Marquette Tribune I February 21, 2023

Queer Art show

Marquette junior Katie Jacobson organizes art show in partnership with LGBTQ+ resource center and Haggerty

MUPD behind on new behavioral health unit

Role at MU still being established for newly hired crisis worker

By Sophia Tiedge sophia.tiedge@marquette.edu

Marquette University Police Department’s behavioral health unit was supposed to be operational as of early January, but as of now, the unit is still in its “infancy stages.”

Assistant chief Jeff Kranz said MUPD discovered that three individuals accounted for hundreds of calls in a oneyear period and they decided they needed another approach to address this issue.

Kranz said the calls reported people who weren’t necessarily committing crimes, but because of their mental state, it could be perceived that they were acting criminally.

Kranz also said they were getting calls for trespassing, acting in a way that could cause concern and minor retail thefts and it was taking up a large amount of their officers’ patrol time.

“We ended up feeling kind of stuck with our only recourse was to arrest people, and that’s not what we wanted to do,” Kranz said. “We wanted to put together a unit that would be able to address these issues, not through the

criminal justice system, but actually do some long-term assistance with people to get them the housing and the help that they need and actually try and come up with a solution to the problems.”

MUPD Lieutenant James

Hensley said that their only options are to ask the person to leave, write them a citation or arrest them.

“We want to help with some of these issues in solving the problem rather than just getting sent out to their actions,

and in a lot of them, we found that their alcohol, drug and or mental health issues or a combination of all of those are the problem,” Hensley said.

Hensley attended a conference with departments from Green Bay and Appleton,

Wisconsin who had units similar to the one Marquette is trying to implement. He said the units are looking to try to fix the root of the problems and not just the “symptoms.”

“These two departments

Students criticize EagleExpress transportation system

Petition started for MU to go back to former LIMO service

By Clara Lebrón clara.lebron@marquette.edu

At the beginning of this spring semester, the Marquette community was met with change. From the official opening of O’Brien Hall to

the temporary closure of the Rec Center, campus continues to evolve with each change of the seasons. However, there is one change that has been affecting Marquette students in need of reliable transportation: the EagleExpress.

The service was created as a part of efforts to make transportation safer on campus, replacing the almost four-de-

cades-old LIMO Service. The new service, which has an integrated app, works similarly to Uber or Lyft.

Both services’ routes include several spots on campus and two off-campus destinations: Milwaukee Intermodal Station and Eleven 25 at Pabst Apartments. The EagleExpress is also active at the same hours as the LIMO service was, from

5 p.m. to 3 a.m. every day of the week. However, there are differences between the systems that Marquette community members are learning to navigate.

While the LIMO service allowed students to flag down vehicles even when they themselves hadn’t called them, EagleExpress vans require a booking through its official app

in order to accept a passenger. Currently, there is a petition on change.org to turn the EagleExpress service back into the LIMO Express that was started by an Instagram account @concernedmarquettestudent.

“I don’t understand why the EagleExpress can’t just pick up people anymore. What if someone really needs to use

MUPD’s new unit is set to be comprised of a police officer and a crisis worker. MUPD is modeling the unit after similar ones throughout Wisconsin..

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Weekly bowling league returns to Union Sports Annex

two-year hiatus, Schloss said it started up again in 2012.

Schloss also said that while the league is currently played at the Annex, it got its original roots elsewhere.

By Erin Howard erin.howard@marquette.edu

Marquette University students aren’t the only ones taking advantage of the bowling alley located inside the Union Sports Annex.

Every Monday night for approximately 12 weeks beginning in January, Marquette faculty and staff members are invited to split into teams and compete against each other in a bowling league. Interested players are asked to register either as an individual or with a three-person team.

Brad Schloss, the operations coordinator at the Alumni Memorial Union, said that the faculty and staff bowling league is not something that is new to the university.

Schloss said that the league was started in the mid-80s by an individual who was working in intramurals for recreational sports. While the league took a

“It started out at the Eagles Club in Milwaukee and then moved around to several different bowling alleys, such as Showdown lanes and Bay View Bowl,” Schloss said.

“From 2012 and on, the league has been played at the Union Sports Annex, and many of the same teams bowl for this league each year.”

Since 2012, however, the faculty and staff bowling league was forced to take another pause during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Robin Cork, an access services specialist in Marquette’s Law School, has participated in the league for over eight years, and she said that she is proud to see it has made its anticipated return this semester.

“Unfortunately, we did not get to bowl last year because of COVID-19, so it’s just been so great to finally see everyone again and really get back into it,”

Cork said.

Stacy Rauen, a senior advancement officer, said that this league is known for bringing people all across the campus together.

“There are professors from the different colleges that combine together to form teams, as well as staff from each department that join us,” Rauen said. “Sometimes, we even get deans to bowl with us.”

For Rauen, the best part about her Monday night is getting to know her colleagues that she may not get the chance to interact with every day.

“Since joining this league, I’ve met so many new people,” Rauen said. “Walking around campus now, I feel like I have friends everywhere.”

For those interested in participating in the league but are unwilling to commit to playing every week, Dan Biemann, maintenance center supervisor for recreational sports, said that this should not hinder anyone from showing up.

“Even though I personally am not quite able to come every week, I still love the camaraderie

and the opportunity to get out of the office and bowl with my teammates when I do come,” Biemann said. “It’s a quick, easy and fun night out.”

Biemann also said that to get involved with and enjoy being a part of this league, one does not need any prior bowling experience.

“I’m not the best bowler, but everyone here is just so encouraging, whether they are on your team or are on any of the

other teams,” Biemann said.

So, whether a Marquette faculty or staff member wants to drop in just for one night to bowl or to play every week during the season, Cork said that they are more than welcome.

“I would say to everyone to just come and give this a chance, and if you don’t like it, then you don’t need to come back,” Cork said. “We have so much fun, and I definitely think it’s just worth giving it a try.”

AIM program adapts to new space in O’Brien Hall

said she first started out as a supply chain major, but switched to finance and then joined the program.

By Julia Abuzzahab julianna.abuzzahab@marquette.edu

Finance majors at Marquette have the opportunity to join the Applied Investment Management program and receive hands-on experience with financial analysis.

There are two paths that an AIM student could go down: investments or private equity and banking.

In the new College of Business Administration’s O’Brien Hall, there’s a room on the first floor dedicated to the AIM program fully furnished with several televisions, a stock ticker and new monitors. Students within the program can take classes there, do their work and hang out.

James Valentine, director of the AIM program and associate professor of practice, said students apply for the program for their sophomore year of school and take related courses in their junior and senior years.

“We’re not just reading a textbook and then taking the theory and try to understand it, we’re actually taking information and market data and analyzing companies, analyzing stock, valuing them and arriving at whether a company should be bought or sold in the portfolio based on their work,” Valentine said.

The AIM program manages a part of Marquette’s endowment fund. Jackson Bogli, a junior in the College of Business Administration, said it’s around $3 million.

Bogli described the AIM program as managing a student investment management account with Marquette.

“We perform all the research on companies, all of the company profiling and valuation of a company and then the end product of it is we’ll end up doing a pitch to the AIM program and we’ll either say ‘You should buy this stock, you should sell this stock,’” Bogli said.

Currently, Valentine said there are about 107 students involved in the AIM program.

Valentine said the advantage of being a part of an organization

such as the AIM program is having better job opportunities after students graduate college. Valentine also said that 100% of the students involved with AIM have found a job after receiving their undergraduate degree at Marquette.

Ella Coulter, a junior in the College of Business Administration, said one aspect that enticed her to join the program was the alumni network that AIM provides.

“AIM has an incredible alumni network that allows you to tap into those connections and a lot of AIM alumni only hire AIM students out of college which is amazing. It’s such a benefit of being in the program,” Coulter said.

However, Coulter was not always interested in AIM. Coulter

Coulter said that being able to work on the stock pitches and having a professor like Valentine who was a top ten analyst on Wall Street is an amazing opportunity.

Coulter also said being able to work in a cohort with other students allows for a lot of team work.

“I actually just worked on an investment banking competition with three other AIM students and we’re going to a final round in Canada and I wouldn’t of had that opportunity without being in AIM,” Coulter said.

Charlielu Hua, a junior in the College of Business Administration, said he wanted to join AIM because of the realworld experience that is offered.

“The most valuable part about AIM is what we do outside of the classes,” Hua said. “We’re doing real research on companies, we’re making real valuations and doing all of what you would do in an actual job.”

Bogli said he joined the program for similar reasons as Hua. Bogli said through AIM, they learn how to network and how the real work environment operates.

From there, Bogli said the entire AIM program votes on the pitch. If people approve, the pitch will be added to the portfolio.

Within the portfolio, Hua said there are industries and sectors that each student is assigned, and

they’ll conduct research, pitch new stocks and then ultimately buy or sell.

Aside from the experience that the AIM program offers, Bogli enjoys the camaraderie of AIM. Bogli said the program having their own room in the college, and knowing everybody is one of his favorite aspects of AIzaM.

“For me, it’s just that feeling of belonging to the program and everyone around you is there, we’re all doing it together and we’re all working towards that same goal of being good money managers,” Bogli said.

Previously in Straz Hall, Coulter said the AIM room was really “isolating” and “small.”

“Now we have this very big open space — it’s on the first floor and it’s powered with all new monitors. There’s TVs everywhere so it’s been really nice for all of us AIM students.

I’ve been working in there like everyday,” Coulter said.

Coulter said her favorite part about the AIM program is the people she works with.

“Finance is very competitive and difficult but like any job the people you work with is what makes it worth it,” Coulter said.

“Even working on the investment banking case, having a great team is what made it so fun and impactful so and what ultimately led to our success. Definitely the people, we have like the most strong, dedicated, hardworking people in the AIM program.”

The weekly league returns after a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic

The new AIM lab is located on the first floor of the new O’Brien Hall.

Photo by Isabel Bonebrake isabel.bonebrake@marquette.edu

Photo by Alex DeBuhr alexander.debuhr@marquette.edu

Finance students get experience trading with endowment fund

Faculty and staff compete against one another on Mondays

EAGLE: petition created to go back to LIMOs

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the service? What if someone is in danger? It seems really nonsensical to me,” Paola Velazquez, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said.

The EagleExpress vans are not able to pick up students without a prior reservation due to its interface.

“Boarding a van that you have not requested interrupts someone else’s ride,” Amy Oltendorf, a Marquette University Police Department sergeant and EagleExpress supervisor, said in an email.

EagleExpress vans are designed to be dispatched with available seating in mind in order to optimize fleet availability with ride request volumes.

Summer Luna, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said this interface is the cause of several issues within the transportation system.

“The tracker and time don’t always update accurately, so I can’t even tell when my ride was coming or not. A couple of times when the ride did appear, it drove right past me even though it was mine based on the number,” Luna said.

Apart from giving riders an estimated pickup time and location with a pin tracker in order to ensure passengers are as close to the pickup spot as possible, the EagleExpress application sends riders a message five minutes before arriving and once it has reached their pickup spot.

Additionally, EagleExpress vans are supposed to wait two minutes before being able to cancel a passenger’s ride. Although the LIMO service did not always provide approxi-

mate times for pickups, some students have stated that they are positive that the new system has led to an increase in wait times.

“I think the EagleExpress is new and innovative, like Marquette’s version of Uber. The only downside is that arrival times have become a lot longer than before,” Mimi Sinotte, a first-year in the College of Communication, said.

Oltendorf assured that changes had already been made to the platform based on the feedback, lowering average wait times from 9.7 minutes to 5.4.

“Based on early feedback from riders and drivers, as well as a thorough set of analytics from the application we now have access to, the university was aware of early issues impacting the EagleExpress rider experience,” Amy Oltendorf, MUPD sergeant and Eagle-

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Express supervisor, said in an email.

For some, however, these alleged wait time increases have discarded the EagleExpress as a transportation option on campus.

“I don’t take the EagleExpress because the wait times are always long. Most of the time it takes less time for me to walk to my destination than to book a ride and wait,” Velazquez said. However, not all students are able to walk to their destinations on campus. While Sinotte was using crutches at the beginning of the semester, she felt as though the EagleExpress was not a suitable option for her.

“When I rode the EagleExpress it was hard because it is obviously not the most spacious, but I only really used it once during the time period I was injured because it was

The Wisconsin Supreme court primary election takes place today. The two top vote getters will advance to the general election April 4.

United States President Joe Biden visited Ukraine yesterday. This is his first trip to Ukraine since Russia invaded the country nearly a year ago.

“The Importance of Being Earnest” performed by Marquette Theatre opened last week. The show will run through the weekend.

Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent, is tomorrow.

just not the most accessible,” Sinotte said.

The EagleExpress does claim to provide transportation for disabled people on campus, but those benefits are only afforded to those who are in wheelchairs. The application includes a rider type option, which lets passengers specify if they need a wheelchair accessible van and whether they are a student, faculty or staff member.

However, as more students interact with the EagleExpress platform, Oltendorf said it becomes easier for campus safety to correct the issues associated with the program.

“I appreciate everyone’s patience while adjustments were made. I am also grateful for my student staff who are passionate about making EagleExpress the best it can be,” Oltendorf said in an email.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday, Feb. 21

Gender Sexuality Alliance holds GSA game night at the LGBTQ+ Resource Center at 6 p.m.

Black Mindz holds self-care vision boards at AMU 137 from 5 – 6 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 23

Active Minds Marquette holds tote bag decorating at AMU 227 from 6:30 – 8 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 24

Muslim Student Association hosts Syria Earthquake Relief Fundraiser at AMU 157 from 5:30 – 7 p.m.

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EagleExpress operates like a rideshare service such as Uber. The system has been in place since January.

Academic Senate discusses financial ‘pain points’

Ah Yun is hopeful for future undergraduate enrollment at MU

By Kevin Fitzpatrick kevin.m.fitzpatrick@marquette.edu

Marquette University Academic Senate highlighted financial “pain points:” pressing, widespread problems at Marquette that make it increasingly difficult and in some cases impossible to offer academic programs as advertised to current and prospective students.

As defined in a handout given to Academic Senate members by Lowell Barrington, chair of the University Faculty Committee on

Budgets and Financial Planning, some of these “pain points” were emerging prior to COVID-19, but nearly all were made much worse by the budget cuts between 2020-2022.

Barrington said these problems mainly include increased trouble in retaining and recruiting faculty and graduate students, as well as lack of hiring flexibility due to lack of competitive salaries, inadequacy of program support, along with travel and research reductions for faculty. Another issue Barrington mentioned involves inflation, claiming that besides merit, equity and catchup raises, there needs to be an across-the-board raise due to a 3% increase in salary actually

being a 5% pay cut as a result of inflation.

Marquette has seen its instruction cost per student stay relatively steady from 2019 to 2021, with an increase from $12,201 to $13,199, down from 2020’s $14,470 per Vice President for Finance Ian Gonzalez. The most recent Integrated Postsecondary Education Data numbers presented by Gonzalez ranks Marquette one spot outside the top 10 for all Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities for highest instruction cost per student.

“The bulk of it is faculty salaries. As an institution, two-thirds of our expenses are related to salaries,” Gonzalez said.

With early enrollment deposits up from this time last year, growing from 258 to 312 prospective students, Provost Kimo Ah Yun said the financial team feels good about enrollment for the upcoming fall semester, with a focus on encouraging prospective students onto campus.

“Our #1 predictor is getting people to campus. We’re up 18% in visits, so roughly we’ve had about 3800 of our admitted students visit campus that are in the pool this year compared to last year, that was about 3200 at this time. So the fact that more students are visiting campus is a good sign and indicator,” Ah Yun said.

In addition to promising

undergraduate enrollment for the fall 2023 semester, Ah Yun is encouraged by graduate student enrollment data. Ah Yun mentioned the university is expecting a higher number of undergraduate students for the upcoming summer semester, despite a drop in applicants.

“Looking ahead to fall of 2023, which is really early, we’re about up 15% from last year, so that’s a good sign. But again, early and we have a long way to go and I’ll make sure I keep updating you as we move forward,” Ah Yun said.

With budgetary issues looming, Ah Yun wants to hear faculty input to improve university education.

“If you have ideas for growing academic programs, talk to your dean, let’s figure out what are our opportunities. I don’t want good ideas left on the table. If there are opportunities that we think are available, we should begin exploring them,” Ah Yun said.

Jeanne Hossenlopp, vice president for research and innovation, believes that more collaboration between all groups on campus is needed to improve the university, stressing the need to get ideas on the table.

“I’m looking at student representatives here who wanna make sure that we find good ways to engage student voices,” Hossenlopp said. “Start getting everybody together, talk across the groups. I envision that as groups have conversations, ideas and questions will emerge that will want to be iterated to other groups. So view this as an ongoing conversation.”

The Academic Senate will meet next on Monday, March 20 to discuss finalizations on budgetary commitments.

MUPD: crisis worker recently hired

Continued from page 1 have their versions of a behavioral health unit and it’s been very effective. Not only has it been addressing the folks that we’re constantly being called to, so that kind of fixes the problem, but then also it alleviates hours and hours where our officers aren’t stuck handling this when they can actually be out there trying to prevent crime,” Hensley said. In fall of last year, MUPD was in the process of hiring a mental health professional. Recently, they’ve officially hired a crisis worker to work in the unit. The Marquette Wire made multiple requests to MUPD to interview the newly hired crisis worker, but were unable to get in contact with her prior to the publication date.

In Wisconsin, being a crisis worker requires a 16-hour training.

“She’s a former police officer, so she’s got a little bit of that knowledge of what we’re called to do and she’s been doing this very job in another jurisdiction, so she was a really nice fit for us,” Hensley said.

Hensley said she’ll go out to wherever the call is from and try to help, but they don’t have the basics of her role fully established yet.

“What they are doing right now, though, is they are going out into the community and compiling a list of resources that are going to be available, not just to the unit, but at three in the morn-

ing when our officers are coming across some of these calls for service that they’ll be able to reach out to and get the assistance that the people need at that time of day,” Hensley said. Hensley said they’re looking into ways to get these people back on their medication

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and finding them affordable housing.

“The challenge right now is: suppose that an officer at one in the morning is getting sent to somebody sleeping in our parking structure, and they’re addressing that single moment in time which may be taking them to a shelter or dropping them off at a

relative’s house, but two days later they’re getting sent back out to that same person,” Kranz said.

The behavioral health unit is instead going to follow up with that individual to ensure they find a stable situation.

“It’s part of the personnel that Marquette talks about all the time, it’s helping the entire person and that’s kind of the goal of this unit,” Kranz said.

The Universirty Academic Senate met Monday. Lowell Barrigton chair of the UFPRC presented on financial “pain points” due to budget cuts.

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Haggerty Museum showcases queer art projects

LGBTQ+ Resource Center hosts first event of its kind

By Clara Lebrón clara.lebron@marquette.edu

Last week, Marquette’s Haggerty Museum was filled with art pieces, but not those that usually occupy its walls. Tables filled with canvases and statues were sprawled around the preexisting exhibits. From prints on white paper, to Muppets made with felt and glitter, to huge canvases with glittering paint, every piece showcased was different than the last.

Last Friday, Marquette’s art museum became home to an LGBTQ+ art show featuring pieces created by Marquette student artists. Students were welcome to inspect the collection curated by the staff and interns at the LGBTQ+ Resource Center.

Student artists were able to showcase pieces from various mediums, from statues to paintings, to prints and even video digital art were visible throughout the exhibit.

Additionally, the LGBTQ+ Resource Center provided art appreciators with refreshments and complimentary accessories such as stickers and pencils.

“This project was dreamed up by our social justice intern Katie Jacobson. She proposed the plan back in September and we’ve been working towards

it ever since. Queer expression is such an ingrained part of the queer experience, it’s a beautiful opportunity for our community at Marquette,” Emma Wuetrich, the assistant director of the LGBTQ+ Resource Center, said in an email.

Jacobson, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, was the gallery’s main curator and organizer.

“Back in September, I just had an inkling that I wanted to do an art show, and it kinda just developed from there. I was definitely worried about turnout, but I just wanted to facilitate this space for queer artists at Marquette,” Jacobson said.

The event attracted dozens of participants, welcoming each with a clipboard, a scavenger hunt list and several paper hearts that onlookers were encouraged to leave throughout the exhibit in order to compliment the artists behind the pieces presented.

“I love that this has become a communal space. To me, art is about the people you meet and the groups that you get to interact with and really get to love each other and find community,” Juniper Beatty, a graduate student in the Student Affairs in Higher Education program, said.

Beatty, who was an employee of the LGBTQ+ resource center prior to graduating, was one of the students whose art was featured.

“I think that it’s really great when queer students can express themselves at Marquette because I think it’s really important to find

On Feb. 17 the Haggerty Museum of Art showcased queer art made by Marquette community members.

spaces and times to really celebrate each other, and I think this night is all about sharing joy. It’s very fitting since my art is meant to show appreciation for the little things,” Beatty said.

Beatty’s pieces consisted of prints of different objects, such as mushrooms and flowers.

As the activity came to a close, participants were invited to huddle together and participate in a raffle, concluding the night with a chance to win a Haggerty T-shirt. More than 80 people were registered at the event, exceeding Jacobson’s

initial expectations.

“I’m really grateful for the turnout. I really just wanted to make a space for queer artists here on campus. I don’t know how it will all turn out logistically, but I really hope we can continue to provide this type of resource to students in the future,” Jacobson said.

This activity is only one example of an event spearheaded by LGBTQ+ Resource Center employees. Projects conceptualized by interns and staff members at the Center are constantly being developed.

“These activities usually start with a concept that one of our coworkers came up with. It was all Katie’s idea, but with added aid from the rest of the Center,” Daequan Muirnead, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said. Muirhead is soon scheduled to host his own event through the LGBTQ+ Center, a movie viewing for students to watch and discuss together.

Phoebe Goebel contributed to this report

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Painting and sipping to encourage political involvement

NAACP hosts artistic event, while helping with voter registration

By Sophia Tiedge sophia.tiedge@marquette.edu

NAACP combined brushes and beverages at their “Paint and Sip” event to create an environment for creativity and community.

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People hosted an event Friday, Feb. 17 in the 707 Hub for students to paint, eat snacks and make connections with other students of color at Marquette.

“It’s just more of like a laid back chill thing for students to come and relax, get to meet each other, especially for the freshmen,” Lojain Gamer, a senior in the College of Health Sciences, said.

Gamer said this is the second time NAACP hosted a Paint and Sip event this year.

“We realized that when we did it the last time, we had a pretty good turnout and we got a lot of feedback that people enjoyed it, so that’s why we decided to do it again. And then with it being Black History Month, we wanted a few events for students of color to come and be able to interact with each other,” Gamer said.

NAACP hoped that some

students, especially first-year students, were able to attend the event and make connections with other students.

“I think it just gives people outlets to get more involved, but also to use art as a way to bring conversation. I think often you need things to spark it, and just being able to have that sense of commonality is nice,” Bridgeman Flowers, a junior in the College of Education, said.

Since his first year at Marquette, Flowers said he has seen the

benefits of being involved in NAACP, specifically seeing people get to express themselves through art.

Flowers is a part of the organization RISE, which sponsored the “Paint and Sip” event for NAACP. Part of their mission is to help people understand voting and get involved in the voting process. Flowers hoped that this event would spark conversation about voting since everyone who attended the event also registered to vote.

“I think often politics get very serious and you feel overwhelmed and it might feel like it’s bigger than you, but having a central conversation in a central location allows it to be more free,” Flowers said.

Gamar said NAACP tries to partner with organizations like RISE to help them stick to their mission of advocacy. She said partnering with other organizations helps them get students more active in the voting process.

Samari Price, a senior in the

College of Arts & Sciences and former president of NAACP, said that since the Wisconsin State Supreme Court election is coming up, they wanted to host an event to give a space for students to relax while also giving them a place to talk about the election. RISE is a non-partisan organization, so they don’t encourage students to vote for a specific candidate but to do more research.

“Students always love these kinds of events just because of the music and painting, but also the snacks and the drinks, so we wanted to do a take on that and also incorporate something about the Wisconsin Supreme Court election,” Price said.

Price said that a lot of the students who attend their events happen to be first-years, and they might not be from Wisconsin or even know they can vote here. Price said they hope to provide those students with information on how they can vote in Wisconsin.

“Our voices do matter, but definitely do your research. Don’t pick anything based on who people tell you to vote for, because, for many people, the reason why they vote is different. I like to do the research to figure out what each candidate stands for and then kind of align that what you believe in,” Price said.

‘Shark Tank’ style competition kicks off at Marquette

tremendously. I’ve seen students become better speakers, more confident in their ideas. They’ve become champions for ideation and creativity and explorers in their own right.”

By Kevin Fitzpatrick kevin.m.fitzpatrick@marquette.edu

The 707 Hub’s “Brewed Ideas Challenge” has Marquette students competing in a “Shark Tank” style competition for a share of $23,000 in grants for traditional business ideas and social innovations.

The deadline to apply for the competition is Feb. 28. From there, 10 finalists will be selected to present their ideas to a panel of three judges, the majority consisting of employees of the sponsoring company: The Brady Corporation. Marquette and Brady have collaborated on like–minded competitions for around a decade, with this being the seventh installment of the “Brewed Ideas Challenge.” The challenge also matches Marquette students with mentors within the Brady Corp.

“I think programs like the ‘Brewed Ideas Challenge’ give Marquette students a platform to say ‘I have an idea and I’m gonna take a chance and try to put it into action,” Kelsey Otero, senior director of community engagement, said. “All of our students who have been participants, whether they’ve won money or not, have grown

Otero oversees the competition and programming in the 707 Hub, believing this competition to be unique for its ability to allow students to pitch ideas from a social impact perspective along with a traditional business track.

“You’re able to see really easily just how passionate Marquette students are and how passionate young people are about solving major social challenges,” Otero said. “I think there’s something really powerful about recognizing that when we see a problem we don’t have to just identify it as a problem. We can think about solutions and ways to make things better.”

For Otero, it’s students like Wendy Pérez, a senior in the College of Business Administration, that can make a difference with their ideas. Pérez and her team were awarded $8,500 in the 2021 competition for her team’s social innovation idea, “Community. Books. You.,” a free textbook lending service for firstgeneration students at Marquette. Pérez is currently working to promote the challenge, stressing its ability to have an impact on other first-generation students.

“We didn’t think we had what it took to win, but we stepped out of our comfort zones and we pitched that year and I really liked my experience with the Brewed Ideas Challenge as a competitor because you get mentorship and you get to meet other entrepreneurs too and it’s a really nice community and just even the event itself was really nice,” Pérez said. “Anyone that is very passionate can definitely make a difference.”

Pérez believes she has grown not just her business skills with this competition but improved her communication skills with an emphasis on public speaking, something that was previously out of her comfort zone. Pérez credits her team’s mentor, Brian Smith, the vice president of sales at Brady Corp, for a lot of this growth.

“He was really able to guide us, we were able to ask him any questions and he was able to tell us a lot about his experience with his career and also just that business mindset that he had. It was really helpful for us that he was really straightforward and helping us in that sense.” Pérez said. “It really was a mindset shift and the networking aspect and then also the skills, the guidance, that was that was really helpful.”

Smith believes mentors are an important way to grow in the business field, using real–world

experience to help their mentees grow. While maintaining this growth mindset, Smith said there are a few things students need to have figured out to succeed in this competition.

“If I was talking to would–be participants, I would tell them be very creative, be very curious, but you need to really think ‘is this an idea of something that is sustainable, viable beyond just my dorm hall,’ for example. This is something that needs to be bigger than you and your circle of friends. It needs to be bigger than Marquette, probably needs to be bigger than Milwaukee to really be all it can be,” Smith said.

The competition, judged on a

45 point scale, takes place at the end of April, with the 10 final groups chosen March 8, allowing for finalists to work with these mentors, as well as workshops, to improve their skills. Otero said that the main thing judges look for is an understanding of the customer and making sure finalists have done their research.

“I often tell students that people will remember stories more than they’ll remember facts. Numbers and facts are important, they’re great, it justifies the work that you’re doing, but we will forget that really quickly, but we will remember the story that someone told us,” Otero said.

NAACP hosted the event in the 707 hub to help students connect with each other and register to vote.

The deadline to apply for the Brewed Ideas Challenge is Feb.28.

Photo by Keifer Russell keifer.russell@marquette.edu

Photo by Katie Craig katharine.craig@marquette.edu

MUR RADIO SHOW FEATURE

Listen to Natalie Murray and Trudy Lane share their favorite songs

Thursdays from 10 to 11p.m. on Trudy and Nat’s Fireside Chats. Find them on Instagram @trudyandnatsfiresidechats

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ACROSS

5. Traditional Mardi Gras dish

7. What beads used to be made of

8. Location of parade

11. Hidden item embedded in King Cake

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13. The Monday before Mardi Gras

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2. Decorative necklace thrown around

3. Everyone on a float must wear a ___ or paint their face

4. Another name for Mardi Gras

6. Day after Mardi Gras

9. City in Louisiana

10. Catholic holiday following Mardi Gras

15. Purple, green and gold

16. Group of organization or friends that ride parade floats

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2. Cupid

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5. Valentine’s

9. Eros

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

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Q&A: Radio Roulette’s Milwaukee-based artists

The MU Radio event featured music from a

range of genres

By Sofia Cortes sofia.cortes@marquette.edu

Marquette Radio took over the Union Sports Annex this past Friday night for Radio Roulette, previously known as Battle of the Bands. The event was recently renamed with the goal of opening up to not just musical artists and bands, but any genre of performative art.

Before the show, I had the opportunity to ask the artists a few questions about themselves, their music and the performance.

CLEOPATRA HOZE

Cleopatra Hoze is an independent singer/songwriter on the rise who mixes the soothing sounds of ethereal bedroom pop-like music.

How do you feel about being the event’s opener?

“I’m kind of nervous about it, but this way I can get it out of the way and enjoy the other artist’s performances without any nerves or anxiety.”

What can the audience expect to hear tonight?

“I’m performing my most recent single titled “BUNNY BOY” that I just released this Valentine’s Day, and it’ll be my first time singing it live, and then I’ll be doing some of my more popular songs.”

BUG MOMENT

This genre-fluid musical group blends the different sounds of alternative, pop and emo-adjacent music that gives Bug Moment its unique energy and stage presence.

The band is made up of lead singer Jasmine’s vocals, Gray’s production and guitar, Aidan on the drums and bassist Eli.

What’s the best part about the Milwaukee music scene?

“Getting to meet so many people we genuinely love, and just getting to hang

out and play with your best friends. In the Milwaukee music scene, artists are kind of on the same team since Milwaukee’s music often gets overlooked due to Chicago being so close.”

If you could describe your band in a few words, what would they be?

“Experimental, versatile and genre-fluid.”

SPIDER CREEK

With about 30 members in their group, Spider Creek is a genre-fluid production-house collective that blends production, singing and instrumentals.

How would you describe the group’s dynamic?

“We all play a role here. We team up on merch, production, visuals, everything. It’s like everyone does a little bit of everything.”

What’s next for Spider Creek?

“Our entire collective is going to be releasing solo albums one after another, with some singles and EPs thrown in there as well. We’re also doing a college tour over the summer, and just getting out and performing more.”

MICAH EMRICH

An artist that refuses to be bound by genres with his mix of alternative and electronic music using pop undertones creates the unique sound of Micah Emrich.

How would you describe your sound?

“My sound is definitely underlying pop, but it’s kind of a multi-genre encompassing pop. I usually call myself alternative or genre-fluid because there isn’t a genre that I feel speaks to my music yet.”

How do you feel about the Annex as a venue?

“I’ve actually been here once before, but it was to watch other artists perform. The cameras, the swinging arms — you don’t see that at other venues.”

What’s a goal of yours as an artist?

“One of my goals is to play Summerfest this year, and

also just to keep progressing and meet other artists.”

DUWAYNE

Artist Duwayne mixes melodic expression and production-based sounds to create his unique style. Not only a vocalist, but he also plays the guitar and drums.

How would you describe your sound?

“The best way I feel that I can describe myself right now would be a hip-hop artist since that’s what I’ve recently been putting out as an artist. I branch out at the same time, and just kind of do whatever I feel. In the next few months with more releases, things could change — I’d like to flex my versatility a little bit.”

What makes you stand out from other artists?

“At the end of the day one thing I feel that separates me is how I became a drummer first, then guitarist, and how I can blend instrumentals with my vocals. Having that musical background in the instrumentalist world has helped me connect bridges in my career.”

SOCIAL CIG

Musical project created by singer/guitarist Parker along with bandmates Jake playing guitar, Austin playing bass, and Kai on drums, Social Cig emits the sounds of alternative rock and indie music.

How does skateboarding intersect with your music?

“I would say my music is kind of indie-surf rock-like, but I don’t surf, I skate a lot. I think I take a lot of influences from that general feeling of sunny days, skateboarding, and enjoying life as much as possible. I’m just trying to put happiness out into the world.”

How are you guys feeling after the sound check?

“We’re feeling good, feeling excited. Thinking we’ll get some food before the performance, hang out and chill with the other bands who also happen to be our friends, too.”

Photo by Keifer Russell

Artists competed to win the opportunity to open for Spring Concert.

Peppur Chambers: Marquette alum and author

Series of novels set in 1940s Harlem, NY empowers women

By Aiyona Calvin aiyona.calvin@marquette.edu

Peppur Chambers is a 1992 Marquette graduate and studied advertising. However, she pivoted her career, and instead wanted to make a difference by writing books and empowering Black women.

“I started writing because I love the world that you can create with words. I love that you can disappear,” Chambers said. “When I write, no one can interrupt me; I am in my own little bubble.”

Chambers began writing her first fiction novel, “Harlem’s Awakening,” in the early 2000s.

The book is about an 18-yearold wealthy Black woman named Harlem, in the 1940s, who moves from North Carolina to Harlem, New York. It takes the reader on the journey of Harlem’s life and navigating the violence and hardships she encounters in New York.

With “Harlem’s Awakening” released in 2013, now Chambers is set to release the sequel

called “Harlem’s Last Dance“ on March 23. This novel will continue Harlem’s journey as she grows into a young Black woman. Chambers is also planning to continue the series by releasing a third book in the future.

The series is set in the 1940s because of Chambers’ love for the period and the vintage aesthetic. She said she also loves that this book asks readers to use a little bit of imagination and picture the scenes.

“Everything nowadays is so in your face, and nothing is left to the imagination,” Chambers said. “What I wanted is this concept of innuendos, there’s a little bit of mystery still and I used that as a device for myself, so nothing is on the nose.”

The novel highlights aspects of the 1940s but being that the book is from the point of view of a young woman brings another perspective to the story. Chambers relates to the character and almost looks at Harlem like it is herself, and it is “autobiographical in a sense.”

“When you’re 18 it’s like you’re this adult but you’re so young and naïve and don’t know what’s going on, and sometimes people will try to take advantage

of you,” Chambers said. “Being an 18-year-old is a pivotal age to find your voice and speak up.”

This book shows a lot of Harlem’s journeys and the struggles she must overcome to make it in the big city, because being young and alone comes with a lot of challenges.

“Harlem has her life ahead of

will literally hear a character talking, and I will just write what I am hearing and fill in the bits and pieces,” Chambers said. “Then I use my senses — like, what am I seeing, what am I hearing, what am I touching, what am I feeling and use that.”

While writing “Harlem’s Awakening,” Chambers wanted to write a fiction book that had an impactful message. She wanted to include the concept of social class, and how Black women are usually viewed as poor.

Chambers wrote this book with the intended audience to be women between the ages of 18 and 45. She also targeted Black women and wanted “Harlem’s Awakening” to show Black people in a positive, strong light.

her, and I wanted to grow with her,” Chambers said.

“Harlem’s Awakening” took 13 years for Chambers to write. She details how writing for her starts with dialogue and visuals.

“When it comes to fiction there are two things that I do — because I have an acting background, I hear dialogue first. I

When Chambers was reached out to by some of her peers, she noticed that this demographic did not have to be her only audience and this work of art could spark conversation among all ages, races and genders.

“Harlem’s Awakening” was read in a book club by some of her Marquette friends, which included white males over 40. While this was the first time Chambers had done a book club

meeting with this demographic, she enjoyed the experience.

Chambers continues her work outside of writing through women’s empowerment and representation. She created the Brown Betties, an organization that is geared to empower Black Women and show representation in the pin-up world. Which are women who represent independence and dress in an appealing way.

Chambers created the stage version of the book prior to it being published. The stage version was a dinner theater show titled, “Harlem’s Night.” At the dinner theater show, patrons enjoyed a show performed by the Brown Betties, while enjoying a nice dinner.

She was inspired to create the Brown Betties from two iconic pin-up characters, Bettie Paige and Betty Boop. The Brown Betties consist of four Black Women, love, hate, want and need.

“There was not a lot of Black representation in the pin-up world. I always wanted to be a pin-up girl so I embodied that,” Chambers said. “A Brown Bettie deserves their spotlight, and everyone deserves to shine no matter what their story is.”

REVIEW: M3GAN thrills but confuses audience

Film emphasizes the dangers of tech and artificial intelligence

By Phoebe Goebel phoebe.goebel@marquette.edu

Do you ever walk out of a movie theater and think to yourself, “What the heck did I just watch?” Well, this happened to me when I saw the movie “M3GAN.”

As the world continues to advance in technology, the concept of “M3GAN” is pretty realistic:

“M3GAN” is a children’s toy that is a life-sized robot made to serve as a child’s best friend. Like in a lot of movies based on artificial intelligence, we learn that this ideal toy has a demented side to it.

After her parents died in a car crash, Cady moves to live with her Aunt Gemma. Gemma is a creator for a popular children’s toy manufacturer, and she attempts to construct the perfect children’s toy: “M3GAN.”

“M3GAN” is capable of helping children learn and grow, while also serving as a companion

for a child. Cady is paired with “M3GAN,” and the toy company is so fascinated by “M3GAN” that they decide to launch the toy.

After “M3GAN” is told to protect Cady at all costs, she takes this assignment very seriously, and does some pretty unimaginable things to ensure Cady’s safety. Gemma comes to realize that “M3GAN” is seriously hurting people and tries to permanently shut her down.

“M3GAN” was released last year and is still currently only in theaters. As someone who isn’t the biggest fan of AI films, I think that Gerard Johnstone, the director, did a good job with what he had overall making the audience fearful of “M3GAN.”

Throughout the entire movie, my eyes were glued to the screen. As the plot of the film unfolded, new surprises presented themselves which kept the audience locked in. While some of these moments were predictable, they still kept me wondering what would happen next in the entire film.

The overall mood of the film was pretty dark and dreary,

which emphasized the danger of “M3GAN” herself. I really like the look of “M3GAN” because there was a good balance between robotic and realistic human features. Her overall mannerisms were super creepy, and I think that Amir Donald, who played her, did a great job at embodying what the character was meant to be.

While I thought “M3GAN” was acted well, the rest of the acting really lacking throughout the entire film. It wasn’t very professional across all of the characters, and it was hard to tell whether or not they were being serious. It was at moments like these that the entire audience began to laugh because it felt like the actors were making a joke. In terms of the cinematography, I enjoyed the different camera angles that were used throughout the film. There were a lot of close up on characters which did add to the seriousness of all of it, and when “M3GAN” was on camera, the different shots used to show her made her persona even more creepy. At times the camera was a little shaky, and I couldn’t

tell if this was on purpose or not.

I do think that “M3GAN” is a really good movie, but I would wait to watch it at home as I don’t think it’s worth running

to the theaters right now. Overall, I really enjoyed the film and thought it had a great lesson about watching what we do with AI in the future.

M3GAN and Cady’s relationship starts well, but takes a dark turn.

Photo courtesy of Peppur Chambers

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STAFF EDITORIAL

Marquette active shooter training must be mandatory

In the wake of the Michigan State University shooting, Marquette must readdress how it informs students about what to do in the event of an active shooter. With an increase in school shootings over the last decade, it is imperative that Marquette demonstrates its concern for the safety of students through a strategic response in the wake of this tragic event.

Feb. 13 at 8:15 p.m., an active shooter was reported at Michigan State. Three students were killed and five others were critically wounded according to police. Police captured the suspect around 11 p.m., who then proceeded to kill himself.

This incident shows how Marquette is not immune to

school shootings. Marquette and Michigan State are both universities in the Midwest; the shooting at Michigan State could’ve easily been at Marquette. Shootings certainly aren’t becoming any less common. In 2022 there were 640 mass shootings in the U.S., which shows a sharp increase compared to just 2019 when there were only 417. Since 1966, there have been 12 shootings at colleges where more than three people were killed and outside of mass shootings there have been over 300 instances of gunfire on college campuses. While shootings at universities are less common than those at grade schools or high schools, it is still important that students be aware

of what to do in the event of a shooting.

Although Marquette does have a very good infrastructure for student safety, such as the Marquette University Police Department and the Eagle Eye app, it fails to actively inform students on what to do in the event of an active shooter. Marquette has no compulsory active shooter training for students. It offers optional active shooter training from MUPD, as well as two videos online that cover the “Run. Hide. Fight.” protocol as laid out by the FBI. Both options students have to seek out to be aware of them. This training should be mandatory for everyone. This is why Marquette must make greater efforts to inform students on what to do in the

event of an active shooter.

According to the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs, it is crucial for schools to have a critical incident response plan in place.

A similar program to Red Watch Band training, which is a course that first years take going over alcohol safety, should be instituted that goes over the particulars of the “Run. Hide. Fight.” protocol that Marquette follows. This protocol encourages students to, in the event of an active shooter, evacuate if possible, hide silently in as safe a place as possible and finally take action to disrupt or incapacitate the shooter.

During syllabus week professors and students should go

Free Puerto Rico

The United State’s governance of Puerto Rico has left the island in a very precarious state. While wealthy Americans continue to move to the island, incentivized by tax breaks and the promise of tropical weather, Puerto Ricans continue to be priced out of their homes and forced to leave the island or continue to fight for their space on it daily.

Puerto Rico has never been free. Before the United States’ occupation of the island in 1898, Puerto Rico had been a colony of the Spanish government for over 400 years. Throughout its rich, diverse, extensive history as a territory and as a home to many, Puerto Ricans have never had the final say in what happens in Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rican legislators and executive officials have no say in any immigration or economic policies, as territories have no control over the federal processes that are considered necessary by United States officials.

In many respects, Puerto Ricans, who are U.S. Nationals, are treated as second-class citizens. In the recent U.S. v. Vaello Madero case, Puerto Ricans were denied certain Social Security benefits that are afforded to residents of the 50 states. As such, many continue to feel devalued by their position in the United States’ hegemonic state.

Additionally, tax exemptions that are advertised by the U.S. government have been a consistent threat to life on the island for the past years. Although Americans who move to Puerto Rico are not afforded their rights as continental U.S. citizens while on the island, the people moving to the island can typically afford the expensive airplane trips back and forth from the United States if necessary, a luxury many of the residents that are being pushed out of their homes cannot.

Some on the island believe that these tax exemptions are opening the door for a brighter tomorrow: statehood. However, the odds of congress confirming that decision are slim. Several referendums have already been conducted on the island, none granting any sort

of change to the actual status of the island. Although the United States was founded on the war cry of “no taxation without representation”, that is not a reality for those who are not “American enough” to be deemed worthy of being represented.

Instead, Puerto Rico should be able to govern and manage itself, as it has never been allowed to do before in an official sense.

The Puerto Rican Legislative Assembly, which has been a fixture of Puerto Rico since before the United States appropriated the island, would be capable of creating new regulations that could positively impact economic growth and travel.

As a country, Puerto Rico should also be able to set their own travel restrictions and regulations regarding diseases such as COVID-19. Puerto Rico was heavily praised by United States health officials for their successful handling of the pandemic and vaccination with 84% of the island’s residents being fully vaccinated and 95% having at least one dose of the vaccine. As such, Puerto Ricans have proved that there is not a need for constant

supervision and guidance from the United States.

Additionally, by reaching an independent status, Puerto Rico could benefit from collaborating with other Caribbean and Latin American countries, as well as strengthening the bonds they already have with countries that the United States has allowed trade with such as Ireland and Singapore.

A higher involvement with international organizations could also increase Puerto Rico’s presence on the global scale.

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over how they would respond to an active shooter in their respective classrooms. They should have a conversation about how students would exit the building, hide in the classroom or what could be used to incapacitate the shooter. It is deeply necessary for students, faculty and staff to undergo obligatory training which lays out concisely what should be done in the event of a shooter on campus. These are people’s lives potentially at stake and even though the event of a shooting on a college campus isn’t overwhelmingly common, it is still important that Marquette inform students, faculty and staff properly on how to respond.

fee all grow from the island’s fields, and increasing production could increase the island’s GDP while also creating a larger capability for trade and lessening the public’s dependence on foreign crops.

As such, Puerto Rico’s constant crisis could be fixed, but only by finally taking a leap of faith into the future as a country and emancipating ourselves from our past.

Clara Lebrón

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Krisha Patel

Recently, Rihanna wowed her fans and those watching the Super Bowl with her halftime show performance. Given the fact that she was pregnant, she couldn’t do as many stunts or dress changes like

Lip-Syncing is not fair to fans

many performers in the past. However, this time, there is some speculation that she was lip-syncing.

Lip-syncing is when the artist uses a former recorded track of them singing and mouths the words. Sometimes it can be noticed by the audience, and it questions the performer’s genuineness of

the performance. It makes the performance less worthwhile and just a waste of time.

Lip-syncing is a talent in itself. A popular TV show, “Lip-Sync Battle” showcases contestants trying to lip-sync popular songs and go against one another. However, it is different when it’s done in a competition versus a live show.

Rihanna isn’t the first singer to get caught lipsyncing. Beyonce lip-synced at the presidential inauguration. Beyonce’s rationale was that she was unprepared and wanted the focus to be on the inauguration itself.

Another example is Britney Spears. She had a residency in Las Vegas in which she was caught lip-syncing a song called “Perfume.”

Audience members are quick to notice when the performer is lip-syncing. The biggest one is the position of the microphone. If the position of the microphone stays consistent throughout the whole performance, then there is evidence to suggest they are lip-syncing. If they are actually singing, then they would move their microphone as the intensity of their voice changes.

The main reason why lipsyncing angers fans is because they wasted time and money

to see someone perform, not listen to a recording. Lipsyncing is not as much of a talent as singing, and anyone could really do it.

It’s just disappointing as a fan and really makes you question the whole point of going to concerts. Concert tickets can sell up to several thousand dollars, especially if they are good seats, but there’s no point in going if the performers aren’t actually singing.

Fans should also get a refund if they end up going to a concert that was lip-synced the entire time. That’s like going to see a comedian use someone else’s jokes. There is no originality.

Furthermore, they can go to raves, which are DJ performances of the singer and tickets are at a much lower price.

Similar to lip-syncing is the use of auto-tune. This is when the singers electronically correct their singing in the studio. This gives fans the wrong impression of what their voice would actually sound like. Cher was actually the first singer to use autotune in her song “Believe” when it came out in 1998.

Another example is when The Chainsmokers and Halsey performed their song “Closer” back at the VMAs in 2016. Halsey is a singer while The

Chainsmokers are known for being the DJ in many songs. However, fans were quick to notice Drew Taggart sounded nothing like his voice in the recorded version of the song and, in fact, harmed the performance.

Auto-tune is also disheartening for those who want to become singers. It makes it seem as if having a good voice will never make it big if technology alters everything. While it is used for an artistic effect, it’s become so overused that it outshines the actual voice.

Both examples show false advertising and representation of the singer. The audience goes in with the full intention of experiencing the talent of the singer live. It almost feels as if they are cheated out of a good show. It’s not fair on the singer’s end to deceive the audience like that either.

Imagine going to a concert just to find a person you idolize mouthing their lips to music you listen to off your phone on a daily basis. There is no point to go see the singer you idolize when you could be doing the same exact thing at home.

Krisha Patel is a senior studying nursing and Spanish for the health professions. She can be reached at krisha.patel@marquette.edu

Difference between coercion and consent

Having a relationship is not an entitlement to sex.

An acquaintance, a friend, a significant other or a spouse should all have at the core of a relationship: a mutual understanding of respect and consent and yet, this is still a foreign concept to some.

One of the most concerning aspects regarding sexual assault is the trauma that can be induced by someone that you believe to be close to, someone you consider to be a friend or a partner. 85% of rapes are committed by someone the survivor knows and may trust.

There’s a difference that may not be fully understood between sexual coercion and sexual consent. Sexual coercion can be defined as “unwanted sexual activity that

happens when you are pressured, tricked, threatened, or forced in a nonphysical way,” according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. However, sexual consent is free and willing participation in a sexual act without any threat or pressure to engage.

Consent is not existent when a person feels threatened, pressured, under the influence of alcohol or drugs, physically incapable of agreeing, has an imbalanced power dynamic, or withdrawals consent at any point before or during the sexual experience. This is non-negotiable, including within the dynamics of a relationship.

The methods used by those who pressure an individual into sex can lead to confusion and denial about sexual assault because it may be normalized in a marriage or a romantic relationship to engage in sexual activity. However, despite these relationships,

the person still has the right to say “no.”

50% of men aged 18-34 agreed with the statement, “If your girlfriend is willing to kiss you, they must be willing to do other sexual acts.” This conditional aspect of a relationship does not incorporate the standard of consent.

This conditional line of thinking can then influence the way that women can be verbally coerced into sexual relationships, as research shows the most basic standard in sex — consent — was nonexistent in more than half of women’s first sexual experiences.

Far beyond an individual’s first sexual experience, this entitlement can manifest itself in marriage as an estimated one in seven women experienced physical or sexual assault by an intimate partner or husband in 2018. However, this number may be higher because the statistic fails to incorporate the increase

in domestic violence situations that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.

While sexual assault is not a uniquely female experience, as men can be sexually abused as well, it happens to women under the age of 18 at an alarmingly higher rate when compared to men. 93% of these perpetrators are known to the victim when they are underage.

This is not an issue that affects our adults but our children and teenagers as well. Over ten million girls under the age of 18 have experienced rape or attempted rape, which increases the likelihood that they may experience sexual violence as an adult. Experiencing sexual assault has the potential to create a cycle, but we have the power to break that.

The difference between sexual coercion and sexual consent must be known. Rape is still rape when it is committed by someone you know.

Listening to survivors must be a priority.

A relationship is not a gateway to any sexual relationship. At the end of the day, no one is entitled to you.

Laura Niezgoda is a junior studying communication studies and criminology and law studies. She can be reached at laura.niezgoda@marquette.edu

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Jones becomes ‘alpha’ on one of nation’s top teams

Sophomore guard leads

game

By Jackson Gross jackson.gross@marquette.edu

When unranked Marquette stunned then-No. 6 Baylor Nov. 29 at Fiserv Forum, the Golden Eagles put the country on notice.

Sophomore guard Kam Jones also sent a notice to the coaching staff.

“That game (against Baylor) showed us that Kam can be an alpha for us on both ends of the floor,” assistant coach DeAndre Haynes said. “He took that and he ran with it and we knew right then and there that we had a different Kam in here, he’s a different breed.”

For the next five games, starting with Wisconsin Dec. 3, Jones averaged 20 points per game with a career high 26 against the Badgers.

Haynes said Jones being an alpha with the team hasn’t always been the case, as he came into Marquette as a quiet person.

“Everything was like ‘Yes

sir’ and really quiet,” Haynes said. “He came in, he really wasn’t talking to nobody. In the film room, guys are separated, sitting away from each other, but as time went on, he got a lot more comfortable with me and his teammates.”

Part of the reason he wasn’t as vocal his first year was the transition from a star player in high school to a role player in college.

“Coming in as a freshman everybody was the man their senior year of high school, especially at this level,” Jones said. “Going from a leader to more of a role player, you tend to have those doubts to where you see something but you don’t want to say it, (and) are they going to listen?”

Jones also experienced an adjustment period on the court before the season even started. One example was a drill during the summer, where Jones was matched up oneon-one against junior guard Tyler Kolek.

“I was closing out short every time because I’m not trying to get beat and so he hit four in a row and I

remember him telling coach he’d hit 100 in a row,” Jones said. “At this point, I’m not letting him shoot no more, so I close out high and he goes right by me and he lays it up and I was like sheesh, so I see what I gotta do (now).”

Despite the growing pains, head coach Shaka Smart saw the potential of Jones down the stretch of the season.

“I felt like last year in the second half of the season in practice he was the best scorer on our team,” Smart said.

Now in his second season, Haynes said Jones has taken that role of the big time scorer with the departure of Justin Lewis.

Jones said accepting that role has been important in his development as a leader.

“Just embracing my role that I am a respected player on the team, my voice is respected and knowing that helps a lot as far as talking,” Jones said. “Knowing people are going to listen, knowing people are going to take in what you’re saying definitely gives me confidence.”

After averaging 7.4 points per game, Jones has doubled that average up to 14.9 points per game while shooting 46.9% from the field, a 5.4% increase from his 41.5% shooting from a year ago.

That all came with Jones learning to trust his teammates and the staff, Jones said.

“The relationships we have with one another are genuine,” Jones said. “Having that around me, embracing that as well and not take it for granted.”

Kolek said that Jones shows

that same level of authenticity with the rest of the team.

“His biggest thing is he really loves us and we love him and that’s something for every guy on our team,” Kolek said. “We love everybody on our team and that’s one of our biggest advantages.”

Haynes said he saw Jones’ growth in trust translate on the court during Marquette’s win over Xavier Feb. 15 despite shooting 2-for-14.

“He was positive on the bench, talking with everybody. Some guys would have gone into a hole, he doesn’t do that so that was growth,” Haynes said. “He was quiet last year, we had to talk to him, he would go into his shell, but now his head is poked up (and saying to) Stevie (Mitchell) hey keep your head up, stay ready, hey coach I’m ready to go back in, he wasn’t saying those things, but now he is accepting his role.”

Smart even credited Jones

for sticking with it all night long, despite his shots not going down.

“Kam Jones deserves a lot of credit, it wasn’t his best game but he hung in there and stayed connected with his team, his teammates,” Smart said after the win over the Musketeers. “Just his presence on the floor offensively even though he only scored five points is a huge difference maker for us.”

Jones said having the confidence from Smart and the rest of the team to be himself is something special.

“When your head coach is telling you to be aggressive and keep shooting and keep doing you and I can’t get anything to fall that says a lot for itself for the confidence he has in me and that the team has in me,” Jones said. “I’m grateful to be part of something like that.”

Men’s lacrosse sophomore attacker Bobby O’Grady was named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll. In Marquette’s loss to then-No. 2 Notre Dame, O’Grady recorded four goals.

Women’s basketball earned three votes in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 Poll.

2/21 MUBB at Creighton CHI Health Center Omaha, Nebraska

Lydia Foust

Marquette with 14.9 points per

Through Feb. 20, Jones leads all MUBB scorers with 14.9 points per game.

Photos by Alex DeBuhr alexander.debuhr@marquette.edu

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THIS WEEK: WRIGHT ON MLB

As Spring Training rolls around, players will be in for one rollercoaster of a season.

When Major League Baseball announced in September that there were significant rule changes being put into place for the 2023 season, I prepared for the worst. There are three main rules: the creation of the pitch timer, shift restrictions and bigger bases.

I’m indifferent toward the bigger bases rule, despite the fact that they now look like pizza boxes. The shift restrictions make sense, although it’s not my favorite rule. This just means that at the time the pitch is thrown, all four infielders must remain on the dirt with two on each side of second base.

As for the pitch timer rule, it should not be implemented at all.

With this new change, the pitcher now has 15 seconds to deliver his pitch while there are no runners on base, and 20 seconds when there are runners on base. There will be a 30-second timer in between batters.

Batters must be ready to hit by the eight-second mark and those who aren’t will be charged with an automatic strike. Pitchers who violate the above rules will be charged with an automatic ball.

That is stupid. Just like everything else that has come from MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred in his tenure.

Pitchers are also limited to two “disengagements,” which basically means they can only throw over to a base or step off the rubber twice per batter. If the pitcher throws over a third time and is not successful, it is considered a balk, meaning the runner automatically advances to the next base.

Get ready for the highest stealing percentage in a MLB season!

The players don’t have much time to get used to this change, as this rule will be enforced when the first Spring Training exhibition games begin Feb. 24.

Manfred said that these rule changes were made with the fans at the forefront of the conversation.

“Number one, fans want games with better pace,” Manfred said in a press conference Sept. 9, 2022. “Two, fans want more action,

more balls in play. And three, fans want to see more of the athleticism of our great players.”

Sure, this creates more action that pleases the fans and speeds up the game by 26 minutes. But what about the players? What about the veterans that have played the game as it is for their whole lives?

The Major League Baseball Players Association had four seats on the competition committee that approved the rule changes, all of which voted against the pitch timer.

That just goes to show how little respect Manfred has for the players.

The main issue that I have with this rule is how much the pitch clock could dictate the outcome of a game, specifically a postseason game. Players have also been vocal about this concern.

This rule has been tested in over 8,000 minor league games in the past year, but no minor league game can ever measure up to how loud 50,000 heckling fans can get in Yankee Stadium.

Imagine a rule violation in Game 7 of the 2023 World Series. Bases are loaded, two outs and the pitcher has disengaged twice already. His head is scrambling and as the pitch clock winds down, he steps off to regather himself.

Except that now, this means every runner advances to the next base, which results in a crucial run being scored.

So now, we are expecting total perfection from players in high pressure situations. How can this be fair?

This not only affects the pitchers, but also the hitters. This means no more adjusting batting gloves between pitches, fiddling with helmets or any other routines that veteran batters have grown accustomed to.

In a way, strategy is almost completely removed from the game. Pitchers are no longer in control of the pace of each at bat, and in return, runners can take ridiculous leads and steal a base with ease. This is not baseball.

America’s national pastime is changing as we know it. Some fans may appreciate the change, but I will not be one of them. Despite this, I am looking forward to inevitably seeing chaos ensue along with the memes that will surely be created in March.

Marquette women’s basketball picked up a big win in the Big East conference standings Saturday afternoon as it defeated St. John’s 61-38 at the Al McGuire Center. With three games remaining in the regular season, the Golden Eagles sit fourth in the Big East.

Kaylynn Wright is an assistant sports editor. She is a beat reporter for men’s basketball. @KaylynnWrightMU

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Adapting to new leadership style in final season

Foust takes step back to enjoy last legs of lacrosse journey

By Emma Kroll emma.kroll@marquette.edu

As senior midfielder Lydia Foust grew into the program, she found herself being challenged with the idea that not everyone likes to be led the same way she does.

“Understanding that there’s so many different personalities is something I never thought I would have to adapt to,” Foust said. “Just trying to understand who the people are that you’re leading is so important. I never realized how big of a challenge that would be.”

Foust served as one of four captains last season. She said in this role, she found herself making those tone changes while leading defensive huddles.

“I needed to make sure I was saying it in the right tone, people were assuming I was mad at them,” Foust said. “I’m never mad at them, I’m just frustrated that our unit is getting scored on, but I need to realize the way I’m speaking. I have to say it in a way that they can hear it and we can make the changes as a unit.”

But as someone who is more introverted, Foust has been tasked with growing to be more extroverted.

“She’s a very quiet, internal person, but extremely intelligent,” head coach Meredith Black said. “We’ve been working for five years on how to be more external and share more, to be more vulnerable and more comfortable with people. She’s really taken that to heart and really has done that nicely.”

The coaching staff is helping to push the process along by encouraging Foust to demonstrate what she does to be successful on the field.

“I like this saying ‘Do the hard work when no one’s watching’ and that’s always been my motto,” Foust said. “Once I started becoming this leader, my coaches kinda got on me about pulling other people with me and getting other people to learn what I was doing to be successful.”

In Marquette’s season opener win over San Diego State, Foust scored a careerhigh seven goals which tied a Marquette program record for goals in a game.

Foust said returning for a fifth year on the COVID-19 extra year of eligibility was a no brainer.

“Honestly, that was the

easiest decision I could make because you’ll never get college back,” Foust said. “I’m going to be working for the rest of my life, I’ll never be able to take another year of lacrosse and play another year. ... I get one real year back and get to experience everything lacrosse should be.”

In her five years with the team, Foust has accumulated 137 points, 105 goals, and a shot-on-goal percentage of .680.

Black credited Foust’s success to her work ethic.

“Getting someone for five (years) is such an added bonus,” Black said. “She is the one player in five years who has stayed after or come early every single day of her career and does extra work on her own.”

Senior midfielder Emma Soccodato said that with this extra year, Foust is helping the team every step of the way.

“She’s grown into being a fearless player, that’s probably one word I would use to describe her,” Soccodato said. “She’s always striving to not only make herself better, but she also does whatever she can to make her teammates better.”

Though Foust remains focused on the field,

Soccodato said Foust’s personality off the field is a different story.

“Lydia’s a lot goofier than people think. She’s very serious on the field, as she should be, she’s a beast,” Soccodato said. “She’s shy at first, but once you get to know her she’s really nice and really funny, she’s just a good person to be around.”

Foust said the coaching staff’s endless support has allowed her to develop more as a player this season.

“They’ve just supported me in the areas I’ve needed to grow,” Foust said. “They give me the tools I need to then be able to make changes to be better. To all of my growth, I

wouldn’t have done it if my coaches didn’t tell me ‘Hey, this thing you’re doing could be done better.’”

As she plays her final season with Marquette, Foust said she intends to take in every moment of the journey.

“Junior, senior year, that was my year being a big leader,” Foust said. “This year, I am trying to take a step back from all that and just be like ‘there are other seniors who can be these leaders and they can step into those roles’ and I’m trying to take a step back and just have fun. I love playing lacrosse and that’s just my goal, play for me.”

Photo by Alex DeBuhr alexander.debuhr@marquette.edu

Foust tied program record for goals in a single game Feb. 12 vs SDSU.

DREAM: face-off specialist shares bond with Stimmel

As for Evans, he knew he wanted to pursue a higher level of play after receiving two years of eligibility back to due to COVID-19.

“Unlike Division I, D3 got 2020 and 2021 back, so when I started getting years of eligibility back, I thought about my future,” Evans said. “I wanted to keep going and get a master’s degree and continue playing across the highest level I could. My whole life I’ve always wanted to play Division I l lacrosse, so it only made sense that I try to take it to the next level.”

Now just over eight hours from home, Evans made the transition to Marquette, making his dreams of D1 play a reality.

“He has come in and it’s almost like he’s been here for four years already,” senior face-off specialist Luke Williams said. “So far,

he came in and has competed since day one. In my eyes, there hasn’t been much of a learning curve for him.”

Evans went 2-for-2 in face-off opportunities in 17-2 season opener win over Lindenwood.

Stimmel said Evans falls into third of the face-off pecking order, a five-player deep unit.

“They’re all competitors. They all want to be out there and at the end of the day, I think Grant has done a great job of owning the role he’s in right now and supporting those top two guys,” Stimmel said. “Grant finds a way to push them, get better and eventually find his way into the lineup. Owning your role, regardless of how glamorous it is, it’s always a challenge and Grant has embraced that and continues to work.”

Evans saw time in Marquette’s season and home opener on Feb. 4 against Lindenwood. He went 2-for-2 on face-offs and picked up one ground ball. Taped on

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his helmet and written in black Sharpie, Evans has the initials of each of his family members.

Despite the distance from home, Evans’ father was able to watch him play in his first ever Division I game. In fact, it is a rare occurrence when Evans’ father is not in attendance at all. So far, Evans’ father is 3-for-3 of Marquette games, with plans of traveling to Naples, FL when Marquette is slated to take on the University of Michigan on Feb. 25.

“My dad made it to every college game I’ve ever had, except for maybe one or two. It’s almost rare to be in a case where your family and parents do whatever it takes so you can pursue a dream,” Evans said.

“That’s something I’ll be forever grateful for.”

Evans’ dreams are finally becoming reality, and Stimmel said that his attitude is a big part of why he has earned his spot on the team.

“He’s someone that regardless of the circumstances, he’s coming in with a smile on his face and he’s ready to compete. He’s very grateful for this opportunity and I think anytime an athlete takes a D3 or D2 path in a sport, and then to receive an opportunity to go Division I, that is a goal for a lot of people,” Stimmel said. “Grant always had that ability in him, so to come here and compete at this level, that’s exactly what he’s proving.”

AGAIN: Golden Eagles sit atop Big East in standings

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announced as one of 15 members of the Werner Ladder Naismith Men’s College Coach of the Year late season watch list by the Atlanta Tipoff Club last Friday.

For the second straight season, Marquette has defied preseason expectations under Smart. Picked to finish ninth in the preseason coaches poll, the Golden Eagles are off their best league start since the 2011-12 season and sit in sole possession of first place.

At 13-3, Marquette is the Big East’s top-ranked squad in the Associated Press poll.

Wade Named Naismith Basketball HOF 2023 Finalist

The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame named former Marquette guard, Dwyane Wade as one of seven player finalists for the hall of fame’s Class of 2023.

One of Marquette’s most decorated athletes, Wade helped the Golden Eagles to their first Final Four appearance in 2003 since its

national championship season in 1977. In Marquette’s 83-69 win over No. 1-overall seed Kentucky in the Elite Eight, Wade finished with 29 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists.

Wade was named a consensus first-team All-American and the Conference USA Player of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year in 2003.

The entire Class of 2023 will be announced in Houston April 1 at the NCAA Men’s Final Four at 11:00 a.m. ET as part of the Hall of Fame Class Announcement. Marquette heads to Omaha for big game against Creighton Marquette kicks off a twogame week tonight on the road at No. 19 Creighton. The Golden Eagles, who claimed the first meeting against the Bluejays back on Dec. 16 at Fiserv Forum 69-58, will have to deal with Ryan Kalkbrenner this time around. Kalbrenner missed the earlier matchup with an injury.

He has come in and it’s almost like he’s been here for four years already.”

Luke Williams Senior Face-Off Specialist

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Rose (66) in Marquette’s 17-2 win over Lindenwood Feb. 4 at Valley Fields.

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Dream becomes reality

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

Top 10 again

Smart, Wade named finalists for honors

By John Leuzzi john.leuzzi@marquette.edu

The push for the Big East regular season title continues for the Marquette men’s basketball team. With four games remaining in the regular season, the Golden Eagles sit atop the conference standings while continuing to earn national attention. Where are the Golden Eagles ranked in this week’s poll?

The Golden Eagles (21-6, 13-3 Big East) moved up this week in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll to No. 10.

Evans transferred from Division III Grove City College

By Ava Mares ava.mares@marquette.edu

When Grant Evans was in the first grade, he looked out the back window of his home in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and saw his neighbor with a lacrosse stick, throwing a ball against a wall.

“That was before lacrosse was even big in my area at all,” the graduate student face-off specialist said. “So, I went outside and talked to him and soon after he gave me my first stick. The rest is history, I fell in love with it.”

Evans attended Upper Saint

Clair High School, where his lacrosse skills began to flourish.

“My high school lacrosse coach, Brian Yates, always believed in me,” Evans said. “He gave me a shot when I was really young and put me on the team to play varsity as a freshman.”

Remaining in Pennsylvania after high school, Evans attended Grove City College. Though the school was Division III, Evans performed at a high level.

“Coming into Grove City, head coach Jernstedt had ample knowledge and background of Division I, he was at Duke and Delaware and played at Towson,” Evans said. “So even at the D3 level, I was given the IQ and knowledge of how to lift, how to play, where to look.”

During his final year at Grove

City, Evans earned USILA Third Team All-American, PAC Defensive Player of the Year, ECAC DIII Defensive Player of the Year, All-PAC First Team, PAC tournament most outstanding player and IMCLA second team all-region.

Despite having just over 2,000 undergraduate students, the 180acre campus of Grove City was not unknown to Marquette head coach Andrew Stimmel.

“That was the first school I coached at, the 22-year-old head coach with players as old as me or older than me, so that was fun,” Stimmel said. Stimmel transformed the team within his two seasons at Grove City. The program went from a 3-7 record in 2011 to

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7-5 within Stimmel’s first year at the helm. Ending the season with a 17-7 regular-season record, Stimmel produced four All-American players and established the conference’s best face-off percentage.

“Through my connection with Grove City, I knew about Grant from the start. He was a pretty good face-off guy coming out of high school, then ended up at Grove City. He’s been an AllAmerican every year he was there and was a huge part of that program moving forward and having lots of success,” Stimmel said. “When he was entertaining some options with his future, we (Marquette) reached out to him to see if he had any interest in us, which he did.”

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Marquette, who first entered the poll back on Dec. 19, was No. 11 in last week’s poll.

What do the NCAA Tournament projections look like?

The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Selection Committee revealed its Top 16 Saturday on the Bracket Preview Show.

Marquette was second amongst the quartet of teams seeded fourth. The committee placed Marquette in the East Regional (New York) with No. 1 seed Purdue, No. 2 seed UCLA and No. 3 seed Iowa State.

The Golden Eagles haven’t been a four seed or higher since the 2012-2013 season.

Smart named to National Coach of the Year Watch List

Head coach Shaka Smart was

Marotta reaches 1,000 point milestone

Forward becomes 33rd player in team history to reach feat

By John Leuzzi john.leuzzi@marquette.edu

With an early basket in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s Marquette women’s basketball game, senior forward Chloe Marotta hit her 1,000th career point milestone.

Marotta becomes the 33rd player in program history to

hit the 1,000-point milestone. Additionally, she is one of just seven players in program history with at least 1,000 points and 800 rebounds in a career.

“It was really exciting,” Marotta said. “My mom probably loves it more than me. She’s out there very, very excited for me and I love to see her happy.

“That’s the best thing that, if I can make her happy in that way, it’s great. But my siblings are great. I had 35

people here tonight, some of my family came from California. Not necessarily knowing that I was gonna get that but just to come support me.”

Marotta is currently having a breakout season for the Golden Eagles, averaging career highs in points (14.7), rebounds (9.1) and field-goal shooting (45.9%).

“Chloe brings an incredible attitude every day and she’s the epitome of what player development looks like,” head coach Megan Duffy said.

“Every year she has incrementally improved. Always puts the team first in what

Pennsylvannia native Grant Evans earned PAC Defensive Player of the Year honors last season while at Grove City College.

Members of the Marotta family hold up 1,000 point sign during game. she does and this year, especially, when we asked her to step up.”

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Photo by Isabel Bonebrake isabel.bonebrake@marquette.edu