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EDITOR’S NOTE

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CONNECT

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MARCH CALENDAR

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TOP 5 PHOTOS OF THE MONTH

FEATURES 18

PROJECTS Rising in the West: The developing strategy to spark growth in MU’s surrounding neighborhood

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT What’s in a name? Campus buildings have a history of each individual that shares its namesake

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SPORTS Team America

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OPINION The evolution of Jesuit education at Marquette

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STYLE FILE Take a break

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HEALTH & WELLNESS Namaste: Yoga at Marquette

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COLLEGE LIFE MU Mardi Gras Returns to the Big Apple

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ARTS & MUSIC Professors’ ultimate playlists

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JOURNEY Journey profiles Luiz Gabriel Dias Durante Machado

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EDITOR’S NOTE A

s Marquette students and community members, we have a lot to be proud of, a rich history, incredible alumni, inspirational students and a promising future.

Our March issue exemplifies all these things. In “What’s in a name?” on page 26 our Arts & Entertainment desk looks into the namesakes of some of the most prominent buildings on campus, showcasing how Marquette has influenced alumni and Milwaukee community members.

Our university has grown tremendously since its inception in 1881 as a male-only institution. Jasmine Gonzalez notes this in her story “The evolution of Jesuit education,” on page 58. Gonzalez explores how the community has reacted to certain changes over the years, including our first lay president, Michael Lovell. As the university and its traditions continue to evolve, the future looks promising.

As the university evolves, our commitment to community outreach stays a priority, as noted in Benjamin Lockwood and Patrick Thomas’ story “Rising in the West” on page 18. The story looks at the development of surrounding neighborhoods as campus administration and community members woek to bring growth to the Avenues West neighborhood.

The university’s commitment to excellence is evident in “Marquette’s ‘Team America,’” on page 36. Andrew Dawson profiles five not-so-ordinary Marquette students whose athletic careers earned them spots on the national teams for their respective sports.

In the craziness of midterms, the stories in our March issue act as a nice reminder of everything that Marquette is and has been.

- A. Martina Ibáñez-Baldor

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CONNECT facebook.com/MarquetteJournal EDITOR-IN-CHIEF & ART DIRECTOR A. Martina Ibáñez-Baldor MANAGING EDITOR Paulo Acuña

The Marquette Wire EDITORIAL Executive Director Joe Kaiser Managing Editor of The Marquette Tribune Rebecca Rebholz Editor in Chief of Marquette Journal A. Martina Ibáñez-Baldor Mangaging Editor of Marquette Journal Paulo Acuña NEWS News Editor Andrew Dawson Assistant Editors Natalie Wickman, Robert Gebelhoff, Claudia Brokish General Assignment Reporters Andrew Schilling, Benjamin, Lockwood, Joseph Cahill, Julia Pagliarulo, Nicki Perry Ryan McCarthy, Gary Leverton, Devi Shastri, Mckenna Oxenden, Kathleen Baert, Patrick Thomas, Maddy Kennedy, Allison Dikanovic MARQUEE Marquee Editor Matt Kulling Assistant Editor Claire Nowak, Stephanie Harte Reporters Lily Stanicek, Paige Lloyd, Jack Taylor, Philip Ghuneim, Eva Schones Rodrigues OPINIONS Opinions Editor Elena Fransen Assistant Editor Jasmine Gonzalez Columnists Matthew Gozun, Sarah Patel, Caroline Paul SPORTS Sports Editor Jacob Born Assistant Editors Mike Cianciolo, Andrew Hovestol, Matt Barbato Reporters Jack Goods, Chris Linskins, Sterling Silver, Andrew Goldstein, Peter Fiorentino COPY Copy Chief James Price Copy Editors Caroline Paul, Laura Litwin, Ryan Patterson, Kathleen Baert, Allie Atsalis VISUAL CONTENT Visual Content Editor Amy Elliot-Meisel Photo Editor Valeria Cárdenas Opinions Designer Eleni Eisenhart Marquee Designers Lily Stanicek, Iman Ajaz Sports Designer Michaela McDonald, Lauren Zappe Photographers Matthew Serafin, Xidan Zhang, Yue Yin, Cassie Rogala, Madeline Pieschel

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BLOGS PAULO ACUÑA Marquette Journal Managing Editor Paulo Acuña blogs every Monday about his senior year experiences.

NATALIE RAGUSIN Marquette Journal blogger Natalie blogs every Wednesday about current fashion trends, gives advice on how to wear them and where to buy them.

BLUELIGHT SAFETY: 1AN APP THAT CARES

BY JASMINE GOLNZALEZ In October, my thoughts were steeped in issues of public safety, having spent the first part of the semester researching local crime activity and safety initiatives for another Journal story. Perhaps it was for that reason that I noticed a tweet from Marquette’s Twitter account, promoting the new BlueLight Safety app. immediately caught my eye.

I quickly went to the Google Play Store so I could try the

app out, only to find that the app wasn’t compatible with my two-year-old Samsung phone.

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MARCH MILWAUKEE EVENTS SATURDAY, MARCH 7 Marquette vs. DePaul BMO Bradley Center, 1 p.m.

SUNDAY, MARCH 8 Taking Back Sunday The Rave, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, MARCH 14 Jim Jefferies The Pabst Theater, 7 p.m.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4 Marquette vs. St. Johns BMO Bradley Center, 8 p.m.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 14 Of Montreal Turner Hall Ballroom, 7 p.m.

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SATURDAY, MARCH 21 Bob’s Burgers LIVE The Riverside, 8 p.m.

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TUESDAY, MARCH 17 Gaelic Storm The Pabst Theater, 7 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25 The Decemberists The Riverside, 8 p.m.

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THURSDAY, FEB. 12 - FRIDAY FEB. 20 Wisconsin Conservatory of Music Jazz Fest McIntosh-Goodrich Mansion, 7:30 p.m.

TUESDAY MARCH 17 SUNDAY MARCH 22 Disney’s Beauty and the Beast The Marcus Center

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TOP FIVE The Frankfurt Airport AIRail Terminal, where trains take passengers around Germany and across Europe PHOTO BY MATT SERAFIN

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TOP FIVE A view of the frozen Milwaukee River from the Pittsburgh Avenue bridge by the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design.

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TOP FIVE Often referred to as “starburst,” the orange sculpture at the end of Wisconsin Avenue is actually called “The Calling.”

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TOP FIVE The famous wings of the Milwaukee Art Museum.

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TOP FIVE Tourists on the Eiffel Tower in Paris snap photos of the light show that starts at midnight.

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RISING IN

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THE DEVELOPING STRATEGY TO SPARK GROWTH IN MARQUETTE’S SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD

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raig Brahten sits in his empty espresso bar and cafe, Ruby G’s, on the corner of 20th and Wells street.

It’s a restaurant fitted with all the amenities a college student might need for a serious study session: Wi-Fi, large tables and, of course, the necessary doses of caffeine required to grind out a paper or studying for a test.

And yet, week after week, the majority of Marquette students living mere blocks away don’t venture into the joint.

“If you look at Wisconsin Avenue, there are people and students walking around all over the place,” Brahten said. “Then you look at Wells, and it’s just a ghost town – and that’s only one block.”

On Saturday, Ruby G’s sells breakfast all day just to appeal to the hung-over college student in need of an afternoon omelet, or their all-you-can-eat pancakes.

“We wish more students would discover us and take advantage of us,” Brahten said.

Ruby G’s is not alone. The lack of business in the area west of campus has been viewed as such a serious problem that a number of organizations like the Avenues West Association, or the closely-related Near West Side Partners Inc., have come together to address the issue of re-branding for economic development.

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executive director of the Avenues West Association. “We need to re-brand ourselves to keep consumers in the community.

Stanley works closely with many of the local businesses in the area to help them retain consumers and revitalize their community. These consumers include community members, employees from several major stakeholders in the area, like MillerCoors and Harley-Davidson, and Marquette students.

Without these key consumers, the Avenues West area is experiencing what Stanley refers to as a “retail leakage,” amounting to roughly $17 million lost from the community each year.

A major consumer-base driving part of that leakage is the Marquette community. Students live in Avenues West, but they shop in the east. This is the case with Ruby G’s, which Brahten describes as “a little off the beaten path” for most Marquette students.

“We’ve got great resources for students, and once they find out about us, they keep coming back,” Brahten said.

“But once they leave, the word doesn’t get out to the incoming classes.”

There are several reasons students tend to stray from the west into the trendier districts nearer the lake. Most importantly, students tend to feel safer the farther east they go.

“I remember my tour guide saying that as long as the street numbers are getting

smaller,” said Sarah Hartman, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, “you’re getting safer.”

And there’s a reason for that. When compared to Milwaukee as a whole, city crime statistics show that the Westside neighborhood has a 30 percent higher rate for assault offenses, a 47 percent higher rate for robberies and a 28 percent higher rate for homicides.

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Laura McNabb, a senior in the College of Nursing, discusses plans to help development in the Avenues West area. As president of Mardi Gras, she’s been helping out with volunteering in the area, contributing to students’ strategy in the neighborhood.

the four main goals outlined by the Near West Side Partners Inc. The other focus areas are to promote safety for community members and employees that work in the area, and to improve housing units in the neighborhoods.

These were decided upon at the first meeting, which was hosted by Harley-Davidson CEO Keith Wandell, and convened by Marquette President Michael Lovell shortly after the two met privately to discuss a mutual interest in safety pro-

grams, according to an article by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

After that first meeting between the key stakeholders in the Near West Side that make up the partnership – including Harley-Davidson, MillerCoors, Marquette, Aurora Health Care and the Potawatomi Business Development Corp. – Stanley said the immediate goal was to soon create some “specific plans” for the partnership.

The goal has shifted slightly since the plan was first written

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to emphasize researching and identifying the exact issues needing to be addressed in the community.

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really work on some specific initiatives,” Stanley said. “A lot of people want to see what we’re working on, what we’re proposing, but I think to do that so quickly would be to risk losing our momentum.”

The plan so far includes several major recommendations, including increasing green space, adding taxable housing units, redeveloping underutilized land and, perhaps most importantly, vying for more

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture considers Avenues West a food desert: an area where access to fresh, healthy food is seriously inhibited.

“The only thing you have here is a corner convenience store, so if you want a can of corn, you can probably find that,” Brahten said.

But fresh meat, dairy products and produce are noticeably absent from the neighborhood. Those wishing to purchase many of these products are often forced to take the bus to surrounding communities in order to buy something as simple as a loaf of bread.

SOLVING THE FOOD PROBLEM Craig Brahten works behind the counter of his espresso bar and cafe, Ruby G’s, located near campus in Avenues West.

businesses to open in the community.

“We need coffee shops, book stores, grocery stores and other amenities that will draw people in,” Stanley said, a sentiment later echoed by Brahten.

“I think the number one thing that would drive people outside of the Marquette campus would be another draw, like a grocery store,” Brahten said. “Or somewhere people could shop like a Kohl’s or even a Kmart.”

This is where a couple of Marquette students have made some interesting progress.

Rosanna De Luca and Andrew Terenzio, both seniors in the College of Business Administration, were inspired to use retired buses from the city and turn them into mobile grocery vendors for the residents of the underserved community.

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the needs that they have, and make up reasons why we don’t want to help – you know, they did this to themselves, they’re poor for a reason,” De Luca said. “But until you really live it and you experience it, you have no idea what it feels like to be marginalized.”

De Luca and Terenzio decided to develop this plan not only to help the community with their food problem, but also to get Marquette students more involved with the Avenues West neighborhood.

“We’re just trying to give people what they deserve, while also making Marquette students start to think about the place that they live in a little differently,” De Luca said.

Originally, the duo was intent on a brick-and-mortar location on Wisconsin Avenue – specifically where the old Campus Dollar used to be. This proved to be a major challenge, however, after they received resistance from the university.

Instead, after winning second place at a social innovation design contest, they were able to gain enough recognition by Whole Foods and Harley-Davidson to begin work on a new plan.

The mobile idea they came up with – which they named the “Public Marquette” – allowed them to work more independently from the university.

“I find that Marquette, in terms of the administration, is very slow moving,” De Luca said. “They don’t really just jump on things.”

Things started to change with President Lovell’s leadership, and with Kelsey Otero as the new coordinator of Social Innovation initiatives on campus. The two noticed a marked rejuvenation in interest from the university.

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Still, there is a long way to go before the idea becomes a reality, and in the meantime, community members are forced to find other ways to deal with the food desert.

A MARQUETTE MISSION

Walking through the entrance to Zilber Hall, adjacent to the lobby’s elevators there hangs a map of the Marquette campus. The university buildings are central in the map colored in, and in the background to the east, you can make out the buildings downtown outlined against the blue of Lake Michigan. To the right of the mural are the words “Be the Difference,” Marquette’s slogan.

Missing from the map is everything west of the Dental school; the Avenue’s West neighborhood – the community Marquette University is technically a part of – is seemingly forgotten in this artistic rendition of campus.

De Luca, who is also a Marquette tour guide, said this focus on the east – and the ignoring of the west – revealed itself to incoming students from their very first experiences on campus.

“I was on orientation staff, and I’m a tour guide, so I talk to kids before they even get here,” De Luca said, “And there’s this hugely positive energy about bringing people in and teaching them about Milwaukee, but during orientation when we go into the city, we go into the Third Ward.”

Marquette has a vested interest in the Avenues West community. Students live and work in the community – their need for healthy food, a safe environment and the community’s need for economic redevelopment are only a few of the

reasons that Marquette has to partner with Near West Side and the Avenues West Association.

Another reason Terenzio gives is more ingrained with Marquette’s Jesuit mission to “Be the Difference.”

“Jesuit schools are placed in certain areas for two reasons: one, to educate the population, and two, they’re placed in cities to help fight poverty,” Terenzio said. “Marquette’s been here for 130 years, and I don’t like bashing Marquette, but poverty is pretty bad right now.”

Ruby G’s, located just a few blocks off campus at 20th and Wells street, has been trying to attract more Marquette students to their location, including with all-day breakfasts.

Many, including Stanley, De Luca and Brahten, are hopeful President Lovell’s enthusiastic attitude toward social innovation will help reverse this problem.

“I think Lovell is outstanding,” Stanley said when asked whether the change in leadership could bring about a renewal in economic initiatives for Avenues West. “He’s got so much energy; he’s an absolutely essential asset to our program.”

The irony of this situation is years ago, it was the west who

people would turn to for all of their consumer needs. Stanley said he’s hopeful that the neighborhood can return to its former glory.

“What I like to tell people is that when you’re in Avenues West, you’re sort of at the center of the universe when it comes to Wisconsin,” Stanley said.

Maybe soon the map in Zilber Hall will reflect that.

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WHAT’S IN A NAME?

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Although we walk by these buildings every day, each one has a rich history with a history of an individual that shares its name.

JOHNSTON Johnston Hall, named after Robert Johnston, opened in 1907 solely to Jesuits of the university. Other than the medical department, this building used to host all departments within the university before the 1970s. Johnston is also registered under the National Register of Historic Places, occurring in 1986. This building collaborated with the Performing Arts school after the College of Journalism emerged as a school in 1975.

Johnston Hall currently plays host to the entire J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication and all student media.

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ECKSTEIN Eckstein Hall, Marquette University’s Law School building, was built in 2010. The new building, located on the eastern side of the Marquette campus, is four stories tall and includes a library, two mock courtrooms, a four-story atrium, a cafeteria, a workout facility, a conference center, smart classrooms and many faculty offices. The building was largely funded by donations of Raymond and Kathryn Eckstein, who donated $51 million toward the construction of the building. The gift was the largest ever made by individuals to a Wisconsin institution.

Ray and Kay Eckstein were college sweethearts. They met at Marquette, fell in love and married three years later. After finding love, their family grew as eight children came along.

Ray brought his family unimaginable success after building one of the nation’s largest line-haul towboat companies in 1978. Ray and Kay then thought about the place where their life together began: Marquette.

Ray and Kay Eckstein Hall now immortalizes their story within the Marquette community.

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SCHR0EDER Walter Schroeder, the namesake of both Schroeder Hall and Schroeder Complex, bought and operated a chain of hotels spreading across Wisconsin, with a couple located in Michigan and Minnesota. Ending his education after eighth grade, Schroeder got involved in the community by working for a Milwaukee newspaper.

After creating his own paper, The Daily Abstractor, he joined his father’s real estate insurance business. The company, Chris. Schroeder & Sons, got a refinancing job for the Wisconsin Hotel. This project inspired Schroeder to enter the hotel business.

The Schroeder hotel chain operated nine hotels at once, most notably the Schroeder Hotel, which is now Milwaukee’s Hilton Hotel, located on 5th St. and Wisconsin Ave. Schroeder is known for his success in the hotel industry and for his philanthropy. The Walter Schroeder Foundation continues to operate after Schroeder’s passing, donating $20 million from Schroeder’s estate to charity.

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WEHR The multiple Wehr buildings on campus are thanks to the posthumous generosity of Todd Wehr, a man who was a noted industrialist and philanthropist.

After attending West Division High School in Milwaukee and Cornell University, Wehr co-founded the Wehr Steel Company and founded the Todd Wehr Foundation.

Todd and his brothers were the executive board of the Wehr Steel Company, which was founded by their father, Henry.

In 1958, when the company was reorganized under the name the Wehr Corporation, Todd became chairman of the board.

After his death in 1965, Wehr left most of his estate to a trust that was set up to benefit religious, scientific and educational organizations. Many other Wisconsin universities have Wehr to thank for their buildings, including Carthage College, Concordia University, The Medical College of Wisconsin and the Milwaukee School of Engineering. Wehr also has a nature center named after him in the Milwaukee County Parks system.

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ZILBER Finished in 2009, Zilber Hall is one of Marquette's newest buildings, and its namesake was one of Milwaukee's oldest contributors. Joseph J. Zilber was born in Milwaukee in 1918.

His parents emigrated from Russian in 1898. Zilber attended Milwaukee Public Schools and earned a business degree from Marquette in 1939. He continued his studies at Marquettes Law School, graduating first in the class of 1941. While at Marquette, he met his future wife, Vera Feldman. They married in 1942 and had three children, James, Marcy and Marilyn.

When Zilber started Towne Reality in 1949, he unknowingly began a single-handed reconstruction of Milwaukee. The company built homes for World War II veterans, housing projects for universities, churches, movie theaters and countless other buildings. It also brought about renovations to the Riverside Theater and the former Pabst Brewery.

Vera passed away in 2003 after a 61-year marriage. Her death inspired her husband to put his property development profits to a different use. Shortly before turning 90, he donated millions to Wisconsin universities, including $30 million to Marquette Law School, and began the Zilber Neighborhood Initiative. The $50 million commitment will distribute grants over 10 years to improve the city's poorest neighborhoods and better support their residents. Zilber died in 2010 at was 92-years-old.

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JUST BIZ-NESS

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Elizabeth “Biz” Goslee’s heart stopped.

She thought this could not be so. Is this real life? It was, yet she still did not believe what she had just heard.

Of the 81 players in attendance to tryout for the U.S. Women’s National Lacrosse Team, only 38 would be selected to represent their country.

When Goslee’s number was called, she was taken aback. Not only was she surprised, she did not believe it.

Literally, she didn’t believe it.

“I wasn’t expecting to hear my number, but at the same time hoping to hear my number,” Goslee said. “I heard it in the back of my head and I thought I had made it up.”

Goslee approached the coach and asked if her number had been called. The coach told her it had and Goslee still did not believe it.

She knew it was real, but the feeling was surreal.

“Everyone filed out of the room and she went up to the selection chair and she said, ‘did you call my number,’” said U.S. National Women’s lacrosse coach, Ricky Fried.

“The selection chair said (Biz) was on the team and she just stood there kind of, like, in shock.”

Playing on the national team and even playing lacrosse has not been part of Biz’s life for long. Growing up in Cincinnati, Ohio and playing traditional sports like

soccer and basketball, lacrosse was not always on her list of possible futures.

Goslee was first introduced to the sport in seventh grade, when her friend’s dad started a team. But she was not a member of the team, only a substitute for when she was needed.

In high school, she really started to pick up the game.

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Inspired by her older sister, who played lacrosse in high school, she decided to follow in her sister’s footsteps.

Growing up as a two-way player in soccer and basketball, Goslee’s hustle payed off as she quickly grasped the game and made a name for herself.

By the end of her senior year she had lettered three times, was named the lacrosse athlete of the year for the Girls Greater Catholic

League and held the record for most goals for Mount Notre Dame High School, two solid items to add to her resume as a midfielder for the recruiting process. However, playing in Ohio does not garner much attention to a lacrosse player, even one of the best.

A hotbed of lacrosse players is fixated in the northeastern U.S., where the sport is most popular. Though it is the fastest growing sport in the country, college coaches still focus on these areas because of the advanced level of competition. Players like Goslee, who was the best player at her high school, and even her area, would go unnoticed by colleges.

So she tried a more proactive approach. Goslee reached out to coaches and showed how good of a player she was, but she was still overlooked and received no offers.

Then she had a stroke of luck. While at a Jesuit college fair at her high school, she was stopped by one of Marquette’s representatives. He noticed her lacrosse sweatshirt and told her Marquette was starting a Division I team.

Goslee went home that night and emailed coach Meredith Black, who responded right away.

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Black right away.

“I was like, ‘Wow this girl hustles so much,’” Black said.

“I recruited her kind of as a defensive middie, but I didn’t have a whole lot of expectations for her for a couple days.”

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part of the program inaugural season of the program. Black moved Goslee to defense, despite being a big scorer in high school.

“She is defensive-minded all the way. Her hustle makes a really good fit for defense,” Black said. “We just kind of put her there and it was like

a fit. It was like, this is what is going to make (her) best.”

Starting the program was not easy. The team started out 2-2, but finished the season with 13 consecutive losses, many of which were lopsided. Not an easy pill for a defender to swallow.

But the team rebounded

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in year two. The Golden Eagles went 5-12 and improved across the board. Not to the point where they were in contention, but it was a step in the right direction. Now in the third year, the team is no longer the new kid on the block and plans to break out this season.

“We aren’t new anymore, so it’s tough to get in that mindset that we are three years in,” Goslee said. “Hopefully this season we’ll be ready to play with the big teams and win games.”

Goslee has not competed internationally for the team.

She competed with the team

Jan. 17-18 at the 10th annual Champion’s Challenge in Naples, Fla. There she competed against defending national champion Maryland and Syracuse.

Before the next competition, Goslee will have to try out for the team again, as tryouts are completed annually and happen this summer. As one of the youngest players, she has a long career ahead of her, but must continue to work hard.

As a young athlete, she has the potential to play in the 2017 FIL Women’s World Championships in England.

However, her focus now is on the 2015 season for Marquette women’s lacrosse and improving the program in Milwaukee.

Goslee was showered with preseason accolades. She was named a preseason all-American honorable mention by Inside Lacrosse, named preseason Defensive Player of the Year for the Big East and was a unanimous pick for the preseason All-Big East team.

Life in the spotlight is not something Biz takes to heart.

Her focus is to use her experiences to make the team better.

“I’m hoping Marquette lacrosse grows into a national championship team,” Goslee said. “I hope to take these acknowledgments and help my team get better.”

Black is confident that she has a bright future on the national team ahead of her.

“She’s one of those players that she’s going to have to continue to work for her success right now,” Black said.

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uis Feliciano Sr. wanted to be a professional boxer. He lived in Puerto Rico and trained, but never realized his dream.

His son, Luis Feliciano Jr., currently strives for the same dream his father attempted and he has almost achieved it.

“My dad wanted to be a boxer himself, but he never got that opportunity,” Feliciano Jr. said. “He got me to love the sport. Coming from a Puerto Rican family, boxing is a big part of the culture.”

Feliciano Jr. started boxing at an early age. Growing up in a family of boxing fanatics, he was introduced to the sport at age two and it was love at first sight. He watched boxing throughout his childhood and when he turned seven, he gave it to his dad straight: “I want to box.”

“I walked in the gym and never left,” he said.

His career was born. He wanted to be a champion, but he still enjoyed his childhood in Milwaukee. He played baseball and basketball, but boxing was the sport he loved.

When he turned 14, he decided to dedicate his life to the sport. He went on to greatness, but not without two big wake up calls.

The first came when he entered Marquette. Staying close to home in Milwaukee was appealing to Feliciano Jr. because he could stay near his family and near his gym, United Community Center on the east side of Milwaukee.

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did not know how to balance school and training. He beat himself up physically and mentally, but managed to earn the No. 1 seed at the 2013 USA Boxing National Championships.

He was upset in the first round that year. He knew he had to fix his schedule and now he has a daily routine down. Currently, his schedule consists of waking up at five or six in the morning, training, going to class until five, going back to the gym until seven and then doing homework.

“It is a very tight schedule,” Feliciano Jr. said. “It is very, very tough, but it is all about adjusting. I want to graduate, but I want to do well in the sport to become an Olympian. This is what it takes and this is what I got to do.”

Once he figured that out, though, trouble struck again soon after. While sparring at practice, he took a punch to the shoulder. What seemed like a normal shot ended up being a torn rotator cuff and a partially torn bicep in his right arm that would sideline him for nine months. His surgery took place in November 2013.

There was a lot of time to think during the recovery period. It could have been the end for him. He was on track to graduate on time with a criminology and law studies degree. He could make a life out of that, but he wanted to continue boxing. Nine months after the injury, he competed in the Ringside National Championship in Kansas City, Mo. Entering the tournament, he was nervous about using his right hand, which was his 44

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strong hand. He was unsure whether it would have the same power it had before the injury. He put those nerves to rest in his first fight of the tournament, knocking his opponent out with a nasty right hand.

“I knocked a guy out with my right hand and put the guy to sleep, so I think my

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arm is alright,” Felciano Jr. said. “What’s great is now I have a good left hook too because I worked on it a lot.”

That initiated a 12-1 run in his amateur career. The only loss came in December at the World Series of Boxing National Championships, when he fought the eventual winner of the event in the semifinals.

The fight went the distance and went to the judges. One judge was for Feliciano Jr, another for Tyrek Irby and the third judge called it a tie.

There are no ties in boxing, as there are no ties in life, so

it came down to essentially a coin toss. In amateur boxing, in the event of a tie, the tie breaker is decided by the picking of a color, blue or red in this case. The colors the boxers wear. The color chosen, red, gave Irby the 2-1 decision.

A tough way to lose, it knocked him out of the world championships spot this summer. He is not out of contention yet because he is the No. 2 seed in the U.S. whether he goes or not depends on how Irby performs leading up to the world championships. He will however, go to the Pan American games in Toronto this summer.

“The judges had to pick a color and (Irby) was picked,” Feliciano Jr. said. “I’ll get him in Olympic Trials when it matters most.”

Through these awakenings, he has flourished. He is on track to be at the Olympic trials in January. Following that, a professional career awaits.

Alberto Mercedes, Feliciano Jr.’s strength and conditioning coach, believes he is going to be the next big star in boxing.

“He has great dedication and hard work. Feliciano is one of the best amateur boxers in the world,” Mercedes said. “Feliciano gonna be one of the biggest stars in boxing.

You gonna see him on every TV show you can imagine.

He’s going to be huge. Huge.”

A pro career could have happened a while ago. He has put this off to pursue his degree.

“I decided to stay in school and graduate and now that I’m graduating, everything’s coming in perfectly,” Feliciano Jr. said. “I’ll get my degree

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and hopefully I’ll be an Olympian. Then I can turn pro and start my career and the sky is the limit after that.”

Feliciano has a long career ahead of him, but he has made it as a boxer, fulfilling

his father’s dream of being a boxer. Feliciano Sr. is proud to see his son succeed in the sport they love. Seeing him live out a dream he never could is priceless.

“I am so proud of

(Feliciano Jr.) and I feel so happy that he is doing great,” Feliciano Sr. said. “I see my dream come true through my son.”

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GOING UP

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ore than 3,000 people attended Marquette Madness and boy was the crowd treated to a show.

The fan favorite slam-dunk had some high profile names – at least in terms of Marquette players.

The players impressed, strutted their stuff and threw down, but in the end it was the favorite versus the newcomer in the finals. Deonte Burton was known for his highlight reel dunks. Little was known about the challenger Wally Ellenson other than he was a transfer from the University of Minnesota.

This was Wally’s debut.

The first time he had performed in a Marquette uniform. He was ineligible for the basketball season, so this would be the only time the public would see him play basketball. He would not even take part in the inter-squad scrimmage.

He stepped up for the first of his two dunks in the finals. He took two big steps towards the hoop, threw the basketball behind his back, over his head, leapt toward the basket, caught the ball and threw down a two-handed reverse. The crowd went nuts and he received a perfect score of 30.

Deonte responded with an equally impressive dunk.

Wally stepped up again. He walked to the score table and put on a Travis Diener jersey.

Diener, an assistant coach, took the ball and stood under the basketball, extending his arm to the side, holding the ball. Wally again ran toward the basket. He jumped, grabbed the ball from Diener’s hand and put the ball between his legs and threw down a mean slam.

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Again, the crowd erupted into a frenzy. Deonte would eventually win jumping over Luke Fischer, but Wally’s career was definitely going up from there.

“I was able to show off my jumping ability in front of the fans, so that got me pretty excited,” Wally said. “I just can’t wait until it’s a real game for me to do it.”

Two months later, Wally made his debut for Marquette athletics. However, not as guard for the men’s basketball team, but as high jumper for the track and field team.

At his first event, he cleared 2.28 meter (7-ft., 5.75 in.) to crush the Marquette record, was tied with the national record and earned the third highest jump in the world for this season. He also jumped a little over six inches over Luke Fischer.

A very impressive start to his Marquette career. There was no frenzy in the crowd, but he was happy to have competed in his Marquette debut in stellar fashion.

“To finally compete for Marquette at the first meet was great to have a good first showing and put on that Marquette uniform,” Wally said. “Initially, I missed 2.14, but after I got over that bar, I started clearing higher and higher bars. It was really good to get the Marquette record and now I’m looking to push higher.”

The transfer has always been a basketball player who can jump. He started basketball in kindergarten and did not discover high jump until eighth grade. Though he loved basketball, he enjoyed the simple things in life.

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on the mat,” Wally said. “So I thought the high jump would be a fun event.”

He competed and shined through high school in both sports. He was recruited for basketball and ended up at Minnesota, where he was also a two-sport athlete. As a Golden Gopher, he was a two-time NCAA first team All-American and a runner-up in both NCAA National Championship competitions.

Entering his sophomore year, Wally qualified for his

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first U.S. National team for the 2013 Pan American Junior Championships in Medellin, Colombia. In his first international competition, he won the gold by clearing the bar in 2.16 m (7 ft., 1 in.).

Less than a year later, he announced he was transferring to Marquette. Wally mainly came to Marquette for coach Steve Wojciechowski.

When he came for his official visit, Wojciechowski was not the only coach interested in him.

Rick Bellford, assistant track and field coach, caught wind of Wally’s visit and tracked him down.

“I got a call that he was coming in for a visit,” Bellford said. “I was pretty excited to say the least and I met him on his official visit and got to chat with him about his goals and aspirations and how he kind of pictured himself at Marquette and I think the transition has been a pretty smooth.”

He is ineligible for the 2014-15 basketball season but he has practiced with the team for practices and sits on the bench during home games.

He competes with the track and field team when the basketball team is away.

He has only competed three times so far, once when he earned the third highest jump in the world and the two where he cleared 7 ft., but was unable to reach the record mark.

Being a student-athlete is tough, but being a two-sport athlete makes scheduling more difficult than scheduling classes when CheckMarq is down. Once basketball season is in the books, he’ll head right into the outdoor track season, but at least he’ll only have to worry about one sport in addition to his school work. “(Being a two-sport athlete) is pretty busy,” Wally said. “It is hard to balance all the schedules, especially when I’m able to do both this year. I have to talk to coach to figure out when I can and can’t practice. It’s just ramped up a little bit having two different sports to train for on top of school.”

Wally is an Olympic hopeful. His 2.28 mark is Olympic B standard and he hopes to get to 2.31 for Olympic

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A standard. He qualified for NCAA Nationals and hopes to compete at the International Association of Athletics Federations World Championships this summer. His end goal, however, is to go to the Olympics and wear the U.S. jersey once again.

“I’m definitely looking forward to the next Olympics,” Wally said. “It’s just coming down to becoming one of the top two jumpers in the nation on the day to go out and compete for team USA again.”

Next year, Wally will not compete in the indoor season because he will be eligible for the basketball team. Wo-

jciechowski is excited with Wally’s work ethic so far, despite being ineligible. Not to mention that his high jump skills are transferable to his basketball skills.

“He’s a heck of an athlete, especially if you give him a running start,” Wojciechowski said. “We’re talking about a kid who’s got a chance to be a world champion in track and field. He knows the pressure of competition. He takes pride in taking care of himself and making the most in each day and those lessons are not lost on our staff or with the guys he plays with.”

Though he won’t compete

indoor, he has full intention to compete outdoors again because he wants to reach the highest level in the high jump, which ideally is the Olympics.

With the work Wally puts in for both sports, Bellford thinks he will reach his goals.

“He’s a workhorse and always wants to put in the extra work,” Bellford said. “I don’t think he’s peaked yet as an athlete. I know he wants to win a national championship and compete at worlds this summer and then, big picture, he wants to be jumping in

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2016 in Rio.” t first glance, curling is not the most exciting sport. Yet every time the Winter Olympics roll around, viewers just can’t get enough of it. However, there may be something to this relatively underground sport that brought a potential Olympic athlete to Marquette.

In the 1990’s, the sport caught the attention of a Massachusetts couple. They lived in Boston and were on a corporate outing. On the outing, they were introduced to curling and they were hooked.

They joined a curling social league at a curling club shortly after the outing, not only to get to know people, but to learn the game.

A few years later, the couple had their first child, Tom Howell. It was only natural to put him on the ice as soon as possible. Before he could even walk, baby Howell was hanging out in the curling club. While his parents played, he mingled with the other toddlers.

When he was finally able to walk, his parents got him curling as soon as possible. They signed him up for a youth league called Little Rockers, where he learned how to slide on the ice. That was all the kids cared about, but there was also some curling done.

As he increased the amount of competition, the less people there were around him who played. So he joined a team, but the team had a catch: a lot of travel.

The east coast is a hotbed for curling, despite there only being a few clubs and only one in Howell’s now home state of New Jersey. At the

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time, he was in Massachusetts, though his team consisted of players all the way from Maryland.

Practice consisted of the players traveling to whoever could host. Competitions consisted of traveling to the Midwest and even Canada at times. By eighth grade, Howell was traveling by himself to play and practice with his team many weekends out of the year.

“Traveling so much was a maturing experience at a very young age,” Howell said. “We tried to practice two weekends out of every month. It was kind of a give and take.

Someone had to drive far one weekend and next weekends others would have to drive far or stay home.”

The travel was brutal, but the results were priceless.

Howell describes curling as a “gentleman’s sport,” meaning that most curlers are friends off the ice even as competitors and that there is a sense of respect for the game.

“The game is bigger than we (curlers) are,” Howell says.

“Some of my closest friends are through the sport. They may not live near me at all.

They may live in another country or the other side of the country, but I can travel around and see those people and be enemies on the ice, but we can be friends off the ice.”

The gentleman’s sport allowed Howell to make friendships from all over the country. For someone who was not home a lot, it helped to have friends when he traveled on the weekends.

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Minnesota, to join his team.

Howell and his teammate at the time and to this day, Korey Dropkin, needed another teammate because their current one was out of junior status. So they found Fenner, who they had competed against in the past.

The team has stuck together because they were the same age and formed a tight bond as players and as friends.

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“I got to know him pretty well these past few years,” said Fenner, a sophomore at Bemidji State University. “I consider him one of my better friends. Obviously I don’t see him a lot. Probably nine weekends out of the year, but when I’m with him we have a great time and get along great.”

The traveling was worth it for him and his teammates when they qualified for the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

This was the first time Howell faced international competition outside of North America. Not only was he

happy to miss three weeks of school for the event, but he was more excited to live out a lifelong dream.

“I wore the American colors through the opening and closing ceremonies. There were 2,000 athletes there in an Olympic village,” Howell said. “It was just like the Olympics and it was unreal.”

His team performed well. It was undefeated through the round robin play and seeded first in the playoffs. However, the team was upset in the quarterfinals and placed fifth.

A disheartening finish, but the team’s performance led to a snowball effect of moves that resulted in Howell and his team playing top-tier competition. The culmination of which, his team was selected to the first ever U.S. Youth High Performance.

Since being on the high performance team, Howell has competed in two world championships in Sweden and Sochi, Russia. He is also on track to potentially compete with his team in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Not bad for a sophomore in college. At Marquette, Howell is a full time student, but has to travel a lot to train with his team. There is a facility 30 minutes away, but his team is spread out all over the country.

This makes the college experience a little tougher for him. For Fall 2014 semester he was on campus for only three weekends. This gives him time to watch ‘Curling Night in America’ on NBCSN, but puts a damper on the college experience. “(Traveling) has affected my school work,” Howell says.

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“There are extra-curriculars I don’t have time to do.”

The only extra-curricular he is able to do is curling club, which he joined as soon as he arrived on campus. He mainly played the role of a teacher for the new players, but also competed in the College Nationals for curling with the team.

Ryan Johnston, president of the curling club, discovered him and was excited to have him teach many of the curlers, most of whom have never curled in their life. He is not around much due to his training schedule, but he has enjoyed having Howell on the team.

“He really was willing to take our current curlers that we’ve taught the fundamen-

tals and fine tune them,” Johnston said. “His presence helps a lot.”

This year however, he’s been traveling too much, but hopes to get back to practices soon. However, he still stops by when he can.

“He was around a little bit more last year,” Johnston said.

“But this year he has been out of town a lot, curling.”

All the traveling and practices work toward Howell’s goal of representing the U.S. in a Winter Olympics. For post-college, the most interesting boring sport might even pay off for Howell based on its tremendous growth.

“Professional” leagues have sprouted up in the U.S. and Canada. Competition is similar to that of a PGA

Tour in that there are “Grand Slams,” in which teams compete for prize money. The money is never a guarantee, though, so regular curlers usually have jobs.

Howell is undecided in business at the moment. He may not know what he wants to do in school, but he knows what he is passionate about.

“I don’t think I’ve played with anyone who takes the game with such heart and passion as Tom,” Fenner said.

“He’s an all-around great guy.”

Curling has driven him to greatness and hopefully one day to the pinnacle of international sports.

“The hope is the Olympic games, whether that be in 2018 or 2022 or 2026,” Howell says. “Hopefully one day it happens.”

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ON THE FAST TRACK “ more willing to do it than her.” efore Emery Lehman could walk, his parents wanted him on the ice.

Not so he could become the Olympian speed skater he eventually became, but to impress the ladies.

“I wanted both my boys to learn how to skate so they wouldn’t embarrass themselves if they took their dates out for skating,” Emery’s mother, Marcia Lehman, said.

Nothing drives the ladies crazy like a freshman in college in a skin-tight, hooded racing suit, though he at least

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won’t fall repeatedly like so many do on a skating date.

Nevertheless, young Emery was on board with the idea of skating, but to play hockey rather than impress girls. Before his parents would let him play hockey though, he had to learn how to skate.

They signed Emery up for figure skating lessons when he was around four years old.

A couple years later, he was finally ready to suit up for hockey.

It was not just hockey, though. There was something about the ice that Emery

loved. His mother noticed this early in his life and when she saw a flyer for speed skating when Emery was in fourth grade, she thought it would be a great way to improve his skating skills. For Emery, he just wanted to go fast.

“I just loved any type of skating,” Emery said. “Going fast really appealed to me.”

So Emery played hockey and speed skated every winter. Both took up a lot of time, but he loved it. However, he excelled at speed skating, winning the short track and long track national titles for

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the 2008-2009 season.

In 2010, he tried out for a speed skating team a couple hours north of his hometown of Oak Park, Ill., at the Pettit National Ice Center, home of the U.S. National Speed Skating team, in Milwaukee. There, he impressed his now coach, Jeff Klaiber, who liked Emery right away.

“Honestly, when I first looked at him, he had really good ice feel, which is an intangible that people have and he seemed to have it,” Klaiber said. “He was raw, but a couple key things looked pretty

good, so I said I’d coach him.”

From then on, speed skating dominated his life. He competed in two junior world championships and a junior world cup before the age of 16, when he made the senior U.S. world cup team.

For his first race on the senior team, he was paired against Bob de Jong, who was 20 years older than Emery and a former Olympic Gold medalist from the Netherlands. It was quite the experience for someone who was barely allowed to drive.

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still pretty cool to be paired with him,” Emery said.

The pieces fell into place after that. The international competition brought attention to him just in time for the Olympic year, which fell during his senior year of high school.

He trained hard and his worked paid off when he got the news. “(Hearing Emery made the Olympic team) was a huge relief because we trained for that all that season,” Klaiber said. “When he made the team, he was so elated. Your first Olympic team only happens once, so when he knew (he was going), you could see it on his face.”

Emery missed three weeks of school for the Sochi games.

He stayed in the Olympic Village and was starstruck seeing professional hockey players walking around and received a lot of free stuff.

What separated him from the rest of the competitors was that he was the youngest athlete at the Olympics, but it did not phase him. He felt mentally prepared, despite the nerves settling in. What helped was not thinking he was going to medal. Not that he did not want to, but because he used Sochi to get a foot in the door and get comfortable on the Olympic stage.

“I had expectations to do really well, but not to medal,” Emery said. “Based off the way the season was going, it would have been pretty far fetched.”

In his two races, he finished 16th and 10th on the short track.

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high school with one of the greatest moment of his young life. He proved himself one of the best in the sport, which Emery has mixed feelings about.

“I was always the younger kid and I was looking up to people trying to beat them,” Emery said. “Now, I’m still not on top yet, but I’m making my way up there and the young kids are looking at me and

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want to tear me down as they climb up the ladder.”

After the Olympics, Emery chose to pursue a college education at Marquette. He chose Marquette mainly because of its location.

“I thought if I wanted to continue skating and stay with the coach that I have and train for Olympics, then I had to go to Salt Lake City or Milwaukee,” Emery said. “Of all the Wisconsin schools in the area, Marquette was the best.”

Emery, currently a freshman, had a tough time transitioning to college life last semester. Given that Emery is also training for the next Olympics, his daily routine is pretty busy. Add that he’s an engineering student and life becomes that much harder.

Everyday after classes he trains and after that he does homework. He also trains on the weekends. Juggling all of this is not easy for anyone and it has made his college experience difficult at times, but he is getting the hang of it.

“College is a lot more time management than in high school,” Emery said. “I only take two days a month where I do absolutely nothing.”

For now, he plans on completing his freshman and sophomore years as a full time student and then taking two years to prepare and hopefully compete in the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. After that he will return and finish his degree.

It does not stop there, though. He plans to follow in his old partner de Jong’s footsteps and skate as long as he can. De Jong was 37-yearsold and won bronze at Sochi.

If he can, he hopes to reach the professional level in Europe next year and hopefully a few more Olympics.

“My career will end when I don’t think I can get any better,” Emery said. “But until then, I’ll skate.”

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his past December, Autumn Jones of The Atlantic published “The New Brand of Jesuit Universities,” which highlights the supposed tension between universities upholding their Jesuit identity while maintaining their appeal to prospective students amid changing times.

Among her questions is whether Jesuit universities risk straying from their Catholic

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roots and their focus on Church doctrine. It's a valid question every Catholic university must keep in mind as they move forward with each application cycle.

Jones seems to insinuate, however, that Jesuit universities are actively struggling to meet their own standards, failing to live up to the standards of some imaginary “Jesuit U.” checklist of attributes and, as a

result, becoming notquite-Jesuit.

There is no formula to calculate the Jesuit-ness of a university, nor a hundred-point survey to benchmark a university’s fulfillment of its mission.

Jones mentions the increase of lay university presidents and the decrease of active Jesuit priests in daily operations as a kind of marker of a faltering Jesuit identity. Yet is it really

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something as simple as the number of Jesuits on retainer that defines the Jesuit nature of a university? (For the record: we have about fifty.)

In March 2014, Marquette announced the election of its first lay president, Michael R. Lovell, filling the position left vacant by the Rev. Scott Pilarz. The event was a historic one and, naturally, brought up many questions throughout the

Marquette community. Previous presidents of the university maintained certain traditions, such as presiding over the yearly Mass of the Holy Spirit, that only a priest could carry out. Without a Jesuit priest at the helm, however, the president of the university would now have to step aside and allow others to fill these roles.

Without a Jesuit figurehead, members of the Marquette community worried this shift would also mean a movement away from Jesuit values and traditions overall. This, coupled with recent additions such as LGBT and Allied Community Masses held at the St. Joan of Arc Chapel and the now-defunct FemSex program have led certain members of the community to question Marquette's loyalty to the Jesuit mission.

Looking at Church doctrine, and the evolving norms and attitudes of Jesuit education over time, the evidence works in favor of the university. Schools such as Marquette, even with the changes over the years, are just as Catholic and Jesuit now as they have always been.

Jesuit education has, since its inception, been in a state of constant evolution, responding to the needs of the world around it.

The first document to establish a universal set of norms for Jesuit education was the “Ratio Studiorum” of 1599, created in Rome by a committee of six

Jesuit priests. In it, we see certain rules familiar to Marquette students today -“they should be faithful in attendance at lectures”- as well as rules that have long since been put to rest - “all, especially the students of the humanities, must speak Latin.”

Eventually, Jesuits such as John Carroll saw the need for changes in Jesuit education to tailor it to the needs of students, both clergy and lay, in America, identifying a need for a greater focus on the sciences and rhetoric rather than on Latin and Greek.

“Ratio Studiorum” supported this shift toward a more practical education; its text clearly stated, “those who attend our schools will, to the greater glory of God, make the greatest possible progress in development of character, literary skills, and learning.”

Questions arose during the nineteenth century as to whether these alterations diluted the Jesuit value of schools such as Georgetown and Santa Clara, not unlike the questions Marquette faces.

American Jesuits, then, were confronted with a choice: prioritizing the preservation of features such as classes taught solely in Latin, or making classes more accessible for the greater good. Essentially, either path was fair, as they were supported by the same set of norms, yet one clearly made more sense in the context of its surroundings.

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This is a theme evident through the history of Jesuit education, especially in the United States: the need to adapt to changing times, giving precedence to one norm over the other, while never straying far from the foundation of Jesuit teachings.

Roughly a century later, the Vatican produced a text to once again universalize teaching norms throughout Catholic universities, including those run by the Society of Jesus.

“Ex Corde Ecclesiae,” the leading document on Catholic higher education, came into effect during the 1991-92 academic school year, under the papacy of John Paul II. It describes the qualities a Catholic university should have, the mission they should uphold, and the nature of their relationship with a modern and fast-evolving society. Like "Ratio Studiorum" before it, the document lends a historical and theological basis upon which a university can confirm its identity - the closest, perhaps, that we have to a checklist of ideal attributes for a Catholic school.

First, to address the question of our lay president. The worry following Lovell’s selection was that Marquette’s Jesuit mission would be lost without a clergyman at the helm. Ex Corde, however, notes “the future of Catholic Universities depends to a great extent on the competent and dedicate service of lay Catholics.” This takes into account a historically declining number of priests, yet it also recognizes the importance of the religious community as a whole, calling the rise of laypeople in university leadership “a sign of hope and a confirmation of the irreplaceable lay vocation in the Church 62

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and in the world.”

A year after Ex Corde's promulgation, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops published “The Application for Ex Corde Ecclesiae for the United States,” which further specified the norms found in Ex Corde. Regarding university presidents, the decree held one simple requirement: “The university president

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should be a Catholic.” When Lovell was elected, his strong Catholic faith was highlighted alongside his many achievements, and his involvement with campus religious life has proven it.

Beyond the makeup of its leadership, however, Ex Corde judges the character of a Catholic university in other ways, with one of the most important factors requiring “a Catholic University, as any University, [be] immersed in human society.” In a university’s search for truth and knowledge, Ex Corde states “cooperation in common research projects among Catholic Universities, as well as with

other private and governmental institutions, is imperative.”

Marquette has held a strong presence in the community, including sending students on mission trips domestically through groups such as MARDI GRAS as well as internationally via IMAP and Global Medical Brigades. The university has also provided community outreach via the Marquette Volunteer Legal Clinic, the Marquette Neighborhood Health Center and more.

In his short tenure, Lovell has kicked off projects that would further integrate Marquette with the community, fostering partnerships with the surrounding Avenues West neighborhood, joining the Global Water Center with other universities in the area and announcing the school’s upcoming partnership with the Milwaukee Bucks, among other ventures. These actions are a clear espousal of Marquette’s Jesuit mission, and the fact they arose during a layperson’s tenure makes them no less worthy.

There has also been a visible push to make the community at Marquette a more inclusive one, with the establishment of the Marquette Gender and Sexuality Resource Center in 2011 and the addition of a Coordinator for Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice this past October.

Ex Corde sees one of the roles of the Catholic university as"[being] capable of searching for ways to make university education accessible to all those who are able to benefit from it, especially the poor or members of minority groups who customarily have been deprived of it." By reaching out to students, faculty and staff

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who may have otherwise felt underrepresented, Marquette fulfills its mission of providing equal opportunities and a solid education to all those who seek it.

Finally, there is a strong focus in the type of students Catholic universities should produce. As Ex Corde reads, Catholic universities must strive for "the students of these institutions become people outstanding in learning, ready to shoulder society's heavier burdens and to witness the faith to the world." Focusing merely on the numbers, the Class of 2014 reported a rate of participation in community service at 83 percent, with 15 percent of the graduating class having applied to full-time, post-graduate service positions such as the Peace Corps. Numbers like these are evidence that Marquette's mission of cultivating leaders focused on service is succeeding, thereby also fulfilling the guidelines of Ex Corde.

It's true that Marquette's image has changed over the years- it certainly doesn't resemble the male-only institution it was when it opened in 1881, and there are far fewer Jesuits now than there were then.

Yet this should not be confused as a loss of identity.

It is, in fact, perhaps because of this identity and its Catholic mission that it has so readily adapted to its evolving surroundings. Its identity is one based on action, not merely in numbers.

So long as it holds to the foundation set by the Church of serving others and working for the greater benefit of society, Marquette remains a solidly Jesuit institution.

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oing scary things on the mat allows you to do scary things off the mat,” said Jess Homontowski, a yoga instructor, leading her class through the tripod headstand pose. A few minutes later, Homontowski saw a Marquette student rise to assume the position only to fall, rolling over before landing safely on her yoga mat.

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yoga class and first of five weekly sessions offered to students by the Marquette University Medical Clinic (MUMC). With the help of Homontowski and other Core Essence Yoga instructors, newcomers and veterans alike on campus can practice yoga to exercise, relieve stress and clear their minds at the 707 building through April 30.

Two classes were added this semester to meet increasing demand. This was welcome news to many students, such as sophomore Maddie Noorlander, who

has been attending the classes for a year now.

“I’ve definitely had days where (I say) yoga is going to be my savior today,” Noorlander said. “It’s a really nice physical release. I feel like there is a lot more of a sense of being comfortable with yourself when you start doing yoga.”

Moving one step at a time, students moved themselves through a series of yoga poses of varying difficulty with the aid of instructions, and also have the option of doing alternate exercises using small, black yoga blocks

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to enhance bodily stability. As students flexed and twisted their way through poses like Happy Baby and Cobra, Homontowski routinely gave breathing cues and words of motivation.

“I think yoga is about breath... moving the body therapeutically all starts with breathing,”Homontowski said. “(Being) present within the body, within the mind, moving with intention, breathing, that is the connection of mind, body and spirit.”

Calm guitar strumming and sparse beats dotted the back-

ground, and students occasionally broke the quiet with soft laughter or excited cries when failing or succeeding at poses.

Even with often-difficult postures, many were still able to find their inner peace. “It was a struggle doing the scissoring poses, but in some you dream. It’s nice,” said sophomore Elizabeth Young after finishing her fourth yoga class.

Regardless, Homontowski encourages those practicing Yoga to relish their time on the mat.

“Just enjoy the experience,” Homontowski said. “Connect with

yourself…every day you have to take the time to do that.”

Yoga classes are open to all Marquette students Mondays from 5-6 p.m., Tuesdays 7-8 p.m., Wednesdays 4-5:30 p.m., Thursdays at 7-8 a.m. and 5:30-6:30 p.m. at The 707 Building, room 130.

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s one of Marquette’s largest student organizations, MU Mardi Gras takes 90-100 students per year to New Orleans and New York City. Whether it’s the “Big Easy” or the “Big Apple,” MU Mardi Gras guarantees a spring break full of camaraderie and wonderful service. The Mardi Gras trip focuses on helping rebuild the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and Sandy in New York.

Working to rebuild homes and neighborhoods, MU Mardi Gras spends the week relieving the lives of so many affected by the monumental disasters.

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MU Mardi Gras President Laura McNabb, a senior in the College of Nursing, explained the overall mission of the organization.

“Mardi Gras connects students of various ages, majors and backgrounds as we come together to reflect upon and work toward social justice,” McNabb said in an email. “As an organization, we challenge participants to look at the broad picture and then to work on tangible, implementable solutions in our New Orleans, New York and Milwaukee homes.”

Just last year, Mardi Gras decided to expand its relief

efforts towards victims of Hurricane Sandy. This year, they are heading back. The group of nearly 30 students traveled out east last year and gave relief service all around New York City. With the assist of All Hands, a disaster relief organization, MU Mardi Gras began restoring damaged buildings on Staten Island. However, the service did not stop there.

Mardi Gras member Natalie Russell, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, said the group expanded their community involvement, focusing on serving others in need. “[Mardi Gras] also wanted to

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get involved in the city’s other needs,” Russell said, “so we packaged meals at a homeless shelter in Brooklyn and a daycare for homeless families in Queens.”

The group worked deep in the city, a part that people aren ot used to seeing. The boroughs of New York City provided everyone with a different perspective. The citizens were hit hard by Sandy, yet they showed the utmost respect for the Mardi Gras crew.

Russell spoke of how gratuitous the people were during the service trip. “[The New Yorkers] spoke

incredulously when we told them where we from,” Russell said. “They could not believe that a group of college kids from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, would willingly sacrifice their vacation time to help a city that doesn’t affect them.”

Russell said the support from the citizens inspired the group to work even harder and explore the rest of the city at nighttime.

The group returns to New York this March for the second straight year. Along with the near 100 students going down to New Orleans, the New York students look to make the big-

gest of differences in peoples’ lives this spring break. While a majority of students use spring break as a vacation time, the members of Mardi Gras devote their week to helping the lives of others.

“In working in solidarity with community members, [Mardi Gras] strives to create positive, sustainable change,” McNabb said. “To witness and facilitate this change has been inspiring.”

Mardi Gras looks to make an even bigger impact than last year, and it all begins with the Marquette student body.

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MARQUETTE PROFESSOR’S ULTIMATE PLAYLISTS It’s often hard for students to relate to their professors.

Luckily, music is a language everyone can speak. We asked six professors for the top three songs on their playlists, and you may just want to add them to your own.

The Journal also has an exclusive scoop on Marquette University President Michael Lovell’s running playlist, the soundtrack you need to run like a president.

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“VIVA LA VIDA” BY COLDPLAY

I have always been fascinated by the merger of rock/pop songs with heavy orchestration, dating back to the Beatles’ “A Day in the Life.” But this song takes it to a completely new level, with multiple interwoven submelodies, and a very cool medieval sounding bell punctuating the chorus. Good stuff!

“YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE” BY NEW RADICALS

Impossible not to feel good while hearing this upbeat song. I often play this one at high volume for clinical human anatomy class of 250 nervous students (held in fall semester) just prior to big exams. Seems to put everyone in a better mood and reduce anxiety.

“THERE SHE GOES”

BY THE LA’S

Classic, melodic guitar riff, haunting vocal echoes. I danced to this tune with my very young daughter (but now MU alumus) just before she went to bed every night between ages 1-3, so I have to go with this one.

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“KIND OF BLUE” BY MILES DAVIS

The cool jazz movement was started in the 1950s by Miles Davis, and this album is the epitome of that musical style – very mellow, relaxed yet intense.

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I also listen to Gordon Goodwin a lot – a current big band arranger. His album “Swingin’ for the Fences” is a great example of his work.

I am very interested in the music of the band Radiohead right now, as a number of their songs have been arranged for jazz band and we are playing a couple here at Marquette. Currently the Marquette jazz bands are working on “Paranoid Android.”

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DR. DEIRDRE DEMPSEY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF THEOLOGY Spring 2015 courses: Intro to Theology and an independent study in Syria PHOTO COURTESY OF MARQUETTE.EDU

LAURA NYRO’S “ELI AND THE THIRTEENTH CONFESSION” AND “NEW YORK TENDABERRY”

“ARMS OF A WOMAN” BY AMOS LEE

I was introduced to Nyro’s music in the mid ‘70s, when I was in college; listening to those albums reminds me of the friends who introduced me to new music! Nyro wrote lots of songs that were performed by other musicians—Three Dog Night, the Fifth Dimension, Peter, Paul, and Mary—but I like listening to her perform her own material. Great musician, great voice!

Great voice, great guitar, really sad song. I first heard Amos Lee when I went to a concert at the Warner Theatre, in DC, with one of my sisters, one of my nieces and my sister-in-law. Listening to this song reminds me of that very pleasant evening!

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I like the theology: “So who says he’ll forgive you, and says that he’ll miss you, and dream of your sweet memory? God does, but I don’t, God will, but I won’t, and that’s the difference between God and me.”

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“THE MARINER’S REVENGE SONG” BY THE DECEMBERISTS

In general, the Decemberists are great at storytelling and transporting the listener to another time and place. Add revenge, pirates and a human eating whale, and I can’t get enough of this song.

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“MAGIC” BY B.O.B. FEATURING RIVERS CUOMO

I’m a big Weezer fan, and the simplicity, fun and cocky swagger of this song is just infectious.

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Between the literary allusions, Aaron Weiss’s haunting mournful voice, and the clever wordplay, this song is just about perfect.

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“MY INDIAN RED” BY DANNY BARKER AND “MY INDIAN RED” BY DR. JOHN

The song is about the Mardi Gras Indians of New Orleans.

My friend, Eric Overmyer, one of the executive producers of HBO’s brilliant series “Treme,” set in post-Katrina New Orleans, introduced me to both of these versions. Eric is passionate about New Orleans, and I feel like I’m back there when I hear these.

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Steven is a friend, earned a Grammy nomination for this, and has spectacular hair. What more could you want from a cellist?

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A blues slide guitarist with a subterranean voice and wicked smart lyrics.

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DR. GERRY CANAVAN, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH Spring 2015 courses: Cultural Preservation, Magic and Literature, Video Game Culture PHOTO COURTESY OF MARQUETTE.EDU

“THUNDER ROAD” BY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN

I grew up in Jersey, so worshipping Springsteen is in my DNA. I could fill up the whole list with Springsteen songs, and I’m very tempted to, but I’ll limit myself to just this one, which is the very best song in the world. Seek out the “Live from Winterland” version from 1978 if you want a great live version, or check out the “Wing for Wheels” version from the Main Point show in 1975 for its strange but great first draft. If I ever get a time machine, that’s where I’m headed.

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“THIS TIME TOMORROW”

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“WOKE UP NEW”

BY THE MOUNTAIN GOATS

Perhaps it won’t shock you that a 35-year-old man whose favorite song is 40 years old also likes a 45-year-old song.

But I love British Invasion pop, love The Kinks in particular, and love this Kinks song the very best of all. Bonus points for its tremendous appearance in the opening scene of Wes Anderson’s “The Darjeeling Limited,” which I think about every time I hear it.

I figured I needed to have *something* in here from the last decade, even if this from 2006 is coming in just under the wire. I got my Ph.D from Duke in Durham, North Carolina, where John Darnielle is a local legend. For a year or so in the heart of grad school, I’d say I listened to almost nothing else. Just like a Counting Crows song will immediately zap me back to high school and They Might Be Giants whisk me back to college, listening to The Mountain Goats always brings me right back to Durham. I’d love that part of it, even if I didn’t love their songs.

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I enjoy these songs when I run because they are up-tempo and help increase my running cadence. In addition, I have been a fan of mainstream alternative music since the ‘80s.

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“TAKE ME OUT” BY FRANZ FERDINAND

“CEREMONY” BY NEW ORDER

“SOMEBODY TOLD ME” BY THE KILLERS

“BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE”

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“OUT OF MY LEAGUE”

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very student feels anxious about leaving the safety net of his or her parents before college movein day. Luiz Gabriel Dias Durante Machado (most just call him LG) experienced this uncertainty to the extreme.

Machado is a freshman in the College of Health Sciences from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

“When you go somewhere as a tourist, you don’t expect to get along with the differences,” Machado said. “But when you move somewhere, you have no choice.”

Machado visited America five times with family before choosing to attend Marquette.

More opportunities in the medical field led him to the school as well as the chance to emerge himself in the American culture.

“Brazilians never come to the Midwest because it’s too cold and not famous like New York or Las Vegas,” Machado said. “It felt like I never left when I came to America, and there were so many other Brazilians.”

The cold actually attracted Machado to Milwaukee since he was tired of the horrible 100-degree weather in Brazil. He ended up applying to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater as well, but chose Marquette after receiving scholarship money. He attended a Jesuit high school in Brazil, and wanted to continue with the service-driven education since he felt very close to the Jesuits in Brazil.

He admires how they are socially knowledgeable and active.

Machado sang for his

church in Sao Paulo, so being involved in the Liturgical Choir at Marquette is another way he feels connected to home.

“I believe people should use their talents as a service, which is why I didn’t want to give up singing,” Machado said.

Machado noted numerous differences between Americans and Brazilians, including how they interact with one another. He said it is easier to know where you stand with Brazilians since they always

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make physical and emotional connections during interactions, even upon first meeting.

They also enjoy conversing for longer periods of time.

“There is no ritual for when you leave in America,” Machado said. “In Brazil you need to give people a million excuses.

They take it personally.”

Machado said he admires how things are more structured and accessible in America. For example, he said a computer part can take up to four months to arrive in Brazil, but only two days here.

He also enjoys not having to keep a close watch on people if they are fixing things in

your home.

“When people complain about how they can’t trust people here, it is obvious that they have never been to Brazil,” Machado said.

Although Machado prefers the American society, he still misses his family and friends back home. His mom wanted him to wait untill after college to study in America, but Machado said a college diploma from Brazil would mean nothing to American medical schools.

After some convincing, his mom got on board with the plan, she even came to visit him last semester along with Machado’s girlfriend. Machado said they did not share his appreciation for the cold and had to wear multiple layers to bear the 40-degree weather.

Machado described their visit as one of his favorite memories in Milwaukee so far.

Machado’s mother has influenced him through passing down her love of traveling and encouraged him to learn English at a young age.

“I started learning English when I started playing Pokémon,” Machado said. “My parents wanted me to speak proper English, unlike Brazilians who speak bad Portuguese.”

After graduating from Marquette, Machado anticipates staying in America or moving to Europe. “My goal is to make a change in the medical field,” Machado said. “As long as I am doing what I love and making a difference, it doesn’t matter where I live.”

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