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Temporary to permanent Food Formerly in acting role, Kimo Ah Yun becomes provost By Natallie St. Onge and Annie Mattea
natallie.stonge@marquette.edu anne.mattea@marquette.edu
The university hired former acting provost Kimo Ah Yun to serve as the permanent provost effective immediately, according to a Monday news release. Ah Yun is the first person of color to serve as the provost of Marquette. He will also serve as the executive vice president of academic affairs, the release said. It said the university conducted a nine-month search with dozens of candidates across the country. There were four finalists who made two-day visits to the university for interviews with 15 groups of faculty, staff,
waste paths diverge
students and other leaders. “It is my great privilege to accept the honor and challenge of helping lead Marquette University into the future as its provost,” Ah Yun said in the news release. He said he will focus on five areas: transparency, diversity, rigor to the student experience, academic excellence and proactive decisions to combat impending challenges to higher education. “Kimo has demonstrated tremendous leadership as acting provost over the last year, navigating some of Marquette’s more difficult issues with a calm professionalism and an eye toward what is best for our university,” University President Michael Lovell said in the news release. Ah Yun’s hire comes amid a “cost management review process” that consisted of laying off 24 See PERMANENT page 5
Uneaten materials sent to gardens, landfills, nonprofits By Amanda Parrish
amanda.parrish@marquette.edu
Photo by Claire Gallagher claire.gallagher@marquette.edu
Kimo Ah Yun was previously dean of the College of Communication.
Senate grants exemption for Brophy MUSG executive vice president to be part-time student By Kate Hyland
katherine.hyland@marquette.edu
Senators from Marquette University Student Government unanimously passed an exemption Nov. 25 to allow Executive Vice President Dan Brophy to remain in his position as a part-time student despite a constitutional provision that advised against this. Brophy, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, will be part time during the spring 2020 semester, meaning he will take fewer than 12 credits. He said the decision was made in an effort to save money and
graduate with less student loan debt. Brophy said his part-time status will not negatively affect his MUSG position because he will have less academic work and more time to focus on MUSG responsibilities. “It affords me the opportunity to focus a lot more on my MUSG work than focusing less on it, and that is something I am actually really excited about,” Brophy said. According to Article II, Section I of the MUSG Constitution, all members of MUSG must be full-time undergraduate students. Brophy asked the Senate to vote in favor of an exemption for him, which would allow him to bypass the constitutional provision and stay in his position as a part-time student. See EXEMPTION page 3 INDEX CALENDAR......................................................3 MUPD REPORTS.............................................3 A&E..................................................................8 OPINIONS......................................................10 SPORTS..........................................................12
Photo by Jordan Johnson jordan.d.johnson@marquette.edu
Each day across campus, food waste finds its way into trash cans and compost bins, along with empty drinks, napkins, and papers. While dropping food into these bins may seem simple, it is far from the final step of Marquette’s food waste journey. Unused, uneaten or spoiled food finds its way home in one of three places: the landfill, in gardens or on plates at the Benedict Center. The destination that students are perhaps the most familiar with is the landfill. Once food finds its way into trash cans on campus, it gets picked up and taken to Emerald Park Landfill in Muskego, Wisconsin, along with the rest of Marquette’s waste. Landfills, however, provide a suboptimal environment for food breakdown. Greenhouse gases such as methane and carbon dioxide get released by waste, displacing oxygen. With a lack of oxygen, food breaks down slowly and releases large amount of methane. This contributes to 18% of methane emissions from U.S. landfills, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Sodexo at Marquette diverts food waste by composting across campus, said Melanie Vianes,
MUSG Executive Vice President Dan Brophy received an exemption to assume part-time student status in spring 2020 before his term ends.
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