Marquette Tribune I January 24, 2023

Switching to Electric?

Back to .500 in Big East Play

Working out amidst construction

By Trinity Zapotocky trinity.zapotocky@marquette.edu

With the Rec Center closure and the Rec Plex still under construction, club sports and active students have to adjust to the fitness changes on campus.

The “Nest,” an additional cardio space being built in the Rec Plex, is still under construction and is not set to open until February, limiting 30% of Marquette’s total cardio equipment from use. Since the closure of the Rec Center, one of Marquette’s larger gyms, the Rec Plex still remains partially open.

After raising 19.9 million

in funds, the Rec Center began renovations and is set to reopen in January 2025. The building will be renovated with 180,000 square feet dedicated to campus fitness and the integration of recreation facilities with the Counseling Center and the Marquette University Medical Clinic.

Open play and intramural sports are being offered

at the Marquette Gymnasium, with gym space at the Annex also being utilized for intramurals and open play alongside group exercise classes while the Rec remains under construction.

Club sports are welcome to practice at the gymnasium in Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, located about two miles off campus, and the Valley

Fields dome, located off North 16th Street, about a five-minute drive from the Rec.

For the duration of the construction, Marquette students will have access to workout equipment that has moved to O’Donnell Hall, a previous dorm on campus. O’Donnell offers cardio and weight training equipment, a spin room, and a

O’Brien Hall welcomes Marquette students, faculty

Business building opens after a year and a half of construction

By Julia Abuzzahab julianna.abuzzahab@marquette.edu

Last week, O’Brien Hall welcomed students and faculty on the first day of classes at the start of the spring semester, Jan. 17.

“This building embodies what is great about the Marquette spirit — people coming together, doing something

larger than themselves,” Tim McMahon, vice president for university advancement, said.

McMahon said whether that be the 250 donors that funded O’Brien Hall or all of the campus partners that came together to work on the building, everyone brought something special for the new school that will be on campus for the next several decades.

Tim Hanley, keyes dean of the College of Business Administration, said the Dr. E.J. and Margaret O’Brien Hall was funded 100%

through donor funding. Hanley said this is something that has never happened before throughout Marquette’s 140-year-long history.

“We told prospective students and families that they could have seven out of eight semesters in the most stateof-the-art space, probably in the country, for a business school,” Hanley said. “And last year alone, our enrollment in this college went up 40%.”

Hanley said something they took into consideration when

Students adapt as ongoing renovations impact MU campus

The fully donor-funded project opened its doors to Marquette last

Photo by Alex DeBuhr

Illustration by Lily Werner elizabeth.werner@marquette.edu

EagleExpress: A new era of campus transportation

Students react to reliability of latest technology

to arrive is a lot better than not knowing exactly.”

at MU

By Kevin Fitzpatrick and TJ Dysart kevin.m.fitzpatrick@marquette.edu theodore.dysart@marquette.edu

Marquette students may not be hearing the familiar, “Just have your COVID Cheq and be ready and waiting outside,” response that they did when dialing the LIMO phone number back in 2022. Now, they may be directed to Marquette’s newest campus resource.

Marquette’s now just under a month old “EagleExpress” has been operational since the start of the 2023 spring semester.

The app is powered by Via Transportation, a global transport and logistics company.

Laney Cloud, Via’s central region partnerships lead, believes that Marquette’s EagleExpress service has performed well since its launch, noting that nearly 2,400 accounts have been created, having completed around 2,000 rides with nearly 100% ride fulfillment.

The app functions similarly to other ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft, allowing users to track their rides and giving an estimated arrival and drop-off time.

Some students said that those very features directly correlate to their personal idea of a safer rideshare experience.

“I think in terms of the safety aspect, it is definitely an upgrade,” Liam Reardon, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said. “Being able to just wait inside and know when your ride is going

With Via having already partnered with Harvard University, Northwestern University and New York University, those involved in Marquette’s transition from LIMO to EagleExpress said that they knew exactly what they were looking for since they had already seen the numbers and results that Via accomplished with those institutions.

Marquette University Police Department assistant chief Jeff Kranz oversaw much of the communication with Via and other universities, making mention of hope to improve the university ride service with an emphasis on efficiency and user-friendliness.

“We had unique needs that they were already meeting at other universities. We wouldn’t be creating a program. This was something that was already designed. It wasn’t an out-of-thebox thing. It was ready to go,” Kranz said.

That same “ready to go” mindset seems to also be at the center of students’ praise for the new service.

“I could time out how far away I wanted them to be, so that was a really nice thing. I had a little bit more time to do what I wanted before I knew that they were gonna be there,” Alexa Hockers, a sophomore in the College of Nursing, said.

As a frequent user of the former LIMO service, Hockers appreciated having the ability to know pick-up and drop-off times, allowing for better communication with friends.

“I also really liked that I could track where I was. Just let the person know that ‘Hey, I’m going to be at your place at this time,’”

Students can download the EagleExpress app and request a ride. The service is similar to rideshares

Hockers said.

Like other students, Hockers emphasized the safety aspect more than anything else.

“I didn’t have to wait on the side of the road in Milwaukee at night, which I think was really helpful, definitely took the nerves out of me going to visit my friend,” Hockers said.

Although the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that violent crime in Milwaukee went down by 7% in 2022, students at Marquette are no strangers to hearing about other students being victims of robberies.

For MUPD, they said they plan on using the same features to their advantage as well. Kranz mentioned increased access to analytics from Via as an added benefit to campus safety.

“I can see that a lot of students get picked up here or dropped

off here. I can direct controls to provide additional patrols in those areas and increase safety in the high–traffic areas on campus,” Kranz said.

Oscar Messner-Roel, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences has been an EagleExpress driver since Oct. 2022, so he has seen both the LIMO and EagleExpress system as a driver.

“The loss of manually claiming calls and routing the job itself is much less tactic involved and boring,” Messner-Roel said.

Messner-Roel referred to the former process of hearing a dispatcher calling in a location to all the drivers and whichever driver was closest would take the rider. On top of that, he noticed that students have been complaining about the app itself.

“The biggest complaint I have

heard from students is that the software keeps riders in the van for unnecessarily long amounts of time,” Messner-Roel said.

For Via developers, they say feedback like this is most important for improving the app experience.

“Via is committed to ensuring our rider and driver app experience is as intuitive and efficient as possible,” Cloud said. “Any potential decisions to update the current EagleExpress app or service design would be done in partnership with Marquette University and would be communicated directly to riders and drivers.”

Yet, after a week of EagleExpress use, one student is still wondering one last thing.

“I just wonder why they had to change the name, I really liked LIMO,” Reardon said.

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planning the building was the student experience.

“With every project that we do on campus, what makes it work and what makes it rewarding is the impact it has on our students,” Lora Strigens, vice president for planning and facilities management, said.

Two of the new rooms in the building that contribute to the student experience are the pitch pit and the Applied Investment Management Lab.

“Think about this [the pitch pit] being a shark-tank sort of environment,” Hanley said. “We have our students help invest in some of our endowment funds, and every week we ask our students to recommend stocks to buy and sell. They pitch that idea to

a group of their peers … so we’re going to use this as the pitch room.”

The AIM program consists of finance majors to receive financial analysis experience firsthand. The AIM Lab is a computer-lab-like room where AIM students can go to do work, meet and take classes.

The dean’s suite also pays homage to the late Joe Daniels. Hanley’s office is dedicated to Daniels with a plaque honoring him. Daniels served as the dean of the College of Business Administration from 2019 to 2020.

Hanley said he’s grown close with Daniel’s family and has walked his wife around the new building on several occasions.

“I sat with Joe in the early days … There’s just no doubt

that yesterday and today as we opened these doors that he is smiling,” Hanley said. “Every day when I walk in [his office] I see Joe Daniels and I think that’s going to last forever.”

Hanley said that Daniels “hand-selected” individuals to come together to plan the building for the students.

Only having taken classes in the former-business school, Straz Hall, for one semester, Kyle Pintar, a first-year in the College of Business Administration and desk receptionist for O’Brien, said he likes the new building a lot more than Straz.

“Especially with my role as a desk receptionist, [at Straz] there would be a little thing where you walk in and then go to the right and there’s another door into the main office and

I would work behind there,” Pintar said. “Whereas now with the new desk, it’s right in the lobby in an open area.”

Pintar said this is much more engaging and allows him to interact with more students.

Although he enjoys the more modern feel of the building, Pintar said he’s disappointed that the new building doesn’t have a computer lab like Straz did.

“AIM students have swipe access to get into the AIM Lab, so that’s kind of a computer lab, but Straz had its own computer lab for anyone to get into,” Pintar said.

One of the goals when constructing the new building Strigens said was to think about how to reuse things that were previously on the site.

Prior to the O’Brien build-

ing, McCormick residence hall sat where the new business school is located. Strigens said The Brew Cafe inside the building also recognizes McCormick with the green tiles that wrap around the shop that were once in McCormick’s dining hall.

Strigens also said that the trees they tore down to build O’Brien were reclaimed into the countertops and doors in the cafe.

“This week is something we’ve been waiting for, for a year-and-a-half,” Hanley said. “To see our students in classes, smiling, using all corners of this facility — this is exactly what we’ve been dreaming about.”

Kiley Brockway and India Lock contributed to this report.

like Uber.

Photo by Isabel Bonebrake isabel.bonebrake@marquette.edu

AMIDST: students react to temporary spaces

group exercise area.

Some recreational service staff who were employed at the Rec Center up until closing transferred to the Rec Plex and O’Donnell.

“I was a front desk worker for the Rec before, and now I work in the main office at the Rec Plex, and I think that Marquette was fair in making sure the employees was well accommodated,” Bridget Moran, a first-year in the College of Nursing, said.

Moran said Marquette placed employees in facilities like O’Donnell based on preference, availability and location to their dorm or apartment.

“I do not think the closing really impacted anyone’s job, because now we have three or four sites to be moved around to, and we still need all the workers that we can get to cover extra shifts at the extra facilities,” Moran said.

The closure may not have had that much impact on student employment, but some current students are frustrated that the Rec Center will be closed during the majority of their time at Marquette.

“It is disappointing that the Rec closed during my time as a student, but in a few years I look forward to using it,” Graham Robertson, a first-year in the College of Business, said.

Since the closing, other facilities offered to students became more populated, as some students struggle to find space and equipment.

“As someone who actively worked out six times a week at the Rec, it is definitely a transition into O’Donnell, as I have not been able to find some of the equipment, such

as dumbbells or an open cardio machine that I need during my workout,” Nora Stanton, first-year in the College of Communication, said.

Stanton was not the only one who said the interim gym spaces don’t have enough space or equipment. Seth Krakow, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, said that O’Donnell was “very poorly” put together and “feels like a dungeon.”

Krakow also said the Rec Plex doesn’t have enough capacity to support 30-40 people working out simultaneously and if you try to use the gym past 10 a.m. you’ll have to wait in line to use the equipment.

“I literally can’t get a workout in fast because of the amount of people that workout at Straz,” Krakow said in an email. “I have to be at the gym for so

much longer, sometimes up to two hours, which takes away time from school, work or other priorities I have.”

Despite Krakow’s frustrations, he said that he’s not upset about Marquette deciding to close the Rec Center. But rather because the university didn’t have “realistic plans” for students to work out. Now, Krakow said working out feels like a chore when he used to go because it was fun.

“Marquette disappointed all of their students with their other gyms. They are one, inaccessible. Two, insanely crowded. And three, no space for any sort of non-workout physical activity,” Krakow said in an email.

The Rec Center, included a weight room, two cardio courts with a Cardio Theater, various cardio machines and other amenities.

“I used the Rec Plex more than the Rec Center before, but since coming back from break it definitely feels more crowded and harder to find availability on equipment,” Robertson said.

Moran expressed similar concerns about the fluctuation in people and the lack of availability of equipment.

“I know for many people like myself, the gyms became a lot busier and a lot harder to get space in the gym to workout no matter where you go, especially with the lack of cardio machines right now,” Moran said.

Robertson said he will use the workout areas provided for now.

“I think for the meantime, Marquette did a great job to accommodate, but since two years is a long time, we can only wait and see how it continues to hold up,” Robertson said.

FAST FACTS

The St. Joan of Arc Chapel will now hold Saturday Mass while classes are in session. Regular weekday masses will continue as scheduled.

Due to scheduling and staffing issues, the start of the intramural soccer season will be pushed back to after spring break. The season was scheduled to start within the next few weeks.

Anyone who purchased the energy drink “Celsius” between January 1, 2015 to November 22, 2022 is eligible for a payout of up to $250 per household with proof of purchase due to a class action lawsuit.

January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. Every year in the United States over 14,000 people are diagnosed with invasive cervical cancer.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Tuesday, Jan. 24

Pizza and Pride with the LGBTQ+ Resource Center at the AMU room 140 at 4:30 p.m.

Cafe Con Leche with the Center of Engagement and Inclusion at the AMU room 111 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 26

Trivia at the Annex at 9 p.m.

Wellness Fair at the AMU from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

MUSG Movie: Lilo & Stitch at the Varsity Theatre at 8 p.m.

Taylor Swift

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O’Donnell Hall, a former dorm on campus has been converted to a interim fitness space for students at MU.

Academic Senate discusses enrollment, commencement

Administration

looks to recruit from other U.S. regions

By Erin Howard erin.howard@marquette.edu

With the start of a new year comes the start of possible new initiatives for both current and prospective Marquette students.

Coming together for their first meeting of the 2023 semester, the Marquette University Academic Senate met to discuss topics such as the university’s strategies to further increase enrollment and the proposal to shift the traditional Commencement date one week earlier, beginning in 2024.

The meeting kicked off with Alex Riley, director of institutional research, who introduced the university’s enrollment projections for future years. Through a series of data slides, Riley explained that the university is expected to experience significant declines in student enrollment from states such as Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota later in this decade.

“It is certainly true that we have much more confidence in

the years that we have coming up sooner than we have in the years such as 2028-2030,” Riley said.

Brian Troyer, Dean of Undergraduate Admissions, expanded on this issue and offered insight as to one of the reasons why Marquette should expect these declines.

“Overall, students and families are increasingly questioning the value of higher education,” Troyer said. “When surveyed, Gen Z tends to value higher education less than their millennial counterparts.”

To plan ahead for these enrollment declines, Troyer said that the university is especially going to focus on enhancing prospective student visits in the coming years.

“Through having bilingual events such as one coming up this February and hosting multiple honors events throughout the year, we are really trying to improve our visit options for students,” Troyer said. “We’re also finding that having more small, tailored events is allowing students to come and experience campus in a way that they feel most comfortable.”

Once the Senate wrapped up

talk about their future recruitment plans, they moved on to discuss the implications of shifting the Commencement date.

John Su, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Student Success, presented a list of policies that would be implemented alongside the Commencement shift. Among these included the notion that the deadline to submit grades would now be after Commencement. With this change, Su pointed out the potential concern that fewer faculty will be able to attend

Commencement due to their grading obligations.

Another concern that was further discussed involved the “Senior Week” events that typically occur prior to Commencement and how the date change could affect them.

Normally, senior week consists of Baccalaureate Mass, senior send off with activities throughout campus, a unity graduation and more.

Ryan Lardner, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences and the Outreach Vice President of the Marquette University

Student Government, said that MUSG is doing its best to advocate for the student’s voices in regard to this proposal.

“Right now, MUSG is researching past attendance and asking for some student feedback on what events they would actually attend during ‘Senior Week,’” Lardner said.

“From there, we want to see how the students would feel about the Commencement possibly changing the traditional schedule.”

Despite these concerns, Su said that shifting the Commencement date would have its positive benefits.

“I’ve heard multiple rationales that have been articulated for making this change,” Su said. “For instance, Marquette students would be more aligned to graduating at the same time as other local institutions, and I feel that there is a benefit behind the idea that because students are able to leave a week earlier than they are able to get out in the world and take advantage of their life opportunities earlier.”

Timothy Littau contributed to this report.

The Academic Senate meeting was the first of the 2023 spring semester.

Photo by Keifer Russell keifer.russell@marquette.edu

Nubian’s Way: Providing hair care for all styles

Mother-Daughter

duo wins funding from MU 707 Hub

By Sophia Tiedge sophia.tiedge@marquette.edu

When Marquette Law student

Carolyn Eboni Carson was an undergraduate student at Marquette, she wasn’t able to find products that worked for her hair.

Her mom, Latrina Thornton, also noticed this issue and took matters into her own hands.

Through collaboration between Carson and Thornton, their company Nubian’s Way was born.

Thornton created the Growth Serum and the Butter Blend. The Growth Serum is applied to the scalp and can be used with any hair type, and the Butter Blend is used to soften hair so it’s easier to style.

“It’s very difficult to find products that are actually good for our hair that are organic and all natural,” Thornton said.

Thornton looked for ingredients at her local grocery stores with names that were natural and easy to pronounce rather than toxic and unnatural ingredients.

“The product can be used by

many different people, for all different purposes. This is what happens when you use the highest quality ingredients and create a product with a lot of value that addresses a real gap in the market,” Kelsey Otero, Sr. Director of Community Engagement at Marquette.

Carson said she realized her mom had these great products in her house, and it was a great opportunity to experience her interest in business.

Carson and her mom wanted to attach a meaningful message to their product. On every package, there’s a tag that says “You’re beautiful just the way you are” to represent self love and self care.

Through Marquette’s 707 Hub, Carson and Thornton competed in the Brewed Ideas Challenge April 2022 and took home $7,500 to advance their business.

Carson is grateful that through Marquette, she was able to not only continue her studies as a law student, but she was also able to explore her interests in business and entrepreneurship.

“I started doing some research and looked at some cases and I realized that the United States has a long history of hair discrimination.

There is a plethora of cases where people have been denied employment just on the basis of their hairstyle,” Carson said.

Carson was inspired by The Crown Act which is a current movement supported by the company Dove and Senator Holly J. Mitchell that aims to reduce hair discrimination among African American women in the United States.

Research done by the Dove CROWN Coalition found that trauma from hair discrimination causes Black girls to miss one week of school each year due to hairrelated concerns.

The CROWN act advocates against discrimination among cultural hairstyles of Black girls and women and make it illegal worldwide.

Carson said that no matter what hairstyle you chose to wear whether it’s braids, an afro or twists, their product can help your hair reach its full potential.

“Nubian’s Way is about celebrating black beauty. It is a reminder that diversity is beautiful and should always be embraced,” Otero said.

In the face of discrimination, Carson and Thornton wanted to

Carson and her mom Latrina won $7,500 to develop their business.

have an impact on the community through their products.

“It’s important to understand things like hair discrimination and how it affects people who have the same college degree but may have different futures simply because of the way they look,” Carson said.

Carson thinks there’s more work to be done not only nationwide but on Marquette’s campus.

“I know that Marquette has increased the number of students of color, but their experience is still a lot different. Marquette should be asking themselves ‘How can

we make these students of color have a good experience here at our school?’” Carson said.

Carson said Marquette should be looking to support people who need different types of hair products.

“It’s okay to be different. We’re all different. We’re all part of the melting pot,” Thornton said.

Carson believes that there should be a widespread understanding at Marquette that we’re all different, and that’s okay.

“We’re all family.” Thornton said. “We’re all one. We’re all together.”

Photo courtesy of Nubian’s Way

Marquette without plans to add EV chargers on campus

Community members question commitment to sustainable energy

By Megan Woolard megan.woolard@marquette.edu

If you need to charge your electric car at Marquette, it’s going to be about a 10-minute walk south of the Marquette Law School.

Currently, the closest electric vehicle charging station to campus is at the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources at 1027 St. Paul Ave. It costs around $2 per hour to charge a vehicle at the DNR.

Other schools in the area, such as UW-Milwaukee and Milwaukee Area Technical College, both have multiple EV charging stations on campus.

However, at the moment there is no timetable as to when or if EV charging will come to Marquette’s campus. But, Chelsea Malacara, sustainability and management coordinator, said it is something her team is “actively working on.”

Malacara said that around 3% of Marquette registered vehicles last year were either hybrid or electric.

“It’s in that top five priority list because it’s something that we should offer and a lot of other college campuses do,” Malacara said.

Chris Collins, a sophomore in the College of Communication, owns an electric vehicle on campus and said he charges his car at the Bayshore Mall, which is a 12-minute drive north of campus.

“I know a lot of small high schools back home that have chargers so I was shocked to see that Marquette doesn’t have any,” Collins said.

Marquette has a campus sustainability pledge that details the university’s commitment to care for the environment in conjunction with its Jesuit values.

“If Marquette truly believes in innovation and environmental justice, there’s no reason we shouldn’t have chargers on campus,” Collins said.

Bringing EV charging stations to campus is not something that is solely under Malacara’s jurisdiction. She said it would likely be a team effort across departments such as facilities, planning and management, financial and purchasing depending on what route the university decides to take.

“There’s kind of a lot of different logistics that we’re working out, they’re not nothing, it’s nothing that is a barrier to us not doing it, it’s just figuring out what the best system is, and then funding it and how to move forward,” Malacara said.

Some things the university is considering where the chargers would be located as well as if the chargers would be available for those outside of the Marquette community to use.

“What happens when the car is done being charged? Like, is there space for the person who’s using the charger to move somewhere else in the garage? Or are they going to like be spending their break time or something driving around looking for parking? How do we communicate with people that they’re done using chargers? Do we use an app?” Malacara said. “There’s kind of like a lot of logistics that, you might not think about.”

There’s also the task of figuring out how to fund the project. Malacara said the team is still considering all options and seeing if Marquette is eligible for any federal or state programs, such as the Inflation Reduction Act, that could help bring EV charging to campus.

“Electrification is coming. The private sector has spoken. The major auto manufacturers are retooling and have announced ambitious plans to transition to

producing predominantly electric vehicles in the near future. That is good for our environment because it can dramatically reduce emissions from burning fossil fuels,” Craig Thompson, Wisconsin secretary of transportation, said in a statement.

The Wisconsin Department of Motor Vehicles reported that around 8,900 electric vehicles were registered in 2021. That was up over 40% from 2020. Some models of new cars now have at least a hybrid option if not fully electric.

Ayman EL-Refaie, professor of electrical engineering, said most cars have an internal combustion engine that runs on diesel or gas. During the combustion of that fuel, the output results in kinetic energy or a mechanical movement that moves the car forward.

“So an internal combustion engine has an efficiency of like 50%. They are very inefficient. So basically, the combustion process 50% of it is released as emissions, that’s why they are very bad for

the environment, right with an electric vehicle, you don’t have any emissions pretty much,” ELRefaie said.

In hybrid vehicles, there is both an internal combustion engine and batteries. With pure EV vehicles, there is the complete elimination of the internal combustion engine.

“All you have are batteries, and the batteries through the power electronics, driving an electric motor, and that electric motor is what really propels the vehicle. So, those typically have certain ranges, they tell you that if the battery is fully charged, you can drive this vehicle for 50 miles to 100 miles because before the battery gets completely depleted and those are the ones that you need to charge all the time,” ELRefaie, said.

In addition to environmental impact, some may consider going hybrid or fully electric for other reasons.

“(Electric vehicles) are still more expensive than its

conventional counterpart. But what you need to factor in is that during the lifetime of the vehicle, you’re not really paying for gas. Yes, you’re gonna pay for electricity, but obviously, the price of electricity is much much cheaper than the peak for gas you know, so it should be over the lifetime of the vehicle still economically beneficial to own a hybrid or a pure EV,” EL-Refaie said.

Between 2021 and 2022, the number of electric cars sold worldwide has continued to rise. With the growing popularity of EVs in Wisconsin and nationwide, Malacara said it is more important now to offer EV charging than ever before.

“We know that more and more people are going to be going to own an electric vehicle,” Malacara said. “So obviously, it’s in our best interest to bring electric vehicle charging stations to campus for our faculty or staff, students, visitors, things like that.”

Marquette is one of the only universities in Milwaukee that does not have an EV charging station on campus.

Photo by Katie Craig katharine.craig@marquette.edu

Comic by Dave Hanneken david.hanneken@marquette.edu

arts & eNtertaINmeNt

Cute, sustainable fashion throughout Milwaukee

for every kind of style.

By Sofía Cortés sofia.cortes@marquette.edu

Marquette students are concerned about sustainability and working to fi nd different ways to bring sustainable fashion options to campus. ReWear It Marquette is a student-run clothing swap project that brings sustainable fashion right to Marquette.

“I started ReWear It Marquette with my friend, Paula Paliwoda, this past fall in order to make sustainable fashion more accessible to the Marquette community. Once a month, we host clothing swaps in the AMU where students can donate their clothes and get ‘new’ ones for free. We encourage people to follow us on Instagram @ rewearitmu for more information on how to swap with us,” said second-year student Elizabeth Grout.

Selling at consignment and secondhand stores is a great way to free up some closet space and even earn some extra cashback on your used and unwanted clothes. Shopping secondhand is also an option for those who want to shop sustainably. From brandnew items to timeless vintage pieces, these local boutiques and shops have it all when it comes to sustainable fashion in the Milwaukee area.

Bandit MKE

1224 E Brady St, Milwaukee, WI, 53233

Bandit MKE fi rst began as a small pop-up shop traveling throughout the Midwest selling vintage clothing and accessories. A few years later, Bandit offi cially opened their doors as a consignment shop in the East Village of Milwaukee.

Their clothing is all second-hand but always in near-to-perfect condition, curated on a buy/sell basis with their customers.

On the inside, Bandit is full of color, eclectic décor and a wall covered in accessories. It feels like traveling through different decades, looking through all of the different racks of clothes at Bandit. From fur hats to blingedout vests, there is truly something

“My favorite thing about being a co-owner of the store would have to be seeing different pieces of clothing travel through time and the looks on the customer’s faces when they fi nd something they love,” Michelle Eigenberger, Bandit MKE co-owner, said.

Retique

90 N Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202

Located in the Third Ward, Retique doesn’t sell just any ordinary items. Owned by Goodwill, Retique’s mission is to bring high-end secondhand clothing, accessories and even decor to Milwaukee.

The store mainly focuses on quality and name-brand items. Everything in the store is brought in from different donation centers across the Midwest and from walk-in donations. Unlike consignment stores, Retique does not offer compensation for pieces brought in. Instead, the money is used to fund the Goodwill mission.

The Goodwill mission focuses on helping people fi nd opportunities in both education and employment.

Their clothing is priced a little higher than most secondhand shops in the area, but that’s because their quality of clothing is higher as well. In comparison to most department stores and online boutiques, their prices are still much lower.

Lela Boutique | Milwaukee New, Vintage and Consignment Fashion

321 N Broadway, Milwaukee, WI 53202

Lela Boutique is a consignment store that brings sustainability to Milwaukee by selling both second-hand and brand-new clothes and accessories. It’s defi nitely the place for those who like to mix and match both vintage and modern pieces.

They curate gently used items on a buy/sell basis and by appointment only.

“Lela Boutique has been offering sustainable fashion for 20 years, and the thrill of the hunt in fi nding used clothing to fi t your personal style is what it’s all about,” said Carrie Arrouete, owner of Lela Boutique.

Consignment shops offer affordable, vintage clothing

Photo by Isabel Bonebrake

Bandit MKE sells trendy second-hand clothing sourced from their community’s closets.

REVIEW: Wes Anderson’s 1998 film, ‘Rushmore’

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By George Kane george.kane@marquette.edu

For many, winter break provides a much needed escape from classes and work, especially after a long week of finals. For me, at times, the month away from campus felt like a prison sentence. Albeit, one where I was given access to a variety of streaming services and was occasionally booted off of the Netflix account by one of my brothers.

While I did my time, I waded through various dramas, romcoms and thrillers to find writer, director and producer, Wes Anderson. As a director, Anderson is widely known for his unique, stylistically-based movies and brilliantly written scripts. One of the most prolific filmmakers of the 21st century, with every film, he engages his audience through colorfully decorated sets, inventive soundtracks and an overall

product that is completely unique to cinema.

Out of all his films, my undoubted favorite is Anderson’s 1998 dramatic comedy, titled “Rushmore.” “Rushmore” is centered around a 15-year-old, Max Fischer (played by Jason Shwartzman), as he romantically pursues Ms. Cross (played by Olivia Williams), a teacher at his school. He does so amidst fighting expulsion and his new friend, “Mr. Blume” (played by Bill Murray) who also vies for Ms. Cross’ love. As the film progresses, the viewer is taken on a trip through the lens of Shwartzman, Murray and Williams’ characters, allowing them to live and learn various lessons with Max, Mr. Blume and Ms. Cross respectively.

Upon first watching “Rushmore,” I loved every second, which I’m sure you already know if you are one of my six esteemed Letterboxd followers. Although, if not, I’ll give a short recap.

One of the many great things about “Rushmore” is the soundtrack, and I’m certainly not ashamed to say that each different song will be at the top

of my Spotify wrapped.

Through a medley of astounding artists/bands such as The Kinks, Faces, Cat Stevens, The Who and John Lennon, Anderson picks music that runs linearly with his story. Each song provides a benchmark for every important moment, making it almost as if you are rewatching the movie when listening to each tune contained within its soundtrack.

Alike to the soundtrack, each actor in “Rushmore” fully embodies their character. In Jason Shwartzman’s debut role as Max, he kills it. To me, there is no one else who could play the lovable sociopath that is Max Fischer. Most people don’t cut car brakes, fell trees, and infest hotel rooms with bees in order to get “rid” of a rival. But, through Shwartzman’s amazing performance, the audience is able to relate to Max even through every misdeed his character commits. Even through these extremes, the audience can still find relatability in an angry, confused kid who just wants to be loved.

What “Rushmore” does great is its balance of comedy and drama. These two aspects of the

film run intertwined with each other throughout its onehour 33-minute runtime. Whether it be through Murray’s character doing a melancholic cannonball into an unkempt pool or Max being pelted with rocks by his estranged best friend, there are many moments that are both dramatic and hilarious. And, in this, an important message still prevails that definitely makes the movie worth the watch.

“Rushmore” is about growing up and learning from your mistakes. About gaining a new perspective on a younger version of yourself and learning from it. And, as the credits start to roll and the chorus for the Faces song “Ooh La La” begins to state, “I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger,”

the audience is encouraged to experience that same perspective. To wish that they “knew what they know now” when they were younger, because, at the end of the day, don’t we all?

Outwoken Tea spreads message of sustainability

Drinks

served with

chocolates

from artisan candy shop

By Phoebe Goebel phoebe.goebel@marquette.edu

When you wake up in the morning, what is the first thing that you reach for? For people all around the world, the morning ritual of enjoying a warm cup of tea is the only way to set themselves up for having a productive day.

Outwoken Tea, a sustainable tea brand based out of Milwaukee, hosted a tea tasting event at the Wehr Nature Center in Franklin, WI, last Sunday. The star of the event was the Kenyan purple tea, which was paired with chocolates from Zachariah’s Chocolates, a craft chocolate shop in Mackinaw City, MI.

Aureal Ojeda, the founder and president of Outwoken Tea, came up with the idea of a sustainable tea company during her days working in construction. After seeing the negative effects that garbage has on the environment, Ojeda created a sustainable tea company that uses natural materials that are compostable. These materials include mushroom and cornstarch-based packages that make them biodegradable.

Ojeda said that one of the key aspects of Outwoken Tea is that fact that they do not use the typical mesh tea bags that other companies use. She said that these bags contain harmful chemicals that not only harm the environment but can also have negative effects when people

ingest them.

This Kenyan purple tea not only soothes the soul but also benefits the environment. This woodsy noted tea is grown at an elevation of 6,000 ft above sea level on the mountains of Kenya and was tested for 25 years to ensure that the bold flavor packs

a punch. Each time the tea is purchased, Outwoken Tea plants a tree in the Milwaukee area to help with deforestation.

“Lots of sacrifices went into making this exact tea. But this sacrifice produced the best tea in the world, of course, in my opinion. While you’re sipping

your next cup of tea, keep it in mind that you cannot get this tea anywhere else,” Ojeda said.

As guests sipped on their tea, Wehr Nature Center event volunteers passed out boxes filled with a variety of gourmet chocolates from Zachariah’s Chocolates. Ojeda explained that the chocolate flavors were picked to perfectly accompany the tea and featured notes of cherry, orange, strawberry and hibiscus.

The chocolates also followed the overall theme of being produced sustainably. The chocolates are hand-made in a factory in Michigan and contain only natural ingredients. Unlike other American chocolate companies, these chocolates do not contain corn syrup, which helps enhance the taste of the cacao beans themselves.

As Ojeda expands her brand, she hopes that she can reach organizations such as schools because they are huge contributors to the environmental effects of tea bags.

“My first year of business, I only sold 100 bags of tea, but I still planted 100 trees,” Ojeda said. “One person can make a difference. One person can make a change. We are all doing that today, one cup of tea and one chocolate at a time.”

Photo by Phoebe Goebel phoebe.goebel@marquette.edu

Dramatic

make for engaging coming-of-age story

Film soundtrack features Faces and The Who.

Photo courtesy of IMDB

Tea bags are made from mushroom and cornstarch bases to be biodegradable and compostable.

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STAFF EDITORIAL

What President Lovell needs to address

With University President Michael Lovell’s 2023 annual Presidential Address tomorrow, we, the Marquette Wire editorial board, are curious if the following topics of concern will actually be addressed. However, Marquette has a history of not addressing important issues and instead elects to focus on superfi cial accomplishments.

In 2016 Marquette announced that it would be working toward becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution which requires an undergraduate population of at least 25% Hispanic students. Marquette currently holds emerging HSI status.

In April of 2021, Provost Kimo Ah Yun stated that the university wishes to create ‘a more welcoming and

inclusive space’ at Marquette in a statement regarding the university’s progress on becoming an HSI. However, prior to this statement, Ah Yun said in September 2020 that Marquette becoming an HSI was not a strategic priority. Naturally, this leaves many skeptical of the university’s intentions.

Few details have been shared about how the administration plans to foster this environment. These ideas are meant to be implemented by the administration, but with a lack of transparency, one cannot help but wonder if there are any plans at all.

It’s clear that many students of color don’t feel included at Marquette. In fall 2022, 67.1% of the undergraduate population identifi ed as

white, making Marquette a Predominantly White Institution. A climate study done in 2020 found that students, faculty and staff of color had lower levels of comfort pertaining to campus climate than their white counterparts.

Students who demonstrated at the New Student Convocation in August 2022 explicitly stated that they felt as though they were being used as a statistic to recruit incoming fi rst years rather than being viewed as individuals and expressed discomfort at this.

Marquette can’t expect to increase enrollment among people of color if they don’t make changes to an institution that wasn’t built with people of different backgrounds in mind in the fi rst place. Lovell needs to address the concern

about the university’s intentions to create a more diverse and inclusive environment.

Another concern raised is the matter of the limited number of tickets given to each student for graduation. This year graduation will be held indoors at Fiserv Forum with only four tickets per graduate. This leaves many in a state of frustration which must be addressed by Lovell. Simply acknowledging the irritating predicament that many students are in would make many students at least feel seen.

In February 2022, Marquette launched a President’s Task Force on Community Safety due to growing concerns about crime on campus. It promised to hire additional MUPD offi cers, provide campus rideshare resources,

No to AI Art

There’s Sophia, the robot that has citizenship in Saudi Arabia. Grace, an android in Hong Kong designed to help doctors. Now, AI–generated art has gained more popularity as a tool to help others expand their creative process. As a painter and sketch artist myself, I say no.

At first, I thought AI art looked beautiful. AI-generated images has been around since the 1960s but over the last few decades, it has evolved to the point where it can almost duplicate the Mona Lisa. As artists, do our gifts not matter anymore?

A few months ago, Jason Allen won first place at the Colorado State Fair Fine Arts Competition, with his AI–generated piece called “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial.” He used the AIimage generator Midjourney to create it.

I will not deny the beauty of the image. However, he

did not create it — the AI did. Midjourney, Jasper and Boo are all AI “art” generators. All of these generators do the same thing. They just look different. You type in a description of what you want, and the AI will look through all the information and data it has gathered and make an image.

It’s not art. It’s an image created from analyzed data. That’s not what art is. Does it look appealing? Yeah, for the most part, but that’s not what art should be.

Art has many definitions but one that sets a tone for what art is states “works produced by human creative skill and imagination.” I could say that the imagination is already there with having to type in a description but, the creative skill is what makes us artists and what makes our pieces art.

Now, I won’t deny the creative process of the artist that collaborates with a machine to discover new visual forms. You know, people use it because people are not equipped with the skills or ability to bring out their ideas.

But what about the time, energy and emotion spent painting that landscape or drawing a portrait or whatever else. We, human artists, put hours, weeks, months and even years into what we create. During that process, we’ll mess up, fix something that doesn’t look right or even change the entire concept of the painting because a new idea popped into our heads.

Sometimes we’ll get really mad it doesn’t look right and start over. Other times we might cry because what we created with our two hands reminds us of someone. We bring emotions into our art, which is what makes our art human and a machine cannot bring in.

Failure, mistakes, new ideas and new themes are what differentiate us from a machine.

That image that was generated in less than three seconds wasn’t your idea. It may have certain concepts and themes that you thought of, but it’s not yours, even though you may think it is.

But even though these

machines can automatically produce art, that doesn’t mean they will replace artists, right?

Unfortunately, that is a possible route for the future and we might be walking it.

AI art has grown to the point where it’s hard to distinguish if a human made it or a machine did. What if human art was categorized as AI art? That’s offensive to the artist and their abilities.

RJ Palmer, a California-based movie and game artist, showed his concerns on Twitter by linking pictures of AI art, saying AI is capable of creating images

implement extra building security measures and more. This needs to be addressed by President Lovell. Students and their families should know what, if any, changes have been achieved. Lovell should provide an update on the accomplishments of the Task Force.

Marquette seems to stray away from addressing administrative controversy when not strictly asked to do so, so these concerns are unlikely to be addressed. In reality, the Presidential Address will almost certainly largely focus on the new O’Brien Hall and plans for the Wellness Center in the works, two welcome additions to our community but hardly of the highest concern.

human-made.

He goes on with another tweet showing two specific images, one that’s AI-generated and one of an original piece with its original logo.

The AI-generated image attempted to copy and recreate the logo of the artist. “Replacing artists” is an understatement.

AI art should not be used this seriously. It needs to end now.

Trinity Burgess is a sophomore studying journalism and political sceince. She can be reached at trinity.burgess@marquette.edu

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Jason Allen and other artists have turned to AI to produce works of artistry. that look 100%

Laura Niezgoda

As the city continues to adapt to its growing popularity, Milwaukee must take an important step in the efforts of sustainability, urbanizing the towns and communities of our beloved city. Of the many vibrant and enduring places in our city, Brady Street should be the first one to step into sustainability.

I believe that Brady Street is an archetypal embodiment of the citizens that reside there. Brady Street was on the first map of Milwaukee made in

Brady Street Should Pedestrianize

1846, meaning the area has seen developments of over 175 years and holds much of the cities rich culture. From nightlife to food to shopping, Brady Street’s variety embodies the different influxes of people that walk the streets every single day. Places such as Bandit, Dorsia, Peter Scorinto’s Bakery, Jo -Cats, Rochambo and Brady Street Futons keep people returning to the eclectic mix of Milwaukee businesses.

Recently, there have been plans created to further develop the East Side by building an 11-story hotel on the Corner of Brady and Farwell, as well as a proposed pedestrian

zone, which would section off two-blocks of Brady Street. The proposed zone would span from around Brady Street Futons near Franklin to Nomad near Warren.

While the pedestrian zone will take away vehicular traffic, the need for this change is apparent. The district announced funding to study pedestrianization after hit-and-run incident that killed a pedestrian back in September.

This is a step forward in the right direction to create a sustainable urbanization plan that will help to benefit the citizens of Milwaukee. Sustainable urban development, or

urbanization, is the development of cities and communities to make them safe and resilient while creating a better environment for current and future generations.

In creating a sustainable community, the main issues that sustainability helps to eradicate are pollution, weather hazards and social isolation.

Ozone pollution is still a threat in Wisconsin, where Milwaukee county was seen as one of the highest quantities for days with lower air quality due to smog. Recently, there have also been intense and more frequent heavy rains as well as increased frequencies of days with extreme heat in Wisconsin communities as the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reports. Further, due to the pandemic, our world is still seeing the negative health effects of the forced pandemic social isolation.

There is no simple solution to address all of these; however, creating walkable communities within the cities is a starting point.

Walkable communities address health, livability and sustainability. Within these communities, the need for private cars decreases, which not only lowers air pollution but

decreases obesity rates in people, enhances mental health and creates a sense of community identity by fostering social interaction.

Brady Street is the perfect place to implement this new idea of a walkable community in Milwaukee by ensuring pedestrian safety. Brady Street has a vibrant community that is one of the oldest places in Milwaukee. It is a place to socialize, to relax, and spend time with friends. It will not only promote a healthy life, but in the age of a post-pandemic world, a sense of community is exactly what we should strive for in our growing and changing city.

Two blocks may not seem like it will solve all of our problems, because it won’t. The benefits will not appear overnight and the entire city will not change with only two blocks. However, those two blocks signify a new beginning in a city that must face the change of living sustainably. We are shaped by spaces we inhabit and the communities that spawn there, meaning we must look at alternatives to help improve our community.

Laura Niezgoda is a junior studying communication studies and criminology and law studies. She can be reached at laura.niezgoda@marquette.edu

Tech Industry Should Not Ghost Employees

Nancy Flaherty

College seniors prioritizing job security while perusing job application sites should steer clear of the single industry that’s been dominating the news cycle in the last few days: Tech.

Seated mainly in Silicon Valley, the epicenter of Big Tech in Northern California, the tech industry features companies such as Google, Microsoft, Apple, PayPal and Intel.

The tech industry has announced some of the largest layoffs in a single month since the pandemic hit the U.S. in 2020. Google laid off 12,000 employees, Microsoft announced 10,000 layoffs and just recently streaming companies such as Spotify and Netfl ix announced major cuts to their workforce as well.

Given that several of these companies have consistently high stocks in their sector, it’s no surprise this news is shaking all corners of interest from

consumers to shareholders. Investors are reconsidering their portfolios and economic nerds are keeping an eye on the next economist op-ed announcing that the next recession looms closer or its symptoms have already arrived. No COVID-19 test needed, just a company blog post from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announcing that they’re cutting a bit under 5% of their workforce to tell the world that the economic downturn has made its impact.

While most eyes are centered on the prominent tech giant Microsoft, consumers should turn their attention to the search engine with the largest number of laid off employees: Google.

Not only is Google in the lead for the worst kind of competition of Biggest Loser in Severance Pay, but the fresh ex-employees of Google have taken to social media platforms, painting an ugly picture of employee treatment. Google’s hiring and fi ring reputation only worsens when social media users read the beginnings of

most of these tweets and LinkedIn posts from recent former employees.

The concept that tenured employees who dedicated over a decade or more of their work life to a company that cut them off through an email on a random Tuesday is gutwrenching and inexcusable. Although tech industry critics aren’t surprised over the cold handling by companies like Google, that doesn’t mean its actions are permissible because they’re expected.

Google may not lose its product reputation with customers in the face of its layoffs, however, it will continue to lose its reputation with former, current and future employees. In fact, Google’s current crisis may have been hinted at back in March of 2022 when its employee survey revealed that numbers dropped in years previous of employee satisfaction in areas such as pay packages, promotions and management execution of their job functions.

The reasoning behind the layoffs has a clear cause and

effect. The pandemic hiring boom plus a looming recession, plus higher costs equal tech companies slashing costs and laying off employees as needs shift.

Tech companies are reacting to their situation as companies in other industries such as Vox Media and Netfl ix are laying off employees as well. But when you sit down and read about how an employee found out he had been laid off because of an automatic account deactivation, and another going to work after headlines hit and searching to see if their desk mates had been let go, it sends a clear message to potential employees.

You are disposable.

What does this mean for college students looking for potential jobs in Silicon Valley?

Last year, the topic of tech companies capitalizing on employee retainment was already top priority. As jobs in tech increase with product needs and innovation interests, those with the tech skills necessary have a wide variety of choices.

A company is only as good as its employees, or rather, how it treats its employees. If Google continues to treat its employees like this on the potential eve of a full blown recession, it can kiss its hiring reputation goodbye in the competitive tech industry.

Nancy Flaherty is the executive social media producer at the Marquette Wire. She can be reached at nancy.flaherty@marquette.edu

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By Benjamin Hanson benjamin.hanson@marquette.edu

Marquette Track and Field celebrates its 100-year anniversary this season with remembering alumni, accomplishments and stories to be proud of. The team is cementing a century of history in which they can look back on what the program has achieved during that time.

Head coach Bert Rogers said since its inception, the program has produced top-tier athletes just like today, though, it wasn’t always that way.

“The history of the program is really fascinating. There’s a whole lot of world-class athletes that are mixed in and out of there. But, its history is kind of a roller coaster,” Rogers said. “It started as a program that had All-Americans, national champions and was scoring points at the national meet year in and year out.”

Rogers said there came a drop

in performance followed by a historic rebound from former head coach Jim Allen.

“The university dropped track, but then they brought it back in the sixties as a walk-on program,” Rogers said. “Jim Allen was hired as head coach during the 1979-1980 season and it started building back up over time to get where it is today. It was definitely an interesting stretch of time.”

Senior distance runner Jadon Conroy said that it shows how strong of a team they have been throughout their history.

“It just shows that we’ve survived for this long with all the ups and downs in its time,” Conroy said. “It really shines a light on how we’re an extremely storied program with so many points in its timeline to be very proud of. It’s really cool to see.”

The program has seen six of its athletes go on to compete in the Olympics. These athletes earned a bronze, four silver and one gold medal throughout nine events. Alumni Ken Wiesner and John Bennett both won silver medals in the high jump and long jump, respectively.

When members of the team today, such as senior multi-event athlete, Mila Puseljic, look back on the team’s Olympic history, she said they are inspired by what has come before them.

“We actually had a really famous alum, Ralph Metcalfe,” Puseljic said. “He won multiple NCAA titles and even medaled in the Olympics many times. Off the track, he was interested in politics and did so many amazing things. That’s one person I think of when I think of Marquette Track and Field. He’s my main inspiration and I’m really proud to be a part of the program that produced such an amazing person.”

Metcalfe was the first person to win the NCAA 200-meter title in three consecutive years. He also went on to compete in two Olympics where he got one bronze, two silver and one gold medal alongside Jesse Owens.

With this kind of legacy, Rogers said the program is hosting a reunion this May to highlight how important and inspiring it

is to see former athletes come back to support the program.

“I’m a big history guy, so I really get into it and really enjoy learning some of the new things and meeting some of those older alums,” Rogers said. “We want to try to make the reunion a big deal for these alumni. We’re going to try to have panels of former athletes to emphasize how important we think the history is.”

Alumni will be coming back for the reunion, but they also keep returning to cheer on current athletes and provide support.

“I have met a few [alumni] that have stopped by. They definitely are in the community and come out and try to support the team,” Puseljic said. “I think it’s really important. You gain so much experience and understanding of the community when you compete in the sport, then you’re able to come back and provide that community to the current athletes.”

Conroy said that former ath-

letes who return inspire the current athletes to contribute to a better future for the team.

“It gives us even more of a reason to keep competing as hard as we can while pushing ourselves,” Conroy said. “It gives us a hope that we can have something similar in the future and naturally, every athlete competing now wants to be a part of that.”

While looking back on the team’s history, keeping it alive is important for Rogers. He said whether it’s about historic moments, alumni athletes or how the team has evolved, he wants to keep it rich for the next 100 years and beyond.

“Oftentimes when we’re recruiting and even practicing in the old gym, I talk about the history of the team,” Rogers said. “We’re still getting BIG EAST champions and all of this stuff out of learning from the history, so there must be something in the building and in the bricks here.”

Sophomore

Jones shot 57.1% from the field and hit 9-of-17 attempts from the 3-point line during that span.

NEWS

Men’s basketball came in at No. 16 in this week’s Associated Press Top 25 Poll. It is the highest the Golden Eagles have

With 12 rebounds in Sunday’s win over Seton Hall, women’s basketball forward Chloe Marotta moved into Marquette’s all-time top-10 for rebounding.

Chloe Marotta

MUWBB No. 52

Senior forward Chloe Marotta was named to the Big East Weekly Honor Roll this past week. Marotta recorded back-to-back double doubles this past week with 24 points and 12 rebounds at St. John’s and 19 points and 12 rebounds vs Seton Hall.

Photos courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Rogers, current runners look to pay homage to the past

Marquette Track & Field is celebrating its 100-year anniversary this year. It intends to hold an event later this year.

been ranked under head coach Shaka Smart.

Kam Jones

MUBB No. 1

guard Kam Jones was named the Big East Player of the Week after averaging 21 points in two games last week for Marquette.

Photos courtesy of Marquette Athletics

THIS WEEK: WOOLARD ON MUBB

When I saw Dwyane Wade fail to chug a beer at the Marquette basketball game last Wednesday I immediately thought: How many EGBs is this worth?

EGBs or “Energy Generating Behaviors” have become a mantra for Shaka Smart and his team in his 2nd season as head coach. Now, what exactly is an EGB? I’m still trying to figure that out myself.

What I’ve been able to gather is that EGBs are anything that helps the team generate energy or “lose themselves in the fight.” It seems like these can be things such as high-fives, chest bumps, claps, floor slaps, basically any kind of encouraging physical contact would count as an EGB.

Smart has said in the past that junior guard Tyler Kolek’s passing is an EGB though, so it seems as though EGBs can also be basketball related.

However, Smart has also said that what can count as an EGB is pretty “open-ended” which is why it’s hard for me to understand how such a subjective ideal can even be counted as a stat.

Yet, it is. Before every game at Fiserv Forum, the jumbotron shows an updated count of EGBs since the beginning of practice.

While my skepticism would suggest that I’m anti-EGBs, that is most definitely not the case. The Golden Eagles have become one of the most efficient offenses in the nation, ranking first in KenPom. They’ve also consistently been in the Associated Press Top 25 conversation throughout the season and are currently 2nd in Big East standings. The Golden Eagles have risen to as high as No. 16, where they are currently ranked.

If the Golden Eagles believe those types of results have been due to a new focus on EGBs then I’m all for it. I actually love EGBs so much that I think EGBs should go beyond the court and extend into the fan experience.

To make things clearer for all Marquette basketball fans I’ve taken the liberty of compiling a list of things that I think should be counted as an EGB.

To start, no official basketball stat can count as an EGB (they

already have stats for that). Then we get into what I call the “typical EGBs” these are things like high fives, chest bumps, claps, etc. Those will all be worth one EGB.

Now, I think that certain behaviors that generate more energy should be worth more EGBs. It should be sort of a sliding scale.

Any “typical EGB” that Iggy the Eagle does is automatically worth double the EGBs, the same goes for Coach Smart.

Any successful beer chug on the jumbotron is worth 20 EGBs; 30 if it’s a Marquette basketball alum. Additionally, any student (of age) that’s willing to shell out like 15 bucks for a beer at Fiserv, should have an opportunity to contribute to the stat line. So every beer will count for 10 EGBs.

All balloon hats made in the student section are worth five EGBs a piece and any book Maya Smart signs at halftime is also worth five EGBs.

Every single rendition of “Ring Out Ahoya” is worth 30 EGBs just because I happen to have a soft spot for the pep band.

I also think there are a few “big ticket” EGBs such as developing a summer reading program to encourage childhood literacy that can be worth up to 10,000 EGBs.

Conversely, I think anything that takes away from the energy should also be reflected in the stat line.

Wasting water during a drought is -50,000 EGBS.

I think anytime the student section is offbeat on the “Thunderstruck” clap, it’s automatically negative EGBs. At a PWI, this might be where our stats take a hit.

For every second that awful CGI eagle that’s in the pre-tipoff video appears on the jumbotron it’s negative 5 EGBs.

Additionally, any EGB that occurs within the last five minutes of the game is automatically worth double. Over time EGBs are worth triple and so on.

I’m not sure if this provided any clearer context as to what an EGB is or how it should be calculated. But, if the Golden Eagles continue this type of performance into March then I’ve got to hand it to the EGBs.

Megan Wooldard is an Managing Editor of The Marquette Tribune. She is a junior majoring in journalism and english literature.

Marquette Athletics honored the 20th Anniversary of the Marquette men’s basketball 2003 Final Four team Jan. 18. Dwyane Wade and former head coach Tom Crean were amongst those in attendance.

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First-year guards bring ‘pit bull’ mentality to program

Jones, Ross become two of Smart’s most trusted bench players

By Jackson Gross jackson.gross@marquette.edu

Growing up in the inner city of Detroit, Marquette men’s basketball assistant coach DeAndre Haynes knew to stay away from two pit bulls once they got free.

“I remember these pit bulls that always used to get loose, one was named Bobo, one was named Liu Kang, and when those pit bulls got loose in our neighborhood, everybody was running,” Haynes said.

Now two first-year players, guards Sean Jones and Chase Ross, make him think of those dogs when he sees them on the court.

“When I see those guys on the floor playing, I have a flashback

of that because I don’t want no part of that, I’m trying to get away from it,” Haynes said.

Haynes has seen that pit bull mentality for a while in Jones when he started recruiting him at Lincoln High School in Gahanna, Ohio.

“I told coach (Shaka Smart) when I first started recruiting him we call him pit bull, that pest,” Haynes said. “You don’t want to bring the ball up against them, you just want to give it up.”

Ross said he has totally embraced that identity through his defense and athletic ability, with the Dallas native averaging 1.43 steals, good for 11th in the Big East.

“That’s all I need to do on defense, insert fear into their eyes,” Ross said. “We have this thing called vicious eyes, so that’s what I try to do and it’s how I get my deflections and steals.”

For Jones, it’s all part of what it means to play at Marquette.

“It’s something we talk about a lot,” Jones said. “Being off the bench we talk about bringing energy and one of the easiest ways [to] bring energy is being energetic on the defensive end.”

While the pair said that they look to evoke fear from their opponents, at the beginning of the year they didn’t to expect to play much at all.

However, now 21 games into the season, they are two of the top three players coming off the bench for the No. 16 team in the country.

Ross is currently playing 16.9 minutes per contest, while Jones gets about 12.6 minutes a night.

“I wouldn’t put it past myself (to play this much), but I really didn’t expect this many minutes,” Ross said. “I came in here with an open mind, went with the flow (and) I’m just going with it.”

It hasn’t just been on the defensive end where the two firstyears have made an impact.

Ross is currently averaging 5.5 points per game while shooting 52% from the field, 35% from three and carries an offensive rating of 121.4, good for ninth in the Big East.

“I’ve always felt like I’m an all around player, so on offense I get open and then on defense just really creating my offense honestly,” Ross said. “That’s how I do it.”

While Jones has had five games this season without scoring, having glimpses of his offensive potential, by knocking down three straight three

pointers on Dec. 27, 2022 against Seton Hall, has been a confidence booster for Jones throughout the season.

“It shows that I can do it, so keep working, keep my head down,” Jones said. “I can just get better and better and (have it) become something natural.”

Between them and fellow bench mates in sophomore forward David Joplin and first-year forward Ben Gold, they hold the second-highest scoring average in the Big East at 22.6 points per game.

“It’s the most electric bench I think in NCAA basketball,” Haynes said. “It’s a bench that values relationships and growth and they want to see each player be successful. We have no guys with big egos who’s made about a person playing more than them.”

Ross said it’s all part of a message that Smart has been telling the whole team since day one; do whatever it takes to win.

“That’s what coach has been

preaching to us since we got here this summer, it’s about relationships, growth and victory,” Ross said. “That’s what I’m here to do and I don’t care what my individual stats are, as long as the scoreboard says Marquette (with) more (points) than our opponent.”

In part, due to their efforts, Marquette has been able to climb to the second seed in the Big East with an 8-2 record. All the while, they are the fourth-least experienced power conference team in the country and least experienced in the Big East according to KenPom.

Jones said he is not taking this opportunity to play big minutes on a ranked team lightly.

“I’m just not taking it for granted, taking every moment in, staying level-headed,” Jones said. “It’s been good for me, there’s ups and downs, I’m a freshman and you just never know what your night is going to be.

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points, shooting 5-for-18 from the field and 0-for-4 from beyond the arc.

Marotta Continues to Make History

Marotta broke another record Sunday, becoming the 10th-highest rebounder in program history with a career 779 rebounds.

“I take a lot of pride rebounding,” Marotta said. “There’s a lot of great people on that board and I tend to look at it every now and then.”

Overall on the day, the Mequon, Wisconsin native finished with 12 rebounds, nine of which came on defense.

A Hot Start

It seems as though Marquette has not been able to start hot when it is most needed. That was not the case Sunday as the Golden Eagles got out to an early 6-0 lead after senior forward Kennedi Myles hit a mid-range jumper.

“I just felt like we owned our own our home court today, I thought there was great energy, we had a great crowd today. I thought that fed off of just our mentality of sharing the ball, moving the ball,” Duffy said.

“Even when Jordan King got a couple fouls, it was great to just see that ball continuing to move and people step up and take their shots.”

It was 14-7 Marquette late in the first quarter after La Chapell received a nifty pass from Myles under the basket to make a layup, forcing a Seton Hall timeout.

The first frame ended with the Golden Eagles leading 18-13, their best start since playing at DePaul January 4th.

Containing Park-Lane

Few players in the Big East are as dominant while shooting as Park-Lane. After putting up 31 points in her earlier matchup against Marquette, she was unable to score buckets early, finishing the opening quarter with a mere two points.

“We had two great days prepping and Rose Nkumu contin-

ues to just step up to the challenge every night and guard one of the other team’s best players,” Duffy said. “We also put some bodies around her a little bit more than maybe when we played out there. Understood just making it feel crowded for her.”

The Wilmington, Delaware native had to sit out during the second quarter after picking up her third personal foul. She ended the first half with four points.

Plundering the Pirates

Seton Hall had trouble maintaining possession all game, giving Marquette 25 points off 14 steals in the first half. On the night, Seton Hall gave up its most turnovers on the season

with 23. The Golden Eagles finished with 18 fast-break points compared to the Pirates’ eight.

“I mean, we got 25 points off of their turnovers. So that’s I mean, that might be the start of the game,” Duffy said.

Next Up

Marquette will stay in Milwaukee to host Xavier (7-12, 0-10 Big East) Wednesday evening. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. CST.

“I hope this (win) gives our team a little bit of a boost. Now it’s about getting the right amount of rest and you know, being locked in to protect our own floor again,” Duffy said.

Photos by Alex DeBuhr alexander.debuhr@marquette.edu

Ross (5) ranks 11th in the Big East with 1.43 steals per game this season.

Photo by Isabel Bonebrake isabel.bonebrake@marquette.edu

Club tennis secures new training space in Glendale

Group submitted funding request to MUSG to offset costs

By Catherine Fink catherine.fink@marquette.edu

The Marquette club tennis team was able to secure a practice space at Elite Sports Club in Glendale, Wisconsin, located 20 minutes north of Marquette’s campus, with the closure of the Helfaer Tennis Stadium and Recreation Center.

Maddie Clark, club tennis president and senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said when the closure of the Rec Center was announced the club tennis E-Board was proactive in finding the team an alternative practice space.

“We knew the Rec was closing so we reached out to about six clubs in the area to find somewhere to play. I know the men’s and women’s teams were doing the same thing so we are really glad we were able to find a space,” Clark said.

The team will remain practicing three times a week at Elite Sports Club which started on Sunday.

Clark said that the club submitted a funding request to the Marquette University Student Government to help offset the cost of court time but are still waiting for approval.

John Sweeney, director of the Recreational Sports Department, said with the closure many sports that utilized the center are being assisted with alternative sites on campus while others are relocating to facilities within 20 minutes of campus.

“The Rec Plex in Straz Tower is open until 10 p.m., the old Marquette gymnasium is open until 11 p.m., the dome is open until 11 p.m. or midnight to help with clubs and intramural sports and some teams are practicing at Cristo Rey High School on the south side of Milwaukee. I’m glad the team (tennis) was able to find a spot,” Sweeney said.

Sweeney said that there will be four tennis courts instead of the current six when the new Wellness and Recreation Center reopens in late 2024.

“Everyone wants a facelift after almost 50 years and the plan for the center has been in the works for about five years now to accommodate the needs

for all students. The decision to eliminate two of the tennis courts and add more basketball courts will allow for more students to use the space. The new wellness center will be great because most college campuses already have one,” Sweeney said.

Clark is disappointed with the downsizing of the courts but understands the well-being of the students is a priority.

“It’s a bummer, the more courts, the better because maybe we’d be able to host a tournament or something like that. But I definitely understand the Wellness Center and stuff getting moved around. It is definitely doable for the club team to have four courts,” Clark said.

Stephen Anderson, a junior in the College of Health Sciences, said the team is turning the challenge of the closure into something positive.

“It is obviously a little bump in the road that we had to go through, but we’re going to get new courts in two years and it’s also allowed us to become more connected outside of tennis,” Anderson said.

Anderson said a few ways the team is looking to build team

chemistry is through social gatherings and service events such as a winter bonfire this semester.

Clark said the team currently has 70 active members with around 40 students attending practices with the E-Board members acting as coaches.

“We have seven people on our E-Board so we take turns running practices which are a mix of everything match play and socializing. Everyone’s there because they love tennis and we split them up to get people talking to people they don’t know,” Clark said.

Anderson said tryouts may be more competitive than usual this year with the change in location and the number of courts.

“It will be a change compared to what we’re used to with our six courts, so we’ll probably have to cut down on our numbers a little bit,” Anderson said. “We have a pretty competitive tryout every year but we currently have four courts at the club we will be playing at so we will be used to having four courts when the new Rec Center opens.”

Clark said the club tennis team looks to ace its spring season despite the challenges of the new practice location.

“I’m excited to see what this year holds. We start practice on Sunday, so I think we’re going to make it work just fine,” Clark said.

ROLE: Iowa native seeing career-highs in junior season

one day and become a good defender in this league, you don’t wake up one day and be a starting point guard in his league.”

Nkumu has recorded at least two steals in 11 games so far this season and she says her competitiveness motivates her defense.

“My competitiveness is where it comes from. In practice, when my team is on I’m starting the defensive presence for whatever drill we’re doing,” Nkumu said.

The competitive practice mindset doesn’t prevent Nkumu from helping out her teammates.

“At the end of the day, we’re all teammates. You don’t want the other team to win, but they’re your teammates. So when they do, give them a little congratulatory celebration,” Nkumu said. “That’s one of the best things about our team is that we push each other in so many different ways. And I think that that really helps us be successful.”

First-year guard Mackenzie Hare said Nkumu helps guide her in practice.

“She’ll pull me aside and help me with little things like, ‘Hey, next time do this, it’ll help you better in this situation’,” Hare said. “It’s just so helpful to have a teammate like that because the coaches are really busy sometimes with the whole team thing. So being able to have someone pull you aside is so, so amazing, definitely helpful.”

Guards crashing the paint to grab a rebound has been emphasized for the team this season, Nkumu said. Coaches call these “scrap rebounds.” Nkumu said when she gets rebounds, it helps her team play fast.

“Whatever way that you can help out Chloe (Marotta) or Liza (Karlen) or anybody who is battling in the paint against one of the other team’s bigs. Guards can come in there and scoop up that rebound,” Nkumu said. “That makes it easier for us with our transition. Guards get it and we can push pace a lot easier.”

Playing fast is something that Komara said Nkumu has been

doing since Komara joined the coaching staff prior to last season.

“I remember one of the first workouts that we had in the summer when I got the job was, ‘dang, that kid goes 100 miles an hour does she ever make any reads?’” Komara said. “She can go 100 miles an hour but can she read the defense and actually use some of her basketball IQ?”

After scoring 16 points in a win over then-number-three Texas, Komara said Nkumu’s offensive growth was on display.

“She gained confidence early with her defense getting steals, getting layups, which led to open jumpers being made, which led to three-point shots being made,” Komara said. “Since that game, she’s really drawn on that experience.”

Using her IQ to become a more offensive threat was one of Nkumu’s goals for this past offseason.

“My role besides defense is also to make and take open shots,” Nkumu said. “So when

Jordan (King) has a double team or Chloe (Marotta) has a double team just being available for them.”

Hare said she learns a lot from Nkumu’s intelligence on the court.

“She just has great court vision, makes great reads,” Hare said. “Being able to learn from like what she’s seeing and how I can see it in that way. I’ve definitely been trying to pick up from her.”

With the season winding down, Nkumu said

strengthening connections and togetherness with her teammates is her focus for the rest of the season.

“As a voice, and as a point guard, you got to run the team, make sure everybody is in the right spots,” Nkumu said. “But more than that, being able to connect with the players off the court and finding ways that we can bring some of that connectedness onto the court and build our chemistry and be a solid unit when we’re playing.”

Photo courtesy of Marquette Club Tennis Marquette club tennis team after its competition at Purude University.

Rose Nkumu (3) ranks second on the team in steals with 1.6 per game.

Photo by Alex DeBuhr

Plundering The Pirates Buying into role

By Jack Albright jack.albright@marquette.edu

The Marquette women’s basketball team is back to .500 in Big East play.

Forgetting about this loss to Seton Hall back in December, the Golden Eagles (12-7, 5-5 Big East) swept off the cobwebs against the Pirates Sunday afternoon with a 80-61 victory at the Al McGuire Center.

“Just a tremendous team win today. Seton Hall’s a great team. I thought we did an awesome job on their big two with Lauren Park-Lane and Sydney Cooks, and can’t say enough about our bench to come in and help us be successful,” head coach Megan Duffy said.

“We’ve been working really hard on that collection of our bench and some of our other starters being confident to take

shots, and just happy came to fruition today.”

Marquette keeps its undefeated streak at home against Seton Hall with the victory.

Statistical Leaders

Senior forward Chloe Marotta showcased her offensive talent, putting up 19 points, five assists, four steals and two blocks in 37 minutes.

Two other Golden Eagles finished with double-digit points: first-year guards Kenzie Hare and Emily La Chapell finished with a career-high 23 and 12 points respectively.

“Kenzie Hare was tremendous. Got hot doing what she does, being a playmaker and making shots,” Duffy said.

Senior guard Lauren ParkLane led the Pirates with 14

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Nkumu spent offseason working on basketball IQ

By John Gunville john.gunville@marquette.edu

Rose Nkumu began her college career deep in the bench. In her first season, she played less than half of the team’s games. Two years later, the junior guard has become a mainstay in the starting lineup.

“The biggest thing for me has been buying into Coach (Megan) Duffy’s message and doing really whatever the team needs me to do,” Nkumu said. “My job is defense specifically, so being able to bring that aspect to my team, being able to guard the other team’s best player, a lot of the time.”

The junior guard started just three games in her second

season and reached that same number before Thanksgiving this season. She has also more than doubled her playing time, now up to over 25 minutes per game.

“It’s that work behind the scenes and in the dark. This is what we said [to] her, ‘It’s gonna make you starting point guard one day’,” assistant coach Kelly Komara said. “She bought into it and she believed in what Coach Duffy and myself were trying to do, and that was to make her a better overall basketball player, but also give her a lot of confidence.”

Komara said being a leader has been an important part of Nkumu’s growth this season.

“Every day in practice, practicing what she preaches,” Komara said. “Taking charges and getting those falls is really showing our younger players that you don’t just wake up

Photo by Katie Craig katherine.craig@marquette.edu

Marquette women’s basketball celebrates in its 80-61 win over Seton Hall Jan. 22 at the Al McGuire Center. Golden Eagles improve to 8-2 at home this season after the win.

Hare, La Chapell combine for 35 points in victory

Photo by Alex DeBuhr

Next: Marquette vs. Xavier Wed., Jan. 25, Al McGuire Center @ 7:00PM FloSports, Marquette Radio