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Volume 100, Number 7
Thursday, October 15, 2015
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MUPD chaplain
The Rev. Kent Beausoleil’s start date has yet to be determined
Editorial
Bublr Bikes plan poses need for improvement
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Redshirting in volleyball Louis and Rosenthal say a redshirt season prepared them for this year
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Researching human balance Engineering students use high-technology treadmill for studies
MUSG passes legislation, bikes to be blue and gold
By Jennifer Walter
jennifer.walter@marquette.edu
Imagine the whole floor moving under your feet. Is it an earthquake? Are you in space? Although you’re moving forward, the ground is rotating. It’s not a trip to the gym - you’re on the third floor of Engineering Hall on an atypical treadmill. The six degrees of freedom treadmill, part of a pilot project in the Human Performance Lab, is used to study human balance. Biomedical engineering professor Brian Schmit runs it. The treadmill is used by Erika Zabre, a graduate student in the College of Engineering, and Jacob Van Dehy, a senior in the College of Engineering. The treadmill is mounted on a motion base, similar to those used in flight simulators. It rotates and rolls under the walker’s feet to test balance capabilities, allowing them to experience complete flexibility of motion. The machine has been used by NASA in studies about human stability. Zabre and Van Dehy hope to apply the pilot data in the future to studying people with balance issues. Subjects would include people recovering from strokes or suffering from
Bublr Bikes coming to MU in March
By Sophia Boyd
sophia.boyd@marquette.edu
The Marquette Student Government Senate voted 24-0 on legislation to bring Bublr Bikes to campus while a former amendment about student organization appeals was brought up for another debate and vote. Bublr Bikes
The Marquette Police Department received an $8,000 grant from the Wisconsin
Department of Transportation to increase pedestrian and traffic safety on campus. The money will be used to pay for officer overtime, allowing for pedestrian safety deployments. It will last until Sept. 30, 2016. The grant is part of a program from the Bureau of Transportation Safety that distributes federal funds to a number of local law enforcement agencies
to improve road safety. Which jurisdictions receive funding is typically based on data-driven targeting processes that look at changes in crash data from the previous year to determine areas troubled by traffic issues. Jurisdictions may also qualify for funding through an application process. MUPD applied for the grant near the start of the semester, after meeting with the Milwau-
kee Police Department and Department of Transportation, and received official notification on Oct. 1. This year marks the first time Marquette is eligible to receive the grant. The Department of Public Safety was ineligible due to its lack of a police charter and subsequent inability to perform traffic stops. The grant will not go toward
Marquette Student Government passed a unanimous vote to install a Bublr Bike station on campus at a Senate meeting Oct. 12. Five students, including Austin Anderson, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences and president of the Triathlon Team, attended the meeting to show their support of the legislation. The next step is to decide a location for the station, which will be the first station west of downtown. Right now, the closest station to campus is at the Central Library. The new station will have 17 to 19 docks with blue and gold Bublr Bikes to represent Marquette. MUSG also plans to work on safety initiatives for the bikes. “Safety is definitely a number one priority,” said Aliya Manjee, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences and MUSG Vice President. Manjee and MUSG President Zack Wallace presented a PowerPoint before the vote that listed ideas such as providing helmets and hosting rides focused on student safety.
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OPINIONS
Photo by Ben Erickson/benjamin.a.erickson@marquette.edu
Engineering students Erika Zabre and Jacob Van Dehy study balance with the six degrees of freedom treadmill.
multiple sclerosis. “We think that this could provide a rehabilitation therapy that could really improve the quality of life,” Van Dehy said. The HPL also has interest in studying prosthetics. Zabre and Van Dehy are experimenting with force plates and how prostheses can sense when to go
into different modes to accommodate a user. Many of the prostheses on the market today are operated manually. “You have to, for example, hit the toe of the prostheses for it to go into stair mode,” Zabre said. “We are going to have force data exactly on the transitions
so that we can trigger our prostheses (automatically).” In addition, the lab’s team is looking into stability studies for amputees. “For amputees, one of the main issues is going up and down a hill, so we’re going to See Treadmill Page 5
MUPD gets $8,000 for traffic safety Money pays overtime for more pedestrian deployments By Matt Gozun
matthew.gozun@marquette.edu
CALENDAR...........................................3 MUPD REPORTS.................................3 MARQUEE............................................8 OPINIONS.......................................10 SPORTS...........................................12
New class offered
Who makes up Marquette?
OP-ED: A life-changing course on how to overcome the fear of flushing.
Infographic of statistics about the university’s student body.
Anti-domestic violence
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Lacrosse starts fall season
Position battles at the center of the Marquette’s scrimmage vs. Fairfield.
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One Love training campus groups on safety and prevention.
SPORTS
Artist shares cancer story
Andrew McMahon hopes to raise $72,000 for his Dear Jack Foundation. PAGE 8
Nutrition in a nutshell
HUGHES: Nutritious dining hall options tend to be the same. PAGE 11
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