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In the driver’s seat

Friday’s win marked first ranked victory

By Jack Albright jack.albright@marquette.edu

The ball was in the air, everyone watching, a silent arena.

When it hit the blue mat, out of bounds, like dominos, the reaction unfurled: from Jenna Reitsma’s fist pump to the blue and gold lights flashing around the Al McGuire Center to the Marquette pep band’s playing of “Ring Out Ahoya.”

On a chilly Friday night in Milwaukee, Bluejay senior defensive specialist Ellie Bolton’s service error started the histrionics and capped a 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-19) sweep for Marquette volleyball (10-7, 6-0 Big East) over No. 15 Creighton (12-4, 3-2 Big East).

For the second year in a row, the Golden Eagles swept the Bluejays on their home court in front of a crowd donned in white.

“We love playing at home, we love when everybody comes wearing white,” junior middle blocker Hattie Bray said. “It was fun to have our crowd backing us the whole time we were playing this game.”

Big East regular season title outlook

Marquette’s win served as Creighton’s second loss in conference after the Bluejays’ fell 2-3 against the Xavier Musketeers Sept. 24.

Last year, Marquette and Creighton both finished

MU

By Hope Moses hope.moses@marquette.edu

Marquette University recently released its fall 2023 enrollment, retention and graduation rate statistics. Here are a few things to know:

How many students are

with one loss in conference play. After tonight, the Bluejays have two, which puts the Golden Eagles in the driver’s seat to be the sole winners of the Big East regular season title.

After Friday, Marquette can win the Big East regular season title outright even if it loses at Creighton, something it hasn’t done in Marquette Head Coach Ryan Theis’ 10 years at the helm.

But the Golden Eagles have a long road ahead of

them, still needing to play half their Big East games.

An important win

The victory signified Marquette’s first win against a ranked opponent this season. Before Friday, all seven of the Golden Eagles’ losses had come against teams in the Top 25.

Now, Marquette finally earned its coveted victory, sweeping the only ranked team in the Big East.

“Even better that we get to play them another time

too,” senior outside hitter Aubrey Hamilton said.

Defensive intensity

Going up against the Creighton offense was going to be tough for Marquette, but the Golden Eagles were able to keep the Bluejays out of rhythm.

“Ella (Foti) had a really nice defensive night, a lot of great individual efforts,” Theis said. “Just good defense throughout made it tough for Creighton to get any kind of run.”

In the match, the Golden

Eagles held the Bluejays to a .126 hitting percentage and didn’t let a single Creighton player hit over .200. Marquette had two more blocks and six less attack errors than Creighton.

“We try to focus on what they have going for them, and they’ve got some big outside (hitters),” Bray said. “We worked really well on stopping them.”

Only one Bluejay ended with more than 10 kills and only two earned more than five.

fall 2023 enrollment stats

enrolled in the Class of 2027?

The incoming first-year class is 1,882 students with 33% of the incoming student population being students of color, 23% first-generation and 10% commuters.

In fall 2022, Marquette welcomed 1,977 students — the largest class enrolled since fall 2018 and most diverse undergraduate class in the university’s history. How many students does

Marquette currently have?

Marquette is home to 7,652 undergraduate students.

In 2022, there were 7,528 undergraduate students.

Graduate program enrollment has also increased with 3,721 graduate and professional students enrolled at Marquette compared to last year’s enrollment of 3,639 students. The incoming graduate student population was the most diverse in university history, with students of col-

or representing 25% and women representing 62% of enrolled graduate and professional students.

What is Marquette’s retention rate?

The Class of 2026 was retained at 91.4% — the highest first-to-second-year retention rate in recent university history. At 86.3%, the first-to-third-year retention rate is the second highest in recent history.

For the eighth time, Mar-

quette’s six-year graduation rate is above 80%.

Where can I find the full reports?

Statistics are available through the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis interactive reports. These reports include student enrollment and full-time equivalent enrollment, first-year student profile, transfer student profile and more.

Marquette volleyball celebrates after winning a point in its 3-0 sweep over No. 15 Creighton Friday night at the Al McGuire Center.

Photo by Keifer Russel keifer.russel@marquette.edu

Sunday school at Gesu Parish makes changes

Highschool and kindergarten use new programs

By Sophia Tiedge sophia.tiedge@marquette.edu

This year, Church of the Gesu’s Sunday school is undergoing structural changes to their curriculum to encourage students to grow in their faith in more imaginative ways.

Sunday school is held from 9:10 a.m. to 10:20 a.m. each week. Johannah Lee, director of child, family and youth formation at the Gesu parish, said the program is available for students ranging from kindergarten to high school.

“A lot of our volunteers are Marquette students. They take the time out to plan the lessons during the week, and teach it on Sunday mornings,” Lee said.

Lee said the grades are separated into different classrooms, and the two catechists (teachers of the Catholic faith) in each classroom prepare lessons based on the textbook. However, she said the students tend to prepare activities, videos and prayers connected to a Bible story or that week’s liturgy to keep the students more engaged.

This year, Lee said the programs for kindergarten and high schoolers have been modified. She said the kindergartners are starting a program based on a Montessori style of teaching.

“The hope with the Montessori style, is that instead of a lecture where we’re talking at the kids, it’s more of an encounter with the materials that leads to prayer,” Lee said.

Caroline Donahue, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences, is one of the catechists for this new program. She said the basis of the teachings are to improve the students’ fine motor skills and keep them busy with hands-on activities.

For the high schoolers, they are participating in a program called “Just Faith,” where they’re learning about social justice issues through discussions and readings. Right now, they’re focusing on poverty, homelessness and low wages.

“For teenagers, they’re super interested in social justice issues, and they often don’t realize that the church is very invested in those issues as well,” Lee said.

Eric Rorholm, a first-year graduate student, works as a catechist for the high school program. He said this program is important because it’s showing students how the real world functions and the problems within it.

“It’s hard. It’s scary and it’s sad. It can get tough, and it can get emotional,” Rorholm said.

Rorholm said the program both focuses on understanding the issues and how it relates to faith, but also how the students can make an impact.

“The service component is going to be really, really important. I think that’s also a big part of what differentiates the Jesuit tradition is a real emphasis on the works. A real emphasis on not just a very strong foundation and faith, but a really strong foundation in service and in giving as well,” Rorholm said.

Lee said that at the core of this new program, she wants the students to see that their

interest in world issues and their interest in faith don’t have to be separated; they can be intertwined.

Melissa Tharaniyil, a senior in the College of Engineering, works with first and second grade students. She said she tries to make the activities they do in class impact the students enough that it stays with them through the week.

To give them a task to complete throughout the week, Tharaniyil said she asks the students to do something at home or share the message they learned with their families to keep them thinking about the things they’ve learned even after they leave the classroom.

Donahue, Lee and Tharaniyil said even though they’re the teachers, they learn a lot from the students.

“The kids have so much energy and life. There’s just so much faith from them that I personally get, and I can see it‘s something that the Marquette students get as well,” Lee said.

Tharaniyil said she feels like she’s growing and being challenged in her faith at the same time her students are, and she said because of this, the experience has been rewarding.

“Kids really look up to you and value what you say, so it’s a really rewarding experience too when certain concepts you’re going over click in their mind,” Tharaniyil said.

Donahue said that going into her second year teaching, she loves to witness how the students have grown.

“It’s something where you can see the growth and return in the relationship that

these younger kids have developed throughout a year, which is a lot more rewarding than being like ‘Oh I got 10 hours of community service this month.’ It doesn’t only have an impact on you, but also your community,” Donahue said.

Since living out God’s word at home is such a huge goal in their teachings, Lee sends out a newsletter each week to the families with one thing the kids can do at home, and also something for the parents to do to grow in their faith.

This year, Lee said they’re still looking for volunteers for Liturgy of the Word during Mass, and for subs and catechists for Sunday school. She encourages anyone who’s interested to sign up by emailing Johannah. lee@marquette.edu.

Diversity book club offered to MU faculty

The groups reads from a diverse pool of authors

By Reyna Galvez reyna.galvez@marquette.edu

The Center for Teaching and Learning offers the Faculty Diversity Book Club for all faculty and staff working across campus to read, discuss and connect with each other once a month with a book.

Meeting consistently in the fall and spring, the club has read books that relate to women with diverse backgrounds as well as reading books with science fiction and fantasy aspects.

“The diversity book club served for a couple different purposes. It allows

people to meet outside of their own context, outside of their own department and offer the chance to just talk about a book, because we have a lot of readers on this campus who really love to read,” Jennifer Maney, coordinator of the Faculty Diversity Book Club, said.

The club meets every third Friday of the month on Microsoft Teams. The book club has continued to meet on Microsoft Teams since the pandemic, so it gives an opportunity for all faculty and staff to participate.

One of the first members of the club, Wendy Volz Daniels, associate professor in Social and Cultural Sciences in the College of Arts & Sciences, said it allows her to track people across campus that she otherwise wouldn’t have

interacted with. One of the friends she made in the book club is Roberta Gaither retired adjunct in the College of Arts & Sciences.

“Every time that we would talk, we would like learn more about these things that we’re like, sort of similar,” Daniels said.

The different genres of books can spark conversations for the club. Daniels said she has interests in different genres, such as science fiction and fantasy, so she often encourages her to read books outside of her comfort zone.

“While I may not be a reader of the fantasy genre, I’m a finisher. Even if I don’t like it, I push myself to read it and get through it,” Daniels said.

Maney picks the books for the club that include

diverse fictional stories, but also stories written by diverse authors.

“We made it very intentional that we would pick representative authors, so authors with all different kinds of identities based on gender, based on sexual orientation, racial, ethnic language, country of origin, all those kinds of things,” Maney said.

In the past, the club has set up themes for the year. Last year, the theme was diverse women’s writers. Now, while this year there is no theme for the club, Maney said they have dived it into different genres, including science fiction and fantasy.

The choice of diverse books read in the club has brought the members together to recognize a variety of stories and

narratives. Maney said she tries to connect narratives of characters in the book to students on campus.

“If you’re on staff, and you’re working with students in a different way than the classroom. It’s what are the stories of the students sitting in front of me, because I’m immersed in all these other stories? What are their stories? And I think that’s a nice kind of peripheral,” Maney said. For the month of October, the book club is reading “Take My Hand” by Dolen Perkins-Valdez and will meet on Teams Oct. 20. Maney said all faculty and staff across Marquette’s campus are welcome to become immersed in the diverse narrative of the book and make connections.

Marquette students volunteer to teach Sunday school to K-12 students through Gesu Parish.

Photo by Keifer Russel keifer.russel@marquette.edu

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News Briefs

By Uzair Qhavi uzair.qhavi@marquette.edu

Speakership race

With Kevin McCarthy out of the speakership, the speaker’s gavel is up for grabs. Without a Speaker, the House may face disruptions or delays in legislation due to the absence of its primary presiding officer overseeing proceedings.

Last Tuesday, the House voted to oust McCarthy from the speakership with a 216210 vote. Democrats sided with the 8 Republicans who voted to remove McCarthy from the speakership.

The GOP is currently undergoing internal sways in its decision-making dynamics, with personal relationships among lawmakers playing a significant role.

House Majority Whip Steve Scalise is at the forefront of the discussions, but Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, backed by the presumptive Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump, is also a key contender. Currently, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) serves as the speaker pro tempore.

Jordan, a dedicated Trump ally, faces competition, notably from House Majority Leader Steve Scalise.

Israel attacked

Trump’s continuous involvement in party affairs showcases his intention to remain a pivotal figure in the GOP, even suggesting the possibility of a temporary speakership for the former president. Individuals can be speaker of house regardless of being elected to Congress.

Republican Representatives from Wisconsin, including Scott Fitzgerald, Mike Gallagher, Glenn Grothman, Bryan Steil, Tom Tiffany and Derrick Van Orden, all casted their votes in favor of keeping McCarthy as speaker. On the contrary, Democratic Representatives from Wisconsin, Gwen Moore and Mark Pocan, elected to remove McCarthy from the speakership.

As the party seeks to manage internal tensions and find a consensus speaker candidate, divisions linger, complicating the selection process. The loyalty of potential candidates like Jordan and Scalise to Trump could impact the direction of future legislative agendas, especially if Trump reenters the presidential office.

Indigenous Peoples’ Day

The state of Wisconsin celebrated Indigenous Peoples’ Day Oct. 9, marking the fifth year Wisconsin has done so since the Gov. Tony Evers 2019 Executive Order.

Evers also acknowledged the state’s Native Nations, reaffirmed Wisconsin’s commitment to Tribal Sovereignty and emphasized creating strong relationships with the tribes. Wisconsin is home to 12 Native Nations.

In 2021, Gov. Evers apologized for Wisconsin’s his-

torical role in Indian boarding schools and supported the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative. The governor released a video message in honor of the day.

In addition, some residents of Milwaukee participated in the Indigenous Peoples’ Day Hike, presented by the Friends of Lakeshore State Park. The hike honored the peoples who were the first to live on the land and celebrate the communities living there today.

On Saturday, Hamas, a Palestinian militant and political organization, launched a surprise attack on Israel. The scale and complexity of the Hamas attack left many Israelis questioning the lack of preparedness from their government and intelligence agencies.

Hamas, controlling the Gaza Strip, launched its most significant attack in decades, prompting Israel to react with large-scale strikes on Gaza’s cities. Over 1,100 casualties have been reported across Israel and Gaza.

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of a long and challenging conflict, leading to Israel declaring war on Hamas.

Shortly after, Hamas militants passed through Israel through all fronts, resulting in combat on Israeli ground. The militants invaded 22 Israeli locations, taking hostages as they went, with 700 Israelis reported dead by Sunday.

Muhammad Deif, the military leader of Hamas, said that the attack aimed to end Israel’s actions and to bring accountability to Israel. He highlighted reasons such as the occupation of the West Bank, police raids on the Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and the detention of Palestinians in Israeli prisons.

Israeli airstrikes

targeted Gaza’s Hamas centers, though Palestinian officials reported damage to a hospital, buildings, homes and a mosque. By Sunday, the Gaza Health Ministry reported at least 413 Palestinian deaths.

This conflict’s environment stands out as there was no distinct trigger point.

Netanyahu announced the end of Israel’s “first phase” response, hinting at a larger response going forward.

International reactions varied, with President Biden condemning Hamas and supporting Israel’s right to self-defense, while other Arab nations called for de-escalation.

There has been speculation that President Biden approved a $8 billion aid package to Israel, but that statement is false. A memo that was circulating the internet was altered and stated that the U.S. is sending a fixed amount to the Israeli government as support.

The conflict has implications for regional politics, including potential normalization of ties between Saudi Arabia and Israel and the involvement of Hezbollah in Lebanon. Hezbollah is a political, military and social organization based in Lebanon with strong ties to Iran, initially founded to resist Israeli occupation.

Capitol gunman

A man illegally entered the Wisconsin Capitol last Thursday with a loaded handgun, demanding to meet Gov. Tony Evers, and later returned with an assault rifle after posting bail.

The man, 43, wanted to discuss “domestic abuse towards men,” Capitol police said. Although Gov. Evers wasn’t present, the individual was arrested for openly carrying a firearm in the Capitol.

The same man returned hours later with a loaded

assault rifle, demanding to see the governor again. He was detained and suggested he has access to more weapons. The incident follows several violent threats against public figures, with Gov. Evers previously named on a hit list in 2022 of a gunman who was suspected of shooting a retired Wisconsin county judge in 2022.

Currently, there are no immediate security changes planned for the Capitol or the governor.

Weekend

Mass on the Grass

Details:

- Oct. 14

- 5 p.m.

- Gratitude Garden

Oktoberfest

Details:

- Oct. 15

- 9 a.m.- 1 p.m.

- Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church (3722 South 58th St.)

Behavioral analysis program at Marquette

said the students start working 10 to 30 hours in clinics right away.

analysis resources.

By Sophia Tiedge sophia.tiedge@marquette.edu

Behavior analysis is a type of psychology that focuses on how one’s environment impacts their behavior. At Marquette, the behavioral analysis program’s students research and learn about developmental disabilities, autism, social skill deficits, social and motor tics due to Tourette’s syndrome.

“This is a very ‘hands-on’ program. The students not only learn by taking classes from incredible professors who are leaders in their field, but also receive quite a bit of ‘hands-on” learning experiences with actual clinical populations,” Doug Woods, dean of the graduate school, wrote in an email.

Stephanie Hood, assistant professor in the behavior analysis program,

“They could work with a variety of individuals and children and adults, individuals with a variety of different presenting concerns. A lot of our alumni do go on to work with individuals with various forms of developmental disabilities or neurological disabilities, such as autism or Down syndrome,” Hood said.

Claudia Todd, a graduate student in the program, said that she’s been working with Hood for almost four years on her clinical research.

“A lot of our clients have autism diagnosis, and we work with them to increase independent living skills and increase verbal repertoire. We teach them ways to communicate,”

Todd said.

Todd said she also works with Hood on her grant funded research on bringing Telehealth resources for communities who don’t have access to behavioral

“They could be from a disenfranchised community, it could be because they are in a provider desert, meaning that there’s not a lot of people who provide the services that are needed in that area. Typically, that’s rural areas or farm towns,” Todd said.

Not only do the students get to work with community members who come into the on-campus clinics, but Hood said they also get to go out into the Milwaukee community. In the community, the individuals they work with give students knowledge they can bring into their coursework and clinicals.

“For my clinic, we are working with individuals that are in the upper elementary age range all the way through adulthood and really working on how we create more joy and happiness in life and in a lot of ways creating more social experiences and skills that lead towards independence, vocational living friendships and

potentially romantic relationships,” Hood said.

Marquette introduced the behavioral analysis graduate program housed at 525 N. Sixth St. in 2018.

In May 2022, the building was sold to developers in order to construct the Iron District, the new entertainment district that will house the professional soccer club. The behavioral analysis program will be relocated; however, a new location has not been announced yet.

The building was purchased by Marquette University in 2015 after it was previously owned by Honeywell corporations. Over the past five years, Woods said the program has grown to enroll 24 master‘s students and a large number of doctorate students as well.

Undergraduate students at Marquette can also participate in the program. Hood said there are two psychology classes undergrads can take that introduces them to the program. She also said the master‘s

students in the program work on ways to teach undergrads what they need to know to be in the program and mentor them through that process.

Todd said she has learned through the program how to be compassionate and empathetic while still thinking scientifically.

“It’s a really unique position at Marquette because I feel like not a lot of people know about behavior analysis, but it’s grown a lot in the past few years … it’s a niche part of psychology, but once you learn more about it, you get to see how it affects everyday life,” Todd said.

Hood said the mission of the program directly relates to Marquette’s mantra to “Be the Difference” in its work with individuals with a variety of different needs.

“One of the Jesuit apostolic preferences tells us that those affiliated with the Jesuit mission should work to ‘walk with the excluded.’ To me, this is exactly what this program does,” Woods wrote in an email.

Grad students often have 10-30 hours of clinicals

UW-Milwaukee hosts Korea day celebration

Performances included dance, taekwondo

By Sophie Goldstein sophie.goldstein@marquette.edu

The 10th annual Milwaukee Korea Day Celebration was held at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Oct. 6. Hosted by the Korean American Faculty and Staff Association at UWM and the Korean American Association of Milwaukee, the event began with a cultural program performance followed by a Symphony Orchestra concert.

“The event has been running for 10 years, but for a couple years the Korea Day at UWM was just run by students in the Korean Language Program. As those students graduated the faculty noticed the program was not as known, so the faculty group took over in 2014 which is how we started the current celebration we have today,”

Kyoung Ae Cho, president of the Korean American Faculty and Staff Association at UWM, said.

Cho said that despite this event starting primarily as a UWM program, it has grown to become a more community-based event with different local organizations joining.

“We are still doing this event as a program, but I also know there is a lot of Korean community and interest in Korean culture. In 2016, the Korean Association and Community became more involved in our program, so it is not just a UWM program anymore. It is not just for Korean people, it is for people in Milwaukee to learn more about Korean culture,” Cho said.

Cho said planning for the celebration starts right after the previous one — in hopes that they will have enough funding to do it.

“Once we finish, we know what we have to do next year. We always hope we are able to do it for the next year, since we are a self-funded program,” Cho said. “We always have wishful and hopeful thinking for the future, but we also have to gamble.”

Starting at 4:30 p.m.,

students, friends and family gathered at the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts where performances of K-Pop songs and TaeKwonDo skills were shown and traditional Korean food was served.

“Professors start working with students who are in the Korean Language Program, and a lot of those students want to share their experiences by creating their own dances and singing,” Cho said. “We also like to invite nearby organizations, like taekwondo, and have anyone ranging from children to adults performing to showcase themselves.”

Cho said she hopes cultural performances, like these, allow people to learn about different cultures and communities in the area.

“I want everyone to be aware of different cultures and communities in Milwaukee,” Cho said. “I also just want people to know that we are all the same with our own differences, and learning different songs, music, dances inspires a lot of younger people. Life is short, but we can also enjoy it.”

At 7:30 p.m., guests were invited to the ticketed portion of the celebration to see the UWM Symphony Orchestra performance.

Jun Kim, UWM Symphony Orchestra music director, said he wanted to use his background in music to be able to add a new musical aspect within the Korea Day celebration.

“I’ve been a conductor at UWM for about 11 years now, and as a Korean-American myself I thought as a musician and conductor I could also contribute to Korea Day with a performance and concert.

So since 2014, we have been including concerts as a part of Korea Day,” Kim said.

Kim said when they have concerts as a part of Korea Day, they bring in professional musicians to perform with the orchestra.

This year they brought guest violinist Julian Rhee, Milwaukee native and 2022 silver medalist at the International Violin Competition in Indianapolis.

“[The special guests] are

so willing and happy to be part of this celebration, and the students have a meaningful experience while they study at UWM. To me as a music educator I am very happy and proud of the Milwaukee Korean festival that we can bring these high-calabar musicians because when they

come they not only just perform, but also they give master classes,” Kim said.

Kim said he hopes that music is a way for people to enjoy this celebration of Korean culture even more.

“I want people to come and learn about our culture and Korea and experience music too. For the

evening performance, I want people to come and hear the high-calabar concerto soloist to hear and be inspired,” Kim said. “I hope people enjoyed the music, but also learned about our culture and the celebration this day provides.”

Upcoming street closure to affect campus

North 16th Street impacted by construction

By Gabe Mannion gabe.mannion@marquette.edu

facility will impact traffic beginning next week. Here’s what to know:

How will traffic be impacted?

Access to North 16th Street will be shut down from West Clybourn Street to West Wisconsin Avenue. Pedestrians should expect minimal

impact along the east side of 16th Street (by campus academic buildings and Marquette Gymnasium).

How long will traffic be impacted for?

Community members can expect the street closure to last from Monday, Oct. 16, through Friday, Nov. 17. The

length of the street closure may change depending on any weather restrictions that may arise.

Traffic will have to follow alternative routes due to the closure.

Alternative delivery methods

The construction will also

require alternative delivery methods for Cramer Hall and Schroeder Complex. Deliveries will come through West Wisconsin Avenue. The Wellness + Helfaer Recreation facility construction is set for completion in late 2024.

Construction for the Wellness + Helfaer Recreation

Various events occuring at the Korea Day Celebration at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Photos by Shannyn Donohue shannyn.donohue@marquette.edu

Leaving a legacy

Junior right side created non-profit with her family

By Jack Albright jack.albright@marquette.edu

Ella Foti knew from a young age she was more than an athlete.

Dealing with multiple injuries throughout her career, Ella had a moment of realization that she couldn’t limit herself to just the work she does on the court.

“I was always growing up like ‘Oh, the tall girl,’” Ella said. “And then when you don’t have that, when that shifts away from you, it’s like, ‘Well, who am I?’ So, at 14, I had an identity crisis. I wanted to be known as a kind person, someone who’s willing to be selfless for others and will just work hard.”

This mindset fueled the Marquette junior right side’s drive to create Milotso, a non–profit organization with the mission of helping student-athletes engage with their communities through sports and volunteering.

The nonprofit organization goes to different schools in Milwaukee and plays many sports and board games with the city’s youth. But it goes deeper than that, also providing mental health support for the kids they work with.

“We want to build those

connections,” senior middle blocker and Milotso mentor Carsen Murray said. “Then also talk about very important topics and educate them at a younger age, so that they can become more aware as these issues are becoming more prominent.”

Milotso is a Foti family project. Ella alongside her dad, Tom, and older sister, Sam, helped establish the organization.

The name “Milotso” comes from Ella’s great grandfather’s hometown of Milazzo in Sicily, from which he immigrated to the United States.

“When we’re going through making this organization, we’re like, ‘What should we name it?’” Ella said. “We want something that will stick, and that people will remember, but there’s so many things out there that we’re like, what’s unique too? So, one way that we made it for us is that we changed the spelling of it.”

The “MIL” is for Milwaukee, where the organization was founded. “LOT” is because they want to have a lot of impact and “SO,” so kids can fulfill their potential.

The non-profit has been

WOMEN’S SOCCER

in the works for two years but became fully functioning with a website and social media presence last December.

In the early stages of development, the entire founding team got together for a week-long meeting where they discussed how Milotso would work, what peoples’ titles and roles were going to be, how they were going to ensure it was a sustainable model and to discuss potential expansion to other colleges.

After all that, it came time for Milotso to make itself known to the Milwaukee community, and it

did so by partnering with Running Rebels, a local intervention-prevention program. They set up volleyball nets and played with kids the first time they met, but since then, have played other games and even brought in a mental health professional to educate on the importance of mental health.

Ella said a key pillar of Milotso is maintaining those connections with the kids they help.

“One of the big things that we try to do is have relationships that are reoccurring, and they’re not

See LEGACY page 7

Pushing through prior struggles

First-year forward tore both ACLs as a high schooler

By

This past June, Taylor Schad helped her high school team win its first state championship in its 95-year existence, setting several tournament records in the process.

Now, four months later, the first-year forward is finding ways to make her mark as a member of the Marquette women’s soccer team.

However, the first two years of Schad’s career at Kiel High School in Kiel, Wisconsin were a rollercoaster of unprecedented outcomes. Her first high school season was brought to a halt due to the COVID-19

pandemic, but her sophomore season was defined by a different challenge: injury.

In the span of six months, Schad had torn both of her ACLs. In October of her sophomore year, she tore her first one. That April, in her first game back, she tore the other ACL.

“It’s all you do, and everything that I just put all my effort and energy into, and then it just got taken away,” Schad said. “It really made me cherish and be grateful for the opportunity to even be playing every day.

Every time you’re like, ‘Oh, I don’t really want to practice today,’ it’s not given that you’re going to be able to practice tomorrow.”

Mike Pritchard, Schad’s high school coach, said that he was in awe of her unwavering determination to recover from her injuries.

“(She’s) just crazy determined, especially after

having two ACL injuries and rehabbing from them with a totally positive attitude, which is just incredible,” Pritchard said. “Since I tore up my ACL, I understood where she was at. I was just completely impressed with her dedication.”

After recovering from her injuries, Schad came back stronger than ever as a junior, becoming a state record holder for scoring 83 goals and earning 193 points in a season, along with scoring in 25 consecutive games.

Falling short that year in the state championship, Pritchard said he was impressed with how unselfishly Schad played in the following season.

“Last year was just incredible how she really changed her junior year to her senior year,” Pritchard said. “Her senior year, she really dedicated herself to spreading the wealth. She gave up the

opportunity to win the state title for scoring, the state title for most goals or whatever. For senior year, she spread the ball all over the place, and it actually made us a lot better and gave us the opportunity to win the

state championship.”

Kiel did win the state championship that year, defeating No. 1 Cedar Grove Belgium 6-5 in overtime.

Schad, who scored a state record of four goals in the

Two years ago, Ella Foti (7) created Milotso, a nonprofit organization that helps student-athletes engage with their communities.

First-year forward Taylor Schad has two goals and one assist.

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Ross and Lowery impress in scrimmage

The Gold

comes from behind to win

By Kaylynn Wright kaylynn.wright@marquette.edu

By Jack Albright jack.albright@marquette.edu

Last season, Marquette men’s basketball made history, winning its first Big East title and earning a No. 2 seed in the NCAA tournament, its highest ranking in program history.

They fell short in the Round of 32, but this season, the Golden Eagles are hungry for more.

Marquette played its annual Blue and Gold Scrimmage Saturday afternoon at Fiserv Forum, giving Marquette fans a look at the 2023-24 Golden Eagles.

“It was a great feeling in there. Just being around people that crave Marquette basketball,” head coach Shaka Smart said. “Our mentality, really since the start of school has been, we’re going to have to really, really continue to grow our championship habits if we want to be a championship team.”

Here are three

observations from the scrimmage:

Gold team mounts comeback

Once Marquette released the lineups for the scrimmage, it looked to be heavily favoring the Blue team, which featured Tyler Kolek, Oso Ighodaro, Kam Jones and David Joplin.

But the Gold team — with only one returning starter in junior guard Stevie Mitchell — was the victor, winning the scrimmage 67-61.

“I’m not surprised that Gold maybe fared better than people thought they would,” Smart said.

Down 42-33 at the half, the Gold team came back, going on an 8-2 run to take a 59-53 lead and not look back.

“I said to the Gold team at one of the media timeouts, ‘Hey, do you guys want this to be a lineup that might be in the game, with 7:37 left in the game in a close game? If you do, then we’ve got to continue to build that chemistry,’” Smart said.

Four players on the Gold team — Chase Ross, Zaide Lowery, Mitchell and Sean Jones — finished with over 10 points.

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This year’s Golden Eagles’ bench features a wide variety of depth, but the one player that stood out from the rest was first-year guard Zaide Lowery.

The Springfield, Missouri native finished with 12 points in the scrimmage, the most out of all three first-years.

“If I’m Zaide Lowery, I am spending as much time as possible with Chase Ross and saying, ‘Chase, teach me about how things went down last year with you.’ ... Those two have a lot in common,” Smart said. “What I’m really enthused about with him is he’s not afraid. He’s going after it. He’s been a really good learner, and been someone who’s not afraid to go up against someone like David Joplin and hold his own.”

As for the returner, Ross made appearances in all 36 games last season, averaging 16.4 minutes per game. Heading into this year, Ross is poised to make an impact on both ends of the court. In the scrimmage, he led all scorers with 17 points on the afternoon for the Gold squad, capping off the scrimmage with a trademark windmill slam dunk.

“That’s the most shots Chase Ross has ever taken in a game,” Smart said. “On that team, he needed to do that today. He’s really taken a jump as a player. It was great to see his confidence. You’ve heard me say this before, but Chase Ross is a dude... On top of that, he is an incredibly diligent worker. He truly cares about winning and doing all the little things that go into winning.”

With junior forward David Joplin likely to join the starting lineup, Ross is set to take his place as Marquette’s sixth man.

Different Joplin and Gold

at the scrimmage, in different ways.

Joplin, who spent the summer working on a VersaClimber was noticeably leaner and faster. He finished the scrimmage with 14 points on the afternoon.

“That’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” Joplin said about using the VersaClimber. “It’s brutal. It takes you to that vulnerable place, but it lets you know that you have more in you and I think some of the guys some of the coaches started doing it. The growth that comes from it is major.”

The VersaClimber is a cardio machine that Smart has used since his days at VCU.

Opposite to Joplin, Gold was noticeably bulkier, with more strength and a bigger frame. He is sitting at 245 pounds, 25 more than the 220 pound body he came to Marquette with.

really helpful.”

Gold played 24 minutes in the scrimmage, which Smart was the most he has done all year since being sidelined with a shin splints. Smart said that Gold will continue to get better as the year goes on.

“If you said to me ‘Hey, I’ll give you one guy that’s that it’s gonna have an awesome season, that’s gonna take a big job?’ Benny Gold man, Benny Gold,” Smart said. “It just changes our team, because he’s 6-foot10 and he can shoot and he gives us just such versatility out there on both ends of the floor.”

After averaging 9.7 minutes as a first-year, Gold will have a larger role on the court as a sophomore.

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Both Joplin and Gold looked visibly different

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“Guarding against Oso every day, it’s just helped me defend him better and obviously that makes him better having a bigger body out there,” Gold said. “It’s been

Marquette will return to Fiserv Forum Oct. 18 for its open practice at 6 p.m. CST. The Golden Eagles will also play two closed-door scrimmages before its first home game Nov. 6 against Northern Illinois.

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one-offs,” Ella said. “Because at the end of the day, someone may come volunteer at your school, but why would you ever remember that? I’d be helping the (teachers), but it isn’t really helping you as a kid.”

Since its start in June of last year, the organization has picked up steam in both the Marquette and Milwaukee community.

At Marquette, it’s not just the volleyball players. Multiple student-athletes have

joined in to give back.

Milotso operates in a way that allows Marquette student-athletes to volunteer during their sport’s offseason.

Right now, volleyball is in the midst of its conference schedule, so it is the offseason for the volleyball mentors. But this past spring, Ella would volunteer with the same group of children every-other week.

Last week, two Marquette men’s lacrosse players — in their offseason — went to Milwaukee College Prep, a K3-8 charter school, to

play different games with the kids.

In Milwaukee, United Way of Dane County, MENTOR Greater Milwaukee and Mental Health America are some of the businesses, school programs and mental health groups that have partnered with Milotso.

The organization has a strong foundation within Milwaukee, but the goal is for the nonprofit to stretch beyond the confines of Cream City. Both of Ella’s parents attended college at North Dakota State, so

Fargo, North Dakota is a spot they’ve looked at.

“The dream is to build the foundation here and then be able to scale it because the same need is in many different markets in the country,” Tom Foti said. “We would love to go national. We even have an idea that if we get the model correct here for Marquette, could we go across the Big East?”

So far as a Golden Eagle, Ella has racked up 367 kills, 59 assists, 315 digs and 68 blocks. She has helped Marquette win the

Big East regular season title two times in a row and earn its second-ever Sweet 16 appearance in the NCAA Tournament.

But, she also knows that her time as an athlete is fleeting, and her legacy needs to be more than a dual-position starter at a Division I volleyball program.

“We only play sports for a very short amount of our life,” Ella said. “Hopefully they can maybe remember me for some volleyball, but hopefully just a nice person at the end of the day.”

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Guard Tyler Kolek (11)

Big East Player of the Year.

squad

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Kam Jones drives to the hoop in the Blue and Gold scrimmage.

When mentioning the NFL and Swift, one may think of Eagles star rusher D’Andre Swift. This is no longer the case, as in recent weeks the most popular football headline has been about singer Taylor Swift.

I do not want any bad blood with Swifties, but I believe the NFL is pushing the Taylor Swift bandwagon a little too much when they should look into other ways to market the game toward women.

Swift’s speculated new boyfriend Travis Kelce, a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, hinted with his brother Jason, also in the NFL, about a possible relationship with Swift on their podcast “New Heights.”

But the rumors were taken to new heights when she appeared at the Chiefs 41-10 thrashing of the Chicago Bears in week three. Kelce scored his first touchdown of the year with her in attendance.

Social media exploded as the football world collided with Swift’s diehard fans. The NFL felt the attention as they mass–produced content focused on Swift. They changed their Instagram bio to “Chiefs are 2-0 as Swifties” and their Twitter bio to “NFL (Taylor’s Version)” a nod to Swift’s re-recorded albums. Along with these posts by the NFL, thousands of fans online were talking about it and many football fans felt they could not escape it.

Swift brought the NFL the attention of a demographic they had never targeted before: women.

A study by Morning Consult estimated that 53% of American adults identified as fans of Swift. Combining two major fanbases could lead to popularity unseen before. Historically, whenever women are featured in football advertising, they are used solely as eye candy. According to CNBC, women were only “principal” characters in 14% of

Super Bowl commercials.

Football has been America’s most popular sport for over fifty years, and it is estimated that around 17 million viewers tune in to every game. It is estimated that over 70% of NFL fans are males older than 50. The NFL and their social media accounts easily garner hundreds of millions of eyeballs every night and knew all too well that Swift could gain the attention of millions more.

I believe it is great marketing that the NFL aligned themselves with the biggest name in music, however, many football fans felt the NFL pushed it too far.

All the attention led to football fans filling the NFL’s social media with thousands of hate messages. Even Kelce thought it was too much.

“I think everybody is just overwhelmed,” Kelce said.

Capitalizing on Swift to grow their audience is a smart move for football. The NFL should continue to capitalize on this new fan base by finding ways to get women involved in the game. Instead of doing all of this promotion just for a little attention, they should dig deep to find the women who are genuinely interested in football and might not know it yet.

Using female role models has an incredible effect as millions of young girls were excited to watch a football game against the Bears, a feat not even Bears fans can achieve anymore. Never in their wildest dreams would the NFL believe they could have millions of girls watching, tweeting and promoting one of their teams without the league putting any real effort in.

If the NFL wants to sustain this new fanbase, they need to make serious long term efforts to effectively retain their audience.

Conor McPherson is a sports columnist. He can be reached at conor.mcpherson@marquette.edu or on Twitter/X @ConorMcPherson_

More than climbing

Club practices every two weeks at Turner Hall

By Raquel Ruiz raquel.ruiz@marquette.edu

Behind all the harnesses, helmets and special shoes, there is a lot more to Marquette’s rock climbing than just climbing up the rock itself.

Although the laid-back, recreational practices are a portion of what it means to be a part of the club, the main purpose is to create forever friendships and social connections.

Casey Perez, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences and club ambassador, said that the great people she’s met allow for creating a great community.

Club president Jackson Ressner, a senior in the College of Business, agrees.

“I joined this club and met a lot of really good friends. It’s been awesome that this has been a way for me to create these relationships” Ressner said.

Each week, the club holds practice every Monday and Wednesday from 8-10 p.m. at Milwaukee’s Turner Hall, which is a 15–minute walk from Marquette.

Connor O’Malley, a senior in the College of Business, said that the hall is

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such an unexpected place to hold practices, but is worth it because of the relationships he made.

“It’s funny. You would never expect a climbing gym at a place that’s also a concert venue, a restaurant and a ballroom,” O’Malley said. “I prefer this kind of tight knit community compared to some larger gyms. You can climb with everyone and form friendships, so it’s really cool.”

Isaac Anderson, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences and the club’s gear manager, said that Turner Hall gives climbers more of a variability to try to climb something new by changing up how the courses are set up.

Perez said these routes

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win, said that she was just happy to celebrate with her longtime friends.

“It was just so much fun because I stopped playing soccer with my school when I was in seventh grade, so I hadn’t played with any of them for four years,” Schad said. “I was just excited to play and excel with the people I grew up with.”

Now, in her collegiate career, Schad is making an impact on Marquette’s offense. She is one of three players to have scored multiple goals, leading the team with five points.

Schad scored her first collegiate goal in Marquette’s penultimate game of nonconference play against Western Michigan, tying the game 1-1. Later in the match, she drew a penalty kick in the 88th minute, allowing senior midfielder Isa Cook to score the penalty and bring the team a 2-1 victory.

Senior defender Aeryn Kennedy said Schad’s grit and determination was key to the team’s success.

“That was well deserved,” Kennedy said after the match. “She definitely had many chances and just kept fighting and fighting. She eventually got it, and that’s what happens when you keep fighting for it.”

Head coach Frank Pelaez said that he was not surprised by her performance.

“We know Taylor Schad can score goals,” Pelaez said after the win. “It was just a matter of her getting a little more momentum, getting a little more comfortable with people around her. She’s got great speed; she’s got a nice little cheeky move that she uses all the time.”

As Marquette continues conference play, Schad said she hopes the team continues to emphasize teamwork and perseverance.

“During the beginning of the season, we obviously struggled to score and just work together,” Schad said. “As the season is progressing, we’re just getting better and better each game. Hopefully, we can finish out the Big East by winning and making the Big

East Tournament.”

In his 26 years of coaching at Kiel, Pritchard said Schad is the best player he has ever gotten the chance to work with and knows she will continue to shine at Marquette.

“She’s a legend of our program for Kiel,” Pritchard said. “I’ve went and watched her a couple of times, and I’m just terribly impressed with her athleticism out on the pitch ... If you’re playing to win, she is a starter for Marquette, hands down.”

Photo by Jack Albright jack.albright@marquette.edu

Marquette club rock climbing practices biweekly at Turner Hall.

“If you’re playing to win, she is a starter for Marquette, hands down.”

Mike Pritchard Kiel High School women’s soccer head coach

“You would never expect a climbing gym at a place that’s also a concert venue, a restaurant and a ballroom.”

Connor O’Malley Senior in the College of Business

By Matthew Baltz matthew.baltz@marquette.edu

When senior forward Beto Soto scored his first career brace in a win over the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Sept. 8, everything was going according to plan for the Golden Eagles’ offense.

“Our plan is to start off strong,” Soto said. “We want to make a good tackle that makes a statement, or score a goal.”

Soto did just that for his squad on this particular night, as he scored two goals in the sixth and ninth minutes that would prove to be the difference in a 3-1 victory for Marquette.

Scoring first is something that the Golden Eagles have been able to build off of this season, as six of their seven wins have come in matches where they have scored first.

However, it appears that scoring first usually turns out well for everyone, as

the rest of the Big East is a combined 49-6-10 when scoring the first goal in a match this season as well.

Head coach Louis Bennett said that scoring the first goal affects his squad in multiple ways.

“It’s a two–way street,” Bennett said. “Our guys get a little bit more confidence, but secondly, the opposition then can’t go along with just defending.”

Junior forward Abdoul Karim Pare said he thinks that scoring the first goal helps the team become more confident.

“We try to get one goal really early so that it takes a lot of pressure off of the back line,” Pare said. “We are more comfortable playing that way and it helps us as a team.”

Since the season’s opener against Drake, the Golden Eagles are 0-4-1 in matches that they haven’t scored first in. They are not the only ones that have struggled to come back from deficits, as the rest of the Big East is currently a combined 2-33-19 when not scoring first in a match this season.

While the team may put a big emphasis on getting

that first goal, they have further emphasized tacking on more after the fact.

“If we can score early, we can score a lot of goals,” Pare said.

Marquette has done just that, notching six of its seven wins by two or more goals this season. In fact, earlier this season, the Golden Eagles were second in the entire country in goal differential, boasting a +14 mark.

Soto, who has appeared in 59 matches in his four years at Marquette, has been around long enough to know that one goal is not usually enough.

“We’ve got some players, we have guys that definitely want to score,” Soto said. “One is not good enough. We want to go past one, even if it’s by five or however many.”

Looking forward, while Marquette is currently riding its first losing streak of the season after dropping its last three contests, Soto said that he thinks the squad has gotten impatient at times.

“There have been times, especially in our recent games, where we’ve gone impatient, we’ve tried to

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rush things and do things that we don’t really do,” Soto said.

Soto also said that keeping their composure will be key for the team’s success in moving forward.

“One thing we need to improve on when we are down is not losing our heads,” Soto said. “When we are still in the attacking third, we need to stay patient, stick to our game plan, and do what we do best.”

Marquette currently sits in 11th place in the Big

East standings. Bennett said that his team needs to limit the opponents’ opportunities as they head down the home stretch of their conference season.

“We call it shutting the gate,” Bennett said. “We want to go back to not allowing the opposition quality chances. For us though, it’s about taking those chances with better craftsmanship in front of the goal because we can definitely do it. I mean, the goal hasn’t gotten any smaller.”

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force the climbers to think about their next move.

“It’s not only physically challenging, but it’s like a maze at the same time because you have to figure out how you’re going to climb the wall and what kind of route you’re going to take and what way you’re going to do it,” Perez said.

Being gear manager for the club, Anderson is in charge of making sure that the members have everything they need not only for practices, but also

for trips.

Each semester, the club tries to take at least one trip to Devil’s Lake State Park as well as fall and spring break trips to various locations.

Perez said she is looking forward to the upcoming trip to a climbing area in Kentucky.

“People went last year, so I’m super excited to check out this new outdoor climbing spot and we’re going to camp there for a couple days, so it should be fun,” Perez said.

Ressner said the outdoor

trips are open to everyone.

“It’s a lot of fun, like a road trip for 8-12 hours sucks on its own but hanging out with a bunch of friends that entire time, and then going to climb together, doing what we love, it’s just really great,” Ressner said.

The e-board works together to make sure that any member who wants to be a part of these trips does not have to face a financial burden. As club president, Ressner is in charge of being in contact with both Marquette Univ-

eristy Student Government and club sports to make sure that there is enough funding, as well as gas and camping payments.

The club aims to make sure that anyone can come out and have a great time outdoors.

After piquing more Marquette students’ interest in the club after O-Fest, Anderson said he was satisfied with the turnout at the information session they held.

“We actually had to keep tearing out more paper because we ran out and

so many people put their names down,” Anderson said. “Then we got a really good crowd to show up at our info session. We have a lot of new members and that’s really exciting.”

Perez said he believes that this sport is for anyone who is interested, and wants students to know that they are going to welcome everyone with open arms.

“There’s a spot for everybody at every skill to shine,” Perez said.

Majority of wins have come when MU scored first

Photo by Katie Craig katharine.craig@marquette.edu

Junior forward Abdoul Karim Pare (17) has two goals this season.

Indigenous food insecurity rampant

By Kirsten Lyons kirsten.lyons@marquette.edu

All over the world food prices are rising astronomically, but the Native community is grappling with disproportionately high prices in the United States and Canada. The grocery industry and the government need to do better and ensure that Native communities can access healthy food at a reasonable price.

One in four Native Americans experiences food insecurity as opposed to one in nine Americans overall. Many counties with a majority Native population are also considered high food insecurity counties. Menominee County, Wisconsin has the highest food insecurity rate among children in America at 34.4%.

Food insecurity means that households don’t have enough to eat, particular-

ly healthy and nutricious foods. It is based on the ability to access sufficient and adequate food.

Food insecurity in Native communities is caused by several things, like high unemployment and poverty rates, but by far the largest barrier to food security is lack of access.

Many Natives who live on tribal lands are very far from full-service grocery stores. Reservations have a low density of grocery stores compared to other parts of the U.S. The largest reservation in the U.S. could cover Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont, yet only has 13 grocery stores total while the city of Boston alone has over 40. But lack of access is just one part of the problem.

Food on reservations al-

most always costs more than off reservations. On average, a loaf of bread costs 66 cents more, a pound of apples costs 84 cents more and a pound of tomatoes 63 cents more on reservations compared to the rest of the nation.

Shina Novalinga, an Inuk woman, posted a TikTok drawing attention to the issue. In it she showed the astronomical prices in a reservation grocery store with grapes costing $28 and ketchup costing $16.

This issue can’t be spoken about without bringing up the historical oppression of Indigenous peoples.

Many Native Americans now have very little access to traditional foods as a result of colonization. A study from the Food Research & Action Center says that the current state of food in-

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security in these communities is a direct result of structural racism and negative impact on traditional food ways.

COVID-19 only exacerbated the issue. The pandemic was disproportionately more severe on natives with higher infection and death rates. It shined a light on consistent issues regarding federal systems meant to combat food insecurity.

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Expanding grocery options

By Joseph Schamber joseph.schamber@marquette.edu

In 2017, Sendik’s Food Market opened a Fresh2Go location on Marquette’s campus, providing fresh and convenient options for students and the surrounding community. Prior to this, the USDA had identified a food desert in the neighborhoods north and west of campus. In urban communities like Milwaukee, the USDA defines a food desert as an area in which at least 33% of the population is living more than a mile from a grocery store providing fresh food.

Establishing a grocery store on Marquette’s campus was intended to remedy this issue, but many people believe Sendik’s Fresh2Go was a disappointing choice by the university, complaining that its steep prices keep them from frequenting the store.

It is true that students, particularly juniors and seniors without meal plans, need cheaper stores close to campus to buy from, but much of the hostility towards Sendik’s is underserved.

When the location first opened, the Marquette Wire did an investigation into how prices stacked up against other stores. It found that prices were at least the same or significantly higher than other nearby supermarkets, and my own observations determined this difference has only increased.

I compared Sendik’s prices to Pick ‘n Save on East Lyons Street and Met-

ro Market on Van Buren Street and found only a few items on sale at Sendik’s that were cheaper than the other stores, but other items like milk were significantly more expensive.

The cheapest whole milk was priced at $2.99 per half gallon, while at both Pick ’n Save and Metro Market, the cheapest whole milk was $2.99 for a full gallon.

Eggs were also considerably more expensive at Sendik’s where the cheapest eggs available were $3.89 a dozen, while at Pick ‘n Save they were only $1.59 per dozen. Prices for meat products were similar across each store, but Metro Market and Pick ‘n Save had bulk deals that were more economical for customers.

Understandably, this information could make consumers upset with Sendik’s, and I have already heard many people attempt to accuse the grocer of unfairly manipulating prices and taking advantage of the lack of competitors in this area.

However, this is not the case, because prices at Marquette’s Sendik’s are no higher than those charged at other stores across Milwaukee.

Instead, this cost can be explained by two key factors.

Firstly, Sendik’s Fresh2Go locations are modeled off convenience stores and are meant to be quick and compact, so the one on Marquette’s campus will not be able to provide the same variety of bulk

options and deals that a full-fledged grocer has.

Secondly, Sendik’s Food Market is a smaller private company, while grocery stores Metro Market and Pick ‘n Save are owned by the largest supermarket operator in the United States, Kroger. Sendik’s is not able to compete with the massive cost advantages Kroger can acquire due to the sheer scale of their operation.

For that reason, I believe anger toward Sendik’s is misplaced, and people fail to see the good the store has done for the community. Marquette’s Fresh2Go location acts as a key employer for students and members of the surrounding neighborhoods, and the company has won Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Top Workplace award for 11 consecutive years from 2012 to 2022.

The store has served as

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a temporary remedy to the lack of fresh food in this area. Individuals facing food insecurity can use Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits at the Sendik’s on campus, as well as coupons and rewards programs to aid shoppers on a budget.

Regardless, Sendik’s should not be the only option we have, and it is reasonable to expect some cheaper supermarket options located near our community. Ultimately, it is up to local governments to recognize the need for these options and encourage operators to serve our community. However, we can still do our part by supporting Sendik’s and proving that grocers will be successful in this area.

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5. The practice of taking action to preserve or improve one's own health

6. All-encompassing emotional, psychological and social well-being

9. A negative idea associated with a particular

Comic by Marquette professor Dave Hanneken david.hanneken@marquette.edu

Arts & Entertainment Chappell Roan’s sold-out show at The Rave

Rising pop artist wows crowd with themed concert

By Sofía Cortés sofia.cortes@marquette.edu

Singer and songwriter Chappell Roan, a stage name for Kayleigh Rose Amstutz, is truly a Midwest princess, having grown up in the town of Willard, Missouri. Roan is currently on her “Midwest Princess” tour, promoting her first full-length album “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess.”

Roan played a sold-out show at The Rave Oct. 4 and is quickly climbing the ladder in the music industry, hitting around 1 million monthly listeners on Spotify.

Roan’s style is very dancepop adjacent, her songs and persona referencing themes in her life such as relationships and femininity. Her sound and lyrics are memorable because they stand for something greater and dig underneath the surface, with powerhouse vocals that left everyone singing and dancing along with her during the show.

Roan has a unique touch as an artist, she assigns every show a theme which gives the audience the chance to dress up as a collective. The theme for her Milwaukee show was rainbow, so most people were dressed in

bright colors, sequins and holographic tones. This is a thoughtful creative detail that allows her to connect with her fans on a level beyond music, while making the concert memorable in a unique way using fashion.

Some audience members sported pink cowgirl hats as a nod to one of Roan’s singles titled “Pink Pony Club,” where she wears one in her music video. The attention to detail from the crowd was unique, with almost every fan dressed on point according to the theme and going all-out with their outfit choices.

Roan’s attention to detail regarding fashion and makeup really drew me to her with her elegant and playful style. Her makeup looks are uniquely glamorous and feminine, usually including big, brightly colorful and shimmery eyeshadow. During the show, she was seen wearing a patterned corset with matching shorts and knee-high boots.

Roan credits a big part of her stylistic inspiration to the art of drag, as she talks about in an interview with The Rising Artists Blog. “I’m very inspired by drag in every aspect. I have drag artists open for me. I have three local drag performers for every city that I headline. I think that drag has really inspired the project with styling, makeup, performance and music videos.”

Instead of having a band or singer open for Roan, she had three local drag artists performing. Milwaukee based Drag Queens Princess Janelza, Supernova and Iconika Strange took turns storming the stage and performing popular songs, which was definitely a perfect way to get the crowd jumping on their feet while waiting for Roan.

When Roan took the stage, you could immediately tell that her band has amazing chemistry. She performed one of her hit songs “Red Wine Supernova” pretty early on, which had fans screaming every single lyric. The song is about “falling in love with the thought of someone,” as the lyrics say, but my favorite line “She put her canine teeth in the side of my neck,” really ties the meaning of the song in for me. The metaphors used in this track add a unique storybook-like feel to the song overall.

She also performed her song, “Super Graphic Ultra-Modern Girl,” which is all about loving yourself and not settling for less than you deserve in relationships. One of her lyrics says, “I’m through, with all these super mega bummer boys like you.” This track is inspiring, relatable and emits a feel-good emotion that reminds others to be true to themselves.

Roan inspires listeners to

remember how important the act of self-love really is, and this track is a perfect example of what she stands for as a person and an artist.

Later on, during the show, she paused for a second to say some words to the audience. “Since it’s so hot in here the next song will be…” and was immediately interrupted by fans screaming because everyone knew the next song would be “HOT TO GO!” Almost every fan was doing dance moves from Roan’s music video. It was really heartwarming seeing this kind of energy at a live show, where everyone knows the words.

It makes a concert experence so much more vibrant and intimate seeing a fanbase so dedicated to an arist and their music at a live show. The fact that almost everyone was dressed on theme and knew all of the words to her songs made the show feel much more personal. The show made me feel like I was a part of a collective group, it wasn’t just individuals gathering to see the same artist. It was almost family-like and being able to see that her fans were connected to one another and to Roan made the experience that much more special.

‘Love You to Death’ exhibit at Haggerty

Repeated viewing of pieces required for theology class

By Avery Darrow avery.darrow@marquette.edu

“Love You To Death: Discontented Desire,” the Haggerty Museum of Art’s new exhibition running until Dec. 23, examines the positive and negative varieties of human desires.

Lynne Shumow, the curator for academic engagement at the Haggerty Museum of Art, worked with Rev. Ryan Duns, Jesuit and associate professor of theology, over the course of six months to hand pick art for this exhibit. The pieces were taken from the Haggerty’s 10,000-piece collection.

At first glance, on the four walls when walking into the exhibit is unique art from three different artists. Pieces from Italian artist Valerio Adami, as well as pieces from British artist Richard Lindner’s art series are on display. However, the major-

ity of the exhibit’s art comes from Michael Rothenstein’s color screen prints on paper: “Song of Songs.”

Duns said the Rothenstein series is an artistic depiction that is inspired by the love poetry of the “Song of Songs.” In these biblical poems two lovers are speaking to each other with admiration and taking in each other’s beauty. Solomon’s “Song of Songs” has inspired commentaries for generations as it is noteworthy the only part of scripture that does not mention God, Duns explained.

Duns said he asked his students in his Theology Contemplation and Action class to practice contemplative belonging and examine the same piece of art over the course of 10 times throughout the semester. Each time his students are asked to sit in front of a piece of art from the exhibit for 20 minutes and then write a reflection on what they see in the art.

“By contemplative beholding, I mean the intentional practice of bringing

yourself before the artwork in a way that allows the art to reveal itself on its terms, rather than you impose yourself on it,” Duns said.

Duns said contemplative belonging allows students in his class to see how the world around them can influence their life and their own self-perceptions. Fads, trends and the desire for “stuff” Duns uses as examples of how the outside world can dictate what it is we desire.

“Students begin to see themselves as beholders. How they show up to the Haggerty, what happened that day changes how they perceive the art. I’m trying to get them to see how the world around us shapes what gets into us,” Duns said.

Although this art exhibit was curated with the intention of being used for Dun’s theology class, Shumow explains that anyone can appreciate and be open to the reflection this exhibit creates for its viewers.

“It’s hopefully something all people can get

something out of and the general audience can appreciate the aesthetics of the pieces,” Shumow said.

Desire for love is seen in Adami’s piece while Lindner shoot series as well as most of his art, focuses on capturing corrupt aspects of society as explained on the plaque near his art in the exhibit. The art on display ranges in its use of colors, while also having artists ranging from Italian, British and German.

By visiting this exhibit, Shumow and Duns said they hope the viewer has the chance to reflect on what it is they truly desire and want out of life. Duns said he encourages all who view the exhibit to practice contemplative belonging and not simply look and pass by the art, but instead behold it.

“If you walk in and look, you fail the exhibit. You have to stop and learn to behold it, take it all in,” Duns said.

Photos by Jack Belmont john.belmont@marquette.edu

Roan ‘s fashion is an integral part of her live performances.

Photos by Keifer Russell keifer.russell@marquette.edu

Valerio Adami’s work ‘Tramanto’ is featured in the exhibition.