Marquette Tribune I December 5, 2023

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Volume 107, Number 12

Tuesday, December 5, 2023

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The Marquette women’s basketball team is undefeated through eight games. Sophomore Kenzie Hare (far left) leads the nation in 3-point percentage with 59.3%.

No. 19 is highest ranking under Megan Duffy

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By Matthew Baltz

matthew.baltz@marquette.edu

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he Marquette women’s basketball team was voted the No. 19 team in the country Monday morning in the Associated Press Top 25 poll.

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The Golden Eagles started the season unranked, but after getting ranked for the first time this season last week at No. 23, they have jumped up four spots to No. 19.

Marquette received 232 votes.

This is the first time the Golden Eagles have been ranked in consecutive weeks since the 2018-19 season.

This is the third week

Marquette has ever spent in the poll under head coach Megan Duffy, and the highest the Golden Eagles have ever been ranked with Duffy at the helm.

Historic start continues Coming into the 202324 season, no Marquette women’s basketball team had ever gotten past 5-0 at the beginning of a season.

That changed this season,

as the Golden Eagles have gotten out to an 8-0 start, the best in program history.

After being ranked No. 23 last Monday, Marquette put out yet again two more dominant performances this week, grabbing wins against Memphis and Penn.

This past week, the Golden Eagles were once again headlined by the efforts of sophomore guard Kenzie Hare. This past week Hare averaged 18 points per game while shooting 10 for 12

(83%) from 3-point range.

Hare currently leads the entire country in 3-point percentage, making 59.3% of her shots from beyond the arc.

The Golden Eagles are off for six days before they travel to Normal, Illinois to take on the Illinois State Redbirds at 2 p.m. CST on Sunday. This will be the final game the Golden Eagles play before they open up conference play against No. 22 Creighton.

Firefighters model for fundraising calendar Funds support families of those unable to work

By Uzair Qhavi

uzair.qhavi@marquette.edu

Muscular Milwaukee firefighters are starring in a calendar, flexing not just their muscles but also their hearts, with the aim of raking in thousands of dollars for colleagues in need. The calendar, organized by Ignite the Spirit, aims to help firefighters in need when they may not be able to be at work due to personal reasons.

“When we had started that first winter, going back to 2018, we knew we’ve got one chance to really make a splash … I just kind of realized like we hadn’t had a firefighter calendar and

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it’s a super cliche thing,” Joe Flick, a fire lieutenant at the Milwaukee Fire Department and president of Ignite the Spirit, said.

Flick started the nonprofit organization after seeing the tragedies some

calendar as stressful as it was, it served its purpose. It helped me refocus and improve my life,” Garcia said.

Sharleah Dahlberg, a fire lieutenant and model for this year’s calen-

members were facing due to the impact of the job.

“One of them was fighting Hodgkin’s lymphoma, the other one had a series of strokes that, you

know, he was 33, turned him into a 60-year-old man overnight,” Flick said.

He said once the money comes in, the organization spends it directly on the families and helps out in whatever capacity is possible, such as funeral expenses or medical bills.

As for the calendar, the models said they had to go through preparation for the day of the shoot. The preparation begins in July where they take headshots to determine if they will be selected for the photoshoot later in the year.

Ariel Garcia, a Milwaukee firefighter and model for this year’s calendar, said he lost over 18 pounds in a month before the shoot, and it helped motivate him to keep going afterward.

“It gave me something to focus on so that the whole

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Civic Dialogues hosts panel to discuss possible election outcomes.

Smart‘s terms encompass the culture he has built at Marquette.

Student film screening on Dec. 8 with free tickets available.

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“... the process in general has been very empowering.”

Sharleah Dahlberg Fire Lieutenant, Milwaukee Fire Department

dar, said she was initially hesitant, but instead felt empowered.

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process in general has been very empowering.

I was kind of nervous at first because I don’t know how I’m going to feel posing for photos. I wanted to maintain a certain degree of respect, especially in the rank as a lieutenant,” Dahlberg said.

Instead, she has had people reach out to her about the respect they have for her participating in the calendar.

“I’ve had multiple people reach out to me and tell me that they actually respect me for doing it because it takes a lot of courage to do something outside of your comfort zone for hundreds of people to see, so it’s been very empowering,” Dahlberg said.

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organization now has sponsors to help continue the work in order to make sure that every dollar that comes in is used to help firefighters. He says it is a way to support the cause while also handing out 2,500 advertisements for other businesses.

He said the organization brings in between $25,000 to $35,000 in fundraising.

One of those individuals who received assistance from this was Garcia when his wife passed.

“It is one of those things where you know you don’t think about it or prepare for when it’s sudden. I

showed up at the funeral home and we’re talking and he just lets me know, ‘Hey, Joe Flick called me earlier and they’re covering this’ so it’s one of those burdens that helps you in your dark times,” Garcia said.

Another thing the organization does is help those with mental health issues,

particularly depression and PTSD. Dahlberg said that Ignite the Spirit not only funded a member’s medical visit to a leading center but also provided accompanying support, highlighting the importance of this help for someone facing tough times alone.

“Getting to learn something new, getting to serve my community, getting to train and stay in good physical shape, it’s honestly just one of the best things. I can’t imagine doing anything else,” Dahlberg said.

For more information or to purchase a calendar, go to ignitethespiritmke.org.

MU Sustainibility hosts ‘up-cycling’ event Students teach embroidering, sewing at AMU

By Sophia Tiedge

sophia.tiedge@marquette.edu

Marquette University Student Government’s Sustainability Committee, Marquette campus sustainability and the Center for Peacemaking joined forces to host an up-cycling and DIY workshop on Nov. 29 to educate the Marquette community on how to repurpose their clothing and other items.

There were tables set up on the second floor of the Alumni Memorial Union where students could learn how to sew, embroider and repurpose pieces of fabric. Members of the

organizations that sponsored the event were trained in one of the skills beforehand so they could teach the students who attended.

Abbie Moravec and Tommy Treacy, president and executive vice president of MUSG, ran on a platform to promote campus sustainability during their campaign. This was the first event sponsored by the committee, as the committee was recently established this semester.

Ashley Tan, coordinator for MUSG’s Sustainability Committee, helped plan the event after the Center for Peacemaking reached out to them with the idea.

“They asked if we wanted to do a sewing workshop to help students learn some basic skills. Maybe mend

some of the clothes they already have so they don’t have to throw them out or donate them,” Tan said.

Each table had scraps of fabric, plastic bags, sewing materials and tote bags. Tan said everything at the tables were either recycled materials or donated to them from other organizations on campus.

“We mostly went off the idea that we wanted to dissuade people from fast fashion and show them that they can make something they have new again,” Tan said.

Tan said the MUSG sustainability committee did a lot of work to both gather materials and do research as to what they should teach at each station.

“I hope participants see how easy it can be to learn

these skills that a lot of people find very daunting.

I would say these skills aren’t necessarily taught a lot anymore, and it’s really easy to buy a new piece of clothing once your old clothing is out of style,” Tan said.

The tables not only taught students how to up-cycle clothing, but also how to create materials out of things that would otherwise be thrown away. One of the tables was making yarn out of plastic bags.

“We’re cutting up these bags to reuse them. You make the yarn and then crotchet with it … we’ve been making it at some of our events and we’re going to continue to do that as well as continue to use it at events like this so we can teach them how to uti-

lize it,” Ally Olson, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said.

Another table was learning the basics of sewing.

“In the past I’ve tried to patch things, but it never holds very well. One thing I just learned was how to make the strings stronger so it holds better. Now when I’m making matches, it’ll make things much easier,” Eric Schmidt, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences, said.

The last of the tables worked together to learn how to embroider different shapes onto shirts and tote bags.

Tan said this event is a very large part of MUSG’s efforts to get more involved in sustainability efforts on campus.

One Love MU hopes to create a safe space

MU chapter spreads awarness on social media

By Mia Thurow

mia.thurow@marquette.edu

A new One Love Chapter has made its way to Marquette’s campus this semester.

The national One Love Foundation was founded following the 2010 death of 22-year-old University of Virginia lacrosse player, Yeardly Love, who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend.

Yeardly’s mother Sharon Love, alongside her other daughter Lexie, created the foundation in the same year to help empower young people with the knowledge to identify and avoid abusive relationships.

Clare Cooke, a senior in the College of Communication and the president of One Love’s chapter at Marquette, decided earlier this year that she wanted to bring Love’s story to Milwaukee. This semester will mark the club’s first full semester on campus.

“I have been waiting since I came to Marquette to start [this club],” Cooke said. “So last year, I met with the student organizations at Marquette and said, ‘Let’s do this thing.’”

Cooke said the chapter

currently posts relationship violence awareness resources on their Instagram page for students to learn from.

She said the group’s goals for the year are to get more posts out, host fundraisers, bring in guest speakers and host workshops with the national organization.

Around 1 in 5 college students report having been abused in their relationship, with victims predominantly being women. Twenty-five percent of female students are sexually assaulted during their college tenure and nearly 30% of female murder victims ages 18-24 were killed by their romantic partners.

“I think the goal with starting [the chapter] here at Marquette was to make a safe space community for people to share their stories or share tips, advice, and just talk about [relationship abuse],” Cooke said. “The more you talk about it, the more it’s in your mind of what to look for and how you could save someone’s life.”

Cooke is a native of Baltimore, where the One Love Foundation is based. She said reading Love’s story in high school resonated with her and kickstarted her involvement with the organization.

Two other students shared Cooke’s passions about

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One Love Marquette was founded on campus this semester. They are looking for new members

creating healthy relationships: Kristen Almazan, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences and vice president, and Nicole Benedict, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration and membership and marketing chair.

“I just really liked the idea because I haven’t heard of a club like this and it’s something I’m passionate about,” Benedict said. “So when [Clare] said she started it, I knew I wanted to get involved.”

Almazan’s sorority, Alpha Chi Omega, led to her involvement with One Love.

She said AXO’s philanthropy

is domestic violence awareness, so she talked with Cooke earlier in the year and offered to help start the One Love chapter at Marquette.

“Prior to college I wasn’t really aware about domestic violence awareness, but here I feel like I’ve learned a lot, and I feel like it is important in all aspects of our lives. I think it’s something very beneficial to teach people about and it’s something I’m pretty passionate about,” Almazan said.

The members currently involved in One Love’s Marquette chapter are working to educate students on healthy versus unhealthy

relationships, but Cooke says they would appreciate additional help. She said they are always accepting new members, and anyone is welcome. Interested students can get involved by reaching out to Almazan, Benedict or Cooke directly via email.

“Our club, as small as it might seem, does have the ability to change and save someone’s life.” Cooke said. “You never know what someone is going through … with ‘cura personalis,’ you’re caring for the whole person.

You’re caring for everyone and making sure that you’re spreading the love.”

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News Briefs

By Uzair Qhavi, Sophia Tiedge, Ruby Mulvaney and Megan Woolard

Construction There is an ongoing construction project happening between Weasler Auditorium and O’Brien Hall to improve the air conditioning system for the auditorium.

“The construction is an infrastructure upgrade for the Weasler Auditorium air conditioning system

to one that is much more economical, efficient and sustainable,” University spokesperson Kevin Conway said in a statement.

A portion of the sidewalk between the 16th Street parking structure and the Alumni Memorial Union is blocked off while construction is being completed.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to expel Republican Rep. George Santos (R-NY) following an ethics report. The vote, which passed 311-114, saw 105 Republicans join Democrats in removing Santos. This removal marks him as the sixth member in history, and third since the Civil War, to be ousted by colleagues.

Santos, celebrated initially for flipping a district, faced scandals that included lying about his background and being indicted on multiple charges. The Ethics Committee found evidence of legal violations and self-enrichment.

His expulsion, ahead of a

trial next year, narrows the GOP majority and sets the stage for a special election in New York.

The upcoming special election is anticipated to be highly competitive, with Democrats eyeing it as an opportunity to gain a seat and influence the House majority.

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, a Democrat, is among the notable candidates vying for the now-vacant position. Santos retains some former member privileges but can no longer undertake legislative activities. His office remains operational under the Clerk of the House, but no new staff can be hired.

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Hawaiian Air

Winter Break Marquette University offers services for Marquette students who stay on campus over break and for those who are traveling home.

Following finals week, Marquette’s Winter Break spans from Dec. 17, 2023 to Jan. 15, 2024. The university will be closed from Dec. 24, 2023 until Jan. 1, 2024.

The Alumni Memorial Union, The IT Services Help Desk, Raynor Memorial Libraries, The Rec Center, MU Medical Clinic, Rex Plex and the Spirit Shop will all have limited hours over break.

For students who are leav-

ing campus over winter break, the Marquette University Police Department is offering a Vacant House program. This gives students the ability to fill out a form and request for MUPD officers to monitor their vacant homes during their routine patrols.

This service is offered to students who are residing in near-off-campus neighborhoods. These include Highland Avenue to the north, North James Lovell and 6th streets to the east, 24th Street to the west and Canal Street to the south.

Wisconsin Maps

The Wisconsin Supreme Court began hearing arguments on Nov. 21 in Clarke v. Wisconsin Elections Commission, challenging the state’s legislative maps as illegally gerrymandered.

The lawsuit, filed directly with the court, seeks redrawing of maps before the 2024 elections. Justice Janet Protasiewicz, whose appointment created a liberal majority on the court for the first time in 15 years, declined to recuse herself despite Republican calls and impeachment threats over her campaign comments on the maps. Con-

servatives accuse the liberal majority of influencing the case’s timing.

Assembly Republicans proposed involving a nonpartisan agency in map drawing, seen by Democrats as an attempt to maintain legislative control over redistricting. The lawsuit is part of a long battle over Wisconsin’s maps, questioning their constitutionality and contiguity. It also proposes redrawing all Senate and Assembly districts, including a special election for certain Senate seats, which opponents argue is unconstitutional.

Firework in dorm

Hawaiian Airlines was bought by Alaska Airlines for $1.9 billion. The two companies will each keep their own respective branding. The merger comes after months of negotiations.

Alaska Airlines fleet will increase by 65 planes and serve 138 destinations.

Alaska will take on Hawaiian airline’s $900 million debt. Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci said the move is “pro-consumer” and will help the now

fifth-largest airline to compete in the larger market.

Hawaiian Airlines CEO and President Peter Ingram and Minicucci both deemed Alaska and Hawaii are unique in that they aren’t connected to cities by roads.

The deal still needs to be approved by federal antitrust regulators. There have been mergers in the past decade that brought the 11 biggest U.S. airlines down to four.

Marquette University Police Department responded to a student setting off a commercial firework in Wells Street Residence Hall Dec.1 around 10 p.m.

“Two students were found on the scene, one of whom was transported to the hospital with with nonlife threatening injuries.

The other student has been taken into custody,” Alicia Román, Wells Street Residence Hall director said in an email to residents.

MUPD sent out several safety alerts throughout the night. One at 10 p.m. said there was a large police presence in Wells for the investigation and there was no threat to the campus. Another alert was issued at around 10:45 p.m. said MUPD was still on site to investigate the damage caused.

The incident is under investigation by MUPD.

Dec. 5

Dec. 7

Dec. 8

Weekend

Christmas Tree Lighting

Gingerbread House Decorating Contest

Sigma Lambda Gamma New Member Presentation

Cocoa With the Clauses

Details: - 5 p.m.

- St. Joan of Arc Chapel

Details: - 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

- jPad in Johnston Hall

Dec. 6

Neophyte Presentation

EWB Krispy Kreme Sale

Details: - 8 a.m.

- Lalumiere Lobby & Raynor Library

Details: - Hosted by Delta Xi Phi Multicultural Sorority Inc. - 7 p.m.

- Weasler Auditorium

Details: - 8:30 p.m.

- Varsity Theater

Marquette Apartments Breakfast and Christmas Crafts

Details: - 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.

- The Marq

Details: - Dec. 9 - 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

- Cathedral Square Park

A Christmas Carol

Details: - Dec. 10 - 12 - 1 p.m.

- The Pabst Theater (144 E Wells St.)

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Movie screening brings historical insight “1913: Seeds of Conflict” used to foster dialouge

By Trinity Zapotocky

trinity.zapotocky@marquette.edu

As a university, Marquette academics want to find ways to educate students about what is going on in the world. To start this, around 60 students, faculty and members of the Marquette community gathered in the Alumni Memorial Union Nov. 29 to analyze and discuss Ben Loeterman’s documentary “1913: Seeds of Conflict.”

After the film’s conclusion, civil discussion broke out between tables.

The documentary explores the rise of nationalism throughout the Middle East, specifically among the Jewish and Palestinian populations. It provides historical insight into events that transformed history and how the

conflict that stems from Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs wanting the same land escalated.

The film screening and discussion was organized

by Conor Kelly, a faculty member in the department of theology and hosted by Marquette Core Curriculum, the Division of Student Affairs and the College of Arts & Sciences.

Kelly said a group of people, including those in the Marquette Core Curriculum, brainstormed ways to respond to students‘ needs while also thinking of ways to respond academically as a university.

“We do have this responsibility to truly understand the world around us and then maybe springboard into what we still have to learn as a community today,” Kelly said. “We were interested in a film that would allow us to explore some of the deeper historical contexts, and the nice thing about this film is that it examines the rise

of nationalism.”

Kelly said the film features historical context, beginning in 1913, to help viewers understand why the violence seen today is occurring.

In 1948, Israel declared independence, which separated the land into one Arab independent state and one Jewish independent state. In 1967, the Arab-Israeli War broke out. When this occurred, Israel took control of the Gaza Strip, Sinai, the West Bank and Palestinian East Jerusalem and conflict continued to ensue.

Palestine was one of the territories placed under United Kingdom administration in 1922. The other terrorities territories eventually became independent states, except for Palestine. A British mandate was signed that supported Palestine being a home for the Jewish people.

“I really hope that [the film] helps us as a community, and as individuals to

think about what we can do to learn more, to kind of open us up to the places we still need to learn and the things we still want to know more about, so that we’re positioned well to continue a dialogue together,” Kelly said.

Luqman Waheeduddin, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said he came into the screening with an open mind.

“It was interesting to see a further perspective, like further down the road. We usually focus after 1948, but before that is important too,” Waheeduddin said.

Rosie Stone, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she attended the screening because she did not really know much about the history between Israel and Palestine before the start of the war. She said the background information of why the war started is vital to understanding recent events.

“Something I mentioned

in the discussion was how it almost feels as if one should choose a side, when we don’t even know the history, yet our compassion should not be limited to the side who can prove more pain,” Stone said.

For Stone, the movie provided a strong background to understand where the conflict originated from.

“I thought the discussion was the most rewarding part of the event. I had a lovely discussion with students and faculty members on just trying to really grasp why this war is happening,” Stone said. “I am sure I am not the only person that is overwhelmed by the news of the war and getting to learn from a non-biased and factual source is key. I do wish we talked more about the recent events and how we can further maintain peace on campus, but knowledge is power, and I encourage everyone to watch the film.”

Civic Dialogues: Wisconsin election outlook Panelists use MU law school poll for discussion

By Gabe Mannion

gabe.mannion@marquette.edu

With less than a year out from the 2024 Presidential Election, Wisconsin aims to play a pivotal role in the Electoral College. An election outlook was held with a panel of guests who spoke on what to look for in the coming election in Eckstein Hall, Nov. 29. It was hosted by Marquette Civic Dialogues.

The Marquette Civic Dialogues Program works to inform students on current and pressing events as well as political issues globally.

Republican Party outlook: Republican candidates running to compete with President Biden are Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, Chris Christie, Doug Burgum, Ryan Binkley and Asa Hutchinson. President Biden announced his re-election campaign on April 25.

Charles Franklin, part of the panel at the civic dialogues, director of the Marquette Law School Poll and professor of law and public policy, said that DeSantis’ original lead over Trump has vanished and Trump is dominating.

The poll surveys statewide races and measures the opinions of Wisconsin citi-

zens on state and national issues.

“About 30% of Republican voters have an unfavorable view of Trump, which has led to Nikki Haley pulling ahead among the 30% of Republicans not in favor of Trump making her the biggest alternative to Trump,” Franklin said.

Franklin said Haley is performing better against President Biden than Trump is in the polls.

Haley was the governor of South Carolina until Trump nominated her to be the 29th United States ambassador to the United Nations.

Professor Julia Azari, political science professor in the College of Arts & Sciences, said DeSantis is trying to be like Trump and carry his ideas, whereas Haley wants to be Trump-like, backing away from cases like the Jan. 6 insurrection.

Azari said Haley’s success comes as a surprise due to her criticism of Trump and her relation to Trump in his cabinet during his presidency.

“The conflict the Republican candidates running against Trump face is consolidating the support of anti-trump voters in their party without alienating all the pro-Trump voters,” Craig Gilbert, Lubar Center Fellow and longtime journalist in Washington D.C. and civic dialogues panelist said.

Democratic Party outlook:

“As for Democrats, they

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don’t necessarily dislike Joe Biden, they just wished

they had someone else,” Franklin said. “Biden is viewed more favorably among Democrats than Trump is viewed favorably among Republicans.”

Other Democratic candidates running for presidency are Dean Phillips and Marianne Williamson.

“The old standards used for analyzing approval ratings have lost their meaning as election predictors because everyone is unpopular and everyone is unhappy,” Gilbert said.

“Voters are labeled as “double haters” being left unsatisfied with candidates they are provided with to vote for.”

Voters were unsatisfied in 2016 because a Green Party candidate received 1% of

the national vote. This led some Democrats to say the 1% took votes away from Hillary Clinton and helped Trump win.

In the midterm 2022 election polls, Republicans were poised to take the House, but they underperformed.

Third-party outlook: Franklin said the unsatisfied voters open up the opportunity for a third-party candidate to make progress. Independent and third-party candidates running are Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Cornel West and Jill Stein.

“The big question about third party candidates is if voters who are discontent with the Democrat and Republican candidates

now, will they still be discontent with them come time for the election in November,” Franklin said.

“Will that lead voters to vote for a third party or keep it simple and choose between the lesser of two evils?”

Recent polls found that 5% of voters would vote for Kennedy and 23% said will likely vote in favor of Kennedy.

The polls also found voters don’t know enough about West to have an opinion on him.

Franklin said polling a year out has little correlation with the outcome of the election. Franklin said the polls will continue to change up until election day.

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Sports

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Still undefeated

By Matthew Baltz

matthew.baltz@marquette.edu

MARQUETTE vs. Penn

Photo by Keifer Russell keifer.russell@marquette.edu

Shaka Smart replicates his players’ defensive stances while on the sidelines during games.

Leading by example

Players want to ‘run through a wall’ for Smart

By Jack Albright

jack.albright@marquette.edu

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haka Smart stood, jumped, kneeled and finally stood again with his arms raised way above his head — all in a matter of seconds — while on the sidelines during No. 8 Marquette’s 93-65 win over Southern. Looking like he was actually in the game, Smart was replicating his players’ stances while defending — acting out how he wants them to play.

Smart doesn’t just tell them, he shows them,

one of the many examples of him practicing what he preaches.

Now in his third year at the helm of the Golden Eagles, Smart has made a lot of changes to how the program operates, its core values and what he wants to see from his players.

He holds them to a high bar — that he also sets for himself and the entire coaching staff.

“The reason that a lot of us as coaches try to hold ourselves to a high standard is that we’re trying to keep up with those guys,” Smart said. “Guys like Stevie Mitchell, Oso Ighodaro, Tyler Kolek, and that’s the type of dynamic that you want in your program.”

Before a preseason media

MEN’S BASKETBALL

availability, Smart said he just finished 36 minutes on the VersaClimber machine, which junior forward David Joplin spent his summer training on and what junior guard Kam Jones said is “the worst thing we got in the weight room.”

In practice, Smart got involved in a loose ball drill, much to the delight of his players.

“When you have leaders that do what they tell us to do, and practice what they preach, it just makes us want to run through a wall for them because they run through a wall for us,” junior guard Stevie Mitchell said.

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Loss to in-state rival

By Jack Albright

jack.albright@marquette.edu

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MADISON — It remains the one thing Shaka Smart is yet to do.

In his three years as the Marquette men’s basketball coach, he has won the Big East regular season and Tournament title in the same season, gave the Golden Eagles their first Associated Press Poll top 3 ranking in decades and put the program back in the national spotlight.

But he hasn’t beaten Wisconsin, now sitting 0-3 against the Badgers (6-2) after Marquette (6-2) lost 75-64

Saturday afternoon at the Kohl Center.

“Very disappointing game for us as a team. I think the most important thing for those of us inside of our program is to always remember that we win and lose together,” Smart said.

“We always break our games down culturally, defensively and offensively. We weren’t good enough in any of those three phases today. So that would be a really good learning experience.”

Starting on the back foot

Just about everything that could have gone wrong in the first half for Marquette did.

Missed shots, few rebounds and early foul trouble plagued the Golden Eagles, and after 20 minutes, it

was unclear who the No. 3 team in the country was.

Marquette went down 2213 10 minutes into the game, putting the Badgers in the bonus and giving up a 7-0 run in the process. Just four minutes later, the score was 36-23 and Marquette hadn’t scored in over two minutes, forcing Smart to call a timeout.

After the timeout, sophomore guard AJ Storr — who transferred from St. John’s — got a Kohl Center-erupting alley-oop dunk to mark a second 7-0 Badger run.

Junior guard Kam Jones scored a last-second 3-pointer but Marquette trailed 46-33 going into the locker room.

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No. 23 Marquette women’s basketball just can’t seem to lose.

Starting the year undefeated, the Golden Eagles (8-0) kept to their winning ways and beat the Penn Quakers 87-52 Sunday afternoon at the Al McGuire Center.

“I was really looking forward to this game,” Marquette head coach Megan Duffy said. “Their (Penn) style of playing 5-out and always moving and cutting and five people on the floor who can score, we were concerned about just getting in the swing of things with a different style. I thought overall just a great team effort.”

Strong third quarter

Heading into halftime, Marquette led 37-24. However, the Golden Eagles were not satisfied with the 13-point advantage. “(Mataya) Gayle was really good, I thought she really put the team on her back in that first half,” Duffy said. “It didn’t feel great at halftime.”

Marquette outscored Penn 32-9 in the third frame. Senior guard Jordan King, who scored eight points in the period, said that turning defense into offense was huge for the team.

“There was some things that we needed to get better at,” King said. “Just being able to lock into those and created our offense from the defensive end.

That third quarter was fueled by us being able to reset at halftime and get back to what we’re good at.”

In the first half, the Quakers out-rebounded the Golden Eagles 18-13.

Then, in the third quarter, Marquette hit the glass hard, grabbing 13 boards

to Penn’s two.

“They had seven offensive rebounds in the first half,” Duffy said. “It gave them a lot of extra possessions and a little bit of an energy boost too. I thought we settled down in to controlling the boards a little better in the third and fourth quarter.”

Statistical leaders

For the Golden Eagles, graduate student forward Frannie Hottinger finished with a season-high 20 points.

“Frannie has had a lot of change thrown at her in the past six months,” Duffy said. “You can see as the games go on that she is finding her role, and that she is getting more comfortable with both sides of the ball for us.”

Sophomore guard Kenzie Hare and King also scored in double figures.

For Penn, first year guard Mataya Gayle finished with a game-high 23 points, but the Quakers shot a measly 3-for-17 from beyond the arc.

Forbes fills in

At the 6:51 mark of the second quarter, senior forward Liza Karlen picked up her second foul of the game, forcing her to the bench for the rest of the half. First-year forward Skylar Forbes would finish out the half in her absence.

“She’s been able to step up in moments that we’ve needed her,” King said.

“She is finding confidence in that and I know as teammates we have confidence when she walks out onto the floor.”

Forbes finished the game with four points and a personal-best 10 rebounds in 26 minutes.

“The more reps and minutes she’s able to get in games, the better she is going to become,” Duffy said. “I really like our rotation now.”

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Bringing new vocabulary to Marquette

Dictionary encompasses core beliefs of program

game, one of Marquette’s themes of the week was “Multiple Efforts.”

Relationships, Growth, Victory:

By Kaylynn Wright

kaylynn.wright@marquette.edu

Since the beginning of the Shaka Smart era, Marquette men’s basketball fans have had to learn many new terms that appear almost everywhere, whether that be on social media, on the Fiserv Forum jumbotron or even said by Smart himself.

That being said, here are some key words and phrases that are in the glossary:

Deflection (noun):

Definition: Anything that a player does defensively to change the course of the basketball.

Fun Facts: Every game, the team’s goal is to reach 32 deflections. During each timeout, a manager holds up a whiteboard with the number of deflections the team has accumulated so far. After each game, one player is chosen as the “Deflection Champion.”

Domino (noun):

Definition: Similar to the domino effect, it is defined as an individual who performs actions that build up teammates and has a positive impact on the team as a whole.

Quote: “The domino is ‘How do I make the guys around me better?’” Smart said after Marquette beat Xavier 69-68 Feb. 15, 2023.

“The reality is we want to

Photo by Katie Craig katharine.craig@marquette.edu

Students clap to the beat of “Thunderstruck” before Marquette’s tip-off against Northern Illinois.

be a team who’s whole is greater than the sum of our parts.”

Fun Facts: After each home game, players hand out autographed dominoes to fans. Following each victory, one player is also named the “Domino of the Game.”

EGB (noun):

Definition: Introduced last season, it stands for “energy generating behavior.”

EGBs can be done by anyone: players, coaches and even fans.

Examples: High fives, chest bumps, floor slaps and anything that gives energy to the team.

Fun Fact: The total amount of EGBs that each player performs is counted starting at the first practice of the season. After each victory, one player is awarded as the

“EGB champion.”

Kill (noun):

Definition: Three consecutive defensive stops.

Fun Fact: Each game, Marquette strives to get a total of eight kills, which equals 24 defensive stops. At Marquette games, the words “kill zone” flash on the jumbotron when the team is one stop away from getting a kill.

Lost In The Fight:

Definition: Unconsciously doing everything you can to achieve a goal you are working toward, blocking out anything else.

Quote: “When we get lost in a fight, what I mean by that is we let go of all the other stuff that can creep into the mind, the doubts, anxieties, worries, all the stuff on social media,” Smart said after Marquette’s Big

East Tournament win over UConn in the semifinals last season.

Fun Fact: This phrase is on one of the walls in the Kasten Gym where the team practices in the Al McGuire Center.

Multiple Efforts:

Definition: One of Smart’s many mantras, and the phrase means to always persevere and put in 110% of your energy in everything you do.

Quote: “He’s a heck of a mover, that’s the best thing about him. His body moves around the floor well and that is important in a style of play like ours because we value multiple efforts,” Smart said about first-year guard Zaide Lowery following this year’s Blue and Gold Scrimmage.

Fun Fact: In the practices leading up to its first

Definition: This term outlines Smart’s three core values that he has instilled into the Marquette men’s basketball program since he arrived in 2021.

Fun Fact: Smart created a 26-page culture doc that outlines these beliefs in detail, and he gives this document to players, staff and recruits. “[It] lays out who we want to be, who we strive every day to become and knowing that we’re never going to be perfect,” Smart said.

“Our culture doc includes our mission to create and sustain championship-level success, and that’s not just on the court in games, that’s in everything we do.”

Skunk & dead skunk (nouns):

Definition: A term introduced this year, a “skunk” is six defensive stops or two kills in a row. Related to skunk, a “dead skunk” is nine defensive stops or three consecutive kills.

Win Anyway:

Definition: Finding a way to come out with the victory, regardless of what happens in the game or who you’re facing on any given day.

Fun Fact: This saying is also posted on the walls in the Kasten Gym.

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was in the Maui Invitational against then-No. 1 Kansas, when Smart got into it with Jayhawk graduate senior guard Kevin McCullar Jr. at the first half under-4 media timeout.

McCullar Jr. hit a 3-pointer in front of the Marquette bench and said something to Smart on his way down the court. Smart had none of it, immediately clapping back to McCullar Jr. and the Kansas coaching staff.

In response, both benches cleared and Smart had to be held back by Sean Jones.

It was Smart getting “lost in the fight,” a motto he and the team have.

“We’re Marquette. We are Marquette, and we don’t take a backseat to anyone,” Smart said to ESPN Milwaukee broadcasters Steve “The Homer” True and Tony Smith after the game in a radio interview.

“If someone wants to step up and challenge us, okay,

we’re going to challenge them right back.”

Senior forward Oso Ighodaro said he didn’t see what happened, but immediately stepped in behind Smart.

“I just saw Coach get into it,” Ighodaro said in the postgame presser. “We talk about ‘compete forever.’ He’s as competitive as it gets. I thought we did a great job being lost in the fight the whole first half and the second half, the whole game.”

But Smart does it more than just in the heat of the moment during games.

During an open practice in October, Smart didn’t like his team’s intensity — or lack thereof. So he sent them down the court and back and called for the coaches to do push ups, which he did alongside his assistants.

“Everything that he talks about and wanting us to do, he does,” senior guard Tyler Kolek said.

Mitchell said seeing the coaches join him in drills and workouts helps him stay motivated.

“We know that they’re not just going to tell us to just do something that they wouldn’t want to do themselves, or don’t believe we could do,” Mitchell said.

Now, Marquette is the No. 8 team in the country, and Smart is a big part of it.

He is doing what he makes his players do. The same cannot be said for every head coach in the country, much less every coach in the Top 25. He joins them in defensive stances while on the sidelines of a game and puts himself through the same workout program he makes his players do.

“He’s not just sitting and watching us doing it,” sophomore guard Chase Ross said.

Jumping, kneeling, yelling and screaming, Smart is along for the ride — literally.

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Smart celebrates after win over Kansas in the Maui Invitational.

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SPORTS COLUMN

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Smart faces former team

No. 8 Marquette faces No. 12 Texas Wednesday night

By Trevor Hilson

trevor.hilson@marquette.edu

Photo courtesy of Las Vegas Review Journal

THIS WEEK:

MCPHERSON ON SPORTS GAMBLING In the current state of professional sports, it’s nearly impossible to watch a game without going through a seemingly endless stream of sports books and gambling advertisements. Gambling has been a huge revenue push for the NFL and the sponsorship revenue for the 2022-23 season totaled over $2 billion.

In 2022, 25 teams had at least one betting sponsorship. Others had multiple like the Detroit Lions who were sponsored by WynnBet, BetMGM and the Soaring Eagle Casino. Every time the Lions players show up to work, they have to walk by and play under gambling advertisements all over their stadium and facilities.

Last April, two Detroit Lions players were suspended from the NFL for violating its gambling policies. Stanley Berryhill and the 2022 Lions first round pick, Jameson Williams, were each suspended for six games for gambling on non-NFL games while at an NFL facility.

Berryhill was released but has to wait until the end of the current season to be reinstated and fight for a highly contested roster spot. In other fields, a one-year suspension might not be as impactful, but in the NFL, where the average career only lasts three years, losing an entire year out of their prime is highly impactful for their careers.

Losing out on this year of earnings could lead to financial trouble. Fifteen percent of NFL players file bankruptcy after they retire, and it is estimated that 78% report financial difficulties for the exact same gambling problems.

Although the league is pushing for gambling to become intertwined within football, it still punishes its players for using these same products.

It’s completely unreasonable for the NFL to severely punish players for gambling when it’s purposely pushing sports betting.

Although many blame

the players, they are becoming increasingly overwhelmed as the stadiums, facilities and uniforms become overrun with gambling advertisements.

There’s a similar problem happening in Las Vegas, especially with the return of the Raiders. As the City of Sin gains more and more attention, many players and former players complain about the presence of gambling in sports. In recent years, Vegas started the Golden Knights and the Aces while taking the Raiders and A’s from Oakland.

The city is known for glorifying gambling and shoving advertisements into your face, so sports betting is even more inescapable for the athletes.

The problem is parlayed even more in England as many of the players are forced to wear huge gambling advertisements on their uniforms. Nine of the twenty teams are sponsored by gambling companies.

Rising star English striker Ivan Toney had a breakout year last season before being handed an eight month ban and a $62,500 fine for 232 breaches in their betting rules. Toney had to play every game and practice every day representing hollywood.bet across his chest. For a player struggling with betting, it is completely unfair to force him to wear the same addiction he struggled with for work every day.

Gambling problems are an addiction, not just a hobby, and they should be treated as one. If people with substance abuse issues had to show up to work every day with their issues on their work uniforms, it would be seen as inhumane. We should be protecting these athletes, and the advertisements should have no place near the players. There should be a complete ban of gambling advertisements at the stadiums and on uniforms.

The teams can easily find new sponsors that have as deep pockets as the casinos and sports books.

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

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The Big East-Big 12 Battle returns to Milwaukee for the second straight season, as the No. 8 Marquette Golden Eagles (6-2) host the No. 12 Texas Longhorns (6-1) Wednesday night at Fiserv Forum.

This will be Marquette head coach Shaka Smart’s first time facing his former team. Smart was the head coach at Texas for six seasons.

Looking at the Longhorns

This will be Texas’ first true road game of the season, as it has had five home games and two neutral games thus far. Its one loss came at the Madison Square Garden to the then–No. 5 UConn Huskies.

In their two games away from the Moody Center, the Longhorns have shot 45.7% from the field and

21.5% from three. They are shooting 52.4% from the field at home and 41.5% from deep.

Head coach Rodney Terry is in his first full season at Texas after being named the interim head coach in January.

Players to Watch

- Senior forward Oso Ighodaro has been non-existent for the Golden Eagles in their last two games.

After making the Maui Invitational All-Tournament team while averaging 17 points and six rebounds per game, he has averaged 5.5 points and 3.5 rebounds per game over Marquette’s last two games. The Golden Eagles will need their forward to step up in this Top 25 matchup.

- Tyler Kolek has to continue to play like an All-American for Marquette to be successful. Marquette’s offense revolves around Kolek being able to balance his passing and scoring, and in order for Marquette to control the tempo of the game, his role is crucial.

- Graduate student guard Max Abmas transferred

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from Oral Roberts to Texas and is leads the Longhorns with 16.7 points per game while shooting 44.8% from the field.

- Forward Kadin Shedrick — the second graduate student transfer on Texas — averages 14.2 points per game and 5.3 rebounds.

Keys to the Game

- Texas: Win on the glass.

Marquette is coming off a game where they gave up 15 offensive rebounds and was out rebounded 38-23. Texas is 98th in the country in rebound margin at 4.9, according to the NCAA, compared to Marquette at 306th and -4.0. It also has an offensive rebound rate of 33.3% according to kenpom.com.

Keeping possessions alive and winning on the boards can keep Texas in control of the game on the road.

- Marquette: Texas doesn’t shoot particularly well away from home, especially from beyond the arc. In its win over Southern, Marquette did a good job defensively of not letting Southern drive to the basket, and forcing them to take poor shots outside the arc.

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shot 37% from the field and 28.6% from deep, compared to Wisconsin which shot 41.4% and 38.5% respectively.

Klesmit with the hot hand

Wisconsin junior guard Max Klesmit was lights-out from deep in the opening 20 minutes.

With 3:27 left in the first half, Klesmit nailed a 3-pointer from the corner, his 18th point and fifth 3-pointer of the game.

It was the basket that forced Smart to call his first timeout.

Klesmit finished the first half with 21 points — the most by any Badger in one half this season — and

shot 5-for-8 from beyond the arc.

“Not playing defense with the level of desperation that you have to guard him with,” Smart said. “I give Klesmit a lot of credit. I really, I like him as a player.

“Because he is like, ‘I’m going after it. I don’t care who I’m playing against.

I don’t care what anyone says. I’m gonna play with a chip on my shoulder.’

And so maybe our team can take a cue from watching that and maybe we can emulate him.”

Trouble on the glass

Marquette’s rebounding hampered it all game long.

In the first 20 minutes, the Badgers had as many offensive rebounds as the

Golden Eagles had defensive rebounds (8). By the end of the game, the Badgers had 15 offensive rebounds while the Golden Eagles had 23 total boards, the lowest amount all season.

“We clearly have a long way to go building on championship habits on the defensive end,” Smart said.

“Guarding the basketball, blocking out and rebounding, being quicker to the ball, defeating screens, contesting outside shots.”

The Badgers got 52% of their misses back from rebounding while the Golden Eagles only got 17%.

The rebounding led to 18 second chance points for Wisconsin compared to Marquette’s two.

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VOLLEYBALL

Theis’ 10th year is a rollercoaster First volleyball match at Fiserv breaks records

By Jack Albright

jack.albright@marquette.edu

Marquette volleyball’s season came to an end Friday after falling to No. 3 seed Purdue in the Round of 32 of the NCAA Tournament.

The Golden Eagles went 21-11 overall and nine of their 11 losses came against ranked programs.

Marquette came into the season having lost only one starter in former libero Carly Skrabak and returning everyone else.

In the transfer portal, Marquette brought in graduate student libero Sarah Kushner, who played as an outside hitter for four years at Illinois State and was a starter for the Golden Eagles from day one.

“With Carly graduating, it seemed like it wouldn’t be a terrible idea to pick up a DS (defensive specialist), libero type,” head coach Ryan Theis said to the Marquette Wire before the season started. “She was willing to make that change for a fifth (year) to try and play at as high a level as she could.”

Theis also picked up defensive specialist Molly Berezowitz, the lone firstyear on the team. She was also the serving specialist

and finished the year with 30 aces.

High expectations and a shaky start

The Golden Eagles came into the season as the No. 12 team in the country — their highest preseason ranking in program history — and had a loaded non-conference schedule to contend with.

Marquette had to play seven teams in last year’s NCAA Tournament. Three of its opponents were ranked in the Top 10 of the AVCA Preseason Poll, five were in the Top 25 and two more teams (Kansas and Tennessee) received votes.

The Golden Eagles started their season in two invitational tournaments, going 2-1 in the Flyer Invitational and 0-2 in the Kansas Invitational.

After two weeks, Marquette dropped to No. 24 in the AVCA Coaches’ Poll.

Two losses later, Marquette would then have its toughest match of the season against then-No. 1 and undefeated Wisconsin in Fiserv Forum — the first-ever volleyball match to be played in Fiserv.

The game broke records with 17,037 fans in attendance, making it the most-attended NCAA women’s volleyball regular season indoor match.

“I had just about 20 3-yearolds waiting for me up-

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stairs from my home team in Wautoma, and they all have these cute little shirts made with Hattie Bray on the back,” junior middle blocker Hattie Bray said after the game. “It was so awesome to see them all.”

The Golden Eagles would close out non-conference play with two wins and a loss, coming at the hands of Oregon. It was Marquette’s seventh loss against a ranked program.

“We got to turn the page today and (look) to the Big East play,” Theis said after the loss.

Photo by Keifer Russell keifer.russell@marquette.edu

Dominance across the Bouncing back The Golden Eagles started board Big East play dominant, going 7-0 and being the only undefeated team after one month. The run included a sweep over then-No. 15 Creighton, Marquette’s first ranked win of the season.

After beating the Bluejays, the Golden Eagles suffered a 3-2 loss at the St. John’s Red Storm, their first loss to an unranked opponent.

But Marquette got its revenge a couple of weeks later when it swept St. John’s to secure the No. 2-seed in the Big East Tournament. Junior right side Ella Foti left the game early with an injury and would not return for the rest of the season.

The next day, the Golden Eagles won their third consecutive Big East regular season title.

“We really wanted to take care of this weekend and take care of business, because we want to win a championship in the Big East and that’s what we did tonight,” junior outside hitter Jenna Reitsma said after the game.

For five games during conference play, junior setter Yadhira Anchante was sidelined with appendicitis, meaning Foti stepped into her spot.

Marquette finished the regular season 20-9 overall and 16-2 in Big East play.

Four Golden Eagles — Murray, Anchante, Bray and senior outside hitter Aubrey Hamilton — were named to the All-Big East Team and Hamilton was a unanimous selection.

Hamilton led Marquette in kills (434) and kills per set (3.77) and hit .274 on the year. She was the Big East Offensive Player of the Week Oct. 9 and had only six games with under 10 kills.

Anchante built off her sophomore season, finishing her junior year with 932 assists and being tied-second on the team in digs (290). Before she arrived, Theis ran a 6-2 (two setters), but now she is the lone controller of Marquette’s offense, a role in which she thrives. She has been able to share the wealth, overwhelm opposing defenses and grind out victories for the Golden Eagles.

“She really just spreads out the ball to a lot of the different hitters and just keeps us all really in rhythm throughout the rest of the match,” Reitsma said in a postgame presser in the NCAA Tournament.

Bray and Murray, Marquette’s two starting middle blockers, were both on this year’s All-Big East Preseason Team and lived up to the expectations. Bray

earned a season-high 11 blocks in the Golden Eagles’ sweep over Villanova and hit .272 on the year.

Murray finished the season averaging a team-high 1.12 blocks per set while hitting .374.

A short-lived postseason

Marquette hosted the Big East Tournament, but fell to No. 3 seed St. John’s 3-2 in the semifinals.

The Golden Eagles then waited for their name to be called in the NCAA Tournament Selection Show, to which it was announced they’d be travelling to West Lafayette, Indiana for the first two rounds. Marquette went on to sweep Eastern Illinois — Theis’ first-ever coaching location — before falling 3-1 to Purdue.

“We made a whole lot of new volleyball fans over the course of the end of last year and this year out of the Marquette community, the Milwaukee area,” Theis said after the loss.

“Our goal is to be nationally competitive and known in the country as a really strong volleyball team that people don’t want to play come tournament time.

And I think this group is is really helping that goal.”

Senior middle blocker Anastasija Svetnik and Kushner are the only two players leaving the team.

WIRE SPORTS ROUNDUP LAST WEEK

AWARDS

MBB vs. Southern....................W, 93-56 WBB vs. Memphis....................W, 88-59 MUVB vs. EIU...............................W, 3-0 MUVB vs. Purdue..........................L, 1-3 MBB vs. Wisconsin....................L, 75-64 WBB vs. Penn..........................W, 87-52

Kenzie Hare

LIVE INTERVIEW: Tune into Golden Eagle Sports Report tonight at 7 p.m. to see a live interview with women’s basketball’s Kenzie Hare!

WBB No. 12 Sophomore guard Kenzie Hare was named to this week’s Big East Weekly Honor Roll for the second week in a row. Hare is the country’s leading 3-point shooter, averaging 59.3% from beyond the arc.

Jordan King WBB No. 23

Senior guard Jordan King became the 14th player in Marquette women’s basketball history to reach 1,500+ career points in Marquette’s 87-52 win over Penn.

STANDINGS

Big East Men’s Basketball

Ovr. Conf. Home Away Neut.

Creighton 7-1 Providence 7-1 UConn 7-1 Butler 6-2 Marquette 6-2 Seton Hall 5-2 St. John’s 5-2 Villanova 6-3 G-Town 5-3 Xavier 4-4 DePaul 1-6

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

4-0 6-0 5-0 4-0 3-0 5-0 2-1 3-1 5-2 3-2 1-4

2-0 0-0 0-1 0-1 1-1 0-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 0-1 0-0

1-1 1-1 2-0 2-1 2-1 0-2 2-1 3-1 0-0 1-1 0-2

Big East Women’s Basketball

Ovr. Conf. Home Away Neut.

Marquette 8-0 G-Town 7-1 Creighton 6-1 Butler 6-2 Villanova 5-2 Seton Hall 5-3 UConn 4-3 DePaul 4-4 St. John’s 4-5 Providence 3-5 Xavier 0-7

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1-0 4-0 1-0 1-2 2-2 0-2 1-2 0-1 1-1 0-3 0-3

2-0 0-0 3-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-2 0-3 0-0 0-1

Big East Women’s Volleyball

Ovr. Conf. Home Away Neut.

Creighton 29-4 14-2 Marquette 21-11 16-2 St. John’s 21-9 13-5 18-11 11-7 Xavier 16-13 9-9 DePaul 17-13 8-10 Villanova Seton Hall 14-15 8-10 13-16 7-11 Butler 14-16 5-13 G-Town Providence 9-21 3-15 8-22 3-15 UConn

13-0 9-5 11-3 10-5 8-4 9-6 8-3 7-6 3-9 4-8 6-11

11-3 10-4 8-5 6-4 6-8 5-7 3-9 4-7 8-6 2-11 0-9

2-1 2-2 2-1 2-2 2-1 3-0 3-3 2-3 3-1 3-2 2-2

NEWS Marquette men’s lacrosse announced its five captains for the 2023-24 season Monday afternoon. The five are: Mason Woodsward, Devon Cowan, Luke Williams, Jake Stegman and Noah Verlinde.

GAMES THIS WEEK

12/6 MBB vs. Texas Fiserv Forum

12/8 MU Track & Field

DePaul Holiday Invitational

12/9 MBB vs. Notre Dame Fiserv Forum

12/10 WBB @ Illinois State Normal, IL

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CROSSWORD Finals Across

2. Something you will do this week 5. A website you will be checking this week 6. Something you will drink this week 7. What week is it?

9. The person who instructs your class and will grade your exams 11. Somewhere you’ll be this week 12. Something you’ll have a million of this week

Down

1. Something you hope to raise with your finals 3. Somewhere to get food and study during finals week 4. What comes after finals week?

8. An emotion you’ll feel during finals week 10. Something you won’t get during finals week Last week’s answers:

1. Thankful, 2. Gravy, 3. Parade, 4. Cranberry, 5. Turkeytrot, 6. Thursday, 7. Turkey, 8. Mayflower, 9. Blackfriday, 10. Dinner, 11. Plymouth, 12. Gobbles Submit finished puzzles to hope.moses@marquette.edu by December 15.

Most accurate crossword submissions wins the grand prize.

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Opinions

Trust Biden with global conflicts

By Joseph Schamber

joseph.schamber@marquette.edu.

“Genocide Joe” is the name some pro-Palestinian activists have given President Joe Biden in response to his administration’s financial backing of Israel. These same activists are encouraging voters to withdraw support from Biden.

The president’s approval ratings keep sinking, with 37.9% approving of the job he’s doing compared to over 40% in May. Therefore, his administration’s response to this issue risks further damage to his 2024 presidential campaign.

As Biden’s approval rates have dropped, progressive candidates Cornel West and Marianne Williamson have grown more popular.

Their criticism of the U.S. response to conflict in Gaza may further increase their popularity and detract votes from Biden.

Williamson’s chances of receiving the Democrat nomination are quite low, as her polling numbers are still far below Biden’s. However, if she or West decide to enter the race as a third-party candidate, history shows they may steal votes from Biden’s progressive base. The election may be far away, but this issue is likely to remain on voters minds and could

contribute to a Republican victory in 2024.

Trump is a Republican frontrunner, and while his legal troubles make his campaign’s future uncertain, the possibility of a second Trump presidency is frightening amid this conflict. The former president has already proposed policies which should worry voters.

On a campaign stop in Iowa, Trump said he would ban entry to the U.S. of anyone expressing anti-Israeli sentiment and revoke visas of foreign students who are antisemitic. He did not explain how to enforce this policy but said it would involve strong ideological screening.

Other Republican candidates echoed similar beliefs.

During the Nov. 8 debate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, said he would be in favor of deporting international students who sympathize with Hamas. Deporting individuals based on their support for one side of a conflict is blatantly un-American. It is an affront to the values of freedom of speech and expression this country holds dearly.

Trump also vowed to increase travel bans on countries he called “terror-plagued,” much like in 2017 when he banned travel

from many Muslim-majority nations. The former president’s proposal contributes to fear and confusion, making it harder to have fruitful dialogue about this conflict.

During crises like these, American people need a leader who responds with prudence to international conflicts, and in the war in Ukraine Biden has proven his ability to take decisive action.

Decisions made by his administration have been instrumental in holding back Russia’s bombardment of Ukraine. The United States, under Biden’s leadership, has sent more than $46 billion in military aid to the nation, and, without this support, experts agree it would not have been as successful at holding back Russian aggression.

Russian victory relies on Western forces getting tired, but President Biden vowed to see this war to its end.

While Biden has expressed steadfast support for Israel, he has encouraged them to show restraint in Gaza, and his administration continues to make efforts to rein in the brutality of Netanyahu’s military campaign.

Following the seven-day ceasefire, Biden’s administration pressured Israel to protect Palestinian civilians

before they resume military operations, and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a press conference Netanyahu agreed to take steps to shield innocents. The President has also encouraged Israel to permit humanitarian assistance to reach Palestine, including $100 million of U.S. aid money.

Biden has received backlash within his administration too, but is taking the dissent seriously. Members of his staff share the anger many progressives feel toward the President’s involvement in Gaza. Blinken said in a message to staff members, “We’re listening: What you share is informing our policy and our messages,” and right now that is what the country needs.

In 2024, voters need to recognize Biden brings judiciousness to a complex conflict. If Democrats waver in their support of Biden and Republicans win the presidency, there could be disastrous consequences for Palestine. It is not outside the realm of possibility that without Biden’s pressure and with a Republican president’s support, Israel may feel empowered to wipe out Palestine entirely.

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Joseph Schamber is an opinions columnist. He is a first-year studying journalism.

Need for parasocial boundaries

By Clara Lebrón

clara.lebron@marquette.edu

During middle school, I didn’t have many friends.

I was a head taller than all other girls, and my interests were about two years behind. Everyone else was changing and it felt like we would never relate emotionally, even after we finished growing. However, I had one group I could rely on: K-Pop supergroup BTS. The phenomenon of parasocial relationships, such as that of many young people and their favorite artists, can be an extremely pervasive part of a person’s life.

Parasocial relationships are one-sided connections where one person extends emotional effort while the other party is completely unaware of that person’s existence.

Whether it be your dad and his favorite quarterback, or your mom and her celebrity crush, parasocial relationships are an ever-present facet of life.

In fact, although only 16% of Americans admit to it, around 51% of the population has had some sort of parasocial relationship.

According to research from

SUNY Buffalo, parasocial relationships can be beneficial for those who have low self-esteem. These people often notice desirable values and traits within their idols.

This could be a good way for those who are socially anxious or do not have any positive role models near them to develop themselves and their character.

In my case, my infatuation with BTS was based on the effort they put into their productions. Although I was working toward graduating high school and they were climbing the music rankings, it felt like the amount of effort they put into their music would inspire me to apply the same energy to my schoolwork.

This attachment, often called entertainment-social attachment, is the most common connection between fans and celebrities.

There is a clear distinction between friend and fan that is understood between both artist and admirer.

However, some people can develop less safe connections to their favorite celebrities, creating an unhealthy lifestyle that could continue to damage their lives and

their idols.

Instead of simply looking for positive traits, people with these other attachment styles will create narratives about themselves and the personas they believe they are in contact with.

Often, they’ll do this without regard for the effects these attachments could have on themselves and actual connections with other humans.

For many people, an unhealthy attachment towards a celebrity might look like devoting time and energy to their perceived relationship while neglecting their real-life connections or spending an unhealthy amount of money on the celebrity and their merchandise.

This becomes even more worrisome when the element of internet accessibility is added into the issue.

Oftentimes, unhealthily attached fans might be prone to harassing and attacking anyone they assume is causing harm to their idols, no matter the reality of the situation. Doxxing, or the publishing of an offender’s personal information online, is another commonly implemented “punishment”

these individuals utilize.

In more extreme cases of borderline-pathological attachments, the compulsive thoughts and emotions toward a persona might cause an unwell person to take dangerous actions, affecting both them and their perceived partner.

One of these extreme instances involves a Roger Alvarado, a Taylor Swift superfan, whose imaginary connection with Swift led him to break into her apartment three times and eventually leading to his arrest with a sentence of four years in prison for stalking, burglary and felony criminal contempt.

Cases like Alvarado’s are rare, but they are not diminishing soon.

As such, it is imperative that if a person has a parasocial relationship, they are able to categorize the extent to which they feel connected to this person and how this relationship affects them and their real connections.

Clara Lebrón is an opinions columnist. She is a junior studying journalism.

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Arts & Entertainment

Marquette’s ‘Music Area Holiday Concert’ Chorus, band, orchestra all performed

By Mimi Sinotte

huamae.sinotte@marquette.edu

The Marquette Chorus, Band and Orchestra performed their Music Area Holiday Concert on Dec. 3 in the Varsity Theatre.

As the musicians dressed in Santa hats took the stage and the large crowd gathered in, the concert began with the jazz band. Each ensemble group performed about 10-15 minutes of music.

Erik Janners, Director of Music and leading the Orchestra and Band said this concert has been held at Marquette since 2010.

“We thought it would be nice to have an event on campus for the student body as a sort of celebratory holiday nature, of light holiday music and fun music.

We realized that a lot of our music groups never get the chance to hear each other,” Janners said.

Alyssa Jarosz, president of the Marquette Band and a senior in the College of Nursing, said the two bands, Jazz and Concert practiced

three times a week since mid-November, after their previous concert.

“There’s two jazz bands so they’re just going to play the same songs so it’s going to be like one big jazz band and then same with the concert bands. It is more fun that way, it’s more of a community thing and then it’s just Christmas-y holiday vibes,” Jarosz said.

Closing out the show with “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson is a bittersweet feeling, Jarosz said.

“It’s nice because we are playing ‘Sleigh Ride,’ and I did play that my senior year of high school so it’s full circle for me. Senior year of high school and senior year of college playing ‘Sleigh Ride’ and it’s such an iconic Christmas song,” Jarosz said.

Jarosz said she considers band as an activity for a way to destress.

“It’s my time to relax and everyone’s pretty close in band, a bunch of my friends are in band so it’s like a big band family. It sounds cheesy, but it’s true so it’s really nice to make music with your friends,” Jarosz said.

Other holiday songs such as, “Rudolph the Red– Nosed Reindeer,” “Silent

Night” and “The Nutcracker” were performed by the chorus, orchestra and jazz ensembles.

Matt Waters, a concertmaster of the orchestra and a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, said he enjoys being able to play alongside the other music groups on campus.

“I think it’s just a great thing especially around the holidays as well, it’s all good spirits and holiday cheer,” Waters said.

The orchestra practiced Tuesdays and Thursdays for the month leading up to the concert. Waters said the music was on the easier side compared to other concert music.

“We’ve been working on it for a while and just been locking it down I’m sure people also rehearsed on their own time, so do I. In terms of being ready for the concert, I just say be confident and have a good time because that’s what it’s all about,” Waters said.

Waters said he plans to continue his role as concertmaster for the remainder of his time at Marquette.

“I enjoy it, I’m lucky to have the position since second semester of freshman year. I’m going to stick with it, I love it,” Waters said.

Janners said the students

enjoy the light-heartedness of the holiday concert, so it makes learning the music more enjoyable.

“It’s coming into the end of the semester and they’re really busy academically, so I think they enjoy the

Photos by Katie Craig katharine.craig@marquette.edu

The final song performed was “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson.

ASL Scene hosts Deaf Trivia Nights

Event takes place at Company Brewing in MKE

By Sophie Goldstein

sophie.goldstein@marquette.edu

The second Wednesday of every month, members of the American Sign Language Scene organization meet at Company Brewing, 735 E. Center St., to host Deaf Trivia Night.

Helena Meyer, senior in the American Sign Language/English Interpreting Program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, said the ASL Scene started off just being Deaf Trivia but grew into a larger organization.

“The point of it was to create a Deaf-centric environment that both deaf and hearing people could be in without worrying about a communication barrier.

We wanted something that wasn’t heavily focused on Deaf culture and ASL, but mostly just an open and casual environment that people can chill in and have fun,” Meyer said.

Meyer said each Trivia Night is open to anyone,

and interpreters and PowerPoints are available to those who don’t know sign.

“The whole point of Deaf Trivia is to have deaf and hearing people in the same place,” Meyer said. “One of those benefits is that the hearing community gets exposure to the Deaf community. When you go to Deaf Trivia, we talk to the bar staff and every month they are picking up more signs and are learning to communicate with people, that is another goal is not just the Deaf centric environment, but to get that exposure to hearing people.”

Jon Thomm who interpreted for Katie Tyre, a member of the ASL Scene, said Tyre felt growing up attending mainstream school — a hearing school — allowed her to not feel isolated growing up.

“I am lucky that I grew up with a deaf program there because I always had interpreters with me. I went to UW- Milwaukee, and again they provided interpreters, I made friends and I was involved in the SSA which is the Signing Student Association. It is all very deaf friendly,” Tyre signed.

Tyre said she hopes that through the Trivia Nights hearing people who come are able to see how much the Deaf community does.

“Really we can do anything. We want them [the hearing population] to have patience with us as well and we all need to have patience with each other,” Tyre signed.

Brandon Radke, who interpreted for Ben Pipkorn, a member of the ASL Scene, said each Trivia Night is hosted by a deaf person.

“Another big point of Deaf Trivia is that the host is deaf, and they can typically create their own questions if they want to. It is very nice to have that different feel and experience, because we all have experienced hearing trivia through texting, but it doesn’t feel the same as deaf trivia where it is all in sign.

You feel an instant connection and you feel at home,” Pipkorn signed.

Pipkorn said the local trivia company “America’s Pub Quiz” — which is a Milwaukee-based company that hosts a variety of quiz games in different bars and restaurants — helped organize and facilitate the Deaf

Trivia Nights.

“The organization has so many questions with hosts everywhere, so it is really nice to have one catered to the Deaf community that allows the hearing people to come,” Pipkorn signed.

During the Trivia Nights Pipkorn said Meyer is able to bring the hearing

community and Deaf community together. “[Meyer] is good at building bridges between people and showing that deaf people are just the same as hearing people. Working on that collaboration has been a very cool experience,” Pipkorn signed.

Photos by Jack Belmont john.belmont@marquette.edu

Trivia Night is held the second Wednesday of each month.

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Student film ‘Bad for Me’ premieres Dec. 8 Story depicts a couple’s abusive relationship

By Sophie Goldstein

sophie.goldstein@marquette.edu

The 25-minute-long student film “Bad for Me” will premiere Dec. 8 at 6 p.m. in Weasler Auditorium.

The film follows the storyline of an abusive couple, which captures their relationships from present time back to the beginning of their relationship in the ’70s, and the trauma that exists within the walls of their home.

Grace Koziol, a senior in the College of Communication, is the student director for “Bad for Me.” Koziol said she wrote the script with the idea that she wanted to tell the stories of this dysfunctional couple and how they got to this point in their lives.

“The film places emphasis on women’s lack of power in society during that period — specifically the life of a housewife who is in an abusive relationship. I have always been inspired to tell and uphold the stories of women. I think there is a forgotten period of women who were primarily housewives who

suffered a lot of trauma and pain. Those stories are primarily never told, because they are shrouded in shame. We try to make it clear that there are always warning signs and to always trust your gut,” Koziol said.

Koziol said she originally created the script in 2021, but she knew that as a student filmmaker she had to condense the story to a shorter, feature version in order to be able to show people that she had a story to tell.

The film currently functions as a proof of concept, and the team is actively pursuing funding to produce the feature version of this film, according to the event information.

Koziol’s professor, Dinesh Sabu in the College of Communication, suggested she apply for the Undergraduate Research Fellowships, through the Marquette Honors Program, she said.

The fellowship is for the duration of the summer and is offered to 20 undergraduate Honors students each receiving $3500 for their project — which can be research or creative based. Koziol received the last spot in the 2023 fellowship.

“I 100% have to thank

Dr. Zurcher [director of the Marquette Honors Program] and the Marquette Honors Program,” Koziol said. “I applied late for the program and was lucky enough to have been given the last spot.

I found throughout this process you just have to ‘ask, ask, ask’ and sometimes you will be rewarded in very surprising ways.”

Celia Huber, producer and senior in the College of Communication, said casting and rehearsal for the film began in April and May, with nine actual filming dates during June and

July.

“We filmed all around the area. We used the Marquette Nursing Simulation Lab in the basement of Emory Clark for the ’70s stuff. The bulk of the ‘50s was shot at Holy Family Parish School in Whitefish Bay, but we also used her [Koziol] grandma’s house, Doctors Park and other places around the city,” Huber said.

In order to get equipment, Huber said they asked Don Hertz, manager of technical services, to check out the equipment during the summer.

“He had never met ei-

ther of us, so we kind of just asked him ‘What are the odds you would let us checkout equipment during the summer?’ They don’t usually do that, but he was kind enough to let us do that, and trusted us, we would not be here without him,” Huber said.

Since filming in July, Huber said they have been in post-production, editing, sound design and component correction the entire since then.

During the premier, Marquette alumni companies Milwaukee Pretzel and Pete’s Pops will be selling

Movie poster from “Bad for Me” production

All proceeds will be donated to Sojourner Family Peace Center and Pathfinders Milwaukee.

Poetry slam attracts winter themed pieces Faculty, students present original work during event

By Sofía Cortés

sofia.cortes@marquette.edu

The Marquette Poetry Club hosted its third poetry slam of the semester on Nov. 30 on the third floor of Sensenbrenner Hall. The Poetry Club at Marquette invites writers and poetry enthusiasts to share more than their own writing.

The club meets once a week on Thursday nights and writers work on poems and are then given the chance to share what they have written. Members of the club are invited to share but are in no way obligated to share anything during meetings or slams, some enjoy coming to the slams to listen.

A majority of the writing shared during the slam followed a winter theme in honor of the beginning of the season. Some members brought homemade snacks and recited short stories, poems they’ve written, poems they appreciate and anecdotes. During some slams,

the club will pick a poem to read by a more wellknown poet.

During this slam, Jacob Riyeff, professor of English and a medievalist at Marquette University, chose to recite a few stanzas from the classic Arthurian story “Sir Gaiwan and the Green Night” in both modern and medieval English.

Some former members of the Poetry Club came as well. Nora Bravos, the former president of the club, recited her own poem inspired by her love of shoes and also read “Broken Vows” by Lady Gregory.

Matthew Manka, secretary of the Poetry Club and sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said that during the slams the club places a sign-up sheet up at the front of the room and attendees can sign up to read a poem they’ve written and workshopped throughout the month or a piece of writing they want to recite.

“I joined the club because I knew a couple people already in it and I figured it would be a good way to spend Thursday nights. I showed up to the meetings a few times and got along

really well with the people here. There’s something about the environment here that I really enjoy, and environment where people felt comfortable sharing what they had made,” Manka said.

Elyse Smith, junior in the College of Arts & Sciences and member of the Poetry Club, said she is inspired by William Blake’s poetry and writing poetry herself is something she truly loves.

“I started by reading poetry, and I realized that I really loved it at first. It was a great way to express myself and also not having the pressure of my writing going anywhere that I didn’t want it to go.

It’s really nice for keeping me grounded, being able to get all of my thoughts onto a sheet of paper,” Smith said.

The Poetry Club is looking to organize more slams next semester and welcome members and non-members to come and enjoy the reading of some original student poetry as well as writings by other authors.

Photos by Keifer Russell keifer.russell.@marquette.edu

Some members presented pieces, while others came to listen.