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Tuition breakdown released THE AVERAGE MARQUETTE DOLLAR:
Vice president of finance outlines how tuition money is spent
Source: Chuck Lamb, Vice President of Finance/Treasurer
By Pat Simonaitis
patrick.simonaitis@marquette.edu
51 CENTS FOR FACULTY AND STAFF COMPENSATION
21 CENTS FOR TUITION DISCOUNT
14 CENTS FOR STUDENT SUPPORT
10 CENTS FOR FACILITY SERVICES
4 CENTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Faculty and staff salaries and fringe benefits
Student scholarships
Costs associated with technology, public safety, academic support services, residence life and recreation services
Includes the cost to build and maintain campus buildings
Insurance, interest expense and operating costs of administrative support units
Infographic by Rob Gebelhoff/robert.gebelhoff@marquette.edu
After calls for increased transparency of tuition use following the announcement of next year’s 4.25 percent – or $1,390 – price bump, Vice President of the Office of Finance and Treasurer Chuck Lamb released a breakdown of university costs by percentage Wednesday. The breakdown is represented in the graphic to the left. Lamb said the majority of costs are associated with compensating, retaining and recruiting faculty and staff, which accounts for 51 percent of each tuition dollar. “Marquette’s tuition costs are less than the average for the 28 Jesuit institutions, and our increase this year was less than the previous two years,” Lamb said in an email. “While these facts assist in understanding how we compare to our Jesuit cohorts, we recognize that much work remains to be done in achieving additional cost efficiencies, communicating our efforts and ensuring students and parents that we are good stewards of their tuition dollars.” Lamb was unavailable to comment further Wednesday afternoon. Check back in Tuesday’s Tribune for additional information.
Fleeing students MU hosts health care panel Prize winners, jump from window Opus experts focus on Drugs, alcohol found at scene in secondstory apartment By Nick Biggi
nicholas.biggi@marquette.edu
While students have a reputation for trying to stay out of trouble with the law, few have gone so far as jumping out of a building. That’s what happened last Monday when four students leapt from the second floor of the Gilman building, a university-owned apartment complex on Wells Street, in an attempt to
escape drug use and underage drinking charges. After the Department of Public Safety received a tip regarding a possible controlled substance in the building, officers knocked on the door of the reported apartment unit four times until there was an answer by the listed tenant. The tenant answered the door, explained that he and his friends were smoking a hookah and admitted that a friend brought a six pack of beer. In the apartment, officers found marijuana and evidence of underage drinking. The
Eight panelists, including three Opus Prize recipients, discussed the state of health care around the world Wednesday in the Weasler Auditorium as part of Marquette’s Mission Week. Following the 2013 Mission Week theme of “The World is our Home,” the event was titled, “Caring for our neighbors locally and globally: addressing health care disparities and community health initiatives.”
See Drug use, page 8
See Panel, page 7
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DPS REPORTS.....................2 CALENDAR.......................2 STUDY BREAK.....................5
MARQUEE.........................10 VIEWPOINTS......................14 SPORTS..........................16
health care disparities By Ben Greene
benjamin.greene@marquette.edu
Photo by Rebecca Rebholz/rebecca.rebholz@marquette.edu
Dr. Earnestine Willis of the Medical College of Wisconsin (right) speaks in the Weasler Auditorium about health care disparities Wednesday.
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Our critic offers an idiot’s guide to the Best Picture nominees. PAGE 13
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News in Brief Students protest Palermo’s Pizza A group of six students gathered outside Gesu Church Wednesday evening to protest the company Palermo’s Pizza, which provides pizza in residence hall stores and at Marquette basketball games. The company has been under scrutiny since the summer of 2012, when it fired 75 workers after a strike that resulted from the company allegedly not allowing them to unionize. The protestors were from the group Youth Empowered in the Struggle, a student branch of the local immigrant rights group Voces de la Frontera. The group has advocated for the university to end its contract with Palermo’s Pizza and for students to boycott the product since last semester. Sean Orr, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said the protest reinforced the values of Marquette’s Mission Week. “We are basically saying to Marquette administrators and everyone listening that Mission Week calls for us to recognize that the world is our home, that Milwaukee is our home and everyone that lives in Milwaukee are our neighbors,” Orr said. “We need to recognize that a company has been doing a grave injustice to the immigrant community in Milwaukee.” The National Labor Relations Board ruled in November that Palermo’s did not commit any wrongdoing in its firing of the workers after an investigation into allegations of unfair labor practices. It did, however, rule that the company was wrong in firing a few workers who were not involved in the strike. Orr said the event was the group’s kick-off for the semester and that it plans on staging other protests at basketball games throughout the semester.
A page 4 article in the Jan. 24 Tribune entitled “Marquette offering more healthy options, advice” misidentified the dietician on Marquette’s campus
The cut comes in response to the Post Office’s financial trouble, which has been building over the past several years due to the popularity of email and other Internetbased communication. Typically, changes made by the Post Office are legislated by Congress, which in the past has required that mail be delivered six days a week. However, Post Office officials argue that the current stopgap budget measure allows them to make the change without congressional approval, the New York Times reported Wednesday. “If the Congress of the United States refuses to take action to save the U.S. Postal Service, then the Postal Service will have to take action on its own,” corporate communications expert James S. O’Rourke, a professor of management at the University of Notre Dame, told the Associated Press.
Boy Scouts delay vote The Boy Scouts of America announced Wednesday that it would delay its vote to allow openly gay scouts and leaders until May, the New York Times is reporting. The decision comes after the organization stood by its position banning openly gay members last summer, then said last week that it was reconsidering the decision and would hold a vote. Last week’s proposal would allow local troops to make decisions about membership rules for themselves. Critics on both sides of the aisle have said the decision could cause division among troops. In a statement to the Supreme Court in 2000, a spokesperson for the Boy Scouts of America said, “In a free society, organizations fail or flourish according to the private choices of innumerable families.”
Postal Service ends Saturday mail
Donald Driver honored by state
The U.S. Postal Service announced Wednesday that it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disperse packages six days per week, the Associated Press reported. The change is scheduled to take effect in August 2013.
In recognition of Donald Driver’s retirement ceremony at Lambeau Field yesterday, Gov. Scott Walker declared Feb. 6 Donald Driver Day. The proclamation, signed by Walker on Feb. 5, cited Driver’s 14 seasons with the Green Bay
Corrections A page 13 article in Tuesday’s Tribune entitled “Fast times continue at Notre Dame for MU” misattributed a quote from track and field coach Bert Rogers to men’s lacrosse volunteer assistant coach Scott Rodgers. The Tribune regrets the error.
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as Tracy Benz. Her name is in fact Tracy Betz. The article also incorrectly referred to Marquette’s Student Health Service as the Student Health Center. The Tribune regrets the errors. The Marquette Tribune welcomes questions, comments, suggestions and notification of errors that appear in the newspaper. Contact us at (414) 288-5610 or editor@marquettetribune.org.
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DPS Reports Feb. 4 At 12:18 p.m. a juvenile not affiliated with Marquette grabbed property from another person not affiliated with Marquette in the 2000 block of W. Wisconsin Avenue. The juvenile implied having a weapon and fled the scene with two other juveniles. All three juveniles were located and taken into custody by MPD. At 12:55 p.m. a student reported that unknown person(s) removed her unsecured, attended property estimated at $310 in the 1600 block of W. Wisconsin Avenue. At 12:59 p.m. two people not affiliated with Marquette removed a student’s unsecured property in the AMU. The suspects were located and detained by DPS. MPD took the suspects into custody. The student’s property was recovered. Feb. 5 At 10:46 a.m. a student-employee reported that unknown person(s) removed her unsecured, unattended property estimated at $475 from Haggerty Engineering.
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Students protest outside of Gesu Church on Wisconsin Avenue against the company Palermo’s Pizza because of worker’s rights issues.
Packers, his “Dancing With the Stars” victory and his charitable giving as the reasons behind the decision. During his time with the Packers, Driver played 205 games, was a four-time Pro Bowl selection and a member of the Super Bowl XLV Championship team in 2011 and is the Packers’ all-time leading receiver in receptions, yards and 1,000yard seasons. Walker said in the proclamation: “With his familiar #80 jersey and his trademark smile, (Driver) has been a favorite of Packers fans since he was drafted in the seventh round in 1999 … Donald Driver has said he would only play for one team, the Green Bay Packers, and Packers fans know there will only be one
Stomach flu shuts down prison
A severe stomach flu among several dozen prisoners in Chicago’s Cook County Jail has led to the quarantine of its minimum- and medium-security divisions, the Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday. The quarantine will affect about 700 prisoners. Cook County Jail spokesperson Frank Bilecki told the Chicago Tribune that as of Wednes-
day, between 30 and 40 inmates were confirmed to have the virus. Until the end of the quarantine, all of the inmates’ “high touch surface areas” will be disinfected, including bathing, living and dining areas, Bilecki said.
Tsunami sweeps through S. Pacific A tsunami in the Solomon Islands killed five people and destroyed villages Wednesday following a magnitude-eight earthquake 220 miles off the coast of the South Pacific nation. According to the Wall Street Journal, a child, an elderly man and three elderly women died as a result. Residents have moved to higher ground to avoid flooding, but so far the total extent of the damage has yet to be confirmed due to trouble communicating with the hardest hit regions. The Solomon Islands is located on the edge of the Pacific Rim, where the Australian and Pacific tectonic plates meet, making it particularly susceptible to earthquakes. In 2007, a magnitude-8.1 quake killed 52 people and caused damage estimated at several million dollars.
Events Calendar FEBRUARY 2013
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Thursday 7 The World is our Home, Varsity Theater, 4 p.m. Genesis, Pabst Theater, 7:30 p.m. Annex Team Trivia, Union Sports Annex, 9 p.m.
Friday 8 Milwaukee Wine Opener, Hilton Milwaukee City Center, 6 p.m.
Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents “Mind Over Milwaukee,” Stackner Cabaret, 8 p.m. MUSG Mardi Gras Magic, AMU, 9 p.m.
Saturday 9 Artisan Chili Throwdown, Williow’s Gallery, 11 a.m. Matchbox Twenty, Riverside Theater, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday 10 Day of Discernment, Gesu Parish Center, 10 a.m. French Film Festival, UWM Union Theater, 7 p.m.
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Funding for mental Strategic plan gets makeover health increases in following discussion sessions added new state budget Sustainability as a focus along with that social stigma.” Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele was excited about the proposal, saying investment would help the county mirror other cities in moving mentally ill patients away from institutions and toward more open By Jason Kurtyka community-based facilities. Acjason.kurykya@marquette.edu cording to Abele, these facilities are cheaper and provide more In response to recent mass access for those fighting subshootings in Wisconsin and stance abuse. Of the $29 million budgeted, across the country, Gov. Scott Walker and lawmakers in Madi- $10.2 million will go to expandson said they are going to make ing community-based care for mental health care a higher pri- people with severe mental illority for the state. On Wednes- ness. This will help decrease day, this new initiative began hospital visits and allow for more direct attention with a $29 miland care, along lion proposal in with increasing the state’s 2013employment. 2015 budget Mental Health toward treating America of Wismental illness. consin, a nonThere were profit organizatwo mass shoottion that lobbies ings in the Milfor changes in waukee area last mental health year, with one policy, said it occurring at a was “ecstatic” Brookfield spa about Walker’s and the other at Scott Walker, Wis. governor proposal. the Sikh Temple MHA has been of Wisconsin in lobbying for the Oak Creek. Walker said the $29 million state of Wisconsin to “fund the would go to many different pro- ‘state’ share of Medicaid for grams to help families and fos- Comprehensive Community Serter children, address substance vices, a recovery-based psychoabuse and provide additional social rehabilitation program for support to those who need direct adults and children,” according to an MHA press release. “Curintervention. Walker noted a need for focus rently this is funded by individuon getting mental health service al counties, which has resulted in to troubled people before they significant disparities in access to services in the state. Walker’s become violent. “It goes beyond just that,” proposal will provide funding Walker said. “We’ve got to break for this.”
Walker allocates $29 million to treatment, calls for awareness
It goes beyond just that.We’ve got to break that social stigma.”
slight wording changes
By Melanie Lawder
melanie.lawder@marquette.edu
Marquette’s outline for the new strategic plan, which will guide its direction for the next five to 10 years, has been revised after a semester of student and faculty critiques at university forums. The inclusion of environmental sustainScott Pilarz ability in the plan’s themes was among the changes for which Marquette students advocated. On Jan. 22, the university released an updated and final list of six overarching themes intended to drive the university goals in the strategic plan. The themes, originally released in August 2012, now include the addition of “enhancement of organizational effectiveness” and a rewording of two former themes. According to the university’s website, the new changes in the themes were updated to “reflect input from numerous discussions with faculty, staff and students, as well as feedback from hundreds of alumni emails.” The five original themes guiding the strategic planning process were the pursuit of academic excellence for human well-being; research in action; service, social responsibility and civic engagement; formation of the heart and soul; and stewardship of valuable resources. In the revision, the “stewardship of valuable resources” theme is changed to “sustainability of valuable resources” and “social responsibility and civic engagement” is reworded to “social responsibility and community engagement.” Tom Ganey, university
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workshop to submit feedback. Since the initial presentation of themes, Dave Murphy, interim Vice President of the Office of Marketing & Communication and member of the plan’s coordinating committee, said the strategic planning committee visited with various departments and groups on campus, including Marquette Student Government, University Academic Senate, the University Leadership Council, Dean’s Council and the Graduate Student Organization. Murphy also said the committee received over 250 emails regarding the strategic themes. Hossenlopp said the next step in the strategic planning process is the creation of broad university goals in the strategic plan. The committee is currently in the process of generating these goals, which Hossenlopp said will be implicitly linked to the finalized themes. Among those working to create the new strategic plan is the strategic coordinating committee, which consists of two presiding co-chairmen, two students and 14 representatives from the university’s faculty. The coordinating committee aims to represent student and faculty concerns in the strategic plan through soliciting conversations in forums such as the Presidential Strategic Planning Workshop. The coordinating committee is also responsible for carrying out an “environmental scan” of external and internal factors that may affect Marquette. The president and provost will then use this information to determine how the university can respond accordingly to the changing environment. Ganey said the environmental scan will be available to the Marquette community next week. Pilarz and Provost John Pauly will be the ones to author the content of the plan, according to the university website, and the University Leadership Council is expected to provide oversight. The plan will be submitted to the University Academic Senate in April and the Board of Trustees in May. The fully revised strategic plan will be completed in May, Hossenlopp said.
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architect and co-chairman of the plan’s coordinating committee, said the change from “stewardship of valuable resources” to “sustainability of valuable resources” resulted directly from an October 2012 student forum, which both the president and provost attended. In the forum, many students voiced concern about the university’s efforts in preserving the environment, and several wanted an explicit statement in the strategic plan acknowledging that the university should play a role in sustainability . “The theme that was added had a section on sustainability, which came directly from the student forum,” Ganey said. In regard to the revision of the theme “social responsibility and civic engagement” to “social responsibility and community engagement,” Ganey said the phrase change was merely due to the concern that the theme could be worded more appropriately. “After listening to people’s response to the term ‘civic,’ I think ‘community’ rang truer to the authors,” Ganey said. “It’s really that simple. It was suggested from several spots that we look at that word and then we evaluated.” On Jan. 30, in the President’s Strategic Planning Workshop to gather faculty and student reaction to the strategic plan’s final themes, University President the Rev. Scott Pilarz delivered a speech replacing this year’s presidential address. Pilarz discussed the planning process, emphasizing the importance of inter-departmental and organizational collaboration. “Throughout this process, if we have heard anything loud and clear, it has been the need to collaborate and the powerful things that happen when we reach across traditional departmental boundaries to cooperate with one another,” Pilarz said. “Along the way, we’ve learned the importance of preparing our students for a world that demands they cross boundaries.” Jeanne Hossenlopp, vice provost for research, dean of the Graduate School and one of the co-chairwomen of the strategic planning committee, said roughly 450 people attended the
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2013 MU Greek life Peacemaker in Residence numbers remain discusses work in Sierra Leone relatively stable
Eight percent of students belong to a sorority or fraternity By Catelyn Roth-Johnson
catelyn.roth-johnson@marquette.edu
Marquette has been home to Greek life organizations more than 100 years, and for more than eight percent of the 2013 student population is a member of a sorority or fraternity. With Rush, the Greek life recruiting process, ending this week, many students are excited about what a new fraternity or sorority will bring. Sarah Burke, a sophomore in the College of Education, recently joined the Pi Beta Phi chapter at Marquette. “Rush week was very busy and nerve-racking at first, because we didn’t know what to expect,” she said. “Now I am happy I got accepted and am ready to start getting to know the other members.” The Office of Student Development at Marquette offers a semi-annual Greek Report, which provides statistics about each chapter and Greek life as a whole. In 2010, 741 of Marquette’s full-time undergraduates - about nine percent of the student body - were members of social Greek organizations, which totals about nine percent of the student body. “There are a lot of new girls in Pi Beta Phi this semester,” Burke said. “It makes me feel a little more comfortable knowing that I am not the only one.” Burke, who is from Massachusetts, said Greek life is an exciting way to have a home away
from home. “I have been missing my family and already feel close to my fellow members,” she said. There are 23 fraternities and sororities on Marquette’s campus, including specific chapters that highlight majors, professions and multiculturalism. The all-Greek GPA (3.07) is higher than the all-university average (2.91). Bianca Baltazar, a freshman in the College of Communication who is not a member of a Greek organization, said she was hesitant about joining. “I do not want to conform to fit a group’s standards,” she said. “That is not what I want, nor a person I strive to be.” Baltazar said one negative effect she has seen from Greek life is from the recruiting events held every semester. “There were many girls I knew who were trying to change to fit an ideal,” she said. “Some girls would go without eating to be skinny, while others would wear clothes that were uncomfortable or did not fit them properly.” Terry Watkins, a freshman in the College of Communication, said he could see the positive and negative sides to Greek life. “My mother and father were both involved in a sorority and fraternity,” he said. “I have come from a long line of family members who have placed Greek life as an important priority.” Watkins did not participate in Rush this semester, however. “I think Greek life is all about networking,” he said “I am already a very outgoing person who is involved on campus and goes to a great school, so I personally do not see any point for me to join.”
I do not want to conform to fit a group’s standards. That is not what I want, nor a person I strive to be.” Bianca Baltazar, freshman, College of Communication
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Peacemaker in Residence Libby Hoffman tells students about her work in Sierra Leone with Fambul Tok.
Libby Hoffman helps communities reconcile after 11-year civil war By Emily Wright
emily.a.wright@marquette.edu
Continuing a six-year tradition, the Center for Peacemaking hosted Libby Hoffman, the founder and president of Catalyst for Peace, as the 2013 Peacemaker in Residence last week. Hoffman’s organization specifically focuses on communitybased outreach with regard to reconciliation. She spent the past few years in Sierra Leone working on bringing together communities that were directly impacted by the eleven-year civil war. Patrick Kennelly, associate director of the Center for Peacemaking, said the center was partially inspired to bring Hoffman here after hosting Sara Terry, a documentary director, last year. Terry directed and produced “Fambul Tok,” a movie about Hoffman’s work in Sierra Leone. During her time on campus, Terry screened the full documentary. Part of Hoffman’s presentation
showed an epilogue to the movie. Hoffman’s stay culminated with a presentation of her work in Sierra Leone, where the organization she co-founded, Fambul Tok, helped rebuild communities torn apart by the 11-year civil war through more culturally traditional means. Hoffman said the attempts at setting up a more formal National Court left many citizens feeling they had no part in the justice system. The organization, whose name translates to “Family Talk” in the native language of Sierra Leone, helps communities practice restorative justice and reconciliation through large communal campfires. The concept is based on a traditional form of reconciliation in the culture. At the campfires, victims and perpetrators who live in the same villages come together to reconcile, helping the communities move on from the violence. The idea for the communal bonfires came from the fallout from other attempts at finding justice within the country after the war. Hoffman said those being investigated for various crimes were offered blanket amnesty, which gave no incentive for perpetrators to testify.
“Ordinary people had no access and no connection (to the system),” Hoffman said in her presentation. Joining with John Caulker, who was already working on reconciliation in Sierra Leone, Hoffman helped inspire local communities to take part in their own ceremonies. This gave citizens a chance to ask for forgiveness from those whom they had injured and to be forgiven. Ultimately, the bonfires were the first step on the road to communal healing. “The bonfire is the beginning, not the end of the process,” Hoffman said. “The follow-up events go on for months, allowing the communities to cement the process.” In her presentation, Hoffman discussed some of the core assumptions her organization brings into a community prior to engaging it in reconciliation techniques. The first and perhaps most significant is the idea that the answers must come from the community itself for any program to have success. Those who attended the presentation were impressed with Hoffman’s work. Mary Rose Gietl, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she enjoyed the presentation and found Hoffman inspirational. “It was eye-opening,” Gietl said. “It’s a new way to approach justice.” The mission of the Peacemaker in Residence is to help the Marquette community explore the power of non-violence and advance conversations about real-world solutions to troubling problems. For part of the week, residents spend time in classrooms talking to students interested in their fields of experience. Kennelly said speakers normally have both a theoretical approach and some realworld experience. “They use their knowledge and experience to help improve the world,” Kennelly said. “They help create communities that are easier for people to live in.” Past residents include Jim Douglass, who applies Catholic theology to peacemaking in the United States, and Nomfundo Walaza, who works in South Africa and spoke about her work in reconciliation there.
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New interior secretary named Input collected for Sally Jewell steps new campus website down from REI to serve country’s parks
By Matthew Daley Associated Press
President Barack Obama’s choice for interior secretary is a lifelong outdoors enthusiast who likes to bike, ski and climb mountains. As president and chief executive at Recreational Equipment Inc., Sally Jewell has applied her passion to her job, helping push REI to nearly $2 billion in annual revenues and a place on Fortune Magazine’s list of “Best Places to Work.” Now Obama hopes to take advantage of Jewell’s love for the outdoors and her business sense as she takes over at Interior, the federal department responsible for national parks and other public lands. In announcing the nomination, Obama said Jewell has earned national recognition for her environmental stewardship at REI, which sells clothing and gear for outdoor enthusiasts. He also noted her experience as an engineer in oil fields and her fondness for mountain climbing. The toughest part of Jewell’s new job “will probably be sitting behind a desk,” Obama said. At a White House ceremony Wednesday, Obama said Jewell “knows the link between conservation and good jobs. She knows that there’s no contradiction between being good stewards of the land and our economic progress — that, in fact, those two things need to go hand in hand.” At REI, Jewell “has shown that a company with more than $1 billion in sales can do the right thing for our planet,” Obama said. Last year, REI donated nearly $4 million to protect trails and parks, and 20 percent of the electricity used in the company’s stores comes from renewable sources. If confirmed by the Senate, Jewell, 56, would replace current Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, who has announced he will step down in March.
Jewell said she was “humbled and energized” at the prospect of leading Interior, which manages more than 500 million acres in national parks and other public lands, as well as more than 1 billion acres offshore. The department oversees energy, mining operations and recreation and provides services to 566 federally recognized Indian tribes. “I have a great job at REI today, but there’s no role that compares to the call to serve my country as secretary of the Department of Interior,” she said. Jewell was born in England but moved to the Seattle area before age 4. She has led Kent, Wash.-based REI since 2005. She served as chief operating officer for five years before taking the top job and worked for nearly two decades in commercial banking before that. She also has worked as an engineer for Mobil Oil Corp. Jewell emerged as a frontrunner for the Interior post in recent days, edging out betterknown Democrats such as former Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire and former Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter. The Interior job traditionally has gone to politicians from Western states. Salazar was a Colorado senator before taking over at Interior in 2009. Jewell donated $5,000 to Obama’s re-election effort and has supported other Democrats, campaign finance records show. Jewell is the first woman Obama has nominated for his second-term Cabinet and a prominent representative from the business community, addressing two criticisms Obama has faced. While relatively unknown in political circles, Jewell is no stranger to the White House. In 2011, she introduced Obama at a White House conference on the “America’s Great Outdoors” initiative, noting that the $289 billion outdoor-recreation industry supports 6.5 million jobs. She also appeared at a 2009 White House event on health care. Jewell, who won the Audubon Society’s 2009 Rachel Carson Award for Environmental Conservation, was hailed by environmental and business groups alike.
Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune called her a champion in the effort to connect children with nature and said she has “a demonstrated commitment to preserving the higher purposes public lands hold for all Americans — recreation, adventure, and enjoyment.” Tim Wigley, president of the Western Energy Alliance, which represents the oil and natural gas industry, said Jewell’s experience as a petroleum engineer and business leader “will bring a unique perspective to an office that is key to our nation’s energy portfolio.” Jewell, who is married with two grown children, was paid more than $2 million as REI’s CEO in 2011. She contributed $5,000 to the Obama Victory Fund, a joint fundraising committee set up by Obama and the Democratic Party, according to federal election records. She has contributed to numerous Democrats in her home state, including Sens. Maria Cantwell and Patty Murray, as well as Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., and both of Alaska’s senators, Democrat Mark Begich and Republican Lisa Murkowski. Cantwell, Udall and Murkowski all serve on the Senate energy panel, which will consider Jewell’s nomination. Jewell also was on the board of directors of Avista Corp., a Spokane-based power utility, from 1997 through 2003. U.S. Securities and Exchange documents show that in her last full year as an Avista board member, Jewell held more than 15,600 shares in the utility and received $50,000 in director’s fees. In 2004, federal prosecutors charged that Avista played a role in a 2000 deal that allowed then-energy giant Enron to sell a $3 million turbine to the northwest utility firm. Prosecutors did not criminally charge Avista, but said the utility agreed to buy the turbine before a larger deal was completed — a move that aided Enron in hiding the turbine deal from its auditors. Avista was not criminally charged in the Enron indictment and none of the utility’s officials, including Jewell, were cited in the charges.
MU trying out website overhaul for first time since 2007
By Catelyn Roth-Johnson
catelyn.roth-johnson@marquette.edu
The Marquette website will get a new look later this month after having the same design since 2007. Marquette’s web designers are asking for student feedback on a prototype of the new website that was sent to students last month. The new layout will include a larger cover photo, brightly colored wording and a welcome tab for prospective students. Tom Pionek, senior director of integrated marketing and digital strategy at Marquette, said the staff is taking student input on the web prototype until Feb. 15. The goal of the design update is to keep pace with constant technology changes and to provide a more user-friendly layout. “Our goal is to get as much input as we can before we start building out the site, and the preview is a great way to reach a wide audience,” Pionek said. “We have already received a number of great ideas from students and are certainly looking for more.” Designers have made minor alterations since the last major redesign in 2007. “We anticipate that we need to do a number of smaller updates every year,” Pionek said. “And we plan for a major update every few years.” He said it takes a few years to apply a major change across the website. Since the last redesign, more visitors of Marquette’s site are using social media, search engines, tablets and smart phones. “The current version of the website needs to accommodate changes in how users view and interact with the site,” Pionek said. The resdesign will include “like”
and “share” icons to interact with Marquette via social media, as well as a new layout that will accomdate both smart phones and tablets. The marketing and digital design department is reviewing and considering any feedback students may have, although not all opinions may not be featured in the final design. “While every idea may not make it into the final design, we use our best judgment to come up with a solution,” Pionek said. “Overall, we are looking at every suggestion to identify any trends or changes in the design or organization of content.” The exact date for the website’s official posting in not yet determined, but the Office of Digital Strategy and Marketing is willing to take student feedback even after the Feb. 15 deadline. “If we have a lot of comments coming in late, then we would extend it a few days in order to give more people the chance to weigh in,” Pionek said. Samantha Sousek, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said she likes the new design and submitted feedback to the department earlier this week. “It seems very easy to use,” she said. “I think that is the primary goal of any website – to make it accessible to its viewers.” Sousek said she thought the larger photo on the homepage was a great addition and the news and events tab was well organized. “The fact that the home page’s photo was bright and fun really attracted my attention,” she said. “I believe the rest of the student body will become familiar with this new layout as well.” Lauren Gilbert, a freshman in the College of Education, had different opinions about the new web layout. “I think minor changes like the Welcome Tab (for prospective students) is a nice touch,” she said. “But updating and reorganizing the entire website might be a little confusing to students.”
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Panel: Panelists urge students to be the difference they want to see
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Five former Opus Prize recipients are represented in the Mission Week panel addressing health care issues Monday in the Weasler Auditorium.
Headlining the panel was Brother Stan Goetschalckx, who received the Opus Prize in 2007; the Rev. John Halligan, who was given the award in 2010; and the Rev. Richard Frechette, who received the accolade in 2012.
The three people were honored by the Opus Prize Foundation for their exceptional faith-based humanitarian efforts. Additionally, 2006 recipient Zilda Arns Neumann was represented on the panel by her son,
Nelson Neumann, while 2010 Opus Prize winner Sister Beatrice Chipeta had Peter Daino, one of her staff members, stand in for her. Dr. Earnestine Willis of the Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. John Bartkowski of
the Sixteenth Street Clinic and Dr. Christopher Okunseri of the Marquette Dental School filled out the panel, as they were identified as health leaders in Milwaukee County. After a series of five videos
introducing the five Opus Prize winners, the panel fielded questions from moderator Meg Kissinger of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel about the work they do all over the world. Many of the panelists’ most powerful answers came in response to Kissinger’s question on how Marquette students can “Be the Difference.” The Rev. Rick Frechette, who serves more than 150,000 Haitians every year through his St. Luke Foundation for Haiti, said students can go a long way by simply taking a stand for what they believe in. “If you’re tired of all the divisions, cross the dividing line,” Frechette said. “If you’re tired of all the wars, be a peaceful person. If you’re tired of a false world, be true. If you’re tired of deception in the world, be a good friend. If you’re tired of lawlessness, keep your principles firm. What you wish the world to be, start being it.” During the audience question period, one woman asked the panelists about gender equality in the countries they serve. Daino said that in Malawi, the glass ceiling for women was broken when the country elected its first female president. “Girls in Malawi are now excited about education,” he said. “It’s important to have more educational opportunities for girls.” The Mission Week festivities will continue through Friday, with the keynote event happening today in the Varsity Theater at 3:30 p.m. Students can get tickets with their MUIDs at the Brooks Lounge.
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Drug use: DPS says hard drugs rare Drug referrals over the past four years
2009-2010: 46
2011-2012: 53
2010-2011: 50
2012
Fall Semester:
68
Source: Office of Postsecondary Education Infographic by: A. Martina Ibanez-Baldor/angela.ibanez-baldor@marquette.edu tenant said he was unaware of the apartment’s no smoking policy, but officers found he had previously covered the unit’s smoke detectors with plastic bags. However, stranger things had happened even before the door was opened. DPS officers asked the four students in the apartment to speak with them, but before the officers entered, four underage students in the unit jumped out of the building’s second story window. The students fell onto the Ardmore Salon’s air-conditioning unit below, injuring themselves and damaging the appliance. Two of them were found soon after, and one was later caught after seeking medical attention at a hospital. The Ardmore Salon declined to comment on the incident. “They came down feet-first,” DPS Capt. Russell Shaw said. “In one case, I know someone had seem them, and the kid was kind of hanging on,
trying to work his way probably as far as he could before he let himself go.” While Marquette’s campus is not known for drug use, referrals have gone up significantly over the past year. In fall 2011, there were 36 drug referrals, a number that increased to 68 last semester. “The drug of choice overwhelmingly is alcohol,” Shaw said. “I think sometimes those numbers get skewed a little bit by the number of medical incident reports that we also write – so many of those are on a weekly basis. They are written that way because people who were drinking alcohol actually needed some type of medical attention.” Shaw said that Marquette does see its share of controlled substances, like marijuana, but that there are also problems with illegally-obtained prescription drugs. “That can be an even more serious offense than obviously
being caught with marijuana in their room,” Shaw said. “In many cases, that can be considered a felony offense, and I’m seeing that happen more and more around the country, especially with Adderall.” Rebecca Bishay, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said she does not think Marquette has the same prevalence of drug use that other campuses have. “I don’t think we have a very big drug culture here,” Bishay said. “People at other schools do a lot more, harder and dangerous drugs.” Shaw seemed to agree. “Mostly what we deal with is marijuana use,” Shaw said. “Obviously it is much harder to detect any type of other drug if it is not being smoked. Not saying there is not any of that on the campus, but we are certainly not aware of any serious problem.”
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Gunmen rape six tourists in Mexico Masked men assault women vacationing in Acapulco Monday
By Bertha Ramos and Mark Stevenson Associated Press
The tourism world turned its eyes on Mexico after six Spanish women were raped by masked gunmen during a vacation in the long-troubled Pacific coast resort of Acapulco. While there has been talk of reviving the golden era of the ‘40s and ‘50s, international tourists have long steered away from Acapulco, even before the drug violence of recent years, as the city fell into disrepair and glitzier Cancun and Los Cabos gained favor. The question now is whether the attack will affect other resorts as Mexico prepares for its annual spring break onslaught and peak season. The hours-long assault was carried out by a gang of masked gunmen who burst into the beachfront home before dawn on Monday and tied up the six men inside, then raped the women. A seventh Mexican woman was unharmed. “We are really sorry about what happened with the Spanish tourists because ... it is something that affects Mexico’s image,” said Juan Carlos Gonzalez, tourism secretary of Quintana Roo, the Caribbean coast state where Cancun is located and which hosted about 17 million tourists last year. But, he added, “we are definitely not as contaminated with the crime issue as other states in Mexico.” Acapulco barely registers on U.S. tourists’ radar anymore, said Kathy Gerhardt, a spokeswoman for Travel Leaders, a network of independently owned and operated travel agencies in the U.S. “Those individuals trying to lump Acapulco into the list of top Mexico destinations for U.S. travelers are simply misinformed,” she said. In a recent survey of over 1,000 travel agency owners, managers and agents, “not a single individual chose Acapulco as a top international destination they are booking for their clients,” Gerhardt said. “We do not see any spillover effect,” she added, for areas like Cancun, which Travel Leaders lists as the No. 2 foreign destination for U.S. travelers, after Caribbean island cruises. From a 2009 shootout that killed 18 near Acapulco’s fabled Flamingo Hotel to this week’s attack, the resort once celebrated in Frank Sinatra songs and Elvis Presley movies has been the scene of body dumpings, beheadings and taxidriver killings as gangs vie for drug transport routes once controlled by the now-decimated Beltran Leyva cartel. Oceania and Regent Seven Seas Cruises — some of the last lines making port calls in Acapulco — canceled those in December, before the latest attack. An estimated 50,000 Spaniards travel to Mexico each year, but mostly to the Caribbean coast, not Acapulco. Mexicans and Spaniards living in Mexico like the victims, however, flock to Acapulco during Easter week and other long holiday weekends, such as Monday, when the country celebrated its Constitution Day. Local tourists believe they can
distinguish unsafe areas of the city, and even foreign travel warnings say it’s safe for those who don’t wander far from the beach. “For us, this is an incredibly safe zone,” said Rafael Gallego Nadal, president of the Spanish Confederation of Travel Agencies. “This was a terrible attack, but it’s not the first time that something bad has happened in that part of Mexico.” He said there has been no talk of travel agencies reducing package tour prices. Some press reports Wednesday suggested a drug purchase could have played a role in Monday’s rapes, but Marcos Juarez, the chief investigator for Guerrero state prosecutors, said there was no evidence of that. Still, the attack exposed a dangerous security situation in areas that had been considered safe, such as the laid-back stretch of beach dotted with restaurants, small hotels and homes southeast of the city’s center, where the Spaniards had rented a villa. The five attackers held the group at gunpoint, tying up the six men with phone cords and bathing suit straps, then raping the six women over a three-hour period, authorities said. The manager of a hotel near the house said he heard shouting just after midnight Monday, but did nothing because he felt it would be too dangerous. The man did not want to give his name for safety reasons. It was unclear whether the victims had been targeted because of their nationality. Guerrero state Attorney General Martha Garzon told local media that the attackers’ motive was robbery and that they drank mescal they found at the house. The Mexican woman, who is married to one of the Spaniards, “was saved by the fact that she is Mexican,” Garzon said. “She says she identified herself to the (attackers) and asked not to be raped, and they told her that she had passed the test by being Mexican and they didn’t touch her,” Garzon told Radio Formula. While some Mexicans harbor resentment against Spaniards dating to colonial times, the victims may have been targeted for other reasons, such as appearance or possessions. Mayor Luis Walton rushed to apologize Wednesday for his comment the day before that “this happens everywhere in the world, not just in Acapulco or in Mexico.” “Of course, this worries us and we don’t want anything like this to happen in Acapulco or anywhere else in the world,” he said. “We know this is going to affect our tourism.” Billionaire business magnate Carlos Slim, ranked by Forbes magazine as the world’s richest man, proposed a plan last year to rescue Acapulco by building parks and recreational centers there. Still, it would be a long way from the city’s heyday, when Elizabeth Taylor was married in Acapulco, John F. and Jackie Kennedy spent their honeymoon there and Howard Hughes hid out in a suite at the Princess Hotel, a pyramid-shaped icon in the exclusive Punta Diamante, or Diamond Point. Gallego said it’s important for authorities to make arrests soon to prove that those responsible will be punished. State prosecutor Garzon said authorities have strong evidence leading to the culprits.
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Prime minister of Tunisia calls for new government Announcement comes after assassination escalates violence By Bouazza Ben Bouazza and Paul Schemm Associated Press
Shaken by the assassination of a prominent leftist opposition leader that unleashed major protests, Tunisia’s prime minister announced Wednesday that he would form a new government of technocrats to guide the country to elections “as soon as possible.” The decision by Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali was a clear concession to the opposition, which has long demanded a reshuffle of the Islamist-dominated government. It also came hours after the first assassination of a political leader in post-revolutionary Tunisia. The killing of 48-year-old Chokri Belaid, a secularist and fierce critic of Ennahda, the moderate ruling Islamist party, marked an escalation in the country’s political violence and sparked allegations of government negligence — even outright complicity. It also bolstered fears that Tunisia’s transition to democracy will be far more chaotic than originally hoped. “This is a sad day that shook the country regardless of our differences,” Jebali said in an address to the nation, whose capital city still smelled of the tear gas lobbed at protesters angry over the killing. “We are at a crossroads, and we will learn from it to make a peaceful Tunisia, secure and pluralist, where we may differ but not kill each other.” The ruling coalition, led by Jebali’s Ennahda party, had been in stalled negotiations with opposition parties to expand the coalition and redistribute ministerial portfolios in an effort to calm the country’s fractious politics. Elections had been expected for the summer, but an exact date depended on lawmakers finishing work on a new constitution. Jebali said the new ministers in the technocratic government “would not belong to any party and its task would be limited to organizing elections as soon as possible with a neutral administration.” The statement implied that Jebali would be leading the new government and that its selection was imminent. Tunisians overthrew their longruling dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in January 2011, kicking off a wave of pro-democracy uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa that have met with varying degrees of success. With its relatively small, welleducated population of 10 million, Tunisia has been widely expected to have the best chance of successfully transitioning to democracy. Its first post-dictatorship election brought to power the moderate Islamists of Ennahda in a coalition with two secular parties. With the fall of the country’s secular dictatorship, however,
hardline Islamist groups also have flourished and there have been a string of attacks by ultraconservative Muslims known as Salafis against arts, culture and people they deemed to be impious. In the last few months, there also have appeared the Leagues to Protect the Revolution, groups that say they are fighting corruption and seeking out remnants of the Ben Ali regime. But opposition leaders such as Belaid said the leagues have become Ennahda-backed goon squads that attacked opposition rallies. Last weekend saw a string of attacks against such meetings, including a rally held by Belaid’s Popular Front in northern Tunisia. Belaid, a lawyer, was shot four times point blank as he left his house in Tunis on Wednesday morning. He was taken to a nearby clinic where he died. His wife told French Radio RTL he was shot twice in the head, once in the neck and once in the heart. “He died for the country. He died for democracy,” Basma Belaid said. “He was threatened all the time,” she added, holding Ennahda directly responsible for his death. Belaid’s funeral is scheduled for Friday and the family has said members of the ruling coalition will not be welcome. As word of the assassination spread, demonstrators converged on the Interior Ministry in the center of the capital chanting
anti-government slogans. The scenes were reminiscent of the final days of Ben Ali as protesters surged down the treelined Bourguiba Avenue shouting “the people want the fall of the regime” and were met with volleys of tear gas and riot police. At one point, the ambulance containing Belaid’s body, surrounded by angry mourners, headed toward the ministry before it was driven off by tear gas. By late afternoon, the center of the city was largely deserted and littered with stones, guarded by police armored vehicles and patrolled by a tank from the national guard. Knots of riot police chased protesters through the elegant downtown streets. At least one policeman died in the clashes, the Interior Ministry said. Protests flared across the rest of the country as well, with fierce clashes in the southern town of Gafsa and the coastal cities of Sousse and Monastir. Ennahda offices were also attacked in several towns, according to media reports. Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki, a member of a secular party in the governing coalition, called the Belaid assassination a threat against all Tunisians in a speech before the European Parliament in Strasbourg before he rushed home, canceling a trip to Cairo. “All these destabilization attempts — and there will be
others because for some the Tunisian model should not succeed — I can tell you that we will face the challenge and defeat it,” he told journalists. The assassination also comes as Tunisia is struggling to revive its economy. On Monday, the central bank head, Chedli Ayari, said that while the country was on the road to recovery, the political squabbling had to be resolved to reassure foreign and Tunisian investors. “This assassination is the gravest incident yet in a climate of mounting violence,” said Eric Goldstein, deputy Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch. “Since Tunisia’s revolution, there have been violent assaults against journalists, political activists, artists, and simple citizens, many of which the authorities did not investigate, let alone prosecute.” Several opposition parties suspended their participation in the constitutional assembly over the assassination and are now calling for a general strike, which could further inflame tensions. By Wednesday evening, however, they had yet to react to Jebali’s announcement of a caretaker government. Nejib Chebbi of the centrist Jomhouri Party warned prior to Jebali’s announcement that other political figures could be targeted for assassination, and he called for the dissolution of the Leagues to Protect the Revolution.
The night before his death, Belaid had called for the dissolution of those leagues as well. “There are groups inside Ennahda inciting violence,” Belaid told the Nessma TV channel. He alleged that Ennahda leader “Rachid Ghannouchi considers the leagues to be the conscience of the nation, so the defense of the authors of violence is clear. All those who oppose Ennahda become the targets of violence.” Ennahda, however, has denied supporting any violence and promised an investigation into the assassination. Ghannouchi called Belaid’s killing an “ignoble crime” and offered his condolences to his family. As international condemnation of the assassination swiftly poured in, several countries expressed worry over the violence in Tunisia. “There is no justification for an outrageous and cowardly act of violence like this,” U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters. “There’s no place in the new Tunisia for violence. We urge the government of Tunisia to conduct a fair, transparent and professional investigation to ensure the perpetrators are brought to justice, consistent with Tunisian and international law.” French President Francois Hollande also expressed worry. “This murder deprives Tunisia of one of its most courageous and free voices,” he said in a statement.
Photo by Hassene Dridi/Associated Press
Protesters gather on Tunis’ main avenue after a Tunisian opposition leader critical of the Islamist-led government was gunned down as he left home Wednesday. Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali wants to organize new technocratic government to hold elections as soon as possible.
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Genesis Ballet
Milwaukee Ballet show aims to find new star choreographer By Claire Nowak
claire.nowak@marquette.edu
The lives of Lauren Edson and Gabrielle Lamb may change this weekend. Both are contestants in Milwaukee Ballet’s international choreographic competition, Genesis. They have spent the last three weeks preparing original pieces that Milwaukee Ballet dancers will perform at the Pabst Theater Feb. 7-10. The success of the dances will be determined by audience members, who will vote for their favorite after each of the four shows, and professional judges in attendance Saturday evening. Whoever earns the most votes will be invited back to Milwaukee Ballet next year to create a new piece for the company to perform. The winning choreographer will also gain a crucial foothold in the dance industry. It’s an opportunity given to very few dancers, one that neither of the two contestants wants to pass up. Yet when asked why they deserve to win, their responses seemed nonchalant, verging on indifferent. “I think we
all deserve to win,” Edson said, speaking of Lamb, third finalist James Gregg and herself. “(The winner) will be based on everyone’s own perspective. I feel like I have a unique voice, but so do the others.” Lamb similarly replied, “I’d like to think that I will feel happy with the outcome for whoever wins. I think we’re all winning already.” So why would a competition with such high stakes leave contestants so composed? As Milwaukee Ballet artistic director Michael Pink explained, there is more to Genesis than gaining the most votes. “The prime objective is to give exposure to emerging choreographers who have already established themselves and are professional but still at the beginning of their careers,” Pink said. “It’s more about a creative process than the competition. The competition is fun. Somebody wins and comes back (to work with Milwaukee Ballet), but it’s more about the time spent together creating new work.” Creating the work requires hours of practice and patience for the choreographers and dancers. Eight Milwaukee Ballet dancers – four male and four female
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(Sitting left to right) Lauren Edson, James Gregg and Gabrielle Lamb are the competitors in Genesis 2013.
– are assigned to each piece and work with its choreographer every day for the three rehearsal weeks. In the cases of Edson and Lamb, the majority of that time is spent combining dance techniques that blend classical ballet and modern dance movement. “These dancers are incredible ballet technicians and maybe haven’t had exposure to contemporary dance,” Edson said. “I’ve really tried to meet in the middle to use their physical capabilities to the absolute fullest and at the same time challenge them to move in a new way.” “It’s not like we come here and teach them something we’ve alr e a d y planned o u t , ” Lamb said. “You get into the studio, and you h a v e s o m e material prepared, but it really depends on the people in front of you. When you
I want to feel like I have created something that is completely personal, something that the dancers feel like they’re inspired to perform.” Lauren Edson, Genesis choreography competitor don’t know them yet, it’s really difficult to plan.” All three finalists have participated in their fair share of competitions, but this type of preparation is new to them. In addition, all the finalists devise their new routines at the same location and in the same time frame, a competition style unique to Genesis. “On one hand, it’s a little bit higher pressure for us, because the other two choreographers are here at the same time, and we’re aware of each other,” Lamb said. “But in a way it’s also nice because I like those other two choreographers, and I respect them as artists. When you’re the choreographer, you’re the only one in those shoes. It’s kind of nice to have a daily interaction with two people who are trying to do a similar thing to what I’m doing, to compare notes and realize how the experience is for other people. No one finds it easy, and everyone hits walls sometimes.” In the choreography process, each finalist puts an individual personality into her or his work. Edson said she hopes her piece will move the dancers and the audience. “I want to feel like I have created something that is com-
pletely personal,” she said, “something that the dancers feel like they’re inspired to perform. It’s a difficult place to arrive at, but what is most inspiring to me is seeing it come from such a real place, seeing the dancers as human beings, seeing them be vulnerable and connect with each other and the audience. Ultimately, it’s trying to strip away any real performance aspect of the art and have them surprise me (by the fact) that it’s just them stepping on stage.” When the unity of movement and musicality create that kind of personal connection, the result is a winning work that is both original and responsive. “Originality is a difficult thing to find in dance,” Pink said. “Most things have been explored before, and it’s really trying to see the way in which people are using the material that they have and at what level (it is). Creativity is not something you can guarantee is going to happen.” For better or worse, the fates of the final dances are in the hands of those judging the competition. While it echoes the dozens of other entertainment competitions that involve audience participation, Genesis hopes to give viewers the chance to see dance in a new light. “We all come from very different backgrounds and have really unique things to say (in our pieces),” Edson said. “As an audience member, it’s exciting to feel like you can participate in some way and that your vote matters. (Genesis) is trying to be accessible to a larger demographic of people and expose dance to people who might not otherwise come see it.” “All three of us are younger and have a more contemporary dance program than what Milwaukee Ballet does, so people will have the chance to see the dancers in a different light and also in a more intimate atmosphere,” Lamb added. “Of course, having a commission from Milwaukee Ballet would be wonderful, (but) it’s really up to the taste of the judges and the audience. Hopefully, they’ll be seeing very strong and distinct visions.”
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‘Clybourne Park’ puts two discussions into one play
Response to ‘Raisin in the Sun’ addresses racial issues over time By Erin Heffernan
erin.heffernan@marquette.edu
So often, we view the mistakes of the past from the outside. We look back on societal problems with clarity and create a narrative of progress to keep us distant and distinct from the flawed characters of history. The Repertory Theatre’s new production, “Clybourne Park,” questions that detachment. The play depicts race through a prism of both past and present. Its sharp dialogue, made of equal parts humor and hostility, shows tenuous discussions from two eras, the ‘50s and today. The result is an image of two distinct racial climates that may have more in common than we might like to think. “Clybourne Park,” which will play at the Rep until Feb. 24, was first staged in 2010 and quickly found widespread popularity and acclaim. The play went on to win the 2011 Pulitzer prize for Best Drama and the
2012 Tony Award for Best Play. Now, the show has been a popular choice among regional theater companies across the country. The popularity of the plot is likely in part because its story of gentrification and segregation resonates in cities across the country. “Clybourne Park” was written by Bruce Norris as a response to Lorraine Hansberry’s classic play “A Raisin in the Sun.” In Hansberry’s work, the Youngers, a black family living in poverty on the South Side of Chicago, come into an unexpected fortune. The mother of the family, Lena, decides to use the money to buy a home in an allwhite neighborhood. Karl Linder, a member of the neighborhood, visits the family and attempts to bribe them out of moving. The first act of “Clybourne Park” depicts events from the perspective of the white family who sold the house to the Youngers. In using the famous play as source material without attempting to change or mimic it, “Clybourne Park” enters into a dialogue with “Raisin in the Sun.” It provides a reason why the Youngers got the home at such a good price and explores the complex emotions and social conditions instigated by the change in the neighborhood.
Act I is set in the home purchased by the Youngers in Chicago in 1959. Much like “Mad Men,” the first act presents behavior, offensive by today’s standards, with a wink of the modern perspective. Characters revert to the racial norms of their day, making modern audiences squirm under the uncomfortable presence of unfiltered discrimination. One particularly hard scene to watch develops when Linder enters the home of the packing family. Linder lives in the neighborhood and fights the move – he is also the only character who also appears in “Raisin in the Sun.” He creates a truly horrible argument for segregation and questions the black servant of the house, Francine, and her husband, Albert, asking if they would want to live in a neighborhood where the grocery store doesn’t sell the types of food “they” would want to eat. Where works like “Mad Men” may allow the audience to chalk this type of ignorance or cruelty of the characters to the flaws of the past, “Clybourne Park’s” second act forces the issues into today’s reality. Halfway through the intermission, the music of Buddy Holly and Elvis abruptly switches to
Kings of Leon, and the set, which was originally a charming ‘50s home, becomes covered in graffiti, debris and abandoned furniture. One telling spray-paint message reads “Gentrify this!!!” We find ourselves 50 years in the future in the same home. The narrative of those years is implied; we all know the story. With the influx of black residents came a “white flight,” a decrease in property values and overall economic decline. The conflict again arises from new neighbors threatening the make-up of the area. This time, though, it is a white couple hoping to renovate the dilapidated space, robbing it of its historic edifice. Two members of the neighborhood, along with a real estate agent and a lawyer, argue over the renovation in a discussion that both mirrors and diverges from the beginning of the play. The second act references themes, lines of dialogue and characters from the first half to show the way issues surrounding race have morphed over the years. The modern-day act is full of euphenism and side-stepping of racial issues that speaks to the change of attitudes. But within the pretense of political correctness, the characters
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– both directly and indirectly – show many of the same prejudices and conflicts continue from the days of “white flight.” It’s often when characters are most trying to prove their “racial sensitivity” that they reveal how ignorant they truly are, digging themselves deeply into a hole of offense and insensitivity. It is simultaneously uncomfortable and hilarious to watch their dialogue unfold. The two acts are additionally linked as the actors from the first act take on the new roles of the modern day characters in the second. The Rep’s cast does a marvelous job of finding that tenuous balance between the play’s serious emotion and satire. Every member of the show gave powerful performances with impressive range in taking on two characters from two eras. The dialogue is so well-written that it is a joy to hear, however harsh the sentiments may be, and the engaging delivery makes it sing. “Clybourne Park” raises more questions than it answers. It travels in territory often uncomfortable and uncommon, but it reminds us that today’s problems are tomorrow’s history, and though the context may change, some conflict lingers.
MU’s Will Seagrist: student by day, DJ by night Sophomore scores A’s on tests while scoring recording contracts By Eva Sotomayor
eva.sotomayor@marquette.edu
When Will Seagrist began mixing music, he never imagined he’d end up with a recording contract and a single on iTunes. Seagrist is a sophomore at Marquette in the College of Business Administration who produces and DJs house and electronic music under the name Apollo. Growing up, he listened to a wide variety of music and eventually stumbled upon electronic and techno, which has led him down his current path. “I grew up with newer music like the Black Eyed Peas and such – not necessarily electronic – but I’ve been into different types of music sporadically throughout my whole life,” Seagrist said. “Once I got older, I just started exploring with music and discovered electronic. It sort of just progressed from there.” While discovering electronic music was a spark, something else originally inspired him to start making music. Three or four years ago, Seagrist wanted to learn to play the piano and started experimenting with creating and composing music. “What started out as a
hobby ended up as an obsession,” Seagrist said. Before creating his own tracks – a recent development – Seagrist would remix other people’s music with music editing programs. “I just started doing my own, original stuff recently, which was terrible when I started,” Seagrist said. “It all started whenever I felt like remixing tracks, and it takes time to become proficient in those programs. It’s gotten better and better.” The process of creating an original song is lengthy. Seagrist says he can work on a three-minute song for more than two weeks. He creates electronic music in levels, first developing a bass melody and then layering sound on top. It takes time to create and assemble the sounds into a song. After putting all the elements together, Seagrist mixes and masters the track. “Mixing is like fine-tuning every sound to make everything sound nice, like equalizing decibels at certain levels,” Seagrist said. “There’s a bunch of other stuff like using effects on sounds and messing with all the levels. The last part is mastering for quality. It can take a while.” Seagrist draws his inspiration from different artists and places. Some of his current favorite artists are Alesso, A-Track and Avicii, although he notes that his taste changes on a whim. Sometimes just listening to a song can inspire Seagrist to compose a track. “The process of a song just starts
when I listen to music, and either I discover a new song or listen to something that is really insanely awesome and I feel like I just need to go out and make something,” he said. Seagrist hasn’t played a show of his own yet, but he has been performing at local DJ-ing and club events at venues in Milwaukee like the Rave and the Miramar Theatre. During these shows, he plays other people’s tracks as well as his own. Though he uses social media sites such as YouTube and Soundcloud, Seagrist also shares his music through iTunes and Beatport, a huge electronic music and DJ community. “Over winter break, I signed a contract as an exclusive artist with a record label in Germany called BassXpress and a different contract with an Italian record label called Urbanlife, where I signed over a couple of different rights for my songs to release in stores all over the world,” Seagrist said. “Urbanlife Records owns ‘Specter,’ and they had some of their artists remix it and it was put out in a set of three different songs.” For someone who started out doing music as a hobby, Seagrist is surprised by all the positive feedback and success he’s had from social media and friends. “It’s awesome,” said Seagrist. “I mean I wasn’t expecting this to ever happen. It’s nice because they provide everything for me, like professionally recorded vocals and MIDI files. It’s awesome that something
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Will Seagrist produces electronic music under the name Apollo.
you love as a hobby turning into a part-time job.” Seagrist’s plans for the near future include keeping up with a hectic school schedule and continuing to produce music and play shows. He hopes to make a name for himself in the electronic dance music community, which has also been enjoying a recent rise to the mainstream. “For music I’m just going to
keep promoting. I do a lot of work every day, and I’m pretty busy between school and music,” he said. “There’s a lot of business involved. I plan to hopefully move up the ladder and someday get signed to a bigger label and see where it goes. I’d like to make a career out of it, but I’m in school in case it doesn’t happen.”
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Porterfield’s road to stardom took detour at MU
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Before Chris Porterfield was the lead singer for Field Report, he worked in the Office of Student Affairs at MU.
Field Report lead singer uses sound, connections to grow By Peter Setter
peter.setter@marquette.edu
After years of playing with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and working a stint at Marquette, Chris Porterfield is happy to return to Milwaukee as the star of the show. Porterfield’s band Field Report – an anagram of the singer’s name – is an indie folk rock band characterized by sublime keyboards and intimate lyrics. The band premiered at South By Southwest last year, receiving rave reviews from Time, Rolling Stone and NPR.
The band is now headlining its own tour and playing at Turner Hall on Feb. 14 at 7 p.m. The show, part of the venue’s “Ten Buck Show” series, is the first for the band in Milwaukee since opening for Counting Crows last summer at Summerfest. Porterfield said he is excited to be back, especially since the band is the headliner this time around. During the concert, the band will premiere a music video for the track “I Am Not Waiting Anymore.” In addition to playing tracks off its self-titled first album, Field Report plans on playing a few covers and some new material. “We really want to belong to Milwaukee, and if Marquette kids want to have part ownership of a band that calls Milwaukee home, I would
nominate us for consideration,” Porterfield said. The band released its debut album in September and began promotion with its headlining tour in October, but the journey to get to this point took years. Porterfield began his music career playing pedal steel guitar for DeYarmond Edison with Justin Vernon while studying at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. In 2005, the band moved to North Carolina, while Porterfield moved to Milwaukee and started working at Marquette. While at Marquette, Porterfield worked in the Office of Student Affairs as a program coordinator for the Alumni Memorial Union. “It was the intention, I believe, of my employers to use some of the experiences I had as
a working musician for a while to foster creativity on campus and encourage people to make music,” Porterfield said. “I think it was successful for a very small handful of people. I think, by and large, for whatever reason, Marquette isn’t making that a priority right now.” During his time at Marquette, Porterfield started writing his own music. He said he split time being a normal person and moonlighting as a songwriter, and he soon started touring with the future members of Field Report. “Sometimes, the universe speaks to you, and you have to listen and trust it. Sometimes it’s trying to tell you that you should or shouldn’t be doing something,” Porterfield said. “Everything sort of lined up starting last year to tell me it was time to be bold and reckless and to give music another shot.” Porterfield said his bosses were very supportive and let him keep his job while touring. However, it soon became clear to Porterfield that his new job would be touring, so he made the decision to leave Marquette last July. He said his time at Marquette was very important to him, as he met a lot of people and learned a lot. “It provided this really great incubator for me to get my creatorship together,” Porterfield said. “I learned how to work with different personalities and people who might be coming at an issue from a different perspective. That sort of management of personalities really came into play and is a really big basis for my current job.” When Bon Iver came through the Riverside Theater in the summer of 2011, Porterfield met up with Vernon, who had heard that he was getting a band together. Vernon offered
his studio to Porterfield and his band to record their first album, and Porterfield took him up on the offer. There was never a conscious decision to get Field Report together, Porterfield said, but it was something that just happened. He met the people in the band at different times and through different shows. “They are great listeners, great players and great friends. We never set out and decided, ‘This is what it’s going to sound like.’ It is totally organic,” he said. “There is a real honesty and humility, which is the only thing that we ever talk about doing pre-meditated. Everyone surrenders ego to the songs and to material and playing as honestly as possible.” Porterfield took up song-writing duties for the newly formed band. The process constantly shifts based on what he experiences at any given moment, which translates to the final product. What is important to him is letting the songs reveal their true meaning each night in concert. “The songs are living things,” Porterfield said. “They change, they grow, just like people do. They can mean different things on different nights. It’s sort of the willingness to be patient with them and let them reveal whatever it is about themselves that they need to on any given night.” The singer said that those who listen to the album need to take time to understand each song to comprehend the album. “What we are doing, it takes work. It took work to make, and it takes work to get anything out of it,” Porterfield said. “It functions fine as background music, but if you want to get anything out of it, you have to spend some self-capital.”
‘The Undocumented’ tells untold immigrant stories Filmmaker Williams shares accounts of lost border crossers By Maddy Kennedy
madeline.kennedy@marquette.edu
Each year, thousands of migrants from Mexico and Central America make the dangerous trek from their home countries to the United States seeking a better life. Their journey across Arizona’s Sonoran desert is extremely dangerous, and many do not make it. Since 1998, more than 2,000 dead bodies and skeletal remains have been found in the Sonoran Desert between the Mexican border and Tucson, Ariz. Award-winning director Marco Williams shares their stories and struggles in his documentary, “The Undocumented,” which he will present and discuss at Marquette in Johnston Hall at 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 11. Williams, a professor of film at New York University, was inspired to learn more about the perilous journey of these migrant workers in 2008 after hearing a particularly moving story on NPR. A radio journalist in Tucson volunteered to help a woman who crossed the border
a few months earlier find a family member who had gotten lost on the way. Despite their extensive desert search, this family member could not be found and was presumed to be dead among the thousands claimed by the Sonoran. “To lose a family member like that is devastating,” Williams said. “It happens more often than people think.” In Jan. 2009, Williams set off to Arizona to gather initial research. What he saw was troubling. When the 12 foot wall between the U.S. and Mexico was constructed in 2008, many migrants did not give up attempts to cross the border. Instead, they began crossing the unguarded but treacherous mountain regions, causing a dramatic increase in the migrant death toll. “I was very committed to bringing this story to television because it’s a narrative that a lot of people don’t know about,” Williams said. Williams returned to Tucson later that summer to continue filming, this time working with the U.S. Border Patrol, the Pima County Medical Examiner, the Mexican Consulate of Tucson and the Human Rights Coalition to chronicle the perils of the migrant journey. “The four organizations work separately but like an assembly line,” Williams said. “They do their jobs with dignity and professionalism.” Williams also explained that
many members of these organizations try to help the migrants and make their journey safer “by giving food, water and first-aid.” In addition to chasing down illegal crossers and providing assistance to migrants in the desert with Border Patrol, Williams worked with Tucson medical examiners to identify the bodies of those who did not survive the journey. “(Dealing with the remains is) very explicit and very graphic, but if it’s done right, it has the potential to impact viewers,” Williams said. Border Patrol constantly comes across bodies while making their rounds, but rather than leave them in the desert, they deliver them to the medical examiners, who work to identify the remains and return them to the deceased’s family. Williams joined in on the journey to Mexico, where he learned more about the migrants’ background. “I met various families in Mexico and discovered that we, as Americans, stereotype,” Williams said. “(The migrants) come from poor indigenous groups, but there are also many middle-class families from Mexico City, too. Many different people make the journey.” Williams was also able to speak with the family members of those who passed. “They were very generous with their time. A lot of them know others who have crossed the
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Marco Williams is presenting his film, “The Undocumented,” at Marquette.
border or had done it themselves at one point.” Today, people from Mexico and Central America still try to cross the U.S. border, and Williams believes they will continue to do so. “There’s a saying in Mexico that ‘When you build a 12 foot fence, people will buy a 14 foot ladder,’ and its true. People will still try to cross,” he said. The problem faced by Mexican migrants is a complicated one with no clear-cut solution, but Williams believes Marquette students can nevertheless make a difference. Williams encourages interested students to get involved with the
government by writing letters asking for a change in policy. There are also Tucson-based organizations like Samaritans, No More Deaths and Border Links that provide food, water and medical attention to migrants, all of which are currently asking for donations and volunteers to help continue their efforts. “The U.S. is militarizing the border to protect against terrorists, but a lot of people trying to cross are just middle-class migrants trying to make a living,” Williams said. “This is a human rights issue that needs awareness.”
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An idiot’s guide to the Best Picture noms
Matt Mueller
Skyfall The Varsity Theater 2/8-2/9 If you haven’t seen “Skyfall,” James Bond’s latest globetrekking journey of drinking, womanizing and violence, you should do so this weekend. It has everything one would want from a classic Bond movie – namely the drinking, the womanizing and the violence – but it’s performed by a terrific cast, thrillingly directed by Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes and gorgeously filmed. Seriously. I want large portions of this film (mainly anything that takes place in Shanghai) framed and put on my wall as artwork. Forget that; I want shots from “Skyfall” used as wallpaper for my room. If you’ve seen “Skyfall,” that idea won’t sound crazy at all.
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The Oscars will be here in two and a half weeks, and that means movie fans will do at least one of two things. One possibility is that they will attempt to watch all of the Best Picture nominees in the hope of being the most smugly knowledgeable person in their group of friends. There has to be at least one person in your group of cinephiles who will say “I enjoyed Jennifer Lawrence’s performance, but Emmanuelle Riva in ‘Amour’ was spellbinding” – a correct, albeit pretentious-sounding sentence. The second possibility is that people will choose their winning picks in the hope of winning money from their friends – or likely just superiority. Normally, Oscar bets are won and lost in the technical categories (many a year I’ve profaned the Best Sound Mixing winner), but 2013’s featured awards are surprisingly still up in the air, including the big prize. In the hope of helping those less cinematically literate than I (God, I don’t think I could sound more snooty there), here is a quick guide to the Best Picture nominees. “Amour” Why it will win: The fact that Austrian director Michael Haneke got nominated for Best Director over the high-profile likes of Affleck and Bigelow tells you that the Academy has strong feelings toward the emotionally devastating foreign film about an elderly couple slowly falling apart due to the cold forces of time. Why it won’t win: “Amour” is almost too devastating. There’s no way to walk out of the theater after watching Haneke’s film and not feel like someone just hit your soul with a cinder block. More importantly, it’s a foreign film. “Amour” will almost certainly win Best Foreign Film, and most voters will think that is enough. “Argo” Why it will win: Ben Affleck’s Iranian hostage crisis true story is terrific Hollywood entertainment mixed with equally great historical drama. It swept Best Picture at most of the big preOscar award shows, and Affleck has played off his Best Director snub about as well as one could, perhaps winning more support in the process. Why it won’t win: Not having a Best Director nomination historically hurts. A movie winning Best Picture without the director
at least getting nominated just doesn’t happen. Also, Affleck starred in “Daredevil,” and the Academy holds grudges. And “Gigli.” And “Reindeer Games.” “Beasts of the Southern Wild” Why it will win: Much like “Amour,” the fact that director Benh Zeitlin got a nomination says a lot about how the Academy feels about his rustic, Katrina-tinged coming-of-age tale. It’s a unique picture, unlike any of its fellow nominees – much less anything else that came out this year. Why it won’t win: People like “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” but you don’t hear of many people loving it. Also, it came out a long time ago. Last summer may not seem like eons ago, but the Academy is easily distracted by the latest Oscar bait. “Django Unchained” Why it will win: Quentin Tarantino’s crazy take on the Western was just as awesome as we could have hoped. And then some. There are certainly worse picks for the Academy, and it would make up for “Pulp Fiction’s” loss to “Forrest Gump” in 1995. Why it won’t win: It’s too violent, it’s too controversial, and if “Pulp Fiction” wasn’t good enough for the Academy to hand Tarantino Best Picture, I highly doubt “Django Unchained” – despite how fun it is – will convince them. “Les Miserables” Why it will win: “Les Miserables” is a musical of big, strong emotions, and director Tom Hooper’s big screen adaptation is no different. Some people didn’t like it (include me in that category), but those who like it really like it, and it’s the kind of emotional, massive film the Oscars usually love. Why it won’t win: For everyone who loves “Les Mis,” there’s at least one other who hates it. A very polarizing movie can earn enough votes to get a nomination, but when placed in a limited category of more universally liked movies, it cannot earn enough votes to win the big prize. Let’s call it “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” syndrome. “Life of Pi” Why it will win: Ang Lee’s adaptation of Yann Martel’s novel is visually stunning. That point is simply irrefutable. Not only that, it provided 3-D a few more gasping breaths of beautiful life before a storm of terrible 3-D movies stomped that air right back out again. But man, for a moment it was “Avatar” all over again. Why it won’t win: So it looks nice? Give it a bunch of technical awards, which is probably the Academy’s plan. It’ll win the most awards at the end of the night, but only the ones awarded during the time when Oscarwatchers will be too busy eating and talking to notice.
“Lincoln” Why it will win: It seemed obvious a little less than a month ago that Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” was the frontrunner for Best Picture. It had the most nominations (12), it had the performance of the year (Daniel Day-Lewis), it had Hollywood’s most beloved director (Speilberg), and it was just the kind of Oscar bait the Academy eats like potato chips. Why it won’t win: Why hasn’t it won anything yet? Besides Day-Lewis – who is a lock for Best Actor (Don’t overthink it; he’s going to win.) – and Tommy Lee Jones for Best Supporting Actor, “Lincoln” hasn’t won anything. Is it possible the Lincoln biopic was too dry even for the Academy? Or has its momentum already faded? I’m still saying it’s the favorite because it’s exactly the kind of movie the Oscars love … but it’s getting hard to vote against “Argo.” “Silver Linings Playbook” Why it will win: Harvey Weinstein turned a black-and-white silent film that no one saw starring a bunch of French actors no one will ever hear of again – “The Artist” – into Best Picture. What makes you think he can’t do the same with “Silver Linings Playbook,” a feel-good dramedy starring two of the hottest actors currently working? How can you tell Weinstein’s gears are working? Jacki Weaver, who has 10 completely unmemorable minutes of screen time in the entire film, got a nomination. Why it won’t win: I don’t have any trends or logic to back this up, just my own personal feelings. “Silver Linings Playbook” simply isn’t that great. It’s a nice, pleasant movie that makes people feel warm and cuddly inside, despite the fact that the last 30 minutes belong in a dumber, less interesting movie. It makes it a movie about a guy who dances away his mental illness with the help of his quirky love interest. Not that that can’t be enjoyable or fun – it’s just not Best Picture. “Zero Dark Thirty” Why it will win: Of all political films nominated for Best Picture, “Zero Dark Thirty” is the most challenging, thrilling, interesting … um, pretty much any positive adjective you can think of. Most critics agree, and it landed near the top of many critics’ awards. Why it won’t win: Critics don’t vote for the Oscars, and the other award groups have been less kind to Bigelow’s 9/11 procedural, which is admittedly hard to love by design. Also, some people think it supports torture. Wrong people, but wrong people are allowed to vote for the Oscars, too. How else could you explain “The King’s Speech?” Matt Mueller is a senior broadcast and electronic communication major who reviews movies for OnMilwaukee. com. Email him at matthew.mueller@ marquette.edu.
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Leaving your mark on campus a worthy goal
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Arguments in gun debate need to consider all incidents CHICAGO GUN HOMICIDES
Source: Chicago Tribune, 2011 Chicago Murder Analysis report from the Chicago Police Department and NBC Chicago
Infographic by Rob Gebelhoff/robert.gebelhoff@marquette.edu
Our view: Debates on gun control have been intense following mass shootings last year. However, many more incidents occur without as much conversation. Gun control has become a hot-button issue in the wake of multiple mass shootings in 2012, especially the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. Pundits and politicians on both sides of the aisle have begun a serious debate about what to do to reduce gun violence in America, and everyday citizens, including students at Marquette, are following the discussion. It is unfortunate that it took such tragedy for policy-makers and commentators to initiate real discourse on serious issues like gun control, gun rights, mental health and our society’s overall acceptance of violence in popular culture. However, it is also unfortunate that it takes a tragedy with victims and settings that the majority can easily identify with for people to become extremely concerned with the loss of human life. With this in mind, and while we recognize the horror of mass shootings, we would like to call further attention to the high rate of gang violence incidents across the country, particularly just south of us in Chicago – a place many Marquette students call home. Roughly 40 percent of students at Marquette are from Illinois. Most of that 40 percent comes from the greater Chicago area. Though the stories about Chicago’s violence usually take a backseat to Aurora, Oak Creek and Sandy Hook, it is well-documented that Chicago had more than 500 murders in 2012, mostly in the city’s south and southwest neighborhoods such as West Englewood, Auburn Gresham and West Pullman. January 2013 alone had at least 42 murders – three times as many as New York, a city with a population about three times larger. The January homicide totals are the worst start to a year for Chicago since 2002. We certainly acknowledge and respect students’ discussions on gun violence because of events like Sandy Hook, but we also implore students to think critically about what is happening in nearby Chicago. Chicago’s problems cannot be solved by changing a few gun regulations or throwing money at the problem. The city already has some of the strictest gun laws in the country but has had to make massive cutbacks to the police budget. Meanwhile, up to 80 percent of the city’s murders happen because of gang violence.
According to FBI statistics, gang violence is responsible for 48 percent of criminal and violent activity throughout the U.S. Why isn’t gang violence a bigger talking point in the discourse about reducing violence in America? Some believe the issue is not front-and-center because an identifiable solution does not currently exist. It is easy to call for an assault weapons ban, but most shooters use a handgun. It is easy to cite mental health, but those involved are often not mentally ill. Some speculate another factor could be race. Unlike in Newtown, where the victims were largely white, 70 percent of the 2012 shooting victims in Chicago were black, despite their comprising only 33 percent of the city’s population. Racial biases and difficult decision-making are both invalid reasons to neglect the murder of hundreds. The Tribune Editorial Board, however, is in no position to guide Mayor Rahm Emanuel or the Chicago Police Department to the solutions. We are, however, perfectly equipped to continually emphasize our community’s Jesuit values, which stress peace, justice and concern for our fellow human beings. While listening to the debates students are having on gun control, we would like to point out that gun violence did not start in a movie theater in Colorado, a temple in Oak Creek or an elementary school in Connecticut. In fact, those events, while incredibly devastating and crucial to the conversation, do not even make up anywhere near half of the murders in this country. We urge students to continue to have debates and think critically, but in doing so, we hope they consider all incidents and factors when forming a well-intended, educated opinion. Regardless of whether you are conservative, liberal or somewhere in between, we should continue to have respectful discussions on the different factors that contribute to violence. We should also acknowledge violence everywhere it exists and ask why, instead of only reacting to the flow of high-profile tragedy. Whether it was with an AR-15, a handgun or no gun, there were too many people killed in this country in 2012. If we track these developments, like we should be doing in Chicago, we can draw conclusions to make sure future years are more peaceful. Whatever the solution may be, making compassion for all human life the first priority is key to finding it.
Brooke Goodman In Tuesday’s issue, my fellow columnist Tony Manno wrote a piece on how average people should receive recognition just as much as those who are considered exceptional. As always, his column was witty, to the point and put on a clinic in the art of making fun of oneself. His closing statement, “I think we all deserve a little something just for being around,” really got me thinking, though. It made me contemplate how those of us who are just “average” ensure that we do get remembered. In a mere three months, Marquette will continue to exist without me. Senior Week will come and go, I’ll walk across a stage at graduation and then be no more than a name that may or may not be referenced every once in a while next fall. I’ll move on to new things, and so will the school and its students. The only difference is that while I’ll move on with a Marquette degree and alumni opportunities, the school and students will move on without me. Last week at a meeting for one of the organizations I’m involved in, part of the discussion was about how a program I created two years ago is currently being revamped. I listened as the logistics and structure of the program became more defined and efficient. I admired the way the program’s “look” transformed, making it more applicable to the social media that drives campus today. The enhanced version of this program is wonderful, and I couldn’t be more proud of those who have had a hand in improving it, but that’s not to say the changes weren’t bittersweet to witness. Such a bittersweet feeling isn’t only occurring in this particular organization, though – it’s being felt everywhere. Everything I’m involved in is composed of new and eager faces excited to mold the organizations to their liking, just as I once helped to do. I walk across campus and feel like a new student again because the number of people I don’t know outweighs the number that I do. My phone was stolen in my second home – Johnston Hall – this week. If that’s not a message saying, “It’s time for you to leave,” then I don’t know what is.
I always said that when it was time to start letting go, I’d be able to. Letting go, however, is far more difficult than I had imagined. It’s a struggle between still wanting to maintain a voice in the groups that made Marquette home while not wanting to be an overbearing senior trying to control things. It’s being proud and excited for the individuals stepping up and doing a better job than you ever did, while battling the jealousy that comes with knowing they still have so much time left here. And it’s recognizing that although you may not know where you’ll be this time next year, Marquette will still be here, kicking on without you. I’ve had three major goals for my time at Marquette: to help plan an awesome orientation week, to become a better and kinder person and to somehow leave my mark on this university while getting everything out of it that I possibly can. With three months left, I can confidently say I’ve accomplished two of those goals. The last one, however, is still a work in progress. To me, “leaving a mark” means being remembered for having mattered. Like Tony said, for some individuals, “mattering” is certain – you break a world record, publish a bestselling novel or become the president of the United States. For us average people, though, it’s a bit more difficult. All we can hope to do is accomplish our goals, impact others in small ways and be the best people we can be. Maybe then we will have mattered. In my time at Marquette, three incredible buildings (Zilber, Eckstein and Engineering) have been constructed. Dining halls have been transformed. Marquette men’s basketball has made three straight March Madness appearances, with the last two being Sweet Sixteen showdowns. Countless hours of service have been done. One president has said goodbye, and another has said hello. Individuals – including myself – have grown into who they’ve always hoped to be. Each of these things have mattered in helping Marquette become the institution it is today. All I want is for my contributions and time spent here to have mattered, too. So as I proceed through these next few months, I’m just going to keep trying to matter. And on behalf of all the other seniors who feel the same way, I hope those of you who still have more time here give us the chance to do so. Brooke Goodman is a senior studying journalism and political science. Email her at brooke.goodman@ marquette.edu with anything you’d like to see her write about.
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Goodbye, Saturday mail, but I’m not worried
Tony Manno The announcement yesterday of the United States Postal Service ending its Saturday mail routes didn’t come as much surprise. The postal service has been down in the dumps for years now, and it was only a matter of time before it was able to push the cut through. I, for one, won’t miss Saturday mail all that much – I think I’ve gotten two letters since living in Milwaukee, not counting coupons for Pick ‘n Save. But is this marking something bigger for paper mail, as a dying breed? Maybe email is finally staking its claim – just like the Internet likes to do with these kinds of things. After all, as someone with some expressed interest in journalism, I’ve had it pounded into my brain that physical newspapers will soon be a distant memory of the past, leaving me stranded and cold in some roadside ditch, alone with my thoughts and remarkably unemployed years after graduation. It hasn’t turned out that way as fast as I’d hoped – not that I don’t love holding a newspaper, it’s just that I go for the “quick rip of the band-aid” approach with these kinds of things – but of course there’s been some impact on the industry. But the scaremongers who put these thoughts in my head always made it seem like it wasn’t the newspapers going away, but rather journalism itself – the intangible act of packaging and delivering news, opinions, scores, whatever.
And that’s something centuries old, something institutional, that in many ways is more alive now than it ever has been. If I had something semi-intelligent and slightly interesting to say, I could say it, making it available to millions on the Internet in an instant. That sounds like a step forward to me. Instead, I mostly tweet about the Megabus, but let’s not go there. The same goes for movies – even through the trials of bootleggers, file sharing and Netflix, movie theaters have always had a steady flow of business. Adjusting for inflation, almost every decade since the ‘30s is represented among the top 10 highestgrossing films of all time (I’d like to reiterate the “adjusting for inflation” tidbit, because it seems unlikely to have spent $12 a ticket to see “The Ten Commandments” during the Eisenhower administration). People still go out to see movies on the big screen, even with the knowledge that they’ll drop a month’s rent on a bag of popcorn and probably sit behind the tall guy. So Netflix hasn’t killed movie theaters. Journalists still write. Music has transformed past the ages of phonographs and vinyl records. Phone calls no longer need wires. The point is, all these things still exist in some form or another – they’re all bigger ideas that have taken different forms throughout the years. As for the mail, I guess it’s just a “wait and see” ordeal. I hope the mailman isn’t served the same dire fate as the milkman anytime soon. Mail may not come as often as it once did, but it’ll always be more fun to slice open a letter than to double-click on an email. It’s similar to holding a newspaper or seeing a flick on the big screen. At least I can hang on to these things for a little while longer. Tony Manno is a junior in the College of Communication double majoring in journalism and writing-intensive English. He is studying abroad in France. Email him at anthony.manno@marquette.edu.
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BUTTING HEADS ON GUN CONTROL It took tragedies in Aurora, Colo., Oak Creek, Wis., and Newton, Conn., to evoke national outrage and a serious conversation about gun violence in the United States. But for the residents of this country’s urban centers, these stories are all too familiar. Last year Chicago saw 506 homicides, 87 percent of which inCollege volved guns. Many of Democrats the victims were young people. And that’s just one city with a significant gun violence problem. Thousands have died at gunpoint on our streets with little mention in the morning paper or any substantial public outcry. Urban gun violence is barely even news anymore because it has become endemic within those communities and therefore cemented into our national culture. It doesn’t, however, have to remain this way, as some of our public officials are standing up and taking action. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is a member of the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which tasks itself with “supporting the Second Amendment and the rights of citizens to own guns” while “preventing criminals from illegally obtaining (and using) guns.” The group’s suggestions, and those of President Barack Obama, offer a reasonable way forward in this tense debate. We recognize that laws cannot keep guns out of every criminal’s hands, but that’s no reason to fail to enact sensible reforms to curb violence. We can make the process of obtaining a gun more transparent by requiring universal background checks. Regarding those who do obtain guns, we can take steps to reduce violence and crime by banning assault-type weapons and high-capacity magazines. Under these proposals, every citizen would fully retain their right to bear arms – they would merely need to pass a background check. The possession and use of practical weapons would not be affected. If you think you need a submachine gun to hunt or defend your home, you’re doing it wrong. Through intelligent public policy and a communal national effort, we can work to prevent future tragedies from occurring in our schools, at our businesses, within our faith communities and on our city streets.
With the recent mass shootings around the United States, there has been a knee-jerk reaction to start banning firearms in America. Our right to bear arms is one of the most fundamental rights on which this country was founded. However, that does not mean certain rules and regulaCollege tions are not needed. Republicans The core problem with these mass murders is not the firearms themselves, but the people who possess these weapons in these incidents. Serious mental and social issues are involved when a person performs an act as gruesome as the Newtown, Conn., or the Aurora, Colo., shootings. There is no need to ban firearms, because this simply will not solve the problem. Think about how a drunk driver injures or kills an innocent bystander – we do not blame the car, we rightfully blame the driver. The mental health of firearm owners needs to be taken into serious account. What we need is a reformed process to legally purchase a firearm, including more thorough background checks and some way to evaluate buyers’ mental health before they purchase weapons. Now, in the heat of political rhetoric, we hear about assault weapons bans. However, the ban proposed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and supported by the president does not pertain to fully automatic weapons, which are already banned. This means that a certain shotgun might be illegal because it has a handle on it, while the same shotgun without a handle is legal. As stated previously, the right to bear arms is one of our nation’s fundamental rights granted to all citizens through the Constitution. We just cannot understand why some politicians in our government think it is a good idea to take weapons away from law-abiding U.S. citizens while allowing these types of weapons to fall into the hands of criminals.
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MU wins big in Tampa, 70-47 Blue, Mayo both put up 13 points as Golden Eagles fly past USF By Trey Killian
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Like it had against Louisville, Marquette started fast on the road at South Florida. But this time, the Golden Eagles held on thanks to their swarming defense and some highlight-reel play at the offensive end. After a sloppy first three minutes in which Marquette missed its first three field goals, the Golden Eagles took flight in what coach Buzz Williams called the best first half of the season. “I thought in the first half at both ends of the floor you could argue it’s the best first half we’ve had,” Williams said. Junior forward Jamil Wilson hit a free throw to cap a 13-3 run to open the game for Marquette, and the Golden Eagles kept rolling from there, never looking back. Sophomore guard Todd Mayo scored all 13 of his points in the first half as Marquette made almost double the amount of field goals the Bulls managed. While South Florida knocked down just five of its 18 first half attempts, The Golden Eagles buried fourteen, including three 3-pointers. It all added up to a commanding 39-16 halftime lead. After past issues had caused Williams to sit Mayo out for considerable amounts of playing time, the coach was happy with his night.
“The bench teaches a lot of lessons,” Williams said. While he had a down night compared to his last outing against the Bulls, junior guard Vander Blue stepped up in the second half scoring nine points, including a threepointer that extended his streak to 11 straight games with a make from beyond the arc. The Golden Eagles ended up running away with the 70-47 win, as South Florida never came within less than 20 points in the second half. The offense was efficient enough with 13 assists on 23 made field goals, but it was the defense that came up big for Marquette. While the battle of the boards ended in a 29-29 tie, the Golden Eagles forced 22 turnovers and capitalized with 28 points off those turnovers. Marquette got lifts from Wilson and Chris Otule as the duo combined for 16 points, and seven rebounds. Williams was particularly impressed with Otule’s impact on and off the stat sheet. “There’s a level of confidence that Chris played with tonight that doesn’t show up on the stat sheet,” Williams said. “He’s opening up lanes and he’s a good defensive presence at the rim. While he’s not always blocking shots he’s changing shots. He understands when to seal off a lane relative to where the ball is and how it’s moving.” Winning on the road is never easy in the Big East, Williams said, and building an early lead helped Marquette grab a rare easy victory. Getting out to fast starts will be a huge focal point as five of Marquette’s last nine games will take place away from the Bradley Center.
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Junior guard Vander Blue poured in 13 points, including nine in the second half to help Marquette stay up big.
Amplo prepares team for homecoming at Hofstra Pride, Pennsylvania will provide another nice measuring stick By Ben Greene
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Joe Amplo coached at both Hofstra and Penn before taking over at MU.
The men’s lacrosse team will take on the Hofstra Pride and the Pennsylvania Quakers in its final preseason tune-up Saturday at Hofstra’s James M. Shuart Stadium in Hempstead, N.Y. For coach Joe Amplo, Saturday’s exhibitions will be a homecoming, as he played four years of varsity lacrosse at Hofstra and was on the Pride coaching staff for another 11 years. Amplo also spent one year of his coaching career away from Hofstra, when he coincidentally took the assistant coaching job at Pennsylvania in 2002. “(Going back to Hofstra) is going to be exciting,” Amplo said. “It’s certainly a comfortable venue for me. It’s going to bring back some great memories. But at the end of the day, it’s just another opportunity for our team to compete against two great institutions.” Additionally, redshirt junior Cullen Cassidy, redshirt sophomore James Raveret and redshirt junior Jerry Nobile all started
their careers with the Pride before transferring to Marquette. Nobile said he is looking forward to going back and competing against his old teammates. “I’m pretty excited about it, mostly because I get to see all of my close friends and all of the guys I came in with freshman year,” Nobile said. “They’re all seniors now, and we’ve stayed best friends ever since, so I’m excited to play them again.” Marquette will need to focus on more than its reunions this weekend, as the Pride enter the season ranked No. 20 by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association Coaches poll and No. 17 by Inside Lacrosse. Cassidy said Saturday’s exhibition will give the Golden Eagles a chance to see how they compare to one of the nation’s top teams. “Hofstra is a great team. They’re top-25 year-in and year-out,” he said. “It will be good for the team to see what it’s like going against that kind of talent. It’ll be a good learning experience and hopefully we can do well.” Although they are not projected to be as successful as Hofstra this season, the Quakers are no slouch. As one of the oldest lacrosse programs in the country, Pennsylvania is entering its 96th season of competition. In the
last 10 years, the Quakers have finished in the top half of the Ivy League four times. Amplo said that since Saturday’s games are merely exhibitions, he and his team are not scouting specific opposing players. However, he said the coaching staff is analyzing some of Hofstra’s and Pennsylvania’s game tendencies to see how the players handle a game plan. Unlike last weekend, Amplo expects both games to go the full four quarters, but they will be constrained by a 90-minute time limit. Amplo said he wants the team to do a better job turning defense into offense than it did against Michigan and Denison. “Last week, we didn’t do such a good job in the full-field aspect,” Amplo said. “In our clearing game, I thought we were less than sub-par, so if we can start there, if we can clear the ball better than we did last week, that would give us some better offensive possessions and less time on defense.” Following the games this weekend, Marquette will have nearly two weeks to prepare for its regular season opener in Columbus, Ohio, against Ohio State on Saturday, Feb. 23.
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Last call for Big East qualifiers at GVSU Schmitz, Agnew, TineoPaz all hope to make cut in final opportunity By Chris Chavez
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Marquette’s track and field team heads to Grand Valley State for the 2013 Big Meet as a final tune-up before the Big East Indoor Championship next weekend. The meet also serves as a final opportunity for personal bests.
After a weekend off, seniors Patrick Maag and Connor Callahan will run the mile. Joining them will be redshirt junior Spencer Agnew and freshman Andres Tineo-Paz, who both fell short of the Big East qualifier in the men’s 5,000-meter run last weekend at Notre Dame’s Meyo Invitational. Head coach Bert Rogers hinted that the season may not be over for those without Big East qualifiers by the end of this weekend. “(Agnew) and guys like that are definitely considerations for relay spots in the distance medley and other races,” Rogers said. “(Agnew) is definitely talented
enough to get it done, but he just hasn’t yet.” Senior Ben Schmitz was also close to the qualifying mark in the men’s 1,000-meter run. He will move down slightly in distance and try his luck in the 800-meter. Senior Kyle Winter hopes to defend his 800-meter crown at the conference championship, but he will use Grand Valley State’s Big Meet as one last chance to take down Jon Schafer’s 600-meter record. The record has been alluring him all year and could come in possibly the Golden Eagles’ most anticipated race of the weekend. On the women’s side, junior
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Carlye Schuh will be the one to watch in the long jump and triple jump. Last weekend, she fouled on all her attempts and did not record a clean mark. Expect her to rebound strong before contending for the Big East title in Geneva, Ohio. Since Wisconsin’s Badger Classic in January, only freshman Molly Hanson and junior Rebecca Pachuta have run at every meet that Marquette distance runners have participated in. Once again, both will be in action as they run the women’s mile. This will be Hanson’s longest race of the year since cross-country season. Pachuta has run the mile at the Badger Classic and the Bill Bergan Invitational. Freshman Tate Pashibin finished fourth at the Meyo Invitational and will compete in the high jump this weekend. On the men’s side of the high jump, junior Michael Saindon and senior Cheldon Brown continue to go head-to-head. Last weekend, Brown tied Saindon on Marquette’s all-time list. Both have the potential to push each other to high marks at the conference championship next weekend. One of Marquette’s secret weapons took a hit this past weekend, as junior Connor Stengel pulled up in his race at the Meyo Invitational with hamstring tightness. The issue now is to find a leg as fast as Marquette’s ninthbest all-time 400-meter runner, which is not easy. There will not be any 400-meter runners participating at Grand Valley State this weekend. Redshirt senior David Carbajal will be the only thrower competing in the shotput this weekend. All other members of the throwing squad will rest before the trip to Geneva next weekend. Junior Katherine Koeck said she sees the difference one year can make for the throwers. “I think we’re extremely mentally prepared and stronger,” Koeck said. “We’ve been working a lot on mentally preparing for our competition and we’re just as competitive as any school.” Competition starts at 11:50 a.m. on Friday with the men’s 5,000-meter run.
Senior Connor Callahan will run the mile this weekend, while junior Spencer Agnew will look to qualify in the run.
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Alex Collins can’t sign letter of intent because his mother ran off with it Collins will forever be a mama’s boy. I can see why he wants to get away from home now. This whole ordeal makes me wonder about his speed rating in NCAA Football 14. C’mon, man! You can outrun your mom and get to the fax machine.
Jaguars unveil new logo, begin new era It was my understanding that the Jacksonville Jaguars would be the first team to be relocated if the need ever arose. After hearing the team’s plans to install new $50 million video boards and seeing its (new?) logo, it looks like management is quite serious about keeping the Jags in J-Ville for the long term. It still wouldn’t surprise me if Los Angeles lured them away by decade’s end.
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Blackout a black eye for Bowl hosts
Patrick Leary More than 100 million people crowded around their televisions Sunday and sat down to watch the greatest single game in sports, the Super Bowl. For the first 31.5 minutes, the game was the story. Then, out of nowhere, half the stadium went black. Phil Simms stopped talking mid-sentence (thank God) and the players wandered aimlessly around the field trying to figure out what to do next. The Superdome, which has not only hosted six previous Super Bowls but also housed thousands of displaced citizens during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, lost power in the second half. The game didn’t resume for 34 minutes. New Orleans has rebuilt its image since Katrina wrecked the city eight years ago. Brick by brick, home by rebuilt home, the city has improved, and the much of community gradually returned. From a sports perspective, it saved its basketball team when Saints owner Tom Benson bought the soon-to-be Pelicans and extended their lease through 2024. ESPN ran mini-segments throughout the week highlighting the culture of New Orleans to frame its analysis. Commentators expressed their respect for the city’s sports scene, with Saints fans coming out in force even though their team didn’t make the playoffs, let alone the big game. But what’s the prevailing feeling about New Orleans coming out of Super Bowl weekend? That it’s run down. That it’s dysfunctional. That it can’t even figure out how to keep the lights on during the biggest game in sports. That it shouldn’t host a Super Bowl again. I can imagine New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu, sitting in whatever luxury box he watched the game from, slumping into his chair and banging his head over and over again on the table in front of him when he saw those lights go out. Phrases like “not again” and “why now?” come to mind. Eight years ago, the nation’s eyes were on New Orleans as Katrina tore it apart and knocked the wind out of the city’s undying spirit. People donated and did what they could to help, and then America forgot about this great cultural hub. I know this because I volunteered in New Orleans all four years of high school. After the initial surge of government aid, the people were left without the significant help they sorely needed. This weekend was the first time the nation turned its full attention back to the city of jazz. New Orleans had a chance to show the rest of the U.S. it was back and better than ever. Instead, it looked like a 20-something who forgot to pay the electrical bill. The city didn’t need this, not now. I hope, from the bottom of my heart, that it gets a second chance, because there are no nicer people on Earth than the residents of New Orleans, Louisiana. Patrick Leary is a sophomore in the College of Communication. Email him at patrick.leary@marquette.edu.
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Golden Eagles routed by UConn 94-37 in Storrs Marquette continues Big East action at Villanova on Sunday By Kyle Doubrava
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Marquette enjoyed a 3-0 lead Tuesday night against No. 3 Connecticut, but the Huskies were not about to let Marquette get too comfortable. After holding that slight advantage, the Golden Eagles were eventually trounced by UConn, 94-37. Freshman guard Brooklyn Pumroy was the only double-digit scorer for Marquette, netting 11 points. UConn was paced by Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis’ 22 points. Marquette struggled mightily, plagued by its 25 percent shooting and 22 turnovers, while the Huskies shot a scorching 55 percent from the field and converted on 15 three-pointers. “I just think they’re an intense team all the time, and they jumped all over us, and tonight was brutal,” coach Terri Mitchell told UConnHuskies.com. “We just have to find a way to move on.” UConn used its 12 blocks and 16 steals to put Marquette out of its offensive rhythm, and the Huskies limited junior forward Katherine Plouffe to just four points. Plouffe did not score the last time the two teams met, on Jan. 12. Pumroy knew UConn coach
Geno Auriemma would try to have his post players make Plouffe feel uncomfortable. “Geno knows what he’s doing,” Pumroy said. “When your leading scorer’s stats are really good, he’s going to notice that, and he’s going to find a way to try to shut her down. There were times when we could have gotten Katherine Plouffe the ball more or just found ways around it.” Ball movement was key to the Huskies’ dominant outing; the team dished out 26 assists on 35 field goals. “They were able to get the ball moving around,” assistant coach Christina Quaye said. “We obviously would have preferred to have played better defense. We were kind of struggling at first, but we started to pick it up more in the second half.” The Huskies held a commanding 62-17 lead at halftime. Marquette was outscored on the fast break, 33-2, and the poor transition defense was critical to UConn’s continuous hot shooting. “They’re a great team,” Quaye said. “We had trouble stopping their transition baskets. They were coming down shooting threes. We weren’t really matching up with players, and they were shooting wideopen shots.” Marquette lost to UConn last month at home, 85-51. The Golden Eagles knew what they would be getting themselves into when they saw the Huskies
appear twice on their schedule, but Mitchell said she was dismayed by the lack of improvement from the first game. “It’s what the Big East decided, that we had to play (Connecticut) twice,” Mitchell said. “I knew it would be a tough game, but my goal was that we would get better from the first game, but unfortunately we didn’t. That’s what is disappointing to me.” Pumroy said she saw plenty of value playing the Huskies again, because it helps her and the team put what needs to be improved into perspective. “Games like these are the ones that show what you need to work on the most,” Pumroy said. “They definitely brought out the weaknesses in us, and it’s something that we’re going to be focusing on a lot more in practice.” Marquette continues on the road when it travels to Villanova for a game this Sunday. Villanova is 5-4 in the Big East but has lost three in a row. Granted, two of those losses were against UConn and No. 2 Notre Dame, but the Golden Eagles will need to use the Wildcats’ recent struggles to their own advantage. “Road games are always hard, but they’re also more exciting,” Quaye said. “It’s going to take a little bit of extra effort and toughness from every player. That’s what we’re going to be preaching. (They need) a great mental focus put out this week. We’ve got to get better.”
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Freshman point guard Brooklyn Pumroy led Marquette with 11 points.
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By Jacob Born
jacob.born@marquette.edu
No. 2 Notre Dame holds off Villanova Notre Dame is still atop the Big East women’s basketball standings, but not without a near-upset. The Fighting Irish held on to beat Villanova 59-52 in Philadelphia Tuesday. Notre Dame was leading for the entire game, but Nova junior guard Devon Kane hit a three to get within two points. In the final 4:45 after that shot, Notre Dame scored 11 of the last 17 points. With the win, Fighting Irish coach Muffett McGraw reached
700 wins, only the 13th coach in Division I history to do so. Streaks continue for Cincinnati and Pittsburgh Cincinnati and Pittsburgh are looking for their first wins of Big East play this season, and both teams will have to wait another week. Cincinnati had a very tough week, facing No. 2 Notre Dame and No. 24 Syracuse, and both games resulted in 20-plus point losses. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh played USF in its lone game this week, losing by 12. Pittsburgh will have the best chance to get a win against Providence Wednesday night, while Cincinnati will play
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Rutgers on Saturday before hosting Marquette. Two tiers of conference play in Big East In this week’s slate of games, there was only one upset: Marquette’s four-point win over DePaul. For the most part, the top eight teams in the conference are beating the teams in the lower half of the division, as expected. Louisville defeated St. John’s, while Connecticut handled St. John’s and Marquette easily. Seton Hall could be a trap game for Notre Dame, as well as Pittsburgh for Louisville.
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No. 2/3 Notre Dame vs. No. 11/11 Louisville February 11th This primetime matchup will pit two of the Big East’s toughest teams against each other. Notre Dame has played its fair share of top-25 teams, going 6-1 against the top 25. Louisville has only played three top25 teams, and is 1-2 in those matchups.
Notre Dame is undefeated at home and is currently riding a 16-game win streak. The Fighting Irish have four players averaging double-digit scores, the highest being senior guard Skylar Diggins, who is averaging 15.9 points per game. Louisville’s junior guard
Shoni Schimmel leads the attack, averaging 13.8 points. The key to an upset for the Cardinals will be winning on the glass and limiting the number of turnovers. If Louisville can do that, it will have a chance to win.
Checking in with Shymansky Coach discusses new assistants, departures and recruiting class By Patrick Leary
patrick.leary@marquette.edu
Since finishing up the 2012 season with a loss in the NCAA tournament’s first round, Marquette volleyball coach Bond Shymansky has had quite the busy offseason. From coaching changes to new recruits, Shymansky has worked to hold his influx program to the same standard it established in successful 2011 and 2012 campaigns. Here are a few of the things Shymansky has on his plate heading into the 2013 spring season: Simpson, Allen first new assistants in Shymansky’s Marquette tenure With the departures of former assistant coaches Michaela Franklin (head coach, Wisconsin-Green Bay) and Craig Dyer (assistant coach, Pittsburgh), Shymansky needed to hire two new assistant coaches to fill out his staff. “There’s a natural cycle that happens inside of a program,” Shymansky said. “The fun part for me then is the fresh start. We have two new people in house, and there’s a lot of good energy and good momentum. They are excited to work hard and win.” Last week, Shymansky tabbed Jackie Simpson and Jason Allen
as those two new coaches. Simpson, a former all-American setter at Wisconsin-Madison, most recently served as an assistant coach at East Carolina. She also coached at Winona College and at Oregon High School in Wisconsin. Allen, who played collegiately at Oklahoma Baptist, spent the last five seasons as an assistant coach for Iowa, Shymansky’s alma mater. He previously was an assistant at Sam Houston State and Southwest Minnesota State. “Jason and Jackie are good complements to each other,” Shymansky said. “They both have a lot of Big 10 experience, both have coaching and highlevel play experience. Things like that are a big asset to us.” Hole in the middle In 2012, Marquette relied on middle hitters Dani Carlson and Kelsey Mattai for consistent efficiency on offense and a solid block defensively. With both graduated and backup middle hitter Carol Henney joining them, Marquette needs new middle hitters to step up right away. “Our number one team focus right now is to get those young middles experienced,” Shymansky said. “That is the big hole in the lineup we have to fill, and we have to fill it with that group. We are working hard every day to find ways to prepare them, and they are working hard every day to prepare themselves.” Marquette only had two other middle hitters on the roster
last season, and neither played. Jackie Kocken and Meghan Niemann, who may feature outside as well, both received redshirts due to inactivity last season. Marquette will also have true freshmen Rachel Vidourek and Teal Schnurr joining them in the fall, and Shymansky hopes they will be ready to play right away. Recruiting class completed by two defensive specialists On Monday, Shymansky announced the additions of two new backline players to the 2013 team. Marquette added Lauren Houg, an all-state defensive specialist out of Minnesota, and Nicki Barnes, who won a state championship in Illinois as a hitter but will move to the backline for the Golden Eagles. “We’ll have a wealth of senior leadership on our back row next year,” Shymansky said. “It’s also nice to bring people in who are freshmen and train them and let the seniors take the freshmen under their wing and get them acclimated to the collegiate D-I level.” Even though Marquette has seniors Julie Jeziorowski, Rachel Stier and Catherine Mayer on the back line, Shymansky expects Houg to compete right away for playing time. He also fully expects his team to overcome the adversity of losing its middle hitters and push forward in 2013. “People stand around and say ‘Well, you probably won’t be as good because, blank,’” Shymansky said. “We know how to fill in the blanks.”
Brittany Hrynko had a career game against Marquette this week. Hrynko posted 35 points in a 70-66 loss to the Golden Eagles. She scored more than half of her team’s points, and her seven 3-pointers and 15
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attempts were season highs for the team. If Hrynko can repeat her success as the year goes on, the Blue Demons could find themselves in the top 25 before season’s end.
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