this is Alberts’s first season seeing the field consistently. The Brookfield, Wisconsin native only played a combined 30 minutes in her first two years at Marquette.
But this past spring, Haertle said she knew that things were going to be different for Alberts this year.
“Dree’s is very composed throughout the game,” Haertle said. “She does not panic ever. Allen definitely saw her composure, and she’s had it the past two years too. She’s able to play one-two touch. She can encourage, but also correct people’s mistakes on the field.
“She showed how experienced she was and how she could handle this position as a center back throughout the spring.”
Alberts said that Haertle has always been a mentor to her, motivating her to be her best self this season.
“(Her) sophomore year, she (Mia) had her year, and my eyes were always on Mia on the field,” Alberts said. “She was in my opinion the best player, and same with my sophomore
year… I was like, ‘Now, this is my time to play, and I want to be like Mia. I want to show that I am more than what I was looked at.’”
Haertle’s response?
“You deserve it,” she said as they smiled at each other.
As a goalkeeper, Olson gets a front seat to how the two center backs operate, and she said the strong bond between Alberts and Haertle is why they work so well together.
“They really rely on and trust each other,” Olson said. “When one of them is going up to pressure
the ball and step, the other always has the other person’s back. When you have that understanding of each other as players, it allows you to be more creative and make more plays because you can rely on the person next to you to fall in and cover you when you need.”
It’s not just Olson who has observed this connection.
“Mia brings this servant leadership characteristic… Dree brings the freaking edge,” Allen said. “I think they complement each other really well,
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and it made us special defending all season long.”
During games, Haertle said she and Alberts are always on the same page, which allows them to be good leaders for the rest of their teammates.
“We’re both two very composed players, but we both are able to hold the rest of the team accountable on the field,” Haertle said. “We’ve earned the respect of our teammates to be able to hold others accountable, but we’re both able to speak to them in order to solve the issue, and then, they listen.
“But we’re also open to criticism to us as well, so we’ve created that relationship of trust that goes both ways on and off the field.”
This season marks the duo’s final year playing together as Haertle graduates this spring.
“Being next to each other, it’s brought us together a lot, especially off the field,” Alberts said. “And just having her as a person that I can go talk to about anything and knowing she’s going to be there. Her words are so amazing.
“She just knows what she’s going to say, and it’s the best thing you could have possibly said in that moment… On the field, I’m going to miss my mentor, the person I look up to most.”
Although this is the last year he is going to be able to coach both of them, Allen said he is lucky to have Alberts and Haertle on the team.
“I’d be proud if my kids were half the character that Mia and Dree are,” Allen said. “They are just amazing students, they’re amazing people (and) they’re amazing leaders. And I love that they’re getting the opportunity to really be special on the soccer field.”
MU out of postseason contention after loss
By Kaylynn Wright kaylynn.wright@marquette.edu
Marquette women’s soccer needed three points to keep its postseason hopes alive, searching for its first appearance in the Big East Tournament since 2017.
But the Golden Eagles (5-11-3, 2-6-1 Big East) will have to try again next year as they fell to the No. 25 Xavier Musketeers (14-2-2, 7-1-1 Big East) 2-1 and were eliminated from contention for the seventh-straight season Sunday afternoon at Valley Fields.
“Overall, whenever you’re playing against a team recognized in the top 25 and you have them on the ropes a little bit, I felt like there were a few moments where we could have delivered a knockout blow and we didn’t,” Marquette head coach Chris Allen said.
“We let them stay in the game and good teams find ways to win. They are a good team with some multi-talented play-
ers and they found a way to win a big game on the road for them and secure three points.”
Dancer nets game-winner for Musketeers
Heading out of the locker room, the game was tied. But it was only matter of time before No. 25 Xavier showed Marquette why it was a nationally ranked team.
Just 11 minutes into the second half, junior forward Regan Dancer received the ball on the left side of the box, took a touch and fired it into the top right corner to give her team a 2-1 lead.
The goal would serve as the game-winner as Marquette was unable to find the back of the net in the remaining 34 minutes of the match, marking its eleventh loss of the season.
“Their forwards were better than our backline today,” Allen said. “They were able to get the ball in some dangerous spaces. Ideally, we tried to take that away a little bit more in the second half, which we did, but then we allowed them to have a greater possession on the ball. We had to
take away something and we gave them some shots from distance.”
In the final home game of the year, Allen reflected on his first season at the helm of a Division I program.
“The biggest thing is how proud I am to be here,” Allen said. “Those that really are watching and really know, they are able to see the progress we are making on the field, off the field, culturally, competitiveness, combativeness, all those different types of things.
“We’re going to leave this season knowing there’s a lot of work that needs to be done, but proud in what we’ve established and excited to attack the challenges ahead.”
Action-packed first half
Each team’s offense made their presence known early.
In the 10th minute, Xavier got on the board first when graduate student defender Maddie Reed booted the ball up the field, finding first-year forward Samantha Erbach as she turned and fired the ball into the bottom
right corner. Erbach’s goal marked the fifth time she had scored in her last five matches, as she now leads her team and ranks second in the Big East with 10 goals.
Marquette didn’t wait long to respond.
Two minutes later, senior forward Kate Gibson received the ball in the box and took advantage of Xavier junior goalkeeper Maria Galley’s error, slotting the ball into the open net to tie up the game and
earn her second goal of the year.
“It’s Senior Day,” Allen said. “They (the seniors) were all in on the performance and she led the way. When she gets going in open field, there’s nothing more fun to watch.”
Despite multiple opportunities from both sides, neither team was able to net a go-ahead goal for the remainder of the first half. The Musketeers outshot the Golden Eagles 9-4 in the frame.
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Alberts (right) and Haertle protect goalkeeper Chloe Olson as she battles for a loose ball.
Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics MU women's soccer fell 2-1 to No. 25 Xavier on Senior Day.
MU vs No. 25 Xavier
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CADDIES: Battling as brothers
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Legend at Merrill Hills in Waukesha, Wisconsin, the two were paired with each other for the first time in competition.
Mason got the best of Max in the third round of the tournament, shooting an even-par round of 71 to Max’s nine-over-par 80.
“Mom and dad didn’t have to split up that day,” Max said. “I would’ve liked to play better, but that was one of my favorite golf memories with him.”
While they haven’t been paired together in their collegiate tournaments, South Dakota and Marquette have met in competition once at last spring’s Fighting Illini Spring Collegiate at Atkins Golf Club in Urbana, Illinois.
This time, Max had the upper hand, finishing tied for 26th at +11 for the tournament versus Mason’s share of 36th place, just three shots worse.
“When Mason and Max go out and compete, they want to beat one another,” Bailey said. “They are super competitive, which has allowed them to rise to the level they are at. Having two guys at that level is pretty unique and they have done a lot to push each other.”
While the two are separated during the school year, they are still able to talk and work through their games.
"...we're pretty much guaranteed to caddy for the other."
Max
Schmidtke Brother of Marquette golfer Mason Schmidtke
“Mason’s always relying on his older brother if he’s going through a little bit of a rut, no one knows his
game better, so he trusts him enough to want to seek out his advice,” Bailey said. “Whether things are going well or maybe they aren’t, he’s always just connecting with his brother to get some feedback.”
The brothers could face off two more times in the spring season.
First in March at the Bell Bank “Pay it Forward” Collegiate at Wigwam Golf Club in Litchfield, Arizona. Then again in April at the Spring Boilermaker, hosted by Purdue University, at Ackerman Allen Golf Course in West Lafayette, Indiana.
“Once we go to tournaments, obviously we want to beat the crap out of each other,” Max said. “I think he’d [Mason] tell you the same thing, but once we’re off the golf course we want to know how the other one did and if one of us misses a cut or doesn’t qualify for a tournament, we’re pretty much guaranteed to caddy for the other.”
MUVB notebook: Thoughts
By Jack Albright jack.albright@marquette.edu
Here are some notes from Marquette volleyball’s (15-6, 9-1 Big East) latest undefeated week:
Ace(s) from the line It is a — perhaps the — staple of Ryan Theis’ coaching philosophy to serve aggressively.
He emphasizes the importance of applying pressure from the service line in what feels like every postwin presser, and is quick to fault poor serving as a key shortcoming after most of Marquette’s losses.
Sunday night, Theis likely had few complaints about his team’s serving the past week — the few coming from Friday’s 9-ace
13-error statline. In Saturday’s three sets against the Tigers, the Golden Eagles recorded a season-high 11 aces, only the third match this year in which they recorded double-digit aces. They beat that number less than 24 hours late against the Hoyas, scoring 12 points from serves — for an average of four per set — thanks to seven different players.
Senior primary right side
Ella Foti was Marquette’s overall best server, flying back to Milwaukee with eight this weekend to her name.
Ring Ring
This season it seems as though, just as we think, we’ve seen the
best of Natalie Ring, we actually haven’t.
That’s because she ups the ante, raises the bar, beats the expectations — pick your adjective.
This week was no different, as Ring finished as the Golden Eagles’ leading killer twice.
The first time came in Tuesday’s sweep over the Panthers, in which she tied her career-best of 13 while hitting .400 (13-3-25).
“(Natalie’s) potential to score a ton of points is there and its just the matter of decision-making, when she has to go for it or keep it in play,” Theis said after the match. “I thought she’s been doing that efficiently in the last couple of weeks.”
Then on Saturday, Ring notched 12 kills with only
one error on 27 attacks for her third-highest hitting percentage of the season (.407).
So far this season, the redshirt sophomore outside hitter is averaging 2.52 kills per set, nearly 4x the 0.68 she averaged as a first-year.
“I just felt a lot of support from my teammates, like Yadhi (Anchante) and I have really developed a connection over this season so far,” Ring said last week.
“I just always know my teammates are supporting me, they’re calling out my shots, and so just a lot of support from them.”
Jadyn Garrison sees action as libero
Before this weekend, senior Jadyn Garrison was the only Golden Eagle defen-
sive specialist to not serve as libero.
The key word there is was, as Garrison put on the off-colored jersey for the first time this season against Seton Hall, and didn’t take it off for Marquette’s other two matches this weekend.
Against the Pirates, Garrison paced everyone with a career-high three service aces, also collecting two digs and earning her first and only assists this year. Saturday against Princeton she marked a season-most three digs before failing to record any in Sunday’s sweep over Georgetown.
She also finished the Golden Eagles’ sweep over University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Tuesday with two digs.
Photo courtesy of Mason Schmidtke Mason (left) and his brother Max always caddy for each other.
Opinions
Preserve DACA for generations
By Rachel Lopera rachel.lopera@marquette.edu
Immigration helped pioneer the colonization of the United States and served as the backbone of our country’s workforce.
The topic of immigration policies has been a contentious debate, but the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has protected immigrants’ rights for over a decade.
On June 15, 2012, former President Barack Obama created this policy via executive order. If eligible, the policy grants young immigrants temporary protection from deportation and allows them to renew their work authorization. Immigrants must complete a certain level of higher education, military service or work in order to be eligible and obtain permanent residency.
It has been shown that immigrants’ wages and employment status have increased when they are a part of DACA or eligible for it. The program has also improved the mental healthof children whose mothers are eligible for it.
A 50% decrease in anxiety disorder diagnoses was found in children when their mothers met the program’s requirements.
Obama signed the DACA policy after the Development, Relief and Edu-
cation for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act bill did not pass through Congress. Over 20 versions of the DREAM Act were introduced to Congress but none of them passed. The DREAM Act would have provided temporary conditional residency and a pathway to U.S. citizenship for undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children. It was similar to DACA, but it offered a way for immigrants to gain legal status and citizenship; DACA does not.
DACA went through years of litigation and faced the possibility of termination by the Trump administration in 2017. If this happened, children of undocumented immigrants would have lost their DACA status. Though it was not terminated, the Trump administration did block it from accepting new applications.
However, President Joe Biden renewed the program with the intention of gaining court approval. However, he was only able to allow DACA to accept new applications for a six-month span before it was blocked again by the courts.
Unfortunately, Texas and eight other Republican-led states filed a lawsuit against the United States as an attempt to shut down
the program citing the millions of dollars that are spent on healthcare and education for DACA recipients each year.
On Thursday, October 10, three judges from the 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals in New Orleans and Louisiana heard arguments over DACA. This Fifth Circuit has appellate jurisdiction over federal judicial districts in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Over 200 protestors stood outside the federal courthouse in support of continuing the program.
Arguing for the Biden administration, Brian Boynton stated that the GOP-led states have no account to sue because DACA has not exhibited harm to them. It has not been demonstrated that the costs of healthcare and education are linked to or caused by the policy. Along with not having documentation of the alleged costs, the Republican-led states should not be griping about DACA when its recipients pay taxes and add value to the economy.
Undocumented immigrants perform the same responsibilities as U.S. citizens, and if they were to gain legal status, they would contribute even more value to the economy. Deporting them would be extremely costly and would set the economy
back. It was also argued that the opposing states have no standing because Congress gave the Department of Homeland Security authority to establish immigration policy.
A decision was not made at the hearing. The judge panel did not state how they will rule the case or when. It is believed that the case will end up at the Supreme Court.
With the lives of over half a million immigrants at stake, it’s crucial to continue the DACA program. Many young immigrants were brought to the States illegally by their families with little to no say. They grew up in this country and have built their lives from nothing. They deserve the ability to become a citizen in the country where they have established their lives.
A program that gives immigrants who entered the U.S. as minors an opportunity to earn U.S. citizenship should be implemented. It is a civic duty to protect those who have worked for our country. The DREAM Act failed to pass through Congress several times, but change can still happen.
Rachel Lopera is an opinions columnist. She is first-year studying journalism.
Classic horror pushes purity
By John O'Shea j.oshea@marquette.edu
Slasher staples like “Halloween” or “Friday the 13th” are favorites around this season, both for their infamous killers and derivative plots. But as cheesy as these movies may seem, they serve as an indicator for the culture surrounding the time period in which they were produced.
Alongside the rise of the slasher in the 1970s and 80s was a resurgence of purity culture. Following the counterculture movement, which included the sexual revolution and the rise of drug use in the 1960s, a reactionary movement spread across the United States.
Many older Americans demanded something must be done to restore traditional relationship structures and discourage experimentation with drugs. This sparked political activism like the nationwide “Just Say No” campaign, backed by First Lady Nancy Reagan, as an attempt to decrease drug use among young people.
With the movement having a major influence on politics and media at this time, it was
no surprise that it eventually spread to the movie screen. This led to the creation of the “final girl” trope.
The final girl is the main character who survives to the end of the movie while her friends get picked off by the killer. But a final girl is not the designated survivor because she simply outsmarted the masked maniac. Final girls in this period are almost always opposed to having sex and using drugs, while her friend group seems to believe the exact opposite.
For example, Laurie Strode, played by Jamie Lee Curtis in “Halloween” establishes herself as more traditional than her friends from her first few scenes. As the movie introduces us to her and her group of friends, we can see how she is different, wearing a modest long skirt while her friends Lynda and Annie wear pants. While she does occasionally use marijuana in the film, she is not as frequent of a user as her friends are, and when night falls and the girls all start their babysitting jobs, Annie leaves the kid she is supposed to be responsible for with Laurie to go have sex
with her boyfriend. She never even makes it to his house because our masked killer Michael Myers is waiting in her backseat.
It is writing like this that seems to convey to the audience that on some level, these characters deserved what was coming to them. An action like shirking her babysitting duty to go see her boyfriend proves that Annie was an amoral person who was rightfully targeted by the killer.
There is much debate on each respective director’s intentions with using these themes. Some argue that many of these directors were themselves subscribers to the idea that purity culture should be reinstituted in daily life.
Others believe that these directors found the concept of purity culture humorous and had those who engaged in recreational drugs or sex gruesomely killed in their movies as a way of commenting on how absurd parents were treating these topics.
But I believe that these directors did as all good directors should and tapped into the fears of a generation. As
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Halloween Horrors
Across
1. Character who Linus thought the Great Pumpkin was when he came out of the shadows
3. Michael Jackson song released in 1982
5. The street where Freddy Krueger preyed
6. What you might ring when you Trick or Treat
8. Yellow, white, and orange candy
9. What many wear when Trick-orTreating
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1. Iconic slasher film starring Drew Barrymore
2. First name of the killer in the Halloween movie series
4. Where you go when you want to get a good scare
7. What Charlie Brown got in his candy bag
9. Something you may recieve in bunches on Halloween night
1 Iconic slasher film starring Drew Barrymore
2 First name of the killer in the Halloween movie series
9 Something you may receive in bunches on Halloween night
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Marquette Radio presents Autumn Rhythm Arts & Entertainment
Three Midwest independent artists took the stage October 25
By: SofÍa Cortés and Ellie Nelsen-Freund
sofia.cortes@marquette.edu
elizabeth.nelsenfreund @marquette .edu
Marquette Radio’s Autumn Rhythm concert welcomed three Midwest independent artists on Oct. 25 to take the stage at the university’s Union Sports Annex.
This year, MUR decided to do things a little differently by adding a Halloween costume contest. They partnered with the LGBTQ+ Resource Center who provided tickets to a showing of “Rocky Horror Picture Show” at the Oriental Theatre as a prize for the winner.
The opening act for the show, senior in the college of Arts and Sciences Eden Paterno, started the night off with an acoustic set accompanied by bassist, Charlie Zajac, both coming from the band Miss Lonely. The duo played songs by Arctic Monkeys, Chappell Roan and a few originals such as “Cherry Moon” and "Rockstar’s Girlfriend.”
Paterno said that performing at events like Autumn Rhythm helps her not be as hard on herself when putting out original music for the world to see. The show was a reminder that people love original songs when it comes to live music.
“I feel like everyone who writes music or creates anything has that voice in their head that tells them what they make is cringey or cheesy. Bringing it to a space like Autumn Rhythm was a cool opportunity because I was able to see people jamming out and enjoying it live,” Paterno said.
While the next artist prepared to go on stage, participants in the costume contest walked the runway and the panel of judges chose a winner.
Students dressed in a variety of costumes. From “Glee’s” Sue Sylvester to Taylor Swift, everyone came to the show dressed up.
While the costume contest judges calculated their scores, Milwaukee based artist 22mauri/ Forever took the stage. Forever said that when it
comes to his sound, he’s heavily inspired by magical realism and fantasy art, incorporating that into his music.
“It’s taken me a while to find myself in music, but I was always a singer, and I really started getting heavy into [. . .] The Weeknd and dark and contemporary R&B,” Forever said.
Before the headlining act, the costume contest winner was announced, Brennan Wills, a senior in the College of Communication, who came dressed as the Joker.
Judges said he was chosen for his passion and stage presence when displaying his costume.
Sweet Hudson, a band hailing from Chicago, closed out the night with a rock set, performing fast paced songs that really brought the energy out of the crowd.
The band said they get their inspiration from alternative rock bands all over the world like The Strokes, Last Dinosaurs and Number Girl.
Vocalist and guitarist Oscar Rodriguez talked about his interest in working linguistics into their music during the concert and performed their song “Lonely Girl” which is entirely in Japanese.
Both Rodriguez and Jaden Epis, the band’s other vocalist and guitarist, are avid manga and anime fans. Many of their main musical influences are Japanese rock bands like Asian Kung-Fu Generation and Supercar, so “Lonely Girl” is a love letter to the genre that inspires them and an ode to the lonely youth with which these bands resonate.
The band said they have plans for two EPs next year, and maybe even an album. They hope to continue writing music in Japanese and branch out into other genres in ways that represent the context of their lives.
Yet again, Autumn Rhythm was electric and high energy. If you missed this one, MUR’s next event, Radio Roulette, is coming soon, bringing another set of live artists to campus.
Photos by Jack Belmont john.belmont@marquette.edu
Brennan Wills (center) won the costume contest and recieved tickets to Oriental Theatre.
LGBTQ+ Resource Center partnered with MUR. 22mauri/Forever performed second.
Eden Paterno and Charlie Zajac are members of Miss Lonley and began Autumn Rhythm.
