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Dear Readers, A very influential and encouraging person in my life once told me this: No matter where life takes you or no matter how far you go, the waves of the ocean will always lead you home. As a high school senior sitting beside some of my closest friends at band camp (conveniently near the shore of the beach), it was a key piece of advice I needed to hear before taking the leap of faith in leaving my tiny island home for the next four years.

While I knew the transition from the middle of the Pacific Ocean to the midwest would be difficult, I also knew it would be transformative, and I craved that experience. I just didn’t realize how much it would truly change me. I guess you never really know the value of a single moment until you look back and realize it was just a few words of encouragement, a few seconds of courage, that changed the course of your life, as it did for me.

As I reflected on a theme for this issue, it was difficult to summarize the wide variety of change we’ve all experienced in just a few short words. But while unpredictable ‘storms’ poured down on us, shook our worlds, and many times, left us feeling hopeless, it was simple acts of kindness and courage that created our longest-lasting ripples of solitude, peace and hope. And I wanted to highlight that.

In “Ripple Effect,” we focused on the impact everyday people have on a community, from various employees working behind-the-scenes to keep our campus clean to the role our pep band and cheerleaders play in creating a spirited atmosphere at sports games.

We also dove deeper into climate change and the effects it can have on the Milwaukee river system, as well as how physical spaces on our campus have shifted and grown over time.

Looking back, those words I heard at band camp several years ago have remained true. The waves of the ocean will always lead you home. But I’ve also found a new meaning in them: Life has a crazy way of leading you where you’re meant to be.

I never imagined that I would be the managing editor of the Marquette Journal, but I am incredibly grateful life has led me here. As my time in this position comes to an end, my only hope is that this issue spreads a bit of joy to all of you.

To Mark Zoromski, Aimee Galaszewski and the entire Marquette Wire Staff: Thank you for bringing such constant support, ecouragement and positivity into my life. You’ve all had a greater influence on me than you will ever know.

To all: Share a smile, lend a hand and embrace whatever tides come your way. Your actions are going to make a ripple effect of its own someday.

Sincerely,

Skyler Chun Managing Editor of the Marquette Journal

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EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE MARQUETTE WIRE AIMEE GALASZEWSKI

MANAGING EDITOR OF THE MARQUETTE JOURNAL SKYLER CHUN

EDITORIAL DIGITAL EDITOR OF DIVERSITY & INCLUSION Alex Rivera Grant EXECUTIVE EDITORS Lelah Byron, Alex Garner, Randi Haseman, John Leuzzi, Megan Woolard ASSISTANT EDITORS Julia Abuzzahab, Rashad Alexander, Sam Arco, Connor Baldwin, Kim Cook, Maria Crenshaw, Jackson Gross, Hope Moses COPY CHIEF Nora McCaughey COPY EDITORS Jack Connelly, Emily Reinhardt, Alex Wagner CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Johnnie Brooker, Grace Cady, T.J. Dysart, Jonilla Davis, Christina Espinoza, Izzy Fonfara Drewel, Catherine Fink, Hannah Freireich, Emilee Gregory, Hannah Hernandez, Clara Lebron, Ava Mares, Laura Niezgoda, Krisha Patel, Max Pieper, Kelly Reilly, Jaiden Schueller, Ben Schultz, Bailey Striepling

ADVERTISING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Audrey Roth ASSISTANT ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Maggie Kemp

GENERAL MANAGER OF MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY TELEVISION Andrew Amouzou GENERAL MANAGER OF MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY RADIO Reese Seberg EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Ryan Hagan, Tyler Peters, Sarah Richardson ASSISTANT PRODUCERS Caroline Bennett, Patrick Curran, T.J. Dysart, Kylie Goetz, Molly Gretzlock, Grace Lambertsen, Tim Littau, Kristin Parisi ASSISTANT RADIO GENERAL MANAGER Emily Bittman AUDIO PRODUCERS Julianna Okosun, Emily Sacco, Matt Yeazel ASSISTANT MUSIC DIRECTOR Grace Flynn

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Moving to the midwest

written by Bailey Striepling Students come to Marquette University from all over the world, but despite potential cultural or ethnic barriers for international students, the Marquette community still acts as one.

In the fall 2021 semester, international students made up 1.9% of undergraduate enrollment and 6.3% of graduate enrollment.

“Students come to Marquette with hopes and dreams and to see (their dreams) fulfilled,” Susan Whipple, assistant director of the Office of International Education, says.

International students choose to attend college in the U.S. for a variety of reasons, including more academic opportunities, joining athletics or experiencing a new culture.

For Shahd Sawalhi, a senior in the College of Engineering and an international student from the Palestinian Authority, Marquette had more academic resources available than what she had at home.

“In high school, I knew I wanted to study biomedical engineering,” Sawalhi says. “However, I knew that

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the colleges back home would not offer me what I wanted to study.”

Lisa Gandolfi, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, decided to move to Milwaukee from Italy after previously being a foreign exchange student in Wisconsin in high school.

“I wanted a college in an area that I had been in previously, so Marquette worked wonderfully because my host family literally lives like an hour away from here,” Gandolfi says.

Gandolfi says, unlike in America, college is not something people in Italy save up for, as tuition in European universities are about $1000 a year.

“I wanted a college that could offer me a scholarship because, we often don’t think about it, but there’s more opportunities for American students to get full rides or even partial rides than there is for international students,” Gandolfi says.

Many international students found getting involved was the best way to connect to the Marquette community.

“The first thing I did when I got on campus was sign up for anything I could possibly find interesting,” Gandolfi says.

Jan Jauch, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, came to Marquette from Switzerland to join the men’s tennis team.

“In Switzerland, we don’t have that combination of high-level athletics and academics,” Jauch says.

“For me, tennis mattered quite a lot and Marquette also has good academics ... Both things are important to me.”

Jauch says he has bonded with the other international students on the tennis team over their study abroad experiences.

“There’s a couple of international guys on the team and it’s a good community,” Jauch says. “We find that Americans see things from a different perspective than we do sometimes because of our different backgrounds.”

Students who study abroad can sometimes experience what is called a “culture shock,” or feeling

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disoriented when adjusting to a new culture or language, when moving to the U.S. for college.

and that’s why I always felt welcome and I didn’t feel like my culture was a barrier at all,” Sawalhi says.

“In Italy, we’re very outgoing, we’re very friendly, but usually with people we know and what I found here and what really I miss when I go back is just random acts of kindness towards strangers, which is something that, especially I feel like in the Midwest, people do often,” Gandolfi says.

Jauch says one thing he has learned from his experience as an international student is that college in the United States teaches you a lot about the world.

As an international student, Sawalhi says she has not faced what she would consider barriers, but instead sees them as opportunities.

Similarly, Gandolfi says being at Marquette has opened her eyes to the number of opportunities available in the United States.

“Having someone with a different perspective than a U.S. student that’s been here in the U.S. is definitely something that’s very helpful

“You grow a lot, you learn many new things and you get exposed to new cultures,” Jauch says. “It’s a learning experience.”

“People here don’t look at you like a number, they look at you like a person,” Gandolfi says. “You have to take advantage of the opportunities because never again in your life will

they come up, and if you do, people will notice you.”

Being an international student isn’t what Sawalhi lets be the only thing to define her.

“Your race and ethnicity does not really matter if you have similar passions or similar interests or you actually connect, that doesn’t need to be labeled by where you are from,” Sawalhi says.

Studying abroad can be a chance for those from all around the world to find a home away from home where they can learn from and connect with all kinds of different people.

“Marquette has always been my second home,” Sawalhi says.

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written by izzy Fonfara-Drewel A pillar of the Jesuit philosophy is a commitment to community service.

“We rely a lot on the goodness of people’s hearts to keep us supported, not only with foster families...”

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Marquette University has a long history of volunteering, including Midnight Run and the MU Backpack Program, and stresses the importance of helping people by teaching a Jesuit education. There are many organizations on campus for students to get involved with, but there are also a variety of opportunities outside of campus.

The Marquette chapter of Habitat for Humanity has been working with Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity for nearly a decade, who greatly appreciates what the students bring to the table.

“One thing that the students really bring is a social justice focus,” Beth Van Gorp, director of volunteer services at Milwaukee Habitat for Humanity, says. “They’re very interested not just in learning how to do the construction or helping one family, but in really understanding

the systems that affect the need for affordable housing.”

Jill Wood, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences and president of the Marquette Habitat for Humanity group, explains how she’s constructed houses, volunteered in the ReStores and gone on Collegiate Challenge trips which taught her many important life skills, and the environment helped her understand why people volunteer.

“Many students don’t get the opportunity to help within the community that they live in for college, and it’s just a great feeling knowing that you’re helping your community members,” Wood says.

Van Gorp explained how Habitat for Humanity is constantly searching for people to help with construction and running the ReStores, where they resell materials for home repairs. The organization also has a goal of 20 new homes and 40 home repairs for 2022.

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only organization that students have volunteered with over the years. Jeri Kavanaugh, volunteer coordinator with Community Advocates, recalls how Marquette students, specifically those in Greek life, have been involved with different organizations.

“Marquette is a big supplier of our volunteers and what’s nice about the Marquette volunteers is they’re young, they’re eager and the kids really like them because they want to be there,” Kavanaugh says.

Community Advocates include groups like the Milwaukee Women’s Shelter, a shelter for women, children and single parents, as well as Autumn West, an organization that seeks to help adults struggling with mental health issues. Volunteers with Community Advocates participate in a wide range of tasks such as serving food, organizing clothes and working with kids in the children’s program. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old and pass a background check, but the organization welcomes new faces.

This year they want to recruit more volunteers because numbers have been down due to COVID-19, ac-

cording to Kavanaugh.

“I would really like to see us ramp back up to where we were so that we can allow as many volunteers as we want and I would like to keep it COVID free and safe,” Kavanaugh says. “Because of COVID, every time you turn around someone could be out, so we really depend on volunteers in this type of situation.”

COVID-19 has been an obstacle for many organizations throughout the city. Almost Home Cat Rescue MKE began in early 2021 and they have been doing their best while struggling through the pandemic.

Melvina Kleverova Zilliox, co-founder and Marquette alum, has been searching for a space to open a shelter but, for now, the volunteers have been supporting them greatly.

“We rely a lot on the goodness of people’s hearts to keep us supported, not only with foster families but also stocked with donations and supplies to help support the kitties,” Zilliox says.

The rescue is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that wants to “create a safe haven for all feral,

stray and surrendered cats until their forever home is found” as written on their website. They’ve been searching for people who are willing to screen possible adoptive or foster families and plan events for the organization.

“If there’s any other people out there that have any sort of business skills, we’re building a finance and a fundraising team, and certainly looking for people that have written grant applications in the past, anything like that would always be welcome, too,” Zilliox says.

There are plenty of opportunities throughout the city with a wide range of skills and interests for volunteers. If you can’t find something interesting, don’t be afraid to ask and offer your talents to these organizations.

“If somebody comes to our website and doesn’t see anywhere they could fit in terms of what we have posted, they can always send us an email with their skills,” Zilliox says.

Students have a variety of chances to get involved and share their skills with these organizations.

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ALUmni: where are they now? written by TJ Dysart “I was there when we were in the Final Four with Dwayne Wade, so from the basketball experience, my sorority and volunteer opportunities, it was awesome,” Gretchen Borden, a 2003 graduate of the College of Engineering, says.

After receiving a degree in mechanical engineering, Borden served as a chief engineer at Harley Davidson in Milwaukee. She says that when she attended Marquette there was only one other female student studying mechanical engineering.

The average Marquette journey lasts four years, but for a number of students, the journey continues past the day they walk across the stage and receive their degrees.

However, alumni not only represent Marquette with the degrees they receive, but current alumni have stated that it is the work they do after their graduation that truly shows how much of their Marquette experience they have taken with them and have applied in their life over the years.

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“When I was in mechanical engineering there were only two females, but I was really strong in math and science and I was a good problem solver so I stayed confident with the major and it helped me be successful,” Borden says.

As Borden moved into the engineering field professionally, she used her experience to motivate others to get involved in the engineering

field and help diversify the creative process at Harley. She says that having different perspectives in the engineering field and all fields is important in having different ideas and multiple ways of thinking.

“Everyone solves problems in a different way, but if you can bring a very diverse viewpoint it is a much better viewpoint and we are trying to change the face of engineering and bring in a diverse thought process even here at Marquette,” Borden says.

Diane Munzenmaier, a 1984 College of Health Sciences graduate and former track and field runner, spoke about her journey at Marquette and how it differed from her peers’.

“My journey, I think, was a little different than the normal journey because I was a studentathlete and I was recruited for track and cross country,” Munzenmaier says. “I was basically in season from before school started until the end of the year.”

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Munzenmaier ran track for Marquette and says she attributes her close friendships to being on the team. Being a Division I athlete, she had to travel most weekends and missed out on many of the social opportunities on campus.

“I notice it more now when I go back for reunions because I realize that the standard experience that everyone had was a little different than me because everyone was very invested with dorm life, so my family was with the guys and girls of the track and field team,” Munzenmaier says.

However, she says the bond she created with the team is one that is unbreakable.

I was looking at other places, I just loved what Marquette had to offer,” Munzenmaier says. “Women’s sports were kind of new but we were able to win the national championship during my junior year and I just thought it would be cool to stay home and compete ... That way family and friends could come and watch me.”

Munzenmaier currently serves as a biomedical educator at the Milwaukee School of Engineering.

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respective fields.

Fabiola Boche, a 2008 graduate majoring in biomedical sciences says she came to the university because she just knew Marquette was a “caring university” “I had a lot of friends at different universities, but I feel like Marquette really had this feel about it that was more caring, and I think you feel that when you are there,” Boche says.

Boche was a commuter student and created close bonds with many other commuter students by (Left) via Diane Munzenheineir, (Below) via Gretchen Borden

“I remember being so excited when we got through nationals and I had that little period right before finals that I knew I didn’t have to do any running and I remember how inefficient I became when I returned.”

Munzenmaier says.

Munzenmaier says a healthy routine is key to succeeding in anything, and that her strict routine was one of the biggest differences that she faced when transitioning from high school athletics to college Division I athletics.

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staying on campus and taking in would just stay on campus all day.” every part of campus as they could.

Boche currently works as a Because Boche didn’t get a physician’s assistant and has spent chance to truly participate in dorm the last two years working through life, she says she made up for it by the pandemic treating people with staying on campus throughout most COVID-19. She says Marquette of the hours of the day. taught her a lot about caring for the whole person – which she says she “I think I met other friends who also commuted and honestly all the carries with her in her career. friends I did have were commuters,” “All I do is take care of people,” Boche says. “Because of this we Boche says. “Especially during had the same routine. We would COVID-19, I think that seeing go to class at 8 a.m. and then we the person as they are and

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not their disease is so important in my field.”

While all alumni have different stories of how they got to Marquette, what they did at this university has impacted their journey and allowed them to move with these experiences in their own way.

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Although Marquette University consists of many faculty and staff members, students also play a key role within the Marquette community, helping to ensure the university is functioning smoothly.

Academics can take up a lot of a student’s time, but student employees balance both school and their job.

Elena Proos, a shift lead at the Brew Café and sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences, says when she arrives at work, she comes ready and focused, so that when she leaves she is able to concentrate fully on school.

“I just keep them separate, but it’s also nice because I come here and I know it’s going to be a break and I don’t have to worry about anything else,” Proos says.

Justin Manzanet, a student manager at Marquette’s Brew Café and junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, says he has learned better time management.

Manzanet says learning this skill on the job helped him understand how to balance school, activities, work and other events at the same time.

Despite having things to do outside of work, on campus jobs also help students create a sense of community at Marquette.

Proos says the most memorable part of her job is being able to meet so many wonderful people.

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thing ever,” Proos says.

Rachel Wang, shift lead and a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences, agrees with Proos and enjoys being able to meet new people through her job.

“Meet the different people from different majors, different years, different backgrounds and they’re all from different places,” Wang says.

Julia Krzyzak, a shift lead at the Brew Café and a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, says that they’re lucky they have a leadership position at their job because it helps them learn how to foster a more welcoming environment when they hire new employees.

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more comfortable in their position and they feel more a part of the Brew family and more welcomed,” Krzyzak says.

Even though many student workers say there are many positives to having a campus job, there are also challenges.

Manzanet says despite being a student, he still has a lot of responsibilities within his job.

“Working with people the same age as us and being a role model to them is probably the hardest thing, just because we’re the same age, so they might not look up to you, but we go past that by showing them how we work and how hard we work,” Manzanet says.

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remains organized on the job is crucial to remain on track with the amount of things she needs to do.

“When a lot of people come in at once it can get really stressful, really overwhelming, really easy for me to just kind of shut down and feel really overwhelmed with everything,” Krzyzak says. “Just making sure that you take your time and understand that if it takes a little bit longer for you to make a drink correctly, then you can take extra few seconds to make sure that the customer gets what they want.”

Cynthia Byrd and Prudence “Prudy” Fojut, are both cashiers at the Commons dining hall.

Byrd says the best part about her job is interacting with the students.

“What motivates me is to come in here and to help someone,” Byrd says. “I’m in the helping business, I help people that’s what I do, so any time I can come in and make someone have a good day- that makes my day.”

Fojut agrees with Byrd and says she enjoys giving the students advice throughout their day.

“Talking to the kids, giving them advice on how to handle the exams, how to get themselves to … have faith in themselves, and instead of ‘oh my gosh I’ve got this big old test and I really don’t know what to do,’ well, have faith in yourself, study smart and do

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fun with her.

Yet, Byrd says she also enjoys her job because she can help ensure every student has a better day.

“Oh yeah I like being at workthis is like my home. I feel this is like my home,” Fojut says.

“Then when you come down here [to the Commons Dining Hall], I wanna try to make you have a good day, with a smile- I try to always keep a smile on my face and [do] whatever I can do to help make you have a better day,” Byrd says.

Even while helping the students, Byrd says they also help her. One student has been trying to teach Byrd how to speak Spanish, and she says her progress in the language is going well.

“I learned how to say ‘good morning’ in Spanish, so that was one of the things,” Byrd says. “I learn a lot from you all … so that makes me have a good day.”

Fojut says she loves the way the students greet her and have

Many campus workers say it’s easy to overlook those who work behind the scenes to maintain the campus, but there are many ways everyone can ensure they feel recognized and appreciated for all of their hard work.

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immediately – like immediately – and you should make sure that if you have any cuts or scratches that you rinse those out with alcohol. I don’t think that’s just a Milwaukee River thing, I think that’s just a body of water thing.”

As Julia Wilson, assistant coach for the Marquette Rowing team, leads her team from the Milwaukee to the Menominee Rivers, she finds that her view of bright bridges, tall buildings and clearer waters slowly turn into more industrial, murky and polluted areas.

The Milwaukee waterways include the Milwaukee, Menominee and Kinnickinnic Rivers. Being a former rowing student-athlete at Marquette who graduated in 2021, Wilson has had her fair share of contact with the Milwaukee waterways. “(The river water) can be kinda gross,” Wilson says. “The main thing is that you should shower

She adds that she’s gotten pink eye four or five times from getting the water in her eyes.

“When I was in college there was a running sort of joke that rowing on the Milwaukee River if you went in you had to get a tetanus shot because it was so dirty,” Jacob Schilling, head coach of Marquette Rowing, says.

But the general cleanliness of the river impacts more than just rowers’ peace of mind.

Komatsu oil spill and other accidents

In December 2021, Komatsu spilled 400 gallons of oil into the Menomonee River – the result of an oil transfer error.

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incident occurred and we are committed to supporting the immediate and longer-term needs of correcting the matter,” says Komatsu in an official media statement released Dec. 13.

John Koetz, Komatsu’s president of surface mining, estimated in early January that between 90% and 95% of the visible oil sheen had been cleaned.

Cheryl Nenn, an advocate at Milwaukee Riverkeeper, says the jury is still out on what the long term impacts are going to be. Milwaukee Riverkeeper is a science-based advocacy organization that works towards cleaner, healthier waters throughout the Milwaukee River Basin.

Since the spill, Milwaukee Riverkeeper has put out some devices to test invertebrates and critters at the bottom of the river to see any effects of the pollution on these marine animals, although research is still being done.

“This was a very significant oil spill. It was over 400 gallons of product that leaked into our waterways,” Nenn says.

Nenn says Milwaukee Riverkeeper and many other organizations did not find out about the oil spill until days after the incident, although Komatsu did notify the correct federal and state authorities.

“We were frustrated with the lack of good notification,” she says. “The fact of the matter is we still don’t know exactly what was discharged … we are still looking for a lot of details.”

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nication to the public could have helped to minimize the effects of the oil spill, and could improve response times in the future.

“The good news, if there was any, is that it happened when the water was really cold and so that is helpful as far as minimizing impacts to the oxygen levels in the river that a lot of aquatic life need to survive,” Nenn says.

However, contamination in Milwaukee’s water system is nothing new.

The story of sewage

The historical layout of business around the river and the effects of industrial activity deeply affect water quality today.

Anthony Parolari, assistant professor in civil construction and environmental engineering at Marquette, states that there is lasting contamination from industrial activities, especially near the row house on the Milwaukee River. In the past, tanneries and other industrial activities produced metals and organic contaminants like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), that at the time weren’t known to be harmful. These contaminants accumulated in the river, particularly in the sediments at the bottom of the river.

“As scientists studied the problem more … we started to learn that [contaminants] are bad for people and if you swim in the river or drink the water they can impact your health,” Parolari says.

As a hydrologist, Parolari studies the movement, stream flow, and quantities of the water. Experts have found that bacteria found in sewage

can cause stomach and gastrointestinal illnesses. Industrial pollutants, such as metals and PCBs, can be associated with cancers, delay development in kids, kidney and liver problems and more.

But Milwaukee is not the only city with that type of contamination. The ten most endangered rivers of 2021 cites pollution as the most common issue amongst their list.

“These sort of industrial legacy pollutants are being addressed in a number of places across our country now,” Parolari says. “It’s been a very long and expensive process, but people are making efforts to improve rivers and water quality.”

He says that Milwaukee has worked to solve this problem by building a deep tunnel that stores all that sewage, and now almost all wastewater produced in the city is being treated.

Parolari says since this “deep tunnel” system was put in place in 1993, Milwaukee has reduced about 97% of the total volume of combined sewage overflow.

“As long as a community we recognize these issues are there and we recognize it’s important to have scientists and engineers working on them and there’s money available to improve the system, then yeah I have lots of hope that things will get better and we’ll be able to protect the rivers,” Parolari says.

Impact of weather

Beyond contaminants, members who use the rivers are also affected by a number of other factors. Severe weather is a big factor.

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For the Marquette rowing team, lightning storms, high wind level and frigid temperatures all affect their ability to get on the water. The current can also pose a challenge.

“In the last three years actually with the heavy rains in the fall, we’ve actually been held off the water on perfectly clear sunny days because the current is actually too high for us to row safely,” Schilling says.

Indoor practice is often the result, but this comes as a loss to rowers.

“The biggest disadvantage [of practicing inside] is you lose what we call ‘boat feel,’” Schilling says. “And that is literally feeling what the boat is doing and how its moving underneath you. The machines can’t replicate all of it.”

There is a community built around the waterways of Milwaukee. Actions of restoration and attention to climate changes is what will allow these rivers to continue serving the community.

“I’ve been drawn to the water, and I love being outdoors and I love working hard with my teammates,” James Kuchera, a junior of the Opus College of Engineering and rowing team members, says.

“Our water time is what really brings us together, gets us off campus, and gets us outside in the morning … We are definitely really privileged to have access to our water here.

And really, I always have my eyes out and hoping for spring to come a little sooner.”

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shifting spaces, new changes on campus written by max pieper Marquette University’s campus has seen many changes this past year, from the new Business Administration Building that is under construction to the restoration of the St. Joan of Arc Chapel.

“I take great pride in raising money for a stronger future at Marquette University. We have so many alumni to cultivate a sense of philanthropy to give back to the institution, many are extremely successful and feel gratitude towards the University” Laura Abing, Senior Communications Specialist at Marquette University, says.

The Business building is set to be completed in December 2022, costing $60 million that has been fully funded by donors and is a part of a larger $750 million Time to Rise fundraising campaign started in 2016.

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Tim Hanley, the acting dean of the College of Business Administration, says the new building will separate Marquette from other colleges across the country, as the facility will offer the latest technological advancements for students in education.

“One of the things that we are doing in a prominent space on the second floor is a ‘Pitch Pit.’ If you and your friends have an idea for a new business venture, this space can help potentially fund those ideas. We are really excited because this space will look unlike any other classroom with creative sitting spaces that can easily be reconfigured,” Hanley says.

In addition to the Pitch Pit, there will be an event space that can also be reconfigured into smaller classrooms on the first floor.

“Supporters of the college are really excited and already looking to have citywide receptions for Business leaders in our space,” Hanley says.

Utilizing building space in an innovative model as Hanley suggests will foster a new era of student-run initiatives that have the potential to change the way people learn to be successful entrepreneurs. With this mindset of innovation, “we are always trying to raise the bar and find new ways to reinvent ourselves,” Hanley says.

Over the past few years, a new precedent on “Innovation and Curriculum” has taken place on Marquette’s advisory councils. There will be more opportunities through additional Innovation leadership courses where Engineering and Business students will collaborate together “in

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Innovation classroom,” Hanley says.

Owen Kattenbracker, a Junior in Marquette Universities Business Administration is looking forward to taking advantage of the new opportunities that the new business building will provide.

“It will be invigorating to utilize the spaces of a brand new building where they are investing in the future success of students,” Kattenbracker says. “These new courses and configurable spaces are unlike anything that is offered by colleges in the area.”

Hanley hopes that innovation can continue to happen long after he is done working at Marquette.

“I want to make sure that the new business school is being executed the best we can. Marquette designed this space with future stakeholders in mind. We want our community employers and organizations in our building constantly” Hanley says. “We talk avidly about a collision between our students, faculty, and the employers that matter.

It’s important that happens in this space.”

While new buildings are being built, older ones are being restored.

Almost 600 years later, traveling across two continents and two different states, the St. Joan of Arc Chapel has faced the extreme elements of weather and has needed constant repairs to maintain its structural integrity.

Marquette’s donors have raised over $2 million for the restoration project, which may help to keep the Jesuit tradition alive for years to come.

“I am always so humbled by the

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generosity and the spirit of giving in our Marquette alumni. They deeply care about the student experience at Marquette,” Susan Nieberle, a fundraising specialist for the St. Joan of Arc Chapel, says.

Some of the major components of the restoration included fixing the tiles on the roof, redoing the radiant floor heating, and restoring the gardens.

“We were left with 70% of the tiles and 30% that we replaced using tiles of similar composition from a really old nationwide manufacturer … There is a new radiating heating element as well as a brand new stone floor, Kurt Young Binter, the lead architect for the St. Joan of Arc Chapel, says. “Father Voiss came up with a brilliant idea of an additional gratitude garden to recognize the donors.”

For Father James Voiss, the restoration of the St. Joan of Arc Chapel symbolizes more than just a restoration but the hard work that it takes to keep Jesuit traditions alive.

“The restoration reminds us that many of the things we say we value can, over time, begin to crumble.

Keeping those important values vital and vibrant in our lives takes work.

It also sometimes requires that we clear space for a new expression of those fundamental values to emerge, even as we cherish the way things have been in the past,” Voiss says.

Although the world is vastly changing, Voiss says, “My hope is that this sacred space will continue to be an icon of faith that sustains Marquette’s, catholic Jesuit Mission.”

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Hispanic Diversity

& Inclusion written by Christina Espinoza

Segregation: noun; the separation or isolation of a race, class, or ethnic group by enforced or voluntary residence in a restricted area, by barriers to social intercourse, by separate educational facilities, or by other discriminatory means.

Milwaukee is among the top ten most segregated cities, targeting minority groups, in the United States, according to 2020 data from the University of California, Berkeley.

Recently in 2022, Milwaukee educational attainment revealed that those who identify as Hispanic have a high school graduation rate of 62.22%, but only a bachelor’s rate of 9.31%. Compared to the white population, which has a 93.60% graduation rate and a 39.73% bachelor’s rate.

Emerging Hispanic Serving Institute status, also known as Emerging HSI status, is given to an institution that contains the minimum of 15% of undergraduates who identify as Hispanic or Latinx. During the fall, Marquette received “emerging HSI” status 32

Recruitment of Hispanic students is only one part of the HSI initiative. Retention is also an important factor.

“We are very interested in creating an inclusive campus environment in which all of our diverse stakeholders can thrive,” Jacki Black, director for Hispanic Initiatives and Diversity & Inclusion Educational Programming, says.

“I am the Director for Hispanic Initiatives and Diversity & Inclusion Educational Programming, now in my sixth year at Marquette. In my role, I have primary responsibility for the Hispanic-Serving Institution initiative and campus-wide educational programs devoted to creating a more inclusive learning and working environment, but my work spans across many different aspects of diversity and inclusion.” Black said.

In addition to supporting underrepresented faculty and staff, that means “supporting academic programs and research agendas that respond to student needs and engage with pressing social issues

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Black continues, “When I started in fall of 2016, there was already a thriving Latinx community on campus, including Latinx student organizations, support through the Office of Engagement and Inclusion (formerly the Center for Intercultural Engagement), and other formal and informal programs… we are poised in the near future to get to that 25% threshold.”

According to Summary of Progress at Marquette regarding student diversity, “Latinx undergraduate enrollment increased dramatically between fall 2016 (10.6%) and fall 2021 (15.3%). Underrepresented minority (URM) students now make up 29% of the undergraduate body.

Latinx grad student enrollment grew from 5.9% to 8.9% over the same period. The first-year undergrad class entering in fall 2021 is 17.6% Latinx and 33.6% URM.”

Jared Tejeda, a freshman commuter who identifies as Hispanic, voiced his opinion about the emerging HSI status and its sufficiency.

“I believe a lot of Hispanic families, at least around Wisconsin, have financial issues and that would in turn give them problems enrolling in the university. Thanks to Marquette, more and more Hispanics and Latinxs can enroll in the university without the worry of finances, and they can pursue their future career.

I think it certainly is enough, but I wouldn’t mind seeing more ways to incentivize Hispanics to feel welcome at Marquette.”

He further voiced that “Future students should also know to reach out to staff members, who are very welcoming from my experience, in case they feel violated or if they

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have any suggestions for how to celebrate their culture or feel more welcome to the university.”

Marquette University and Cristo Rey Jesuit High School of Milwaukee (CRJ) have a partnership that allows students to get a grasp on what to expect with college applications and the college experience through their corporate partnership and involvement with programs.

This includes Encuentros, which is a program specifically for Latinx first-generation junior and senior students that would like to speak to Marquette undergraduate students who have similar experiences and receive information about resources that the students and their families would benefit from.

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Seniors Ailed Martinez-Morales,

Student support now gives students of color access to RISE pre-orientation programming and mentoring, group sessions at Orientation, and more support for student organizations and activities through the Office of Engagement and Inclusion. There are also Latinx organizations such as Latin American Student Organization (LASO), Hispanic Professionals of Greater Milwaukee (HPGM), Paso a Paso, Ballet Folklorico and other activities that represent and celebrate the community.

This also includes the new faculty protocols to ensure more diversity as well, resulting in the percentage of faculty of color going from 13.4% to 16.9%, Latinx faculty more than tripled from 18% to 57%. These progressions are a step-up to HSI, but as Black mentioned, these numbers and percentages are a fragment of the overall goal.

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Martinez-Morales voiced how she would like to receive support as an incoming Hispanic student and would like to see more representation when admitting students.

Similarly, to their peer, Gomez and Reyes have expressed their desire for a first-generation student support group and the ability to be with other minority students.

“I hope Marquette continues their great rep I hope that in the future they’re more inclusive and use they use status as an asset and to help those who look like me” Martinez Morales says.

They furthermore conveyed their appreciation for Marquette’s emerging HSI status and the efforts to inch towards a more diverse campus.

“Marquette has a good way of representing themselves as a unique university, that’s what makes them stand out to Hispanics and Jesuits, many people will look into it because of that” Gomez says.

There is a lot more work that needs to be done towards a diverse community for Hispanic and Latinx students and faculty. The emerging HSI status is only the beginning towards a greater goal for the University to accomplish.

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Fashion innovation

Zoee Arreguin, a junior in the College of Communication (left), shows off her sense of style with colorful accessories like a bright fanny pack and pink belt.

Destiny Hill, a junior in the College of Health Sciences, wants to create a space for Black people in the field of speech pathology. With an outfit like that, who wouldn’t follow her lead?

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written by Anna HoustoN Maggie Beeler, a senior in the College of Business Administration, is the first person that would come to mind when you think about a written storyteller.

“I’ve always been a storyteller, ever since I was little.” Beeler says reminiscing on her childhood days of playing pretend during recess.

Since the age of 12, stories in her head have been written on paper.

She found that through writing, her characters wouldn’t just be in her head; other people could also experience the magical world her mind had concocted.

“Writing is my escape,” Beeler says.

For Beeler, art is “everything.”

“When I think about Maggie, I think immediately writing. It‘s like my biggest passion really ever.” Beeler said. “Self expression is kind of the most important thing,” Beeler says.

It took nine years but Beeler can now say, no matter how surreal, she is a self-published author.

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says with a smile.

Though some artists think in the long-term, Mario Hamilton, senior in the College of Communication, is always thankful for “another 24 hours.”

Facing burnout and challenged with school, being unproductive on his murals, paintings, or even sketches isn’t an option.

“I had to come to a realization that every day counts. Every day I’m able to wake up, I feel like it’s another opportunity to do what I need to do,” Hamilton says.

Hamilton sees his art as a way to comment on whatever story he’s telling. For Hamilton, there is always a story to be told, whether is one of his own or of his community.

“Since I got the skill and since I have the 24, why not use it to manifest something that’s great?”

Hamilton proclaims.

For him, it’s not only important to put art into the world, but also for others to accept and understand this work.

“It’s imperative for use to continue these stories and allow them for

the youth to see, for the elders to see what’s going on in our generation,” Hamilton says.

For Hamilton, art is what is going to create the history that will be taught for generations to come. This is why he has such a passion for inspiring younger generations. That younger generation includes his little sister.

“Now she’s using her little paint brush. She’s designing little dresses for people,” Hamilton says, voice full of enthusiasm. “I’m like, ‘You’re doing it, you’re doing it!’”

The vigor in his eyes shines through as he discusses his passion for the arts.

“It’s dope being an artist. It’s dope for me, and it’s dope for my people,” Hamilton says.

There’s rarely a day that Elijah Bradley, a senior in the College of Communication, is not within range of a drum set.

But it wasn’t always that way.

“I decided to go back to music, and it was tough at first, but I don’t know – it just felt right,” Bradley says.

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Now, a few years later, he can confidently say that being a drummer is what he wants to do for the rest of his life.

“I just decided to go all for it and minor in music, which I’m really thrilled about, and it’s been a lot of fun,” Bradley says with a wide grin.

Bradley’s storytelling follows his own journey. Looking back on his past, he started with just an iPhone, drum set and sticks.

“I would say through the videos I

make I think you can really just see that progression and the theme of just if you just keep going, you’ll eventually get better; it’s just a matter of time,” Bradley says.

Bradley thinks art is for everyone.

“I think everyone has something important to say or something important to express, and it’s really important to get those emotions out and make your message known,” Bradley says.

Gillian Thomas, a senior in the College of Engineering, paints self portraits. Through Thomas’ art, she is able to reflect on her own stories.

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don’t just paint an image of myself with no inflection of emotion or experience.”

When she feels a strong emotion or has a transformational experience she turns to her canvas as a way to remind herself of those stories.

“Each picture each portrait is like a snapshot of someone’s life.”

Thomas says.

This is why she finds arts to be so connecting.

“To be an artist and to be able to express and then to also share that expression and that feeling with other people, it‘s definitely something that’s really special,” Thomas says.

Emma Knott, a senior in the College of Communication, reminisces on a worksheet she recently found from her childhood.

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” the paper asked.

A younger Knott had scribbled in, “actor/singer/artist.”

“I guess I just knew it back then,” Emma comments with a smile.

Why is art so important to Knott?

Happiness.

“We need math and we need all of those things, and those things are great, but life without art is like…” Knott pauses searching for the right words. “Nobody would be happy, you know?”

Although Knott loves painting and singing, acting has always been her passion.

“I’m doing each performance and different shows remind me of special people in my life,” Knott enthuses. “I always feel connected to people and that people are what keep me passionate about it.”

Who does Knott think can be an artist?

“Everyone is an artist, ” Knott says. “Everybody.”

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IN THE KITCHEN written by Jonillia Davis

Photos taken by Alex DeBuhr

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No matter the amount of food choices given to students, it can be boring to eat the same thing every day. To some students, eating in the dorms is fun, but they may want to add a little flavor to their plates.

Andrea Contreras, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, lives in a campus owned apartment. She is a pescatarian so her diet relies on seafood. “​I became a pescatarian my junior year of high school because I gave up meat for Lent. Once lent ended, I couldn’t imagine eating meat again,” Contreras says.

On weekends, she likes to make French-style omelets in the morning. Contreras says this recipe was inspired by Selena Gomez’s cooking show “Selena + Chef.”

Contreras is a fan of Selena Gomez and she loves cooking. So when Selena came out with a cooking show, it was perfect for her.

For lunch, she goes for a traditional Mexican recipe, tinga.

“It’s usually like pulled chicken and it’s with chipotle peppers and spices. It creates this spicy creamy sauce,” Contreras says.

She substitutes cauliflower for shredded chicken, which she bakes, and adds to the sauce.

Once all of the ingredients are mixed, she puts it in a taco. To go with the tinga, Contreras adds beans or rice on the side.

As for dinner, Contreras likes baking salmon.

“I’ll do oven roasted salmon or vegetable soup,” Contreras says.

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onions to her soup.

“Fish is just weird because you want to cook it properly so you don’t get salmonella. But, you don’t want it soft, where it’s basically grits or something, but not like a steak. It should melt in your mouth.”

Contreras says.

Ricardo Hidalgo, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, lives in an apartment. For breakfast, he likes to make Mexican rice with over medium eggs.

“We make rice with tomatoes and tomato sauce with it. So, that’s what gives , the orangey-red look and citrusy taste,” Hidalgo says.

Hidalgo takes the rice and fry it with the eggs.

“My culture plays a huge role in what I choose to cook,” Hidalgo says.

For lunch he goes for a sandwich or makes some potato salad. The potato salad consists of potatoes, tomatoes, mayonnaise, sour cream and any green vegetables.

Hidalgo says he does something quick for dinner. His choice is udon noodles with vegetables topped with soy sauce. As a bonus, he air-fries chicken to mix in.

“Usually, I already somewhat factored time into the meal, but if I’m unexpectedly crunched for time, a simpler and easier meal will be made that day.” Hidalgo says.

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MU

TRADITIONS written by Jaiden Schueller Photo taken by Sarah Kuhns

An array of topics can come to mind when one says, “Marquette University:” Marquette basketball, Milwaukee, a Jesuit institution, the memorable blue and gold color pallet – the list could go on. However, students and alumni have distinctly differing ideas of the university based on the time they are having on campus or have had while at Marquette.

The long-standing traditions at this university are what make Marquette the difference. The list goes on and on, but here are some of the topics that every Marquette student and alum are all too familiar with.

O-Fest

The Marquette Organization Festival is held at the beginning of each semester. In the fall, all of the campus organizations come together to table on the Central Mall lawn between Lalumiere Hall and Raynor Library to recruit new members.

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The energy is high as students of all different class levels bounce around, grabbing brochures and adding their Marquette emails to numerous email lists.

building was built in 1420 in France.

In 1962, the chapel made the move from New York to Marquette’s campus and has been hosting Masses since 1966.

The spring O-Fest set up is a bit different. Set up in the Alumni Memorial Union Ballrooms and consisting of the same tabling agenda, the pace is much slower and intuitive.

The rush of the new school year is no longer as high, and students have discovered new interests and thrown away the old ones. The AMU fills with chatter as students roam with ease as they’re introduced to the new clubs.

The Marquette community is brought even closer together through the chapel after the new restoration that was just completed this winter of 2021! Capacity limits of the small building are tested each Tuesday night for 10:00 p.m. Mass as students flood in the doors.

Part of this tradition is signing up for an absurd number of clubs to the point where one may fear opening their Marquette email inbox for the next week!

Joan of Arc

The Joan of Arc Chapel: The heart of Marquette’s campus. The

Real Chili

A blurry night out on Marquette’s campus is destined to end at Real Chili on Wells Street. Real Chili is open until 3 a.m. on the weekends and 2 a.m. during the week.

Marco Fiorante, a junior in the Klingler College of Arts & Sciences says that “[Real Chili] is good after a late night out with friends.”

Many Marquette students would agree! Upon stumbling in toward

SPRING 2022 the U-shaped counter, you’ll be greeted by fellow Marquette students looking to catch up about school, life and what’s in the new, all while laughing and throwing saltine crackers at one another across the counter.

Murph’s on your 21st

The night of your 21st birthday, be ready at the door of Murph’s Irish Pub on Wells Street at midnight to redeem your iconic “I turned 21 at Murphy’s” shirt! This is a Marquette bucket list item and closet staple.

Mug Night at Caff’s

Cheap drinks on a Thursday night? A college student’s kryptonite and Marquette tradition.

Once you’re old enough to get your Murphy’s shirt, you’re old enough to participate in Mug Night at Caffrey’s on 16th Street, held every Thursday night.

The distinguished blue mug has

an initial cost of $5 with $2 refills for every drink after that.

“You can stand, dance, sit and relax, play pool, go outside – pretty much do whatever you are feeling.

It’s low pressure and fun, not to mention the cheap drinks,” Melissa Variny, junior in the College of Business Administration, says. “It’s a great way to kick off the weekend and is a Marquette tradition that upperclassmen get the privilege of having.” Both Murph’s and Caff’s are well known Marquette bars. Murph’s has a more comforting, dive essence to it as compared to Caff’s with a more modern and playful feel. Caff’s offers Trivia on Monday nights while Muff’s offers karaoke on Wednesday nights! Although each bar offers different experiences, both are essential to have as a Marquette student.

National Marquette Day

This is the best day of the year

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for the Marquette community for so many reasons. To name just a few of the many: the high energy, the coming together of friends both old and new, waves of blue and gold and Marquette basketball.

“NMD is my favorite holiday to celebrate on campus, because you feel the entire university and Milwaukee community come together to support Marquette basketball.”

Jack Hurst, a junior in the College of Business Administration, says.

“Win or lose, it’s great to hang out with friends and family on NMD. It’s always a highlight of the year.”

It is a day of celebration for the Marquette community across the nation, and even the world. As the campus in Milwaukee is booming on NMD, watch parties at bars, restaurants, and venues all over the United States allow Marquette affiliates anywhere to join together to “ring out ahoya.”

we are marquette Feeling calm?

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Is it a mu nat’l holiday?

is it ur 21st?

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o-fest MUG NIGHT

yuh NMD

Joan of Arc

Needing freebies?

I CAN SPARE CHANGE

real chili Quiz by Randi Haseman Graphic by Lily Werner

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ACTIVITIES TO SPRING INTO written by Emilee Gregory As we say goodbye to winter and cooler temperatures, Marquette University students may be ready to welcome spring and all the outdoor activities that come with it.

“I am looking forward to seeing leaves on trees again, the grass no longer being covered in snow, and seeing colorful flowers around campus. I also can’t wait to take walks around the Lake Michigan shore,” Ella Nghiem said, a firstyear in the College of Health Sciences.

“I’m excited for the weather to get warmer so I can spend more time outside running on the Riverwalk alongside the Milwaukee River,” Olivia Egle said, a first-year in the College of Arts & Sciences.

If the weather takes a little while longer to get on board with your pending outdoor plans, there are plenty of indoor activities available around Milwaukee to partake in.

Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, known as The Domes, can also be an option for people who

want to enjoy some natural beauty even if its colder outside. Visitors can see the desert, tropical, or floral show domes. Student tickets are available for $6. There’s also an additional one dollar discount option for anyone who can show proof of being a resident of Milwaukee County.

Museums are one way to see more of what Milwaukee in spring has to offer if the temperatures outside are still a little too cool for comfort. Just a couple blocks from Straz Tower, the Milwaukee Public Museum is a short walk from campus.

A natural and human history museum with both permanent and rotating exhibits, students can get a ticket for $18.

For those more interested in checking out some artwork, the Grohmann Museum has paintings and sculptures dating back to 1580 as well as their current “Man at Work” collection. Tickets for the Grohmann Museum are $3 for students.

Additionally, the Milwaukee Art Museum has a permanent collection as well as their current spring “Art in Bloom” exhibit. The “Art in Bloom” exhibit will extend from April 7-10. Students can buy tickets online to explore the Milwaukee Art Museum for $17.

Through April 9, students can also check out the Milwaukee Winter Farmer’s Market. Located at GATHER at Deer District, the Milwaukee Winter Farmer’s Market

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offers produce and dairy products as well as baked goods and a variety of global cuisine.

Another opportunity to explore this upcoming spring is the Milwaukee Film Festival, which will run from April 21 through May 5. Ticket packages are available for purchase online. For $75, a non-member can get six vouchers that can be exchanged for general admissions tickets to films offered at the Milwaukee Film Festival.

If you’re looking for something not too far from campus, you can head to the Historic Third Ward to check out the Milwaukee Public Market and restaurants like Café Benelux.

Students can also head to Brady Street, a Milwaukee hallmark known for a wide variety of multicultural cuisine, such as Greek food at the Apollo Café, Middle Eastern food at Casablanca Restaurant, and Latin-American food at La Masa Empanada Bar. Just because the weather may not be consistently warmer yet doesn’t mean we can’t “spring” into this new season! Milwaukee has plenty of options for those looking to check out all this city has to offer. Whether you are someone who would love the chance to explore an art museum or someone who would prefer to take advantage of all the shopping and dining options the Third Ward has to offer, there’s something for everyone to explore in Milwaukee in spring.

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“I am looking forward to seeing leaves on trees again, the grass no longer being covered in snow ...”

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FOR NE W written by kim cook Many people may know this feeling: Sitting in a theater, popcorn bucket in hand, accompanied by a small group of your closest friends that were excited to make the trip with you to the nearest cinema. After waiting for what seems like forever, it’s time. The lights go down, the screen comes to life and just like that you are enamored, you have been sucked in to a different world, even if it is only for a couple of hours.

Now think about what it would be like to see your own movie on the silver screen.

For members of the Marquette Filmmakers Association, that thought is something they don’t have to imagine. Over the course of the semester, they write, plan and create their own short films for their film screening event May 6 in the Wakerly Media Lab in Johnston Hall.

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Marquette Theatre Department, work together to get the pivotal shots and capture special moments on film that they hope will resonate with viewers in the Marquette community.

MFMA opened its doors to students during the spring 2021 semester. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the group had to meet and create virtually until the beginning of this school year.

Margaret Weiner, vice president of MFMA and sophomore in the College of Communication, says the group has seen a large amount of interest from students wanting to be a part of film crews for the eight short films that are being produced this semester, even receiving over 100 email signatures at the spring O-Fest.

“It’s really cool to see people passionate about what they do. To see everyone in their element with

cameras, it’s a really special process to be a part of,” Weiner says.

Last semester, Sophia Albano, a junior in the College of Health Sciences, was able to see her film idea come to life. Her short film, “Do You Remember Me?,” tells the story of how her parents met and fell in love.

Albano says seeing her idea come to life was an unreal experience as she had never operated a camera or written a script before taking Marquette’s summer scriptwriting class.

“It is the greatest feeling!” Albano says. “It’s crazy how something in your head actually comes to fruition.

It was something that I was thinking of just in my head, but to actually get a film out of it, to press ‘play,’ it’s an incredible feeling.”

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noted the importance of representation in film and the power that it holds in society. She says that in writing her film, she wanted to tell a story that was real, one that people could identify with, one that could reach outside of Marquette.

“Film has the power to show people in a different light, in a normal light. Like, my mom can get the jock,” Albano says.”Anyone can do anything, and I think that being represented in film can make some many leaps and bounds in society.”

The ripple effects that Albano mentions have already started to take form. Films like Marvel’s “Shang-Chi” and “Black Panther,” two films to have majority-Asian and majority-Black ensemble casts, respectively, prove the world of film is getting larger and is beginning to share the microphone with diverse voices.

does that like film and being able to see a different perspective can really change the way that you think.”

And for Weiner and Tosto, there is a beauty to the expression and evoking thought processes that the medium of film offers in today’s world.

“I think it’s just really fascinating that you can share these experiences and when films come out you are able to ask questions,” Weiner says.

“Why is it important that we release this film now? Why is this story important right now? What can people learn from it? And I think that’s really pow-

erful. Even if it’s just funny, because people just need to laugh right now. I think that is something really beautiful.”

Even when the screen fades to black, and the lights come up, Tosto and the MFMA are ready to express themselves and their ideas in the best way they know how: Multiple shots of multiple angles, all in the process of finding that new perspective.

“It’s an art form and, I don’t know, it just sometimes catches me off guard how beautiful it can be,” Tosto says.

Even animated feature films like Disney’s “Encanto” have made huge strides in depictions of diversity in film.

One Instagram post shared

by Kenzo B. (@katchingupwithkenzo) went viral featuring a little boy named Kenzo who shares a striking resemblance to Antonio Madrigal, one of the characters in the film. The post amounted over 12 thousand likes under the #representationmatters.

“The thing about film is that it’s someone’s perspective and it’s someone’s eyesight, and you get to see that and experience that through levels of empathy or emotion best conveyed on screen,” Trevor Tosto, MFMA president and junior in the College of the Communication, says. “I don’t think there’s another art form that really

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With several BIG EAST titles, stunning upset victories and late drama, Marquette sports have provided its fans with countless memories over the past 20 years.

Here’s a breakdown of some of Marquette’s best games in the 21st century.

Women’s Volleyball vs.

Wisconsin 2019

After pulling off a road upset against then-No. 9 BYU, the Marquette women’s volleyball team headed into a matchup against in-state rival and then-No. 4 Wisconsin, looking for their first win against the Badgers in program history.

The game was close from the get-go, but Wisconsin took the first two sets by a score of 25-22 each.

The Golden Eagles were able to hold off the Badgers and took the next two sets to force a decisive set five.

After some back-andforth action early, Marquette was able to go on a run to win set five off of Barber’s 22nd kill of the match.

the Bond Shymansky era for Marquette volleyball, the then-No. 24 Golden Eagles took on Creighton for a shot at the BIG EAST Tournament Championship.

In a game that featured 23 ties and nine lead changes, Marquette was able to capture its first BIG EAST title in four sets, 25-18, 25-27, 25-21, 25-16.

Redshirt first-year middle hitter Megan Niemann and first-year outside hitters Autumn Bailey and Nele Barber combined for 48 of the Golden Eagles 67 kills for the match.

Men’s Soccer vs. No. 1 Georgetown 2021

The Marquette men’s soccer program had never defeated a No. 1 ranked team in history before pulling off the upset victory

against the No. 1 Georgetown Hoyas 1-0 on Senior Night Oct. 30, 2021 at Valley Fields.

Redshirt sophomore forward AJ Franklin provided the game-winner for the Golden Eagles in the 86th minute en route to the program’s historic win.

“It was such a spectacular night with a special group of guys,” Franklin said. “To win that game on Senior night in front of our fans and alumni meant so much more as well.”

“We went into the game knowing we had nothing to lose, so we just gave it our all on the court and wanted to have fun while doing so,” outside hitter Hope Werch says. “It was a very special moment for us.”

Women’s Soccer vs. #5 Notre Dame 2005

Earning one of the program’s best wins in history, the Marquette women’s soccer team defeated the defending champions and No. 5. Notre Dame Irish 4-1 at Valley Fields.

Women’s Volleyball vs. Creighton 2013

In what would be the final BIG EAST game of

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After trailing 1-0 early, the Golden Eagles scored four unanswered goals to secure the upset victory.

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Graduate transfer guard Katin Reinhardt led the Golden Eagles with 19 points on 4-for-7 shooting from deep off the bench and provided the game-winning free throws with just 11.6 seconds left in the game.

Marquette finished the game Photos taken by Marquette Athletics on a 19-4 run and outscored Villanova 50came up huge for Marquette, saving 33 in the second half en route to 13 shots on the night. the program’s first win over a No. 1 Men’s Basketball vs. team in the country since 2003.

Kentucky 2003 Women’s Basketball vs.

Looking for the program’s first final four appearance since winning its lone NCAA Championship in 1977, the Golden Eagles defeated No. 1 seed Kentucky 83-69 in the Elite Eight of the Midwest Region.

Sophomore guard Dwyane Wade led the Golden Eagles with a triple-double, posting a game-high 29 points, 11 assists and 11 rebounds.

Forward Robert Jackson complemented Wade’s performance, chipping in 24 points and 15 rebounds for Marquette’s historic win over the Wildcats.

Men’s Basketball vs.

Villanova 2017

Despite trailing by as many as 17 points in the second half, Marquette completed the stunning comeback victory over the defending champions and No. 1 Villanova Wildcats 74-72 at the Bradley Center.

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DePaul 2017

After beating Georgetown in the quarterfinals and then taking down the number two seed Creighton Blue Jays in semifinals, the No.3 seeded Marquette took on the No. 1 seeded DePaul Blue Demons in the BIG EAST tournament final at the Al McGuire Center.

Behind a 27-point fourth quarter, which began with a 7-0 run, the Golden Eagles were able to hold off DePaul 86-78 for their first BIG EAST title.

Sophomore

guard Natisha Hiedeman scored a game-high 28 points, while fellow sophomore guard Amani Wilborn scored 20 points while also grabbing eight rebounds.

Women’s Basketball vs.

Providence 2019

Just two seasons after winning its first BIG EAST tournament title, women’s basketball team looked to win its first outright BIG EAST regular season title on the road taking on Providence.

With the help of 17 points off the bench from then junior guard Isabelle Spingola, the Golden Eagles were able to capture that title with an 80-57 win over the Friars.

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minutes, including the whole third quarter, and took a 9-7 lead heading into the final stanza.

After Denver tied the game up with two early goals in the fourth, junior midfielder Andy Demichiei scored with 5:55 left. Marquette held the Pioneers to just two more shot attempts, and the Golden Eagles held on to win 10-9.

Women’s Lacrosse vs.

UConn 2018

After starting BIG EAST conference play at 5-0 in 2018, the Golden Eagles dropped its next three games to fall to 5-3.

“I knew on that team that was my role, which was to come in and be ready to shoot threes,” Spingola said. “Looking back, just to get that No. 1 seed was huge, and it felt really good for us.”

Men’s Lacrosse vs. No. 1 Denver 2016

After defeating Villanova in the semifinals of the BIG EAST Tournament, the Golden Eagles faced off against then-No.1 Denver for the BIG EAST Title.

While Tanner Thompson opened the scoring, Denver scored seven of the next eight goals to take a 7-2 lead with 5:43 left in the second quarter.

However, Marquette’s defense clamped down on the Denver offense, as the Golden Eagles held the Pioneers scoreless for nearly 22

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game-winning goal, giving the Golden Eagles a 15-14 victory.

“Our team walked into that game and said we’re gonna win, and there’s no other option,” head coach Meredith Black said. “They did whatever it took to win that game and it was special to see.”

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Marquette needed a win on senior day against UConn to claim its first BIG EAST Tournament bid in program history.

Trailing the Huskies 14-9 with 17:24 to go in the second half, Marquette started to mount a comeback tying the game with 3:17 left off a goal from then sophomore midfielder Megan Menzuber.

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finding all super fans written by ava mares

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The crowd cheers, Iggy the Eagle moonwalks on the sidelines and T-shirts parachute from the ceiling to the stands. You’re at a Marquette men’s basketball game and odds are, you run into one particular Marquette student.

“It’s Nathan been Marzion “I started cool to going to Marquette see that (ac- games when was count) grow Iseven or eight and become a with my dad. I was part of who a really big fan from the very start,” I am.”

Marzion says.

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Marquette, where his dad graduated from college. Following in his father’s footsteps, Nathan will be graduating from Marquette University in the spring of 2022, but leaving college does not mean leaving Marquette basketball.

“I’m such a passionate sports fan that I do want to try to go into something with sports analysis, sports writing or sports anything,” Marzion says.

Such a passion must be shared and in Marzion’s case, it’s shared via Twitter.

“My twitter account started growing when I like first got on campus as a freshman,” Marzion says. “I quickly got a reputation as the guy that is always at the games and tweets about Marquette ball.”

Marzion’s Twitter is currently followed by 27,100 users.

“It’s been cool to see that (account) grow and become a part of who I am. It’s something I’m pas-

sionate about. It’s something that I have fun doing,” Marzion says.

Despite graduation approaching, Marzion is confident in continuing his “superfan” role for many seasons to come.

“It’s just something that’s been passed along in my family,” Marzion says. “Watching him emit that love for Marquette caused me to like the team too. It’s really cool to see how our passions are passed down like that.”

Julie Taggart

As of September 2021, Julie Taggart hit 16 years cancer free but it was cancer that led her to what became one of her life’s greatest gifts Taggart recalls. The gift? Marquette women’s basketball. Almost ten years ago, Taggart met her team.

“My husband and I were in Milwaukee for a Susan G. Komen breast cancer event at the Milwaukee Art Museum and all of a sudden there was a group of very large,

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Taggart and her husband, Timothy, had no previous affiliation with Marquette University, but that all changed when Taggart was asked be a part of the breast cancer awareness Pink Game. From that moment forward Taggart became a full-force MWBB fan.

“I love being a part of the Pink Game. I’ve sung the national anthem at the Pink Game before,” Taggart says. “I’ve had coach Duffy invite me to a dinner the night before with the team to talk about my experience with cancer.”

The evil finger of cancer touches all lives in one way or another.

“There have been more people than I would like to think that have faced that battle. So, I really try to live by the visible survivor motto,” Taggart says.

Taggart and her husband may not have children of their own, but they do have a whole basketball team.

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is always that I just want to hug them (the players) all,” Taggart says.

Nyah Daniel

While Daniel may be a first-year student, her love for basketball has already influenced her college life.

“I enjoy posting their (Marquette Basketball) stuff on social media, mainly on my Instagram story.

Sometimes I’ll do it on Snapchat, but I try and post and spread the word for people not in attendance,” Daniel says.

For Daniel, being a superfan is another way to shape her future career of sports marketing.

“Just being around the environment of the sport pushes me and motivates me to move to that next level in pursuing my career here at Marquette,” she says.

Though Daniel has a handful of years until she secures her diploma, she says she plans to bleed blue and gold for the rest of her life.

“I’ve seen how like strongly alums are here, so I feel that one day I’ll be able to look back and realize I’m in their shoes now,” Daniel says.

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PEP BAND & cheerleaders From pom-poms, megaphones and cheers to loud snaring trumpets, the Marquette pep band and cheer team are ready to put on a show from the moments fans walk into an indoor Marquette sports event.

Ellie Mikelonis, a senior in the College of Nursing, says traditions are a big way that the Marquette cheer team represents itself and gets the crowd on their feet.

“A big way we get the crowd hyped is through traditions like thunderstruck before the big games, clapping and T-shirt toss always gets the crowd going for sure,” Mikelonis says.

With the crowds roaring energy throughout the stadium, Jenn Bonavia, a first-year student on the cheer team, says she notices that the crowd’s energy highly reflects back on them while cheering.

“It is hard to look at the crowd when they are just looking at you with a blank face and its different because if they are

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actually engaged and smiling at you then it’s a lot more fun to have spirit in front of them,” Bonavia says. “It is a big change when they are smiling and waving back at you.”

Mikelo-

nis says the cheer team has developed a lot over the years, including adding in new coaches this year and changing up the team’s dynamic.

“We year on orative whereas used to separate,” says. with team makes it a spirit

have worked more with the dance team this with putting more collabroutines before we be pretty Mikelonis “Working the dance more more of squad,

which is nice.”

For first-year students like Bonavia, joining the cheer team has been a confidence booster that has allowed for her to step out of her comfort zone. “ Joining the cheer team has impacted my confidence so much and made me not afraid of performing in front of 100 plus people,” Bonavia says.

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Along with playing at men’s and women’s basketball games, the band is is also sible for the during women’s games.

The band is led by music director, Erik Janners, and is made up of students who are a part of the Marquette Wind Ensemble and the Marquette Symphonic Band.

Student president and student conductor of the Marquette pep band Charlie Dennert says energy around an arena feeds into their performance.

“When you have a really big crowd it’s easy for things to turn

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negative very quickly, so we make sure we bring positive energy to the crowd and representing the school in a good way,” Dennert says. “We have a big energy impact on the games that don’t draw that big of a crowd, and there it gets even more important because we basically make up the body of the student section most of the time.”

Gabrielle Prehn, a junior in the

College of Health Sciences, says the pep band loves interacting with the crowd and likes to be the beacon for the crowd to interact with.

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“The crowd looks for us, we always get comments on our dance moves and how excited everyone seems to be there, and they can draw from that energy,” Prehn says. “The more the crowd gets into it, the louder the stadium gets and the better that the team plays.”

From playing “Ring Out Ahoya,” to shouting “Go Marquette” to clapping loudly, the Marquette cheer team and pep band aim to have an impact on school spirit and fan experiences when cheering on our favorite athletic teams.

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more than a student-athlete written by ben schultz Marquette student-athletes wear blue and gold when representing Marquette, but there’s more to being an athlete than just playing in games and showing up for class.

As a senior and member of the men’s soccer team, Alan Salmeron has found himself in a position where those on the team look up to him, which is what it means to him to be a student-athlete.

“I think a lot of the guys kind of look up to me in a way, so I just try to lead by example and do my part,” Salmeron says.

The Marquette student-athletes share a unique perspective that comes with going to Marquette, sharing similar experiences, accomplishments and support for each other when they can. Yet for each player, this means a little something different for all of them.

as well, which comes with lessons and a support system.

then having them come and support women’s lacrosse games as well.”

“I would say that being a Division I athlete has helped me learn a lot about myself,” senior women’s lacrosse player Rebecca Cappaert says. “Being a Division I athlete has given me a support system that I know I can always have.”

With the teams being tight-knit and interacting with others, it is often a normal fan will see other teams attend games and events cheering each other on.

The student-athletes at Marquette support each other as a whole even if they don’t share the field or court with each other.

At the base level, being a Marquette student-athlete means being a Division I athlete

“We’re a very closeknit athletic community,” Cappaert says. “Going and supporting other sports, and

“It’s pretty special that we get to go to each other’s athletic events and support and cheer each other on which is pretty special for all of us,” redshirt sophomore men’s lacrosse player Aidan O’Donnell says.

Not only do the teams share support of each other, they also share some of the same team bonding activities.

A common tradition across different teams is making first-years and those new to the team sing a song for the rest of the team.

“That’s a really awesome tradition that we have,” Cappaert says.

For the women’s lacrosse team they do it on the bus, the men’s soccer team does it in the preseason and the men’s lacrosse team does it on the first road trip.

The songs that have been sung range from faster to slower songs and some specific songs that have been sung include “Stacy’s Mom”

by Fountains of Wayne and “Firework” by Katy Perry.

Singing these songs is says to bring the teams closer together.

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“It’s always funny and I feel like it’s a special moment for all of us to kind of just get to know each other a little bit more,” O’Donnell says.

Being a student-athlete at Marquette means different things to those across the different sports.

“It gives me a lot of pride to be a Marquette

student-athlete,” Cappaert says.

For O’Donnell, it’s about representing something greater and being bigger than the game.

“It’s pretty special to represent something bigger than yourself with a big national university,” O’Donnell says. “I feel like being a Marquette student-athlete goes beyond just performing on the field and representing the school.”

The men’s lacrosse team participates in service opportunities like helping a Milwaukee wheelchair lacrosse team.

“There’s times where we’re getting up at 6:30, 7 a.m for early morning practices and it’s definitely tough some mornings

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to come at it with a lot of energy and attitude,” O’Donnell says. “But just seeing those guys come in and see that it makes their day is really special.”

Within the women’s lacrosse team there’s a slogan called the “gold standard,” which is five words and ideas:

Work ethic, hustle, accountability, trust and selfless service.

Cappaert says she has already seen the gold standard affect her life and knows that her experiences with the team will extend to help her in the future.

“Those five aspects will translate, well they already have translated into my life,” Cappaert says. “I’ll carry those out because of my experience with Marquette lacrosse.”

Cappaert brings things full circle about what it means to be a Marquette student athlete and wear the blue and gold on their jerseys.

“Putting that uniform on every day kind of reminds me of those things I’ve learned, and it is more than just a sport to me,” Cappaert says.

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continuing the competition written by johnnie brooker For students who do not play a Division I sport and want to stay active after high school as they enter college, intramural and club sports serve as an alternative route for them to keep their passion for sports alive.

Although first-years Payton Marzella and Amjed Kabashi and senior Claire Stanley do not play at the Division I level, they have continued to take their individual sports interests to the next level.

Over the fall, Marzella plays first base for Marquette’s club softball team. The club softball season consists of two tournaments in which they won both.

“It’s just been a good opportunity to meet people as well as play the game that I love,” Marzella says.

While Marquette does not have a softball program, Marzella believes that if the university did, some of her teammates would be able to play at the Division I level.

After playing softball for her entire high school career, Marzella says she has seen the variations playing this season at the college level.

“It’s a different experience because in high school, you practice every single day to having games throughout the week and then as we go into club softball at Marquette, we practice once or twice a week and then have tournaments over the weekend, which are very long,” Marzella says.

“No one needs to practice on their skills, individually. It’s almost just like coming together as a team.

We don’t have to spend as much time practicing because everyone knows the game and knows how to play,” Marzella says.

Marzella says playing for the team has impacted her Marquette experience overall, as it has given her the opportunity to meet other students with different backgrounds.

Kabashi plays for the Marquette club basketball team and serves as the team’s designated “big man” at 6 feet 6 inches.

He says after only playing basketball one year in high school, he wanted to pursue it at the club level in college.

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“Playing for the club basketball team has been a really good experience,” Kabashi says. “I’ve been playing with some nice guys across

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many different grade levels, freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors because we’ve all been trying just to do our best to put all of our effort in on the court.”

The club basketball teams play in tournaments across several weekends throughout the Midwest. With the season still ongoing, Kabashi says the highlight of his experience has been participating in the practices leading up to the tournaments.

“Connecting with my teammates in preparation for games enhances my experience,” Kabashi says.

Kabashi says learning the keys

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of commitment, hard work and dedication have truly impacted his Marquette experience.

a lot of stuff to help you get closer with your friends when you travel and a chance to compete.”

Coming to the practices everyday. Making sure we are focused and not playing around, makes it more fulfilling,” Kabashi says.

Stanley says practice has returned to a “more normal” setting.

Stanley, a senior leader on Marquette’s club swim team, has been swimming for the past 10 to 12 years.

Due to not being able to compete last season because of COVID-19, she says this season has taken off strongly.

“It’s been nice transitioning out of Covid to a more normal season,” Stanley says.

“We got to plan meets this semester again, which is a huge part of our team socially. It’s nice to have meets because it brings

“Last year, you had to be very distanced and you couldn’t interact much outside of swimming, which was already hard because swimming is an individual sport anyways, so without that team element, it made it hard to motivate yourself and go to practice.”

Stanley says that joining Marquette’s swim team was one of the best decisions she’s ever made.

“Being able to swim, making goals for myself, and setting standards is a great close out to my swim career,” Stanley says.

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written by Aimee Galaszewski Marquette men’s lacrosse is a tradition that runs deep in the Artinian family; However, you’ll never see the family wearing bulky helmets and padding. Instead, you’ll find senior twin brothers Nick and Joey Artinian on the sidelines, screaming chants and clapping simultaneously.

The two brothers have an important role behind the scenes as team managers. They ensure the lacrosse team achieves success, whether that’s handling the team’s general operations, enhancing the team’s social media presence or assisting with recruiting.

There are five Artinian siblings: Emily, Peter, Chris, Nick and Joey.

Four of the five siblings have served as a Marquette men’s lacrosse team manager during their undergraduate education at Marquette.

manager from 2012-2016.

Current Marquette men’s lacrosse head coach Andrew Stimmel, who originally served as assistant coach and defensive coordinator at Marquette back in 2016, says that Emily’s contributions were greatly appreciated during the early years of the program. Stimmel was able to work with both Emily and Peter Artinian during his time as assistant coach and defensive coordinator.

“They’re an incredible family,” Stimmel says. “The word that comes to mind for all of them is servant leaders, and I think that’s such a good example for the guys on our team.”

Marquette men’s lacrosse assistant coach and defensive coordinator Jake Richard also worked closely with Peter Artinian, who served as a manager from 2015-2019.

“He was a ton of fun, really passionate about the sport and about the team,” Richard says. “And then his twin brothers came in and made a splash immediately. I think the common theme with them has just been the energy they’ve brought from the start.”

When Nick and Joey arrived at Marquette in 2018, they chose to follow in the footsteps of their older siblings.

“I just thought ‘why not?’” Joey Artinian says. “It’s a great chance to

This Marquette connection started in Long Island, New York. Former Marquette men’s lacrosse head coach Joe Amplo played lacrosse at Hofstra University with their uncle Jay Artinian. This inevitably led to Amplo and their father Chris Artinian forming a strong bond.

When Amplo came to Milwaukee to serve as Marquette’s first men’s lacrosse coach in 2011, Emily Artinian was arriving at Marquette.

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meet people and I always like being a part of a team.”

While the twins do not occupy a spot on the roster, redshirt junior defender Zach Granger says their role on the team is just as important.

“I want to play for those guys because they’re so passionate about it,” Granger says. “They’re part of

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er says. “But they embrace it, and it was like this huge thing. It was awesome.”

outside the field, and they’re very true to themselves wherever they are.”

That moment was just as memorable for Nick Artinian.

Even though the twins have been around for three years, Stimmel says it can still be difficult to tell them apart.

“I lost, I’ll never forget that, it was brutal,” Nick Artinian says. “With all the guys cheering it was the greatest way to probably start off my

“Nick definitely laughs at my jokes a lot more and Joey really makes me work for it,” Stimmel says. “I really have to work and come up with something creative for him to really laugh.”

While players and coaches had no comment about their favorite Artinian sibling, the twins did not hold back.

“I think I’m more versatile than my brothers, I do a lot of the social media side,” Nick Artinian says. “I’d throw my name in the hat there.”

This debate led to a bickering match back and forth between the twins, but they ultimately came to a fair conclusion.

“I think we know pretty much the same,” Nick Artinian says. “We constantly call each other out on what things we do and don’t know, I think we both play well do each other’s strengths.”

The twins bring this sense of family to their job every day, and Stimmel says that it has led to more people wanting to be part of the program.

our team, part of our family.

(first year).”

Granger says one of his favorite memories was when the twins dressed up in sumo suits and battled one another before a game three years ago.

Granger says this passion extends outside of lacrosse, during their 3 v. 3 tournaments together at the Marquette Recreation Center.

“If I was a manager for a team and I was asked to go up against my brother in a sumo suit in front of the whole team, I’d be like, ‘Oh, I don’t want to do that,’” Grang-

“They’re their authentic selves when they’re here, and I think it’s awesome to see them outside in a different arena,” Granger says.

“Their passion for the things that they’re passionate about shows

“If you look at anybody who’s responsible for that, it’s the Artinians,” Stimmel says. “We’re just super grateful to them and leaving that legacy and I’m sure it’ll be something that our new managers will continue to carry on in the future.”

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non-profit &

community work written by kelly reilly Engraved within its Jesuit roots and the university’s motto of “Be The Difference,” Marquette student-athletes go beyond their Jesuit expectations when it comes to giving back to the community through non-profit and community events.

During the last week of winter break, both the men’s and women’s track and field teams helped out at Feeding America Eastern Wiscon-

sin, the state’s largest food bank.

The women’s team helped make food boxes for Wisconsin high school students in need.

“We worked on two separate projects,” senior Addy Havens says.

“We were packing boxes that were supposed to be additional food packages for high school students in need, which is kind of cool to be

able to work on a project that was for younger kids in Wisconsin.”

Havens says volunteering with her team was very rewarding.

“It was super fun,” Havens says.

“We sort of just went down in an assembly line, they had a bunch of different items that were supposed to go in the boxes.”

After volunteering at Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, Haven and her team agreed they wanted to do work like this following their day at Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, as they wanted to continue giving back to the community.

“Almost everybody I talked to after was like ‘we need to do this more often,’” Havens says. “I think it is important that we were serving the Milwaukee community, but also the state of Wisconsin, because the projects we were working on were going all over the place.”

Darcy Kuse, the volunteer engagement coordinator from Feeding America Eastern Wisconsin, says both teams were amazing, and she was surprised to see how they handled the projects as a team.

“It was cool to see the way they

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approached their project, and just to see the team dynamic come out and the way they problem solved and set up things up and worked through it,” Kruse says.

Another way Havens says both teams represented university’s values is that they plan to have donation boxes in the locker room for their old track gear.

“Lots of us have a lot of old running gear and athletic stuff, so every once in a while people we can put our old clothes and things like that in there,” Havens says.

The men’s and women’s basketball team also participated in different acts of service over winter break.

Both women and men’s basket-

ball teams teamed up with Kohl’s to help students at Milwaukee-based St. Catherine’s Catholic Elementary School check off items from their holiday lists during a “Shopping with the Golden Eagles” event Dec. 12.

During that break, the women’s basketball team also volunteered at the Marquette University food kitchen, a student-powered hungered relief organization partnered with the Marquette Food Recovery Network, next to Mashuda Hall, where they helped prepare meals for the holiday season.

“We kind of just helped them prepare holiday dinners. There were different stations, a desert station, a cooking station,” Lougbo says. “We made sugar cookies, peanut butter

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cookies, and there were a lot of pies that we wrapped up individually.”

One of the Jesuit values instilled at Marquette is to help the less fortunate in our community.

Lougbo says that being able to do that was eye opening for herself and the rest of the team because they were able to see a different side of Milwaukee.

“Being able to leave our comfort zones and provide that help for less fortunate just highlights one of the main Jesuit factors,” Lougbo says.

“Accepting and embracing that part of life, that it’s not always going to be as easy as we have it. It’s kind of in a way humbles you to see that other side and appreciate what we have more.”

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Hope for the future

Written by hope Moses

Now and then, my mother tells the story of my name. The story starts out with details she had forgotten to mention previously, but it always ends the same: She named me Hope because somewhere along the line, she knew I would need it, that a bit of hope is all I need.

From COVID-19 to climate change and media that declare both pandemics are the signs of the times, I find it difficult to find hope and hold tight to it.

And unfortunately, I am not alone.

A survey conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics and the United States Census Bureau showed that symptoms of anxiety disorder or depressive disorder have risen by 11% over the last two years and COVID-19 may be the culprit.

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As COVID-19 cases rise find and natural disasters what you hit roughly one in 10 American are hopehomes, it we ful for and feels are only waiting for why you are the next bad thing hopeful to happen.

This can create a feeling of for it.” hopelessness — one I know all too well.

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guiding questions and guiding statements that have helped in my pursuit of hope.

First, find what you are hopeful for and why you are hopeful for it.

For me, I am excited to graduate college and start my career. I am not sure where I am headed, but just the thought of heading somewhere is exciting. I also hope to someday find love and build from it. As a family person, the hope that I will have my own is an opportunity I look forward to.

Reminding myself that amid dark clouds is a rainbow makes thinking of future hopes and wishes easier, which leads me to my next statement: Positive thinking is difficult but possible; positive thinking is the practice of focusing on the good in any given situation.

Our thoughts drive our emotions which have never been more important to understand than right now. Articles like Vox’s “The world as we know it is ending. Why are we still at work?” induce negative thoughts when first read. While the article raises important points, the headline was enough to send me into a spiral.

If you are dealing with negative thoughts, be selective with the media you consume. It is not easy as COVID-19 and natural disasters dominate our news cycle but limiting access to certain media can be helpful. Also, Mental Health America, a national organization that addresses the needs of those

living with mental illness, created a worksheet, available on its website, that offers guidance to those struggling with positive thinking.

But it is important to acknowledge that an individual’s thought process isn’t always in their control, leading me to my next point: Control what you can.

While we cannot control everything, there are things we can like our morning routines or who we keep in touch with. This may seem minor in the grand scheme of things, but decisions like these can change your life for the better.

Self-care is also a great way to stay present amid global change.

Personally, I take walks and work out, seek out friends and new opportunities and spend intentional time alone to regroup. But self-care looks different for everyone. Finding what works from you — what restores your faith in our world — is a journey, but one guaranteed to make you feel more hopeful.

There are numerous questions and guiding statements to keep in mind, but the most important is this: The world has healed before and will heal again. Somewhere along the line, we will find hope and hold tight to it.

Because, after all, in my mother’s words, “a bit of hope is all you need.

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Let’s talk about mental health

While mental illness is a battle that may remain unseen on the surface, it is difficult and enduring nonetheless.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 50% of Americans will be diagnosed with a mental illness or disorder in their lifetime. Evidently, mental illness is very common for a variety of reasons. People who live with a mental illness can develop them due to biological factors, traumas or histories of abuse and substance use.

It is important to distinguish between mental health and a mental illness or disorder. Mental health refers to a person’s overall psychological well-being. People can have highs and lows in their mental health based on life events, stress and social wellness.

The terms mental illness or mental disorder are in reference to a condition that affects a person’s mood and behavior. These include

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one day, but find out something upsetting such as the loss of a loved one the next, they could have a lapse in their mental health; However, this does not mean they suffer from a mental illness. Fluctuation in our emotions and moods is normal and something that everyone may experience on a daily basis.

Chronic mental illness is arguably more debilitating. For example, someone who lives with an anxiety disorder will have that anxiety every day, although the extremity may vary. According to the National Institution of Mental Health, a person with an anxiety disorder may constantly worrying, be easily fatigued and have heart palpitations.

When I was 10 years old, I often had to leave the classroom when I was triggered by anything, one time by a book we read that detailed violence.

My body went numb, pins and needles running through my chest.

My heart started to race and I felt like all I could hear was deafening static. Sometimes, I had to rush to the bathroom to try and calm down, overwhelmed by the thought that I was legitimately dying.

Now, at 20 years old, I can identify those feelings as anxiety, and they are still ones that I experience on a daily basis. Some of my triggers have changed. I have learned more techniques to help calm myself down. But, unfortunately, you do not outgrow anxiety.

Living with mental illness is draining and can even create physical symptoms such as unexplained aches and pains.

According to a 2019 survey conducted by the American Psychological Association, 87% of Americans said that having a mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of. While this number is promising, not everybody agrees.

As somebody who has struggled with an anxiety disorder since childhood, I find it difficult to hear people who may not experience a mental illness brush it off or suggest that it is not a big deal. It’s frustrating.

People should listen and work to understand.

If somebody is brave enough to tell you about their experience with mental health, listen. If someone is strong enough to live with the weight of mental illness on their shoulders every day, be kind.

Mental illness has a presence in my life, in the life of somebody reading this article and in the lives of millions of other people. It should be discussed, thoroughly and often.

50% of Americans will be diagnosed with a mental illness or disorder in their lifetime.

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Holding onto little moments as I take the next step written by Alexandra garner

Standing in a crowd of blue and gold shirts, we all sway back and forth, back and forth. We look like one being, curving and pulsing as we clap our hands above our heads, trying to mirror the students on the other side of the arena.

Some students hold blue foam fingers, others wear gold beads around their necks and temporary “MU” tattoos and glitter on their cheeks.

“Sometimes I feel I’m back in my first year, back to the girl who was greatly uncertain of herself...”

It’s my first National Marquette Day, and for the first time, I truly feel the joy of being a Marquette student.

Memories like this stick with me when reflecting on the last four years.

People often say that college will be the best four years of someone’s life, but that mindset is restrictive and can create pressure and stagnation. If college is the best four years of a person’s life, there is little room to be better, to strive for success and happiness in the future.

While I’ve made some of the best memories and felt many moments of pure joy at Marquette, at times I’ve also never felt lower in my life.

The past four years have felt like changing tides, constantly moving with each year.

As a first-year student, I was curious, doubtful and eager to begin a new chapter. I was also very lonely, as it was difficult to make friends and find my rhythm.

As a sophomore, I felt a shift.

Becoming more comfortable, I began to feel aspirational as I delved deeper into learning and exploring my passions.

Junior year brought feelings of vulnerability, disconnection and unsteadiness as I tried, like all of us,

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to adapt to a new environment of learning at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through that I also felt resilient.

Senior year has also been strange. I feel more steady in myself but also very malleable and anxious for the future, unknown and quickly approaching.

Sometimes I feel I’m back in my first year, back to the girl who was greatly uncertain of herself and who struggled to find success and confidence.

Four years really do go by in a blink of an eye. I am still struggling with the reality that I only have a few more months left at Marquette.

I’m not sure if these four years have been the best of my life, but I do know that I’ve radically changed.

From connecting with Islamic communities on an alternative spring break trip my sophomore year, co-establishing a student organization on campus to address food insecurity and access to nearby communities, spending the summer interning and living in Washington D.C. through the Les Aspin Center for Government and being a student journalist at the Marquette Wire, my values have been strengthened, but I am a radically different person.

I know I wouldn’t be the same person if I went anywhere else. Through continuously opening myself to learning and engaging with new communities and people, I feel that I have been prepared to be the difference when I leave Marquette; I’ll lead with compassion and strive for justice, equity and the truth.

Take advantage of every opportunity, even if you’re afraid or hesitant. Push outside of your comfort zone. Be kind to yourself, allow yourself to feel low, uncertain and

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doubtful. Celebrate the successes.

Lean on the people who care about you.

As I move onto the next chapter, I’ll take my memories with me: Late Monday nights at Johnston Hall, talking with one of my best friends in The Commons dining hall until 4 a.m. during our first year, carrying pans and boxes of food from the dining halls before winter break so they can be redistributed and made into meals, trying to be quiet while laughing and studying with my friends in Memorial Library and watching the sunset and eating ice cream on the National Mall in D.C. I’ll hold these little moments close as I take the next step.

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Thank you for being a professor, mentor, and most importantly, a friend to each person who has walked into Johnston Hall or worked for the Marquette Wire in the past six years. We will all miss you, but we also hope you enjoy your well-deserved retirement with family and friends.

While serving as managing editor has given me so many incredible experiences, it has also given me the unexpected blessing of having my Journal desk just within a few feet from yours. I will miss peeking around the corner to see your smiling face, rolling my chair over to ask you yet another question of the day or listening to your constant, effortless words of wisdom.

Below is a little compilation of notes and pictures from some current and former students of the Marquette Wire. You’ve truly had a big impact on my life, but I hope you know your influence extends much farther than just myself and this year’s staff.

Love, Skyler Chun and the Marquette Wire Staff 2021-22

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It’s crazy how one person can change so many lives! You have truly blessed the Marquette Wire with your mentorship, positivity and kindness. Thank you for supporting me through everything and challenging me when I needed it most. I couldn’t do my job without you. Cheers to a well-deserved retirement filled with fishing and grandparent duties.

Aimee Galaszewski

The passion you have for journalism and mentoring your students is truly remarkable, and I feel so blessed to have been a Marquette Wire alum because of you! Your positive energy always seemed to come at exactly the right time during the late nights in the infamous Johnston Hall basement. I hope you enjoy retirement knowing you impacted the lives of so many students, including me!

-Steph Kaestner (Harte)

Congratulations on your “graduation!” You have truly changed the life of each student who has walked onto the second floor of Johnston Hall (and the basement, back in the day). The Marquette Wire would not be where it is today without you, but more importantly, neither would we, “your kids.” Thanks for being the best, Mark! Enjoy your well-deserved retirement. Get lots of potato soup in!

Lots of love, Aly Prouty ​

You deserve this retirement to reflect on what a profound impact you’ve had on the world. You’ve instilled the next generation of journalists with the passion, belief and skills needed to inform the world and protect our democracy. Even more than that, you’ve taught all of your students to be good people — to live their lives with ethics, morality and compassion at the forefront of their journeys. You’re a one-of-a-kind, once-in-a-lifetime, special human being to know. For many of us, you’re the game-changing educator who helped make our dreams come true. The gratitude is endless. Congratulations — I can’t wait to see how you continue to better those around you by being you.

Congratulations on your retirement! Your steadfast leadership, support and compassion is one of a kind, and I know everyone who has been lucky enough to learn from you, has grown into a better version of themselves.

Thank you for your guidance and inspiration, always.

– Sydney Czyzon, Class of 2020

Cheers! Natallie St. Onge

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The Marquettte wire would like to thank MU law alum Mike delzer and Delzer Lithograph Company for printing the marquette journal. you made our dreams come to life.

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