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Volume 105, Number 17
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
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Athlete removed from men’s lacrosse team Following racist remarks, campus speaks out By Benjamin Wells
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Following racist remarks, an individual was removed from the Marquette men’s lacrosse team.
Norovirus becomes concern Residence halls find issues with stomach virus By Megan Woolard
megan.woolard@marquette.edu
A number of students living in residence halls started to feel ill last week with muscle aches, stomach pains, nausea and vomiting. After a number of students within Straz reported their symptoms, the Milwaukee Health Department confirmed the illness to be norovirus, a highly contagious stomach virus. “A lot of it was nausea, body
aches, abdominal pain, I just slept for most of the day,” Sean McLaughlin, a sophomore in the College of Engineering and resident in Straz Tower, said. “It was relatively short though. I only had symptoms for about 12 to 15 hours.” An email was sent to Straz Tower residents Feb. 18, outlining the symptoms and the results of the health department’s tests. Since then there have also been “a small number” of cases found inside of Schroeder Hall. The news was delivered to Schroeder residents in an email Monday night. The Milwaukee Health Department worked with Marquette Dining Services to investigate all dining and food preparation
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areas within Straz. After investigation, all areas were deemed to be free of contamination. The origin of the virus is unclear at this time. Jack Killian, a sophomore in the College of Engineering and a resident in Straz Tower, was one student who contracted norovirus. “We thought it came from the Straz dining hall, because a lot of us who got sick live and eat here, too,” Killian said. But Killian talked with others who experienced the same symptoms as he did and some said there didn’t seem to be any commonality between the things See NOROVIRUS page 2
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Late into the night Feb. 15, a video uploaded to Marquette’s Black Student Council’s Instagram page depicted two students, including a member of the Marquette men’s lacrosse team, using multiple racial slurs. “It has come to the attention of multiple organizations that we have had yet another student of our Marquette community exhibit racist behavior,” the Instagram post said. The next morning, Marquette University said it was notified of
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CORRECTIONS In Feb. 16’s “MU receives limited supply of vaccines” it incorrectly stated that the Dean of the College of Nursing Janet Krejci said Marquette students may be able to expect the COVID-19 vaccine sometime this spring. Krejci was not interviewed for the story. The reporter intended to use a quote and information from Lynda Connor, a staff nurse at the Marquette Medical Clinic, who was interviewed for our television show Marquette Now Feb. 3. Krejci was also interviewed for Marquette Now the following week, but was a guest on the show to talk about the $31 million donation to the College of
Nursing, not the vaccine. Krejci and Connor were switched, meaning, what Connor talked about in her interview was attributed to Krejci. The story has been updated to correctly state what Connor shared in her interview on Marquette Now regarding the COVID-19 vaccine, in which she said she hopes students can receive the vaccine by late spring, or early June, but the clinic must follow state guidelines on distribution. College-aged students are not in the groups currently receiving the vaccine. The Tribune recognizes the significance of this error and wanted to share an explanation. The Tribune regrets this error.
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Representatives discuss racial justice and equity
the video with two current students using racist language that was posted to social media. “The Division of Student Affairs immediately initiated a student conduct investigation, the results of which will be confidential due to FERPA privacy law,” university spokesperson Kevin Conway said in a statement Feb. 16. The university said that one of the individuals in the video was a student-athlete, who was removed from the team Tuesday morning. After the names of the students in the video circulated online, an athlete from the men’s lacrosse team was taken off the roster. The university said they will not be sharing the identity of the other student involved. The Marquette Wire is working
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