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DAY IN THE LIFE OF NATTIE ROCKS OF KINDNESS INSTAGRAM LEAP OF FAITH MU INVENTIONS DEE THE COBEEN CHEF UGLY CAMPUS SWEATERS JESUIT RESIDENCE RELICS
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HISTORY OF JOHNSTON HALL WHY REPORT SEXUAL ASSAULT NOW? MARQUETTE THEATRE: SEXUAL ASSAULT
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IT’S NOT WHAT YOU WEAR: FASHION SPREAD SONGS & MARCHES JIMMY JOHN’S RANKINGS
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BIG EAST SOCCER TECHNOLOGY
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ournalism is one of the most powerful jobs in the world. We are the people that preserve history. We are the reason events like the Boston Tea Party, the Civil War and Pearl Harbor are common knowledge. We are the reason the public knows why Sept. 11 and Watergate happened. It is our duty as journalists to report what is going on in the world, to keep citizens informed and to be the watchdogs of the world. We have the ability to select what is in the public eye. We have the responsibility to share the most important and valuable information with the masses. We are no longer living in the 1800s. People are not passing the newspaper from person to person and lining up around the block to get the latest edition. We are living in an era where trust and faith in news organizations are wavering. And you can look at that as scary, or you can look at it as an exciting time. As journalists, we have the power to speak for those who don’t have a voice. We share stories that would otherwise be untold. We talk about issues that matter in society today. And that’s exactly what the “Marquette Journal” and Marquette Wire are doing. Every 98 seconds, someone is sexually assaulted, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network. So why are we not talking about it more? In our project launch of “The Uncomfortable Truth,” our staff hopes to give sexual assault victims their voices back. The Marquette theatre department is staking a claim in sexual assault awareness with their play in the spring, “Student Body.” And it’s all because the students advocated for it because they felt like it was such a problem both on Marquette’s campus and nationwide (pg. 36). In “It’s not what you wear” (pg. 44), we aim to create a conversation that it doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like. Sexual assault can happen to anyone, male or female, or to any race. A sexual assault victim shares a personal tale about what life is like after such a traumatic event (pg. 42). And we talk with experts on Marquette’s campus about conversations going on, which are so prevalent with Harvey Weinstein and the outing of many other celebrities and sexual assault allegations (pg. 34). It’s time to reclaim journalism as a noble profession by creating conversations that are important. It’s time that people know that sexual assault is a problem plaguing colleges. And most importantly, it’s time victims of sexual assault know they are not alone. Cheers,
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Consent education should begin at adolescence S
exual assault on college campuses is pervasive. The Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network reports 11.2 percent of all students have experienced some form of sexual violence, and a study published in the academic journal Violence and Victims found that 63 percent of rapists were repeat offenders. But sexual assault doesn’t begin in college. A 2013 study by JAMA Pediatrics reported that one in 10 young adults between the ages of 14 and 21 have pursued nonconsensual sexual behavior, and 50 percent of those perpetrators said it was the victim’s fault. The study also reported that most perpetrators committed their first assault by age 16. Despite this data, consent is rarely discussed in high school or middle school. A survey by Planned Parenthood Federation of America reports that only 14 percent of respondents said they had learned about consent in middle school, and only 21 percent said they had learned in high school. The failure to consistently educate on sexual violence contributes to a society that at worst excuses instances of sexual misconduct, and at best fails to prioritize its prevention. Ideas about sex and relationships begin to form in adolescence. It only makes sense, then, to begin conversations on this topic during this formative period in students’ lives. A survey administered by the National Children’s Bureau in England
asked 14 to 25-year-olds about their experiences with consent education. One third of students surveyed said they had not received any information regarding consent. Another survey conducted by the National Union of Students reported that 90 percent of high school students wanted sex and relationship education to be mandated in public schools.
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Twenty-five states currently mandate sexual assault education in public schools, though the caliber of this education varies from state to state and school to school. There is currently no similar federal mandate. While the increase in mandated education is forward momentum, it does not solve the problem. Girls and women are often educated on how to defend themselves against violence. It is crucial that women be cognizant of potential threats, but this approach fails to recognize the
root cause of sexual violence in two ways. First, both men and women can be victims of assault, and teaching girls about defense forgets that boys are also often subject to sexual misconduct. Secondly, teaching girls to defend themselves against assault takes the stance that assault is inevitable. It fails to be proactive in the prevention of assault. Students should know before they reach high school that any non-consensual sexual advance is wrong, regardless of the perceived severity of the advance. Sexual assault prevention should be discussed in conjunction with consent, and at a far earlier stage in students’ academic careers. These discussions need to happen at the middle and high school levels. Consent should be such a pillar of health education that by the time a student arrives on campus, they are fully equipped to intervene and educate others on the matter. Fifty percent of all campus sexual assaults occur in the first four months of the academic year, according to RAINN. Making sure students have a basic understanding of sexual violence prior to arriving on campus is crucial in the prevention of assault. This would not minimize the responsibility of universities to educate on these issues, but it would develop a foundational knowledge and facilitate further education on consent and assault prevention. NOVEMBER 2017
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NATTIE’S DOG DAYS
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MUPD’s furry friend unites community on daily campus strolls
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alking down Wisconsin Avenue can be a little ruff dayto-day, and it’s safe to say most of us get excited, or maybe even homesick, when we see a dog roaming the streets of campus. Luckily for us, there’s Nattie, Marquette University Police Department’s newest furry friend, whose main purpose as a community outreach dog is to be our friend. If Nattie could speak, 18
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I think she would say, “Why aren’t more students hanging out with me?” or “They should spend their study breaks petting me.” Unlike other police dogs, Nattie’s job isn’t to be trained in law enforcement or drug detection, but to comfort students or crime victims and be a friendly animal on campus. I decided to see what a day in the life of Nattie was like, and if I learned anything from our walk around campus together, it’s that she loves attention. When I walked into the MUPD office at 9 a.m., I heard Nattie whimpering by the door looking for Officer Carolina Seidl, her former owner
who was around for the day. It had been a while since she last saw her, and it was obvious that there was excitement in the air. After their reunion, Officer Andrew Huber prepared Nattie for her morning stroll around campus. We headed out and walked toward the Alumni Memorial Union. I asked Officer Huber where we were headed and he laughed. “Nattie creates the route,” he said. “She’s stubborn and leads the way, probably where she knows there is food.” Outside the AMU, students were eager to say “good morning” and pet her on the way to class. Next, Nattie led her way into the Office of Event Management, where event coordinators Vicki Cicatello and Julie Kuligowski had a variety of treats in their desk. They took pictures of her, attempted to play catch and suggested that Nattie played dead so that she could skip out on the walk and stay and play instead. Many offices around campus have started buying treats for Nattie, as they expect her arrival. Zilber Hall is one of them. Nattie’s agenda of finding treats lead us into the Office of Admissions. A few admissions officers rush out of their rooms to greet her, and the students have big smilies on their faces. Personally, I think Nattie should greet all prospective students. If she can’t convince prospective students to come to Marquette, I’m not sure what will. When we crossed Wisconsin Ave, Officer Huber explained how
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Nattie used to be terrified of the busses when crossing the street, but so was I. It’s all about adjustment. Next stop: South campus, because it wouldn’t be a scenic walk without a trip to St. Joan of Arc Chapel. After a quick stop where Nattie admired a squirrel, students started to trickle out of class. In this instance, no one stopped to pet her and she was confused. She loves the attention and wants everyone to interact with her. Outside Raynor, a student asked, “Can I pet her?” and the answer will almost always be “Yes!” Usually, when a student is done greeting Nattie, you’ll hear them tell the officer, “Thank you. This just made my morning.” We passed St. Joan of Arc and Nattie showed us a trick she learned: Jumping onto the steps. After our walk, Nattie went back home to the MUPD office where she lives permanently and is cared for.
From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., she lives the life of a normal dog, giving MUPD company or takes a nap like the rest of us. Students are welcome to hang out with her until her second walk of the day or trip to the park. Around 3 p.m., she goes out with one of the many members of MUPD who care for her such as Officer Huber, Officer Elyse Baisley, Sergeant Andrew Wellman or sometimes Chief Paul Mascari. She’s often spotted at the library giving students an opportunity to take a study break. Officer Huber explained the biggest impact Nattie had was bridging the gap between campus safety and students. MUPD believes Nattie is something out of the ordinary at a college campus, and spending time with her allows students to focus on something that isn’t college or stress. There are plenty of students who are regulars and make seeing Nattie a part of their day. MUPD is no longer just the police,
but the police with Nattie, which allows students to have a personal relationship with officers, a relationship that did not exist for many until this year. When a victim of crime comes into the office, they have the opportunity to interact with Nattie. If she’s out of the office at the time, she will come back to offer support. Officer Huber has noticed how Nattie often runs into the room and throws herself into the person’s lap to make herself acknowledged. In one instance, the victim went from crying to laughing and being enthralled with Nattie in only 20 seconds. The officer can then communicate easier and speak calmly. Nattie makes conversations at MUPD easier when she acts as a distraction. Eventually, Nattie retires for the night, but if anyone were to need her comfort, she’ll be woken up.
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Kindness Rocks BY JENNA THOMPSON Simple art project seeks to spread happiness around campus & online
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hen Vicki Kipfmueller learned about the Kindness Rock movement this summer, she knew she wanted to start one in the Marquette community. She learned about them over the summer and decided to hide them around campus for anyone to stumble upon. So, if some of the rocks along sidewalks on campus look different than usual, it’s because they’ve been painted with bright colors and positive messages. Between Kipfmueller’s father-inlaw, a retired Marquette professor; her husband Jim, a Marquette University Law School alumnus and the current senior associate general counsel; and her son, Spencer, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, Marquette seemed like the obvious place to spread some joy. “I’m not an artsy person,” Kipfmueller said. “I just do it for fun.” As an empty nester, Kipfmueller paints them in her free time. She buys the rocks from a landscape garden and uses regular craft paint and an outdoor sealant before hiding them on campus. As for inspiration, Kipfmueller looks online at different ideas and phrases. She encourages anyone to participate. Kipfmueller calls the project, “Kindness Rocks.” She says it puts good vibes out there. Since the beginning of the semester, she has painted more than 300 rocks with different motivational phrases, corny jokes and friendly 20
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reminders to “call your mom.” Another detail Kipfmueller adds to the rocks are her Instagram tag, @mu_rocks_1881, so that when someone finds a rock, they can reach out and follow along with the movement. After finding the rocks, some students have reached out with a nice picture or story about how the rock was appropriate to them in that moment, Kipfmueller said. Taylor Gallop, a freshman in the College of Education, said she found a rock on a bench outside the AMU after going for a run. “I laughed, because it was pretty applicable since it said ‘breathe,’ and I was very out of breath,” Gallop said. Kipfmueller said some students have contacted her thinking she was part of a student organization. “Anyone can join the movement,” Kipfmueller said, “all you need
is a sharpie and a rock.” Some students have taken to creating their own rocks, including athletes on the men’s lacrosse team. Head coach Joe Amplo’s daughter did a similar project at her school, so Amplo decided to bring the activity to his team. “So we basically just collected rocks, painted positive messages on them and then just put them in random places around campus,” Jared Hershman, a sophomore forward on the team, said. Hershman said painting the rocks is a team bonding activity meant to spread positivity around campus. The lacrosse team’s participation is exactly what Kipfmueller’s goal was all about: A small act of kindness that can hopefully brighten someone’s day.
Same names, different paths
By Caroline White
Women across country form Instagram group chat & create friendships
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ne mundane day, I decided to give my social media profiles some much needed tender love and care. I made the executive decision that it was finally time to take a creative leap of faith and drop the “23” from my original Instagram username, carolinewhite23, that I had settled upon in seventh grade when I first downloaded the app. When I finally deleted the numbers and hit the enter button, I felt surprisingly liberated. Kinda like Kesha when she finally dropped the dollar sign from her name. It was the end of an era. That feeling was short-lived, however, when I found out that the username “carolinewhite” was already taken. In a fit of annoyance, I typed carolinewhite into the search bar. The account had zero posts, zero followers and no profile picture. I can say with absolute certainty that whoever made that account is the
worst kind of person. I tried username after username, and all the good ones were taken. Defeated, I started cyber-stalking the people who took my usernames away from me. In some strange way, I felt connected to these other Carolines. We shared a name, but did we share anything else? I wanted to find out. Without much thinking, I added around 20 Caroline Whites into an Instagram group chat and sent a message: “I’m sure you’re wondering why I gathered you all here today.” In retrospect that could have been less creepy, but it worked. Less than five minutes later I got a response, and to my surprise, people kept responding. Why did I do that? Why would anyone ever do that? Well, for one, I was just genuinely perplexed by the fact that I wasn’t the only Caroline White out there. Second, and most importantly, I wanted to know who was winning. The answer is not me. There are Caroline Whites in New York, Pennsylvania, North and South
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INVENTION NATION
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1. If you’ve ever had a graphing calculator, chances are they were produced from Texas Instruments, a company co-founded by Patrick Haggerty, a 1936 College of Engineering graduate. 2. Trek Bicycle Corporation was founded by Richard Burke, who graduated from the College of Business Administration in 1956. Burke started Trek in a barn in
Waterloo, Wisconsin, where employees handmade steel touring bikes. Trek is now a leading bicycle producer in the global market. Lance Armstrong won his first of seven Tour de France titles on a Trek bike. 3. Marquette alum Robert Mosher invented pizza in the morning, pizza in the evening and pizza at suppertime. Mosher graduated
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from the College of Arts & Sciences in 1974, and in 1985 he created Bagel Bites with his tennis partner, Stanley Garczynski. Since then, Bagel Bites has become a staple American snack food. According to a 2016 study, 1.75 million Americans consumed five or more packs in one month. 4. When Mark Rampolla first saw coconut water, it was on the
beaches of Costa Rica in the early 90s. The drink was not sold in the U.S. at the time, and Rampolla saw potential for an American market. Rampolla jump-started his company ZICO in his garage, and began selling out of his van. 5. Devin Turner and Charlie Beckwith were Marquette seniors when they created the first mobile wireless presentation
application, which allows users to give presentations from their phones and simultaneously project them onto a screen. Their company FocalCast won best IT prize at the Rice Business Plan Competition, where the founders received a funding offer from Capital Innovators.
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Cobeen’s Top Chef
BY RACHEL KUBIK Grilling up countless meals for students, Dee Thronton is famous for secret recipes & friendly conversation
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s a Milwaukee Area Technical College dropout, Dee Thornton, a grill chef at Cobeen Dining Hall, never planned to become a cook. But he said whatever he ended up doing in life, he was going to make sure he did it well. Thornton began working in the Cobeen in 2006 as a dishwasher. His ideal job as cook wasn’t available. His dishwasher career was
short-lived — two or three minutes to be exact — before he filled in for the sandwich maker, who was absent. “In that one week, the boss really liked what I was doing, for the sandwiches, talking to the (students) and everything, so he moved me to the grill,” Thornton said. He learned how to cook from his mother, father and grandmother. At first, Thornton was nervous about working at Cobeen’s grill because he was used to only cooking at home. “I was messing up a lot,” Thornton said. But soon after, Thornton improved and began making changes to the
cooking repertoire. He came up with the idea of serving up food hot off the grill, made to order. Before, cooks would make several dishes at a time and leave them on the counter for anyone to take. In addition, Thornton came up with his campus-famous “burgerdilla” and “Dee’s special sauce.” The burgerdilla was a combination of a chopped-up hamburger and its toppings inside a quesadilla, and the special sauce was a spicy concoction drizzled on top. He also made a classic chicken-cheese quesadilla. The idea spread to Straz dining hall, where
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it is still served. “I used to have lines of (students) here last year wanting those chicken quesadillas and that sauce,” Thornton said. Thornton’s favorite part of his job is coming to work and talking to students. He said he remembers a lot of names and faces. He often asks students about their major and their plan in life. Matt Yazbak, a junior in the College of Business Administration, went to Cobeen Dining Hall every day last year. He enjoyed talking to Thornton about topics ranging from how he was doing, to studying and long lines at the grill. He said his favorite dish from Thornton was the double turkey burger with the special sauce. Because of the new changes to Cobeen’s menu, Thornton is unable to make his special dishes and must stick to what the electronic screens have.
Yazbak said he was sad about these changes. “The secret menu items were delicious and added so much character to the Cobeen menu,” Yazbak said. He said it brought people together because word of mouth was primarily how students found out about the secret menu items. Thornton said one of the challenges he has is to stay focused. He said it is stressful when students are coming out of class, they are in a hurry and hungry for a dish they want prepared a certain way. To add to it, he usually has to remember at least eight dishes at a time. In the 10 and a half years that Thornton has worked at Cobeen, he said he thinks that besides a month he took off for illness, he’s missed only about five days of work and has never been late. “In order to do this and be here every day, you got to have a passion for it. And I definitely have a
passion for it,” he said. Donato Guida, the general manager of Sodexo Campus Services, interacts with Thornton at least four or five times a week. He said in an email that Thornton does an amazing job managing a high volume work station. “His ability to work his station is poetic on its own. With that being said, that is not the beauty of his gift. His ability to connect with the students and make them feel at home is amazing to see in action,” Guida said. Thornton said if he could have any other job in the world, it would be landscaping. He used to have a landscaping business with his father, and when his father died, so did the business. “I enjoy it just as much as I enjoy cooking,” he said. However, Guida said he can see Thornton is satisfied where he is. “His work, home and his family is at Cobeen. I feel that he is happy in what he does every day,” Guida said. NOVEMBER 2017
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MU Christmas Sweaters
BY NATHAN DESUTTER
For the fifth year in a row, the Marquette spirit shop released its growingly popular ugly Christmas sweater. In honor of the fifth anniversary, I’m reviewing, critiquing and rating each design on a scale of 1-5 Starbucks peppermint mochas. 2013 was the trial year for the Marquette Christmas sweater, but the spirit shop ended up delivering a gift that surpassed everyone’s expectations. “The first year we did it was the most popular,” Larry Birkett, the associate director of the spirit shop, said. “It was probably because it was the first time we did it, but Santa playing basketball is cool. It puts it over the top.” When attempting to make a quality Christmas sweater, the most important detail is the balance.
“There’s a fine line between too nice and too ratchet ugly,” Patrick Hardie, a junior in the College of Communication, said. In my mind, this sweater hit the perfect mark. The spirit shop didn’t want to make a sweater that was so ugly it could only be worn once at a party. That would set a bad precedent for the future. 26
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Instead, they took a typical Marquette sweater and added enough Christmas to morph it into a holiday hit. Birkett is right. The dribbling Santas takes it that perfect little bit over the top to make it shine. 4 out of 5 Starbucks peppermint mochas
I understand the thought process with this sweater: Since the previous year’s was blue, this one has to be gold. But trying to craft a Christmas sweater with a yellow base is a big mistake. Yellow is an inherently dominant color on any article of clothing and is best used as a highlight. When I look at this sweater, all I see is bright yellow. I lose the details of the snowmen and snowflakes, and the dark, blocky text is boring and forgettable. And, this sweater has no depth. Looking at the structure, everything is in a line. From top to bot-
tom, it’s a line of snowmen, a line of text, a line of snowflakes then a line of text. The only element used to break up the segments is additional straight lines. In last year’s, the middle MU logo with the back-set snowflakes provided an interesting centerpiece for the eyes, but 2014’s edition featured monotony through and through. After this, I put on my cap and prepared for a long winter nap. For further proof, when I asked Birkett to critique the past designs, this was the only one he had no recollection of at all. It was completely forgettable for the man who runs the store. 1 out of 5 Starbucks peppermint mochas The spirit shop returned to the top of their game in 2015, and intelligently went outside of the box to do it. Since the first two sweaters were heavily Marquette themed, it made sense to take a step back and provide a different subject to re-interest the students. They didn’t want to turn the Christmas sweaters into any other generic Marquette sweater, and the focus on the teddy bear kept the idea of an ugly Marquette sweater fresh and compelling. “The one with the bear on it, was pretty ugly. Well, pretty cute and ugly at the same time,” Birkett said. “It was definitely the kitschiest, but when I say that, I think I
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mean it’s the best one. It’s the ugliest. I mean, that’s the goal, right?” Hardie agreed with him. “A great example of a good Christmas sweater is the one in the spirit shop with the teddy bear on it. That’s a fantastic Christmas sweater,” Hardie said. 5 out of 5 Starbucks peppermint mochas Last year’s sweater is all about tradition. To honor 100 year’s of Marquette basketball, the c o l o r palette mocks the 1977 national championship team that wore powder blue and gold. The design harkens backs to the original sweater released in 2013. In a school year that was all about connecting the past, present and future, this sweater was perfectly designed.
“I like this year’s (2016) a lot,” Birkett said. “It looks pretty sweet, and I think the colors pop.” He’s right — the colors really leap off the page, and the yellow is excellently used to highlight the logo on the soft, blue base. Also, the dash of red from the Santa Clauses draws the eye and adds another element. The one knock I have on this sweater, would be that they played it way too safe, but I understand why they did. Alumni were returning to campus that winter to celebrate Marquette basketball’s 100 years, and while they’re here, they’ll want to load up on gear from the spirit shop. The shop wanted to go with a design that they knew would sell, so it went back to the most popular. If they would’ve taken too big of a risk and it didn’t pan out, they would lose out on a big payday. Personally, I’d rather see an original design every single year, and the sweater a bit more customized for Marquette itself. Maybe they could’ve done an homage to the untucked jerseys by putting Marquette at the bottom. 3 out of 5 Starbucks peppermint mochas
Christmas out of the sweater. Every single sweater prior has been Christmas-themed with a mention of “Happy Holidays” or a picture of Santa dribbling a basketball, but this
sweater is bland, boring and simply not festive. Through my four years, I’ve purchased two of the sweaters. I bought last year’s because the color scheme was eye-popping, and it was a nice homage to the original sweater during a year filled with 100th-anniversary tradition. I also bought the sweater with teddy bears, because I love teddy bears. However, I can’t possibly think of one reason that I, or any other student, would purchase this sweater. The text is irrelevant and the design is boring When I first saw this sweater, I and bland. was absolutely baffled. I had no -1 out of 5 Starbucks clue what the snowball games peppermint mochas were, or why a snowman with an incredibly long winter hat and no hint of festive cheer was soullessly staring at me through the seams of a once joyous holiday pullover. After looking online and researching the snowball games, I still have no answer. This sweater reminds me of the red Starbucks cup controversy in 2015. They took the NOVEMBER 2017
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SALVAGING PAST PIECES BY SYDNEY CZYZON
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Jesuit residence composed of artifacts & decorations from former buildings
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chapel. A larger display is hidden away in a small room on the fifth floor, a place restricted from student access. Rev. Frederick P. Zagone, pastoral minister and director of operations at the Jesuit Residence, said Johnston Hall was originally the “Marquette building.” “It had the library, the chapel, the administration, the classrooms, and the Jesuits lived on the top floor,” he said. “Those were brought with us, we put them in these light boxes and all the light boxes were redone when we moved into this house.” Zagone said Rev. Francis Paul Prucha, who stayed at Marquette for 50 years and died in 2015, was insistent on keeping the original Johnston Hall stained glass windows. “That’s kind of how we keep people alive – is by hanging onto the things that remind us of them,” Zagone said. Another feature of the Jesuit Resi-
dence lies just outside the first floor. The Stuessi Garden, named after a Marquette alumna who established the garden at the former Jes Res in 1990, has features from its previous life on Wisconsin Avenue. Many stones, including those surrounding the outdoor fountain, were brought over from the former garden. A gargoyle that used to sit by a side door of the former Jes Res is now featured next to the fountain. The two gargoyles that previously adorned the front of the former residence will likely be put together to form a bench, Zagone said. The Jesuit Residence has furniture from the previous location is used in almost every room – couches, tables, paintings, statues and more. The one exception is the chapel off of the lobby, which has new seating. Despite this minor update, the chapel keeps up with the residence’s trend of resourcefulness with its reuse of old marble from
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the previous altar, along with the tabernacle, lectern and candles. “Some of this is related to using what you have instead of buying new – a resourceful Jesuit trait,” Lora Strigens, the university’s vice president for planning and strategy, said in an email. The mailboxes are another feature with a recycled story. Even though the metal mailboxes from the previous residence were replaced with wooden ones in the new house, Zagone said the metal mailboxes found a different kind of use. “Someone took the entire bank and made a headboard for a bed,” he said. Zagone also mentioned that the Jesuit Residence has remnants of O’Hara Hall, which used to stand behind Sensenbrenner Hall and was demolished in 2010. Bricks from the old building have been incorporated into the basement of the residence, and a door and exit light from the president’s office have also been reused. The dining room, also on the first floor, has yet another touch of the past: Stained glass panes from the Biltmore Apartment Hotel, which used to occupy space where Raynor Library stands now. Zagone said Janet Gottfreid, who was a project manager in the Office of the University Architect and died in 2013, found the panes in an antique shop. Zagone said it was also Gottfreid’s idea to save a mosaic from the Brooks Memorial Union, which used to stand south of the Biltmore Apartment Hotel. The old union was replaced by the Alumni Memorial Union in 1990 and demolished in 2001. Items not reused in the new Jesuit Residence were preserved in other ways. “We are also active in working with organizations like Habitat for Humanity on salvage efforts,” Strigens
said in an email. “This was done most recently on the old Jesuit Residence and on the Academic Support Building (where Wild Commons is now under construction).” Zagone said the traces of old campus buildings throughout the new Jesuit Residence, and throughout campus, is a necessary recognition of the past. He said they want to maintain their tradition of being a Catholic Jesuit school, as well as telling a story of where they have been. “Part of our Jesuit mission is being good stewards of the world that God created, and that includes ecology and environmental issues,” Zagone said. With another demolition coming
up – McCormick Hall, as early as fall 2018 – the university archivists plan to document the event. “We recognize that this is a monumental occasion on campus,” Amy Cary, head of special collections and university archives, said. “McCormick has been a huge part of student life, … What we’ll try to do is look for the student perspective.” Judging by the Jesuit trend of reusing old materials, future students may one day pass by pieces of McCormick in unexpected places as they make their way to class.
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Johnston’s Gems BY MATTHEW UNGER
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here was a time when Marquette’s chapel, library and Jesuit residence were all housed under the same roof. It was a time before there were 11 different colleges featuring 80 different majors and 78 varying minors. In fact, Marquette was still considered a college
itself, still too small in enrollment and lacking the proper infrastructure to gain university status. All of that would change on Christmas Day in 1906. A $110,000 gift from Robert A. Johnston set the wheels in motion for a project that would alter the course of Marquette’s history. The campus, as it is known today, was born. Robert A. Johnston Hall opened May 13, 1907, cementing Marquette’s presence in the
Wisconsin higher education landscape. The construction of this building was so crucial to Marquette College’s future that the Board of Trustees actually proposed renaming the school “Johnston University,” according to a university history book. The building was an all-encompassing campus center, described as a “hotbed” and the “hub” of Marquette’s campus by the Milwaukee Journal during its infancy. “(Johnston Hall) is the original
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university building,” Bill O’Brien, senior advancement knowledge officer, said. “It’s part of the historic core. It’s a handsome building that everybody sees.” In the early years of Johnston Hall, the building was home to all classes besides those in the medicine and nursing departments. It contained numerous science laboratories and even featured an observatory on the roof of the structure, which was functional until renovations in 1980s. “I got up in the observatory a couple of times and it was really cool. You could open it up so that you could put the telescope out and you could rotate it,” Dan Johnson, who has been a photographer for Marquette since 1977, said. “The roof of this building had problems; it leaked. And rather than fix the leak … they sledgehammered it down and just sealed it over. That was a shame that they had lost a cool part of the building.” “Those must have been fascinating days,” Jon Pray, who worked in the Instructional Media Center at Marquette from 1978 to 2016, said. “We’d go up there and stick out our heads in the hole up there they left in the roof and watch the thunderstorms roll ... The old Jesuits who lived on the fifth floor must have had quite a show up there.” In the south wing of the fifth floor below the observatory, Jesuits would roam through their living quarters. Johnston Hall housed upwards of 20 Jesuits from its completion all the way until 1973. Remnants of these rooms are visible in the structure of the offices currently on the fifth floor. “It was like two separate buildings,” Rev. Tom Caldwell, a Jesuit who ate his meals in the building’s
basement from 1965 to 1973, said. “It was like living in an attic.” As campus continued to expand, different colleges would call Johnston Hall home. The science department trickled out of the building after the creation of the science building, now known as Marquette Hall, in 1924. The economic and business departments followed suit. After significant expansion in the 1960s and 1970s, the College of Journalism returned to Johnston Hall in 1975. This was accompanied by $1.8 million in renovations. “What happened when they remodeled the building, it was sort of like the Oklahoma land rush where everybody lined up on a line with their wagons, and they said, go get your territory,”
Johnson said. “I think that they had already decided that the second floor, because of where the old library was, was where the TV studio should be, because it was a large room. The rest of the floors were sort of up for grabs.” “What they had done in ‘75 was mostly energy conservation and bad, bad decorating,” Pray said. “(The wallpaper) was either pumpkin orange and/or avocado green, often side by side. It was just horrific.” As the 20th century closed out, the College of Journalism made itself comfortable in Johnston Hall. The radio station, which had resided in the building since 1922, accompanied a new television studio and the other forms of student media including the NOVEMBER 2017
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Marquette Tribune and the Marquette Journal. Additionally, the Instructional Media Center, which helps provide technical support for the college and university, came to fruition. In 1986, Johnston Hall earned status on the National Registrar of Historic Places for being the oldest building on campus. Continuous stability in the college led to further improvements in the building. In 2000, the Wakerly Media Lab opened on the first floor, offering $78,000 in upgrades. Five years later, Bill and Mary Diederich donated $28 million to the College of Communication, the largest individual gift in the college’s history. These gifts propelled the building into the modern era, ushering in improvements across the board space-wise and technology-wise. “(The Diederich donation) is enormous for the future of the college because there’s a million and a quarter dollars coming in from the endowment each year,” Bill O’Brien
said. “It’s enabled all kinds of things to happen.” Today, more renovations are taking place on the second floor to improve the infrastructure available to students. A new television studio space, a green screen studio, a data visualization lab and a new student newsroom are keeping the building on the cutting edge of technology. Even after 110 years, the building affectionately known as “Old Johnston” is still an iconic part of Marquette’s campus. It continues to be a place for learning, housing classes, laboratories and facilities for the 942 students enrolled in the Diederich College of Communication. “When the university promotes itself, a lot of time they’ll include Gesu church and some of the core buildings,” Johnson said. “This is a historic building. You have Johnston and Marquette Hall and you always see a picture of the three of those buildings and they sort of represent Marquette”
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Why is sexaul assault reporting on the rise? BY CLARA JANZEN contact. Additionally, states have their
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ince big name film producer Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual assault Oct. 5, more than 20 men in similar powerful positions have faced accusations — and the list keeps growing daily even as this article is being written. All 22 of those men, including Weinstein, have either been fired or have resigned from their respective positions and companies. Some of the accusations date back decades, even some coming from women who have been out the business for several years. It leaves an underlying questions on the minds of many: Why now? The answers as to why women don’t report sexual assault have been tossed around and are pretty well known: Rape culture, a fear of facing prejudice and a fear of not being believed. But the answer to why Oct. 2017 was a tipping point is more complex. Title 18 of the U.S. federal code, written in 1986 by the 99th congress, explicitly makes illegal any forced sexual 34
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own laws that may be harsher than federal laws. That law has been there, certainly seemingly in place to protect victims, so why are they only now being widely utilized? “The law is really important, and I used to think it was the only important thing, but it became clear there was much more to it in an underlying cultural sense,” Cheryl Maranto, an associate professor in the College of Business Administration who researches gender discrimination and labor relations in the workplace, said. “Women not only fear social repercussions, but those that come in their professional careers as well,” Maranto said. “They have to make a choice between living with it or potentially ending their careers … these men can make or break their professional opportunities.” Enough time has passed that many of the men who have been accused no longer hold as much power as they used to, Maranto said. Additionally, women have been gaining positions of leadership over time, so victims aren’t facing as much of a male dominated system. Maranto said victims may feel more comfortable coming forward now that the men don’t have that power over them. Additionally, they may have a position where they themselves have established power and their claims would be taken legitimately.
Besides ending careers, “Men often have the power to financially ruin a woman through lawsuits as well,” Maranto said. “Once that woman is out of that environment, it makes it easier to report, so it’s not just a matter of reporting to the police, they feel they have to wait until their careers aren’t at risk.” But once a victim no longer has to work with or around their abuser, it may make it easier for them to disclose, said Katy Adler, a victim advocate with the Counseling Center. “Once they don’t have to see them often, or live in the area, it can make the victim willing to come forward,” Adler said. “We get a lot of students (at the Counseling Center) who are only disclosing once they get to school here.” Another contributing factor may be that victims didn’t know what was considered sexual assault or harassment at the time, and it took years for them to come to the realization and be given the information to clarify that. For many young women in the industry, that was just part of business. Also, many of the acts of victimization committed may not have been considered crimes or inappropriate societally at the time. Adler said victims are much less likely to report when they know the assailant, which is the case of many accusers in the recent storm. “It is my perception that the survivors who were assaulted by strangers are the ones that are most likely to report … so that is a large contributor to why some people may not
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report, and if they do it takes them a while,” Adler said. Additionally, the resources for victims have been steadily growing for decades. At the time of the incident, PR departments and police forces didn’t have the special training they do today. “They may not have had access to counseling,” Adler said. “Not everywhere has the type of support systems as we do at Marquette.” Meghan Stroshine, an associate professor in the social and cultural sciences department, focuses her research on domestic violence, women and crime. She said that, parallel to her research on domestic abuse, it may take seeing an abuser actually face consequences before more victims are willing to come forward. “Many victims don’t see themselves as victims, they are embarrassed and they fear judgment,” Stroshine said.
“This fear of judgment and potential repercussions fuels a lot of the decision not to report … in the recently highly publicized cases.” Stroshine suggested that teaching about sexual assault in school and publicizing the information helps combat the culture of non-reporting. “Social support is mixed, and there is conflict and confusion as to how and where to report,” Stroshine said. “Making the process clear will bring forward victims, and eliminating the idea that it’s personal issue that should be dealt with personally, or that nothing would be done.” Stroshine said all of the recent accusations hopefully help to open people’s eyes to the extent of the problem, “Part of this culture is minimizing what happens to victims, and this list of highly public accusations certainly isn’t minimal.” Maranto said it has taken a large
scale, albeit slow, societal shift that has made victims more comfortable coming forward. She said she is hopeful for the future, and she thinks this is a point in time that represents a shift. Society seems to be at an interesting divergence point, where the recent political climate has prompted strong women movements, according to Maranto. Additionally, she said a significant amount of the rhetoric being tossed around in the political sphere may drive victims to the point they feel a responsibility to come forward because “words have the power to incite anger.” “When one woman comes forward, the snowball effect has the power to take hold,” she said. “When they see other victims coming forward, and being believed, and see the men on that growing list facing real consequences, it’s empowering.” NOVEMBER 2017
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The Uncomfortable Truth BY JENNIFER WALTER TO THE READER: The Journal is the launching pad for a Marquette Wire series about sexual assault. Every 98 seconds somebody, male or female, is sexually assaulted. The goal of this project is to allow victims to have a voice and to create dialogue and conversation about this epidemic that plauges colleges and society as a whole. Follow our continued coverage in the Marquette Tribune, MUTV and MURadio.
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he lights come up on debris littering a stage as students gather in their university’s theater. But the real mess isn’t what is left on the stage: The 10 students learn together that a classmate was sexually assaulted at a house party that many of them attended. They also discover they are in possession of the only video evidence of the incident. In Marquette Theatre’s upcoming play, the characters must decide what to do with the recording. Will they turn it into the cops? Hide it away? Show the victim? Destroy it completely? The show ends with what seems to be their final decision, but finality is a difficult pill to swallow when each side of the story is so complex. It’s why Annie Kefalas, a senior in the College of Communication, calls “Student Body” frustrating — but it also explains why she thinks the play is so powerful. “In the end, there’s no real conclusion, which is supposed to make you feel upset,” Kefalas said. “Because in real life, there’s rarely ever a conclusion.” National cases, like the numerous sexual assault accusations against film producer Harvey Weinstein and the #MeToo movement on social media, reinforce how much of a problem this is in society, Kefalas said. But oftentimes sexual assault goes unnoticed unless someone speaks out. In the show, the victim and rapist are talked about, but their voices are never heard. The students are left to debate what they think is wrong and right, without
the input of the two people most involved in the incident. Kefalas sees her character, Daisy, as the voice of reason among the 10 students. Daisy is not closely connected to the group of friends directly involved with the situation, but she still voices her opinion with the authority of someone trying to bring a situation to justice. As the argument plays out, the audience will sit on the stage with the characters. The 133 person seating arrangement cuts over 100 seats from their usual setup. Kefalas said, the idea is to put everyone on the same ground. “That’s to prove a point, that everyone is affected by this whether you are aware of it or not,” Kefalas said. “We’re sitting here and having a conversation that is going to make you uncomfortable, but maybe it makes you uncomfortable for a reason.” A complex issue Marquette Theatre’s 2017-’18 schedule, including information about “Student Body,” was released to the public in March. Then, news broke in August that Marquette was being sued for allegedly mishandling a 2014 rape case. Less than one month later, a student became victim of an alleged sexual assault at a house party Sept. 23. Kefalas said the incidents reinforced how relevant the topic of sexual assault is, but didn’t surprise her. She knew well before the headlines appeared that she wanted Marquette Theatre to focus on sexual assault for its annual social justice play. “I went to the head of our de-
partment and said, ‘You’re missing an issue that is affecting your students, whether you know it or not that it happens far more than anyone talks about, far more than it’s reported,’” Kefalas said. Kefalas presented the idea to theater director Deb Krajec, who was surprised at how prominent of an issue this seemed to be among her students. “I was embarrassed that I didn’t know that this was an issue at Marquette,” Krajec said. “They’ve taught me so much already that … it’s not just stuff that happens on the news, it’s stuff that’s happening here — and I had no idea.” The department dug through dozens of scripts, but nothing seemed to wholly portray the issue of sexual assault until the theater faculty stumbled upon “Student Body.” When Krajec first read through the play, she said she could hear her student’s voices in the page. “We’d read a bunch of things about different kinds of assault ... but we wanted to talk about our community: College,” Krajec said. “This wasn’t about any other kind of assault. It’s about what happens between college students at a university.” The cast of 10 is relatively ambiguous, as it entirely consists of college students, but does not set an ideal image of what they look like by not restricting cast members to certain appearances or ages. Each character brings a different perspective to the conversation, creating a dense dialogue that might occur in real life. Recognizing the complexity of the show’s topic, Krajec was prompted to reach out to NOVEMBER 2017
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theater faculty and alumni and see if anyone could offer advice or education on how to help the cast better understand the situation inside and out. This is how Krejac connected with Marquette alumnus and professor Peter Novak at the University of San Fransisco. During rehearsals early next year, he will host workshops with the cast to help them explore the depth of the sexual assault conversation. Novak, who teaches performing arts and social justice, oversaw sexual assault prevention at USF for five years. He created an online training program called Think About It, which was purchased by EverFi, the company that also owns the AlcoholEdu and Haven programs that all incoming Marquette students have to take. The goal of his visit, Novak said, is to discuss with the cast how to approach sexual assault from a personal and a community perspective. “What’s really important (in the show) is that we don’t hear as much from the survivor,” Novak said. “I think what’s going to be important in the education campaign that goes around the production (is) really understanding and hearing the voices of survivors as well.” “The time is now” Kefalas and others in the cast and crew are trying to push “Student Body” to a diverse groups of viewers — young and old, regular theatergoers and those who have never seen a show before. Renee Leech, a junior in the College of Communication, who will play Liz in the show, thinks 40
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the realistic scenario the students reason through is something that will especially resonate with college-aged audiences. “This isn’t some detached period piece of sexual assault among older adults,” Leech said. “The fact that these are younger adults catering to a young adult audience is something that is really going to impact the viewers.” As for older audiences, however, Krajec said the material may catch them by surprise. “We always have somebody who complains whenever we do something controversial. And that’s fine, I think that means we’re doing it right,” she said. “But I have a feeling that they’re not going to be fond of it. And I have a feeling that there also will be a lot of people who will not have a clue, like I did, that this is a thing.” But Krajec’s foremost concern is serving the college community. It’s a difficult subject to talk about, she said, but Marquette needs the discussion. “This is a risk for us to do, but we think it’s a risk worth taking. It’s important,” Krajec said. “(And) where better to do something like this than at a university?” To interact with theatergoers, the cast is also planning to host talkbacks about sexual assault after each performance. They have also been in touch with MUSG president Ben Dombrowski about working with other student groups to market the play to a wider audience. The Marquette Wire will also continue to collaborate with the team by live broadcasting the performance. One of the first steps for MUSG will be to associate the play with this year’s Marquette Forum, a
year-long topic that the university explores through lectures, panels and other events. This year’s topic is “Fractured: Health and Equity on a Local and Global Scale.” One subtopic of this is “Mental Health: Enduring Stigmas and Challenges.” “(It’s) amplifying the idea that sexual assault is also a mental health issue, (which is) something that not a lot of people really think about,” Dombrowski said. Keeping the conversation going after the show inevitably ends is the next challenge, but the issue isn’t going anywhere soon. “You’re portaying real-life scenarios … (and) there really isn’t a definite answer to any of it,” Leech said. “It’s something that has the potential to happen on our campus — that’s automatically, and I think, inherently an interesting topic.” Leech’s character, Liz, is the outspoken friend who first suggests that the group bring the recording to the police. She does a full 180 by the end of the play, vehemently demanding that the assault video be destroyed. Liz’s teetering thought process represents an uncomfortable aspect of human nature when surrounding uncomfortable issues, Leech said. Which makes it even more difficult to come to a conclusion surrounding the topic. “As much as you want the end to clarify the entire thing, it gives you no answers,” Leech said. “The time is now to talk about it. I don’t think there’s ever been a more fitting time. And I think our generation … we are the people that have to present this issue.”
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What it Feels Like: Sexual Assault
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handshake used to be sources of joy for me. The warmth and closeness of another person are supposed to make you feel safe, but now, my skin starts to crawl. I’m not afraid of people. Even after what happened, I still believe people are naturally good, but when I feel someone’s skin without warning or anticipation, my rapist’s body seems to crash back over me like a tidal wave, and I can never tread water long enough to breathe. My brain closes in, and all I can remember is the bruises and bite marks, the disgusting
things he said and how I couldn’t protect myself. There’s nothing more intimate than sharing personal space, and my right to that intimacy was stolen. Sexual assault is so much more than a nonconsensual physical act. Like my reaction to being touched, sexual assault is the nonconsensual loss of the ability to function; the nonconsensual deep-rooted fear that I can’t help feeling I deserve. Forgoing the right to your own body is hell. In the weeks following my rape, I came to objectify
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myself more blatantly than even the most grotesque misogynist. In many ways, I still do this. In my mind, my body isn’t my own; it belongs to whoever is stronger than me. Any agency I had was lost in being raped, and it’s a fight every day to reclaim my identity. Do you know what it feels like to be raped? It feels like my entire soul has been gutted, like I’ve been scalped, skinned and completely degloved. I can see my body, but I know it’s not mine. I didn’t want to tell anyone, but now that I have, I am exposed. I walk down
the street, and I feel crucified, as if everyone knows what was inside me. I will never be the same. I know this, and I’m trying to accept it. Every move I’ve made since my rape has been a step in my healing process. Sometimes the steps are large, but most are infuriatingly small or even a step backward. But I am going to keep taking them because if I don’t, he wins. If I don’t, every rapist, everyone who has ever been a sexual assailant, wins. I know this isn’t your problem.
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IT’S NOT WHAT YOU WEAR BY ALY PROUTY “What was she wearing?” It’s a common question when news of a sexual assault buzzes around a friend group, a dorm or even an entire university or community. It’s a question that implies the assault was the victim’s fault. If she had worn sweatpants to the grocery store, it wouldn’t have happened. The question limits sexual violence to women. According to studies by the National Sexual Violence Research Center, one in five women are sexually assaulted at some point in their lives. But it’s not just women. One in 71 men also experience the same tragedy. Because of the amount of crimes that are unreported, research suggests these firm statistics are inaccurate and only represent one third of sexual crimes. Sexual assault is never the victim’s fault. The blame lies solely at the hands of the perpetrator. There is a common misconception that people are only sexually assaulted if they are wearing something provocative, that women who are raped imitate one of Hugh Hefner’s bunnies or a Victoria’s Secret Angel on the runway. Even if someone were wearing a revealing dress, it does not justify the crime, and a victim never “asked for it.” It’s true that these outfits have been ripped off of men and women’s backs, but so have overalls, sweatpants, prom dresses, jeans, jerseys, suits, sundresses, pajamas and every other outfit imaginable. No one is safe from being violated in such a way. Victim blaming needs to come to a screeching halt because it’s never what he or she wore that caused the tragedy.
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chool spirit is an integral part of Marquette culture. Over the years, there have been some exciting school sports moments, and those who were in attendance will always remember the atmosphere. Whether it was the NCAA championship in 1977, or the take down of Villanova in the 2016-’17 season, nearly every Marquette student and alum can recall an unforgettable day relating to school spirit. But what makes these moments so special is more than just the friends nearby and the athletes on the court or field — it’s the traditions. Here’s a look at some of Marquette’s oldest songs, marches and chants. The Marquette University March This was one of the very first songs to be performed by Marquette’s band, just after it formed in 1924. John Phillip Sousa, a well-known and esteemed American composer, dedicated the march to Marquette as his band. Then the brand new music group played at Sousa’s annual Milwaukee Concert in the Milwaukee Auditorium. This collaboration with Sousa gave the Marquette band instant credibility in their first year of existence. The Marquette band later went on to be one of the first to broadcast their music live over the radio, under the leadership of Director Herman Zeitz in 1927. 50
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Roll on Avalanche (Football Song) While Marquette’s mascot has shifted from the Warriors to the Golden Eagles, the football team
went by the “Golden Avalanche.” The team had several successful years throughout their existence before being terminated in 1960, and the song “Roll on Old
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Avalanche” was coined in 1930 to support the program. Students would sing the song at football games, much like the well known “Ring Out Ahoya” at basketball games. Ring Out Ahoya Perhaps the most well-known and historic song of all, “Ring Out Ahoya” has been an MU tradition for ages. The song is played at every home basketball game, and this has been the case since before 1920. The song is carried by students singing loudly and
proudly. It is a song that is especially prideful for Catholic students, as the term “hoya” is often used in the Bible and other Catholic scriptures. Some people have taken the “Ring Out Ahoya” tradition to a new level, however. In a 1986 edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, an article appeared about a mother singing “Ring Out Ahoya” to her baby right when she was born. The woman was quoted saying that the first time she felt her baby kick was while she was at Marquette band practice, rehearsing the song.
Marquette University Anthem/ Marquette Fight Song In the 1920’s every student received a handbook at the beginning of each semester. These handbooks included typical subjects such as academic probation information and graduation requirements. But the handbooks also had two pages dedicated to songs and chants. Every student was expected to know the lyrics and the words to these. The university anthem did not have the most creative lyrics. “Hail Alma Mater, thy sons do call. We’re here to greet thee dearest friends to all. We’re here to show thee, our love is strong. Hail, Alma Mater! Marquette hear our song!” The lyrics have been rearranged over the years to fit the language better and to make more sense, but the core is still the same. And the Marquette fight song, which had specific football lyrics, was also included in the handbook. This song’s lyrics were all about the strength of the Golden Avalanche, however part of the lyrics were often made fun of because of the football team’s decline in talent toward the end of the program. “Rip that line and plunge right through, touchdowns, touchdowns, just a few!” While at the time this probably seemed great, by the end of the football program it only made things worse. While some traditions fade away, others will never die. It seems safe to say that Marquette will never stop ringing out ahoya. But perhaps a new song will emerge, and perhaps someday the Golden Avalanche will be resurrected, only this time, with a better fight song.•
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Jimmy John’s rankings BY NATHAN DESUTTER
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he average overall sandwich time was 1 minute 28 seconds. My average time of arrival was 5:26 p.m. And the overall average sandwich grade given was a 6.1/10. The good: #14, The Bootlegger Club There’s nothing inherently special about this sandwich. It’s simply roast beef, turkey, lettuce, tomato and mayo. But that simplicity is where it shines. JJs’ salty, briny turkey balances perfectly with the flavorful and rich roast beef. Alone, the flavors can sometimes be overpowering. In sandwich two, “Big John,” the roast beef completely takes over the sandwich, but in the Bootlegger Club, the two types of meat, paired with a nice balance of veggies, make for a sandwich that I could order every time and walk away satisfied. The underrated: #12, The Beach Club This sandwich isn’t talked about that often, but it might just be the best sandwich on the menu. They pair the turkey with their creamy avocado spread and a balance of cucumber, to-
mato, lettuce and mayo. It’s light, refreshing, and I would recommend it to anyone. The overrated: #5, Vito, and #9, Italian Night Club My issue with these two sandwiches is the consistency regarding the Italian vinaigrette. It’s a powerful sauce flavor-wise, and my Vito had the perfect amount, but my Italian Night Club was soaking wet to the point where I was convinced they dipped the sandwich in a vat of the sauce. Just know there’s always risk the sandwich will be oversauced, so tread lightly. My other issue with these two: They were a bit too bold flavor-wise to get every single time. I loved them, but I think I would quickly start to sour if I had them a few times in a row. The bad: #6, The Veggie
Six slices of cheese. Nobody wants six slices of cheese on a sandwich, and the promised avocado spread that was there to balance it out was hardly noticeable. This was a gross lettuce and cheese sandwich. If you’re vegetarian, go somewhere else. The inedible: #13, The Gourmet Veggie This sandwich was horrible. I knew going in I was in for a bad time because the description said it was the same as The Veggie, but it came with double provolone, and I knew if there was one thing The Veggie didn’t need, it was more cheese. The Gourmet Veggie came with so much cheese, it felt like I was biting into a block of Velveeta. Just six bites in, I knew where this sandwich belonged: The trash. The Smelly: #3 Totally Tuna, and #15 Club Tuna I love tuna. Sometimes, I’ll open a can of tuna, drain it, slap it between two pieces of wheat bread and call that lunch.
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However, I wasn’t a big fan of Jimmy John’s tuna. It had a lot of celery and onion in it, and not much mayo. It was a tad dry at times. But my main issue was the distinctly different and fishy smell that erupted when I unwrapped these sandwiches. The tuna completely masked the traditional, fresh French bread smell. Jimmy John’s is big on advertising their fresh smells, but next time I walk in, I won’t be getting the tuna sandwich.
back and sides mid-bite, but overall, there’s a better meatto-veggie ratio, and the mixture of the meats and introduction of bacon on some of the latter sandwiches makes it worth upgrading to a club.
making my sandwich, and I had no way to pay. I said, “I don’t have nine cents.” The cashier said, “Neither do I.” We had a long staredown, then he slapped down a quarter and said, “I have a quarter though.” Then, he rang me up and gave me the change Shout-out: Jimmy John’s cashier despite me begging him to take When I was ordering the Italit. What a hero. Regardless of ian Night Club, my debit card sandwich times or taste, that’s came up $1.09 short. I only had why I’ll still go back to Jimmy a single dollar in my wallet, and John’s. I went into a panic. They were
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THE BIG EAST By John Steppe
Five years after its formation, the new BIG EAST has returned to national prominence using tools from past
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The old BIG EAST, in an attempt to distinguish itself from conferences with much larger state schools, was the first conference to create its own television channel and syndicate it into various local markets. Its television contract with ESPN was also the precursor to the mega TV deals conferences currently have with cable sports networks. “The BIG EAST and ESPN really grew up together,” Paquette said. “(Inaugural commissioner) Dave Gavitt forged a relationship with ESPN. 56
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ESPN was looking for programming, and the BIG EAST was a new league looking for television exposure.” ESPN hallmarks like “Big Monday,” a marathon of high profile college basketball games on Monday nights, started with the BIG EAST. Paquette attributed it to the conference’s success at selling major markets. “There were much fewer games on television, but the BIG EAST carved out a niche with Big Monday and other time slots,” Paquette said. “And that helped forge the BIG EAST identity.” Now, the new BIG EAST is doing the same with a new network – FOX Sports 1 and FOX Sports 2. Like ESPN in the 1980s, FS1 was a new network looking to establish its identity and a competitive line of programming compared to larger, more established networks. FOX had
stations in small markets like FOX Sports Wisconsin or FOX Sports North, but did not have a national sports network until 2012. The BIG EAST-FOX marriage has experienced a few bumps in the road. In FS1’s first year on the air, ESPN would routinely trounce the new network in ratings. In one of the first weeks of the 2013-’14 season, ESPN2’s viewership for Akron-St. Mary’s, a game between two mid-major schools, doubled FS1’s Tennessee-Xavier ratings on the same night. But FS1 has gradually cut into ESPN’s ratings lead. Since the inaugural season, the average viewership on FOX, FS1 or FS2 jumped from 93,000 to 182,000. Even with the jump, FOX is nowhere near ESPN, which averages over a million viewers per game.
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Looking for a way to give exposure to non-revenue sports, the BIG EAST channelled its past, establishing the online-only BIG EAST Digital Network prior to the 2014-’15 fall seson. Before BEDN, member schools were responsible for all home broadcasts, creating a disparity between schools with different athletic budgets. “A lot of the production responsibilities were on the individual institutions,” Patrick Reed, Marquette Athletics’ director of digital media and internet operations, said. “That can be
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both good and bad.” Schools with money could create professional-quality broadcasts with graphics packages rivaling the glory days at ESPN. Other schools would be stuck doing the bare minimum. The rise of online streaming services, including the FOX Sports Go app that hosts BEDN, allowed it to become a reality. “Really, until seven or eight years ago, there was no space for many of these events outside of what you would typically see, whether it’s football, basketball, some parts of the
country hockey and some parts of the country baseball,” Reed said. “There just weren’t channels available to see a lot of this stuff.” In the app, BIG EAST events sit alongside NFL and MLB games. “Certainly having that connection to FOX Sports Go, there’s a much larger audience of people that are going to check that on a daily basis,” Rob Anderson, Creighton’s sports information director, said. “Maybe they’re trying to find something NFL or Major League Baseball, NASCAR, UFC and maybe they’ll see NOVEMBER 2017
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something from the BIG EAST that draws their attention.” BEDN started by airing mainly women’s basketball games. Now it’s streaming over 200 events across a range of sports and is expected to broadcast nearly 300 games this season. The next step for the league will be partnering with stations in individual markets to air some BIG EAST programming. This has already happened in Chicago, where NBC Sports Chicago (formerly CSN Chicago) airs DePaul women’s basketball games. “BIG EAST Digital, as good as it looks now, looks even closer to a network television event when they’re producing those types of shows,” Reed said. “So I think that’s the next stage of growth you’re going to see in a lot these markets.”
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Success in men’s basketball’s postseason March Madnes was supposed to define the BIG EAST conference,
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but re-establishing its former glory was a slow task. The new BIG EAST only had two Sweet Sixteen teams in the first three years. The Big 12, another major 10-team league, had eight teams in that same time period. “In the first couple years, we didn’t have the postseason success,” Paquette said. “That’s a significant yardstick in the mind of the public and the mind of the media.” That changed in 2016, when Kris Jenkins’ buzzer-beating 3-pointer over North Carolina clinched the 2016 national title for Villanova,
instantly bolstering the BIG EAST’s profile. “That was really — in some ways, I think — the final box to check to show or to help prove that we are a major conference and we can compete with anybody else,” Paquette said. The conference did not have a team make it past the Elite Eight last year but placed seven teams into the field and had two Sweet 16 bids, a first for the young conference. “Seventy percent of our league made the tournament last year …
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That’s just remarkable,” Marquette athletic director Bill Scholl said. “You can see the progression really across the board in so many ways.” That on-court success has not translated into every sport. Only two BIG EAST teams of 10 made the NCAA Tournament in volleyball, for instance. “There are some sports where the Missouri Valley (Conference) is just as good or better,” Anderson said. “But certainly some of the highest profile sports — like men’s basketball, like women’s basketball, soccer —(are) where the BIG EAST is among the best in the country.”
In the conference room Scholl repeatedly said he was not looking to leave Ball State, where he was the athletic director from 2002’14. However, when Marquette’s position opened, he couldn’t resist. “I really enjoyed our student-athletes and enjoyed the school, but Marquette offered an opportunity to compete again at the absolute highest level in several programs,” Scholl said. “Their membership in the BIG EAST was certainly a factor.” That same level of prestige has helped Creighton, a campus of 8,019 students in Omaha, Nebraska, attain more visibility in regions previously out of reach. “The visibility has really helped,” Anderson said. “I think it’s helped increase the university’s brand and awareness, especially on the east coast.” Creighton is a case study of the impact the BIG EAST has on new programs. The Bluejays went from playing six conference games on national television as a member of the
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Missouri Valley Conference to playing over 20 BIG EAST games watchable anywhere in the country. “We were trying to compete at a national level previously regardless of our conference affiliation,” Anderson said. “It just now means we’re running into more of those teams on a nightly basis in league play as opposed to trying to get it all done and out of the way in the preseason.”
Five years after tense league meetings, the new BIG EAST’s commonalities keep it revolutionary wand productive. “Now we go to conference meetings, and people are on the same page, and we’re working together. Our coaches get along. Everybody is working toward the same goal,” Paquette said. “Because we have similar institutions with similar goals, similar missions.”
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GPS tech aids men’s soccer By Brendan Ploen
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understand how hard a player is working and how well they are standing up to the pace of a given practice or game. Prozone and InStat are also analytical tools that help understand what worked and what went wrong during a particular game. It uses heat and pass maps, tracks players’ movements and precision, and gives coaches a comprehensive report on any player. Head coach Louis Bennett believes in the long run, the technology can change the way that teams train.
“Back in my day, it used to be you trained 100 percent, 100 percent of the time and if you got hurt, you iced, strapped it and got on with it,” Bennett said. “Fast forward to today, we have the instruments to train smarter … Our hope is to be able to have a little more science behind the game and fuse it all together.” The data is most helpful with health issues. Using a baseline at the beginning of the season, these tools can help coaches and medical staff understand how close or
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far away a player is from returning to injury, based on their start-ofseason metrics. Emily Jacobson, the program’s assistant strength and conditioning coach, monitors the GPS data and analyzes statistics such as monitoring heart rate and fitness, ensuring that each player gets the most out of practice. “As a former player, I knew what everyone else was going through on the field,” Jacobson said. “Since I started coaching, the data and the numbers, for me, was (sic) a better way for me to understand what the players are going through on a daily basis.” Jacobson, who graduated in 2013 and played on the women’s soccer team, started coaching and instantly embraced the data revolution. Jacobson realized the potential of statistics, so she and the rest of the Sports Performance team, along with the coaching staff, agreed to implement Catapult. The GPS device is designed like a sports bra. Players wear it on their chest, and the monitor goes in-between their shoulder blades. Once the device is on, it tracks the player’s every movement and uploads the data to one of two storage systems. Open Field is a storing system that houses the data after the game. The other method is syncing the data to the Cloud, where Marquette’s Strength and Performance team and Catapult staff members analyze most of the data. Thanks to Catapult, the Strength and Performance team analyzes rate of procedure exertion metrics, which measures intensity through internal and external factors. An internal load is a measurement in the body, such as heart rate. An external load is outside of the body, which includes metrics such as distance covered, how fast
they run and how much force their bodies may be going through. Catapult is considered the gold standard in analyzing an external training load metric. “We want their external outputs to be very high and their internal outputs to be relatively low,” Jacobson said. “That’s someone that is well adapted and is ready to the work that they are asked to do. That way we can see how much work a player put in.” The program has used Catapult since August, and while Jacobson said they are still in the process of collecting data, which will continue into the spring season and next fall, the results have been telling.
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-LOUIS BENNET “We will look at practice-by-practice and compare it to different weeks and games,” Jacobson said. “The possibilities are almost endless of what we can do with the data, and I think it will be really, really important to see how this Catapult piece fits in to the overall program plan.” Despite the easily accessible statistics, Bennett believes that while numbers never lie, they must be integrated with a coaches’ intuition. “Its told us something we’ve already known: that we’ve been in every game,” Bennett said. “You can’t just go off of the numbers; when you’re there in the game, you have to feel
it. Like sometimes, we can make lots of passes, but we weren’t really in the moment. You can use the data and it certainly helps, but you have to use the eye-ball (test).” While the numbers the account for plenty of data including players’ fitness, they can’t account for everything. “The data is just to affirm what you see,” Bennett said. “We can’t have just science and numbers running soccer, because it doesn’t work like that. Soccer is a really passionate and emotional game. You can’t make up numbers for that.” Jacobson joins Bennett’s coaching staff for meetings twice a week to dive into the numbers and see what they say about a game or practice. She also attends every practice to upload and analyze the daily data. Twelve players have worn the monitor this season, including midfielder Luka Prpa, who finds the data useful for his development on a game-togame and practice-to-practice basis. “I like to check out my workload to see if I am working hard enough or not, and it keeps both the team and the coaches all on the same page,” Prpa said. “I have not had any sort of technology and like this, and there’s certainly never been an emphasis on analytics before I got here, so I think it definitely helps a lot to give players a real sense of where they are at.” While Marquette is still testing out the benefits of the wearable technology, one thing is clear: data analytics in soccer are here to stay. “While the number’s aren’t everything, they are certainly a source of discussion,” Bennett said. “It’s fuel for the future, and I think that it will only help our sport grow, and players will only continue to develop and train smarter as a result of this.”
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Global warming is no joke By Reilly Harrington
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ive years ago, Superstorm Sandy made landfall and decimated my hometown. I was stuck inside my home as the second-costliest storm in United States history displaced my neighbors, destroyed landmarks and flooded New York City. The effects of this storm reached as far as Wisconsin, causing waves upwards of 33 feet on Lake Michigan in our own city of Milwaukee. The devastation from this hurricane was heartbreaking to witness, and this past hurricane season has been a painful reminder of that horrible storm. Yet there are still people who deny the existence of climate change and its effect on the weather patterns around the planet. The hurricanes that struck the American South and the territory of Puerto Rico were not the acts of a vengeful god, nor were they the normal storms that strike this area of the globe each year. The frequency and raw power of storms of this caliber are frightening and can only be explained by global warming. Climate change is, as former Vice President Al Gore so famously declared, “an inconvenient truth.” For most of us, it is an inescapable reality. However, our current president, along with a dishearteningly large contingent of our Congress, view the concept of climate change as a matter of
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opinion. President Donald Trump once claimed climate change to be a hoax constructed by the Chinese in order to damage the United States’ ability to compete in the global market. It should be terrifying to live in a world where the highest authorities in the nation deny science. The horrific disregard for environmental protections by this government, our withdrawal from the Paris Climate Accord in particular, will undoubtedly be regarded as major setbacks in the fight to preserve our planet. For every corporation that announces a new eco-friendly product, dozens more continue to deplete our ozone, destroy our rain forests or dump endless tons of garbage into the oceans. This is not an open secret anymore. We’re denying the inescapable truth that our planet is dying, and we have nobody to blame but ourselves. Big business, greedy megalomaniacs and ineffective governments are clear offenders, but we cannot pin the blame solely on these faceless institutions. Everyday people are equally at fault. Buying a reusable grocery bag won’t stop the destruction of the rain forests or regrow the Great Barrier Reef, but it is something. Putting pressure on those with power through protests and demonstrations is tangible, and educating children about
environmental issues and the danger they pose on the fate of this planet is invaluable. The time for debate is over. Denying climate change isn’t a political issue, it’s out-and-out ignorance. To say the geological anomalies of the past few years, such as Superstorm Sandy, are normal occurrences is part of the problem. The world will not come to an end if people buy eco-friendly cars, nor will lives be ruined if support is bolstered for clean and sustainable energy. The wallets of millionaires and politicians will take a hit around the globe, but that’s a worthwhile victory in my eyes. Global warming isn’t an American issue, and although our president chooses to live in ignorance and mock the concept, the effects of climate change are very real and very dangerous. Climate change is a global concern and it will take the cooperation of both the most powerful among us and everyday citizens. This issue is not about liberals vs. conservatives or the U.S. economy vs. the Chinese economy, it’s about mankind vs. extinction. Elon Musk isn’t going to save the day and whisk us off to some other planet after ours is ravaged by what we’ve done to it. Our only hope is enough people recognizing this threat before it’s too late.
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Unintended Consequences: Milwaukee’s nuisance ordinance discourages speaking out against abuser How Milwaukee 80-10 Nuisance Ordinance can lead to an underreporting in domestic violence for fear of eviction
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ooks can serve as catalysts for change. After gaining popularity and praise, including winning a Pulitzer Prize last year, “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City” by Matthew Desmond is a masterpiece that sheds light on housing injustices throughout the city of Milwaukee. I was drawn to “Evicted” because it showcases the stories of Milwaukee families struggling to keep a roof over their heads. But on a more macro level, these stories shed light on issues of poverty and housing discrimination that run rampant through many urban areas. It is eerie being able to recognize street names and Milwaukee landmarks mentioned throughout the book and heartbreaking to hear the disparities between the individuals’ renting experiences and my own — especially when these stories unfold nearly in my backyard. Desmond, a Harvard sociologist, spent the better half of a decade studying the relationship
between poverty and eviction — with a great amount of his research conducted in Milwaukee. He lived alongside these families, witnessing first-hand the systemic racism and housing discrimination that plague these individuals and the effects of the lack of consistent housing on their mental and physical well-being. One of the lesser-known topics Desmond sheds light on in “Evicted” is the nuisance property ordinance and the issues that surround this policy. Nuisance ordinances, also known as disorderly house ordinances, categorize a property or unit a nuisance after a certain number of calls for police are made within a 30-day period. Like many policies similar to the nuisance property ordinance, they are initially enacted to prevent violence and help the greater community. But there are many unintended consequences to these policies that often go unaddressed. Because of how the ordinance is
enforced, it can contribute to an underreporting in domestic violence altercations for fear of being evicted. It is clear that the nuisance policy, while implemented with good intentions, is extremely harmful to both victims of abuse and the community where these individuals live. The Milwaukee 80-10 Nuisance Ordinance penalizes landlords and homeowners when police are called to a residence three or more times over a 30day period. Before the code was amended in 2011, calls classified as “domestic abuse,” “sexual assault” and “stalking” were all considered nuisances that could count against a victim as per the nuisance ordinance. After three or more calls have been made about a specific residence, legally it is at the corresponding landlord’s discretion to evict the tenant. From the landlord’s perspective, they are either faced with steep penalties for owning and managing a nuisance property
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or forced to abate the nuisance through eviction of the tenant. Desmond’s research also found that landlords facing nuisance ordinances went as far as discouraging tenants from calling the police and refusing to renew current tenants’ leases. In “Evicted,” Desmond analyzes two years’ worth of nuisance ordinances in Milwaukee and compares them to the properties that receive nuisance complaints and the properties that meet criteria for receiving nuisance complaints, but don’t. He finds that if an individual is living in a primarily black neighborhood, they are far more likely to receive a nuisance citation. Desmond concludes that domestic violence is the third most common nuisance in the city of Milwaukee. Because of the fear of losing their homes, victims of
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domestic abuse are faced with a dilemma: Speak out against their abusers and face potential eviction, or remain silent and keep their homes. When adding other socioeconomic variables such as children, income and employment into the equation, this issue can become quite complex and difficult to discern. In attempts to combat this issue of housing discrimination, the Milwaukee 80-10 Nuisance Ordinance was reworked in 2011 to exclude “domestic abuse,” “stalking” and “sexual assault” from possible nuisance categorizations. This is a step in the right direction; however, this amendment falls short in protecting domestic abuse victims from losing their housing. Although it no longer excludes these three categorizations, the ordinance still encompasses broader categorizations such as
“harassment” and “battery” that count against tenants. Because of this, altercations that would have been formerly classified as a domestic abuse offense could just as easily be labeled as a “harassment” call based on the responder’s discretion. In theory, the nuisance ordinance is necessary to deter crime in urban areas, but it actually undermines public safety and punishes innocent people — especially vulnerable people who have fewer resources. Due to the complexity of domestic violence cases, it is unrealistic to attempt to categorize every situation into a handful of buzzwords. Instead of penalizing victims of domestic violence, it is the responsibility of the local jurisdiction to ensure these victims feel empowered to speak out against their abusers
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without reservation or fear of losing their homes. Like many issues of this nature, they should be handled on a case-by-case basis. This begins with informing tenants who call in domestic abuse related altercations that they are no longer at risk of eviction for reporting these instances. Milwaukee Police and other local agencies must collaborate and work
toward minority groups. Americans should have access to affordable and consistent housing, and the ordinance currently in place hinders this basic right. The harmful, unintended consequences that arise from these nuisance laws stem from how the policy is created, enforced and the lack of awareness many people have about this issue. “Evicted” and research
By Caroline Kaufman The black bar represents neighborhoods with over 66 percent black residents. The gray bar represents neighborhoods with less than 66 percent black residents. The number of nuisance-eligible properties per category is displayed above each bar. Source: American Sociological Review
closely with tenants to address underlying problems that lead to excessive police calls. The nuisance ordinance currently in place in the city of Milwaukee does far more harm than good; it is harmful to both the property owners and victims of domestic violence. Based on Desmond’s extensive research, it is evident based on how the nuisance ordinance is being enforced that it is discriminatory
focused on this issue have begun to shed light on this epidemic, and the traction this book has gained since being published will continue to bring this pressing issue to light and evoke change. Taking steps to advocate for domestic violence survivors disenfranchised by the current ordinance is a small piece of the puzzle necessary to solve the nationwide housing crisis. NOVEMBER 2017
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Asking for a friend Marquette Opinions takes on the role of Dear Sally. We’re here to dole out the best advice from our tenure at Marquette can offer. How can I get my crush to notice me? Stand outside their window holding a boombox all night. What’s the boombox playing? Chumbawumba’s timeless classic, “Tubthumping.” - Reilly Harrington Tell them about the positive pregnancy test you took this morning, or tell them about your emotional instability rooted in your parent’s divorce seven years ago. - Aminah Beg Bellying up to the bar with a full basket of Caffrey’s popcorn never hurts. - Caroline Kaufman Stop wearing deodorant, and try to stand as close to them as possible whenever you get a chance. - Maya Korenich How can I politely tell my roommate to start cleaning his dirty dishes? Take a note from “The Godfather” and put them in their bed while they’re sleeping. Covered in blood. You know, like “The Godfather.” - Morgan Hughes Slip them into the shower next time they’re in there. It’s a subtle gesture and the association between cleaning himself and cleaning the dishes will be obvious enough. Meticulously begin breaking each of their plates, one by one, until there are no more to clean.
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*Disclaimer: This is an advice satire. We are purposefully giving bad advice. We do not endorse any of the actions suggested above.
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How do I not cry every time I watch a romantic comedy? Sociopathy. Easy! Just imagine that one of the main characters is a massive racist. You’ll root against them the whole time. Just don’t be a wuss. Close your eyes.
What are good ways to make friends on campus? Everybody loves dogs, so why not dress as a dog 24/7? Apparently, this is a surprisingly popular tactic in internet communities. Cry all the time. Someone will probably feel bad for you. LinkedIn. Hang out on the fourth floor of Memorial.
What’s the best way to handle arguments with roommates? Passive-aggressive sticky notes. Move out and live in the sewers, OR pee on all their stuff and become the alpha in the home. For efficiency, never confront them about it, and slowly let it build inside of you until you let it all out in one instance. Tell them on move out day what was bothering you.
I’ve been sitting next to this kid for two months now, and I still don’t know his name. It’s way too late to ask. What do I do?
Start whispering every name you can think of in alphabetical order until he responds. “Aaron…Abraham…Ace…” Refer to him as your name, but when he looks confused, say, “What? I thought we had the same name?”
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Ask them for their number, just in case you ever happen to be absent and need the notes. Skip the rest of the semester to make your story viable. Ask them what their hometown is. Then ask their mother’s name. Find a phone book for the town and call every person with that first name asking if they have a student at MU. NOVEMBER 2017
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