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Remembering Joe College of Business dean’s life celebrated in Gesu Church

By Annie Mattea

anne.mattea@marquette.edu

Hundreds of people walked up the steps of the Church of the Gesu Monday morning, gathering in the chapel and filling every pew. As light shone through the church’s numerous stained glass windows, the family and close friends of Joe Daniels spoke to the crowd in a celebration of his life.

Daniels, dean of the College of Business Administration, died Feb. 11 after being struck by a vehicle while crossing the intersection of 10th Street and Wisconsin Avenue.

He was 60 years old.

After a visitation earlier in the morning, the funeral took place from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. A reception followed in the Alumni Memorial Union’s Monaghan Ballroom. The university cancelled all College of Business

Administration classes from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to allow students and faculty to attend the funeral.

The ceremony began as Daniels’ wife and children stood before the crowd to share their memories of Daniels. He is survived by his wife, Lora, and his three children, Bill, 31, Leigh, 29, and Wesley, 25.

Lora and Joe were married 39 years. They were high school sweethearts, both from Daleville, Indiana. With a smile, Lora told the gathering that Joe would often say he was on “Joe time” when relaxing and taking time for himself and his family. At the end of her speech, she wished that the members of the crowd would find their own “Joe time.”

Each of the family members spoke into a microphone at the front of the chapel. Their speeches included a reverence for Joe’s constant presence in their lives. They spoke of the significant impact that Joe had on the Marquette community, as well as the impact that the community had on Joe. They described him as uniquely passionate, selfless and forgiving, and they

spoke fondly of his love for music.

Following their stories, there was a Mass in which people close to recited readings and prayers to commemorate their loved one’s life.

Daniels became dean of the College of Business Administration in January after serving as acting dean since May 2019. Prior to that, he was the chair of the Economics Department at Marquette. He was a faculty member at Marquette for more than 30 years.

He was a cancer survivor, diagnosed in 2006 with stage four lymphoma before fighting the illness and becoming cancer-free for 14 years. At his funeral, Lora told the crowd that Daniels did not let the illness slow him down, and he was cancer-free just five months after the diagnosis.

Daniels’ family asks that wellwishers donate to Marquette to help establish a scholarship in his name. Gifts can be sent to the address University Advancement, PO Box 1881, Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881 or at See JOE page 3

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Bullet hits hall window The Commons 8th floor struck Sunday, no injuries reported

By Sydney Czyzon

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A bullet entered the eighth floor window of a study room in Wells St. Hall in The Commons residence hall Sunday shortly before midnight, according to a Marquette University Police

Department safety alert.

No one was injured in the incident. The shooting happened between two cars near N. 17th Street and W. Highland Ave., which is less than half a mile from The Commons. Wells St. Hall runs parallel to 18th and Wells streets and houses nearly 500 undergraduate students.

Andrew Tyrrell, a first-year student in the College of Business Administration, was in the study room with another firstyear student when the bullet

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struck. He was studying for a test the next day.

“I heard a big boom and instantaneously the glass shatters,” Tyrrell said.

When he realized the noise came from a bullet, Tyrrell said he told the other student, and four additional students who were in an attached common area, to get on the floor.

“I was just shocked,” Tyrrell said. “I never expected myself to See BULLET page 4

Demonstration policy released

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The policy provides guidelines for university community members who wish to demonstrate on campus. The new policy replaces a previous policy issued

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MUPD Pedestrian Safety Initiative faces delays Intersection incidents concern MU community

By Natallie St. Onge

natallie.stonge@marquette.edu

For Kate Howard, crossing the Wisconsin Avenue and 10th Street intersection near Straz Tower was never much of a worry.

A first-year student in the College of Health Sciences, Howard walks to Straz to work out in the Rec Plex nearly every day. These days, however, Howard is more concerned about the way she crosses the streets.

“Honestly, I just think about what happened and how that can literally happen to anyone,” she said.

Last Tuesday, the dean of the College of Business Administration, Joe Daniels, was struck and killed at the intersection of 10th Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Daniels was crossing the street when the woman driving the vehicle drove through a green light at a high speed. The driver was arrested for suspicion of operating while intoxicated.

Daniels was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead at 60 years old.

Following Daniels’ death, several students reflected on the potential danger of various crossings on Marquette’s campus. A look back at previous incidents also shows numerous injuries to university students and employees over the years from being struck by vehicles. The Marquette University Police Department announced last year that it would launch an initiative to address pedestrian safety issues such as these by the start of the school year, but it has yet to launch the program.

Three times a week, Reed Smith crosses that same intersection to get to her job at the Rec Plex in Straz.

“All the streets I started to be more cautious about, but this one in particular I’m way more because of what happened,” Smith, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said.

Smith said she thinks the crosswalk lane outside of the library heading to the Alumni Memorial Union and the intersection at 12th Street and Wisconsin Avenue are dangerous, too.

After Tuesday’s news, both of Smith’s parents texted her to be careful — not just because of the news on campus, but because that same night, a pedestrian was also killed at 25th and Clybourn streets.

“Nothing has happened like that since I’ve been here,” Smith said. “I was definitely shocked and confused and became m o r e

cautious.”

Both Smith and Howard said crossing intersections throughout campus need to be safer but are unsure of how that can be done.

Last April, Marquette University Police Department announced plans for a Pedestrian Safety Initiative in a news release which was said to “take effect at the start of the 2019-2020 school year.”

The initiative has yet to be implemented on campus this academic year. It was designed to “alleviate safety concerns at intersections on campus,” the release said.

“With dedicated staff to monitor and facilitate crossing at busy intersections on campus, we can utilize our resources where they are needed most,” MUPD Chief Edith Hudson said in the release.

Trained and hired students would be “pedestrian safety specialists” and would be staffed across campus at busy intersections. They would be equipped with bright vests, whistles and hand stop signs in order to bring heightened visibility to passing motorists.

According to the release, the specialists would “focus their efforts primarily on intersections and crossing where data shows the greatest need for increased safety.”

In September 2018, a student was hit by a vehicle at the intersection of 17th and Wells streets. The student faced non-life-threatening injuries after being taken to a local hospital. At that same intersection in 2015, a student was struck and taken

to a nearby hospital to be treated for serious injuries. In 2017, a hall director was struck by a vehicle on Wells Street. They were hit in their right side and broke their leg in two different spots. The year prior, a student suffered from a traumatic brain injury after being struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run incident at the intersection of 16th and Wells streets.

“It’s something we’re still working on,” Hudson said about the initiative. “It is definitely still in the works.”

Hudson, who was sworn in as police chief in December 2018, said the campus should see the initiative “probably next semester.”

“Our campus is quite complex,” Hudson said. “Prioritizing what needs to be done and when you have limited staff is sometimes challenging.”

Hudson said that with any type of initiative MUPD wants to

implement on campus, they want to have more student feedback and input.

However, Hudson said MUPD has also been prioritizing other tasks in the department, such as trauma-informed care for officers and planning safety for the Democratic National Convention, which will be held in Milwaukee in July. Hudson said she could not comment further on what safety training for the convention looks like.

“We are training our officers in trauma-informed care so we can provide more compassionate and caring services, not just to our students, but

to a

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to our entire patrol zone and community that we deal with,” Hudson said.

In November, MUPD received a pedestrian grant from the City of Milwaukee that allows MUPD to work with the Milwaukee Police Department on a pedestrian task force.

“Part of the pedestrian grant puts officers out on over time to target violations that endanger pedestrians,” assistant police chief Jeff Kranz said.

The grant allows officers to focus on issuing citations and traffic stops and allows officers to look “for folks who are driving in a manner that would be harmful for pedestrians,” Hudson said.

Hudson said some of the feedback she first received when she was hired was surrounding safety on and around campus. Pedestrian safety was one area that many community members had concerns about. Hudson said she could not comment on particular concerns.

Hudson said there are many logistical things to consider to form the Pedestrian Safety Initiative, like how to hire students who may be interested in the position.

“There are a lot of pieces that have to come together to make this happen,” Hudson said about the initiative.

“It’s not solely me saying, ‘Hey, let’s put some students out there, and let’s get this done.’ There are variety of things that we need to take into consideration.”

Hudson said that MUPD has not forgotten about the initiative, but there are just other things that need to be taken care of right now.

“Even when you have a walk signal, keep your head up,” Kranz said.

“We are in an urban setting. … Look up from the phone and look around you when you’re crossing.”

Even when Blake Trembath, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, has a walk sign, he said he still waits until he sees there are no cars because he is more concerned than he was before when crossing 10th and Wisconsin.

“One thing that runs through my mind is that someone died there,” Trembath said. “It’s just dangerous.”

Trembath is a resident of Straz Tower and said he crosses what he thinks are two of the most dangerous intersections on campus, 10th and Wisconsin and the intersection closest to Sensenbrenner at 11th Street and Wisconsin Avenue, because students need to cross two lanes of traffic just to get to the bridge.

Howard said students need to pay attention, especially when crossing the bridge to Straz because “cars are just flying by.”

“Look both ways and be cautious,” she said. “You never know what can happen, honestly.”

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“He simply was Marquette,” Joe True, assistant vice president of College Advancement and Athletics Development, said.

True worked with Daniels to provide funding for the new building for the College of Business Administration, which will be located where McCormick Hall formerly stood at the corner of 16th Street and Wisconsin Avenue. Daniels helped raise $44 million for the new building, which will cost $70 million in total.

When the building was announced at the university address Jan. 29, True said it was an incredible moment.

“There’s so many people that played a role in it, but you know he was the driving force behind it,” True said.

Teresa Janusz, director of development for the College of Business Administration in University Advancement, also worked with Daniels to help raise funds for the building.

Before the business was public, Daniels was able to go in front of donors and gain support due to his clear actionable vision, Janusz said.

“He was trustworthy and … the thing I loved most about working with him was that he was totally normal,” Janusz said. She said his love of beer and music made him feel real and authentic.

She added that he was a part of the interview committee when she was a candidate for her job. Her neighbor was friends with Daniels and encouraged her to call him “beer-drinking Joe.” She did — and said he got a huge kick out of it.

Farrokh Nourzad, a professor of economics who has worked at Marquette for 39 years, helped recruit Daniels for his original position of assistant economics professor.

Nourzad and a colleague had traveled to Atlanta, Georgia,

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Daniels became permanent dean of the College of Business Administration in January 2020 after serving as acting dean beginning in May 2019. He was a professor at Marquette for more than 30 years.

in 1989 for an economics job market conference. They were recruiting to fill two tenuretrack positions in Marquette’s Economics Department.

The pair had 30 interviewees over three days, and Daniels was the last one. Nourzad said he remembers being tired by the end of the conference and hoping that the last interview would go by quickly so that he could make his way back home to Milwaukee.

“When he came in, he lit up the room,” Nourzad said. “He charmed us out of our heads. … When he left, my colleague and I just looked at each other and nodded our heads like, ‘We found him.’”

He said it was a unanimous choice to hire him.

Nourzad said if he could choose someone to represent Marquette, it would be Daniels. He said if he had one word to describe Daniels, it would be selfless.

“He transformed students’ lives,” Nourzad said. “He was a mentor.

He was born to be a mentor.”

“With all due respect to the other College of Business deans I’ve served over the years — Joe Daniels was the best,” David Krause, director of applied investment

management and associate professor of practice finance, said in an email. “He was an open, caring person who trusted and supported others which I believe encouraged those around him to speak freely and to offer suggestions about how to make Marquette better. To me he was the embodiment of our mission as he was sincerely dedicated to the service of others.”

Krause said Marquette students who traveled to New York City this past fall for the annual Financial Management Association trip had the opportunity to spend three days with Daniels.

“He rode the subways and walked the streets of Manhattan enjoying every minute of being with the students and alumni,” Krause said in an email. “They marveled and loved that fact that he was one of them. I told them that’s the way he is — his actions were genuine.”

Katherine Nozel, a senior in the College of Business Administration, went on the New York trip.

“To sit across from Dean Daniels at various investment firms in NYC for three whole days speaks very highly of his character and devotion to his students,” Nozel said in an email. “At first, we were

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pleasantly surprised to see Dean Daniels’ attendance in the NYC Investment Trip. … Krause simply explained that this was not out of character — that Dean Daniels always put the students first.”

She said although her interactions with Daniels were small compared to the impact he has had on Marquette as a whole, she felt proud to attend the business school under his leadership.

Macey Shock, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, said she attended a memorial that was held for Daniels Wednesday. Daniels was her professor when she was a first-year student.

“He was my teacher freshman year, and we got relatively very close,” she said. “I would always answer questions in class and he … always said I acted as a daughter toward him.”

Shock said Daniels was always involved with the students, and she felt he genuinely cared about her as a student.

“You look back, and you’re just thankful that someone like Joe came in your life because he made you better, and he made you want to work harder to fulfill his vision for Marquette,” True said.

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A person not affiliated with MU was loitering in the lobby of O’Donnell Hall and refusing to leave after being advised to stay off university property.

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An MU student observed an unknown subject exposing himself in 500 block of N. 16th Street. MUPD was able to later identify and cite the subject.

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CORRECTIONS Feb. 11’s “Counseling Center’s lack of transparency unfair to students” incorrectly stated that the university received an $8 million gift for the purpose of addressing mental health.

The article said the gift should be used toward the university’s Counseling Center.

In fact, the donation is to be allocated to fund specific mental health initiatives outside of the center.

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BULLET: Shooting occurs nearby between cars Continued from page 1 be in that situation.”

Jacquelyn Carter, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said she was in the study room a couple of minutes before the bullet entered. She said the initial reaction to the shooting was chaotic, with residents keeping away from windows by standing in the hallway.

Students, including Carter and Tyrrell, called their parents to tell them they were safe.

“I did start crying a little bit — a lot of us did,” Carter said.

Tyrrell said he stayed up until nearly 4:30 a.m. Monday morning, unable to sleep. He talked on the phone with his sister, who attends another university.

“I was shaking,” Tyrrell said.

“I had adrenaline in my body.”

According to the alert, MUPD and resident assistants checked on all residents on the affected side of Wells St. Hall and confirmed no injuries. MUPD Assistant Chief Jeff Kranz said students in the residence hall were worried about the incident, but

MUPD was transparent with information to ease concerns.

“We’re out there, we’re patrolling,” Kranz said. “I believe this was a random act and that the tower itself was not targeted by the shot.”

MUPD and residence hall staff members provided students with support, Tyrrell and Carter said, including offering Counseling Center services.

Tyrrell added that MUPD and a resident assistant held a floor meeting to discuss the incident with students. He said he realizes the shooting was a “freak accident.”

“Now that I know it was a stray bullet, like what are the odds of that happening?” Tyrrell said. “It’s probably never going to happen again.”

When police arrived, Tyrrell said he noticed a fragment of the bullet on the ground in the study room, and he saw a mark on the wall where the bullet may have struck. Carter said crews worked to replace the window Monday.

The area of the shooting was near university-owned

apartment buildings Campus Town West, located at 819 N. 16th St., and Campus Town East, located at 1500 W. Wells St., which both house juniors, seniors and graduate students.

These buildings were not affected by the incident.

Milwaukee police are investigating the incident, university spokesperson Lynn Griffith said.

MUPD Chief Edith Hudson said in a statement Monday that MPD searched the shooting area Sunday night and sent bullet casings for testing.

It is unclear if a suspect was located. Kranz said Milwaukee Police Department did not immediately provide any suspect descriptions. MPD did not respond to requests for additional details.

“I’m still kind of just processing the whole thing. I’m just happy no one got hurt,” Tyrrell said. “It’s something I won’t forget for the rest of my life.”

Anyone with information about the incident can contact MUPD at 414-288-6800.

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A resident’s photo shows the bullet hole in the study room window.

Push continues for diversity in counselors Lack of progress regarding April 2019 petition

By Kelli Arseneau

kelli.arseneau@marquette.edu

Last spring, four students created a petition to increase diversity and representation in the Marquette Counseling Center by hiring two black psychologists.

The students are still in the process of working with the university to make this change happen.

Sierra Jones, a current sophomore in the College of Health Sciences and the College of Arts & Sciences, along with students Breanna Flowers, Corrine Flowers and Dillon Lively, made the petition April 9, 2019. They were all serving on Marquette University Student Government and were the only students of color in the senate at the time, Jones said.

She said the idea to push for hiring black counselors came after Jones and Flowers attended a first-generation student summit through MUSG. They returned and realized that the lack of diversity on Marquette’s campus was a problem, particularly in the Counseling Center. While Jones has never visited the Counseling Center herself, she said she knows others who took part in creating the petition had gone and felt underrepresented.

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Students are pushing for the counseling center to hire black psychologists.

Jones said the group proposed legislation to present to MUSG, but ended up going directly to the university with their petition. She said the four students met with vice president for student affairs Xavier Cole a few times in 2019.

The last time they met was in the middle of June.

The first time Cole met with the four students regarding increasing the number of counselors of color, University President Michael Lovell and Counseling Center director Michael Zebrowski were also in attendance.

Cole said making change

happen requires a process.

“As a vice president, I just can’t automatically just create a position. As you know, the university eliminated positions in September,” Cole said. “It’s a much more strategic process to get those things vetted and basically supported.”

Lovell announced an $8 million donation to go toward improving mental health at the presidential address Jan. 29, but Cole said this donation will go toward “scholarships, assistantships (and) supporting doctoral students.” He said the donation is “much more

on the academic training side than it is on the practical application side of providing service in our Counseling Center.”

There was a smaller donation made in December, however, that will be applied directly to the Counseling Center, and another anonymous donation coming that Cole said he cannot announce yet but is “much more in the hundreds of thousands of dollars than it is in a million.”

Additionally, Cole said the Counseling Center hires staff based on qualifications and experience and does not request information regarding their identity. He said the center needs to find individuals who want to be in Milwaukee and work on a college campus, who will also be a good fit for the university. He said that the number of “multicultural counselors in this region” are not high and that there is competition for counselors of color, as well as counselors in general in the area.

“I explained to the students that for me, it is much more about the competencies that the person holds than the identity that they hold,” Cole said. “Sometimes those two things are one and the same. Sometimes a person has an identity but doesn’t even identify with that identity. … There are lots of folks who do not look like you … that are allies in the work that you’re doing.”

Cole used his own identity as an example, saying that although

he personally identifies as an African-American male, he serves all students at the university, and his personal identity does not affect his ability to advocate and support any group of people.

Cole also said that during the meetings with the students, he encouraged them to work to make change by putting a diverse group together that includes allies of all races and identities.

Jones said they plan to meet with Cole again in the coming weeks to continue their push for change.

“I understand that they understand the problem, but I don’t feel like they have any higher motivation to make it happen,” Jones said. “I don’t feel like they have any strong incentive to make it happen as soon as possible.”

Jones said she appreciates Cole, Lovell and assistant vice president for student affairs Joya Crear for meeting with them and listening, even though no new AfricanAmerican counselors have yet been hired.

“Honestly they could have just kind of ignored us, but the fact that they took the time out of their day to … talk about it,” Jones said. “I mean, it’s something. It’s not what we want, but we’re getting there.”

Jones said the other students involved in the petition declined to speak on the subject until further progress is made.

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POLICY: Permission required for select areas Continued from page 1 place, including the requirement for students, staff and faculty members to receive permission for protests in specific spaces.

Public spaces of the Alumni Memorial Union, its adjacent green space, the Central Mall and public property are open spaces for demonstrations. However, organizers must receive prior written approval to use other areas on campus.

Student demonstration organizers must email the dean of students, Stephanie Quade, to seek permission. Faculty must email the Office of the Provost, led by Provost Kimo Ah Yun, and staff must email the vice president of human resources, Claudia Paetsch.

Offices will strive to respond to requests for demonstrations in two business days, the policy states. If approved, the university will assign a specific space

to the group. If the event proceeds without being approved, the policy says “participants will be required to leave.”

The updated policy includes measures to ensure safety and security, many of which were present in earlier versions of the policy. It includes a list of which kinds of behavior are prohibited.

These include any demonstrations that deny or interfere with the rights of other members of the Marquette community, place the health or safety of the university community at risk, block passageways from or to any building, fail to respect human dignity of participants and nonparticipants or fail to observe closing hours of buildings.

The policy states that no group can be admitted into a private office unless invited. If invited, demonstrators cannot enter in excess of a designated number of people. The policy indicates that no demonstration can prevent

the university from conducting its regular activities.

Signage can be held during events, the policy says, but any expression that “fails to respect the human dignity of others will not be tolerated.”

Organizers planning events sponsored by Marquette student organizations must communicate parameters set for the event by the dean of students and Marquette University Police Department to all participants prior to events. The organizer must also take measures to ensure the safety of participants, the policy states.

The policy requires all events to maintain peace and nonviolence. It says directives from university officials must be respected. Participants can expect university personnel to be present for all or part of the event, the policy states.

Events must also be responsibly concluded, according to the

policy. At the conclusion of an event, participants are expected to return the demonstration area to the condition it was in prior to the event.

The updated policy comes after the university released various demonstration policies on its website in August 2019 without openly communicating the changes to the community. At the time, university officials and members of the broader community disagreed on whether the policy equated to students, staff and faculty needing permission to protest on campus.

An updated policy was released Aug. 16, 2019. Then, the university released an additional revision Aug. 27, 2019.

The later document included changed and omitted parts of the previous policy.

The university also created policy documents concerning demonstrations in the AMU specifically. The

AMU policies were created Aug. 20, 2019, and revised Aug. 28, 2019, respectively.

There is an additional demonstration policy specific to student organizations. It is unclear why student organizations are held to a different standard than individuals in demonstration situations.

The expected final draft of the policy was announced at the University Academic Senate meeting in January. Faculty present were given a week to offer any further feedback or revision suggestions before the draft was finalized. No changes were made from the draft announced in January to the new policy released Thursday.

The university released other revised policies Thursday, including the University Credit Card Program and the Non-Permanent Signage Policy.

DNC sparks summer housing discussion Campus residences subscribed for July influx of visitors

By Shir Bloch

shir.bloch@marquette.edu

With the Democratic National Convention coming to Milwaukee July 13-16, concerns have spawned over summer housing and accessibility opportunities for Marquette students.

All residence halls are subscribed for the convention, University President Michael Lovell said in his university address Jan. 29.

However, Mary Janz, director of Residence Life, said the joint efforts between the convention and Marquette have been “an effort in collaboration with many across campus.”

“There are no anticipated challenges with housing students who want to live with us this summer,” she said in an email.

Nevertheless, student concerns persist as students search for summer housing.

Cooper Bednarczyk, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said getting a summer lease is a difficult endeavor which requires coordination and planning.

“Students are going to have to compete with DNC-goers for a spot, which kind of seems unfair since the students are paying for an education here,” Bednarczyk said.

Eric Miller, a junior in the College of Arts and Sciences, said the convention might make it

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Eckstein Tower will house students during summer programs and courses.

more difficult for students to find summer housing.

Janz said that, as usual, Marquette offers one open residence hall for summer courses, the Freshman Frontier Program and the Educational Opportunity Program.

Mary Czech-Mrochinski, assistant vice president for public affairs, said Eckstein Tower will be the hall employed for this purpose.

“The remaining halls will be used for the DNC and managed by conference services,” Janz said in an email.

Students living in campus apartments were asked to notify the Office of Residence Life by January if they wanted summer housing, Janz said. She said any remaining apartments will be offered to conference services, which will

work with the convention to assist with housing the influx of people arriving in Milwaukee for the convention.

According to Politico, the 2016 convention brought approximately 50,000 people to Philadelphia.

This number includes the convention delegates, candidates, staffers and countless more who come to the convention.

According to Ballotpedia, in 2020 there will be 4,750 delegates.

Of those, 3,979 will be pledged or assigned to candidates based on primary and caucus results. The other 771 delegates will be automatic delegates, commonly known as superdelegates.

Superdelegates are not bound to any particular candidate, according to Ballotpedia. They are

usually high-ranking members of the party, such as former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton or the 1984 Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale.

With so many people coming to Milwaukee, and with many of them requiring security protection, a security perimeter will be set up, Czech-Mrochinski said.

She said the perimeter may provide a challenge to students on campus this summer.

“Students may incur increased travel times to and from campus and will likely need to have their Marquette ID card with them at all times to access areas on campus during the week of July 13,” she said in an email.

“I think there will be a major issue in regards to commuting to campus as well as getting to internships,” Bednarczyk said. “As someone who is trying to get an internship over the summer, I know that this will be a major issue when the time comes, so I’ll have to plan accordingly.”

“The DNC might cause issues with the commotion and crowding in generates,” Cam Augustyniak, a junior in the College of Engineering, said.

Miller also said the convention will likely cause significant traffic, especially in the downtown area.

He also said the convention might lead to political provocation, a sentiment which Bednarczyk echoed.

Miller said people from across the ideological spectrum “will have something to say, and in a small confined area, security for the convention will be a concern.”

Czech-Mrochinski said that, as

only a limited number of students seek summer housing through Marquette, the university offers up the rest of the available housing through conference services to various summer conferences and events in order to be a good partner to visitors to the city.

Augustyniak said that he thinks the convention will make it harder to find a lease in the summer, though he also feels that the benefits the city might reap for hosting such an event might outweigh the inconvenience for students.

According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee and the 2020 convention host committee have been planning projects to improve infrastructure in Milwaukee and ensure the completion of construction projects that will help with accommodations this summer.

There are also efforts to promote tourism to Milwaukee through the convention and to convince attendees to extend their stay in the city. Such conventions are rare opportunities for economic growth in a city such as Milwaukee, the article said.

However, if Milwaukee’s economic success will be anything like Philadelphia’s, the city might fall tens of millions of dollars short of projections, as the 2016 convention’s economic impact was $120 million less than expected, according to the Inquirer.

As the summer nears, Janz said that while most other campus apartments are leased for next year, there are still apartments available at the Marq.

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Organizations host Black History Month events BSC hopes to connect Marquette to Milwaukee

By Alexa Jurado

alexa.jurado@marquette.edu

This February marks the 44th anniversary of the proclamation of Black History Month.

Marquette departments, offices and student organizations — including Black Student Council and the Office of Engagement and Inclusion — have been celebrating in various ways all month long.

According to the African American History Month website, Carter G. Woodson created the first week to celebrate black history in February 1926. The celebration was expanded to a month in 1976.

“Since the inception, Black History Month is widely known to be a concerted opportunity to acknowledge, highlight and celebrate the accomplishments and contributions of African Americans to U.S. history,” Demetria Anderson, director of the OEI, said. “From my perspective as an educator, Black History Month at Marquette offers an opportunity to share additional enriching educational experiences.” “(Black History Month) is about celebrating black culture and our ancestors,” Breanna Flowers, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences and BSC president said. “Paying respect for what they have done for us.”

Lazabia Jackson, a sophomore in the College of Communication and vice president of BSC, said it is a journey to find your roots as a black person.

“You see the view of a person who’s racist, and you internalize it,” Jackson said. “Black History Month is a time to educate and showcase culture. … You gotta go beyond the history books.”

BSC is an organization on campus that strives to create an environment in which black students can flourish, according to its website.

“Black Student Council has a full calendar of events showcasing student and local Milwaukee area talent, as well as thoughtful discussions centered around the black experience,” Anderson said. “(They have) hosted a series of events … that highlight the arts and have hosted black culture dialogues.”

Jackson said he and Flowers, who are both Milwaukee natives, wanted to host events connecting the Milwaukee community.

“We’re both from Milwaukee,

so we feel like it’s our city, but most of the time we feel like Marquette is like its own separate territory. (It) makes us feel like outsiders in our own city,” Jackson said.

Jackson said Marquette can seem like a white bubble, and because of this, BSC tries to bridge the gap between the bubble and

white, while Marquette is only 25% students of color, according to the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis.

Jackson said BSC started off the month with “Black Love Week” discussion which explored media portrayals of black people and the way they contribute to internalized racism.

night as “beautiful.” He said there was a greater turnout than expected, even with students from University of WisconsinMilwaukee and University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

“Everybody has poetry. I feel like everybody’s got a little something … and just need the platform to share it,” Jackson

Graphic by Alexa Jurado

the Milwaukee community.

“Milwaukee is a black city,” Jackson said. He talked about the diversity within the city of Milwaukee that is not necessarily reflected on Marquette’s campus.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Milwaukee is 38.8% black, followed by 18.8% Hispanic or Latino and 35.3%

Flowers said that last week BSC had a bake sale and made valentines for the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.

Other events included a Paint and Sip Feb. 11 at the 707 Hub, Poetry Night at The Brew Feb. 14 and a fashion show entitled “Remember the Times: Through the Decades.”

Jackson described the poetry

said. “Through poetry you’re able to share the short stories of different cultures.”

The fashion show placed emphasis on historical moments such as the Harlem Renaissance, the Civil Rights Movement and the impact of 90s movies and media on black culture. The event also featured art made by black artists.

“Through all of our events we show what our culture’s like, what we embody, what is instilled in us,” Jackson said.

OEI has also hosted several events for Black History Month.

Several BSC members went to the annual Black Solidarity Conference at Yale University Jan. 30 to Feb. 2. Jackson said black students usually have one of two options when going to college: a historically black college or university or a predominantly white institutions. Over 700 students from across the country attended the conference, primarily from Predominantly White Institution. Some of the topics were black feminism, educating youth and activism.

One thing Jackson said he noticed at the conference was the way other colleges and universities uplifted their black students and black student organizations in ways that Marquette does not.

“We all have similar issues as a PWI … (other universities) will talk about racist incidents on campus,” Jackson said.

“What I’ve noticed is ours get swept under the rug. … Their’s are matched with action.”

Jackson said he doesn’t see much that alludes to Black History Month on campus the way he does at other universities.

“We haven’t been reached out to about any event,” Jackson said.

“We get overwhelmed with all these events,” Jackson said.

“One faculty member told us we’re doing the role of somebody that they would hire.”

Hearing that, Jackson said he hopes for more support or better funding.

Jackson said that when it comes to financial support and promotion, BSC is passed over.

The OEI has also celebrated Black History Month with several events.

The OEI had a Mission Week Gospel Concert titled “A Soulful Evening of Gospel: A Celebration of Gratitude” Feb. 8.

Anderson said the Marquette University Gospel Choir opened the concert, which featured performances by award-winning recording artists Rudy Currence and Koryn Hawthorne.

The OEI hosted “The True Black History Museum” Feb. 17, which was a “traveling museum of artifacts” that told the story of black history. Afterward, the curator of the museum spoke at Soup with Substance, which is a recurring event featuring speakers on social justice and lunch of soup and bread.

Various events and discussions hosted by student organizations and the university will continue throughout the month.

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Efforts made for non-tenure-track faculty Unionization members feel progress lacking

By Annie Mattea

anne.mattea@marquette.edu

In recent months, Marquette University has made efforts toward faculty concerns in direct response to feedback from non-tenure-track faculty, university spokesperson Chris Stolarski said.

Stolarski previously provided a list of efforts the university has made, which included: • Initiating an NTT compensation study to be delivered to the provost

by September • Committing more than $10,000 in professional development funding for NTT faculty • Holding multiple NTT social hours with the president and provost • Evaluating criteria for cancellation fees to part-time faculty whose courses are cancelled shortly before the beginning of the term

• Reviewing and revising the uni- Sciences, previously said. versity policy on multi-year conHansberger said by organizing for tracts for NTT faculty who meet cer- a unionization process, NTT faculty tain requirements and graduate students have put these Stolarski said he developments anticipates an upon the universidate regarding these ty’s agenda. He developments in the said he did not near future. remember the However, some university dismembers of the cussing these unionization camissues prior to paign said they feel the campaign. these developments “It shows are not enough. the non-tenureNTT faculty and track faculty graduate student and grad workworkers rallied last ers the power spring to ask the of what we did university for a fair last year, and it process to a union. shows why we Marquette UniTOM HANSBERGER need to continversity has not for- Lecturer in the College of Arts & ue to do that in mally recognized Sciences order to make fair process to the progress,” union formation of NTT faculty Hansberger said. and graduate student workers, Chris Giamo said she also felt the deGooding, visiting assistant professor velopments were in response to of theology, and Tom Hansberger, the unionization campaign. She a lecturer in the College of Arts & was also concerned that these

“

Non-tenuretrack faculty and grad workers do not see their voice effective in policy as much as administration,”

developments are primarily topdown efforts, meaning they come from administrators.

She said a union would give the NTT faculty a more equal footing and a seat at the table where issues are being discussed.

“While we believe the best way to serve Marquette students is to work directly with our faculty without a third party, leadership has repeatedly stated that it will follow a lawful process that protects the rights of all parties, as defined by the National Labor Relations Act,” Stolarski said in an email.

The National Labor Relations Act protects the rights of employees and employers and encourages collective bargaining, according to the National Labor Relations Board.

Hansberger said that meetings with administration had not continued after May 2019. No meetings have been requested by unionization members, Susan Giamo, an adjunct associate professor of political science, said. She said previous discussions haven’t gotten very far.

Regarding the developments,

Hansberger said there is a clear separation between university actions and acknowledgement of the unionization process.

“Non-tenure-track faculty and grad workers do not see their voice effective in policy as much as administration,” Hansberger said.

He said he attended a social hour with the provost and president and that another person in attendance left when they found out it was a social hour.

“A social is not going to address the needs of non-tenure-track faculty in their day-to-day lives,” Hansberger said. “What people need is stability, good contracts, health care, fair wages and a lot of other things depending on the individual cases.”

Hansberger said these types of events do not address structural problems.

Members of the unionization campaign are continuing to build support, and their concerns from the initial rallies have continued, Giamo said.

Baupost Group sheds Puerto Rican debt Controversial hedge fund exits position in territory

By Annie Mattea

anne.mattea@marquette.edu

As of the first quarter of the 2019 fiscal year, Baupost, a Boston based hedge fund, is “no longer invested in Puerto Rico,” Lynn Griffith, senior director of university communication, said in an email.

Baupost spokesperson Diana DeSocio declined to comment on Baupost’s investment activity.

Baupost owned nearly $1 billion of Puerto Rican sales tax debts in 2017. Marquette University previously invested in Baupost, according to tax documents from 2014, 2015 and 2016.

The university previously declined to confirm or deny if it remains invested in Baupost.

The Marquette Wire was unable to locate this information in the most recently available tax documents.

“Marquette University is pleased that the Baupost Group was able to negotiate with the Puerto Rican government to reach a debt solution that will ultimately save Puerto Rico tens

of millions of dollars,” university spokesperson Chris Stolarski said in an email. “Marquette supports such actions that serve to help Puerto Rico’s people and its economy thrive.”

A group of students formed the Marquette Coalition for Debt Relief in 2018 and rallied to raise awareness regarding Marquette’s alleged revenue gain from their investments in Baupost.

The students had multiple meetings with the university. The first meeting included the student protest group, current vice president for Marquette University Student Government Dan Brophy, former president of MUSG Meredith Gil-

lespie, vice president for student affairs Xavier Cole and former provost Dan Myers. The second meeting included the students from the protest group, University President Michael Lovell, Myers and chief investment officer Sean Gissal.

Students expressed their reasoning for concerns, which included perceived austerity measures from Baupost on the island, to Cole and Myers during the first meeting.

During the second meeting, both Myers and Lovell expressed their lack of knowledge in university investments while Gissal explained the university’s beliefs toward

Baupost’s actions.

Hannah Badeau, a Marquette College of Arts & Sciences alumna who attended the meeting, said she felt the second meeting was not productive.

After Myers left the university, Badeau said communication with the university administrators ended.

She said Brophy previously promised he would continue to push on the issue and he did not follow through.

Badeau said she was surprised that Baupost sold its holdings.

However, she said it did not excuse Marquette’s investments and the way the administration treated the protesters.

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BSC hosts poetry night

and it just got to the point where it was like ‘Wow, what else can we do?’” Jackson said. “We brought this in, and (the poetry night) brought just a totally different crowd than what we

By Skyler Chun usually bring in.” skyler.chun@marquette.edu Jackson said he felt the poetry Marquette’s Black Student night was a great way for Council hosted a poetry night people to share their voices and event in the Alumni Memorial represent Black History Month.

“So often you get repressed Union Brew Cafe Feb. 14.

Breanna Flowers, a junior in and you don’t feel like you can the College of Arts & Sciences speak,” Jackson said. “Imagine and president of the Black if we didn’t have this outlet Student Council, was one of the where these men and these primary organizers of this event. women weren’t able to speak The poetry night was one of their voices or speak their the events that was a part of minds. It would just be bottled Black Love Week, a week in up or just be lost in the paper or February filled with events in lost in their phone. That’s what honor of Black History Month, black history is all about — which takes place each February. creating platforms for people to Lazabia Jackson, a sophomore in express themselves.”

He said that expressing the College of Communication and vice president of BSC, said themselves has always been the month is a celebration of a big part of black culture, the accomplishments of black whether it is through fashion, art people as well as a tribute to all or music.

Flowers said BSC also brought black people who suffered from in poets from both Marquette oppression in the past.

“I thought (the poetry night) and the Milwaukee community would be something fun and to perform.

“They performed original cool to do since it has happened in the past, about two years work centered around blackness ago,” Flowers said. “We thought and love,” Flowers said. “I it would be fun to bring it back.” would say it was a really good Jackson helped plan the event and exciting show.”

One group of people invited to and was a performer that night.

“All year we’ve been trying share its work was Marquette’s to do a bunch of smaller events, Live Poets Society, a poetry club

Original pieces offer outlet for self-expression

at Marquette.

Carmen Seda, a junior in the College of Engineering and president of the Live Poets Society, said it was a great experience to be a part of this event.

“I absolutely love doing open mics, and this one was really fun because there was so much energy and there were a lot more people than we usually get at our slams,” Seda said. “It was really cool that they let us hop in on this.”

Most of the poems shared were self-written. Seda shared her poem about relationships.

“It’s definitely scary before you start, when you’re standing up there and you’re getting ready to do it, you’re like, ‘Oh my God, this is a mistake,’” Seda said. “But once everyone is cheering for you, you feel real good.” “(The night) was all love, and it was reciprocated,” Jackson said. “Everybody was just loving one another.”

It’s not too late to share the love during Black History Month. Some other BSC events that will be hosted in February for Black History Month include Jeopardy: Black History Month edition Feb. 20 at 7 p.m., a Gospel Showcase Feb. 23 at 7 p.m., a Black Women Rock Dinner Feb. 27 at 6 p.m. and a 80s and 90s movie night Feb. 28 at 8 p.m.

Photo by Skyler Chun skyler.chun@marquette.edu

Two members of the Black Student Council express themselves by performing poems in the AMU Brew Cafe.

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Hot tamale sale brings attention to club, culture

LASO spends hours making traditional dishes for fundraiser

By Ariana Madson

ariana.madson@marquette.edu

Thursday may have been extremely cold, but the lobby of Lalumiere Language Hall was filled with the warmth and scent of the Horchata and Tamale Sale put on by the Latin American Student Organization. With containers of tamales filled to the brim, the LASO members sat to sell the homemade goods.

Salma Nunez, a junior in the College of Business Administration and the fundraising coordinator for LASO, said that even though the club has been around since at least 2012, this is the year they described as their “comeback” year.

Nunez said this event was a fundraiser that required significant hard work and thought.

“I feel like, who doesn’t love tamales?” Nunez said. “I thought it will be a great way to bring in money for the organization and to spread our culture. I decided to do this because we had general members come and help us prepare it.”

She said she always had tamales

around Christmastime, so the sale also brought back memories.

Nunez, along with Stephanie Salas, a junior in the College of Health Sciences and the public relations officer for LASO, said the tamales were homemade and took them until about 2 a.m. the day of the sale to complete.

“We started at 6 p.m., and then they were all in the pot by 7:30 p.m. ... We took six hours,” Salas said.

corn husk before spreading the chicken inside it, making sure it was placed upright in the pan and that there was always water in the pan. Along with prepping the chicken, they made the sauces.

Once all of that was done, the tamales spent the remaining six hours steaming.

The club is important to its members, especially those who worked to make the event happen.

Ashley David, a first-year in the College of Nursing, said the club is a key part of her life.

“For us, (it’s) to get together and be a family,” David said.

Nunez said the club helped her find a Latinx community on campus.

“I thought it was a sense of home for me, so I could feel included in my culture and share similar issues that I have with the Latinx students on campus,” Nunez said.

Salas shared similar Salma Nunez sentiments, saying she hopes Junior, College of Business the club and the event bring Administration awareness to the Latin presence on campus.

For preparation, they made a “It just shows we’re around practice batch so that when the and that we’re trying to be active time came, the tamales would in the community and bring be good enough to sell. Making Marquette all together,” Salas them was no easy task. said. “It shows how much work To make the tamales, they first we put into it and how much we had to marinate the chicken. care about LASO.” They then had to add masa to the David said an important

aspect of the event to her was to bring more appreciation for their culture.

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up in March, such as a trivia night and a game night, Nunez said. It will also will have a dance with Spanish music.

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I thought it was a sense of home for me, so I could feel included in my culture”

Photo courtesy of Stephanie Salas

LASO’s Tamales and Horchata Sale took place Feb. 13 in Lalumiere Hall.

Runners compete for treats at Cocoa Classic 5K event AOE sorority members volunteer in freezing weather

By Charlotte Ives

charlotte.ives@marquette.edu

Nearly 600 Milwaukee residents made their way to South Shore Drive in freezing weather Feb. 15 to participate in the Milwaukee Cocoa Classic.

The Milwaukee Cocoa Classic is an annual 5K walk/run that treats its participants to hot chocolate and Rice Krispie treats at the end of the race. In addition to snacks, all racers are given a “finisher mug” and a long-sleeve commemorative T-shirt.

For some, however, the finishline incentives were not the only reason they attended. While the race itself officially began at 8:15 a.m., dozens of gritty volunteers showed up at 6:45 a.m. in the 16-degree weather to help with the set-up process.

Among these volunteers were 10 members of Marquette University’s Alpha Omega Epsilon sorority. They arrived bright and early to the event to assist with preparations.

Despite unpleasant conditions, Kelsey Hughes, a sophomore

in the College of Engineering who is in charge of AOE’s philanthropy committee, said she feels that volunteering at this sort of event is always worth it. AOE was the only official Marquette-affiliated group at the run.

“I think (our sorority) always liked doing these events just because they’re fun, and we get to meet people from other organizations,” Hughes said.

“It’s always fun to get involved in the community.”

Hughes is not the only one in her sorority who shares this attitude.

Emma Claire Kinnison, a junior in the College of Engineering and the former head of AOE’s philanthropy committee, said she has experience in coordinating volunteer work for this kind of event.

Kinnison said her favorite parts of volunteering at events are not just “being there in the community, but also being there with a bunch of my sisters and getting to connect and bond with them more.”

While the race itself may be a fun community-building experience, Koloszy said an event like the Milwaukee Cocoa Classic takes anywhere from three to six months to plan. The

race itself is largely facilitated by volunteers.

Kinnison also said AOE has previously worked with All Community Events, the organization that hosted the Cocoa Classic. ACE is a nationwide organization that hosts races throughout the Midwest and East Coast.

According to its website, the mission is to strengthen local communities and promote personal health and fitness.

In an effort to achieve this mission, Mark Koloszy, event director for ACE, said all of the races the organization hosts double as a fundraiser.

“We work with local charities in each city, so it’s a win-win for everybody,” Koloszy said.

This year the Milwaukee Cocoa Classic chose to sponsor Eastern Wisconsin Ronald McDonald House Charities, which support families with children who are hospitalized or are receiving medical care.

The Milwaukee Cocoa Classic promoted the Milwaukee branch of this major charity.

However, Koloszy said the fundraising itself is not the best part of these events. He said his favorite part is “seeing the runners and walkers as

they finish, the smiles on their faces, making it a memorable experience.” He also said he enjoys the awards ceremony.

At the end of the Milwaukee Cocoa Classic, a winner medal is awarded to the top three fastest racers in each age group.

With 13 different age groups, there are up to 39 winner medals presented to participants at the end of the race.

Despite the bitterly cold weather and the time consuming planning process, Koloszy made no complaints. “This is the best part of the job, just being out here, doing the work, having people help and set up, volunteers coming together and making it a great event for runners and walkers,” Koloszy said.

Photo courtesy of Alpha Omega Epsilon

Students from Alpha Omega Epsilon are bundled up in the cold weather to help at the Milwaukee Cocoa Classic 5K event.

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STAFF EDITORIAL

Next Communication dean must commit to student media

As the university looks to hire the next College of Communication dean, it must search for a passionate advocate who is committed to securing resources for independent student media.

The Marquette Wire serves all members of the community through its in-depth reporting in the Marquette Tribune, Marquette Journal, Marquette University Television and Marquette Radio. Whether uncovering physical discipline of an adviser on a student, shedding light on campus accessibility issues or analyzing the Golden Eagles win in BIG EAST Tournament semifinals, student journalists require support to complete impactful work.

The university is currently conducting its search for the next dean, with acting dean Sarah Feldner currently serving in the role. Provost Kimo Ah Yun told the Marquette Wire the search will take as long as necessary to find the best person for

the job. He added the college hopes the new dean can begin July 1.

The College of Communication dean has the ability to promote programs, organizations, courses and other initiatives to top university administrators and the broader community. Often acting as a spokesperson for students, staff and faculty in the college, the dean sets the tone for the college’s priorities.

Associate professor and chair of digital media and performing arts Stephen Hudson-Mairet, who is chairing the search committee for the new dean of the College of Communication, was unable to comment about the specific responsibilities of the dean.

It is essential that the permanent dean exhibits genuine care and interest in the objectives of student media on campus.

The Marquette Wire’s coverage provides an independent check on Marquette University as an

institution, its leaders and others in the broader community. Without accountability, officials at the university could largely operate unchecked, which can cause harm to any system or environment.

The university recently announced that it will employ a cost management review process to counter demographic challenges facing higher education. These challenges include a 15 to 25% decrease in collegeage students by 2026, according to the book “Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education” by Nathan Growe, which University President Michael Lovell previously referenced. In September 2019, the university cut 2.5% of its employees. That same month, Ah Yun held a meeting with College of Education faculty and staff to discuss the potential downsizing of the college.

With cost-saving measures undoubtedly ahead, the next College of Communication dean must work

to defend against cuts to the student media budget and to support the organization in ensuring that it has lasting funds.

The stories produced by student journalists spark dialogue, generate ideas and educate readers, listeners and viewers. The work aims to share perspectives from overlooked and underserved community members.

Without sustained resources, the Marquette Wire would lose the ability to hire talented journalists to adequately represent all campus voices.

Maintaining the current staffing of the Marquette Wire is crucial to the quality of work produced.

Not only must the dean serve as an advocate for student media, but they must also have the ability to serve as an active observer and listener for all students. A dean must be personable, striving to relate to student experiences in an effort to improve them.

Whoever is selected for this position must be present when engaging

with Marquette Wire staff members in order to develop a deeper understanding of the organization’s ethics, goals and coverage. With more knowledge comes a stronger ability to advocate for the needs of students.

The next dean must also acknowledge the importance of the Wire’s independence in order to best serve the Marquette community. While personability is valued, the dean must draw a line between themselves and student journalists. The dean should not expect the Wire to align with the university or college’s goals or desired appearance.

The relationship between the Wire and the dean will directly impact how the Wire reports for the community. The dean must advocate for free press and resources to university administration in order for the Wire to remain objective and uphold journalistic integrity and standards.

the Sustainability website.” While the Sustainability website does exist at a different web address, further information on the recycling program cannot be found on Marquette’s website.

Marquette needs to be more aggressive in implementation of green initiatives if it wants to achieve its sustainability goals by 2025, as described by the Marquette Purchasing Department. These four goals include specific targets in reducing emissions, waste and water consumption and increasing energy efficiency.

It is especially important that the university transitions into using more renewable energy sources to reach its goal of 25% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. Switching to clean energy will help the City of Milwaukee execute its 25x2025 Renewable Energy Strategy, which aims to have 25% of the City’s energy come from renewable sources by 2025.

In comparison to other midwestern schools like Loyola University Chicago and Northwestern University, Marquette has put in a lot less work toward sustainability initiatives. According to Loyola’s Institute of Environmental

Sustainability, they have reduced energy use on its Lake Shore campus by 18% since 2008. This reduction led to savings in energy costs that exceeded $6.2 million.

In 2019, Northwestern became the first university to win the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s 2019 ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year Award two years in a row. It was recognized for achievements in areas like energy efficiency and its dashboard system that tracks utility consumption and makes energy usage transparent to the university community.

One positive example of sustainability on campus is the Opus College of Engineering, which sets a standard for future development at Marquette. Engineering Hall, completed in 2011, earned a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold Certification in 2013. It includes sustainable features like solar panels, a green roof, a rainwater storage system and an interactive display that shows data such as the building’s water and energy consumption.

Student groups like SEAC, Fossil Free Marquette and an emerging chapter of the Food Recovery Network at Marquette have taken

matters into their own hands to make campus more sustainable.

SEAC works to increase environmental literacy and organize campus and beach cleanups, and it helped advance the plan to bring composting to dining halls in 2016.

Fossil Free Marquette is a student-run campaign demanding that Marquette divest itself from fossil fuels and reinvest in renewable energy sources. In its petition addressed to University President Michael Lovell, the Board of Trustees and the Marquette Endowment Office, the group called on them to “freeze any new investments in fossil fuels and to divest from direct ownership and any commingled funds that include fossil fuel public equities and corporate bonds within 5 years.”

The Food Recovery Network is the largest student movement fighting food waste and hunger in America. Students involved in the organization at Marquette collect leftover food from Sodexo that would have gone to waste and partners with Marquette University Neighborhood Kitchens who delivers it to the Benedict Center.

Students at Marquette care about climate justice. Sustainable

efforts on an institutional level can make a significant impact in the fight against climate change. The Marquette administration should respond to student concerns about the current and future state of our planet by making sustainability a priority on campus.

University must improve sustainability, back student efforts Annie Dysart

Marquette does not have much to show for when it comes to sustainability. Unlike other universities, such as Loyola University Chicago, Marquette lacks a staffed sustainability office.

The university is looking to hire a Sustainability & Energy Management Coordinator, but the position has been vacant since last summer.

On top of that, student groups such as Students for an Environmentally Active Campus and Fossil Free Marquette have taken initiative in lieu of the university’s efforts to make Marquette greener. These groups need more visibility and administrative support.

Marquette’s Jesuit mission inspires an obligation to care for others and the environment through sustainability.

One sustainability area that students have questioned is Marquette’s recycling efforts. The recycling page on Marquette’s Facilities, Planning and Management website includes two expired links: one to “a single-stream recycling program” and the other to “visit

Annie Dysart is a senior studying writing-intensive English and environmental studies. She can be reached at anne.dysart@marquette.edu

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Rise of white supremacy calls for campus action Aminah Beg A new report released earlier this week by the Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism stated that in the past year, the distribution of white supremacist propaganda has increased by 120%. White supremacist propaganda is material that uses printed media to discriminate against other races, religions, the LGBTQ+ community and other minority groups.

The Anti-Defamation League is a nongovernmental organization founded to stop the defamation of Jewish people, but it continues to ensure fair treatment and justice to all United States citizens through its work.

The rise comes after a 180% rise in white supremacist propaganda between 2017 and 2018. This means that this is the second year in a row in which the distribution of white supremacist propaganda has doubled.

The report outlines a total of 2,713 cases of the circulation of this kind of propaganda in the last year. Flyers, posters and banners are all classified as white propaganda under the ADL. This kind of propaganda enables white supremacists to take advantage of media and online attention without facing direct consequences for their actions. Groups that publicize this material understand these posters will garner attention from the surrounding community members because of the extreme messages.

Their messages are shared to many individuals through different platforms like the media and the internet by posting photos of the printed propaganda. At the same time, supremacists can avoid conflict because of the inability to directly

Graphic via Anti-Defamation League

track down those who put them up.

It “limits the risk of individual exposure, negative media coverage, arrests and public backlash that that often accompanies more public events,” according to ADL’s Extremism report. The abundance of these defamatory messages attempts to normalize and rationalize the ignorant attitudes of supremacists onto the American public.

A large portion of these supremacist incidents occurred on college campuses in the last year. 433 different colleges were reported to have distribution of ignorant propaganda materials occur on their campus.

Campuses are an easy target for flyers, posters and banners. It seems

like wherever there is open wall space, a poster will be hung up advertising a certain club, event or organization. White supremacists can easily blend their deceivingly appropriate poster in with the other thousands of flyers printed around campuses without receiving any sort of punishment.

Colleges are also home to thousands of students who walk miles every day and are exposed to the variety of content hung around the campus. The immediate audience alone is motivation enough for supremacy groups to target the younger generation. These efficient and anonymous methods of spreading hateful messages to a mass amount

of people are dangerous and harmful to the groups affected by them.

The distribution of white supremacy material is clearly a significant issue in recent years. It is more than just a few ignorant incidents. Rather, college campuses all over the country are affected by this phenomenon.

Marquette University must do its part to ensure that they prevent this disease from spreading to Milwaukee. As a college campus, Marquette is vulnerable and susceptible to the spread of supremacist ideas.

But it cannot be tolerated.

The university must take reports and complaints seriously. They need to take action when minority students from various communities are

someone expressed fear of getting coronavirus at a nail salon and another by a man who makes a joke about getting coronavirus because he went to a Chinese restaurant. Beyond just being overtly racist, these tweets display how illogical the racist sentiments are. These comments have filled the cracks of the conversation behind coronavirus.

Asian students have expressed their discontent with the situation through Twitter as well as with tweets like, “one of my mom’s students just like. didn’t show up to Chinese class because they were afraid that she had the coronavirus” and “a kid in my class was repulsed b/c I’m Asian and he said that me being Asian meant i had coronavirus.

So I coughed on him.”

Beyond social media, this irrational fear of coronavirus has started to affect the daily lives of Asian people across the country. People I have spoken with about this have expressed a feeling of being targeted due to the perceived idea that being

Asian somehow makes them more likely to have coronavirus. Daniel Sim, a friend of mine and a sophomore at Arizona State University where there is a nearby case, said that he has noticed that his friends have been making more jokes about him being Korean. Also, he said he has realized more aggressive actions being directed at him simply because he is Asian.

“People will give me dirty looks when I like lightly cough in class,” Sim said.

The tendency for people to subscribe to these xenophobic ideas have been heightened in recent months in the Midwest, particularly Milwaukee, because of reported cases of coronavirus in Chicago and Dane County, Wisconsin. The fear of coronavirus from Chicago has been materialized because of its proximity to Milwaukee and because it houses one of the largest international airports in the United States. Chicago was one of the first cities in the United States to have a

case of coronavirus and it still has two confirmed cases. For Marquette in particular, many students are from the Chicago area, which has only fanned the flame of this irrational fear of coronavirus. In turn, it has increased the potency of the prejudices towards Asian people on campus.

University Vice Provost John Su indicated incidents of avoidance in an email to faculty and staff. Students who have travelled internationally have faced recent avoidance from others on campus, even though the Marquette Medical Clinic said there are no confirmed or suspected coronavirus cases at Marquette or in the broader Milwaukee area.

Additionally, approximately 577 Asian undergraduate students were enrolled at Marquette University at the beginning of the fall 2019 semester, according to the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis. Asian students account for the second largest group of students of color behind Hispanic students; they should not be unwelcome or have to feel unsafe

reporting about the discrimination they face on this campus. If the administration fails to adequately address these problem or the incidents, it may discourage minorities from reporting them in fear of not getting taken seriously. It will build resentment and discomfort that will make the campus feel even more unwelcoming to those affected.

Administrators should truly listen to the students instead of replying with the same automated messages of formality that are meant to make people feel better. Marquette could also create a requirement that posters hung up by students must be approved by a council before being posted across campus. That way at least one other person can read the material to look for any defamatory content. There are real, institutional changes that can be made within the structure of Marquette, but it is the job of the administration to really care about them.

Minorities must be able to feel like they can report about discriminatory situations and that action will be taken against those individuals that were hurtful no matter if they are students or employees.

Ignorant and racist rhetoric is projected constantly across various communities. Marquette University is not safe from the epidemic that is the spread of white supremacy.

One example is that a student “air dropped” a photo of a group of boys holding guns to an African American doll’s head. The student was expelled before the fall 2018 semester.

It is the job of the university to take this problem seriously and prevent the message in our community.

Aminah Beg is a junior studying public relations and cognitive science. She can be reached at aminah.beg@marquette.edu

Xenophobia related to coronavirus needs to stop

Beck Salgado The intro of “Wolves” by Kanye West is featured in a Jan. 24 tweet that is accompanied by an edited video of ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith exclaiming that he is “having a very bad day.”

30,000 retweets and 134,000 thousand likes later, the tweet has officially gone viral — no harm done, right? The problem with the tweet is found in its caption that says, “When you’re in class and the Chinese foreign exchange student starts coughing.”

This tweet is just one of many like it, that, in the wake of the viral coronavirus, has proliferated and normalized racist and xenophobic ideas. Twitter has become the battleground for people’s protests about whether coronavirus can affect them. In effect, some blatantly racist tweets have been posted. Examples of this include a tweet where

on campus due to unjustified fear and discrimination.

The xenophobic narrative is only amplified by Milwaukee’s proximity to known cases. The close proximity to Milwaukee and the fact that Marquette is a popular school for Asian students could continue to cause issues on campus.

While I understand being alarmed by the prospect of a global epidemic surrounding a disease that does not yet have a cure, I do not understand being unjustifiably scared of Asian people simply because of the disease. Rather than blindly hurling racist comments, people should instead realize how little the current American population is being directly affected by this disease. I know it is easy to get caught up in a situation such as this, but the harassment of others because of their race is never justified, and this case is no different.

Beck Salgado is a sophomore studying journalism and English.

He can be reached at beck.salgado@marquette.edu

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Johnson emerges after Morrow’s departure

Photo by John Steppe john.steppe@marquette.edu

Jayce Johnson (34) and Koby McEwen (25) block out a Providence defender in Marquette’s 81-80 overtime loss to the Friars Jan. 7. Johnson is averaging 3.7 points per game this season.

Grad transfer receives more minutes at post, affects style of play

By Matt Yeazel

matthew.yeazel@marquette.edu

When Jayce Johnson first came to Marquette as a graduate transfer from the University of Utah, he was thought to be a solid third option alongside two returning big men on this Golden Eagle squad.

Now, his team said it wouldn’t be anywhere near where it is today without him.

“If he’s not on our team, the mood in our locker room would be a heck of a lot different,” head coach Steve Wojciechowski said after the win against DePaul on Feb.1. “He’s been a consummate team player.”

Johnson’s impact has been felt in multiple areas on and off the court, with offensive rebounds being one of the most prevalent, redshirt senior Sacar Anim said after the win against St. John’s on Jan.21.

“He’s one of the best rebounders in the country, especially offensively,” Anim said. “He creates second shots for us, he can go up and create

his own shot, get fouled or spray it out to shooters.”

Johnson did not make his season debut until the game at Wisconsin on Nov.17 due to suffering a knee injury the day before the team’s scrimmage against St. Norbert Oct. 29. He did not play double-digit minutes until the trip to Orlando.

Now, he is the most important player off the bench for Marquette.

In 21 games this season, the Mission Viejo, California, native is averaging 3.7 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. He ranks fourth on the team in rebounds with 108.

“With big guys and their knees it’s hard to miss time and come back quickly,” Wojciechowski said.

“His return and his play have been so critical to our success this season, and he’s a big part of how well we’ve played recently.”

Johnson is tied for eighth in the BIG EAST for offensive rebounds per game at 2.0 and is 21st in the conference in total rebounds at 5.2.

He is behind teammates Brendan Bailey with 5.5 and Koby McEwen with 5.4 on the total rebound list, but slightly ahead of fellow big man Theo John, who has 5.0.

Wojciechowski knew coming in that Johnson was going to be an important part of the team’s

rebounding, among other facets, as he said at Media Day in November.

“He’s been an elite-level rebounder throughout his college career,” Wojciechowski said. “He’s a big physical rim protector and screen setter, and all of that will help us a lot.”

Marquette’s rim protection has been headlined by John for the past two seasons — deservingly so — as he is currently third in the BIG EAST averaging just under two a game. Despite averaging just 0.48 blocks per game, fellow seniors Anim and Markus Howard said Johnson has made an impact in that department as well.

“Jayce has had a great approach the last couple weeks,” Howard said after the win against St. John’s.

“He really stepped up with his presence down low, his rebounding, his protection at the rim, as well as his finishing.”

Anim said it’s Johnson’s postand-glass protecting presence that has made him be a big key piece for the Golden Eagles.

“He’s a rim protector, sets good screens and he’s a huge part of our team,” Anim said. “His play is a really key factor for us.”

Before the season, Johnson knew that he and the other bigs would be

able to act as an insurance policy for guards on the defensive end.

“We’ll give the guards confidence to defend because they know that we have their back if they get drove on or shook,” Johnson said.

“We’re there to block the shot and help, and then they can help us.”

Wojciechowski mentioned after the win against Villanova Jan. 4 that all three of his big men at the time were good at protecting the rim and that they needed to do a better job on the perimeter so that they did not always have to remain in the paint.

Shortly after that time, Johnson’s role became much larger, as a fellow big man in redshirt senior Ed Morrow left the program and was no longer a member of the team, leaving just John and Johnson as bigs down low.

Johnson has averaged 16.5 minutes per game compared to 12.2 per game before Morrow’s departure Jan. 15. Morrow’s absence is felt more when John or Johnson is in foul trouble, which is often.

John has had over three fouls in four of the eight games since Morrow’s absence, with Johnson having the same, including fouling out in the games against Georgetown Jan. 18 and DePaul Feb. 1.

Before the season it was thought

that Marquette would frequently play with two bigs on the floor at one time in order to bolster the defense and rebounding.

“I enjoy having another big in the game,” Johnson said at Media Day. “It’s not gonna happen every game depending on matchups, but I think we’ll complement each other well.”

Johnson added that the competition in practice between John, Morrow and himself was making each of them better players and that they were “not going to allow anyone in the paint to score at the rim.”

While the two big man lineup has not come into fruition with Morrow leaving the program and John and Johnson typically subbing out when the other comes into the game, the two complement each other’s games. With either John or Johnson on the floor, Marquette always has a big in the game who will protect the rim.

Wojciechowski gave high praise to Johnson after the team’s win against DePaul.

“I don’t think anyone was bigger in the win than Jayce,” Wojciechowski said. “He’s been awesome, the extra hustle plays give such a burst of energy to our team.”

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Parents’ passion influences Sima-Aree’s love of sport “(Being with my parents) was when I started being interested in going around the golf course, riding on the golf carts and watching them play,” Sima-Aree said. “Then I started to learn how to swing the golf clubs and

By Andrew Amouzou andrew.amouzou@marquette.edu I saw the ball roll on the green When first-year golfer Bhoom and drop in the hole ... that is Sima-Aree was younger, he and when I thought that I wanted to his siblings would wake up ear- play golf.”

Ever since his first experily on the weekends and wonder why their parents were never ences with the sport, golf has home in the morning. After a played a significant role in his while, Bhoom figured out what life. His hard work led him to be the fourth-ranked player for the was going on.

“One day I asked them, ‘What International Recruiting Class do you two do on the weekends of 2019 and 18th overall in and why don’t you stay home the nation, according to Junior with (me and my siblings)’, and Golf Scoreboard.

With all the recognition he they said ‘We go to play golf,’” received, Sima-Aree was given Sima-Aree said.

First starting to play the sport multiple offers from schools at the age of eight, Sima-Aree such as Liberty University, Unisaid the passion that his par- versity of Delaware and the Unients had for golf was eventually versity of Oregon. However, he was quickly drawn to Marquette. passed down to him. “(Marquette) was the first uni“My dad, at one time, was serious about being a professional versity to come up to me and golf player,” Sima-Aree said. speak with the passion of want“He did not reach his dream, so ing me to join their team,” Simahe decided to teach his kids how Aree said. “They were the first to play, and he passed his pas- school to not hesitate to give me a scholarship and my parsion to us.”

He began to join his parents ents thought that the coach was on their early morning trips and very kind.”

Although Marquette recruitbecame familiar with the sport.

First-year ranked 4th for International Recruits before MU

ed him heavily, he later stated that head coach Steve Bailey was the biggest reason why he chose Marquette.

“He looks after his own play-

Sima-Aree. He went into detail on his first impressions of when he saw Bhoom play in the United States.

“He has played in the States quite a bit,” Bailey said. “We watched him play about three times before his senior year. ...

I got to see him play in the Junior World Invitational, which is one of the most notable events in all of the world. He played here enough to where we knew that he was going to be a good fit for our program.”

Once he decided to play for Marquette, Sima-Aree knew that there were going be a few adjustments in life in order to become comfortable with the campus.

“The biggest transition was the culture because America’s culture is different,” Sima-Aree said. “(Adjustments) can be the food, could be how we would drive cars on the opposite side of Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics the road and wheel, the time and Sima-Aree tees off at MU Invite. weather change. It’s all about ers as if they were his sons, and learning to adapt and getting out that was one of the reasons why of my comfort zone.”

Sima-Aree said going on the I decided to choose Marquette,” Bhoom said. “He teaches many program’s foreign trip this sumvaluable lessons that you can’t mer to Scotland was helpful for him to get to know his teamfind anywhere else.”

Coaching his 10th season at mates and build relationships.

“The first time I met my teamMarquette, Bailey never went outside of the country to scout mates was in Scotland and they

were all nice and welcomed me as a part of the Marquette community,” Sima-Aree said. “It helped us bond together and wanting to know about different cultures and different experiences.”

Having a team with two international players, Bailey looks past someone’s origin and into the work ethic and leadership traits they possess.

“We have had players from Mexico since I have been here, and South Africa, England,” Bailey said. “Ultimately it does not come to where they are from but more of if they are going to align with our values and if they are going to fit the competitive mode.”

Bailey said he wants his golf program to serve to better one another, no matter what.

“I would think that Bhoom would tell you now that this is home and it’s comfortable for him,” Bailey said. “Just building that culture. ... I think that’s the most important thing. Having a culture of support and wanting him to ... improve his game (so much so) that hopefully one day he can go out and play at the next level.”

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Golden Eagles maintain 2nd place in BIG EAST Team holds Butler scoreless in last 4 minutes to win 76-54

By Dan Avington

daniel.avington@marquette.edu

Marquette women’s basketball secured sole possession of second place in the BIG EAST Sunday, defeating the Butler Bulldogs 76-54 on Play4Kay Day at the Al McGuire Center.

Prior to the game, both teams wore Play4Kay shirts and many

fans wore pink shirts to honor Coach Kay Yow, a former women’s basketball head coach at North Carolina State University, who died from breast cancer in 2009, and all women affected by cancer.

“It’s been a great weekend with two wins and honoring those women who have survived (cancer),” head coach Megan Duffy said. “Last night, we had a dinner to honor the cancer survivors and got to hear their stories … It gave us some great perspective of these women who are absolute warriors and have so much

Photo by John Steppe john.steppe@marquette.edu

Women’s basketball huddles up ahead of its 76-54 win on Play4Kay Day.

positive energy.”

On the court, it was a battle for second place in the BIG EAST, and thanks to five double-digit scorers, Marquette prevailed over the Bulldogs.

“Last time we played (Butler), we had little flukes here and there,” first-year forward Camryn Taylor said. “Today we decided we had to come out tough and come out hard on offense and defense, just coming out how we play.”

Despite poor early performances by the team in previous games this season, Marquette hopped out to a hot start in the game behind nine early points from senior Isabelle Spingola.

MU held Butler scoreless for the final four minutes of the first frame and led 23-9 after one quarter.

“We’ve had our fair share of slow starts,” Duffy said. “(But) to have our team show up the way we did in the first quarter, it was tremendous. We were able to sustain that energy throughout the game.”

The second quarter was much sloppier, as the Golden Eagles totaled nine turnovers, but still led 42-25 heading into the halftime break.

“We lost our composure for a few minutes,” Duffy said. “We kept talking in the timeouts, ‘Get back to what we practiced, get back to our preparation, take care of the ball,’ and once we sustained that initial wave of pressure, we could get out in transition a little more, get some easy baskets.”

Quarter three was another slow one, as the teams combined for just 21 points in the frame, but Marquette still led 53-35 after the third.

MU was able to put some distance between the teams in the final 10 minutes and walk away with a 76-54 victory to get revenge on the Bulldogs after losing to them on Jan. 17.

“It feels really good,” Taylor said. “Getting this win is really big for us and a big statement moving forward.”

Spingola led Marquette with 17 points, going 6-for-11 from the floor and 5-for-8 from beyond the arc. Senior Altia Anderson contributed 10 points and 12 rebounds on the day for her second double-double of the year. “(Altia) has been playing really great, staying aggressive,” Taylor said. “She’s been disciplined on defense, she’s

been a really big part for us offensively and defensively, getting those boards and making those hustle plays.”

Junior Selena Lott had 13 points after missing Friday’s game against Xavier with a lower-body injury. Redshirt junior Lauren Van Kleunen totaled 12 points and six assists, and Taylor added 13 points.

“What we’ve been about all year is having that (scoring) balance,” Duffy said. “Another great statistic is 21 assists on 29 made baskets against a really physical team.”

Butler was led by star guard Kristen Spolyar’s 16 points, while Katherine Strong added 14 and Naira Caceres totaled a team-high six rebounds.

Marquette (20-6, 11-4 BIG EAST) now heads out on their final road trip of the season, traveling to Villanova for a matchup against the Wildcats Friday at 6 p.m. Central Standard Time.

“From here on out, our last three are brutal,” Duffy said.

“Any time you go on the road and then finish with DePaul, it’s not going to get any easier.

But I’m very proud of our team protecting our home floor today, which is everything.”

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Hanson continues longstanding family running legacy Previous Indiana State athlete moves into leadership spot

By Sam Arco

samuel.arco@marquette.edu

For Marquette track and field senior captain Mary Hanson, track literally runs in her blood.

Both of Hanson’s parents ran track and cross country in college, and her two sisters, Michaela Courtney and Molly Hanson, ran at Marquette, so it would seem that Mary was destined to find herself running at the highest collegiate level.

Despite her entire family running in college, it didn’t come easy.

“It’s a bit overwhelming having a family full of runners,” Mary said.

“I felt I had a lot of pressure growing up to run at the (Division I) level, but once senior year in high school came around, I fell in love with the sport and decided I wanted to run in college.”

As a two-time state champion in cross country, First Team All-State selection in the 800-meter run and a school record holder coming out

of Dodgeville High School in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, Mary was heavily recruited coming into college.

Mary’s long list of high school accolades had many colleges knocking on her door. Among these schools was the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where Mary’s older sister Molly ran after transferring from Marquette.

“Initially I thought I was going to follow my older sister Molly to run at Wisconsin after taking an official visit to the school, but instead I decided to commit to Indiana State (University),” Mary said.

As a first-year, Mary had a tough time at Indiana State. Struggling with being away from home, she decided to transfer to Marquette for her sophomore year.

She made the decision after visiting Marquette one weekend to watch her sister Michaela get inducted into the Marquette Track and Field Hall of Fame. Michaela ran for Marquette from 2003-07 and holds school records in the 1,500 and 3,000-meter races. She is also one of five women in Marquette women’s track and field history to be inducted into the Marquette Hall of Fame in 2016.

“I had a great time when I was here for my sister’s ceremony on campus, and I really felt like I was at home,” Mary said.

Marquette men’s and women’s track and field head coach Bert Rogers has had the chance to coach all three Hanson sisters during his 13year tenure at Marquette.

“Mary used to come and watch her sisters race all the time, so I’ve had the pleasure to know Mary and the Hanson family for a long time,” Rogers said. “The Hansons are a great family. They love to travel all over to watch all of Mary’s meets.”

Rodgers says he’s seen Mary grow on and off the track throughout her time at Marquette.

“She’s dealt with a lot of adversity such as injuries and other obstacles while she’s been here, but I’m proud to see her grow as a person and become a leader for our team,” Rodgers said.

In her three years at Marquette, Mary’s teammates and coaches have seen her quickly develop into a leader.

“As a captain, she gets looked up to by her younger teammates, especially the (first-year) distance runners,” Rogers said. “We have a

nice group of leaders amongst the team, and Mary is one of them.

Mary leads by example and organizes team meetings throughout the season.”

However, Mary said she didn’t think she would be put in the position that she is in today.

“It’s kind of surprising I’m in the role I am in now,” Mary said. “When I got here sophomore year, I hardly knew anyone. This team has mutual respect for everyone so that’s how I got to be where I’m at today.”

Mary said she has made many memories and relationships that will last much longer than just her time spent at Marquette.

“One of my favorite memories running at Marquette is probably my junior year running cross country,” Mary said. “We had a great team full of leaders who were so much fun to run with. We also hosted conference that year and we finished fourth, which was the highest we had finished in a long time.”

Now in her senior year, Mary’s trying not to think about what’s coming to an end for her, but to just enjoy the time she has left. Even though she’s in her last season, Mary said she still has a lot she wants to

accomplish before she graduates.

“I just want to try not to put a lot of pressure on myself and do my best. My goal is to run a lot of PRs throughout the season and enjoy the time I have with my teammates while it lasts,” Mary said.

So far in her final indoor track season, Mary set a personal record at the Grand Valley State University Holiday Open Feb. 14 in the 3,000-meter race with a time of 9:50.56 and won the mile at the John Tierney Classic at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Jan. 18.

In terms of post-graduate plans, Mary said it’s still up in the air at the moment, but don’t be surprised if you see her and her family out for a run.

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MEN’S LACROSSE

Marquette loses 1st game of season against Jacksonville Andrew Stimmel’s squad falls 11-9 at Valley Fields dome

By Molly Gretzlock

molly.gretzlock@marquette.edu

The Marquette men’s lacrosse team received its first loss of the season, falling 11-9 to the Jacksonville Dolphins Saturday afternoon.

“At the end of the day I think that losses always reveal your character.

We felt that we had times of adversity today and there were a couple of moments we responded,” head coach Andrew Stimmel said. “We were not playing in the style that we wanted to.”

Despite the cold weather outside, both teams appeared to come out hot. Redshirt sophomore Garrett Moya racked up the first goal less than ten minutes into the game.

Jacksonville did not waste any time responding back as they tallied up four goals to end the quarter.

Despite Connor McClelland scoring a goal toward the end of the quarter, Marquette found themselves down 4-2 at the end of the quarter.

The Golden Eagles fought back in the second quarter. The first-year attack, Devon Cowan, was able to score a breakthrough goal and set up momentum for the rest of the frame.

Chris Kirschner and McClelland each followed with more goals. The teams were tied at 5-5 at halftime.

The second half started similarly to the first. Senior Peter Henkhaus gave Marquette its first lead again since the beginning of the game, going up 6-5.

From there, the two teams went back and forth scoring. Jacksonville’s Alec Drosos responded in the next possession, tying the game at 6-6. Then Marquette attackman, Anthony Orsini put the Golden Eagles back on top once more.

Throughout the second half, goalie John Hulsman made some huge defensive saves protecting the net. He made 11 saves on the afternoon. However, Jacksonville surged through and was able to find a way to score two more times before the third quarter was over.

“I thought we missed executions on things that we were working on in practice this week,” senior defenseman P.J. Cox said. “Jacksonville did a really good job at turning on the pressure in situations and making us uncomfortable. They did a good job, hats off to them.”

The Dolphins added three more goals in the fourth, but Kirschner was not ready to give up just yet.

He scored two goals with under six minutes of play left. Unfortunately, it was not enough for a comeback and the Marquette men’s lacrosse team fell short with the final score

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Chris Kirchner (54) travels up the field in Marquette’s 11-9 loss to the Jacksonville Dolphins at home Feb.15.

being 11-9.

“We need to grow and continue to learn from moments where things aren’t going our way. This is going to be a growth moment for us and we are looking at what we can do to get better,” Stimmel said.

Marquette was led by Kirschner’s three goals on four shots and one ground ball.

“Kirschner played well. He has been a guy who has done what the coaches have asked of him,” Cox said. “He has done a good job of taking feedback from the coaches, learning from it and doing what the team asks of him. He had a good

day because of it.”

McClelland scored two goals and had five saves on the day. Cowan and Henkhaus both contributed with one goal and an assist each. Moya and Orsini added one goal as well.

Mason Woodward tallied up six ground balls and had two turnovers.

Thomas Washington grabbed five ground balls and caused one turnover. Washington also took his mark at the X at faceoff. He took 18 faceoffs and won nine of them.

The Golden Eagles were unable to stop Jacksonville’s top offensive player, Jacob Greiner, who scored five goals and had two

assists. Evan Tyler added three goals and seven assists on the day as well.

Alex Giovinco was 12-for-24 on faceoffs while Adam Baker made six saves and allowed nine goals on the afternoon.

Marquette (2-1) will travel to Pontiac, Michigan next Saturday to take on Detroit Mercy at 11 a.m.

“We will continue to find a way to get better. This (loss) does not have to define us at the end of the day,” Stimmel said. “We know that we didn’t play our best. We will look internally as a staff and as a team to get better this coming week.”

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WOMEN’S LACROSSE

Horning looks to impact younger players in final year Berwyn, PA, native reflects on college career in cage

By John Leuzzi

john.leuzzi@marquette.edu

When Marquette women’s lacrosse head coach Meredith Black attended an Ultimate Goal Lacrosse club game in Pennsylvania five years ago on the recruiting trail, there was a player who left a surprisingly strong first impression.

That player was senior goalie Julianna Horning.

“When I was looking at her club team for other reasons, I was like, Wait, this goalie is active, involved.’

(I) could tell she was a leader on the field even then,” Black said.

“I emailed her coach and was like, ‘Is she still available.’ It was just amazing how it all worked out.”

Two of Horning’s former high school teammates played for Black, making Marquette a familiar name.

When the Berwyn, Pennsylvania, native came out to visit Marquette, she said there was a surprising feel of being right at home.

“I was pleasantly surprised by

Milwaukee, the city and the different opportunities that Marquette presented academically and athletically and that is what drew me to pick Marquette,” Horning said.

Now in her senior year with the Golden Eagles, Horning has thrived in the cage, but that was not always the case.

It wasn’t until her first year at Conestoga High School that she fully committed to the goalie position, as she had previously split time playing attack and goalie.

“It was a position that I got thrown into a lot, and it became more common for me,” Horning said. “Over time I realized I had developed some good fundamentals and skill.”

Horning credits her experience in soccer for helping her transition to a fulltime goalie in lacrosse.

For Black, it is her senior captain’s incredible work ethic that stands out the most.

“She comes in and asks me every single day at practice what she did well, what she can do better,” Black said. “She is open to criticism, open to feedback, she watches film ... she is just putting in the work that other people are not doing.”

Horning, who is in her second

season as captain, said she hasn’t changed her leadership style, but instead has added different elements to it.

“For us as seniors, just wanting to leave an impact and instill the culture of Marquette lacrosse that we have seen and have helped shape throughout our four years and bringing that to the young players so they continue that on,” Horning said.

Horning said with a younger team this year, the leadership goes beyond the team’s three captains.

“This year being a captain is obviously a great honor, but I think the leadership extends past the three of us which is nice,” Horning said.

Black said she believes one of Horning’s strongest leadership qualities is her vocality.

“She is always talking,” Black said. “You want to do well by her because she is putting in the work herself and she is doing what she needs to do so it is very inspirational to have her lead.”

In addition to being a great leader and role model, Black said there is a sense of confidence Horning brings on the field to every game.

“She has played in these games, she has been through these things

Photo by John Steppe john.steppe@marquette.edu

Horning (31) clears the ball in Marquette’s 17-6 win over Cincinnati.

before, so it is hugely important,” Black said.

In her sophomore season, Horning set the single-season program record with 153 saves. She sits as the program’s all-time wins leader with 21, leads the program in saves per game and is currently second in all-time saves with 393.

If she had been asked four years ago when she committed to MU if this would be her impact she left on the program, she said she wouldn’t have believed it.

“I don’t know if I can say,” Horning said. “It was always a goal to

leave an impact. Statistically ... I don’t think it is necessarily something that I had in my mind or realized it was a possibility.”

With her graduation set for December 2020, the biomedical engineering major has one specific thing she is looking forward to in her final season.

“Having the opportunity to get out and compete. I am a pretty competitive person,” Horning said.

“You can’t mimic the opportunity you have as a college athlete to step out there and represent Marquette.”

LACROSSE GLOSSARY Checking

Controlled stick-to-stick contact in an attempt to dislodge the ball from the crosse

Clearing

Running or passing the ball from the defensive half of the field

Cradling

A technique used to keep the ball in the pocket of the stick

Crease

Circle around the goal where only the goalie and defensive players can enter

Crosse

The stick used to throw, catch, check and carry the ball

Cutting

A movement by an offensive player without the ball toward the opponent’s goal

Face-off

Two players squat down and fight for the ball; used at the start of each quarter and after a goal

Ground ball

A loose ball on the playing field

Head

Top part of the lacrosse stick

Marking

Defender is within a stick’s length of opponent

Pocket

Part of the stick that holds the ball

Shaft

The handle of the stick; varies in size depending on position

Graphic by Kayla Nickerson kayla.nickerson@marquette.edu

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Sports

The Marquette Tribune

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

MEN’S SOCCER

Former defenseman lands head coaching position Alumnus transitions to new role after time as graduate assistant

By Tyler Peters

tyler.peters@marquette.edu

Former Marquette men’s soccer defenseman and 2018 College of Business Administration graduate Danny Jarosz was announced as the Rockford Regents head coach Feb. 14.

“So pleased for Coach Jarosz,” head coach Louis Bennett said in a tweet. “A fantastic Marquette men’s soccer player, alum and student coach ... an exceptional young man.”

The Regents are a Division III team in the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference and finished this past season with a record of 6-13-1.

Jarosz’s coaching career began at Marquette after he suffered a career-ending injury in his redshirt sophomore season back in 2016. Jarosz then spent two years in a student coaching position under Bennett.

During his time at Marquette, Jarosz was selected BIG EAST

Defensive Player of the Week and twice named BIG EAST All-Academic.

Former teammate Patrick Seagrist had nothing but positive things to say regarding Jarosz’s recent hire.

“No person more deserving of a head coach role,” Seagrist said in a tweet. “Great role model and leader on and off the field.”

Bennett said although he’s proud of anyone on the team who goes into any profession, it’s a different feeling for Jarosz.

“If it’s the profession that we’ve chosen (for Danny), we’re immensely proud of that,” Bennett said.

Bennett said it’s very unusual for someone like Jarosz to get hired at such a young age.

“He’s probably one of the youngest head coaches in the country,” Bennett said. “It’s a labor of love when guys go into the lower levels of coaching. It’s certainly not financially glamorous, but it’s good for the soul.”

Jarosz is currently working to finish his master’s degree in Lead-

ership and Innovation at Wisconsin Lutheran College.

The Milwaukee native most recently spent the past two seasons as an assistant men’s soccer coach at WLC. There he coached four All-Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference performers, including the 2018 NACC Freshman of the Year.

Jarosz helped lead the Warriors to a berth in the 2018 conference tournament. He also tied the school record for NACC wins in the season.

Additionally, Jarosz spent time coaching the 16U boy’s white team and the 15U girl’s state team for the Bavarian Soccer Club.

“I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the coaching staffs at Marquette University, Wisconsin Lutheran College and the Bavarian Soccer Club,” Jarosz said in a statement. “They have made a profound impact on my life and have helped guide my professional development and prepare me for this opportunity.”

Bennett did not name who specifically but said there will likely be two more alumni who will land coaching jobs in the near future.

Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Danny Jarosz (5) looks to pass the ball in Marquette’s scrimmage in 2014.

Graphic by Kayla Nickerson kayla.nickerson@marquette.edu