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Students sign thank you cards to donors at last year’s “Tuition Runs Out Day” in the Alumni Memorial Union.

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Valentine’s DayWe present the best songs and movies for love and breakups.

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LearyGoodmanOur notions about other students are not always right.

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Mayo’s performance could make or break the 2011 recruiting class.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Campusthanksdonorsin‘TuitionRunsOutDay’

Highly contagious virus infects campus

Out-of-pocket tuition only covers 62 percent of MU education

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Scholarships, grants and awards — where does the money come from? The Of-fice of University Advancement and Marquette Nation will host “Tuition Runs Out Day” today from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. in the AMU second floor lobby to answer that question. All stu-dents who received financial aid

By Catelyn [email protected]

from Marquette are encouraged to stop by the event and show their appreciation to donors by signing thank you cards.

Jennilee Schlinsky, a se-nior engagement officer in the Office of University Ad-vancement, said this is the event’s second year.

“Last year, countless stu-dents viewed our educational pieces throughout campus, which started a conversation on the impact Marquette alum-ni and donors have on our university,” she said.

In its first year more than 600 students participated in the program.

“There will be one thank you

card station ... and we will also have signs throughout campus displaying information about giving at Marquette,” Schlin-sky said. “These displays will provide information on the im-pact giving has on campus and direct students to the AMU to sign a thank you card.”

Last year, the university re-ceived responses from various alumni and donors about the cards students sent them.

“One alumna told us that she was so thankful to receive the hand-written thank you card from a student, it had moved her to tears,” Schlinsky said.

Students quarantined in dorms because of 48-hour norovirus

The norovirus has made its annual return to Wisconsin and Marquette’s campus. For those who contract the virus, an awful two days is on the way.

Paul Biedrzycki, the direc-tor of disease control and envi-ronmental health at the City of Milwaukee Health Department, said the norovirus is highly

By Eric [email protected]

contagious and spreads through contact with infected per-sons and contaminated sur-faces. Biedrzycki said the symptoms include nausea, diarrhea and cramping.

Connor Clancy, a freshman in the College of Business Administration, said he spent Sunday night in a bathroom stall in McCormick Hall be-cause of the norovirus. Mon-day he missed all his classes to sleep in his room and avoid spreading the infection.

“The norovirus is a horrible thing, and other students should try to stay healthy and avoid

Obama rallies Union in annual addressEconomy, gun control take center stage in emotional speech

Fresh off an electoral victory and entering his second term, President Barack Obama de-clared “there is much progress to report” as he addressed Con-gress in his annual State of the Union Address Tuesday.

Obama’s speech continued trends from his inaugural speech, covering issues ranging from the

By Jason [email protected]

minimum wage to gun control and climate change. On foreign policy, he outlined his plan to end the war in Afghanistan.

Focusing mainly on the econo-my, Obama made a case for end-ing austerity, suggesting a more balanced approach that includes greater government involvement to accelerate economic growth.

“Most Americans – Democrats, Republicans and Independents – understand that we can’t just cut our way to prosperity,” Obama said. “They know that broad-based economic growth requires a balanced approach to deficit re-duction, with spending cuts and

Newly confirmed Secretary of State John Kerry greets President Barack Obama before the president’s State of the Union Address Tuesday.

Photo by Charles Dharapak/Associated Press

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After a standoff in a Califor-nia mountain cabin that resulted in one police officer dead and one injured, authorities believe they have recovered the body of Chris Dorner, the ex-LAPD officer who went on a violent rampage against LAPD officers last week, CNN reported Wednesday.

Authorities reported they sus-pect Dorner died when the cabin was on fire Tuesday. There are some reports that a sound simi-lar to a gun shot was heard before the cabin burst into flames.

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Vil-laraigosa said authorities have “rea-sonable belief” that the body inside the cabin is Dorner’s, but it has yet to be officially identified.

Body of Chris Dorner recovered

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Gov. Scott Walker speaks about his proposed social policy reforms at Business Day in Madison Wednesday.Photo by M.P. King/Wisconsin State Journal/Associated Press

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Feb. 11At 11:38 p.m. a person not affiliated with Marquette trespassed in the Alumni Memorial Union and was taken into custody by MPD.

At 2:15 p.m. a visitor reported that unknown person(s) removed her unse-cured, unattended property estimated at $29 from the Varsity Theater.

Feb. 12At 12:45 a.m. DPS observed a juvenile attempt to remove a secured, unat-tended bicycle outside Humphrey Hall.

MPD was contacted and took the juvenile into custody.

At 10:03 a.m. a student reported be-ing hazed by fraternity members in a fraternity house in the 1300 block of W. Kilbourn Ave. The investigation is ongoing.

At 10:25 a.m. a student reported that unknown person(s) removed her unse-cured, unattended property estimated at $115 from a business in the 1600 block of W. Wisconsin Ave. MPD was contacted.

Corrections

The page one article entitled “Bene-dict resigns, cites health” in Tuesday’s Tribune mistakenly stated that Pope Benedict XVI grew up during World War I. He in fact came of age during World War II. The Tribune regrets the error.

Editor’s Note: The page four article entitled “2013 MU Greek life numbers remain relatively stable” in the Feb. 7 Tribune was based on 2010 data from the Marquette Office of Student De-velopment’s semiannual Greek Report. The Tribune has since learned that more recent data, showing an increase in the number of students in fraterni-ties and sororities, is also available. Had the Tribune known of the more recent data, the article would have been updated accordingly.

The Marquette Tribune welcomes questions, comments, suggestions and notification of errors that appear in the newspaper. Contact us at (414) 288-5610 or [email protected].

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Tuition Runs Out Day, AMU, 9 a.m.

Disney on Ice, U.S. Cellular Arena, 7 p.m.

Night of Chocolate, AMU ballrooms, 8:30 p.m.

The American Songbook, Marcus Cen-ter for the Performing Arts, 8 p.m.

Annex Acoustic Night featuring Patrick

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Men’s basketball vs. Pittsburgh, BMO Harris Bradley Center, 12 p.m.

15th Annual Food & Froth Fest, Mil-waukee Public Museum, 7 p.m.

An evening with the cast and creators of “The Walking Dead,” Riverside Theater, 7 p.m.

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Women’s basketball vs. Notre Dame, Al McGuire Center, 1:30 p.m.

February Orchestra Concert, Varsity Theatre, 2 p.m.

A Shot of Reality, Weasler Auditorium, 7 p.m.

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HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!

Marquette announced Wednes-day that an $8.3 million dona-tion was made to the Diederich College of Communication to fund a new fellowship for jour-nalists to produce public service journalism projects.

The donation was made by Pe-ter and Patricia Frechette in honor of Patricia’s parents, Marquette alumni Perry and Alicia O’Brien. It will bring all types of journal-ists to Marquette for one academic year to work on in-depth public service journalism projects.

The donation is the second largest in the college’s history, behind only a $28 million dona-tion made by William and Mary Diederich in 2005.

Alumni donate $8.3 million to college

The Illinois Senate will vote on whether to legalize same-sex mar-riage Thursday. If the bill is ap-proved, Illinois will become the 10th state to legalize same-sex marriage.

The measure is expected to pass because Democrats have a superma-jority in the General Assembly, according to CNN.

CNN said three other states — Rhode Island, Hawaii and Dela-ware — are also considering similar

Illinois to vote on same-sex marriage

After President Barack Obama announced plans to raise the mini-mum wage last night in his State of the Union Address, McDon-ald’s Corp. stock fell more than any other stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. At the close in New York, shares had declined 1.2 percent to $94.

Obama proposed to increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $9 an hour. He said the minimum wage should be tied to the cost of living.

In an interview with Bloomberg, Peter Saleh, CEO of Telsey Adviso-ry Group, said Obama’s announce-ment is partially responsible for the fall of McDonald’s stock. Saleh said lower company sales may also be a factor in the decline.

McDonald’s does not disclose wages for its employees, although

McDonald’s stock tumbles

it does spend money to lobby against minimum-wage increases, according to Bloomberg.

Pope Benedict XVI made his first public appearance Wednes-day since he announced his res-ignation Monday, according to the New York Times. He said the decision was made because of his health and “in full liberty for the good of the Church.”

The pope also celebrated Ash Wednesday Mass at a packed St. Peter’s Basilica to mark the begin-ning of Lent. According to the New York Times, the pope’s aids said the mass would probably be his last major Mass before his retirement. The pope will resign Feb. 28.

The Church will begin to select a new pope in mid-March.

Pope appears after resignation

Gov. Scott Walker submitted a statewide health care propos-al Wednesday that will reject a

Walker proposes health care plan

full expansion of the existing BadgerCare program but will extend state and federal care to 224,600 more residents.

If a full expansion was ad-opted, 28,100 more residents would be covered than under Walker’s plan, but the gov-ernor said his proposal gives the insured more freedom.

“Some people will portray this as not caring about peo-ple,” Walker said. “I think it’s just the opposite. I care too much about the people of this state not to empower them to control their own destiny.”

Walker said his proposal will give poor adults without children the chance to be cov-ered by BadgerCare, while allowing wealthier adults to buy insurance in the federal marketplace starting in 2014.

However, Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.) said Walker is mere-ly “putting politics before people in Wisconsin” by turn-ing down a portion of the fed-eral money that is already allocated to Wisconsin.

“I do not foresee a better deal being offered to Wiscon-sin or any other state in our lifetime,” Kind said.

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legislation, while 29 states have pro-visions banning same-sex marriage.

The state currently recognizes civil unions and will still recognize them if the marriage bill passes. The bill would go into effect 30 days after being signed by the governor.

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Union: Obama asks for action by Congress on guns, minimum wage

Vice President Joe Biden (left) and Speaker John Boehner (right) of Ohio applaud President Barack Obama as he gives his State of the Union Address.Photo by Charles Dharapak/Associated Press

revenue, and with everybody doing their fair share.”

The president said the coun-try’s deficit and mounting debt pose problems, but that they should not be the government’s primary focus.

“Most of us agree that a plan to reduce the deficit must be part of our agenda,” Obama said. “But let’s be clear: deficit reduction alone is not an economic plan.”

The presidents of both College Democrats and College Repub-licans, Zach Bowman and Pat-rick Garrett, respectively, agreed that Obama did not offer enough of a plan to reduce the deficit.

“I was disappointed that the president did not offer significant direction on deficit reduction,” Garrett said.

“(Obama) alluded to Bowles-Simpson, but besides that he didn’t provide much in terms of a plan for debt reduction, which I had hoped to see,” Bowman said.

Bowles-Simpson refers to the co-chairs of the National Commis-sion on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform that Obama created to pro-pose changes to fiscal policy.

Obama also addressed the im-pending sequester cuts set to take effect March 1. He emphasized that an agreement must be reached because the budget cuts could re-sult in thousands of lost jobs. He stressed the need for bipartisanship to address the issue, noting Speak-er John Boehner’s ongoing work to propose solutions.

“I think Republicans can work together with the president on those issues while uphold-ing our core beliefs of oppor-tunity and respect for the rule of law,” Garrett said.

For the first time during his presidency, Obama explicitly rec-ommended increasing the federal minimum wage to $9.00 and even indexing it to inflation.

Bowman said one of Obama’s strongest points was his plan to invest in high-tech manufactur-ing and reach higher levels of research and development.

“One of his most compelling points was his continued call for investing in economic competi-tiveness,” Bowman said. “These investments in manufacturing, en-ergy, infrastructure and education will continue to grow our economy from the middle class out.”

Looking back at recent natural

disasters, the president turned to climate change and struck a deci-sive tone in combating it.

“We can choose to believe that Superstorm Sandy, the most se-vere drought in decades and the worst wildfires some states have ever seen were all just a freak co-incidence,” Obama said, “Or we can choose to believe in the over-whelming judgment of science – and act before it’s too late.”

Obama sounded optimistic, say-ing that meaningful progress can be made. He called for a bipartisan, market-based solution to climate change, noting a proposal worked on by Vice President Joe Biden and former Senator Joe Lieber-man of Connecticut. However, the

president also appeared aggres-sive, saying he would personally tackle the issue if Congress did not.

“If Congress won’t act soon to protect future generations, I will,” Obama said. “I will direct my Cabinet to come up with executive actions we can take.”

One of the tangible outcomes of the president’s speech was the announcement that his adminis-tration will be releasing a college scorecard listing places where stu-dents can get the best education at an affordable rate.

He called upon colleges to limit tuition increases and keep costs down, instructing Congress to change the Higher Education Act to include value and affordability

as preconditions for federal aid.Obama also used the prime-

time slot to announce that 34,000 more troops will return home from Afghanistan by the end of the year and that the war will be of-ficially over by the end of 2014. By that point, the U.S. will move into a support role with Afghani-stan to prevent the country from falling back into turmoil.

The most emotional part of the speech came when the president addressed gun violence. In atten-dance were the parents of Hadiya Pendleton, a 15-year-old Chicago resident who sang at the president’s inauguration and was accidentally killed in connection with gang violence in her hometown Jan. 29.

Also in attendance was Brian Mur-phy, the Oak Creek police officer who first responded to the Sikh Temple shooting and fought off the gunman despite having been shot nine times himself.

Obama acknowledged those affected by the Newtown trag-edy and called upon Congress to act on gun control.

“They deserve a vote. Gabby Giffords deserves a vote. The families of Newtown deserve a vote,” he said. “The families of Aurora deserve a vote. The fami-lies of Oak Creek, and Tucson, and Blacksburg and the count-less other communities ripped open by gun violence – they deserve a simple vote.”

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Student-founded magazine finds niche audience

InHue sheds light on health issues facing minority women

While preparing for gradua-tion, Marissa Evans, senior in the College of Communication and president of thea Marquette chapter of the National Associa-tion of Black Journalists, is hop-ing to fill an underrepresented part of media discussion. Last month, Evans launched InHue, an online magazine that focuses on health issues for women of color.

Evans said she has been plan-ning the magazine for the past couple of years. She said her inspiration came from the real-ization that mainstream health magazines tend not to write con-tent for women of color, in spite of the severe health disparities that impact this group.

Statistically, minority are more likely to be impacted by obesity, diabetes, breast cancer, cervical

By Emily [email protected]

Marissa Evans, senior in the College of Communication, launched an online magazine, InHue, last month for women of color.

Photo courtesy of Crystal Schreiner

cancer and other diseases. For example, they are two to three times more likely to die of cervi-cal cancer than white women.

“I felt that something was missing,” Evans said.

Last January, she bought the web domain name for InHue. She began the magazine using knowledge she gained through various courses at Marquette – such as a magazine design class and an entrepreneur-ship class – and through intern-ships at the Washington Post, the Star Tribune and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as well as work at the Marquette Tribune.

Over the summer of 2012, Evans focused her efforts and discovered there was a lot of potential interest in the topic. Evans said she received about 100 applications between July and December of 2012 for positions with the magazine.

The site launched last month and features articles about Cross-fit, dating and sex columns called “Dismiss the Myth” & “Bed-side Manner.” The site also has coverage of cervical cancer and HPV amongst women of color in honor of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month in January.

“The mission is to empower women to live healthier lifestyles,” she said. “We want to make them realize that they can be healthy and live an active life.”

The business of making a magazine is exciting, but also quite challenging, she said.

“Launching a new magazine is a risky venture,” said Ana Garner, an associate journal-ism professor who taught Evans magazine design.

Garner said there was a need for a magazine such as InHue, which targets a specific and underrepresented audience.

Alex Stewart, the Coleman Foundation Chair in Entrepre-neurship, said the two chal-lenges of student entrepreneurs are time management and creat-ing credibility. He said Evans’ potential audience is a well-defined niche that could attract advertisers, which would help with the process.

John Peterson, an instructor of entrepreneurship in the College of Business Administration who helped with the launch of In-Hue, said a specific challenge the magazine might face is sus-

taining itself long enough to build revenue streams.

“This requires a delicate balanc-ing act of providing viable content to the subscriber base while attract-ing advertisers interested in that demographic,” he said.

Evans said she wanted to make InHue accessible to women of color of various ages and back-grounds, not just young women. Health issues such as diabetes, breast cancer and cervical can-cer impact many age groups, and prevention techniques can help at any age. She said it was frustrating to only have statistics about health problems

for these women and not have many solutions.

Evans said that InHue will re-main in an online format for the time being. She said she was pas-sionate about the project and that the news section was very impor-tant as a way of defining things such as the Affordable Health Care Act and the impact that na-tional policy changes can have on access at the local level.

“I want it to be the Time Magazine of health maga-zines,” she said. “I want it to be so that (readers) feel like it was made for them.”

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College romance getting digital twist in cyber spacePromiscuous app not replacing face-to-face interaction at MU

The current generation of students is often coined “the technology generation,” most-ly because students are per-ceived as unable to perform daily activities without using a computer or cell phone. That list of activities now includes dating.

A Facebook application called “Bang with Friends” launched last year and now has almost 15,000 likes. The purpose of the application is to have users determine whether one would “bang” one of her or his Facebook friends. If the other person agrees, an email will be sent telling the users they have a match.

Another application that has grown immensely popular is the iPhone application “Tinder,” which has exploded on college campuses. It has a similar concept to “Bang with Friends,” as those participating choose whether they think someone else is attractive. In some cases, the app has led to people exchanging phone numbers and even going on dates.

By Nick [email protected]

The Facebook application “Bang with Friends” has drawn criticism for its lustful and shameless premise.

Photo by Becca Rebholz/[email protected]

Frank Berce, a freshman in the College of Communica-tion, said that while the app may not be wholesome, it has value for someone new to college.

“I feel like it gives someone the chance to tell people how they feel in a subtle way,” Berce said. “It gives college kids who are looking to meet people the op-portunity to show that they want to be more than just friends.”

While online applications like these do draw some users, most people still meet potential ro-mances during face-to-face inter-action. During freshmen orienta-tion at Marquette, for example, students learn early on from ori-entation staff members that the annual square dance is an especially popular way to meet one’s future spouse.

Caitlin Zapf, a freshman in the College of Education, said she could have some serious problems if the square dance determined her future husband.

“I did not go to the square dance during orientation, so it looks like I am not getting married,” Zapf said. “I guess that is cool.”

Adam Pulte, a sophomore in the College of Communication, recon-nected with his current girlfriend Sam Wenson, a sophomore in the College of Health Sciences, after he transferred to Marquette after first semester last year. Both grew

up in Detroit and once together at Marquette, their relationship grew.

“She started talking to me, getting me acquainted with school and people,” Pulte said. “Then, this year, we just started talking more and more.”

Pulte said the legends of love at Marquette could be true, and the

environment at the university has some credit in his relationship.

“I think it is the quality of people at Marquette,” Pulte said. “I have a lot of life long friends and someone who I am happy with. We work well and have a good relationship. I don’t know if that is just Marquette or

how things just worked out.”If an alumnus is celebrating an

anniversary with a fellow Mar-quette graduate, he or she can submit a class note to MU Con-nect. In addition, the univer-sity has a “hashtag” that they hope young lovers will use on Twitter entitled #mulove.

A Predator B unmanned aircraft taxis at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas. The Pentagon announced a medal Wednesday for remote warfare.Photo by Eric Gay/Associated Press

Pentagon approves new medal for drone, cyber warPanetta announces award for troops who ‘contribute’ remotely

WASHINGTON (AP) — They fight the war from computer con-soles and video screens.

But the troops who launch the drone strikes and direct the cy-berattacks that can kill or dis-able an enemy may never set foot in the combat zone. Now their battlefield contributions may be recognized with the first new combat-related medal

By Lolita C. BaldorAssociated Press

to be created in decades.Defense Secretary Leon Pa-

netta announced Wednesday that the Pentagon is creating a medal that can be awarded to troops who have a direct impact on combat operations, but do it well away from any combat zone.

“I’ve seen firsthand how mod-ern tools, like remotely piloted platforms and cyber systems, have changed the way wars are fought,” Panetta said. “And they’ve given our men and women the ability to engage the enemy and change the course of battle, even from afar.”

The work they do “does con-tribute to the success of combat operations, particularly when they remove the enemy from the

field of battle, even if those ac-tions are physically removed from the fight,” he said.

The new blue, red and white-ribboned Distinguished War-fare Medal will be awarded to individuals for “extraordinary achievement” related to a military operation that occurred after Sept. 11, 2001. But unlike other combat medals, it does not require the re-cipient risk his or her life to get it.

Officials said the new med-al will be the first combat-related award to be created since the Bronze Star in 1944.

A recognition of the evolv-ing 21st century warfare, the medal will be considered a bit higher in ranking than the Bronze Star, but is lower than the

Silver Star, defense officials said.The Bronze Star is the fourth

highest combat decoration and rewards meritorious service in battle, while the Silver Star is the third highest combat award given for bravery. Several other awards, including the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, are also ranked higher, but are not awarded for combat.

Response in the cybersphere was immediate and divided, and more often biting. While some acknowledged the contributions of cyber and drone warriors and said the award was the right thing to do, others dubbed the medal the “Geek Cross” and specu-lated that young video-gamers may soon get Purple Hearts

for their animated wounds.Over the last decade of war,

remotely piloted Predators and Reapers have become a critical weapon to gather intelligence and conduct airstrikes against terrorists or insurgents around the world. They have been used extensively on the battle-fields in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as in strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and northern Africa.

Over the same time, cyberat-tacks have become a growing national security threat, with Pa-netta and others warning that the next Pearl Harbor could well be a computer-based assault.

The Pentagon does not publicly discuss its offensive cyber op-erations or acts of cyberwarfare. Considering that secrecy, it’s not clear how public such awards might be in the future. The fed-eral government, for example, launched a broad leak investiga-tion after reports surfaced that the U.S. and Israel may have been responsible for the Stux-net computer virus that attacked computers in Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facilities.

According to the Pentagon cri-teria, the medal gives the mili-tary a way to recognize a single act that directly affects a combat operation, doesn’t involve an act of valor, and warrants an award higher than the Bronze Star.

“The extraordinary achieve-ment must have resulted in an accomplishment so exceptional and outstanding as to clearly set the individual apart from com-rades or from other persons in similar situations,” according to the Pentagon. It could in-clude the “hands-on” but re-mote launching of a weapon and could specifically include efforts in space or cyberspace.

The medal is a brass pendant, nearly two inches tall, with a lau-rel wreath that circles a globe. There is an eagle in the center.

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Virus: Experts say most norovirus cases occur from November to April

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getting it,” Clancy said.Clancy said he went to Student

Health Service Monday and re-ceived an IV with two liters of fluid to avoid dehydration. He had to spend the rest of the day in his room sleeping.

Aron Hall, an epidemiologist with the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said the norovirus is responsible for an estimated 21 million illnesses, 70,000 hos-pitalizations and 800 deaths in the U.S. every year. He said it is also the leading cause of food-borne disease in the U.S.

“Noroviruses are highly con-tagious,” Hall said. “People are most contagious when they are sick and during the first three days after they recover. Infect-ed people can shed billions of norovirus particles, yet it takes as few as 18 norovirus particles to infect other people.”

Hall said the people at great-est risk of infection are those who are in close contact with a contaminated person.

Biedrzycki said that to stop it from spreading, good hygiene practices are a must.

“We see cases of norovirus each year, only many people call it by a different name: the stomach flu,” Biedrzycki said. “Norovirus is not required to be reported to local public health authorities unless suspected as part of an outbreak.”

Biedrzycki said that based on reports he receives from the community, the noroviruses are fairly widespread in many com-munities throughout Wisconsin.

“Noroviruses change strains

every few years,” Biedrzycki said. “A new strain (GII 4 Syd-ney) was isolated this year in the United States, which has been linked to many outbreaks across the country since this past summer. Noroviruses can be spread through contaminat-ed food and water through the

year, and therefore there really is no ‘norovirus season’ to speak of as there is with the flu.”

Hall agreed with Biedrzycki that good hygiene practices are the only way to prevent the vi-rus from spreading.

“The best ways to help reduce the risk of getting infected with

norovirus are washing hands of-ten with soap and water, avoid preparing food or caring for others when you are sick, disin-fecting contaminated surfaces, washing fruits and vegetables before preparing and eating them and cooking shellfish thor-oughly before eating,” Hall said.

Hall said most outbreaks of the norovirus occur from November to April, with the activity peaking in January.

“A new norovirus strain emerged late last year, although it is currently too soon to tell if it will lead to more outbreaks this winter,” Hall said.

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Tips to prevent the norovirus:Practice proper hand washing.

Clean and disinfect contaminated surfaces.

Do not prepare food or care for others who are sick.

Wash fruits and vegetables and cook seafood thoroughly.

Wash laundry thoroughly.

Source: http://www.cdc.gov/


Tuition: Students give thanks with cards Schlinsky said tuition covers

only 62 percent of the cost of a Marquette education, and 98 percent of Marquette undergrad-uates receive financial aid.

“I wouldn’t be able to go to Marquette without the scholar-ships I received,” said Claire Hackett, a junior in the Col-lege of Arts & Sciences. “I am so appreciative of the full-paid tuition scholarship and grants I received.”

Her mother has worked at Marquette for more than 25 years, and Hackett re-ceived a full-tuition financial aid package because of it.

“I hope someday I am able to give back to Marquette for the education I received,” she said.

Freshman wages Twitter war with Stephen ColbertStudent claims comedian snubbed him out of tickets

For one Marquette student, a hassle-free way to win tick-ets to see the Colbert Report live became a case of stolen tweet. Sam Bufe, a freshman in the College of Arts & Sci-ences, claims that his tweet was “stolen” by another Col-bert viewer who was unjustly awarded the tickets.

The contest, called #Colbert-TicketGrab, asked followers to tweet at Colbert about why they should win the tickets. The Colbert Report’s conditions for winning the tickets state “judg-ing criteria will be based on creativity and originality.”

Bufe said he instantly knew what he would tweet about and furiously hacked out a tweet.

“@ColbertReport I feel weird chanting ‘STEPHEN! STE-PHEN! STEPHEN!’ At my TV, and I would much rather do it in perosn (sic). #ColbertTicket-Grab,” his tweet read.

“After I tweeted that, I looked back to see if anyone had tweet-ed that,” Bufe said. “I did check that out, and no one had.”

The next day, Colbert an-nounced that two other people had won the event. Curious as to what they tweeted, he read the first winner’s tweet, which was commenting on Colbert’s irrational fear of bears.

But the second winner’s tweet was eerily similar to Bufe’s. In fact, it seemed almost like a direct copy.

“Because shouting “Ste-phen..Stephen..Stephen” from my living room just makes me sound crazy. #ColbertTick-etGrab,” was winner Renee Schlechta’s tweet.

“The other winner was about word for word what I tweeted,

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and I did a little investiga-tion and I saw she tweeted that an hour after me,” Bufe said. “So TwitterGate was on.”

TwitterGate is a campaign that Bufe created to try to get Colbert’s attention about the situation. His friends and fam-ily used the hashtag to try to get it trending. After the initial few hours of tweeting, the campaign slowed down. But Bufe said he wants it to come back.

“We start getting the wheels turning – who knows,” Bufe said. “It’s got to start some-where. We’re off the ground, we’re hovering. Now we’re just waiting to blast off.”

Bufe attempted to bring The Colbert Report and Comedy Central’s attention to the situ-ation but saw no response. Bufe has acknowledged that while the campaign may be futile, it does not hurt to try.

“Nothing will come of it if I don’t do anything,” Bufe said. “The others and I are just trying to get out there and see what we can do.”

As for Schlechta, she tweet-ed at Bufe saying she never meant to steal his tweet but that it was just a quick tweet and then she signed off.

“@SamBufe @Colber-tReport For the last time...NEVER saw your post. Spent <2 mins on twitter to enter, didn’t scroll through pages of tweets,” she wrote.

“I probably can’t prove (she stole my tweet),” Bufe said. “So I kind of feel bad for her … I believe her. She probably didn’t steal it, so I don’t think they should take anything away from her.”

At press time, Bufe had not received the tickets he request-ed. But for Bufe, it’s not about getting the tickets but the rec-ognition that he was the first to tweet the winning tweet.

“Do what’s right,” Bufe said. “That’s what I’m saying, that’s what the TwitterGaters are saying. Do what’s right.”

Nearly 27,000 alumni donate to the university each year, and more than $100 million in schol-arships and grants were provid-ed for students in 2012.

Madeline Kudlata, a sopho-more in the College of Arts & Sciences, received a scholar-ship based on her extracur-ricular activities, even though her test scores and grades were not the highest.

“I really don’t know of many universities that provide ex-tra activity scholarships,” she said. “It’s pretty remarkable, actually.”

Kudlata liked how Mar-quette looked at her en-tire application for eligibil-ity for financial aid, not just her

high school transcript.“I think a student should be

well-rounded,” she said. “And for me, Marquette saw that I am well-rounded and motivated.”

Schlinsky said donor support plays an important role in sus-taining the university and the education of students.

“It is pivotal for students to show their appreciation to our donors,” she said. “It is also important for students to educate themselves on important financial facts.”

Schlinsky said this day rep-resents the time when tuition dollars stop covering the cost of a Marquette education and the support of alumni, parents and friends covers the rest.

Ninety-eight percent of Marquette students receive some form of financial aid to attend the university. Photo courtesy of IMC Photography



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The Valentine’s DaySPECTACULAR!

Best Love Songs“In Your Eyes”

I don’t know when I decided that Peter Gabriel’s “In Your Eyes” would be my wedding song, but it’s been set for a few years now. I also don’t know why I have a “wedding song” since I’m not planning on getting married. I think I’ve revealed way too much in this short paragraph, so I’ll stop now. I remember my parents blasting Peter Gabriel’s album, and I just thought it was such a beautiful song. “In your eyes, I am complete” may be totally cheesy, but it’s simple and sweet at the same time. No complicated analogies, no wordiness.–Eva Sotomayor

“I’ll Be” I didn’t want to write about this song, the cliché high school slow dance from a one-hit wonder. I tried to come up with other options, but none of them felt the same. So I surrendered to the soulful sound that is Edwin McCain. The lyrics are sincere, sweet and tender. Plus, its ¾ time signature makes it the perfect song for swaying with that special someone (cough Chad Michael Murray cough). –Claire Nowak

Best Love Movies

“At Last” This is a song to cut through the most hardened of cynics. “At Last” is the woozy elation of fall-ing in love. It’s that moment when you think “Oh! There really is someone for me!” It’s when you want to go up to strangers and say “Love is real!” (or some other treacly thing to get you punched.) “At Last” captures the pure beginnings of love – before you realize the person is not perfect. It’s before you see that they have, say, an annoying way of repeat-ing stories again and again. This is the song you sing when all the stories are new. If you are newly in a relationship, this song is your anthem. For the rest of us, it can bring back the feeling – if just for a few minutes. –Erin Heffernan

“Your Song” As far as love songs go, “Your Song” isn’t really that special, musically at least. It doesn’t have an elaborate chorus, dramatic backup singers or a large or-chestra. “Your Song” is special because it’s simple. The lyrics have no grand proclamations or promises. It’s just a man express-ing love at its core. The song is stripped of love’s drama and complexities. It is a simple, beau-tiful song about how special it is to care deeply for another person. The message is timeless, and because of this, Elton John’s 1970 hit has become not just “Your Song,” but also THE song for many couples. –Maddy Kennedy

Best Heartbreak Songs

“Dancing On My Own” Robyn’s “Dancing On My Own” is a great song about heartbreak. The Swedish pop-star’s song about a woman watching her ex with a new girl. The synth-pop electronica track is also great to dance to – on your own in your room, of course. It’s a great cheer-up song when you’re feeling down or brokenhearted. At some point or another we’ve all been in that position, danc-ing on our own.–Eva Sotomayor

“It’s All Coming Back to Me Now” If you are looking for a bitter Valentine’s Day, have a listen to the 7-and-a-half minute Celine Dion power ballad “It’s All Coming Back to Me Now.” The bombastic operatic song presents a crestfallen woman who has just had her heart broken. She remembers the jubilant highs and dismal lows of a failed relationship. All these emotions, you guessed it, come back to her. I enjoy this song any time of year when I am upset about my love life and need Celine’s validation for what I am feeling emotionally. Feel free to use this song as therapy, as I have learned to do. –Peter Setter

“Jar of Hearts” In the midst of making myself a heartbreak playlist, I found myself consistently going back to this song. In four minutes and six seconds, Christina Perri breaks your heart with despairing verses and lifts your spirit with an ever-hopeful chorus. The music encompasses the raw emotion in her lyrics, giving grief-stricken listeners the strength to crawl out of holes of self-pity and move on with their lives. The words are simple, but they can be all you need to get a positive perspective on a bad breakup. –Claire Nowak

“Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright” Dylan’s thinly veiled contempt in “Don’t Think Twice” is perfect. The lyrics seem simple, but man-age to say “I want you to think I don’t care,” and “I really, really care” simultaneously. Who can’t relate to the last lines? “I ain’t saying you treated me unkind/ you could’ve done better, but I don’t mind/ you just kinda wasted my precious time/ but don’t think twice it’s alright.” For me, the song’s pretense of indifference is better than any full-tilt breakup song. Don’t get me wrong, “Rolling in the Deep” is still my jam for eating ice cream and crying. But this is the one that feels real. In short, it gets me every time. –Erin Heffernan

Best Heartbreak Movies“Beauty and the Beast”

Obviously a movie with the tag-line “The most beautiful love story ever told” is tops in terms of love movies. Not only does “Beauty and the Beast” warm the heart, it also teaches that true love lies within despite exterior appearances. A film that attempts to portray love as something that is not bound by superficial entities – as well as a terrific soundtrack – is a love story worth seeing this Valentine’s Day. –Peter Setter

“The Notebook” Ryan Gosling. Now that I have your attention, I will explain my choice. I am a hopelessly roman-tic teenage girl. Therefore, I am a fan of Nicholas Sparks. When it comes to romance, you want a story that tugs at the heart-strings. Noah and Allie’s unlikely romance starts tugging from the very beginning. Raging emotions and innuendos keep you engaged, but most importantly, there is a lot of Ryan Gosling. That really doesn’t need any further explana-tion, does it? –Claire Nowak

“All About Eve” So this movie is not really a romance. It’s mostly a delicious revenge story set in the high society of theatre in the 1940s. When a young actress, Eve Har-rington, tries to usurp the aging but unequaled star Margo Chan-ning – played marvelously by Bette Davis – a barrage of drama, classic one-liners and Bette Davis being fabulous erupts. But there is also a great love story amid relationships in the movie built out of ambition or weakened by Eve’s tricks – Bill and Margo are the film’s One True Pairing. Though they tease and fight, and Margo has a theatrical egotism, they are perfect for each other. There are so many great lines about love, such as: Bill: “We have to go to City Hall for the marriage license and blood test.” Margo: “I’d marry you if it turned out you had no blood at all!” The line is a great glimpse into their dynamic: pithy, confident and in love.– Erin Heffernan

“Casablanca” “Casablanca” holds the top spo on many “best-of” lists. For me, it stands as one of the only three movies that have made me cry, the other two being “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and “Toy Story 3.” There’s nothing more tragic than two people who deserve to be together forced apart because of life. They’ll always have Paris, and thankfully, we’ll always have this classic.–Eva Sotomayor

“(500) Days of Summer” This movie, referred to as “(500) Days of Hipster” by a few of my friends, follows a young man (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who falls in love with a woman (Zooey Deschanel) who doesn’t believe in true love. With a premise like this, one might assume that the woman would change her mind about love and fall in love with the hero, as in a traditional love movie. Wrong. ZD crushes JGL’s heart, along with my belief that love is some gratify-ing experience. Paired with one of the finest movie soundtracks, the film trounces all pre-conceived no-tions about true love prevailing and creates an emotionally exhausting experience. –Peter Setter

Any Nicholas Sparks movie When was the last time you walked out of a Nicholas Sparks movie happy? Answer: never. There is no man on Earth more hell-bent on ruining your movie night than Nicholas Sparks. De-pending on how much depression and predictable romance you can endure, Sparks either has a long list of successes or failures includ-ing “Dear John,” “The Notebook” and recently “Safe Haven.” Each Nicholas Sparks movie is a twist on the classic boy-meets-girl tale, just with more unnecessary drama and death. Oh, what’s that? You have a favorite character? Well brace yourself, because in 90 minutes they’re either going to be diagnosed with cancer, abandoned by their love, hit by a car or just plain dead. Each movie is more heartbreak-ingly repetitive than the last, so prepare yourself for lots of tears, chocolate eating and gaping plot holes. Nicholas Sparks is living proof that anyone with enough time and prescription-grade painkillers can write a semi-acceptable romance novel.–Maddy Kennedy

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MU orchestra to perform with world-class soloistSympnhony brings accomplished, Incan pianist to campus

Hwaen Ch’uqi has a miracu-lous success story.

The blind Incan pianist went from living in an orphanage in Peru to becoming a celebrated pianist traveling the world. The virtuoso has overcome sizable odds to play with re-nowned groups like the Har-vard University orchestra and the Philharmonie Moments Musicaux in Taiwan.

Ch’uqi has released two al-bums of original compositions and won a prestigious Special Prize from the Russian Svia-toslav Richter International Piano Competition.

This weekend, the Marquette Symphony Orchestra will have the unique privilege of playing with the world-class performer for the second time. Ch’uqi will perform the soloist piano part of Mendelssohn’s Piano Con-certo No. 1, backed by the or-chestra this Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Varsity Theatre.

Jason Ladd, the orchestra’s director, helped bring Ch’uqi to campus and has had a long rela-tionship with the musician.

“We first met when we were college roommates at Eastman School of Music in Rodchester,

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Anja McCloskey plays accordion back into style

The Circle-A Cafe hosts evening with unconventional act

A Missourian with a British accent is not typically some-one you hear much about. But for Anja McCloskey, this unusual characteristic is just one in a long list that defines the singularity of who she is as a musician.

McCloskey, an accordion-ist and singer-songwriter, is coming to the Circle-A Café Saturday as a part of her second U.S. tour.

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and we’ve kept in close contact since then,” Ladd said.

Ladd said he remembers Ch’uqi showing great skill from his time as an undergradu-ate. Even among the excep-tional students at the Eastman School of Music – consistently ranked among the best music schools in the United States – Ch’uqi stood out.

“I remember during freshman orientation, it was the second full day that we were there,” Ladd said. “There was a group of us around, and we could al-ready tell (Ch’uqi) could re-ally play. But then he played the ‘Ballade No. 4’ by Chopin, and there was complete silence in the room after he was done. It was just amazing the differ-ent emotions he got out of the piece. When he got to the end, we all didn’t know what to say. We were just overwhelmed.”

The orchestra’s presi-dent, Eric Stolz, a senior in the College of Engineering, played with Ch’uqi two years ago when the musician first came to Marquette.

“The first day he was with us, you could feel the excite-ment in the room,” Stolz said. “The instant the sound came out of the piano, I just had to say ‘wow.’ It’s a sound like you’ve never heard before from a piano. It was a really excellent experience for me, and I think for everyone else, to play with such a high caliber musician. I think that was some of the best playing the orchestra has

collectively done – at least since I’ve been here.”

The orchestra has been work-ing on the show since November, preparing and practicing for the performance and for the arrival of the renowned soloist. Ch’uqi will arrive just a few days be-fore the show and will spend an intense period reacquainting himself with the music. Ladd said the pianist will likely spend 16 to 18 hours alone with a pia-no working on the performance in addition to his rehearsals with the orchestra.

Along with the Mendelssohn concerto with Ch’uqi, the or-chestra will play three other pieces: Mozart’s “Overture to ‘The Magic Flute’”, Haydn’s “Symphony No. 94 ‘Surprise’” and Strauss’ “On the Beauti-ful Blue Danube,” the last of which is identifiable to anyone who has seen Bugs Bunny or the countless commercials that use the playful waltz.

Stolz said the orchestra is ex-citedly awaiting Ch’qui’s arriv-al and the chance to showcase its months of work.

“I’m excited to play with (Ch’uqi) again,” Stolz said. “I’m sure it’s going to be the same sort of excitement and surprise that I experienced two years ago. Now we have a different piece, and we have so many new musicians. I have kind of for-gotten what it was like to play with a musician like him, so I’m really excited. I know it is going to come together beautifully.”

Pianist Hwaen Ch’uqi will join the MU orchestra Sunday afternoon.Photo via Facebook

The Circle-A Café, 932 E. Chambers St., is just one of many unconventional venues on her tour.

“I love playing unconven-tional and eclectic venues,” McCloskey said. “I much pre-fer them to traditional music venues. I just feel that I can relate to an audience better in such places, as I am not that traditional and straightfor-ward myself. I also feel that people tend to be a lot more attentive in unusual spaces and seem to be able to take everything in more.”

McCloskey, who released her first full album in September, describes her sound as “alter-native folk” but said she has a hard time pinning down the ex-act nature of the music.

“I think when people see my instrument, they assume I do traditional music,” McClos-key said. “People ask me, ‘Can you play polka?’ No, I don’t. I guess I play a traditional in-strument, but I don’t necessar-ily play traditional music.”

Though the accordion is Mc-Closkey’s primary instrument and her favorite, she also plays the piano and clarinet.

“I think the accordion is su-per versatile and really expres-sive,” McCloskey said. “It can make so many different sounds, and it’s so loud it’s almost like a church organ. When you play it, it is attached to you, and you can put your emotions into it.”

McCloskey will be play-ing the accordion alone at her show, something she does not

do often, as she has a band back in England. McCloskey said she is excited for the inti-mate and emotional nature that comes with a solo show.

“I’ve reworked my songs a little bit so I can play them by myself,” she said. “I’ve also dug up a lot of old material, because once you have a band, you kind of leave things be-hind. It’s always really refresh-ing, as an artist, to sometimes rediscover things.”

When McCloskey plays with her band, the sound includes violins and guitars. McClos-key said with these additional instruments, the dynamics of the show change quite a bit but still retain the eccentric and al-ternative feel of her music.

“I’ve had people say to me that they’ve quite enjoyed the solo shows, because it’s en-abled them to hear the accordi-on properly,” McCloskey said. “When I play with the band, the accordion parts kind of mingle in with the other parts, and this is an opportunity to see me play my instrument and to be able to hear it properly.”

McCloskey said she loves playing in the U.S. because people are so friendly and re-ceptive. She spends most of her time in England and said she finds English audiences much more reserved.

“If they like you, you get a clap and maybe one person will buy your CD, whereas over here when you play, people get so enthusiastic,” McCloskey said. “I think peo-ple over here really appreci-ate live music and the effort

that goes into it.”McCloskey’s world travel-

ing no doubt had an influence on her personal music style. Born in Missouri to a German mother and American father, she has also lived in Germany and the U.K.

“When I grew up in Germany, everything was kind of 1980s pop music, Madonna-central,” she said. “I discovered new music mainly through late-night MTV and tapes that were handed to me by my friends. When I moved to England, a whole new musical world opened up to me. There were so many independent bands. The campus was full of aspir-ing musicians, and I kind of got sucked into the middle of that. It really gave me a taste for independent, underground and unsigned music.”

As a child and teenager, Mc-Closkey played in an accordi-on orchestra that exposed her to the accordion music of As-tor Piazzolla and Yann Tiersen, musicians whom McCloskey considers influences.

“(My influences) are just people who showed me you can do something different with the accordion than play just folk tunes,” she said.

McCloskey said she hopes her show will provide stu-dents the opportunity to see her classic instrument in a new context.

“Students can come and watch me if they would like to see something that is unusual but emotive, using an instru-ment that modern music has largely forgotten,” she said.

Singer-songwriter Anja McCloskey brings her unique accordion folk music to Milwaukee’s Circle-A Cafe.Photo courtesy of Anja McCloskey

The Valentine’s Day

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‘Robot Cabaret’ hopes to hit stage without a glitch

Quasimondo Theater to present futuristic robot variety show

This Valentine’s Day, the Qua-simondo Milwaukee Physi-cal Theater will push aside the

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The Quasimondo Theatre ‘s original show, “Robot Cabaret”, opens tonight Photo via Facebook

Identity Thief robs McCarthy, Bateman of humorRoad-trip comedy drives into a ditch of lame, repetitive jokes

A movie that combines Me-lissa McCarthy of “Brides-maids” and Jason Bateman of “Horrible Bosses” – both stars of successful and well-received comedies – should be funny. But after two unbearable hours, “Identity Thief” only delivered unfulfilled expectations and missed opportunities.

“Identity Thief” follows San-dy Patterson (Bateman), an ac-countant who just quit his job to join a co-worker’s (John Cho, Harold of “Harold and Kumar”) start-up company. But the plan is stalled when

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usual conventions of chocolate and hearts and offer a new tradi-tion to celebrate the holiday: a robot variety show.

“Robot Cabaret,” which opens tonight, combines science fiction and a traditional German cabaret. Set in the future, the show features robots that entertain human audi-ences with any and every form of artistic expression.

“There’s dance. There’s music.

There’s stand-up comedy, celeb-rity impersonation, magic and puppetry. There’s battle royale,” co-director Michael Guthrie said. “The main structure of the show is a variety show, and the conceit is that these robots are putting on a variety show for human beings.”

But actor Michael Weiss hinted at something more than just vari-ety show acts in the production.

“Some of (the robots) might have a little intent,” Weiss said. “Some might have something to benefit from having a bunch of hu-mans in one place. I might be mis-leading intentionally. You don’t know. Hilarity ensues.”

Other cast members gave their own reasons why people should come see the show, with some more sarcastic than others.

“I (play) a B.A.S.T.A.R.D.: Bio-Atmospheric Sensory Ter-rain-And-Recon Drone,” actor Ben Yela said.

“We’re actually sponsored by NASA,” actor Alex Roy said.

The show also boasts a robot hoedown (complete with fiddles), a nine-and-a-half foot tall robot and a robot-human dance party during intermission, when the cast comes out in costume to dance

with the audience.“You never know what to ex-

pect,” Weiss said.While Quasimondo has pro-

duced particularly unconven-tional shows in the past, artistic director and co-director of “Ro-bot Cabaret” Brian Rott said this show is unprecedented even by its standards.

“In our company, we specialize in works that are devised or of a physical nature,” Rott said. “Our first three shows of the season were taken from actual texts of some sort, and our first show (of the season) was an Anton Chekhov play that was greatly adapted by us. This show was of high interest to me because it was a completely different process, the fact that we were going into this with a pretty clean slate. We were going to de-vise within the group the material that would come forth. That was pretty exciting for me.”

Going in with a clean slate meant the group had to think up the entire script and plot from scratch. Luck-ily, the cast and co-directors were able to work together to create the unique performance.

“That is an important thing for us as a company, too, that we are

an ensemble theater,” Guthrie said. “We like working with the same people. We create the work to-gether. We’re writing the script to-gether, and with this show, people came in with robots they wanted to (portray). Nobody just acts or does a single thing.”

Weiss added that Quasimondo is one of the few theater companies that allows its actors to utilize a wide range of talents.

“With anyone here, in a more traditional theatrical setting, may-be they’re cast as a character in a play, and that’s what they do,” he said. “(In this show), you’ll see (cast members) acting, but you’ll also see (them) dancing. When it was found out that our performers tap-danced and they could imper-sonate celebrities, well of course we have to get Elvis and Marilyn Monroe dancing together! It was like, that has to happen now. I am personally not aware of a theater company so willing to just say, ‘Okay, let’s use that, too.’”

If supporting the innovative the-ater isn’t enough to make theater-goers excited for “Robot Cabaret,” the robot dance party alone can make this Valentine’s Day one you’ll never forget.

Sandy’s identity is stolen by Diana (McCarthy). Diana is a con-woman who literally lives on other people’s money. After Sandy’s credit card is declined and his new boss brings up a troubling arrest record, he’s forced to take matters into his own hands.

Sandy travels to Winter Park, Fla., to bring Diana back to his home in Denver. But the plan gets complicated, because San-dy and Diana have the same ID, making airport security a prob-lem. They are forced to drive all the way back to Colorado, turning “Identity Thief” into a road-trip disaster movie. Hilar-ity ensues ... or at least that’s what’s supposed to happen.

Melissa McCarthy is great as Diana. You can tell that she’s doing the best she can with the caricature of a character she’s given. Diana is supposed to be loud and tacky. She dresses in

patterns and blue eyeshadow and is a compulsive hoarder of things bought using the money she steals. But even with Mc-Carthy playing the role, the character falls flat and fails to bring the laughs the actress is capable of getting.

At one point in the movie, “Identity Thief” tries to change the audience’s perception of Diana. Her character goes from a sociopath with no remorse to a flawed character who’s mere-ly the product of a sob story. These scenes are annoying, preachy and out of place with the vulgar comedy “Identity Thief” tries so hard to peddle.

As Sandy, Jason Bateman is alright, relying on jokes that get really old, fast. The point that “Sandy” is a girl’s name is made loud and clear after about five times. The same running gags, including a story that Diana tells strangers they

meet along the way, feel like Thanksgiving when your un-cle is trying to make everyone laugh with the same punchline over and over again.

There’s an added subplot of Sandy and Diana being chased by two gangsters whom Diana conned back in Florida. And for good measure, a bounty hunter is also in the mix. The movie – already too long – could’ve easily done without the added twists. Removing them wouldn’t have made the film better, but at least it would’ve made it shorter.

On top of the unfunny script, the two gangsters are played by Genesis Rodriguez and T.I., who also happen to be a His-panic woman and a black man. Of the four minority characters seen in the movie, half of them are criminals. As any commu-nication course will teach you, that is known as stereotyping.

When Sandy and Diana’s journey finally ends about 45 minutes and too many flat jokes too late, it’s weird and out of sync with the tone of the movie. In a way, it feels like the director and screen-writers decided to change di-rection of the film in the last quarter of the movie. The con-clusion is cliche, and without giving away the end, I’ll say the “anyone can change” les-son just doesn’t feel like it fits the movie that “Identity Thief” wants to be.

It’s a shame “Identity Thief” is such a bad movie consider-ing what strong actors Bate-man and McCarthy have prov-en to be. I hope the leads can find their own stolen identities, return to being hilarious, sharp performers and find material suiting their talent.

The Les Aspin Center for Government

Wednesday, Feb 20 at 6pm in Cudahy 128

Thursday, Feb 21 at 6:30pm in Cudahy 120

Come to the presentation and talk with fellow Marquette students and Aspin alumni about

their experiences living, working, and learningin Washington, D.C.

Internships are available for students pursuing all majors.

will be hosting two informational sessions:

Please contact (414)288-7446 or [email protected] for more information.

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Matt Mueller

How to write a scathing review

As you’ve probably heard by now, Rex Reed, the film critic for the New York Observer, did not like “Identity Thief.” I agree with his main point on director Seth Gordon’s new film. It’s not good. Not good at all.

It’s what Reed said about the film’s star, however, that’s draw-ing raised eyebrows and angry tweets. In a move that could only be the result of an angry man without an editor – internal or ex-ternal – or one getting vengeance against a childhood bully, Reed spent portions of his “Identity Thief” review talking not about the film but about its star, Melissa McCarthy, and her weight.

The line that snagged the most disbelieving headlines was his use of the word “hippo” to de-scribe McCarthy, but that’s not even the worst line. In his first reference to the actress, he calls her “tractor-sized.” Later, he says that she has made a career out of being “obese and obnoxious with equal success.” Clearly, he hasn’t seen “Gilmore Girls,” but whatever.

It’s comments like these that give film critics, and critics of all kinds across the nation, a bad name. This piece wasn’t a review of a bad comedy; it was a personal attack disguised as a review. The fact that the parts of the column actually talking about the film are either useless summarization – it’s common critic code that plot summary should be the least im-portant element of a review – or just plain inaccurate (the review falsely states that Bateman loses his job) proves this point.

It’s an ugly piece of filth stuck to the teeth of the film criticism world in a time when critics most certainly do not need it. As I’ve said before, people don’t like

critics for the most part. They’re seen as moody, pretentious out-siders turning their noses up at popular art and those trying to make it.

Plus, with the advent of Twit-ter and Facebook, reviewers are now becoming less important to publishers and audiences. Some movie ads have even re-placed critics’ quotes with tweets from fans, some of whom may not have even seen the movie they’re raving about.

I would rant about why anyone would care what a random per-son on Twitter has to say about a movie over a critics who have studied film for years, but that’s an aggravation for another time.

What I want to focus on right now is writing a scathing re-view that won’t get you blasted by women’s rights groups and anyone with a sense of common decency. It’s a lost art in this world of anonymous YouTube commenters, where you can say anything without having to face the consequences.

There are really only two basic, “no duh” rules. The first is that you should never get personal (take notes, Mr. Reed, though as a veteran critic, I’d think you’d already have heard this before). Criticizing McCarthy’s weight, or any other physical attribute a person may have, is mean-spirited and, frankly, beside the point. Is this really the main thing you took from this movie to talk about? It’s petty, and it’s not all that interesting to read.

The goal is to talk not about people but about their work, dis-cussing what is good or bad, in-teresting or not interesting about it. You can get as creative as you would like and use all sorts of hi-larious analogies and wordplays to criticize a bad film or piece of artwork, but that’s where one’s aim should stay.

For instance, I hate Adam Sandler’s films, but I wouldn’t insult Sandler himself in a re-view. His movies are bad and I don’t like his sense of humor, but I can’t comment on him as a per-son. I’ve never met the guy.

On a side note, if costuming or make-up makes a person look

unflattering, then a comment is fine. Costuming and make-up are a part of the work, and if they fail, they fail. If our hero has so much eye shadow that he or she looks like a lost member of the walking dead, feel free to say so.

The second rule of scathing reviews? Remember that movies take work. In the case of film-making, a lot of people put a lot of time into trying to make some-thing people would like and may-be even think about. Some films are the product of laziness – you could argue that “Identity Thief” qualifies here – but that’s no rea-son to try to end people’s careers.

You’re trying to enter into a discussion on a topic. You’re not trying to convince the entire cast and crew of a film to com-mit public seppuku for their crimes against humanity.

Be constructive with your criti-cism. Why is a script the most miserable thing you’ve ever heard in your life? Why are the lines bad? Why is the actor the worst actor EVAR? Answering these questions will make your piece sound informed and, better yet, interesting. Being rude, on the other hand, is a crutch for when actual insight is out of grasp.

Both of these guidelines can be wrapped up into one point: Be a decent human being. Anyone can say that a movie is good or bad. A critic can say why, and when he or she can’t, he talks about the lead actress’ weight.

To be honest, “Identity Thief” is guilty, too. The movie and the script dress up McCarthy for maximum embarrassment (gaudy bright colors, excessive make-up, hitting her with ob-jects, making her puke) in the hope that you’ll laugh at the mere sight of her. “She’s short, over-weight and unfashionable; it’s funny,” the movie cries. It’s poor treatment of an actress whose chops deserve better.

It’s too bad Reed stepped down to the film’s level.

Matt Mueller is a senior broadcast and electronic communication major who reviews movies for OnMilwaukee.com. Email him at [email protected].

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Proceedings for the inquest trial re-garding the July 2011 death of Derek Williams are underway.

The inquest to determine the fault of Wil-liams’ death began Monday. The jurors will view an eight-minute video of Williams in the back of a police squad car saying he can not breathe. The video was released by the Journal Sentinel in September after 10 months of filing public records requests.

In addition to video footage, the ju-rors will hear testimony from several professional medical examiners and other police officers who witnessed the arrest and subsequent detention.

The police department may face severe backlash if the officers are found at fault, though previous investigations by the Milwaukee Police Department, district attorney’s office and Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission have found the of-ficers involved not guilty. The result and consequences of this inquest and investi-gation are bound to impact Milwaukee’s future handling of crimes. This incident, combined with four police officers being charged with illegal cavity searches in Oc-tober, has damaged the reputation of MPD.

Moreover, MPD has a reputa-tion for not answering calls or be-ing receptive to inquiries from citi-zens and journalists, as evidenced by the department recently eliminating the position of “spokesperson” entirely.

This of course does not mean the

Our view: Students should follow the Derek Williams’ case closely, but it is important to know that the incident should not demonize all of MPD.

department is bad or ineffective. Through all the negative press, we should re-member their job is to protect us, the residents of Milwaukee. We should re-spect the officers and be understand-ing of the extremely dangerous and dif-ficult situations they experience every day, while pushing for more meaningful communication with the department.

We encourage students to follow this important case and how it will affect our city. We hope this inquest will promote more collaboration between city officials, the police department and citizens.

We also hope the inquest will prevent fu-ture incidents like this and will not result in further dispute so the police department can move forward and promote safety without scrutiny or questioning from the people it is supposed to serve. If there are future cases of police misconduct, distrust among citizens will continue. We hope this relationship can be restored with time.

Marquette students encounter MPD from time to time – some more than oth-ers. It is important for us not to disre-gard the contributions of these officers, despite the negative headlines and the tempting assumption to associate the entire department with the situation.

This incident has put Milwaukee in the national spotlight for all the wrong reasons. We encourage protesters and the police to work together to better our system. If the officers are found to have been negligent, we hope the department will use this as a learning experience and citizens will recognize that the mis-takes of few, while horrific in nature, do not define the entire department.

Brooke Goodman is a senior studying journalism and political science. Email her at [email protected] with anything you’d like to see her write about.

Brooke Goodman

Sonya Moore appears in a Milwaukee County courtroom on Monday for the inquest into the death of her son Derek Williams. Williams died in a police car while in custody in July 2011.

Photo by Mike De Sisti/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel/Associated Press

Don’t form opinions from academic stereotypes

When it comes to an academic ex-perience, it is incredibly refreshing to be in a class comprised of students from varying fields of study.

It’s far too easy to fall into a mo-notonous routine when enrolling in and attending class. We see and sit by the same people, become well-versed in the thoughts and opinions of those around us and can often predict what our fellow classmates will say.

Most classes that fall within the core of common studies, however, push us out of our comfort zones and provide new faces and professors. These courses introduce not only new perspectives but new methods of thought. The opinions derived from such a variety of students are more diverse, and the discussion is often more entertaining and productive.

It’s disappointing, though, when people aren’t open-minded to such an array of thoughts and opinions.

I’m currently in a class geared toward students of a specific area of study but filled with individuals representing many majors, colleges and ages. Al-though this class is labeled in Check-Marq as representing a specific ma-jor, the content and messages within it are truly beneficial to all.

As I left this class earlier in the week, two students were talking loud-ly about how much they disliked the course. This sentiment surprised me, for I thought the discussion that day was particularly productive, with many opposing ideas shared.

To complement the students’ neg-ative outlook, one of them pro-ceeded to say, “We’re the only real people in that class.”

Whoa. You’re the only “real” people in that class? What exactly does that mean? I’m pretty sure that I’m a real person, but then again maybe not. Perhaps I’m just a figment of someone else’s imagination. I really hope not ... that would be quite a bummer.

The worst part, though, is that this isn’t the first time I’ve heard this type of comment made. It’s common to judge and belittle people in ma-jors and colleges other than our own. Not only is it common, but at times it seems as if it’s expected.

For example, apparently it’s not the College of Arts & Sciences, it’s the College of Arts and Crafts. Business students graduate only to lead mun-dane lives in cubicles. Education ma-jors are overly sensitive, patient and kind. Engineering students are socially awkward. Students in the College of Health Sciences spend all their time

talking about the MCAT and trying to discreetly figure out each other’s GPAs. Nurses are cliquey. And College of Communication students ... well, they’re not even worth mentioning.

Whether or not you perpetuate or agree with your own college’s stereotypes, these are the frameworks in which we see and talk about each other every day. We judge each other’s intelligence, char-acter, work ethic and aptitude based on a label within a drop-down menu many of us selected upon applying to college.

To an extent, some of it is true. En-gineers may not be awkward, but they dedicate a lot of time and work to achieve the same quality of grades oth-ers can reach by putting in minimal ef-fort – not because those other students are more intelligent, but because it’s simply a different type of curriculum, workload and method of thought.

At times, education students do have to be unbelievably kind and patient. Is that a bad thing, though? They will, after all, be teaching all our kids some day.

And yeah, Health Sciences stu-dents tend to talk about grades, but it’s only because grades really affect their career aspirations. Having a high GPA is important for everyone, but when medical school is on the line, it gets just a tad more stressful.

Some people choose to chase their pas-sions without regard for money and guar-anteed stability, whereas others aim to eventually support a family. Our majors are indicative of our interests and goals, and one’s aspirations are not something to be judged by anyone but that person.

So what is “real?” And who has the right to define what is “normal?”

The definition most certainly does not exist in a few words on a college transcript or diploma, nor can we label it based on our own interests, knowl-edge and career paths. At a very young age we’re taught to “be ourselves,” and that uniqueness is positive. If we were all the same, there would be no in-novation or progress. There wouldn’t be any variance in art, technology or advancement in medicine.

Society maintains its balance because we are all different and can bring dis-tinct things to the table. If this wasn’t the case life would be boring, and we’d live in a very single-track world.

We should seek to understand other perspectives and ways of thought – it might help us define our own. Gen-eralizations and stereotypes don’t get us anywhere, and disagreeing with someone solely because they’re dif-ferent is ignorant. It’s more productive to get to know someone who is differ-ent rather than look down upon them as an attempt to make sense of something we don’t understand.

After all, something that may not be normal to you may be entirely “real” to someone else.

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Caroline Campbell is a senior in the College of Communication with a major in journalism and a minor in history. Email her at [email protected].

Caroline Campbell

Our majors do not define our personalities

Last week, one of my classes was host to a guest speaker. When he asked us to introduce ourselves to him (without specifications as to what kind of infor-mation he wanted to know about us), I was the first person to whom he looked. Terrified and structureless, I heard my-self recite, “HiI’mCarlieI’maseniorjournalismmajorandhistoryminor.” As he continued around the table, others fol-lowed my example and dutifully gave him their names, years and majors.

Listening to my classmates recite their own credentials, I was disappointed in myself. This man still knew almost noth-ing about me except my name and the subject areas on which the bulk of my class credits focused. I could have started our conversation by telling him my name and the fact that I once played the can-dlestick Lumiere in a stage performance of “Beauty and the Beast.”

The reality is that, in our college experi-ence, we are so often reduced to simply

how many years we have spent at Mar-quette and our focus of study. But since we don’t spend all, or probably even the majority, of our time in classrooms, why are we reduced to those simple facts? When a guest speaker in our class says they want to “know a little bit about” us, why do we jump to the conclu-sion that what they want to know is our year and major, and not that we once caught a rainbow trout, named it Goldie and kept it as a pet for two days?

It starts even before our first day of class freshman year. I don’t think anybody could count the times someone lists their major and hometown to someone else during Orientation Week. People often joke that we should just tattoo it on our foreheads for the first few weeks, so that annoying part of the conversation was out of the way before the conversation even began. Wouldn’t it be more interesting if peo-ple went around introducing themselves with facts like that they have ridden the actual Hogwarts Express train instead?

The point I am trying to make is that each one of us is so much more interest-ing than what we were interested enough in choosing as a major. We often let our-selves be categorized by what we study, but I know for a fact that not every journalism major is the same as me.

BUTTING HEADSThere have been several calls for protests

and boycotts against Palermo’s Pizza due to the termination of a number of its employ-

ees. Protesters claim that the termination was based solely on the desire to unionize.

More than half of the employees signed a petition requesting to join a labor union. Around the same time as the petition, Palermo’s sent out

several letters to its employees asking for documentation stating they could legally work within the United States. After a re-spectable amount of time, many recipients of said letter were unable to provide ap-propriate documentation. As a result, their employment was terminated. It has not been stated that the workers who signed the petition were the recipients of the letter.

This discrepancy in the protesters’ claim makes this argument an issue of immigra-tion rather than unions. According to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, employing illegal immigrants can result in a $6,000 fine for each undocument-ed worker, and the employer could face im-prisonment. By requesting proper documen-tation, they were able to ensure they were employing people under federal regulations.

With that said, we should look at Pal-ermo’s Pizza as a law-abiding business. We take no issue with protecting the rights of workers; furthermore, we applaud those who take steps to follow the law.

On June 8, 2012, Palermo Villa, Inc. fired more than 80 workers who had been on strike for the recognition of their union, the Palermo Workers Union.

Why were they fired? Palermo’s said that the government had issued an audit against them for hiring undocumented work-ers and that they had to fire those workers who could not supply So-cial Security Numbers because of an impending Immigration and Customs Enforcement audit.

This was simply not true.Earlier that week, ICE had publicly stat-

ed – for the first time in its history – that it was not going to conduct an audit into Pal-ermo’s because of ongoing labor issues (the strike, two incidents where OSHA found that the company was in violation of labor and health codes, etc). Therefore, Palermo’s had no justification to fire the workers, some of whom weren’t even undocumented, because of the ICE audit. In reality, they were fired for their efforts at organizing a union.

Why organize a union? Workers at Paler-mo’s receive poverty-level wages, are forced to work while sick (yes, forced to make your frozen pizzas while sick), and receive little to no training for dangerous machinery. Their labor is exploited, and their dignity as human beings is trounced upon. From the view of the workers, they had no choice but to try to or-ganize a union (a union that had the support of two-thirds of the workforce in a petition drive right before the strike was called).

In order to pressure Palermo’s into honoring the strikers’ reasonable de-mands and to rehire the workers that they illegally fired, Youth Empowered in the Struggle is supporting the national effort to boycott Palermo’s products.

We call on students to honor this boy-cott as well. Honor it by not purchasing the hall store pizzas. Honor it by not purchas-ing Palermo’s frozen pizza at Marquette Place or pizza by the slice at the Bradley Center. We are a Catholic, Jesuit university and our students are called by the Church to respect the rights of workers.

Be the difference. Boycott Palermo’s.

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Sarina Simmons missed a pair of key free throws in the second half, but led Marquette with 19 points in the 54-52 road loss to Cincinnati last night. Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics

Bearcats beat buzzer, MU

With 7:45 left in the game, ju-nior Katherine Plouffe stole the ball from the Bearcats and hit fresh-man Brooklyn Pumroy with a lead pass. Pumroy was on a fast break and converted the layup to put the Golden Eagles up by four points. It would be the last time the Golden Eagles made a field goal.

Over the next 7:45, the Bearcats would go on a 6-2 run, the only Marquette points coming from two free throws made by senior Sarina Simmons at the 2:29 mark.

The game would be tied with just 13 seconds left, until Cincinnati’s Tiffany Turner made a lay-up with one second left.

The Marquette Golden Eagles (12-12, 4-7) couldn’t get a last second basket, and the Cincinnati Bearcats (9-15, 1-10) got their first Big East win of the year with a score of 54-52.

For Marquette, this was a trap game, and the team fell for it. The Golden Eagles were riding momen-tum off a big win against Villanova, and a win against Cincinnati could have provided a huge momentum boost for No. 2 Notre Dame on Sunday.

As for the Bearcats, the team gets to exorcise its winless demon. With its first Big East win, the pressure to get that win is no longer there, and the team can function normally.

The tale of the tape was free throws. Marquette shot 6-for-8 from the line, which is average for what a team should be shooting. The Bearcats, however, shot 15-for-22. The Golden Eagles sent Cincin-nati to the line more than double the amount they were.

Marquette’s two free throw miss-es would come with 14 seconds left in the game. Simmons was sent to the line as Marquette’s leading scorer with 19 points. She would miss both of her free throws, and ju-nior Jeanise Randolph of Cincinnati

Cincinnati’s Turner hits the winning layup with one second to go

Indoor Championship arrives for track and fieldWinter, Hanson both poised to have big weekends for MU

Marquette track and field trav-els to Geneva, Ohio, this weekend for the 2013 Big East Conference Indoor Championship at the Spire Institute. The team hopes to better its finishes from last year, when the men finished seventh and the women finished 13th overall.

“We obviously graduated Tyler O’Brien and Jonathan Kusowski, who were two big guys for us, but we have these younger guys ready to step it up,” coach Bert Rogers said. “It’s hard to compare (last year’s and this year’s teams) directly, but I like our chances.”

By Chris [email protected]

Senior Kyle Winter captured Marquette’s first ever Big East crown in the men’s 800-meter race last year over Pittsburgh’s Davonte Cowsette at the finish line. Cowsette and four of the nine finalists from last year grad-uated.

The next best returner after Winter is Connecticut sophomore Alex Bennatan, who finished fourth. Villanova junior Ellison Samuel currently holds the con-ference best time with 1:48.62.

Freshman Anton Rice cannot be counted out early. Depend-ing on how the preliminary heats go, there is a possibility he could sneak into the finals with a smart race. Although Rice is only a freshman still learning the race, his closing speed could be his se-cret weapon.

“The preliminary rounds are usually pretty tactical,” Rogers said. “With his ability to kick, if

he can just keep himself in the mix, I like his chances.”

Assistant coach Mike Nelson said having a deep middle dis-tance squad at the conference championship is important with many races from 500 meters to 3,000 meters.

“There are six or seven middle distance events, and just because someone qualified in one of them, they might do a different event,” Nelson said. “Sometimes people do just the relays.”

Redshirt junior Spencer Agnew and junior Mitch Lacy will be racing in the distance medley relay. Lacy will recover and get back on the track for the men’s 4x800-meter relay.

Big East qualifiers lead to flex-ibility in what events can be run at the conference championship. Someone like redshirt sophomore Brendan Franz qualified in the 800-meter run and will be racing

in the men’s 1,0000-meter run.Some of the upperclassmen

will stick with their qualifiers and double up. Seniors Patrick Maag and Connor Callahan and junior Jack Senefeld will race the men’s 5,000-meter on day one and re-turn for the men’s 3,000-meter on day two.

High jumpers Michael Saindon and Cheldon Brown head into the weekend tied with the fifth-best marks in the Big East. Per-sonal bests by half an inch could get them in contention for a third place finish.

Similarly, the weight throwers squad is right in the middle of the top performers list and pushing for a personal best could get them in contention for a top five place. Last year junior Kristen Gaffey scored the only throwers’ points with her toss in the women’s shot-put.

This year’s women’s squad

could have more scoring contend-ers, as junior Carlye Schuh enters with the fourth-best long jump mark.

The 500-meter dash can be deep some years and less so during others. Junior Kate Hein could be in the mix for a spot in the finals with a good race.

On the women’s distance side, freshmen Molly Hanson and Kayla Spencer have run most of the indoor meets after a long cross-country season. Their fo-cus has not changed this week in practice with yet another confer-ence championship ahead.

“Both of them are doing what they always do,” Nelson said. “They’re training hard and train-ing consistently.”

The meet begins at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday, with Marquette sending its first athlete to the track at 1:20 p.m. for the wom-en’s 500-meter dash.

would get the defensive rebound that would set up the final score.

The Golden Eagles came out of the gate and made sure to get the first baskets, outscoring the Bearcats 6-4 in the first 2:30 of the game. But then the wheels fell off for Marquette.

The Bearcats went on a 14-0 run, riding five points by redshirt junior Dayeesha Hollins. Hollins would end up being the Bearcats lead-ing scorer, notching 19 points with three assists and rebounds.

Marquette would answer with its own 13-2 run, thanks to production from Simmons, eight points, and Pumroy, five points.

The Golden Eagles welcome the Fighting Irish on Sunday, which will be the biggest test of the year save for the games against Con-necticut. Notre Dame will be a good gut-check game for Marquette as the team comes down to the final stretch of the regular season.

By Jacob [email protected]

Katherine Plouffe stole the ball with 7:45 left in the game and hit Brooklyn Pumroy who scored a layup. It would be the Golden Eagles’ last field goal, however, and they failed to knock down enough field goals to win.

Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics

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Mayo may define 2011 recruit class

Through nearly two seasons, Buzz Williams’ 2011 recruiting class failed to produce quality re-sults. Sophomore point guard Der-rick Wilson (1.5 points, 1.2 re-bounds, 1.9 assists per game) backs up Junior Cadougan well enough, but he runs away from shots like they’re poison. Sophomore forward Juan Anderson (3.3 points, 3.4 rebounds per game) starts, but he doesn’t add a whole lot to the team and has never scored in double digits.

The one player in the 2011 class who could change his group’s direction is Todd Mayo.

Mayo came to Marquette simply known as “O.J.’s little brother.” However, his dynamic early-sea-son play helped him step out of his half-brother’s shadow a bit. Though he faded late in the year, his expectations for 2012-13 were high.

During the summer, word got around that Mayo was suspended, and Buzz had sent him home to West Virginia to work out personal issues. When Mayo came back to campus in the fall, however, all seemed resolved.

That was until just three days be-fore the season opener against Ohio State, when Marquette announced Mayo’s indefinite suspension due to academic ineligibility. Mayo missed the first 10 games of the sea-son, debuting against LSU Dec. 22.

In his first few games back, Mayo flashed some of the offensive ability that led him to score eight points per game in 2011-12. He scored in double-figures against North Carolina Central (12), Pitts-burgh (10) and Seton Hall (12).

Mysteriously, Mayo hit another setback starting against Providence on Jan. 21. Mayo didn’t play in that game and only logged 17 minutes in the next two against USF and Louisville. Williams wasn’t clear as to his motives for benching Mayo, but most followers of the program assumed disciplinary reasons, given Mayo’s past infractions.

In the second USF game, Mayo showed just how valuable he can be. In the first half, he scored 13 points and made his first five shots. He almost single-handedly shot the Bulls out of the game early, and Marquette recorded its first blowout win in Big East play.

Once this season winds down, the question of whether or not Mayo will transfer is certain to permeate offseason conversations. With a star-studded 2013 recruiting class – especially in the backcourt – com-ing in, Williams might ask Mayo to take his talents and attitude else-where.

I for one hope Mayo stays. Attitude issues aside, I find it hard to ignore his Division I talent. He is a pure scorer, and if Buzz finds a way to keep him on the court con-sistently, he might help resurrect a dormant offense that struggles to shoot over zones.

Love him or hate him, Marquette needs Todd Mayo’s scoring ability to win down the stretch this season and beyond.

Women’s lacrosse season set to beginMarquette will take on Winthrop, Coastal Carolina on road trip

Two years ago, Marquette an-nounced the additions of both men’s and women’s lacrosse pro-grams to the athletic department. The women’s lacrosse team has been working non-stop ever since to build its program. This week-end, the team’s hard work will be on display as it begin its inaugural campaign.

For players and coaches, it’s been a long time coming. They logged many hours for training and put in even more time forming this team. With the season knocking on the door, the team is excited to fi-nally make history.

“The improvement has been tremendous since the beginning,” coach Meredith Black said. “I don’t have a lot of expectations in terms of wins or losses or stuff like that; I just want our team to grow and get better.”

With a hefty 17-game schedule, the players have plenty of oppor-tunities to prove themselves. The front half of the season will ease the transition into Division-I com-petition, especially the first two games, which are against fellow first-year programs. However, the competition level picks up during

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the latter half of the season when the team plays four of the Inside-Lacrosse.com preseason top 20 teams.

“I think everyone is really ex-cited, and we all have a really good work ethic so we know how hard it’s going to be,” freshman captain and attacker Emily Donovan said. “We’re just very excited to play.”

This weekend, the women’s la-crosse team plays the first regular season games in program history. The Golden Eagles travel to South Carolina for two road contests against the Winthrop Eagles on Friday and the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers on Sunday. Since both teams are in their inaugural seasons as well, not much game film exists to help Marquette prepare.

“Winthrop has had two games before our game so they will be at a slight advantage in that sense, but I think it’s going to be a good dog fight with both games,” Black said. “Both teams are new so it’s just go-ing to be which team works harder at the end and keeps possession and limits the mistakes.”

Winthrop, with two games in the books already, will have its debut nerves behind it. Marquette could struggle early on to find a rhythm, which could make it a fairly close contest.

The Golden Eagles will have a day to rest and travel across the state before their match-up against Coastal Carolina on Sunday. The Chanticleers also play their inau-gural game on Friday, so fatigue on both sides will cancel out.

The long anticipation is finally coming to an end for Marquette as the up-start women’s lacrosse team finally hits the road for Division I competition.


“We should definitely be able to compete against (Winthrop and Coastal Carolina),” said senior captain and midfielder Lisa Beltra-mello. “Everyone is super excited for the games so there’s going to be a lot of energy around it for sure.”

The time, work and effort play-ers and coaches put into preparing will finally be put to the test. The players are excited and ready to

take the field, and they cannot wait to make a statement in women’s lacrosse.

“We’ve worked really hard to get here,” Beltramello said. “This has been forever for the returning play-ers, a year and a half in the mak-ing, so we’re all really excited. The freshmen are pumped, and it’s go-ing to be a great season.”

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Ben Greene

When coaches and players butt heads, even in high school sports, it is never a good thing. Unfortunately, it is also un-avoidable. It is fair to say that nearly everyone who played sports in high school had at least

one coach who got on his or her nerves. However, most well-adjusted, sane people don’t go so far as to sabotage their team in an act of defiance. Krause’s move was more than just disre-spectful – it was selfish, too.

A Farmington (Minn.) High School goaltender has officially retired from hockey, but it wasn’t without a little excitement. Frus-trated at his team’s coaching staff for choosing a sophomore goalten-der over himself as starter, Austin Krause decided he would show the coaching staff what he really thought of them. In his final game (one of only nine that he started this

season), while his team was nursing a one-goal lead with three minutes left, Krause handled the puck and slid it into his empty net, leading to a loss. He then proceeded to make a rude gesture at his coaches, salute the rest of his team and then skate off the ice. Hey, if you’re going to retire from high school hockey, why not do so with some flair? Better than going out in a tie.

Hockey goaltender scores on his own empty net to infuriate coaches one last time

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Panthers look even tougher second time aroundPittsburgh has won seven of its last eight heading into matchup

The Golden Eagles scored one of their two Big East road wins in Pittsburgh back in Janu-ary. Marquette hosts the 20-5 (8-4) Panthers Saturday with its conference positioning and 22-game home winning streak in jeopardy.

Pittsburgh has been on a roll since the 74-67 overtime loss to Marquette, winning seven of its last eight Big East games. After dropping a close 64-61 battle with No. 5 Louisville, the Pan-thers knocked off No. 6 Syra-cuse at home and No. 17 Cin-cinnati on the road. With four Big East losses, the Panthers are right in the mix, currently tied for third place in the con-ference.

Meanwhile, Marquette is hoping to get back on track af-ter a disappointing showing in Washington, D.C. against No. 15 Georgetown. The Golden

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Eagles couldn’t come back from a first half deficit, losing 63-55 and dropping to 2-3 on the road in Big East play.

Pittsburgh boasts four Big East wins on the road and will likely be the toughest test the Golden Eagles have faced at the Bradley Center this season.

The Panthers throw a unique 10-man rotation at their oppo-nents, which results in strong defense and constantly fresh bodies.

The stats point to another close matchup, as Pittsburgh outscores Marquette 71-69 on average and outrebounds it 36-34. The Panthers shoot the ball well from beyond the arc, hav-ing knocked down 123 of 344 attempted three-pointers (35.8 percent.) Both teams generally take care of the basketball, as Marquette averages 13 turn-overs per game compared to Pittsburgh’s 11.

The Golden Eagles hold an advantage should the game come down to free throws, as Pittsburgh shoots just 66.1 per-cent from the line compared to Marquette’s 73.6 percent.

Players to Watch:Tray WoodallPittsburgh’s top scorer’s Junior Cadougan’s ballhandling will be a focal point against the Panthers.


numbers might not overwhelm, but Woodall knows just when to step his game up. Averaging 10.9 points per game, Woodall led his team with 13 points in the 65-55 win over Syracuse and led the Panthers again with 14 points in the 62-52 win at Cincinnati.

Talib ZannaThe Kaduna, Nigeria native

averages six rebounds per game to lead Pittsburgh and is second on the team in scoring with 10.6 points per contest. He’s effi-cient with the ball as a primarily frontcourt scorer. He hasn’t at-tempted a three-pointer all sea-son, but he shoots 52.7 percent from the field.

Junior CadouganWhen Cadougan is good,

Marquette tends to win. When he turns the ball over too many times, Marquette tends to lose. However, the senior guard has been lights out at the Bradley Center, impressing with great moves to the basket and sur-prising three-point touch. He’s propelled the Golden Eagles to most of their home wins this season, and if the streak is to continue, he’ll need to be a big factor.

Men’s golf swings into spring in styleChester, freshmen post solid results in three match play wins

The Marquette golf team enjoyed its most successful stretch in recent memory last fall, winning the John Dallio Memorial tournament and placing fifth in the Kiawah Classic. Some of that success has already carried over into the spring season.

Coach Steve Bailey’s squad teed off for three rounds of match play action Monday and Tuesday in Or-lando, Fla. The Golden Eagles won all three matches, defeating Seton Hall 4.5-2.5, DePaul 11-10 and Cleveland State 5-2.

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Bailey was pleased with the team’s start and the opportunity to hit the greens for the first time in 2013.

“It was our mission to come down here and win each round, and we accomplished that,” Bailey said. “There are always a few concerns coming out of the winter, and these match play events always serve as a good barometer for where we are.”

Sophomore Adam Chester went 3-0, while freshman Patrick San-chez went undefeated as well, halv-ing in the second round with De-Paul’s Russell Budd.

Monday afternoon was the most difficult stretch for Marquette, as it was the second round of 18 holes played that day. Chester and freshmen Zach Gaugert and Nick Nelson led the way with individ-ual wins. Nelson shot a 1-over-par 73 and Gaugert finished the round with six birdies, shooting a

2-under-par 34 on his back nine holes.

Bailey was particularly im-pressed with Sanchez’s second round effort, as he came back to halve by shooting 2-under-par on his back nine. Bailey said his per-formance displayed the grit and determination the team focused on over the break.

“I was especially impressed with our back nine in the afternoon,” Bailey said. “After nine holes, we were down in nearly every match. Our guys showed some resilience and made up a bunch of ground.”

Sanchez echoed that Monday af-ternoon had been hard on everyone but said he personally was great off the tee despite the fatigue.

Nelson appreciated the chance to play in the Central Florida sunshine and felt his game was right where it needed to be.

“I thought my ball striking was

great,” Nelson said. “I’m in better form at this point of the year than I think I ever have been in.”

Tuesday’s final round yielded an impressive team victory as San-chez, Nelson, junior Michael Motz and sophomore Will Joiner all scored 3-0 wins, with Chester win-ning 2.5-.5.

Chester and the trio of freshmen stood out to Bailey as they did last spring, and each spent a lot of time practicing indoors during the win-ter months. Their hard work paid off in the solid showing.

“I continue to be impressed with the work and results our young guys have put up and what they’ve contributed as teammates,” Bailey said. “We’ve been stressing that positive energy since fall, and we truly believe it’s contagious. We’re going to take all of the good from match play and build on it heading into the spring.”

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USF, Rutgers coming to lifeSouth Florida and Rutgers are

getting hot at just the right time, and both teams are making a bid for high seeds in the Big East tour-nament.

USF has won four of its last five and is 5-4 in the conference. Rut-gers, after dropping its first three Big East games, has won five of seven and sits at 5-5. The Scar-let Knights have won three of the past four, but against less powerful teams such as Marquette, Cincin-nati and a reeling Villanova squad.

The Bulls picked up two road wins at Pittsburgh and Providence last week and lost by just three against No. 10 Louisville Jan. 30.

The remaining five games for

USF will be crucial for its seeding. The team hosts UConn and Syra-cuse and goes on the road to Louis-ville, Rutgers and Georgetown.

Rutgers will have to face two difficult opponents coming up in UConn and Syracuse, both on the road. It will need to win its last three games against winnable foes USF, Cincinnati and Pittsburgh. Cincy and Pittsburgh are both win-less in the Big East.

Notre Dame obliterates Louis-ville

The No. 2 Irish jumped out to an early lead and never looked back against fellow ranked opponent Louisville. Notre Dame crushed the Cardinals 93-64 Monday night, and jumping out to a 20-9 lead ear-ly helped its cause.

Natalie Achonwa led the Irish with 22 points and 12 rebounds,

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Even if you don’t follow women’s basketball, this game will be worth paying attention to for the pure talent that will be on dis-play. This matchup will not have Big East standings implications for UConn, but a win against the

Lady Bears will prove to the selec-tion committee that the Huskies are once again deserving of a No. 1 seed in the tournament.

Baylor center Brittney Griner has been tearing up the competi-tion, putting up 22.5 points, 8.4

rebounds and 3.8 blocks per game. It will be interesting to see if UCo-nn coach Geno Auriemma will try to attack the middle and get Griner into foul trouble early, or if he will instead rely on his team’s potent perimeter offense.

No. 1 Baylor at No. 3 ConnecticutMonday, 8 p.m.

Stefanie DolsonJunior Forward

Connecticut

For the second straight week, the Big East Player of the Week comes from UConn. Looking at Dolson’s numbers tells us why: she averaged 19.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and shot 75 percent from the field in a 2-0 week.

Dolson is averaging 14.2 points per game to go along with 6.5 boards, and she will have a solid opportunity to boost her scoring average against Rutgers on Saturday.

and Big East Preseason Player of the Year Skylar Diggins scored 21. Bria Smith scored 18 for the Car-dinals, who struggled terribly de-fensively – the Irish shot 57 percent from the floor for the night.

Another telling statistic was the free throw differential. Louisville made only seven trips to the charity stripe as opposed to Notre Dame’s 26.

The loss snapped a six-game winning streak for the Cardinals, who fell to 8-3 in the Big East. The Irish continue to dominate the league, boasting a perfect 11-0 re-cord.

Notre Dame will be making a stop at Marquette this Sunday, while Louisville returns home to play a pair of games against De-Paul and South Florida.

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