Mass of the Holy Spirit
By Ellie Golko elizabeth.golko@marquette.edu
Undergraduate classes halted between 4-6 p.m. on Wednesday to allow students, faculty, representatives of varying religions such as Jesuits, Muslims and Orthodox Christians and other members of the Marquette community to attend the annual Mass of the Holy Spirit at the Church of the Gesu to welcome the
academic year.
Beginning in 1548 at St. Ignatius College in Messina, Sicily, the first Jesuit school, the Mass of the Holy Spirit is a tradition celebrated to ask the Holy Spirit for gifts and wisdom in the academic year coming forward. Mass of the Holy Spirit anticipates the academic work students will do to grow in wisdom, community and faith in the up-
coming year.
“We celebrate the gifts of the Holy Spirit, remembering the words of Ignatius ‘en todo amar y servir,’ 'to love and serve in all things,’" the Campus Ministry website said. Mass of the Holy Spirit is different from a typical Catholic mass because an additional number of Jesuits were concelebrating on the altar to signify unity. Additionally,
the Jesuits were all wearing red to symbolize the fire of the Holy Spirit.
Kimo Ah Yun, acting university president, said that as a Catholic Jesuit University, Marquette is dedicated to developing the minds and spirits of each student.
Marquette had the service planned since
University seal updated in Cudahy Hall
By Lance Schulteis lance.shulteis@marquette.edu
When Marquette University introduced a redesigned university seal in 2022, a need arose to change the applications of the former mark, many of which were, quite literally, set in stone.
One of the most significant seal replacements came this past summer, as the new university seal was fixed into the floor design of the Cudahy Hall atrium. The project represents the continuation of a process that began in 2020, when former Marquette President Michael Lovell assembled a committee to update the university seal.
The redesign of the seal was made in an effort to be more inclusive to Indigenous communities, as the previous mark failed to tell
an accurate story. The former design featured a cut-off painting of university namesake Jacques Marquette and a Native American man in a canoe.
The original painting by Wilhelm Lambrecht, “Father Marquette and the Indians”, displays Marquette receiving directions from a standing Native guide during his expedition. However, the previous seal did not include Marquette’s navigator, instead depicting Marquette as instructing the Native American man in the canoe.
As the frame communicated a false sense of dominance, relationships became a focal point of the redesigned seal, as it places an emphasis on connectivity within the Marquette community and beyond.
“[The new seal] has a lot more versatility in the way it speaks to relationships,” said Samantha Majhor, an assistant professor of English and a member of Lovell’s committee.
The bottom half of the seal features three stalks of wild rice, which connect the Potawatomi, Menominee and Ho-Chunk Nations that have held the land Marquette University sits on as home.
“The seal is an acknowledgement to the communities that once thrived here and to the alumni and faculty members that worked hard [on it], said Ashaila Jackson, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences and president of the Native American Student Association, in an email.
“We wanted to give that sort of
symbolic reference and reference this long-held relationship in the history of Marquette, going back to Father Marquette,” Majhor said.
The revised seal adds to a history of Marquette working to maintain proper Native representation, Majhor said in reference to the university’s identity change from the Warriors to the Golden Eagles in 1994.
“Marquette has shown itself as a leader to being attuned to shifts in how we look at this kind of representation in society,” said Majhor.
“To update those things with a lot of courage, even when there’s pushback, is very meaningful.”
The mark also emphasizes the Catholic Jesuit mission of Mar-
Photo by Jack Belmont jack.belmont@marquette.edu
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April of 2024, but with the passing of former president Michael Lovell in June, a moment of silence was added at the beginning of the service.
“When we are successful, we transform to be men and women for and with others. May we continue to honor [Lovell’s] spirit, to be the best version of ourselves each and every day,” Ah Yun said.
Joseph Simmons, the 2024 celebrant of Mass of the Holy Spirit and a member of the Society of Jesus, said that this year’s mass was different without Lovell, but his spirit is still very much alive within the community.
“He was such a wonderful man with his joy and his kindness and his generosity
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quette University, as the upper-left corner features seven red and gold stripes to “honor the seven heroic brothers from the maternal side of St. Ignatius of Loyola’s family.” Next to the bands lie a Jesuit Christogram that forms the Greek abbreviation for Jesus Christ.
Jacqueline Schram, director of public affairs and special assistant for Native American affairs, was also a member of President Lovell’s committee that updated the seal.
JUST BREATHE
I think has influenced how people have been hired here in the past few years, and the culture on campus I think is reflective, ” Simmons said.
Simmons said that he had previously been involved in Mass of the Holy Spirit concelebrating on the alter among other priests, but was honored when Fr. Nathaniel Romano, S.J. asked him to preach for this year. In his homily, Simmons said that he was pulled over for speeding on his way to lunch with the bishop the day before he was ordained a priest, and what the officer said in that moment stuck with him for a lifetime.
“He said ‘I’m going to let you off with a warning. But just breathe. It’ll be ok. Go
be a good priest.’ The next day when I was walking down this very aisle, I remembered not Jesus, not the Holy Spirit, but [the officer],” Simmons said.
Simmons said that it’s normal for students to feel like they don’t have everything figured out, and that they should approach uncertainty with asking for gifts of the Holy Spirit. He said the Mass of the Holy Spirit is scheduled at the beginning of the year for that very reason.
Michael Stuckslager, a first-year student in the College of Business Administration said that he chose to attend Mass of the Holy Spirit because he had attended the mass at previous schools.
“[Mass of the Holy Spir-
it] is important because it builds culture. There are certain masses in certain parts of the year that line up with St. Ignatius and with the advancing spirituality he made, and going to those and being a part of them is definitely important in getting an all-encompassing view of a Jesuit university,” Stuckslager said.
“We know that the gifts of the Spirit are not inherited to us when life is comfortable or life is easy,” Simmons said.
Simmons said that students should take the nervous energy they feel at the beginning of the year and use it to to do something for their community, and that the goal of this mass is for students to realize they are not alone in struggles they
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“The culmination of [our] work leaves me breathless still when I see it on banners for dramatic backdrops at university special events, adhered to ceilings, embedded in floors and etched in pediments welcoming all to campus,” Schram said in an email.
The floor of Cudahy Hall is just one of several spaces that has seen the new seal affixed. The mark is visible on the archway leading into the Alumni Memorial Union from Wisconsin Avenue as well as on the
stone pillars in the Wisconsin Avenue median.
Despite these fixtures already being in place, the implementation of the blue and white seal into the space of the Cudahy Hall floor takes up a larger physical space than the alterations before it.
“The embeddedness of the seal to me is a publicly facing commitment towards building good relations,” Schram said in an email.
When thinking about the new mark embedded into
the floor of Cudahy Hall, Majhor said the project was a physical embodiment of the teamwork involved in the creation of the design.
“[It took a lot of] different people across campus to put this together and to get it right,” Majhor said. “And so I think part of adding the seal in different places and replacing the old seal with the new seal is part of that pride in really coming together.”
Majhor also said the fixture represents the legacy of Lovell, as the seal update
may experience at the beginning of the school year.
“My hope would be that they can kind of recognize that nervous, anxiety, uncertainty about whatever’s in their lives that they can ask for the gifts of the Spirit to empower them to get involved, to find a community, to find a role model and desire to learn a little bit more deeply,” Simmons said.
This year’s Mass of the Holy Spirit was sponsored by Marquette’s Campus Ministry. They can be contacted at campusministry@ marquette.edu or https:// www.marquette.edu/campus-ministry/worship/ mass-of-the-holy-spirit. php.
stands among his most notable accomplishments during his time as a leader at Marquette University.
“This summer, we lost President Lovell, and I think this will be remembered as one of his signature decisions,” Majhor said. “And a move that he championed, along with the students, and I think it does make a big difference in the community when we can define ourselves in ways that we can be proud of.”
A slice of the presidential search and Ian's
By Gabriel Mannion gabriel.mannion@marquette.edu
The Marquette Board of Trustees hosted a listening session on Thursday in the Alumni Memorial Union where students were invited to munch on Ian’s Pizza, drink a soft beverage and voice their opinion on the values they think the successor to President Michael Lovell should have.
Based on the Presidential Leadership Profile, the personal attributes the next Marquette president requires are being a Roman Catholic, having a doctorate or equivalent degree, having superior communication skills and being a bold leader with humility, integrity, honesty, enthusiasm, a sense of humor and a strong work ethic.
Students shared what they wanted to see remain, change and improve with the university’s next president, with the common denominator being a leader committed to loving the Marquette campus and community, along with involvement in it.
The meeting followed an open dialogue format
and lasted for an hour.
Board members introduced themselves and met students prior to the start of the meeting to gain a better understanding of the perspective each student brought.
Nicole Michaels, a member of the Board of Trustees said, “students’ input will be included in interviews for candidates.”
Additionally, feedback from Marquette faculty will be taken into consideration in the search for the 25th university president.
Faculty had a separate listening session the following day where they could provide their input.
Students highlighted the importance of engagement the president should have.
“I ran with President Lovell as part of the running club,” Simon Glarner, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said. “I think there is a connection the president needs to have with students and with the city in general.”
Glarner said someone who is familiar with Milwaukee or city life can
help build that connection between the president and students.
Henry Ghawi, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said he would like monthly luncheons with the president to continue. He said President Lovell would host luncheons with students to talk about how to improve all things Marquette-related.
“I value the multidisciplinary view from my Jesuit education at Marquette,” Ghawi said. “I hope that building of your whole self can continue with the next president.”
Michelle Gomez, an international graduate communications student, said President Lovell taught multiple classes on campus as president. She said a president who can lead and teach was a neat and valuable thing to have that will hopefully continue.
Gomez said she hopes the university finds a president who starts new initiatives to help students deal with mental health and counseling issues. She said President Lovell would serve
coffee and snacks in the library during finals which made her feel the connection that Lovell cared for the students’ well-being.
The Board of Trustees said a successful candidate will be an experienced and accomplished academic leader with high energy and drive and an engaging personality.
Rev. Patrick McGrath, S.J., said the Board of Trustees is working to find a candidate to carry on the Jesuit tradition. He said the candidate will reflect Jesuit education at Marquette versus other Jesuit institutions.
McGrath said laypeople and Jesuits are all being considered as candidates. He said the Jesuits have a long formation that may help them stick out.
“(Jesuit) formation can take up to twenty years,” McGrath said.
Jesuits are noted for their educational, charitable and missionary works.
Having a Jesuit president could help ensure the mission of the university is routinely promoted.
McGrath said the best candidate will be someone who can lead from their faith and live it like President Lovell.
“Candidates are kept confidential, but the process will be transparent with information,” Michaels said.
The Board of Trustees said they hope to have an announcement by the end of the calendar year.
Anyone can still provide their input on expectations for the next president by filling out the online form or nominate a candidate through the Isaacson, Miller website.
Photo by Marquette Wire Stock Photo Lovell was the 25th president.
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Tropical storm
Tropical Storm Francine formed Monday in the Gulf of Mexico and is expected to arrive on the shore of Louisiana Wednesday night as a hurricane.
Certain areas in northeastern Mexico and south Texas have already been drenched and are expected to get up to 12 inches of rain. The storm will be most intensely hitting an area of Louisiana that has yet to recover from the
damage of the past caused by hurricanes Laura, Delta and Ida.
Francine’s storm surge could reach as much as 10 feet along the Louisiana coastline and blow into the Illinois area by Saturday. Officials are encouraging Louisiana residents to prepare disaster supply kits with food, water and three days’ worth of essential supplies.
Hunter Biden
Hunter Biden pleaded guilty on Thursday to nine federal tax charges, fending off a second criminal trial. In a last-minute twist, US District Judge Mark Scarsi accepted the plea change on the same day that jury selection was scheduled to begin in the Los Angeles federal court.
As part of the plea, Biden admitted to withholding over $1.4 million in taxes over four years, choosing
instead to spend it on a lavish, luxury lifestyle.
President Joe Biden, father of Hunter Biden, previously ruled out commuting any possible sentence that his son face. He also said he will not issue his son a pardon. Hunter Biden already faces up to 25 years in prison for a federal gun charge that he was convicted on earlier this summer.
DOJ indictments
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Wednesday that the Department of Justice indicted two employees of Russian state media outlet RT with conspiring to distribute Russian government messaging in the United States.
According to court documents, RT and its employees funded nearly $10 million to secretly finance and run an online content company based in Tennessee called U.S. Company-1. U.S. Company-1 one proceeded to publish English-language videos on several social media platforms, including TikTok,
Instagram and X (formerly known as Twitter).
Since launching in the fall of 2023, U.S. Company-1 has posted nearly 2,000 videos that have amassed nearly 16 million views.
The Justice Department alleges that this content was created with intent to “amplify domestic divisions in the United States.” Many of the videos created address conservative issues such as immigration and inflation, along with material opposing the continuation of U.S. support for Ukraine.
Printwise updates
Students must use a new process in order to print on campus. They must now either install a new print driver on their laptop or send print jobs via email. Campus TechSquad set up a table during the first two weeks of classes to assist students in installing the new software. Printing rates are still $0.07 for black and white sheets and $0.50 for color sheets.
Election updates
Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump will take the stage on September 10 for what is likely to be the only debate between the two candidates before the November 5 general election. Polls remain close in all of the major swing states, with the two candidates being virtually tied in the key state of Pennsylvania, which could decide the election.
Both candidates have been off the campaign trail in recent days preparing for the debate. Vice President Harris has been hunkered down in Pennsylvania, holding mock debates and staying mainly out of the public eye. Former President Trump has nev-
er been keen to engage in traditional debate prep, preferring to instead hold informal policy meetings with his close advisors. The debate will be broadcast on ABC and simulcasted on the three other major US broadcasters as well as the three major cable news channels. The debate will be moderated by ABC World News Tonight anchor David Muir and ABC News Live Prime anchor Lindsey Davis. It will also be streamed on Hulu and Disney-Plus along with ABC News Live, which can be accessed on YouTube. The debate will begin at 8 p.m. central.
O'Donnell Gym
For the first time in several years, O’Donnell Hall opened its doors to welcome the Class of 2028, housing over 300 students.
Back in 2023, O’Donnell’s first floor and basement was reopened as an additional workout area for students when the Rec Center closed to undergo renovations.
“This summer the entire building was used for security staff who stayed with us during the RNC so it gave us, along with conference staff and facilities planning and
management a great opportunity to reopen the building,” Janz said in an email. Janz said in an email that the laundry room is open to students living there and all rec equipment has been relocated to the basement floor where the rec staff runs a seperate check-in process. Janz said the workout equipment is a great feature for students that currently reside in O’Donnell.
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Collegiate Recovery Program
"I think that with recovery comes a lot of fun..."
By Mia Thurow mia.thurow@marquette.edu
Around 30.5 million people from the U.S. aged 18 and older said they have had a substance use problem, and among this number, 22.2 million considered themselves to be in recovery or recovered.
This September marks the 35th anniversary of National Recovery Month, which was started to celebrate the recovery community and highlight the importance of evidence-based treatment and recovery practices like peer-based programs and social get-togethers.
One person focusing on substance use recovery at Marquette is Timothy Rabolt, manager of the new Collegiate Recovery Program that offers on-campus support for students. The program includes weekly and monthly recovery meetings, recovery coaching and community-wide programming.
Rabolt said he has been in recovery from addiction since April 9, 2011, the night of his senior prom. He attended college at George Washington University, where he said he met a lot of students struggling with addiction and saw many of them leave because they were not receiving adequate recovery support from their school. He said being sur-
rounded by the student drinking culture often created a sense of loneliness.
“I remember walking around as an 18-year-old … by all the frat parties and feeling like the only person on campus,” Rabolt said.
Rabolt started working at Marquette in April and said he spent the summer doing as much outreach for the Collegiate Recovery Program as possible. He said that so far in his time here, he developed a website, a social media page and printed media to hand out at his table at Organization Fest.
“If you know someone that’s struggling with drugs and alcohol, that’s what we’re here for,” Rabolt said.
“You don’t have to be abstinent … we’re here for people who have identified, ‘I have a problem with this and I’m trying to reconstruct my relationship to drugs and alcohol.’”
Michael Radtke, a student in the Graduate School of Management, said he always wanted to start a recovery-related program in college but never had the time to do it. Since transferring to Marquette, he has been meeting with Rabolt and learning about the Collegiate Recovery Program.
“Marquette is really unique in that it’s been around for nearly 150 years and it’s like the key to the city in a lot of ways. It’s got so many roots in the city of Milwaukee, and there’s no other collegiate recovery program in the city,” Rabolt said.
Rabolt said he wants to use the recovery program to break the generational stigma that students who don’t drink or use drugs can’t have an enjoyable social life.
“I think that with recovery comes a lot of fun, which is a common misconception that if you stop drinking, using drugs or going out partying with your friends, you might lose out on the fun,” Radtke said. “I’m most excited that there’s going to be an association between recovery and fun, and to just break down that stigma of entering into recovery.”
Rabolt said many other Jesuit schools across the country already have recovery programs. He said that through the Collegiate Recovery Program, Marquette has the potential to transform the lives of students who might be in early recovery or are struggling to fit in at college.
“It’s a population that deserves accommodations and adequate support from a university for them to have an experience that offers them the same pursuit of an academic degree alongside their recovery,” Rabolt said.
Emily Drenovsky, counselor and coordinator for Mental Health Advocacy and Outreach at Marquette, said the substances students put into their bodies affect their mental health, anxiety and depression. Frequent substance use can produce a change in brain structure, putting individuals at a greater risk of devel-
oping certain problems regarding cognition, memory and mental health.
Radtke said addiction can tear people apart, especially people struggling in college. He said students face added pressures and difficulties and often aren’t aware that recovery programs even exist for them.
“What Tim is trying to bring here to Marquette is that recovery is possible, even for people in college while they’re studying away and trying to be successful in everything they’re doing,” Radtke said.
Radtke said he hopes students lean into the recovery program because focusing on recovering can change their lives in unimaginable ways.
“This exists. There’s a community on campus that can help. We’re not clinical, it’s not treatment, it’s not punitive,” Rabolt said. “A lot of folks on other campuses, myself included, find help in it because it’s recovery amongst your peers. It’s other students walking that
same path.”
Rabolt said he has experienced several students at various institutions telling him they don’t know what they would do without a recovery program.
“Even if you just hear that one time, it makes everything worth it,” Rabolt said. “It really is, for some of us, literally life or death. I think that’s where it’s really powerful.”
The Collegiate Recovery Program is hosting a “Recovery Allies” event Sept. 17 open to the entire Marquette community, even those who do not identify as being in recovery. The program is also hosting a Recovery Month Picnic Sept. 26 and an International Recovery Day celebration Sept. 30. Students in need of support can also attend any of the program’s several weekly meetings as listed on the website, or sign up for personal recovery coaching sessions.
O-Fest creates welcoming environment
"I think it shows the amount of opportunities they provide here."
By Ruby Mulvaney ruby.mulvaney@marquette.edu
Organization Fest was filled with students and the chatter could be heard all throughout the lawn, with tables that spanned from the front of Lalumiere Language Hall all the way to Raynor Library. And, despite a slight drizzle, it stayed dry enough to host hundreds of interested students.
Marquette University hosted O-Fest from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday. The event was a chance for clubs on campus to broadcast their groups and recruit new members. The event was held in the Central Mall.
Although the event was so crowded that many students were stuck in line waiting to speak to clubs or just wait-
ing to move forward from their last table, there was still a general sense of excitement among the Marquette community.
Oliver Santiago, a first-year in the College of Business Administration, said that it was cool to walk around and see all the clubs.
“I think it shows the amount of opportunities they provide here,” Santiago said.
The clubs ranged from Minecraft Club to Marquette Club Quidditch, leaving room for students to join a variety of activities. Clubs tried to pull in students with stickers, candy and even cupcakes offered on their tables.
Katja Benz, the graduate assistant for student organizations, said O-Fest happens by clubs filling out a form every March asking “who are you?”, “who’s your e-board?” and “are you going to be at O-Fest?” This way she can start with a table count.
Next, Benz said the tables are ordered and a map is
crafted so that similar clubs are all in the same section.
Some examples of this were Campus Ministry organizations grouped together by Cudahy Hall, sorority and fraternity life by the Helfaer Theatre and various community services partners by the Wehr Chemistry Building.
She said that she hopes all students can enjoy their Marquette experience, and a big part of that is getting involved with campus activities, which is why O-Fest is so important.
“My main goal is to make sure that students feel like they belong here on campus,” Benz said.
“I love seeing the excitement on all the students’ faces, I love advertising it, I love seeing everyone happy to be back,” Benz said.
Benz’s work does not go unnoticed, as Mia McComish, a first-year student in the College of Communication, said that she saw so many different opportunities laid out at O-Fest and is planning to join some clubs
as a result.
These sentiments were mirrored by Samantha Wallensack, a first-year student in the College of Business Administration.
“It feels very inclusive, everyone was very welcoming, and everyone sounded so excited to talk to everyone. They handed out so much information which was helpful,” Wallensack said.
The positive feelings were not only felt by first-years looking to get involved, but also by older students looking to grow their clubs.
Lauren Prestopino, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said that her group, the Marquette Equestrian team, had a good experience tabling along with a good amount of interest, a lot more than they originally expected.
“It’s always good to get them to come to the info session and maybe get them to meet some other people that have stuff in common, even if they don’t join,” Prestopino said. McComish said that pro-
fessors have been talking about the event and recommending that they attend. And, in addition to recommendations from faculty, O-Fest has been advertised in other ways around campus.
Benz said that they hung posters in every residence hall along with all over campus. They also pushed out posts on Marquette social media accounts to further advertise.
“O-fest is one of my favorite days of the year,” Benz said.
If you missed O-Fest but are still interested in joining Marquette clubs, you can search for organizations at this link https://marquette. presence.io/organizations. Most clubs can also be reached through their social media accounts.
Photo courtesy of Timothy Rabolt
Men's soccer coach Korn introduces new team award
By Sofie Hanrahan sofia.hanrahan@marquette.edu
How is a fire started? Before there is a flame, there must first be a spark.
On the soccer pitch, the player who sets the game on fire is often the one to receive recognition.
Yet this flame can only burn so brightly with the help of the player who ignites the fire, the ‘spark.’
In the Marquette men’s soccer program, head coach David Korn is recognizing these players who make the smaller and less glamorous plays that create the big moments.
“There’s a lot of actions in a soccer game that can go unnoticed in regard to a statistical category,” Korn said. “The guy that had the shutout or the guy that had the goal, they’re going to be the story feature. But maybe there’s other players whose impact on the game had a big part of us winning, and some positions sometimes or players sometimes don’t get that same accolade.”
Thus, the “SPARK” award was born. At the end of each winning match, it is given to the player whose hard work and energy helped the team to a victory.
Being the 'SPARK'
It’s a new implementation to the program, along with Korn. Not to mention a roster featuring 15 new players with seven firstyears and eight transfers.
Among these newcomers is junior midfielder Gabe Anguil, who transferred from UW-Milwaukee after two seasons.
“Coming from another school, it’s the first time I’ve had a coach that’s super personable and super easy to talk to,” Anguil said.
“I think he’s seven for seven on pregame speeches, it makes you want to run through a wall. I think he preaches a very good culture and that will help us go really far this season.”
Anguil is the second player to receive the SPARK award after his performance in Marquette’s 6-1 exhibition victory over Aquinas College.
As a midfielder, Anguil has responsibilities on both ends of the field, which can become exhausting through the 90 minutes. However, the transfer won 37 balls, tallied interceptions, backpressed and won the ball back when necessary.
“We felt like his defensive effort, his work rate, those things just generated so much momentum for us, made it so difficult on our opponents and fit in a lot with the identity that we want of our individual players,” Korn said. Another newcomer who
delivered a SPARK-worthy performance is first-year goalkeeper Marten Brink. In his collegiate debut, the Stukenbrock, Germany native earned a clean sheet and tallied six saves for the Golden Eagles in their 2-0 victory over Drexel.
To Brink, the honor is a positive way to be recognized by teammates.
“When somebody gets the SPARK, I think the whole team is happy for the person,” Brink said. “And honestly if you had it once, you want it again, so it’s another motivation to do better, so I really like it.”
He enjoyed it so much that he forgot to bring the Golden Eagle hat given to winners back for the
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next match.
“I thought about bringing it to the game but then I was so focused on the game and I forgot,” Brink said.
The award is focused on effort-based contributions rather than statistical.
It was senior midfielder Justin Milovanov’s goal that grabbed headlines during Marquette’s 1-0 victory over Yale and solidified the win. But Milovanov wasn’t the SPARK recipient that night.
“The Yale game, Justin scored a beautiful goal, and everything was focused on him,” Brink said.
“But then the SPARK went to Mitar who had a great game, so it was not Justin
because he scored the one goal, it was Mitar because of the small things.”
The new identity of Marquette men’s soccer is comprised of hard work and intensity, and the incorporation of the SPARK award this season motivates players to bring their all into every match.
“We talked about one spark could light a fire,” Korn said. “We discovered a lot of times when we talk about film or training that we never know which play is going to be the most important one of the game. And so, if we can continue to celebrate a lot of those individual plays, that help lead to the outcome we want.”
Looking to build healthy habits
then-senior Jack Hackett finished seventh place overall out of 34 runners in the 2013 Big East Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championship.
Hackett’s time for that 10,000-meter race ended up being 29:50.88, his personal best.
By PJ O'Grady philip.ogrady@marquette.edu
Big East Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships well. “That race still stands in my mind as an all-time performance where a person ran a great effort despite the (windy) conditions,” Nelson said.
Persevering through 25 laps straight into the wind,
“A lot of people would have mentally given up, even before the race started or halfway through the race, but (Hackett) ran steady the whole way,” Nelson said. Running full circle, Hackett was hired this past July as the associate head coach of cross country and as the assistant track & field coach, to replace former head cross country coach Sean Birren, who stepped down in May. Hackett started off his college running career at Loyola University Chicago in 2008 but transferred to Marquette the following year. He spent the next four years – one as a redshirt senior – competing for cross
country and track & field. Throughout his collegiate career, he earned several accolades including the track program’s second-best 5000-meter time at 14:05.66 and the third-best mile time at 4:06.69. For cross country, in the 2012 Great Lakes Regional, Hackett finished 35th overall out of 201 runners with a personal best of 32:00 in his redshirt senior year.
"I've been where those athletes have been."
Jack Hackett
Former MU cross country runner and assistant coach
“I’ve been where those athletes have been,” Hackett said. “Quite literally, I’ve been in that same locker room. I’ve been on those same trails. I’ve raced a lot
of the same races these kids are going to be running at. I think good coaching can come from a spot of empathy and understanding of what that student athlete is going through. So having been there before, it’s easier to find that and easier to connect to them about some of these things.”
Aside from his running experience at Marquette, he also has experience coaching through volunteer work at Marquette High School and assistant coaching the women’s cross-country team at Muskego High School. While he was with the Warriors, they won a state championship and finished 16th in the nation in consecutive years. On top of that, he decided to start up Infinity Running Company in 2018 to do more coaching on the side. At the start of his business, he provided 1-on-1 virtual coaching to his runners. A few years later, he started
Former Marquette head cross country coach Mike Nelson remembers the 2013
First-year goalkeeper Marten Brink (1) wears a Golden Eagle hat after winning the SPARK award.
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Runner returns to alma mater as associate coach
Hackett was hired as the cross country associate head coach.
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SPORTS COLUMN THIS WEEK: PEACOCK ON WOMEN'S
SPORTS
As interest in women’s sports continues to grow nationwide, the upcoming fall athletic season is an ideal time to foster on-campus enthusiasm for the games to come. Marquette’s women’s teams have what it takes to excel on their own, but a boost in campus and community support might be what’s needed to finally bring their game to the forefront of the conversation.
Events that connect university sports teams with the broader campus community bridge the gap between athletes and students, creating an intersection that uplifts both groups and generates excitement.
The growing national attention toward women’s sports provides Marquette a chance to promote its women’s teams more effectively, amplifying their presence in the athletic landscape.
Female athletes are currently making their mark across various sports, most notably in basketball. As a proclaimed basketball school, it’s necessary to include the women’s team in the campus-wide culture surrounding the sport. This isn’t to say that Marquette doesn’t put in effort to include them in the wider narrative, but there’s some catching up to do when it comes to matching the effort given to the men’s team. The goal should be equal promotion and support for all sports that benefits the entire athletic program.
Women’s basketball at Marquette is poised for a breakthrough season despite the coach and player shifts that transpired after the previous one. The team certainly lost a few big names to transfers— Liza Karlen to Notre Dame and Mackenzie Hare to Iowa State—alongside Jordan King graduating, but a lot of talent remains, and an incredible amount has transferred in. As the new season approaches, the team is likely focused on rebuilding and continuing the success they achieved last spring.
This makes fan engagement on campus more critical now than ever. The largest contributor to
enthusiasm and support for basketball at Marquette is arguably the robust and energetic student section that makes its presence known at each game. While the configuration of the two sections differs due to respective venue sizes, a simple reconstruction of the designated student zone within the Al McGuire Center might push more students to engage with the games that occur there.
As far as home game attendance goes for Marquette teams, men’s basketball leads with 16,307 average attendees, and volleyball leads women’s sports with an average of 2,549 attendees per game. Women’s basketball had an average attendance of 1,830 for the 2023-24 season, a number that will hopefully grow in the upcoming season.
The success of the men’s basketball and women’s volleyball teams in attracting fans to their games can be largely attributed to their effective promotional strategies. Marquette Volleyball recently shared their promotional schedule, which included events such as student appreciation nights with free Chick-fil-A and family fun nights throughout the season. Men’s basketball follows a similar method, with themed games and giveaways that occur periodically during the game.
What would this look like for women’s basketball?
Pre-game events such as a picnic by the Al McGuire Center or hosting gameday watch parties at the Annex could further build an on-campus community that is excited and motivated by the notion of women’s sports and watching them. Promoting special game nights for all sports across campus would be beneficial as well, something similar to a student appreciation night for any sport could bring in a lot of new student viewers, especially when there’s an incentive.
With a commitment to organizing these events, Marquette could build its fan base and boost interest in women’s sports across campus. Combined with the current energy surrounding women’s sports as a whole, this could very well be the season that reinforces Marquette’s status as a name in college basketball. Attending games is just the beginning; Marquette Athletics has the opportunity to develop a community that empowers women’s sports on campus and around the world.
Lilly Peacock is a sports columnist. He can be reached at lilly.peacock@marquette.edu or on Twitter/X @LillyPeacockMU.
Collecting hardware
Adler and Lyons both won summer tournaments
By Trevor Hilson trevor.hilson@marquette.edu
It actually went in.
Senior Patrick Adler wouldn’t be pranked this time.
It wasn’t like a Big East Tournament practice round three years ago, where Adler thought he holed out on a par4 only to be told at team dinner that his heroics were tomfoolery.
This time, it was real, and Adler’s first hole-in-one at the 201-yard par-3 16th was the dagger in his quarterfinal match-play victory over Shane McDermott en route to becoming the South of Ireland champion at Lahinch Golf Club, a course he grew up playing.
“My dad became an overseas member years ago when he and his buddies would go over on golf trips,” Adler said. “I first played it when I was 13, and that’s when he first told me about the South of Ireland tournament.”
Adler joined 2010 U.S. Open Champion Graeme McDowell as a winner of the tournament, whose past competitors include the likes of Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry and Pádraig Harrington.
A mere 22 days after Adler’s win across the pond, Max Lyons stepped up to the 16th tee at Minocqua Country Club in the final round of play at the 104th Suter Ward Group Wisconsin State Open.
He strung together three under-par rounds of 65-7070 and stood in front of the 198-yard par-3 two-under on the day, thinking he was out of contention.
“I thought I was five shots back,” Lyons said. “I didn’t really know where I was the whole day, which
is kind of a good thing. I had a lot of fun with my playing competitors, so I didn’t really worry about the leaderboard.”
Then he birdied 16. He did it again on 353yard par-4 17th. He nearly eagled the 410-yard par-4 18th as his heat check.
Lyons finished his weekend with a circle on the card one more time, and his scorching finish vaulted him to a two-shot victory over George Kneiser, an Oconomowoc, Wisconsin professional. He is the first Marquette golfer in history to win the State Open.
Senior year is now here for Adler and Lyons, and they both return to the second floor of the Athletic and Human Performance Research Center and the team’s practice facility with hardware. Lyons also returns as the reigning Big East Player of the Year.
Head coach Steve Bailey said the two have been ‘stacking their bricks’ towards their respective accolades.
“Max’s maturity and the way he manages his game on the golf course, he’s learned he’s super intelligent,” Bailey said. “Patrick has grown through his work ethic. He’s at the facility before 6 a.m. knocking out his drills and putting.”
Even without being able to play a practice round at the State Open due to schedule restrictions, Lyons said his course management is a testament to his success.
“Even when I am not playing my best,” Lyons said, “I feel like I still have a leg up on the competition because I work so hard to make sure I am hitting the right shot.”
Lyons and Adler led the way for Marquette at the Gopher Invitational in Independence, Minnesota. Adler finished 17th individually for the 5th-place finishing Golden Eagles, shooting four-over-par over the weekend. Lyons was right behind him at 19th and five-over-par for the tournament.
MEN'S GOLF
Photo via Mascot Hall of Fame
Max Lyons poses with his trophy after winning the 104th Suter Ward Group Wisconsin State Open.
Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics
Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics
Senior Patrick Adler won the South of Ireland championship.
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WOMEN'S SOCCER
MU hopes to bounce back from struggles
WSOC has been outscored 16-3 in seven games
By Benjamin Hanson benjamin.hanson@marquette.edu
When the Marquette women’s soccer head coaching baton was passed to Chris Allen in January, he inherited a team that would go five games into the season before tasting their first win and be outscored 9-2 during that same time period.
After a 2023 campaign where they were outscored 1:3 and had an average shots per game that was half of their opponents, Allen said they’re trying everything this year to see what will work. In the first six games of this season, the team has had 20 different starters, 12 different players that have made their first career starts and eight who have made their NCAA Division 1 debuts.
With this new set of Marquette soccer faces, he’s trying to improve the attack by building a strong defensive foundation. He said that if the team can make high presses and force turnovers high up the field, it can initiate their attack to have more opportunities on goal than they’ve had in the past.
“We’ve talked a lot about the word identity: the identity of who we are as an attacking team, a defending team and who we’re becoming from a program standpoint,” Allen said. “I think when you talk identity, you begin to talk philosophy,
tactics and then personnel. We’re trying to get all these three things aligned for us.”
Another new face, assistant coach Chelsea Davis, is the team’s offensive coach. She holds a wealth of knowledge about the sport through her time as a student-athlete, club and college-level coach and professional player with Sweden’s Bollstanäs Sportklubb.
She likes to think of working on the team’s abilities as thirds of a puzzle. The attacking third, where they hope to grow the most, focuses on the small details.
“We do have some nice switch of play, and we give good connective passes,”
Davis said. “Now, it’s going into the final third: that execution piece. That’s
"Now, it's going into the final third: that execution piece. That's probably one of the hardest parts of the game."
Chelsea Davis Marquette women's soccer assistant coach
probably one of the hardest parts of the game. I have found that with any team
CROSS COUNTRY
that I have coached. It’s about the timing and finding the right relational play, so I’m not surprised that this is where we’re at, especially with the new identity.”
Allen and senior midfielder Tess O’Connell said their new identity is strengthened by two powerhouse forward veterans who display conviction with the call: junior Josie Bieda and senior Kate Gibson.
“Allen and Chelsea’s attacking pieces of their tactics is high energy and high press,” O’Connell said. “They want us to go take chances and being courageous in the 18 is something that we can all work on.”
“Bieda’s goal [against the
Minnesota Gophers on September 6] was a really good example of that. She took a chance, put a shot on frame, and got a wonderful goal out of it. That’s the biggest piece that they’re instilling in us: being confident going to goal.”
Allen said he doesn’t want to sacrifice their defense by putting all their effort into attacking because that’s where they’re strongest. Though, two goals a game is something that he said he wants to see on the horizon.
“We have to start executing on the opportunities that we are being given,” Allen said. “We like our shots on goal percentage, but we are simply not generating enough shots. If we can start putting more shots on frame, be more efficient and generate more opportunities, good things will happen to us.”
For the past three games, Marquette’s shot on goal percentage has been 0.573 with their opponents at 0.48. Davis said that they have the resources to get these shot opportunities, they just need to complete the puzzle of fine details to get them.
“They’re a really talented group, they really are, which is why it’s been frustrating to not find consistency and fluidity within the attack.” Davis said. “We are needing to figure out how they all mesh together because they’re all different in their individual ability. We need to dive in as a coaching staff and find a way to translate that onto
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arranging local running events like road races and 5k’s to help draw the community into the sport.
“The Milwaukee running scene is a little bit underdeveloped, especially on the younger side of things,” Hackett said. “There’s not as many… cool events, and that’s what I was trying to do with that. (I wanted) to bring some fun… energetic races (here).”
Hackett’s company continues to operate today, and he’s hired another coach to help out his business while he’s working with Marquette.
In his first few weeks as associate coach for cross country, Hackett has already made some changes. First, on the physical side of things, he has introduced pre-activation exercises –essentially a mini warmup – to aid in preventing
injuries. Secondly, he’s made changes to the program’s overall culture.
One thing he has built in at the start of every practice is time for high-fives. His reasoning for it is scientific, as he found in research that doing so can release oxytocin, a hormone related to trust and bonding.
“By doing this and starting every day with a high–five, you also associate that with positivity,” Hackett said. “It’s a way to create a team identity that feels more positive (and) inclusive.”
To reinforce his team expectations and culture, he’s established themes of certain values for each week. He said week one was all about respect, while week two dealt with change and how to develop better habits.
“A lot of these athletes spent a lot of time injured last year, and so they weren’t able to express that talent,”
Hackett said. “Getting able to see some of these athletes changing programs over the summer and being able to get some more training in healthily, they’re already showing signs that they should be a little bit better this year.”
After each team’s finish in the Great Lakes Regional in 2023 — the men and women placed 28th and 31st, respectively — Hackett said he hopes to get the team back on track.
“It is very likely that we’re going to improve this year, and that’s always fun and exciting because that’s the goal,” Hackett said. “That’s part of why we’re doing this is to get better… I’m really just looking forward to watching these men and women push themselves and develop, not just as runners, but as people.”
Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics
Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics
Jack Hackett runs at the Big East Indoor Championships.
WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
MU unranked after dissapointing homestand
Volleyball dropped to unofficial No. 29 ranked team
By Jack Albright jack.albright@marquette.edu
It wasn’t the homecoming Marquette volleyball envisioned.
After opening the season with a road sweep over Eastern Illinois, the Golden Eagles dropped threestraight matches at the Al McGuire Center last week, which included a surprising 3-1 defeat to unranked Western Michigan (their first non-conference home loss against an unranked opponent since 2015) on Sunday.
The skid dropped Marquette (1-3) from No. 24 in the AVCA top 25 poll to the unofficial No. 29 team, receiving just 39 votes. It’s a continuation of what has become somewhat of an issue for the program in the poll in the last two years.
In 2023, the Golden Eagles went into the year as the preseason No. 12 team before dropping — to No. 19 to No. 24 to unranked — in three straight weeks. After that, they wouldn’t be a top 25 team again until week 10, when they became No. 25; but that ranking, too, only lasted seven days.
This year Marquette maintained its preseason ranking through week one, but lost votes in the process (233 to 182).
The Golden Eagles will now travel on the road for
its final five non-conference games, starting with a showcase this weekend against Western Kentucky (Friday) and No. 24 Dayton (Saturday) in Bowling Green.
“It’s gonna take some belief,” head coach Ryan Theis said about bouncing back from the 0-3 week.
“Gotta start believing a little bit.”
Ella Foti still recovering from preseason injury
Two weeks ago senior primary right side Ella Foti landed on a teammate in a preseason practice and sprained her ankle.
“They’re just trying to work me back in and I’m trying to do the best that I can with what I got going right now,” Foti said,
“because I’m obviously not 100% but just trying to be a positive, encouraging teammate out there.”
Foti didn’t only start this season hurt, though, as she also finished last year on the sidelines after breaking her pinky finger in the Golden Eagles’ secondto-last conference game. Her recovery process involved two surgeries and having four pins put in, meaning she wasn’t fully healthy until February, a full three months after the original injury.
While the ankle injury only kept Foti out of this year’s season-opener at Eastern Illinois — she’s come off the bench in every game since — she hasn’t started a match since Nov. 17, 2023.
Foti said while she hopes to be 100% in two weeks time, she also wants to be able to consistently contribute to the rotation by next weekend.
“[Ankle sprains] can be a little bit chronic, but I’m working a lot on trying to make it as strong and healthy as possible,” she said.
But her main goal is to be in her best shape for the end of the season.
“Being very healthy and ready to go for the end of year,” she said, “because I missed it last year.”
Molly Berezowitz utilized as primary libero
After spending her first year primarily as a serving specialist, sophomore defensive specialist
Molly Berezowitz has seen a large uptick in playing time this season as Marquette’s main libero.
She finished last year with a total 52 digs — averaging .58 digs per set — and one assist across 28 matches. This year, she’s already tied that number digs — averaging 3.71 per set — in just four games.
“It’s been definitely a positive change,” Berezowitz said. “I feel really calm on the court, just having the maturity and seniors that we have right now.”
As a first-year, Berezowitz was a raw talent.
In order to help her better adapt to the collegiate game, she spent a lot of time this offseason working with assistant coach Ryan Walthall.
“[Walthall] helped me a lot with just picking up on the speed of the game,” Berezowitz said. “And different tips and techniques to help me just get better at defense and everything overall — more of an aggressive serve, and out of system setting. Everything.”
The drills paid off, and Theis had no second guesses about starting her in the first game of the season.
“She had a great spring,” Theis said. “Came out a little bit slow in the preseason, but had really come on right before — about a week before we started playing — we saw her game pick up a lot. It’s back to where we saw at the end of spring, we thought she was playing really well.”
Volleyball loses third-straight game
By Jack Albright jack.albright@marquette.edu
There was a lot for No. 24 Marquette volleyball to be upset about.
There was the lowly, season-worst .175 hitting percentage — which stemmed from not being able to hit over .200 in three of the sets or over .150 in two of them. And then there were the seemingly endless sloppy mistakes in all facets of the game — especially from behind the service line, where nine errors were committed. Not to mention the inability to perform down the stretch of frames or capitalize on any of the Broncos’ errors.
Seldom has the Al McGuire Center seen such a sobering performance.
“We rotate things that are going well and things that are going wrong,” head coach Ryan Theis said. “So until more things are going well at the same time, against two good teams, it’s really tough. We got several more good ones in a row, so we got our hands full.”
For the Golden Eagles, Sunday was a chance to stop a two-game losing skid and get back in the win column. To end an already difficult week on a high-note. To hit the road unfettered by the ever-lording and evil spirit that has haunted their every waking moment in the non-con the past two years.
But Broncos Mary Clare Brusek and Keona Salesman’s witchcraft banished
While there was fight from the Golden Eagles (1-3), there wasn’t enough to overcome all their mishaps, errors and fallacies, resulting in a 3-1 (21-25, 20-25, 25-21, 22-25) loss to Western Michigan — their first non-conference home defeat against an unranked opponent since 2015.
the exorcist from entering the Al, keeping MU’s pesky Ghost of Ownage around for four more sets on Sunday.
The sounds of the ball leaving their hands and meeting the Taraflex-covered court for a combined 39 kills — 20 from Brusek and 19 from Salesman — mixed with the chorale of 57 digs from libero Andelyn Simkins and setter Logan Case — 39 for Simkins and 18 for Case — were loud enough to scare away what was supposed to be the Marquette celestial savior’s first appearance inside the Al this season.
If not for the Golden Eagle leaders doing everything possible to dig, claw and scrape out of what turned-out-to-be an impossible hole the defeat would have arrived even faster.
Aubrey Hamilton (14 digs and 12 kills) and Yadhira Anchante (42 assists and 19 digs) both posted double-doubles as Jenna
Reitsma finished just short (15 digs, nine kills).
Start to finish Marquette was forced to play catchup. From the end of the opening frame when it conceded four-straight points after being tied 20-20; to the second set when even a 5-1 run meant it still trailed by two points; all the way to the dying embers as the Golden Eagles pieced together a 4-0 streak to make it 22-24 and keep the game — along with their comeback dreams — alive before the Broncos killed both dead.
In what is a bonafide non-conference crucible for Marquette, games like this, the rare ones against an unranked team become even more must-win. Yet Sunday — its last home match before Big East play — wasn’t treated as such. Instead, it was so ropy in nature that even the usually-stoic Theis couldn’t hide his disappointment.
“It’s gonna take some
belief,” he said about bouncing back. “Gotta start believing a little bit.”
The road doesn’t get any easier from here on out, either.
The Golden Eagles’ final five games of non-conference play are in hostile territory, three of which see them face ranked opponents — No. 22 Dayton, No. 6 Wisconsin and No. 3 Pitt.
They also play Western Kentucky, the unofficial No. 26 team in the country, in their next match on Friday.
“At the end of the day, we have a veteran team, we have four underclassmen, we know what we’re capable of,” senior right side Ella Foti said.
“It’s honestly, at the end of day, it’s being able to come together and use each other for positive energy and encouragement and staying together, even in tough times, when everything’s kind of falling apart, but just keep fighting.”
Golden Eagles suffered first non-con home loss against an unranked opponent since 2015.
Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics
Opinions
EDITORIAL: Talk policy now
By Joey Schamber joseph.schamber@marquette.edu
A mass shooting Wednesday at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., became the state’s deadliest-ever episode of school violence.
The suspected shooter, whom police identified as 14-year-old Colt Gray, killed two teachers, Richard Aspinwall and Cristina Irimie, and two 14-year-old students, Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, using an AR-platform style weapon. At least nine others were reported as being injured in the shooting.
Gray and his family were spoken to by local law enforcement in May 2023 after several anonymous tips were sent to the F.B.I.’s National Threat Operations Center about school shooting threats he made on an online gaming platform. These threats included photographs of guns. Gray denied making the posts and officials found no probable cause for an arrest at the time.
Gray was taken overnight to the Regional Youth Detention Center in Gainesville,
Ga., about 30 miles from where the shooting took place. Barrow County District schools canceled classes for the rest of the week as investigators worked to discover any other potential threats to students in the Winder area and the entire state of Georgia.
The Marquette Wire Editorial Board stands with the victims of this tragedy and expresses its deepest condolences for all victims and their families of those afflicted by gun violence.
10 mass shootings have occurred in September alone, and while not all of them make headlines, each one is a tragedy. These horrific acts of violence have become so normalized in our country, but we do not have to accept them as a permanent facet of modern life. This event could have been prevented and we need to act quickly to end this wanton destruction. Georgia Governor Brian Kemp said that this is not the time for “politics or policy,” but we need federal gun control legislation if we want to see real change.
This assault was carried
out using a weapon of war that had no place in the hands of a teenage boy. Our federal government needs to increase regulations or outright ban assault style weapons to prevent the massive loss of life they can cause.
State governments and local authorities also need to play a bigger role at ending gun violence. Local authorities need to be proactive at detecting early warning signs of violent behavior, and state governments need to tighten up their individual gun control laws.
Georgia has some of the most relaxed gun control laws in the country. It is ranked just 46 in the country and labeled a national failure by Everytown Research & Policy, a gun violence prevention organization. When compared to other states like California and New York that have much stronger gun control laws, Georgia sees far more incidences of gun violence despite having a much less dense population.
Wisconsin has made progress at improving its own gun safety legislation but
is still missing key laws that could make our communities safer. Wisconsin still lacks a law requiring background checks for all gun sales and an Extreme Risk law.
The state continues to see alarming rates of gun violence, especially in the city of Milwaukee. Spectrum News 1 reports that the city saw 169 gun homicides and 838 non-fatal shootings in 2023. While these numbers are trending downward every year, that fact can provide no consolation to those impacted by this violence.
In the wake of this horrific event, vice presidential candidate JD Vance declared mass shootings a sad “fact of life,” but they do not have to be something we accept and expect will continue to happen.
With comprehensive gun safety legislation, we can prevent these tragedies. This is the time to talk policy, and it is time to fix this uniquely American problem.
Take junk pills off the shelves
By John O'Shea j.oshea@marquette.edu
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) was signed into law on March 27, 2020. Besides providing economic relief to families and businesses across the nation, it also made modifications to outdated FDA framework on the regulation of overthe-counter drugs that had stayed relatively the same since the review-process was created in 1972.
Now, under this framework, there are stronger grounds to stand on when it comes to accusing drug companies of selling ‘junk pills,’ or medication with ineffective active ingredients.
This recent skepticism directed towards certain popular OTC drugs since the COVID crisis is a major win for the Americans who had been unknowingly spending their hard-earned money on useless medications.
Most recently, laxative drugs containing dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate, also known as docusate, have come under scrutiny. Drugs containing docusate were able to receive FDA approval in the ’70s despite not being required to go through the typical preliminary trials for a drug of its type.
Docusate was among sev-
eral drugs that had been on shelves prior to the new rigorous review process that the FDA made standard practice for future OTC drugs. It was included in a 1975 laxative monograph, an intense medical study that failed to actually test the performance of the chemicals included in the drugs. The FDA simply checked to see if OTC drugs contained adequate quantities of the active ingredients that they considered safe and effective.
In 2021, the American Journal of Gastroenterology found in their own independent study that docusate had no more effectiveness than a placebo. The FDA took notice and have since edited their OTC monographs for laxatives in 2023 as well other drug categories as a part of their continued efforts since the CARES Act. The FDA’s refocus on these outdated regulations is very much needed. We can look to a previous federal court ruling to provide a framework on how the FDA can deal with these pharmaceutical companies.
In Cooper Laboratories v. FDA (1974) a federal court defended the FDA’s decision to demand Cooper Laboratories to remove any labels
from products containing protomid that claimed to treat shingles and neuritis. It also required the drug‘s manufacturer, Cooper Laboratories, to return to the FDA within six months with proof of the drug’s ability to treat its listed symptoms. Cooper Laboratories claimed the FDA’s claims about the drug‘s effectiveness were ‘subjective,’ however, the court ruled in the FDA’s favor.
This was a massive step in the direction of stronger FDA regulatory power on noneffective products and should set a precedent for how other useless drugs can be taken off the market in the future.
The FDA cracking down on these dud pharmaceuticals is the result of historic bipartisan effort to reform
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our broken pharmaceutical regulatory bodies. These reforms took years of planning by both democrats and republicans, starting in the early 2010s, but were incorporated into the CARES Act at a time of emergency. The FDA already has a clear path to continue to strengthen their OTC drug testing, but requires the fervent support of lawmakers to create real progress. They owe it to the American people to create these stronger regulations so they are no longer wasting their money on drugs that do not work. They deserve to be healthy and receive the treatment they need, and also keep a little more money in their pockets.
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Some pharmacy shelves may stock dozens of these 'junk pills.'
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Fun & Games
CROSSWORD
School's in Session
Across
1. Most Wisconsin schools start after this holiday
3. What month does school typically start?
4. New restaurant on campus
5. Waffle place by Commons
8. What Marquette event happens at the end of September?
9. Where is the nursing building located?
10. Most students use this device for notes
Down
2. What kind of summer was it? (hint: lime green)
6. What is the nickname for the first week of school?
7. What center has a career photo booth?
Comic by Adriana Vazquez Herrero adriana.vazquezherrero@marquette.edu
Arts & Entertainment
RECAP: Summers entertainment scene
Charli XCX's "brat" recieved 134.9 thousand streams
By Sophie Goldstein sophie.goldstein@marquette.edu
Despite school routines getting back into the swing of things, we can’t forget about what the summer gave us. From having a “Brat Summer” to seeing the jaw-dropping “Love Island USA” drama play out, this summer was one for the books. Brat Summer
Whether it be the classic lime green background with narrow black font, posters that every company took to use, or the “Apple” dance that rose to fame on TikTok, British singer/songwriter, Charli XCX turned this summer “Brat.”
So, what is a “Brat Summer?” Does anyone truly know? On June 7, Charli took to Instagram letting her fans know her album “brat” resembles “me, my flaws, my f— ups, my ego all rolled into one.” It seemed everyone had their own interpretation of “Brat Summer,” but with the main goal of accepting your imperfections while embracing the chaos.
Three days later, Charli released “Brat and it’s the same but there’s three more songs so it’s not,” the deluxe version of “brat.” Which continued the heat of summer even more, especially with her release of “Guess” featuring Billie Eilish.
Quickly, the trend of “cool-girl” style, party animals, disposable camera pictures and lots of lime green everything took over TikTok, with 134.9 thousand posts under the hashtag “bratsummer.” Even the Vice President, Kamala Harris, took
to the trend during her campaign rallies.
Following Charli’s X post that said, “Kamala IS Brat,” which circulated 55.5 million views, Harris’ campaign team quickly ran with the opportunity and received over 93,000 likes on their “Brat Summer” post.
Unfortunately, to all the “Brat Summer” fans, Charli took to X on Sept. 2 to officially declare the end of “Brat Summer,” posting “goodbye forever brat summer.” Who knows, there could always be a “Brat Fall.”
Chappell Roan
Grab your “Pink Pony Club” cowboy hats because 26-year-old singer and songwriter Chappell Roan continued to rise to fame this summer. Her album “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,” was released in September of 2023, but her fan base has grown dramatically since her first headlining concert and continued to do so all summer.
Roan, known for her red, curly hair and performance costumes, took the stage during May for Coachella, and introduced herself as “your favorite artist’s favorite artist” and “your dream girl’s dream girl,” in reference to drag performer Sasha Colby. The video was posted on TikTok, and received 1.5 million likes, with comments like, “I feel like this is how my mom felt watching Madonna in the 80s.”
That was just the beginning. Roan performed on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza — where she became the artist with the biggest daytime crowd in Lollapalooza history.
Despite the album being released last year, songs like “Good Luck, Babe!” “HOT TO GO!” “Pink
Pony Club” and “Femininomenon” climbed the Billboard Hot 100 all summer and continued to trend on TikTok.
Her first concert video posted this year, on Jan.1, received 734.4 thousand views with her most recent concert video, posted on Aug. 11, receiving 4.5 million views. Unlike some other stars popularized by Tiktok, Roan has surpassed expectations and continues to grow her fanbase offline.
“Love Island”
Grab your monogrammed water bottles, because this season of “Love Island USA” turned up the heat. First-time host Ariana Madix, a cast member of “Vanderpump Rules,” where she was the victim of a cheating scandal involving her boyfriend and best friend, took us all to the villa in Fiji this summer.
Season 6 of the reality dating show was the number one most-watched original series in the U.S. with 919.1 million minutes streamed. Is Madix the one to thank? Or was it the lucky chance that this group of singles had lots of love, drama and friendships to create?
Whether it was the drama between Aaron, Kaylor and even Rob, or the friendships with Leah, Serena and JaNa, every day but hump day brought most of TikTok and the reality tv community together.
Not to mention the somewhat uneventful reunion that just aired Aug. 19. We learned that Serena and Kordell, JaNa and Kenny and Leah and Miguel are all still in relationships, but Kaylor and Aaron and Kendall and Nicole are no longer together.
But the drama didn’t end there. “Power Puff Girls” or PPG (Leah, Serena and JaNa) are continuing to do brand deals and growing their
already huge platforms, Rob is still catching snakes, Daniella has a new man and Kaylor and Liv are just living their best life.
We definitely have Madix to thank for bringing in some viewers, but we also have to thank this cast. Who knows, can any other “Love Island” season top this?
Sabrina Carpenter
This Disney Channel star is just getting started. Known for her role in “Girl Meets World,” Sabrina Carpenter took Billboard’s number one song of the summer with “Espresso.” Currently, Carpenter is the only singer with two songs in the top 10, with “Please Please Please” coming in at number six.
This news comes just days after Carpenter’s new album “Short n’ Sweet” took number one on Billboard’s top 200.
But what made Carpenter so popular this summer? Carpenter released “Espresso” and “Please Please Please” as teasers for “Short n’ Sweet” back in April. Fans anticipated the rest of the album, as those songs began to rise in the charts.
Not to mention, her boyfriend, Barry Keoghan, lead in the movie “Saltburn,” had a promenade feature in her music video for “Please Please Please,” confirming to fans their speculated relationship.
Carpenter continues to make this the summer of Sabrina with “Short n’ Sweet.” Featuring actress Jenna Ortega in the music video for the first track “Taste,” fans continue to rave about Carpenter’s ability to keep her songs on repeat in your head.
Who knows what the fall will bring? Until then, stay tuned!
Eating around MKE: La Chinampa
Local Mexican resturant is on the corner of 2nd street
By Joey Schamber joseph.schamber@marquette.edu
Last year, on a chilly Friday night in November, my girlfriend and I were perusing Walker’s Point for a place to eat. Still new to the city, we were excited to try any of the many great restaurants that part of town had to offer.
However, it was a busy night, and the places we tried to get into had at least a half hour wait for a table. We were already starving and wanted food fast. Luckily, we stumbled upon a small, no-frills Mexican restaurant at the corner of Florida and 2nd Street called La Chinampa.
I had heard of the place before. I read about it in Rachel Bernhard’s Best Bites series for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and she raved about their torta al pastor.
We ordered one each, and it blew us away. It was one of the single best sandwiches I had ever eaten in my life and is still one of my favorite meals I have had in Milwaukee. Since then, I have gone there a few more times, and while the other
dishes I have had were spectacular, I keep coming back for that torta al pastor.
The sandwich is piled with their juicy marinated pork. It includes toppings like shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, avocado, tangy pickled jalapeños, deliciously savory refried beans, gooey cheese and the perfect amount of mayo for an extra pop of flavor.
It is held together on a pillowy soft and subtly sweet telera roll that soaks up all the greasy goodness of the al pastor. The sandwich is packed with flavor, but I was even more blown away by perfect textural sensation of each bite.
Each piece of meat was astonishingly tender, the beans were perfectly soft and the lettuce, tomatoes and jalapeños provided just the right amount of fresh contrast from the other ingredients.
When I went to La Chinampa again last Thursday for this review, I got a chance to talk to the owner’s son who was working that day. I asked him his favorite dish on the menu, and he said he loves the tripe tacos.
Tripe, or beef stomach, is something I had never tried before. It never seemed appetizing to me, but I was willing to take his word for
Photo by Joey Schamber joseph.schamber@marquette.edu
La Chinampa’s al pastor torta is piled high with juicy pork and fresh vegetables.
it. It was lucky I did, because they were amazing.
The tripe had a delicious beefy flavor and was perfectly soft with a satisfying chew, nothing like the unpleasant texture I would have expected from cow stomach.
The tacos were served simply with onion and cilantro on a double-stacked corn tortilla that was the perfect vessel for the fattiness of the meat. Regardless of your misgivings about tripe, you need to try these tacos.
Every single dish I try from this restaurant is consistently amazing,
and it I think more people ought to know about it. They have been in business for 7 years, but their current location has only been around since February of 2022
You can find La Chinampa at 405 S. 2nd St. in Walker’s Point, just down the street from other Milwaukee favorites like Toast and Black Sheep MKE. It is a quaint little spot, and you can tell they put a lot of love into the food they serve. Do yourself a favor and pay La Chinampa a visit, you will not regret it.
Arts & Entertainment
By Keifer Russel keifer.russel@marquette.edu
