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Volume 107, Number 17
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
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'Big Steps for Little Hearts'
Photo courtesy of Callie Chiroff
Chiroff's Project Bubaloo generates funds to raise awareness for congenital heart disease by holding "Hops for Hearts," a 5k walk/run, in downtown Milwaukee April 19.
Project Bubaloo raises money for CHD research By Mia Thurow
mia.thurow@marquette.edu
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ragedy struck for one Marquette professor less than a year after the birth of her son, but the way she channeled her grief to make a change in the medical research field has impacted the lives of millions. Callie Chiroff, clinical associate professor in the College of Nursing, gave birth to Theo James “Bubaloo”
Schlicht Sept. 27, 2017. Theo weighed just over three pounds and suffered from congenital heart disease, the most common birth defect that causes the heart to develop incorrectly. Theo died the following March after a lengthy battle with CHD, which Chiroff said shattered her world. Following the death of her son, she decided to work to spread awareness of CHD. That’s when she and her sister, Katherine Jansen, founded Project Bubaloo in 2018, a non-profit with a mission of spreading community awareness and advancing the quality of care for those affected by
congenital heart disease. Project Bubaloo’s main focus is generating funds for research projects that improve the care of CHD patients. “Helping my sister run Project Bubaloo is the most rewarding work I do. Raising money for the disease that took my nephew’s life is something I am so passionate about, so it doesn’t even feel like work. I want nothing more than to make him proud and continue to support my sister in her grief journey,” Jansen said in an email. The organization prides itself on “taking big strides for little hearts.”
To date, Project Bubaloo has raised over $600,000 for CHD research. The organization hosts events like 5K run/walk and their annual “Hops for Hearts” nights with beer and live music to generate donations for research. Tickets are currently available for the next Hops for Hearts event April 19 in Milwaukee, and regular donations can always be made on their website. In addition to raising money for CHD research, Project Bubaloo hosts nurse lectureships at Children’s Wisconsin, funds quality improvement kits and creates new education tools for hospital staff.
“What I am most proud of is how Callie was able to take the worst thing that could happen to anyone, and turn it into something for the greater good. Losing a baby is the worst thing imaginable, but … she lost her son and decided to make the world a better place. How amazing is that?” Jansen said in an email. Chiroff said she did not imagine the project having as much outreach as it does now across both the state and country, but she found a lot of support in the Milwaukee community from individuals who had also been personally affected See BIG on page 2
Fork Farms to bring fresh produce to MU campus on an accessible
other will be in the Alumni
since the water is nutrient
Marquette is hosting the
ent-based water solution— allows communities to be more integrated in farming and producing food. At Marquette, one machine will be housed in the STEM buildings while the
gain access to their basic food needs. Hostad said plants are infused with nutrient infused water, which pumps into the root chambers and sprinkles back down. He said
Lovell’s 2024 Presidential Address, the agricultural-based company builds advanced technological equipment that uses 98% less water and land than traditional agriculture.
this, that hits on the social innovation and hunger relief side, looking at how we might be able to hire students into our company to help us grow our
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Food grown will and sustainable level. Based Memorial Union to be used infused, the plants have the first Fork Farms machine on in Ashwaubenon, Wiscon- by the backpack program. opportunity to grow, even a college campus. be donated to sin, this technology, the The food grown will be without soil. “This is the very first hydroponics— the ability given to the backpack proFirst introduced at Unipartnership we’ve had dibackpack program to grow food using nutri- gram and can help students versity President Michael rect with a university like By Trinity Zapotocky trinity.zapotocky@marquette.edu
Fork Farms, a hydroponics manufacturer, is partnering with Marquette to bring fresh and healthy food to
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impact,” Michael Hostad, executive vice president of social innovation for Fork Farms said. Hostad said that a lot of these units are being put into the classroom, with their primary market being K-12 education, for students to learn to grow and produce food. He said a lot of these units are also going into food service operations in school districts, who then grow food for the entire district. “We’ve been looking at higher-ed for the same purposes, but also to add in a potential research component. We want to see what we can do to extend the impact and use of these machines and faculty and researchers and higher ed are in a position to help us think that through,” Hostad said. “So that’s why we reached out to Marquette, to see what we might be able to do together.” Hostad said Fork Farms hopes to work with students to see how they can help get the food in campus farmers markets or in the surrounding neighborhoods to help those who might be facing food or nutrition insecurity around campus. The Fork Farms machines can grow a range of food. The variety ranges from leafy grains to culinary herbs to strawberries. The only things the
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University President Michael Lovell announced the Fork Farms partnership during his 10th annual presidential address last month.
machines can’t grow are root vegetables such as potatoes that need to grow underground and with soil. From germination to harvest, most leafy greens have a turn-around time of around 28 days, Hostad said. He said each machine produces about 25-27 pounds of leafy greens for every 28 days.
“If you’re looking at doing peppers or cucumbers or cherry tomatoes, those are going to take you a little while longer, but leafy greens are fast growing and even faster in our machine than in the ground,” Hostad said. “We’ve had people experiment with things like gourds, pumpkins and stuff
like that, and they grow as well,” Hostad said. Hostad said the maintenance is very minimal, around 15 minutes a week. He said there is a timer of light that mimics nature, such as the summertime sun setting and rising. Hostad also said you can run it overnight to ensure it gets enough light if you
don’t want to run it during the day. Hostad said Fork Farms staff will be on campus to help with maintaining the food alongside training students, and ideally, he hopes students can eventually learn to manage and maintain them.
BIG: Callie Chiroff named in '40 Under 40' Continued from page 1
by CHD. “The more people we can reach to bring awareness the better we’re going to be. I think that we still have a long way to go when it comes to the awareness part. Once in a while, congenital heart disease gets a little publicity, but it’s really hard to keep it in the media to get people to understand the problem itself,” Chiroff said. Besides raising money for families affected by CHD, Chiroff offers a shoulder for grieving mothers, because she was in their shoes once. She said it feels nice to connect with a group of people who feel the same pain she did, because they can all support one another and use their love and energy for good. When she’s not working as the president of Project Bubaloo, Chiroff is making an impact on her nursing students at Marquette. She said the university provides her with a great opportunity to teach future nurses about CHD awareness. She also said her students are always willing to do volunteer work for Project Bubaloo, and
she is more than happy to have them. “I just recently was walking down the hall at Children’s Wisconsin when two nurses turned around, and both of them were previous students of mine working in the cardiac ICU. I don’t want
to say it was totally because of me, but I do know that I had an influence over their decision to be there and that for me is a very proud moment,” Chiroff said. However, the thing Chiroff cherishes the most in life is family. She is now a
proud mother to her threeyear-old daughter, and she said she finds support from her husband, sister, mom and in-laws. Notably, Chiroff was named to the 2024 Milwaukee Business Journal’s 40 Under 40. While Chiroff said
Photo courtesy of Callie Chiroff
Callie Chiroff (right) was named in the Milwaukee Business Journal's 2024 '40 Under 40' list for her work.
she was incredibly humbled and honored to make the list, she said she still finds the most value in the people around her and making a difference for them. “All of these accolades, all of these things that I am grateful for and proud of—if I’m not a good mom, if I’m not a good wife, if I’m not a good friend—none of those mean anything. I will never sacrifice my time with my family and my friends, and my personal life for all of the professional accolades,” Chiroff said. Jansen said in an email the Business Journal feature came as no surprise to anyone who knows Chiroff. She said Chiroff is the most deserving of the nomination because of all the work she has done to raise awareness for CHD, support grieving families and improve the treatment of patients. “She loved Theo more than anything, but she couldn’t save him,” Jansen said in an email. “I know she will spend the rest of her life trying to save others so other families do not have to experience a loss like hers.”
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Commencement
Due to the size of the 2024 graduating class, limits on guest tickets for the commencement ceremony will be enforced. For the sake of fairness, each student planning to attend their commencement will receive up to six guest admission tickets stored under their Marquette Gameday account. Students can then transfer the tickets to their guests. The ceremony will be hosted at Fiserv Forum on either May 11 or 12, with a time to be determined in mid-spring based on the arena’s availability.
Graduating seniors must RSVP for the ceremony by April 26 via a link sent to their Marquette email account. Students can then select their desired number of guest tickets within the limit. Winter graduates must also RSVP if they plan to attend the ceremony. Seating at Fiserv Forum will be first-come, firstserve. Children under two are not required to have their own ticket. Any additional information regarding the ceremony and ticketing process can be found on the commencement website.
Law Poll Results The most recent Marquette Law School Poll found President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump to be tied in the presidential race, each having 49% of registered voter support. Among likely voters, a smaller group, Trumps holds 50% of support to Biden’s 49%, a slight increase from December. With the addition of third-party candidates, Trump receives 40% and Biden receives 37% from registered voters. Independent Robert F. Kennedy holds 16%, Green Party
candidate Jill Stein holds 4% and Independent Cornel West holds 2%. Republican Nikki Haley continues to hold an advantage over Biden in a head-to-head scenario between the two candidates, with 57% of registered voter support to Biden’s 41%. However, Haley continues to lag behind Trump only winning 22% in Republican Primary polling. The poll was conducted Jan. 24- 31 using 930 registered voters in Wisconsin, with a margin of error of 4.2 percentage points.
Snowstorm
A band of several states in the Northeast can anticipate up to a foot of snow Tuesday. New York City is forecasted to receive as much as eight inches of snow, which would be the biggest winter storm the city has seen in two years. The heaviest period of snowfall is predicted to occur during rush hour Tuesday morning, with estimates of 2-3 inches of snow per hour. The winter storm is expected to cause travel delays on the I-95
freeway system and in major Northeastern airports. Strong wind gusts up to 35 miles per hour are also anticipated in region of the country, as well as flooding from Delaware to the southern New England coasts. While the winter snowstorm will be heavy in precipitation, it is expected to move quickly. In the entire Northeast, the storm should be over completely by 5 p.m.
Planned Parenthood 69 of the 133 Planned Parenthood Wisconsin employees voted Thursday to unionize under the Wisconsin Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals. In the aftermath of COVID-19, there has been a push for unionization in the healthcare industry as workers have experienced various difficulties and struggled with high workloads. A tally in the election conducted by the
National Labor Relations Board showed a 56-13 vote in favor of unionization. The board is expected to certify the vote next week. Once certified, members will be surveyed to determine bargaining priorities and the union will begin to negotiate a contract with Planned Parenthood. Those eligible to join the union will include clinicians, assistants, and other employees at any of the company’s 22 Wisconsin locations.
Church Shooting
The Marquette Starbucks has become the 7th store in Wisconsin to join the Starbucks Workers Union. With a vote of 12-4, partners at the campus location joined the 9,500 organizing baristas nationwide. “Winning this election means that everything we fought for wasn’t for nothing,” Xylia Trask, who has worked at Starbucks for three years, said in a press release. “There’s still hope
for our store and our city. Now, a future exists not only at our store, but nationwide for Starbucks workers to have a dignified and safe workplace.” Starbucks union members are advocating for fair hours and pay as well as safe working conditions. The Marquette location joins over 390 stores in 42 states and the District of Columbia that have unionized since December 2021.
A 36-year-old woman opened fire in televangelist and pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood church just outside of Houston, Texas. Two people were left injured, including the woman’s 7-year-old son who is in critical condition. According to the search warrant released Monday by the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office the woman was shot down by law enforcement officers at the scene after she pointed her weapon at them. The woman entered the
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Saxy Valentine's Performance
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Speed Friending
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church shortly before 2 p.m, in between services, wearing a trench coat and carrying a backpack before opening fire. Police have yet to release a possible motive in the shooting. The woman used a legally purchased AR-15 and had a .22 caliber handgun in her backpack that was not used in the attack. The woman had a mental health history documented by Houston Police. She was also put under an order for emotional detention.
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Applying a research background to real estate George Cashman leads discussion forward class By Allan Fox
allan.fox@marquette.edu
At the start of his career, George Cashman, professor of finance, was not a specialist in real estate. He was just a researcher for a mutual fund until one day a friend of his came into his office. “[He] asked me if I could do my research on REITs [Real Estate Investment Trust]. I asked if the data exists, he said yes, and we went to work,” Cashman said. Since then, he has published several research papers and has been recognized in multiple journals, such as the “Financial Review”, and has been recognized internationally as a researcher. Most recently, he was recognized among the top 25 real estate
researchers by the American Real Estate Society in their “Journal of Real Estate Literature.” However, Cashman said that while the research was enjoyable, he truly enjoyed teaching and student interaction. Cashman came to Marquette in 2015, after nine years at Texas Tech University. Cashman said the decision of where to land was largely made by his wife, who told him to take Marquette’s offer after visiting education options in the area. He also said that the decision was one of the best he’s made. “I love it. I get to be a mentor to a lot of people who are figuring out where they should be and what their life will look like,” Cashman said. “We get to help people figure out what they want, and I really enjoy that.” Cashman said the ability to answer and study students’questions is what brings him the most excitement in teaching. To this
end, Cashman said he tries to make his classes as interactive as possible. In his Introduction to Real Estate class, Cashman said that most sessions are discussion-based, and he tries to show the different schools of thought in real estate. “For example, today I walked in, and I said ‘OK, who should pay for [car] charging stations?’ You have a major commercial real estate issue there, with who should pay, where they should be placed, with what frequency, and so on,” Cashman said. “We talk about a lot of important topics: eminent domain, the pros and cons of franchises, whatever is relevant.” One discussion he focuses on in his classes is the book “Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City” by Matthew Desmond. The book follows the story of eight Milwaukee families through poverty and housing crises. Cashman said studying how the housing
market affects real people is a vital part of living Marquette’s Jesuit values. Hayden Kleynhans, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, who took Cashman’s REAL 3001 class in the Fall 2023 semester, spoke of his experiences in the class. Kleynhans said the discussion of “Evicted” helped bring a degree of reality to his studies. “It is definitely a heavy topic, but I would say it’s a good discussion to be had,” Kleynhans said. Kleynhans said that Cashman’s discussion-based approach allowed him, as a student, to get more understanding out of the course as he put more effort in. Kleynhans said that Cashman is able to connect with students and make the class student-centered. “I go to his office all the time now, and he’s very involved with his students,” Kleynhans said. “He has a way of teaching his class-
es and leading the discussions that help keep the students’ attention.” Cashman said he feels excited for the future of the department. He recently transitioned to a full professorial role at Marquette, and said he is excited to continue his growth with Marquette University’s staff, students, and alumni. Cashman said that the Real Estate department is in a constant state of reevaluation and evolution as markets, rates, and knowledge shifts. Over his time at Marquette, he said that the department has grown, and that he is proud to be a member of it. “We always are asking ‘What are the next steps? What do people need?” Cashman said. “We just did a strategic retreat this summer with our board and always want to find where the opportunities are and how we can improve.”
Vogue at MU and BlackMindz lead dialogue "Tappin' in to You" covered mental health By Trinity Zapotocky
trinity.zapotocky@marquette.edu
To begin the spring semester, Vogue at MU and BlackMindz hosted an open-ended discussion on the importance of mental health and its role in fashion at the Arrupe Center for Community Service and Social Responsibility. Black Mindz is a relatively new organization that focuses on providing a space for students of color to discuss the importance of mental health, and Vogue at MU is a Marquette organization that emphasizes how fashion is important in self-expression. Together, these two groups hosted a discussion to connect the uniqueness of fashion and how that taps into who you are and how you view yourself. Jasmine Scott, the president of Black Mindz said the event’s discussion, “Tappin’ in to You,” revolved around being unique and having self-confidence. Scott said feeling good with fashion can be correlated with mental health. The first half of the event involved discussion and community building, followed by a presentation talking about fashion and mental health and ending with an activity where participants created their logo. “Originally, Black Mindz
came up with this idea, and then we decided, ‘hey, this would be really good for fashion wise because fashion is a really big part of our culture,'” Scott said. “So, why not put two and two together since we’re really familiar with one another.” The mental health conversation started with discussing what the members of Black Mindz felt passionate about, such as feeling isolated, not feeling like able to speak out and imposter syndrome. 1 in 5 adults suffer from mental health disorders. Scott said they do research on the topics they discuss in order to effectively provide helpful information and skillsets. Aniya White, the publicity officer of Vogue at MU, said this event crossed the bridge between fashion and mental health. “One of my main mottos is if you look good, you feel good. It’s not even about how other people perceive you, but how you look at yourself. It shouldn’t matter what anyone else says about you,” White said. Scott said being unique is a big part of being yourself, and your self-esteem boosts your self-perception. She said a big part of the event is to connect with new people. “I think fashion is something that is very expressive if you know what you’re meant to do,” White said. White said mental health is reflected within clothing
Photo by Katie Craig katharine.craig@marquette.edu
The event was hosted at Arrupe Center for Community Service and Social Responsibility Feb. 8.
and body posture, like how you walk into a room and the confidence you bring with it. “I think it’s something that everybody should have a sense of whether it’s something that you like or maybe people buy other things that people wear fashion-wise and you take that within yourself and make it your own. It’s all about individuality and coming together,”
White said. White said fashion is something that affects us since it’s something we do every day and represents our sense of self since it’s the first thing people see when they see you. Moving forward, Scott said they are collaborating with Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity incorporated, where they will be making gift baskets. Scott said they want to get their name out
there and collaborate more with other organizations on campus. As a relatively new club, this is Vogue at MU’s first collaboration, and they hope to gain a group of people who are really interested and want to get involved. White said they hope to get involved with other groups such as the LGBTQ+ Resource Center.
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Sports
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The Marquette University student section cheers during Marquette's 86-75 win over St. John's Saturday Feb. 10 at Fiserv Forum on National Marquette Day.
Kolek's 27 points push Marquette past St. John's
One-for-two
By Jack Albright
Marquette scores zero points in final five minutes By Trevor Hilson
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trevor.hilson@marquette.edu
MARQUETTE vs. St. John’s
MARQUETTE vs. Villanova
Tyler Kolek turned around and flashed three fingers as he jumped back down the court. Everyone and their mothers knew what it meant, what just happened. The trash-talking, dime-dishing, lights-out
Villanova spoiled Marquette women’s basketball’s National Marquette Day party. Led by junior guard Lucy Olsen’s 19 points, which came from 8-of-9 shooting from the field, the Wildcats (15-8, 8-4 Big East) beat the
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Ross and his confidence return Sophomore guard brings defensive versatility to MU By Jack Albright
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Photo by Forster Goodrich forster.goodrich@marquette.edu
Chase Ross drives to the hoop against Notre Dame.
Chase Ross may have missed a month — but upon his return, he didn’t miss a beat. Partway through the first half of Marquette men’s basketball’s game at Seton Hall Jan. 6, Ross was wrestling for a loose ball when he separated his shoulder. “I remember just having the ball and my arm just didn’t feel right,” Ross said. “And so that’s why I fell down. Scratched my shoulder, and I didn’t even know it was dislocated until Sean
(Jones) came over. His eyes bulged open. “The trainer had a theory of a couple of things, and I looked over and my shoulder was out of place.” It was announced a few days later the program would re-evaluate him at the end of January. During his time on the sidelines, the sophomore guard focused on rebuilding strength and increasing his range of motion. “It was a pretty long process,” he said. “It was difficult at times. I mean, I had some setbacks, mentally, but the coaches and players were all around me, so that’s why I came back earlier than expected. And to do what I did, trusting them, them trusting me.” After a month, Ross
returned in the Golden Eagles’ 85-80 win over Villanova Jan. 30. He came into the game after the first media timeout — re-occupying his sixth-man role — and immediately scored a catchand-shoot 3-pointer off an assist from Tyler Kolek. The make helped him get back into his groove. “Just, it went in,” Ross said, “confidence shot through the roof.” Four minutes later, he got another catch-and-shoot three from the same spot — this time from Oso Ighodaro — to extend Marquette’s early lead. He finished his return game having played a career-most 31 minutes, in which he scored 11 points on 2-for-3 shooting See ROSS page 6
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MU-VU: Another late-game collapse Continued from page 5
Golden Eagles (18-6, 7-6 Big East) 55-52 in a thriller at the Al McGuire Center. Marquette got the ball with 37.4 seconds on the clock down one after a Villanova shot clock violation. But the Golden Eagles could not score, as senior forward Liza Karlen got an offensive rebound and turned the ball over, trying to keep the possession alive. After intentionally fouling on the Wildcats’ next possession, first-year guard Maddie Webber sank two free throws, which sealed the victory for Villanova after Karlen could not connect on a 3-pointer as time expired. “Villanova played a great game today, and they made timely plays and big shots down the stretch,” Marquette head coach Megan Duffy said.
Back and forth game falls short
After facing a 16-13 opening quarter deficit, a Karlen 3-pointer with 7:51 opened up an extended 12-2 run for Marquette which gave them a 27-23 lead. Karlen had five of her 11 points in that stretch, and was supported with layups from Rose Nkumu and Frannie Hottinger. Kenzie Hare also made a 3-pointer — en route to a Marquette-most 16 points, shooting 6-for-16 from the field and 4-f0r-10 from deep. Marquette followed up the run by going cold for the final 4:28 of the half, but they still lead 27-25 at the break despite Zanai Jones ending the half with a layup off a steal from senior guard Bella Runyan. The Golden Eagles went on a 5-0 run at the start of the third quarter only for Villanova to respond with
a 7-0 run of their own, capped by a shot clock-beating three from junior guard Kaitlyn Orihel which gave the Wildcats the lead back, 38-36. Marquette opened the final frame hot with a 7-0 run spanning the first 2:54, led by five points from senior guard Jordan King. Marquette only mustered another King triple before not scoring the last five minutes, as neither team hit a field goal for the final 4:30 of the game.
Marquette finished the first, second and final quarter on scoring droughts of three-and-a-half-minutes or more. In those stretches, they had seven combined turnovers. The Golden Eagles had 18 total turnovers and Villanova took advantage of
MU-SJ:: 7th straight win MU-SJ shooting All-American point guard had fired the last 3-pointer loaded in his six-shooter and had to add some flair to the moment. So he opened his hand and… one, two, three. He by no means needed to make the basket to win — his previous 24 points, 13 assists and seven rebounds had already secured No. 7 Marquette men’s basketball’s victory — but try telling him that. “It’s just one-on-one, I gotta go make a play,” Kolek said. “So that’s what I did.” His 3-pointer was the exclamation point on an 86-75 comeback win over St. John’s Saturday at Fiserv Forum on National Marquette Day. “This is one of Tyler Kolek’s best games that he’s ever played at Marquette,” Marquette head coach Shaka Smart said. “He completely orchestrated everything that we did.” The Golden Eagles’ conductor didn’t wave the baton with ferocity in the first half — putting up only five points — but once he ended the opening 20 minutes and started the final 20 minutes with a three, it sounded like Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture. “Tyler, he’s got a flair for just understanding that these things are going to work for me if I’m really, really aggressive,” Smart said. “And I thought he attacked.” He hit back-to-back 3-pointers in the second half to cut the Red Storm’s
lead down to one point, 5150. He dished back-to-back assists on 3-pointers to cut the lead to one again, 59-58. He assisted Chase Ross’ three to take the lead, 67-65. After that, St. John’s would get so close as to tie, but would never re-gain the advantage.
Golden Eagles dominate the glass in final half
Marquette (18-5, 9-3 Big East) might have been lucky to go into the locker room down only nine points, 47-38. The Red Storm (14-10, 6-7 Big East) had dominated the boards the entire opening half by out-rebounding the Golden Eagles 23-12 overall and 11-2 on the offensive glass. It amounted to 17 second-chance points for St. John’s, while Marquette had zero. “I thought, on a scale of 1-10 in the first half, our toughest level on the glass was below five,” Smart said. “So that needed to change, that was talked about in the locker room.” The second half was almost the exact opposite of the first. The Golden Eagles “made an eyeball contract” and spent the final 20 minutes out-rebounding the Red Storm 21-12. “They said, ‘Hey, we’re not going to go down by somebody bullying us,’ and they stepped forward,” Smart said. “Our guys have a lot of pride. They have a lot of character. And they found that tonight in the second.”
Up next
The Golden Eagles make the short trip to Chicago to visit DePaul on Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m. CST.
Turnovers cost Marquette
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the mistakes. The Wildcats scored 16 points off of the slip-ups. “We need to be stronger with the ball and make better reads,” Duffy said.
Stevie Mitchell continues to score necessary points
Junior guard Stevie Mitchell’s “glue guy” stock can’t go much higher. In five of the last six games for Marquette, Mitchell has put up double-digit points. He finished Saturday with a season-high 14, all coming in the second half. “His impact. Whatever it says on here — they give me all the stats after the game, advanced analytics — can’t measure it,” Smart said. “His impact is immeasurable because he’s such a domino. He’s such a domino for his teammates, such a domino for the crowd. “I think Homer called him Hall of Fame pest. It’s a great way to describe him.” Whether it was his 3-pointer a few minutes into the second half to cut St. John’s lead, or his stealand-score followed by another layup with 5:27 left in the game to keep the Red Storm at bay, the Golden Eagles needed everything he gave in his 25 minutes on the court. “I wore my Stevie Mitchell glue guy merchandise two days ago,” Kolek said. “I love playing with him. He’s a winning guy. I always tell him he makes every winning play for us.”
Up next
The Golden Eagles will head to Indianapolis to face the Butler Bulldogs (16-8, 7-6 Big East) Tuesday at Hinkle Fieldhouse at 5:30 p.m. CST.
Photo by Keifer Russell keifer.russell@marquette.edu
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from deep and grabbed four rebounds. “He showed a lot of guts tonight to play 31 minutes,” head coach Shaka Smart said to ESPN Milwaukee broadcasters Steve “The Homer” True and Tony Smith after the game in a radio interview. “He definitely was fatigued in the locker room. He just laid back in his chair because it’s hard to go from not playing for over three minutes and come out and play 31 minutes, but he’s got a heart of gold.” Ross had to wear a bulky brace on his left shoulder for the first two games back, but he played without it for the first time against St. John’s, wearing tape instead. Ross’ return has helped replenish the injury-stricken Golden Eagles (18-5, 9-3 Big East), and his minutes will be crucial when they look to get revenge on Butler (16-8, 7-6 Big East) Tuesday at 5:30 p.m. at Hinkle Fieldhouse. “Chase Ross, I mean, having him back is awesome,” Smart said last week at a media availability. “I mean, it makes such a difference. You can’t really quantify his impact on our team.” Smart is the beneficiary of Ross’ abilities, and Ross is the beneficiary of Smart’s philosophies. “I’ve never had a coach let me play so freely as coach (Smart) does. I mean, he doesn’t really get mad at a lot of shots,” Ross said. “If
you shoot it, he says shoot it with confidence, don’t half shoot it. And just as long as you play defense, you’ll do good.” Smart isn’t one to listen to the numbers, but rather the process that leads to them. “I think, as Mark Twain said, ‘There’s lies, damned lies and statistics,'” Smart said. “With players, for sure it’s important for them to understand, man, if you will just follow the appropriate process [of it takes to win]. Don’t worry that the last game you went 2-for10. Don’t worry that the last five threes didn’t go in. Just keep doing it the right way.” For Smart, the “right way” starts with defensive aggression, which Ross has never had trouble with — he was likened to a pit bull last year by assistant coach DeAndre Haynes. “I have the determination to guard everybody,” Ross said. “If you want to put me on a big, I can guard the big. You want to put me on the guards, I can do all that.” In his first two games back, Ross hadn’t done a high-flying dunk. But that all changed against St. John’s when he caught a pass and, with zero hesitation, put his left hand on the rim and slammed the ball down. If he wasn’t back after his first or second 3-pointer against Villanova, he was for sure back then. His signature move — like him — returned without missing a beat.
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MEN’S SOCCER
Korn building a 'culture of excellence'
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Marquette announced David Korn as its new men's soccer head coach in December. Korn was the head coach at Maryville University in Saint Louis for eight years.
Development and family a priority to new head coach By Jack Albright
jack.albright@marquette.edu
In December 2023, David Korn was announced as the new Marquette men’s soccer head coach. Last week, Korn took a few minutes to speak with the Marquette Wire. Questions and answers have been edited for clarity and brevity.
How have the last couple months been on campus?
The pride in the university itself is really drawing for somebody coming in. I think it’s a great place to work, I think they’re really supportive of the students. And I think they really just enjoy Marquette. And notice there’s a lot of people that have worked here for 10 years, 20 years or more. So, to me, if usually people are staying that long, then culturally there must be something there. I’ve just enjoyed the energy, the pride, just the culture of campus, no matter what the touch point is, academics, athletics or other kinds of services.
How excited are you for the upcoming season?
We talk about, our two big things are development and family, so when our family’s all back here, and that’s the fun part of coaching, is getting to spend time with the team. And to know then that we’re going
to be able to, from a development piece, have a few more months to prepare for the season is exciting, but to know we get closer and closer every month is awesome. I mean, it’s gonna be great to play games that are meaningful and hopefully put ourselves in a position right away to reach a lot of our competitive goals.
Could you elaborate on those competitive goals?
Number one, winning a national championship. I feel like the Big East is a conference where the pathway to the NCAA Tournament is attainable, multiple teams can get in, the RPI, the strength of the conference is there. We know to do that there’s a lot of steps. We’ve got to qualify for the NCAA Tournament, so it’s important our non-conference portion of the schedule, as well as our conference portion, that we perform really well and build the right resume. We also know that we want to win trophies. So, for us, we get two opportunities in the Big East. We get the Big East regular season, and then we get the Big East Tournament. So, I think there’s a lot of little steps that we have to do throughout the course of the season. Just like in soccer, there’s a lot of little steps in the 90-minute game that you’re trying to do to earn a result throughout the course of that. So for us, those things competitively are really, really important as it relates to our team goals on the field.
"I've just enjoyed the energy, the pride, just the culture of campus, no matter what the touch point is, academics, athletics, or other kinds of services." David Korn Marquette men's soccer head coach
You mentioned family and development as tenants of the program. Where do those tenants derive from and why those two things?
I feel like at the end of the day, for as much as I may be enthusiastic about the tactics of soccer, as much as I may want our players to be passionate about their soccer growth, I know that this is a fouror five-year window where we get to develop them as people. So, for them, that means how do we maximize their development as men? How do we maximize their development? Certainly as soccer players. Could be as
leaders, could be as teammates, could be students for the degree they want to do, career they want to do, could be as a parent in the future if they’re a father or a husband, all those kinds of things. We feel like the habits and the steps to being successful — when it talks about preparation for a game or success in a season — those habits translate into what they’re doing to be ready for their academic requirements, or off the field or who we are in the community. So, I hope that the process for which we do things, the habits we create, the environment, culture, that drives our behaviors. I hope that those prepare them, not only to win on the field, in terms of the trophies we want to achieve, but I hope it prepares them for life beyond Marquette, and they look back and say ‘Man, this was a really transformative period of my growth.’ And I hope that that continues to help them stay connected to the program their teammates or friends, people.
What kind of culture are you trying to create here at Marquette?
We want a culture of excellence. So, we want our players, on the field, in the classroom and off the field, making sure that they’re doing the habits and the actions that are gonna give them the best chance to be successful. For us number one, we can control how hard we work in everything we do. So, on the field, I hope
that we’re one of the hardest working teams. If that means that what we’re doing off the ball to win it back in how we defend, if that means in moments of transition when we first win the ball, or moments when we lose the ball, how we react to those moments. To me, that’s a lot like life. Like moments of adversity, how do you respond to those things? Just like what we do with the ball to be proactive and be aggressive. So, I think that there has to be the right work rate, the right intensity and the right competitiveness to everything we’re doing to be sustainable and not burnout. The guys have to enjoy what they’re doing. They have to like being around each other. They have to continue to want to grow and have a growth mindset. They have to find and have the right passion behind the things they’re doing. Or I think we won’t have consistency of our actions, and that consistency is kind of what allows you to be successful over time. I hope that we’re a team that continues to work hard about that. We’re a team that plays with great intensity, certainly has a lot of skill, and is fun to watch for our opponents. And I hope we’re a team that are the right kind of people and leaders off the field. If that’s in the soccer community, if that’s in the Marquette community, if that’s in the surrounding areas.
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WOMEN’S SOCCER
Allen believes in a 'player-up organization'
New head coach creates team-led leadership council
Do you plan to make any changes to the current coaching staff?
I can’t answer that right now. I think stuff will be coming out here shortly as to what’s going on, but I would love to follow up later, but at this time, I’m not exactly in a position to say.
By Kaylynn Wright
kaylynn.wright@marquette.edu
Chris Allen — the fifth head coach in Marquette women’s soccer history — starts his first season at the helm of a Division I program in six months on a mission to bring the Golden Eagles back into the national spotlight. Last week, Allen took a few minutes to speak with the Marquette Wire. Questions and answers have been edited for clarity and brevity.
What kind of culture do you want to instill within the program and how are you going to implement that moving forward?
How are you liking Marquette so far?
It’s been better than I had anticipated, and I anticipated it to be pretty good if I’m being honest. The welcoming nature of the community and just anyone dropping anything and willing to help me out. It really is a special place and it’s been amazing from the administration, just the general people and the team has been just absolutely amazing, and I’ve told the story a couple of times, but when I first met them, I think I got the job offer on a Wednesday. (I) had to tell SLU (Saint Louis University) and told the team in the locker room at like 2:30 on a Thursday afternoon, then flew immediately up here to Marquette and I’d been at SLU for eight years and it was really hard. It was a very emotional kind of goodbye and then to like, get ready to walk into that Marquette room and meet the team. I was like, scared out of my mind. You know what I mean? And I walked in, and they started applauding and it (was) just relief and just excitement. And they really picked me up
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New women's soccer head coach Chris Allen coached at Saint Louis University before Marquette.
in a moment where, I was just in a tough spot. And I will forever be grateful for them and stuff like that. So, it was amazing.
What are you most excited about for the upcoming season?
I love building and building teams and whatnot and it stems back to not only at Saint Louis University, but my high school days as well being a teacher and coach from that standpoint. And so, I think there’s just a tremendous opportunity to build this program back to a place of conference relevance and national relevance and both conference and national prominence that it’s already been on that stage before. And I think the kids are hungry for it. And they are working their butts off right now and we’re getting after it. And so that’s what I think I’m most excited for is like the alumni, just the pride in the program and really, really bringing that back and
just pumped up about it.
What are your expectations and goals for the upcoming season?
I believe in more of a player-up organization as opposed to a top-down directives and stuff like that. And so right now, we are in the process within not only our team, our
"At the foundation of the culture that we're trying to build is one that is focused on servant leadership." Chris Allen Women's soccer head coach
individual meetings, (but) we have a leadership council that the team voted on and put kids into. And our first meeting with them is actually tomorrow. For me, I would like to hear what their goals are, what their objectives are and stuff like that. And I think that we can then craft that together as to where we wanna go, but more importantly, how we want to get there at that point. So, I think it is a base expectation to be participating in the Big East postseason tournament. I think our kids have talked about that quite a bit and whatnot from that standpoint. But I think just overall, it’s trying to be the best versions of ourselves and focusing on that process. And then I think the rest will take care of itself. But you know these young women have just been absolutely just crushing it. Really, really working hard and just couldn’t be more excited to be their coach.
At the foundation of the culture that we’re trying to build is one that is focused on servant leadership. In order to lead, you must first serve. And so, our team was given a book that really dives into what that’s gonna look like and start to have some really kind of challenging conversations and really putting the focus on how they are serving one another. And at times, that’s holding people accountable. At times, it’s showing empathy. At times, it’s just listening more than talking, but we are going to be a servant leadership culture off the field, but then that’s going to play into how we want to play on the field is that we’re gonna serve one another. We’re gonna go together. If one player makes it aggressive rotation, we are all making an aggressive rotation. So, we’re really trying to form that bond right now and the expectations of what that looks like, but really excited to begin to unpack some of these things, work through our culture, and our team seems to be just a very eager about that and just pumped up to see where we can take this and where we can go. And I think we’re gonna put forth a team and an effort that the Marquette University community will be very proud of.
WIRE SPORTS ROUNDUP LAST WEEK
AWARDS
WBB vs. Georgetown..............W, 52-38 MLAX vs. Lindenwood.............W, 16-5 WBB vs. Villanova.....................L, 55-52 MBB vs. St. John's...................W, 85-76 WLAX vs. Cincinatti.................W, 18-12
Tyler Kolek
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MBB No. 11 Senior guard Tyler Kolek was named this week’s Big East Player of the Week after scoring 27 points, dishing 13 assists and grabbing seven rebounds against St. John's.
Carsen Brandt MLAX No. 4
First-year attacker Carsen Brandt earned his second Big East Freshman of the Week honors in as many weeks. Brandt was also named the Big East Offensive Player of the Week. He recorded his first-career hat trick last week.
STANDINGS Big East Men’s Basketball
Ovr. Conf. Home Away Neut.
UConn 20-2 Marquette 18-5 Creighton 16-6 Seton Hall 14-8 Butler 15-7 Xavier 12-10 Providence 14-8 St. John's 13-9 Villanova 12-10 G-Town 8-13 DePaul 3-19
7-1 9-3 7-4 7-4 6-5 6-5 5-6 5-6 5-6 1-9 0-11
12-0 11-1 10-2 9-3 10-2 9-4 11-2 9-3 7-4 7-7 3-11
4-2 5-3 5-2 4-3 3-4 2-5 2-5 2-4 2-5 1-6 0-6
4-0 2-1 1-2 1-2 2-1 1-1 1-1 2-2 3-1 0-0 0-2
Big East Women’s Basketball
Ovr. Conf. Home Away Neut.
UConn 19-4 Creighton 18-3 St. John's 14-10 Villanova 14-8 Marquette 18-6 Providence 11-12 G-Town 15-7 Seton Hall 13-9 DePaul 11-13 Butler 9-13 Xavier 1-18
11-0 9-2 8-4 7-4 7-6 5-5 5-6 5-6 3-8 1-10 0-10
9-1 8-2 9-2 8-3 12-2 7-5 6-4 9-4 8-5 6-7 1-8
8-2 7-1 5-5 6-5 4-4 4-5 9-3 3-4 2-6 2-6 0-9
2-1 3-0 0-3 0-0 2-0 0-2 0-0 1-1 1-2 1-0 0-1
NEWS Men's basketball moved back into the top 5 of the Associated Press Top 25 Poll for the first time since Nov. 27. The No. 4 Golden Eagles received 1,273 votes. Mason Woodward and Luke Williams were both named to this week's men's lacrosse Big East Weekly Honor Roll.
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GAMES THIS WEEK
02/13 MLAX vs Detroit Mercy Valley Fields
02/13 MBB at Butler Hinkle Fieldhouse
02/13 WBB at DePaul Wintrust Arena
02/16 WLAX at Louisville Louisville, KY
02/17 MBB at No. 1 UConn XL Center
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Opinions
Kids need internet supervision
By Clara Lebrón
clara.lebron@marquette.edu
When I was 13, I wanted nothing more than to be famous on the internet. Having grown up in the digital age, my middle school experience was marked by quirky Tumblr trends and infectious Musical.ly audios. I would dress on trend, change my music taste and I even learned how to do makeup. There was only one obstacle preventing my rise to stardom: my parents didn’t let me have social media. At the time, this felt like an indefinite punishment. I was an awkward kid, and having one less thing to relate to with my classmates, made things even trickier for me. However, as I have grown up and seen the ways social media platforms affect children, I am grateful I was kept safe a little longer than most of my peers. Last Wednesday, several tech CEOs were called to the US Senate to answer questions regarding children’s safety online. The meeting was prompted by the loss of several young people to mental health issues caused or enhanced by social
media use. Victims and their families were present, scattered throughout the floor. The hearing established that there is a real problem regarding the sexual exploitation of children, the promotion of eating disorders, self-harm and cyberbullying on these platforms. Although these companies have taken several steps to ensure the safety of children on their platforms, it is evident that it is simply not enough. From disinformation and engineered ads to sexual predators and bullying, there is no way to neutralize every threat to children online without severely impacting the way we communicate with each other. As such, I believe there also has to be a more proactive attitude from parents when allowing their children access to social media. A child’s guardian has the sole responsibility of advocating for their child’s wellbeing. In the digital age in which we live in, this includes protecting them from the dangers that can be found on their screens as well as in their physical realities. According to the Pew
Research Center, 95% of teens have used social media in their lives and 77% use some sort of social media platform daily. Although Youtube was the highest reported social media used, on platforms like TikTok and Snapchat there are also high levels of engagement and more interaction between young people and others online. In reality, young people cannot simply escape these spaces, which means their parents need to ensure they are being responsible internet users and are not interacting with content and users that can harm them. This can easily be done without completely depriving them of the benefits of social media and internet access. There are a myriad of applications available to worried parents who want to monitor their children’s internet usage. OurPact, available on the Apple Store, is one of the most popular and comprehensive tools that can be used to monitor a child’s activity online. It allows parents to see where someone is and who and what they’re talking about,
as well as applying limits to their phone usage and app downloads. Parents of older children and teens should be more focused on reviewing the privacy settings of apps, reemphasizing the dangers of talking to strangers online and ensuring that they know the potential consequences and dangers when behaving in certain ways online. Overall, there are too many ways in which parents can take action to ensure that their children are safe online as much as they are offline. Children should not be given access to these social media platforms till they are mature enough to handle the implications that being in these communities brings. The internet can be a scary place for young people. This will probably never change. What does have to change is the ways in which parents and guardians react to this danger and prepare their children for it.
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New skatepark signals hope
By Joey Schamber
joseph.schamber@marquette.edu
Milwaukee skateboarders are enjoying long overdue attention from the local government, as plans have been made to build the city’s first publicly owned skatepark. The $1 million project is a meaningful improvement to the city for skaters and non-skaters alike, demonstrating the power of cooperation and civic engagement. Milwaukee skateboarders have worked tirelessly to increase access to the sport and have a lot to look forward to. The free outdoor park will replace an underused parking lot at 507 W. Rogers St. The plan is part of a $2.75 million public works and beautification proposal using tax revenue generated from the Michel Corporate’s River One development. Support for the skatepark is potent, as it has found a powerful ally in Common Council President, José Pérez, who enjoyed skateboarding when he was younger. Additionally, the program overseeing construction of the park, MKE Plays, is partnering with The Skatepark Project, a nonprofit founded by professional skateboarder Tony Hawk. This is important,
because parks should be built for skaters by skaters. Too often, cities slap together skateparks without care or concern for how they will perform. Large sets of stairs are installed in an area with no run up, rails are built at an awkward height or the ground is crumbly and not well maintained. However, it is great to see that Milwaukee is not indifferent to how this park turns out. The program is further involving skateboarders’ input by collaborating with local advocates, such as Dylan Shanahan, an IT specialist and co-founder of National DIY skatepark. This park is located on National Ave. in a parking lot under I-94 and has been built from the ground-up by Shanahan and a team of skateboarders. Do-it-yourself parks, like National DIY and Estabrook DIY on the north side, have been the foundation of Milwaukee’s current skateboarding culture for years because the city lacks nearby parks. However, parks like these are still limited in their ability to expand the sport. DIY parks are restricted to less than favorable locations. While the community makes every effort to maintain them through
cleanup events, they are still undoubtedly less kid–friendly than city skateparks. This is especially unfortunate when considering the massive benefits skateboarding brings to the youth. Especially in today’s digital world, children need avenues to get outdoors, be active and make new friends. Stephanie Mercado, a strong advocate for the park who earned her master’s degree in public health from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, wrote her capstone project on the city’s need for a free public skatepark. She preached that the benefits included improved health, encouraging an eco-friendlier mode of transportation, and generating community pride. While skateboarding continues to be an alternative sport, it also continues to have a significant cultural impact. This year, the sport will be in the Olympics for the second time, and thousands of children will be watching, inspired to try it themselves. Skateboarding has created jobs for athletes, artists and business owners seeking to expand its impact to the rest of the world. It has influenced fashion and music, and it is
abnormal for a city as big as Milwaukee to not have a free public skatepark. Milwaukee has been historically unfriendly to skateboarders by preventing them from riding in much of downtown and failing to give them a park, but hopefully this decision can undo that. Furthermore, this park will have a significant impact on the greater Milwaukee community. Low-income areas in the city have always lacked safe recreational spaces for children to make friends and have fun. This park will provide that. Additionally, some advocates have encouraged the city to add a gathering space to the park for community events. Ideally, this will attract skaters and non-skaters alike to participate. If this project proves successful, it is my hope the city will continue to invest in public works projects expanding safe recreational spaces throughout downtown. Local governments should understand investing in these spaces means investing in their cultural identity and city pride. Joey Schamber is an opinions columnist. He is a first-year studying journalism.
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Valentine's Day Comic by David Hanneken david.hanneken@marquette.edu
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Arts & Entertainment
Celebrating Lunar New Year under the stars Event took place at Manfred Olson Planetarium By Sophie Goldstein
sophie.goldstein@marquette.edu
The 2024 Lunar New Year marks the start of the Year of the Dragon, symbolizing great power, good luck and strength. For those born in the New Year, they will have personality traits of the dragon which are: charismatic, intelligent, confident, powerful and naturally lucky and gifted. To mark the beginning the 15-day celebration, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee hosted their “Lunar New Year: Year of the Dragon” celebration Feb. 7 at the Manfred Olson Planetarium. Beginning on Feb. 10, the Lunar New Year is based on the lunar calendar — or lunisolar calendar. Jean Creighton, director of the Planetarium, said some cultures around the world use the solar cycle, and some other cultures use the lunar cycle to determine the new year. Pu Chen — guest speaker, and sister-in-law of Creighton, who grew up in Chengdu, China and came to the United States for graduate school — said, to determine the Zodiac sign of the year
is based on an old Chinese system — that goes around every 60 years to determine the animal. This year it is the Dragon. However, if you just use the lunar months, you will run a little short — meaning there will be a mismatch between the beginning of the year and the seasons. Because of that, cultures will often use the lunar and solar cycles together, so the beginning of the year is at a particular season. Creighton added that when looking at the lunar cycle — which begins with the new moon — you wait 12 full cycles, which then brings you to the new lunar year — unless it is a year where you need to add an extra month because of the mismatch. The event began at 7:00 p.m. with Chen walking through the Lunar New Year celebrations that happen before and after the New Year. “We wanted our production team to create a presentation that incorporated Chen’s photographs of nature and her hometown — because she is also an accomplished photographer. We thought the food, music and lights following the celebration would be something that all people can enjoy and relate too,” Creighton said.
Creighton said that a lot of what Chen talked about was her culture and traditions that she learned from her father and grandmother. She also said that some of these traditions may not be practiced in the exact way right now in modern China, but it is allows people to learn about the way things were done. Following Chen’s presentation, guests were able to enjoy food, make their own lanterns and enjoy “lucky money” — chocolate covered coins. In addition to those celebrations, guests were also invited to stargaze in the Planetarium. “What was really interesting was that the stargazing was at the latitude of Chengdu, China — the city where Chen was born. Since it is hard to stargaze in a city, we were able to change the latitude slightly to go more to the countryside of Chengdu,” Creighton said. When deciding what to talk about, Chen said it was challenging to figure out what to fit into such a short presentation. “China is a big country,” Chen said. “There are a lot of things that happen around the New Year, so I tried to have a more general and abbreviated version of what goes on. I tried to gather things that give people an idea of what is going on.”
Creighton and Chen are sister-in-laws, which Creighton said allowed her to invite Chen to speak at the event. “Her husband is my husband’s brother,” Creighton said. “I grew up in Greece and my father would say, ‘Isn’t it cool that the world is so small that I have a family from Sichuan (China). The world is so small, which makes it even more powerful to learn.” To spread the word about the event happening, Natalie Stark, a member of the production and design team at the Planetarium, said it involved a lot of emailing and reaching out to student organizations, like the Southeast Asian American Student Center at UWM. “I looked into what organizations and offices on campus that we thought
would be interested in this event,” Stark said. “They are not only helping us with the celebrations, but they were excited to spread the word to their own communities within campus and Milwaukee.” In addition, Creighton said when planning this event she hoped to incorporate this into the Planetariums series called “Our Shared Sky.” “The idea is to emphasize that we are all on this precious, special planet and we would do well to protect and appreciate each other,” Creighton said. “This event is in the spirit to bring that idea to the forefront — that we need to understand each other better, and the more we understand celebrations the more we embrace other people.”
Photo via Leah Nolte
Speaker, Pu Chen, presented about her traditions growing up.
REVIEW: Usher halftime performance Show featured Alicia Keys, Lil' Jon and Ludacris By Sophie Goldstein
sophie.goldstein@marquette.edu
After being “rated U” by Apple Music for “singing, dancing, sweating and possible relationship issues,” forgetting to include “roller blading,” eight-time Grammy winner Usher took the stage for the 58th Super Bowl halftime performance. Usher recently finished his 100-show “My Way” residency in Las Vegas and just last week, announced his ninth full-length album “Coming Home” and a North American tour. Uniquely beginning his performance on the football field, with a throne and long white cape, whispers of “My Way” echoed through the stadium as contortionists, dancers and people on stilts moved all around him. It truly was whispers, as it there were some audio
problems, but quickly got resolved about a minute in. He showed off his impressive dance moves as he danced right into “Caught Up,” before quickly transitioning into “U Don’t Have to Call.” It was an interesting choice that he didn’t choose more of his upbeat songs to begin with. It would’ve allowed more energy for fans at home watching, rather than just a slow-tempo songs. Bringing up the beat a little Usher hopped onto a makeshift stage into the middle of the field and continued to show off his dance moves to “Love in This Club.” As a marching band blared behind him, it felt the background noise was, once again, overtaking. But to bring the noise down, singer Alicia Keys took the stage in an all-red bedazzled outfit. As she began “If I Ain’t Got You,” her enormous red veil floated away behind her. Usher joined her and at this point, I wasn’t sure if Usher and
Keys were dating or just friends as they cuddled up very, very close to perform their 2004 single “My Boo.” Despite a voice-crack in the beginning, Keys had a stunning moment on stage performing, unfortunately she was only on stage for about two minutes. Adding her into the performance allowed for it to become more entertaining to a wider audience, and it would have been even better if she stayed on for a longer portion, or even finished out the whole sons. Following her exit, Jermaine Dupri introduced Usher to begin a string of songs: “Confessions Pt. II,” “Burn” and “U Got It Bad,” where he took center stage, quickly removed his jacket and shirt, and continued to dance. Following Usher’s shirt removal, H.E.R. took the stage with an electric guitar performance — playing a solo while Usher quickly left for a costume change. As he reemerged in a blue sparkly
outfit — while roller skating — he finally performed an upbeat song. Usher skated around the stage singing “OMG.” The blue outfit was definitely my favorite out of his multiple changes. His outfit fit the mood of the more energetic songs, in addition to his roller blading. I almost wished he had his blue outfit in the beginning and the white outfit at the end, that way his performance would’ve started with a bang. As he continued to dance and skate, Lil’ Jon appeared on the field and performed “Turn Down for What,” which finally got me singing along. Closing out the performance, Usher and Lil ’Jon were joined by Ludacris to perform their 2004 hit “Yeah!” This had to be the best part of the entire performance. It was the most upbeat and energetic part, while also including one of their most well-known song. While the three united on stage, with women
dancing on poles around them, Usher chanted “I turned the world to the A,” as the lights shined on him and the music faded. Despite his performance running for 13 minutes, with all the stage changes it seemed like a short performance ever. Despite speculation, many were left disappointed as Justin Bieber — who was in attendance — never took the stage to perform their hit “Somebody to Love,” as well as, left surprised that Usher didn’t perform some of his old hits like, “DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love.” In spite of his performance being very short, I wasn’t left blown away. Usher only began to keep the momentum high about halfway through the performance with his dancing, roller skating and special guests. In addition to beginning his performance too slow, he left out some critical songs that could have made his performance that much more memorable and entertaining.
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The Marquette Tribune
Tuesday, February 13 , 2024
Marquette's NAACP hosts bi-annual show Skits inspired by Nick Cannon's 'Wild'N Out' By Mimi Sinotte
huamae.sinotte@marquette.edu
Marquette’s National Association for the Advancement of Colored People hosted its bi-annual Wild'n Out event Feb. 9 at the Weasler Auditorium. The night was an hourand-a-half event full of comedy, freestyle rap, Papa John’s pizza and music. The event’s theme was Wild'N Out inspired by the 2005 American sketch comedy and rap battle improv Game Show hosted by comedian and musician, Nick Cannon, which features celebrities such as Iggy Azalea, Kevin Hart and Snoop Dogg. Cree Howard, President of NAACP and senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said the mission of the NAACP is to ensure political education on social and
economic equality and to eliminate race-based discrimination on campus. “We want to do this because first of all it brings out a lot of people and second of all, you just get to have fun, laugh,” Howard said. She also said this was the second year the NAACP hosted Wild'N Out. “It just brings the people together,” Howard said. The show puts two teams of comedians against each other in a series of “improvisational comedy” games. The auditorium made a rivalry between the NAACP students from Chicago and students from Milwaukee. Vice President Olivia Ford, a senior in the College of Health Sciences , said the NAACP strives to foster a welcoming environment for people of color on campus and create the best inclusive community they can. Her role in planning the event was to organize the food being offered,
marketing, hold practice with the contestants and be a host on the side. Various comedic segments opened the night starting with “In the Classroom”, a competition in which contestants had to create improvised raps of what someone would do in a classroom. The goal was to maintain the rap without repeating it until someone messed up. The second segment, “Talk and Spit”, placed contestants in two back-toback chairs where they sat with mouths full of water. People from the opposing team made jokes and comedic disses in hopes of getting the members of the opposing team to spit their water out. Ford said the “Talk and Spit” segment was her favorite part of the night. “I thought it was really entertaining trying to make the other girls laugh and how they tried their hardest to do so even though some of them would not laugh,
so I really enjoyed that,” Ford said. Next up was a game of Jeopardy with a comedic twist. Team Milwaukee and Team Chicago members raced to the microphone to claim their improv category of choice; Ghetto comedy, Hip Hop, Holidays/ Celebrity, Finish the Lyric and Throwback. Audience members were invited up to the stage to participate in the jeopardy rounds and received cheers from the remaining crowd. Zaida Dangerfield, a junior in the College of Nursing, attended the event to support one of her fellow
sorority sisters. “I thought it was very funny. A lot of participants and a lot of people were engaged,” Dangerfield said. The night ended with a raffle giving away two Nicki Minaj Concert Tickets and a pair of Air Pods. Aside from Wild'N Out, Howard said the NAACP also plan to host future voting, enhancing the environment and heart health events. “We hold an assortment of events we try to make sure we have some fun as well as some educational about what is going on in our society and our community in Milwaukee,” Ford said.
Photo by Kiefer Russell kiefer.russell@marquette.edu
The event included a competitve comedy skit, "Talk and Spit."