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Picking the 2013 Final Four teams is more daunting than usual.

Thursday, February 21, 2013

University names Holz as A&S deanLoyola chemistry professor to assume position in summer

See Holz, page 5

After five years of interim deans, Marquette’s largest col-lege will finally have a per-manent leader. Richard Holz, associate dean for resources and planning and professor of chemistry at Loyola University Chicago, has been selected as the dean of the College of Arts

& Sciences.Holz, 50,

will begin his duties as dean July 1. Uni-versity Presi-dent the Rev. Scott Pilarz a n n o u n c e d Holz as dean in an email to the Mar-quette com-

munity Tuesday afternoon.“Dr. Holz is an accomplished

and dynamic leader who is poised to lead Marquette Uni-versity’s largest college,” Pilarz said. “The liberal arts and sci-ences are at the heart of what Catholic, Jesuit education has always been about, and we are excited to have found a leader who will ensure our students experience a transformative education in an increasingly complex world.”

By Melanie Lawdermelanie.lawder@marquette.edu

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Richard Holz

See page 8

The announcement comes af-ter an eight-month search. This was the third time since 2007 the university has attempted a dean search for the college.

Holz said he is excited to begin his duties as dean.

“I’m thrilled to be joining Marquette in my new role as dean of the Klingler College of Arts & Sciences,” Holz said in an email. “As I come from a Catholic, Jesuit insti-tution and have grown up in the Midwest, my new role will be a perfect fit.”

During a presentation on campus Jan. 31, Holz empha-sized five themes he said will guide his vision for the col-lege: Ignatian pedagogy, schol-arly activity, global curriculum, environmental sustainability and diversity.

Holz said he looks forward to learning from others how to “build out” these fives themes as the university maps out its new strategic plan.

“When I start this summer, my first priority will be to spend time with our faculty and really get to know the people within the College of Arts & Sci-ences,” Holz said. “I also look forward to working with my colleagues across the campus to learn about interdisciplinary opportunities.”

Phillip Naylor, professor of history and chair of the dean search committee, said Holz’s administrative experi-ence, scholarly activity and

Students focus on race issues, segregation in town hall format

Chopstix cited for 18 health violations

Meeting raises hope for more cultural interaction at MU

Inclusivity between cultural and ethnic groups at Marquette was the focus of a discussion held Tuesday afternoon in the Alumni Memorial Union.

About 30 students attended the town hall-style gathering, hosted

By Emily Wrightemily.a.wright@marquette.edu

by the university’s Intercultural Engagement department, weigh-ing in with their thoughts on race relations at the university.

In general, students said they felt Marquette hosts a student body but that it does not always feel like it in the classroom or around campus due to a lack of interaction and exposure.

One female student said that while the Center for Intercultural Engagement is designed as an open space for all students, it is general-ly perceived as a space only open to minorities. Another noted that some white students have hesitated

or asked permission to come into the center, which is located on the first floor of the AMU.

Some conversations also cen-tered on interacting with and meeting new people and the diffi-culties of doing so. Some students concluded that the fear of rejection makes it challenging to move out-side of one’s comfort zone. Others criticized how some stereotypi-cal images in popular culture and the media may impact the way students of all races approach cul-tures different from their own.

See Intercultural, page 5

Popular Chinese restaurant receives $107 worth of fines

Chopstix Chinese Restau-rant, a hot commodity for col-lege students all around the Milwaukee area, has been fined for three pages’ worth of health violations, according to a Feb. 11 report.

By Nick Bigginicholas.biggi@marquette.edu

Although the restaurant on Milwaukee’s east side has a history of past health code violations, Chopstix has re-mained popular for its quick and convenient delivery service.

Chopstix received a total of 18 violations, amounting to a fine of $107. Three repeat violations from the last inspection by the Milwaukee Health Department included having chicken without an expiration date, a hole in the ceiling above the sink and hand-washing sinks containing grime.

See Chopstix, page 5

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McNair Scholars Colloquia, Marquette Hall 410, 12 p.m.

WorkForce Career & Internship Fair, AMU Ballrooms, 3 p.m.

Coffee House with Sam Brenner, Brew Bayou, 8 p.m.

Annex Pop Quiz, Union Sports Annex, 9 p.m.

Conflict Coffee, Stone Creek Coffee, 2 p.m.

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Tripoli Shrine Circus, U.S. Cellular Arena, 10:30 a.m.

Brew City Stomp Down 2013, Varsity Theatre, 1 p.m.

Unlimited Spaghetti Dinner, Redeemer Lutheran Church, 5 p.m.

Nick Offerman, Pabst Theater, 6 p.m.

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Wind Ensemble Concert, Varsity The-atre, 2 p.m.

Oscars viewing party, Iron Horse Hotel, 6 p.m.

Annex Acoustic Night featuring Claire Kelly, Union Sports Annex, 9 p.m.

You’ve Got Game, Weasler Auditorium, 9 p.m.

Forum explores changing Middle EastArab Spring, women’s rights among issues addressed by panel

Bringing a topic constantly in international headlines closer to home, the Raynor library played host yesterday to “What’s Next for the Middle East?”, a discussion on the Middle East and North Af-rica (MENA), part of the library’s global discussion series.

The faculty-led discussion at-tended by about 20 people briefly touched about the conflict in Syr-ia. Louise Cainkar, an assistant professor of social welfare and justice, brought up the large num-ber of refugees fleeing Syria for nearby countries. According to the U.N., 678,241 refugees have al-ready left the country, though the actual number may be higher.

Other countries affected by the

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-Victor Hugo

Arab Spring revolution, such as Egypt and Tunisia, were also dis-cussed. The sudden resignation of the Tunisian prime minister was shown as evidence that things are still tenuous in North Africa.

When asked about the Mar-quette study abroad program in Cairo, faculty members said the situation is not particularly dangerous for Americans.

“(It’s) safer for Americans (in Egypt) than it is for most Egyp-tians,” Cainkar said, a belief echoed by additional professors.

While not often discussed in the public sphere, the recent rise of Turkey on the international stage was among the leading topics the panel addressed.

“(Turkey) is the strongest economy in MENA,” said Phil-lip Naylor, a professor of history who specializes in North Africa and the Middle East.

“(Turkey) is playing out its histor-ical role of being the pivot between the Western (world) and the Middle East,” said Risa Brooks, an assis-tant professor of political science.

She explained that recent changes in Egypt are partially impacting the shift.

Turkey’s attempt to join the Eu-ropean Union was briefly discussed, with Naylor point-ing out the history of the Armenian genocide and France’s Arme-nian community influencing French opinion on the subject. Brooks pointed out that Turkey’s civilian-military relation-ship would be a key part of allow-ing the country to join the EU due to a belief in civil-ian control of the military.

Irfan Omar, an associate professor of theology, pointed out the strik-ing difference between Turkey and Iran with regard to cultural attitudes about women. Omar said there was a time when a woman could not enter a university campus while

wearing a hijab (a traditional head covering sometimes worn by Mus-lim women as an outward display of their faith), while in Iran women

must do so.Women’s rights

across the re-gion were also discussed. Cain-kar said Saudi Arabia’s severe restrictions on women’s rights are an extreme example that does not apply to the entire region. In Pakistan, stud-ies suggest more women are gain-ing advanced

degrees than men. While restric-tions on women’s rights have some grounding in a conserva-tive interpretation of Islam, it is seen as a cultural norm for the region spanning across religions.

“Patriarchy is a problem, as it is in much of the world,” Cainkar said. “Women are still struggling.”

Patriarchy is a problem, as it

is in much of the world. Women are still struggling.”

Louise Cainkar, assistant professor of social welfare and

justice

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Suicide prevention program trains MU studentsEvent helps to identify and intervene in potential suicides

Marquette’s Counseling Cen-ter is taking strides to help stu-dents identify people who are experiencing suicidal thoughts in order to decrease their risk of self-harm. Suicide is the second-largest killer of college students nationwide, accord-ing to a study by the American College Health Association.

Hoping to raise awareness to the issue, the center is holding an event called “Question, Per-suade, Refer” today at noon in Alumni Memorial Union room 254. QPR is a nationally rec-ognized suicide prevention program training participants to identify and intervene with someone contemplating suicide.

Nicholas Jenkins, the men-tal health advocacy coordina-tor at the Counseling Center, said the training provided by QPR can help students deal with situations that may arise in their everyday lives.

“By learning how to acknowl-edge the risks and warning signs, we have the potential to help our friends, fellow class-mates, students and colleagues prior to someone attempting suicide,” Jenkins said.

Researchers at the University of Texas-Austin in 2009 found that 18 percent of undergradu-ates and 15 percent of gradu-ate students have contemplated suicide at some point in their lives. Jenkins said there are 1,100 confirmed suicides on college campuses annually.

“What makes suicide pre-vention training so important is that people will seek help or display warning signs to friends, family, teachers or colleagues prior to coming into counseling,” Jenkins said. “Knowing how to respond to a person who may be suicidal greatly increases the chance of that person getting better.”

By Eric Olivereric.oliver@marquette.edu

Paul Quinnett, president and CEO of the QPR Institute, said QPR is the mental health emer-gency equivalent to CPR.

“It can be learned in 90 min-utes, taught to anyone and will work with just about ev-eryone considering suicide,” Quinnett said. “QPR is a skill every teenager and adult should have, and our aim is to train at least one adult in every family in America.”

Besides teaching students to identify and intervene in po-tential suicide situations, Quin-nett said. QPR will also help

prevent murder-suicides and mass murder-suicides.

The training is free, Jen-kins said, and has been offered at Marquette twice a semes-ter since 2006. The counsel-ing center also offers pri-vate QPR training for groups of 10 or more.

“The structured training for QPR means we were able to have several people trained in providing QPR to the popula-tion here at Marquette,” Jenkins said. “It is personally reward-ing for me to be able to pro-vide a much-needed training

Event shines light on battle against modern slaveryMore than 27 million victims of human trafficking recorded

While slavery in America was abolished with the Four-teenth Amendment, the chal-lenge of ending worldwide was the topic of a discussion on hu-man trafficking Tuesday. The event was part of this year’s “Justice Week,” which is co-sponsored by the Campus Cru-sade for Christ and InterVarsity student organizations.

Greg Darley, director of col-lege mobilization for the In-ternational Justice Mission, spoke to a crowd of about 75 people in the Alumni Memorial Union. The International Jus-tice Mission is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit organiza-tion composed of lawyers and

By Catelyn Roth-Johnsoncatelyn.roth-johnson@marquette.edu

social workers working to end slavery, sexual exploitation and violent oppression.

“There are more than 27 mil-lion slaves in the world ... (and) there are more slaves today than all 400 years of the Trans-At-lantic slave trade (combined),” Darley said at the event. “And 2.5 million of those are trapped in the commercial sex trade.”

Human trafficking is not exclu-sively an international problem, however. According to a 2012 National Human Trafficking Re-source Center report, from July through September 2012, Wis-consin received 33 calls relat-ing to human trafficking within the state. Eight of those calls were for tips of suspected traf-ficking, and five were reporting high risk situations. The quar-terly report also stated that there were 5,183 calls nationwide during that period.

Kyle Bero, a senior in the College of Engineering and the introductory speaker for the event, said he was glad

Marquette’s Counseling Center hosts an event at the Alumni Memorial Union meant to aid students in working toward suicide prevention.

Photo by Danny Alfonzo/daniel.alfonzo@marquette.edu

to the Marquette community.”Jenkins said the Counsel-

ing Center is working to pro-vide more treatment options to Marquette students.

“One of those options was the expansion of groups of-fered at the counseling center, which included our Taking Ac-tion groups for those who have issues with mood, stress or re-lationship concerns, as well as Happiness Groups that help students increase their sense of happiness,” Jenkins said.

Jenkins said the counsel-ing center believes addressing

happiness and positive psychol-ogy has significant impacts on overall well-being.

Jenkins said the most impor-tant thing people should know about suicide prevention is to get the person having suicidal thoughts to seek treatment im-mediately. The counseling cen-ter is open from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. and also has a 24-hour crisis line, Jenkins said.

“I encourage people who are concerned about their friends, students or family members to also call if you have any ques-tions or concerns,” Jenkins said.

Darley was able to come and spread awareness on campus.

“One of phrases that struck me was when (Darley) said many people in this world don’t know what freedom is,” he said. “I believe that Jesus died to give me freedom, and I couldn’t imagine a world without it.”

In 2012, the International Justice Mission rescued more than 2,400 people from slavery across the globe, Darley said in his presentation. The organiza-tion works with local govern-ments to identify and track areas that may be housing slavery and work with those governments to end it. Part of that work includes training police officials in de-veloping countries to recognize signs of human trafficking.

“We have helped officers – specifically in Cambodia – find ways to notice and stop what is happening,” he said.

Despite the organization’s work, the allure of money gen-erated from the $32 billion a year industry sometimes leads

to uncooperative governments and the perpetuation of human trafficking, Darley said.

“It happens a lot where we find a location where the brothel is and arrive (and) everyone has already left,” he said. “There are some (officials) who would rather have money than justice.”

Reba Varghese, a senior in the College of Health Sciences and one of the organizers of the event, said the invent inspired her to take action. Darley out-lined ways students hoping to help with the cause could make a difference, including starting a campus chapter of the Interna-tional Justice Mission, donating or fundraising and participat-ing in the “Stand for Freedom”

We don’t have to just wait around; we can make the world a better place.”

Reba Varghese, senior, College of Health Sciences

event from March 5 to 15.The “Stand for Freedom”

event is a nationwide effort to raise awareness of the 27 million people who are vic-tims of human trafficking each year. The organization recruits groups of people to stand for 27-hour shifts outside of schools and churches.

“We don’t have to just wait around; we can make the world a better place,” Varghese said.

The next “Justice Week” event will be a showing of the movie “Nefarious” today at 8 p.m. in Marquette Hall 100 and 200. The movie focuses on the hu-man and sex trafficking topics discussed earlier in the week.

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Holz: Five-theme change envisioned for collegeclear five-theme vision all lent to his value as a candidate.

“He’s an accomplished sci-entist who also has sensibili-ties toward the humanities that we thought were important,” Naylor said. “He’s had admin-istrative experience… He’s implemented a new core (of common studies) at Loyola.”

Provost John Pauly cited similar reasons that led to Holz’s selection as dean.

“Dr. Holz has had strong and successful administrative experience at a similar Jesuit university,” Pauly said in an email Wednesday. “He is him-self an accomplished scholar, which matters a great deal in the leadership of the College of Arts & Sciences. People who met him during the in-terviews were impressed with his warmth and genuineness and with his specific, practi-cal ideas about meeting the challenges of a contemporary liberal arts college.”

Of the four dean candidates, Holz was the only one to have a current position in a dean’s office. As the associate dean of Loyola University Chi-cago’s College of Arts & Sci-ences, Holz oversees programs

that serve 6,000 undergradu-ates, 395 full-time faculty and 50 full-time staff. He earned his bachelor’s degree at Bemi-dji State University, his mas-ter’s degree at the University of Minnesota-Duluth and his doctorate in chemistry from Pennsylvania State University. As a professor of chemistry, Holz has also contributed to more than 90 research articles and granted two patents.

Andrew Karls, a graduate student in the College of Arts & Sciences, met all four candi-dates when they visited campus in January. Holz was his top choice and was, in his opinion, the most qualified candidate.

Karls said the new dean selec-tion marks a turning point for the college after the failed dean search in 2010, when Marquette was the subject of nationwide attention after it rescinded its job offer to Jodi O’Brien, an openly gay professor from the University of Seattle.

“There is also a sense of re-lief,” Karls said. “Finally we can begin to move forward as a college from the events of three years ago, and I know Dr. Holz has a vision that he is dedicated to creating here.”

The health inspector made a note that there was no soap or towels available for employ-ees to use, and new infractions included workers not washing their hands.

“ E m p l o y e e s are not washing their hands, and there is no soap and no towels for them to use even if they tried,” the report said. “ E m p l o y e e s must properly wash their hands using warm wa-ter and soap and dry their hands with single-service tow-els. Hands must be washed frequently whenever con-taminated and before and after working with food.”

According to the report, the establishment also had a “se-vere fruit fly problem” in the area where food is prepared before being cooked. Chopstix was also fined for risks that could lead to contamination is-sues, specifically the sink and containers left uncovered.

When confronted on TMJ4’s

“Dirty Dining” segment, a man-ager said the business hired an exterminator to address the fruit fly problem. She denied the no-tion that employees did not wash

their hands.The report also

cited the restau-rant for under-staffing.

“There are more than five e m p l o y e e s working, and none of them is the certified food manager,” the report said. “Whenever there are more than five employ-ees working a

shift, the certified food manager must also be present.”

The Tribune contacted Chopstix for comment, but no manager was available to comment as of press time.

Chopstix paid its dues and is not closing down. Restaurants in Milwaukee that are forced to close are usually due to rodents and roaches. Other restaurants have also temporarily or perma-nently closed due to outbreaks of E. coli and salmonella.

Marquette students were shocked at the thought that they had been eating food prepared in these conditions.

Clare McNamara, a fresh-man in the College of Busi-ness Administration, said a lack of handwashing should not be ignored, especially when there is food involved.

“This is very disturbing,” McNamara said. “It’s hard to believe that a simple task can go so unnoticed until now.”

Jane Unterberger, a senior in the College of Nursing, said that although Chopstix is not necessarily a five-star restau-rant, it does have an obligation to keep customers safe.

“It’s gross,” Unterberger said. “I don’t think Chopstix is the epitome of high quality food, but it is also unacceptable for them to so blatantly disregard health laws. They are there for a rea-son: to keep us safe. By not fol-lowing them, Chopstix is putting their customers at risk.”

“I think they should be shut down until they can meet health code,” Unterberger said.

The Chopstix website current-ly does not address the report and is advertising its new Japa-nese restaurant called Mizu.

In part, the program, titled “Who’s At Your Table,” was meant as a channel for students to become better acquainted with others of different ethnicities and an attempt to break down what some perceive as racial divides. The program was the first in a series to be hosted by the de-partment, which is a branch of the Office of Student Develop-ment. It was moderated by John Janulis, coordinator for Intercul-tural Engagement, and Alexan-dria Taylor, a graduate assistant in the department.

“‘Who’s At Your Table’ (al-lowed) students to express their views about racial segregation and self-segregation at Marquette,” Taylor said. “By providing a space

for students to discuss these top-ics, we are hoping (they) will be able to step out of their comfort zone by exploring identities that are different from their own.”

Janulis said there were two goals of the program: to form communities of student leaders who are passionate about inclu-sivity on campus and to break down stereotypes that exist on campus. For the most part, the discussion was student-driven, with occasional questions asked by the two moderators.

“We want to allow students to engage with each other across these issues,” Janulis said.

Intercultural Engagement is planning to have more town hall-style meetings over the next year,

Janulis said, with potential topics such as gender and sexual identi-ties, Asian and Pacific Islander culture, Native American culture and Latino culture. The town hall meetings are aimed at starting con-versations between students about tensions and potential divisions in the Marquette community.

Anna Ogunkunle, a sophomore in the College of Communication, said the discussion was very in-teresting and well-facilitated. She appreciated that people were will-ing to voice their opinions on a topic that can be sensitive at times.

“Most people aren’t willing to talk about (race),” Ogunkunle said. “It’s a bit touchy.”

This week’s discussion topic was also significant because it

fell during Intercultural Engage-ment’s celebration of Pan African Heritage Month, which is recog-nized in February. Throughout the month, Intercultural Engage-ment, along with Black Student Council and the African Student Association, has hosted pre-sentations, documentaries and other events designed to honor and celebrate the variety of cul-tures represented by students

on Marquette’s campus.“Pan African Heritage Month

was engendered to highlight his-torical figures, events and issues related to the Pan African dias-pora,” Taylor said. “In shedding light on these themes, we are hoping to challenge students’ per-spectives and enlighten our com-munity of scholars at Marquette about the myriad of cultures in our communities.”

(Health laws) are there for a

reason, to keep us safe. By not following them, Chopstix is putting their customers at risk.”

Jane Unterberger, senior, College of Nursing

Most people aren’t willing to talk about (race). It’s a bit touchy.”

Anna Ogunkunle, sophomore, College of Communication

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Holz decision generates excitement for Arts & Sciences

-The dean search taking five years

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The MarqueTTe TribuneEditorial Board:

Joe Kaiser, Viewpoints Editor and Editorial WriterKatie Doherty, Editorial Writer

Andrew Phillips, Editor-in-ChiefMaria Tsikalas, Managing EditorPat Simonaitis, News EditorAllison Kruschke, Projects Editor Matt Mueller, Marquee Editor

Patrick Leary, Sports EditorAshley Nickel, Copy Chief

Rob Gebelhoff, Visual Content EditorRebecca Rebholz, Photo Editor

For the past five years, the College of Arts & Sciences has been without an established leader. As such, its students have not had someone with a pronounced vision striving to offer the newest and best opportunities while also preserving a distinct Jesuit tradition.

However, the university’s selec-tion of Richard Holz as the new dean looks incredibly promising.

Based on our interactions with Holz thus far, we believe he understands our university’s need for focus on holis-tic learning. In his meetings with stu-dents on campus prior to his selection as dean, he said a liberal arts education is intrinsically valuable and provides students with the ability to think criti-cally and to envision a variety of future possibilities for life after college.

Holz also emphasized his desire to make progress in the areas of sustain-ability and environmental ethics, topics specifically cited as areas of concern by students who participated in strategic planning forums earlier this year.

Holz said during his visit that he wants students in the College of Arts & Sci-ences to know who he is and know he is accessible to them. He said that while he of course cannot have a constant line of students outside his office, he hopes to be able to address individual concerns and meet with students in the college and MUSG by having dinners and other events that offer the chance to connect. He also wants to improve advising, an issue at the forefront of MUSG legislation last month.

We welcome Holz’s new energy and vision for the college, and we hope he follows through on these admirable and well-thought-out goals. In addition to pursuing these plans, we encourage him to develop clear academic guide-lines and facilitate communication be-tween departments in the College of Arts & Sciences and across colleges.

We applaud the search commit-tee for its hard work in this heavily

Our view: Despite being without a dean for five years, the College of Arts & Sciences’ hiring of Richard Holz is promising.

Photo via Loyola University

scrutinized process. In the delicate wake of the controversial decision in the spring of 2010 to rescind an offer of deanship to Jodi O’Brien from Seattle Universi-ty, the committee conducted itself with utmost care, striving for transparency and for as much meaningful input from students and faculty as possible.

Led by history professor Phillip Nay-lor, the committee provided hour-long lunches for students to get to know the final candidates better as well as meet-ings for the candidates to talk to fac-ulty, Fr. Pilarz and Provost John Pauly. It hosted forums open to the public and provided video footage of these forums online so those who could not attend had the opportunity to provide input, too. We believe the committee took this input into serious consideration when selecting Holz, and we are grateful. We hope Marquette’s administration follows this model of thorough and transparent decision-making in the future.

It is regrettable that an entire class of students in the College of Arts & Scienc-es did not have a dean for the duration of their time at Marquette. We believe, however, that this search provided cur-rent and future students with a strong leader for years to come. Holz seems ca-pable of managing this position without getting caught in the bureaucracies of it.

While this deanship may seem slightly tainted for students and faculty who ex-perienced the negativity surrounding the 2010 incident, we want to move forward as a university and focus on making im-provements with Holz so his job can be viewed in the positive light it deserves.

The College of Arts & Sciences is the largest college at Marquette. It has the most majors and the most students, is home to the honors pro-gram and is symbolic of the univer-sity’s broader liberal arts, Jesuit focus. It also contains the core of common studies, so its leadership affects every single student to step onto campus.

We are excited for this historic op-portunity to welcome a new dean to our Marquette community, and we are eager to see what Holz has to offer.

Caroline Campbell is a senior in the College of Communication with a major in journalism and a minor in history. Email her at caroline.campbell@marquette.edu.

Caroline Campbell

Richard Holz was a Loyola chemistry professor. He will assume the dean position in July.

Do not judge a city by its stereotypical cover

Many of my close friends will tell you I talk about my hometown Kansas City, Mo., too much. When we watch a movie or show in which one of the actors is from there, I am quick to point it out. I could talk for hours about Kansas City’s history or its best barbecue restaurant. Though it may annoy them, I have so much to say about it because it is a city I know better than any other and one of my favorite places in the world.

Last year my hometown came into the spot-light three times – once for the summer’s Ma-jor League Baseball All-Star Game and twice for tragedy. Last December, the Chiefs’ line-backer Jovan Belcher shot his girlfriend and then himself on the grounds of our football stadium. And Tuesday night a fatal explosion leveled a restaurant, sending 15 people to the hospital and killing at least one other.

I am extremely proud of my city and how it handled itself in the public eye in all three of these instances. Our leaders have acted with wisdom and discretion, and my fellow Kan-sas Citians have always shown one another and the delicate situations much respect.

I love my city. While I don’t foresee liv-ing there in the next five years, I know I want to end up there eventually. I have a deep appreciation and respect for the place where I grew up – but not everyone does.

Since coming to Milwaukee, I cannot count the number of times I’ve heard KC written off as being “in the middle of nowhere,” a “cowtown full of hicks,” “home of the worst professional sports teams in the country” or “just flat prairie.” A lot of people also as-sume I grew up in Kansas, which brings to mind images of miles of corn, grass and cows. That’s not even an accurate portray-al of what Kansas really looks like. Okay, some of Kansas looks like that, but the Flint

Hills make up some of the most beautiful land I have seen in America.

It’s very difficult for some people to fath-om that there are actually two Kansas Cit-ies, one in Missouri and one in Kansas, and that they actually are one continuous met-ropolitan area. If you take a few seconds to look at a map, it’s not that complicated.

People don’t realize my city is just slightly smaller than Milwaukee. The two are actu-ally pretty similar in terms of the entertain-ment they offer. Yes, KC has a downtown. We also have an arts district that is remi-niscent of the Third Ward. We have a zoo, which is on the grounds of one of the larg-est municipal parks in the nation. Our foot-ball and baseball stadiums may not house the top teams, but they are some of the best places to watch an NFL or MLB game.

Apart from modern entertainment, KC has a rich cultural history. We are home to the Ne-gro Leagues Baseball Museum, a distinct jazz culture and the starting points of the Santa Fe, California and Oregon trails. Kansas City is home to more fountains than any other city except Rome and some of the best barbecue in the world (sorry, Texas, but it’s true).

The stereotypes that KC is subjected to remind me a lot of the things I hear people say about Milwaukee. I’ve come to appreci-ate the culture and history of this city beyond the “cold, beer and cheese” that everyone talks about. Being able to explore my own hometown made me more excited to dis-cover Milwaukee and more willing to look past and combat the negative stereotypes the city has accrued over the years.

I was lucky enough to be in town for the All-Star Game this summer, and I loved seeing and hearing how surprised first-time visitors to KC were at the vibrancy of my hometown. I heard someone say, “I didn’t realize this was actually a city” so many times this summer. I am proud to say that I grew up in Kansas City, and my experience defending the “cityhood” of my hometown has helped me learn not to judge a place be-fore I experience it for myself. I encourage you to do the same.

7Thursday, February 21, 2013 TribuneViewpoinTs

Cuts to Tribune pages appear shortsighted

Does the Board for Student Media see The Marquette Tribune as a publication or just a line in the budget? After recent events, it’s hard to be sure.

Reducing the number of pages will cer-tainly make printing cheaper. But when the board suggested this, no one could say exactly how much the change will save, how much student media needs to save, or how much alternatives to page cuts would save.

Working quickly to address student media’s financial concerns is admirable. Halving the Tribune’s flagship after a single afternoon’s conversation is ab-surd. The implication is that the print version of the Tribune can be altered at the board’s convenience, readers and staff be damned.

Maybe this is an isolated incident. There are positive signs — the board is wisely avoiding cuts to staff, and its latest statement said it is open to com-promise. But if this shortsignedness persists, the Tribune’s biggest problem won’t be declining ad revenue or budget cuts, but the indifference of the Board for Student Media.Alec BrooksJunior, College of Communication

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Brooke Goodman is a senior studying journalism and political science. Email her at brooke.goodman@marquette.edu with anything you’d like to see her write about.

Brooke Goodman

Without options, unhealthy food wins

We all know the feeling. It’s late, your stomach’s grumbling and you need food that’s fast, cheap and will induce a strong enough food coma you’ll be asleep before the guilt starts.

Whether it’s leaving the library af-ter midnight, heading home at bar close or simply missing the late night McCormick dining hours, facing a prospect of stale chips and ramen noodles at 2 a.m. is less than ideal.

So what’s the solution to satis-fy those late night munchies? Order Chopstix, that’s what.

It begins the first weekend on cam-pus as a new student. You walk into the residence hall, glance at the bul-letin board and see a Chinese restau-rant menu resembling those you keep stuffed in a kitchen drawer at home. One pair of roommates orders, and word spreads like wildfire about the place that may not have a correctly spelled name, but sure is delicious.

The best part? It delivers until 3 a.m.You make that first fateful call to one

of two phone numbers (that’s right – Chopstix is so popular they provide two numbers on the menu) and an instant ro-mance buds. It may be a one-sided, self-destructive romance based on financial gains, but a love affair nonetheless.

Ordering Chopstix isn’t just an act – it’s an experience. It’s about chasing

the delivery guy across the street be-cause you’re not quite sure what your residence hall’s address is yet. It’s the copious amounts of rice and meat fit to feed an entire high school football team. And it’s the lingering smell that serves as a reminder of the torture your body endured by indulging in such food.

Overall, though, it’s pretty fantastic ... until the Milwaukee Health Depart-ment reports three pages worth of health violations at the restaurant.

According to an NBC News TMJ4 ar-ticle last week based on the health de-partment’s report, the violations were endless. Employees didn’t wash their hands while working. Even if they wanted to wash up, there wasn’t soap to do so. There was a “severe fruit fly problem” in the food prep area. Dirty sinks, moldy shelves and slimy cutting boards were used near the food.

Hearing reports like this is scary. If you’re like me, images of hair fall-ing into sauces and body parts cut off and placed in egg rolls start to flood your mind. We all know Chopstix is food poisoning waiting to happen, but if the restaurant is clean we can at least blame ourselves for the injustice done to our bodies each meal.

This isn’t the first time Chopstix has been slammed with health code violations, though. So why do we keep ordering it?

The problem is not Chopstix. It’s the fact that if it isn’t Chopstix on those late nights, it’s cheese curds from Dogg Haus. If it’s not Dogg Haus it’s Real Chili. If it’s not Real Chili, it’s Jimmy John’s, accompanied by a mountain of mayo. And if it’s not Jimmy John’s, it’s Papa John’s on $5 Tuesdays.

Our campus is surrounded by junk. Yes, we’re college students, and yes, we oftentimes choose to eat such things – I’ll even admit to recently surrendering

to cheese curds. But simply because we occasionally make such choices doesn’t mean they should be the only options.

Some late nights all I really want is some fruit. The only option is to run to 7-Eleven and buy a little plas-tic container of grapes that may or may not have mold on them. The ki-wis always look pretty good, but I mean, why does a place like 7-Eleven sell kiwis in the first place?

Not everyone has the luxury of having a car on campus, or the time to take a 45-minute bus ride to the nearest gro-cery store. The realistic options are dorm or AMU food, the places on Wells Street or ordering health code-violating Chinese food. On top of that, rumor is that one of the healthiest options on campus – Subway – is being replaced by an apartment building.

We need a legitimate place on cam-pus to buy groceries that doesn’t pri-marily serve liquor. We need a cof-fee shop or deli that’s open all night. Other schools have them; why can’t we if people are willing to work late hours? And we need options that at least give us the chance to make healthier eating decisions on those late nights.

I know it’s a matter of space and lo-cation, and I also know there are much more pressing issues currently facing the university than fresh fruit and veggies, but this is something that needs to be of higher importance going forward.

Until the conversation progresses, though, it’ll just have to be fried cheese, greasy pizza and fruit-fly infested orange chicken. And we’ll deal with the unpleasant soy sauce hangovers in the morning.

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Helfaer’s new period piece explores 19th-century marriages

Marquette’s newest student pro-duction presents the fragility of a marriage ready to crack.

“A Dollhouse” opens tonight at the Helfaer Theatre. Directed and translated by Maureen Kilmurry, the show is based off of the original play by Henrik Ibsen.

This new translation of “A Doll-house” follows the marriage of Torvald, a barrister, and his wife Nora in Norway in 1879. Through the portrayal of their marriage, the play explores an environment that ensnares both men and wom-en and keeps them from finding their true potential.

“It’s the journey of Nora, but it’s also the journey of Torvald,” Kilmurry said. “She hadn’t found her-self as a human being, so how can she bring a full human being to the marriage and to raise the

By Peter Setterpeter.setter@marquette.edu

“A Dollhouse” is director Maureen Kilmurry’s new translation of Henrik Ibsen’s original play, “A Doll’s House.”Photos by Rebecca Rebholz/rebecca.rebholz@marquette.edu

children? It’s also about the challenges she sets out for (Torvald), that he hasn’t (found himself) either.”

Through the lens of Nora and Tor-vald’s marriage, the play criticizes the traditional roles of men and women in 19th-century marriages.

“It’s an indictment of the society of the time that bred that man ruled the house, and the woman was just there to make the house look pretty and nice,” Kilmurry said.

Tyler Frost, a junior in the College of Communication, plays Torvald in the production.

“The play has a complex plot, so you really have to pay atten-tion and listen,” Frost said via email. “It focuses on both men and women and how they relate to their place in society.”

Throughout the production, the audience witnesses Nora’s doubt that her marriage will work. In the last mo-ment, Nora presents a challenge for Torvald in which the audience mem-

bers must decide for themselves whether there is any hope for the couple.

“The miracle that she hopes will happen in terms of his be-

havior – something that he would do, that he

would rise to the occasion – does

not happen. He is not the man she

thought he was or could be,” Kilmurry said.

Molly Edwards, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, plays the role of Nora. Edwards be-lieves Kilmurry’s translation is eloquent and creative.

“When you come to understand (the play) and truly think about it, it sits with you for days,” Edwards said via email. “You debate if you like the ending, if you don’t like the ending, if the characters are just or ... corrupt. It’s incredible.”

At the beginning of last year, Kilmurry was approached to direct “A Dollhouse.” She started look-ing at different adaptations of the play, but after weighing the pros and cons of each, she decided to do her own adaptation.

“I was finding a lot of variety (in the adaptations) and I started think-ing, ‘Well, what did (Ibsen) write originally? I want to go back and look at it.’ I was finding really inter-esting discrepancies, and it intrigued me,” Kilmurry said.

The play was originally written in Norwegian, so Kilmurry needed to translate the entire script. With her translation, Kilmurry wanted to make a traditional production of Ibsen’s work.

“I think a lot of the impact of the play is the fact of when it was written and trying to get a sense of how radical it was at the time,” Kilmurry said. “To me, the univer-sality is self-evident, and I don’t

feel the need to make changes to modernize and emphasize that the play is still relevant. I guess it was trying to get closer to Ibsen’s voice and less of imposing my voice as a translator. I didn’t have an agen-da other than to honor what I felt he was saying and to capture the time and place.”

A key to Kilmurry’s concept lies in the title itself. Deviating from the widely used “A Doll’s House,” Kil-murry decided on “A Dollhouse.” By changing the title, Kilmurry moved the emphasis away from Nora as a trapped doll to an emphasis on the nature of the couple’s home life together.

“The play is not just about Nora being a ‘doll’ but about an environ-ment and culture that has kept both Torvald and Nora from fully grow-ing up,” Kilmurry said. “From the things I was reading, he really want-ed a story about the both of them. She’s the instigator, but it’s true for men and women to find themselves, to be the best human beings they can to bring to a relationship.”

In order to convey the conception of a dollhouse, Kilmurry and her production team focused on design-ing a set that looks and feels like a dollhouse – where the audience is able to peer into all the rooms at the same time.

“With this whole dollhouse theme, suddenly we thought, ‘How can we incorporate that subliminally in terms of the set?’” Kilmurry said.

“We opened up rooms that are re-ferred to in the original production. You wouldn’t have seen Nora’s bed-room, or the office, or the hallways of people coming in and out, and we have that. It puts more of a thrust on the whole environment.”

Edwards believes “A Doll-house” deals with themes that stu-dents might relate to at this point in their lives.

“The play has a lot to do with self-exploration,” she said. “Find-ing who you are and how society molds that individual ‘you’ is al-ways important, I think. It’s easy to fit into a system and not even realize you’re doing it.”

The play fits into the Freedom Project, a year-long series of events at Marquette celebrating the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. The Helfaer season selection commit-tee, which Kilmurry is a part of, saw the themes of the Freedom Project and chose “A Dollhouse” because it explores “the freedom to pursue your own destiny.”

“It’s a journey for everybody on some level. It’s something to think about in your own life,” Kilmurry said. “What’s holding you back and keeping you from being all you can be? It may not be a marriage; it may be other things. There’s go-ing to be a kernel of something that hopefully makes you think ‘What haven’t I challenged in myself or discovered?’”

Photo via diederich.marquette.edu

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MAM to debut ‘Color Rush’ photography exhibitNew museum show opens lens to history of color photographs

Imagine a world without color photography: one where movies and cell phones cap-ture solely in black and white. In today’s technology-rich so-ciety, color is taken for grant-ed in photography, films and even university newspapers.

“Color Rush,” the Milwaukee Art Museum’s latest exhibition, hopes to change that. The col-lection, which opens tomorrow, showcases a history of American color photography from 1907 to 1981, reminding viewers of the artistic and sentimental value of telling a story through color.

“It’s a really important new history of color photography,” said Lisa Sutcliffe in one of her first press interviews as the mu-seum’s new curator of photog-raphy. “It’s the first exhibition of color photography to really show not just the high moments (of color photography), but also the more popular moments in advertisements and … the con-text in which color developed.”

Since beginning her position at the museum in January, Sut-cliffe has worked closely with the exhibit’s co-curators Lisa Hostetler, who previously held Sutcliffe’s position, and Kate Bussard, the associate cura-tor of photography at the Art Institute of Chicago. Though Hostetler and Bussard designed and installed Color Rush, they will hand over the curatorial reigns to Sutcliffe soon after the opening.

“They’ll both be giving tours, and then it’s up to me after they leave to really make sure that what they want is communi-cated to the public,” Sutcliffe said. “I’ll continue to give tours and translate their work from my position.”

The exhibition starts with some of the very first examples of color photography made with an autochrome, a glass slide with colored starch grains that became the first viable form of color photography. From there, Sutcliffe explained, the exhibit displays the progres-sion of color photography in art and everyday life.

By Claire Nowakclaire.nowak@marquette.edu

“The show traces the evolu-tion of the technology of color photography through advertise-ments in the 1930s and 40s, to the birth of Kodak film and the use of color photography in snap-shots and family albums and in the movies, and then artistic ex-pression and early experimenta-tion with color photography, to the 1970s and 80s when artists were able to use color photogra-phy more often because of new technologies and the growth of the photographic art form.”

Coming from her position as assistant curator in the depart-ment of photography at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Sutcliffe is no stranger to these types of collections. Her most recent presentations have focused on postwar Japanese photography, contemporary Asian photography and the work of Dutch artist Rineke Dijkstra. However, Color Rush differs from these exhibits in the way the pieces are presented, a tech-nique rarely seen in other pho-tography collections.

“There are actually quite a few films and slideshows, which you wouldn’t normally be able to see,” Sutcliffe said. “So not only are you seeing the work, but you’re seeing it in a for-mat it would have originally been produced in.”

One example of these slide-shows is Nan Goldin’s “Ballad of Sexual Dependency.” In a se-ries of slides, Goldin exposes a segment of the American popu-lation centralized on whiskey, drugs and sex. The collection even features photos of Goldin herself, showing that the life-style she so candidly captures on film is also her own.

“It’s a really special piece be-cause it is an installation of 720 slides, and they’re like her di-ary,” Sutcliffe said. “She took photographs of all of her friends and family as color slides, and then showed them in a narra-tive, along with music that she put together like a mix tape. It’s really raw and personal and re-ally says something about what it was like to live on the mar-gins and experience life in the 1970s and ‘80s.”

After experiencing the emo-tion that can only be captured with color photography, visitors will certainly have more appre-ciation for the technology be-hind the color photos they take with their smartphones.

HousePhotos via mam.org

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Drunken crowd eats up ‘Walking Dead’ at Riverside

Members of AMC’s hit zombie show drink with MKE audience

“An Evening with the Walking Dead” was the perfect show if you love zombies and don’t mind crazy drunk people yelling their faces off.

Fans of AMC’s hit series flocked to Milwaukee’s Riverside Theater last Saturday for a night of interest-ing behind the scenes stories and a lot of intoxicated “WOOOs!”

Cast members, Norman Reedus (Daryl), Steve Yeun (Glenn) and Lauren Cohan (Maggie), as well as executive producer and special effects expert Greg Nicotero took

By Erin Heffernanerin.heffernan@marquette.edu

The “Walking Dead” is currently in its third season on AMC. On Feb. 16, cast and crew members of the show took the stage at the Riverside Theater.Photo via Facebook

the stage for a rare discussion the show brought to only Milwau-kee and Cleveland. The night was hosted by the AV Club’s Kyle Ryan, who provided interesting topics for a discussion on creating the “Walking Dead.”

The sense of untamed enthusi-asm at the 10 p.m. show was clear from the beginning, when “Walk-ing Dead” clips were projected over the stage. The crowd of more than 2,500 people ranging from hipsters to families to your typical zombie-shirt-sporting horror fan, reacted with so many wild yells that there was a collective realiza-tion- “Ah yes, I am in Milwaukee. At 10 p.m. By the bars. In a wild, zombie-loving crowd. This is about to get rowdy.”

Yeun came to the same realization just a few minutes after taking the stage. “This is drastically

different from the 7 p.m. show!” he said, amused but not quite sure yet how to handle the PBR-fueled cries of devotion.

But for a while, the crowd was calm enough to hear some truly great nuggets from the making of the “Walking Dead.”

Greg Nicotero told the audience about creating the look of the “walk-ers,” which included hand-picking each person to play the background parts for each scene and giving them grades in “zombie-school” to get the best performances.

Nicotero, who has also done special effects work on Quentin Tarantino movies like “Kill Bill” and “Django Unchained,” ex-plained how the crew created the impressive effect of one zombie, or as the show calls them “walk-ers”, with a severed jaw. It was constructed by creating an entire

prosthetic face that extends off the actor’s face to make it look like the chin had been ripped off.

Nicotero even had an almost-sentimental moment amongst all the gore. For him it is important that that the walkers evoke compas-sion as well as fear. Nicotero said that in crafting the special effects, he wants viewers to be able to tell what the zombies were like in life, making them all the more eerie.

One story from Yeun, however, had to win the most memorable (and hilarious) award for the night. According to the actor, one day, when filming in the woods in Geor-gia, he found a tick attached to him. He discovered the critter just before getting into the shower. To use his words, “It was on my ‘little me.’” The boozy crowd went nuts as Yeun told the wildly entertaining process of finding the bug, deciding

the story was too good not to share and eventually landing on CNN because of it.

Though true fans got plenty of great content, the crowd took over in the end. It became a night of sometimes amusing but mostly embarrassing crowd outbursts, including the oft-repeated “YOU CAN DO IT!” from “The Water-boy” (really guys? That movie came out in 1998. It’s over. It’s been over.) Eventually one seem-ingly-intoxicated man slurred, “Steve you’re delicious. You’ve always been delicious!” for the whole theater to hear.

It was admittedly hilarious (there was something about the way he said delicious). This prompted Yeun to go into the crowd, find the man and begin taking questions di-rectly from the audience rather than answer the pre-chosen selection provided by the moderator.

The move resulted in a minor riot. Fans asked questions more fitting for sitting on your couch with some friends and a bag of Cheetos with two “Who would win in a fight X or Y?” questions. Eventually fan-favorite Norman Reedus descend-ed into the mob, never to be seen again amidst swarms of fangirls (and some fanboys).

The night ended as we all sort of knew it would from the very first “WOOO!”: in a giddy and con-fused, albeit very fun, bit of chaos.

If you came to Saturday night’s show wanting a James Lipton-y “Inside the Actors’ Studio” look into the TV show, you might have been disappointed. But if all you wanted was a pseudo-hangout with the cast, some memorable stories and a fun time, “An Evening with the Walking Dead” delivered, drunken misbehavior and all.

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Matt Mueller is a senior broadcast and electronic communication major who reviews movies for OnMilwaukee.com. Email him at matthew.mueller@marquette.edu.

Matt Mueller

Hey, Milwaukee: Shut up

I love Milwaukee, and I’m not just saying that because I’ve lived here my entire life. I think it’s a great place filled with great people that somehow feels like a big city and a small town at the same time. If I ended up staying in the ol’ 414 for the rest of my life, I would not lament it at all.

But if this little love affair is going to continue, Milwau-kee, I need to get something off my chest.

Your concert crowds are atrocious.

Let me explain myself. Last weekend, I went to “An Evening with ‘The Walking Dead’” at the Riverside. My girlfriend is a mas-sive fan of AMC’s monster hit, and though I fell off the wagon after season one, it was due to lack of time, not lack of interest. If I had time to watch television, “The Walking Dead” would easily be scheduled in.

The evening was meant to con-sist of a host asking the panel of stars – including Norman Reedus, Lauren Cohan, Steven Yeun and Greg Nicotero – some questions and then a few supplied by fans earlier in the night.

The rowdy 10 p.m. audience, however, refused to let the event go as planned.

Throughout the questioning, the crowd continued to yell out catchphrases and drunken proc-lamations of love. One audience member kept yelling out “You can do it,” which tells me that a.) he finally got around to watching “The Waterboy” and b.) he has a masochistic desire to be punched in the face by anyone with access to a fist.

By the end of the night, the cast and crowd were yelling questions and answers over one another, and Norman Reedus flat-out disap-peared into the crowd.

It was complete and utter cha-os. Yes, it was a good bit of fun, but if you went into the evening wanting to learn new informa-tion about “The Walking Dead,” you probably walked out only moderately satisfied. The enjoy-ment of the evening was based on the cast’s game responses and cool demeanor, not the audience’s unnecessary additions.

This would be innocent enough if it was a one-time thing. I mean, it was a 10:00 showing on a Saturday night; of course people are going to arrive a little wobbly and not exact-ly shouting lines of Shakespearean depth and sophistication.

But this isn’t the first time, Mil-waukeeans. In fact, the number of shows I’ve seen tainted by ornery crowds who feel a desperate need

to be hated now outweighs the number of shows that have gone off without a hitch.

I remember a Lewis Black comedy show in which a heck-ler disrupted the “Daily Show” alum’s routine and was deserv-edly berated and dismantled by the comedian. You’d think he would’ve learned his lesson, but a few minutes later, he had a new quip he wanted to try out. He was shown the door.

I also remember a Flight of the Conchords concert in which the crowd seemed to confuse the stage for a shockingly realistic television and proceeded to yell whatever they wanted at the co-medians. Admittedly, Jemaine Clement got a good line out of the heckling (Fan: “I love you Jemaine!” Jemaine: “I love you, too, but I think this is the appro-priate distance for our relation-ship.”), but it still ruined the flow of the evening.

True, the heckling may result in some spontaneous moments of en-tertainment, but it’s like comparing a deliciously prepared three-course meal to a cheap Easy Mac and Ra-men combo platter. Both might taste good, but one is the carefully crafted result of an expert and one is just making the best of an empty pantry.

Maybe it’s not just a problem isolated to Milwaukee. People nowadays are living in the Me Generation – a phrase I continu-ally try to fit into whatever con-versation I can, regardless of topic. We’ve been told that we should have everything our way and that everything that pops into our heads needs to be shared with everyone as soon as possible.

The result is people who re-fuse to be talked down from a bad idea and refuse to believe they are accountable for their actions and words.

There’s no good joke that we won’t piggyback onto in the hopes of stealing some of its thunder. Being creative ourselves is hard, so we try to take someone else’s humor. That’s why a drunk guy figures yelling a dated catch-phrase from a bad Adam Sandler movie four times is a smart idea. That’s also how “the Harlem Shake” happens. Congratula-tions, everyone, you discovered the jump cut. Let me know when you discover humor.

I’ve only ever attended one other concert outside of Milwaukee – a Nathaniel Rateliff concert in a fairly swanky New York night-club where hecklers would’ve been publicly shamed in the New York Post the next day – so I can’t provably say whether it’s only Milwaukee with a case of the disgraceful yips. But this next statement is a fact.

Milwaukee, you know you’re better than this.

Icona Pop to invade the RaveSwedish duo premiere electro-pop hit, ‘I Love It,’ on first US tour

Icona Pop’s breakout hit “I Love It” is nearly inescapable.

From advertising campaigns to a recent episode of the HBO show “Girls,” the song’s dancy, electro-pop refrain of “I don’t care! I love it!” has been get-ting stuck in heads across the country. Following the song’s success, the two members of this Swedish duo have trav-eled the world playing shows at festivals from their native Sweden to their current tour in the U.S.

The duo – Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjlet – met through a mutual friend in Stockholm at a house party and set off on a journey that is, as they de-scribe it, “f----- crazy.”

Jawo was out of a job and “partying a lot.” But from the moment the two met, they had an instant connection.

“I was very frustrated be-cause nothing was going my way with love and just my life,” Jawo said. “And I was going to a lot of parties. We just met one night, and we felt like we had something special. We met and said, ‘We have to do

By Eva Sotomayoreva.sotomayor@marquette.edu

Aino Jawo and Caroline Hjlet of Icona Pop will headline “KISS after Dark: Light Up the Night” on Feb. 22. Photo via Facebook

something together.’”Since that chance meeting

in February 2009, they have been producing, recording and performing together. Their debut album “Icona Pop” has been released in Sweden, and their EP “Iconic” has already received critical attention in the U.S.. Their hit “I Love It” was even named one of the Best Songs of 2012 by Rolling Stone magazine.

“We partied all night and then she (Hjlet) called me the next day and said, ‘Hey I’m on my way to your place,’ and we wrote our first song together, and we’ve been together 24/7 ever since,” Jawo said.

They captured the emotions of that first meeting in one of the first songs they wrote to-gether called “Nights Like This,” with lyrics like “In nights like this/We’ll never be alone/Never gonna let you go.”

“We sat down and started writing together,” Jawo said. “We didn’t even discuss what kind of music we wanted to make. We kind of just threw ourselves out there.”

Even without strict plan-ning or an idea of what direc-tion they wanted to take, Hjlet and Jawo knew they wanted to make good pop music, with in-fluences ranging from punk to reggae to classical music. The band is also greatly influenced by artists like Queen, David Bowie, Beyonce and Passion

Pit, with whom they’re touring this season.

Icona Pop will be the head-lining performer at The Rave at the Stellar Sparks event “KISS after Dark: Light Up The Night,” on Feb. 22.

“For us, playing live has al-ways been a very important thing,” Jawo said.

The experience has been a dream come true for the newcomers – especially get-ting the chance to tour the U.S. for the first time. Even though the band just started playing shows in the U.S. a few weeks ago, its audiences have reacted strongly.

“We love being on tour,” Jawo said. “It’s crazy. We’re always focusing on what we’re going to do. We love seeing so much of the world.”

The success hasn’t exactly come as a surprise, but Jawo says that they are still getting used to the newfound fame. While the worldwide reaction has amazed the duo, they still look back at their first nights and first shows in Sweden and enjoy their success, thinking about how far they’ve come.

“We’re just two best friends who started out on a couch in Sweden, and now we travel the world and hear our music everywhere,” Jawo said. “For us, it’s still a little overwhelm-ing but we’re super honored and thrilled, and we hope that it keeps spreading.”

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Senior forward Sarina Simmons’ double-double, 16 points and 10 rebounds, led Marquette on Wednesday.Photo by Vale Cardenas/valeria.cardenas@marquette.edu

Golden Eagles fall to St. John’s

Senior Sarina Simmons had the ball at the three point line and at-tempted to drive the lane. She pulled up and shot a jumper from the elbow, but the ball bounced out of the basket. Simmons fol-lowed her shot, got an offen-sive rebound and made the put-back. With the basket, Simmons reached 1,000 career points.

Marquette (12-14, 4-6), despite Simmons’ historic point total, fell to St. John ‘s (14-10, 8-4) at the Al McGuire Center. Simmons fin-ished the night with 14 points and 10 rebounds, her seventh career double-double. She is the 22nd player in Marquette women’s basketball history to reach the 1,000-point plateau.

Simmons said she had thought about reaching 1,000 points before she came to Marquette, but it’s still a great feeling to accomplish such a feat.

“It’s a great accomplishment,” Simmons said. “As an individual, it’s something I can look back on after my years playing at Mar-quette and get to be proud of it … It’s a great feeling.”

Coach Terri Mitchell said she expected this kind of accomplish-ment from Simmons.

“I was really proud of her, the fact she did it with a double-dou-ble,” Mitchell said. “She’s been such a versatile player - she just can score from a variety of ways, so I’m really proud of what she did.”

Simmons reaches 1,000 career points in 67-61 loss to Red StormBy Jacob Bornjacob.born@marquette.edu

Men’s lacrosse prepares for season opener at OSUAmplo, Golden Eagles head to Columbus to compete with the bestBy Ben Greenebenjamin.greene@marquette.edu

Former Marquette Athletic Director Steve Cottingham an-nounced the addition of Division I men’s and women’s lacrosse on Dec.16, 2010. This Saturday, ex-actly 800 days later, the men’s la-crosse team will travel to Colum-bus, Ohio, to face off against the Ohio State Buckeyes in the first game of its inaugural season.

Marquette enters the game coming off a preseason exhibi-tion campaign in which it beat both Denison and Pennsylvania but lost to Michigan and Hofs-tra. Coach Joe Amplo said that throughout the preseason the team has ramped up its work ethic as the regular season opener approached.

“There has been an upgraded sense of urgency,” Amplo said. “But I don’t think our guys know just yet how important this needs to be to them … There is a height-ened sense of urgency, yes. How-ever, we need more because we want to compete against the best.”

Amplo identified the players’ “commitment to each other” as

the Golden Eagles’ key strength as they enter the first season in the program’s history, but he add-ed inexperience and youth will likely be obstacles.

Defensively, Amplo said Mar-quette will be led by redshirt freshman defender B.J. Grill. Am-plo said Grill has distinguished himself as one of the team’s most vocal and energetic leaders. He expects the 5-foot-7, 145-pound player to bring intensity and set the tone for the team.

“Because we’re so young, I try to look at myself as the calm type of guy on the field and try to direct traffic,” Grill said. “I am one of the more energized guys, but at the same time I try to re-main calm on the field … because sometimes we need that subtle type of temperament.”

Additionally, Amplo named redshirt sophomore midfielder Ben Dvorak, redshirt junior de-fender Matt Melnyk and redshirt sophomore midfielder Andrew Smistad as team captains this sea-son. Smistad said the only thing on his mind is this Saturday’s sea-son opener against Ohio State.

“We have been trying to pre-pare against those specific kinds of sets (that we have seen Ohio State run on film) so that we’re as ready as we can be for Saturday afternoon,” Smistad said.

The Buckeyes are already 2-0 in 2013 and are ranked No. 17 by

Inside Lacrosse and No. 19 by the United States Intercollegiate La-crosse Association Coaches poll.

Ohio State’s offense is led by Logan Schuss, a senior attackman and team captain who has tallied more than 30 goals, 15 assists and 50 points every year since he was a freshman. Schuss’ numbers led the team in all three categories each year. The three-time All-Eastern College Athletic Confer-ence first team member shows no signs of slowing down in 2013. In only two games, Schuss has al-ready earned 13 points from nine goals and four assists.

Junior goalie Greg Dutton start-ed every game for the Buckeyes in each of the last two seasons, missing just one due to injury. Dutton was named to the All-ECAC second team last year, posting the best goals allowed average, 6.92 goals per game, and save percentage, 57.5 percent, in the conference. Both marks also ranked among the top 10 in the entire NCAA.

Amplo said he is excited to see what his team can do against such outstanding competition in a game that actually means something.

“What better way to start this thing off?” Amplo asked. “We’ve said all along that we want to build a program that is championship caliber and competes against the best.”

Coach Joe Amplo cited the players’ “commitment to each other” as a key strength for the team heading into its inaugural season.

Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics

The Golden Eagles seemed to be taking control of the game halfway through the second half. Before the first media timeout, junior Kath-erine Plouffe attempted to stop a drive to the basket by a Red Storm player and fell to the floor. She ap-peared to catch either an elbow or knee to the face, which resulted in a nose bleed. But when Plouffe re-turned to the court, she hit a three to notch the game at 34.

Marquette would continue to trade points with St. John’s un-til the second media timeout. Afterward, the Red Storm came out and scored six unanswered points, securing the lead for the rest of the game.

“That was really the game,” Mitchell said. “That was the mo-mentum changer. We were playing catch-up the rest of the time.”

The Red Storm would not allow the Golden Eagles back into the game. In the second half, St. John’s shot 59.1 percent from the field, including 3-for-5 from behind the arc. Senior Shenneika Smith led the team with 24 points, including 17 points in the second half. Smith utilized her speed in creating points off of turnovers during fastbreaks.

“If you look at their shoot-ing percentage in the second half … that was us letting them get by us,” Mitchell said.

St. John’s was also efficient in the first half, shooting 44.8 per-cent inside of the three-point line, and converted two of its three free throws. The Red Storm forced the ball into the paint, where the team scored 42 of its 67 points. Mar-quette scored 34 points in the paint, but could not match the fastbreak points of St. John’s.

“It was transition that was the game,” Mitchell said. “They scored in transition and we weren’t.”

The Golden Eagles have five days of rest before traveling to Providence to start the team’s final road trip. Marquette has excelled

on the boards, but the team now needs to focus on defense in the fi-nal three games of the season.

“It’s always difficult to win on

the road,” Mitchell said. “It’s going to be a fight down the stretch of the way we want to end the season.”

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Shining light on who I’ll see at Final Four

On Dec. 26, my dad dropped one of the biggest oh-by-the-ways of all time.

“Oh, by the way,” he said, “I got us tickets to the Final Four.”

He actually forgot to tell me on Christmas and just slid my child-hood dream into the conversation as an aside the next day. Welcome to my life.

Naturally, I have since tried to predict whom I’ll see play when I travel to Atlanta in April. With so much parity, predicting the 2013 Final Four presents a steeper chal-lenge than in previous years. Nev-ertheless, here are the four teams I think I’ll see in Atlanta on April 6.

Indiana HoosiersAfter Tuesday’s impressive road

win at Michigan State, it’s hard to leave the fighting Creans off this list. They have the best big man in the country in Cody Zeller and the most complete player in America in forward Victor Oladipo. They also have a bevy of supporting shooters surrounding their two stars, includ-ing point guard Jordan Hulls, Kevin “Yogi” Ferrell and Christian Wat-ford. It has six wins against the top-25 this year and will likely win the toughest league in the country, the Big 10. Indiana is the closest thing to a lock to play in Atlanta that col-lege basketball can offer.

Florida GatorsFlorida brings a wealth of expe-

rience to the table, starting with se-nior guard Kenny Boynton. Senior Mike Rosario and junior Scottie Wilbekin support Boynton in the backcourt, while senior stretch-4 Erik Murphy and junior center Patric Young complete the starting five. Notice a pattern? Three seniors and two juniors. Couple that with coach Billy Donovan who has two national championships on his re-sume, and this team has Atlanta in the cards.

Louisville CardinalsMost coaches can only dream of

a backcourt combination like Pey-ton Siva and Russ Smith, and the offensive force of Chane Behanan and defensive prowess of Gorgui Dieng forms one of college basket-ball’s most well-rounded interiors. If Siva plays well and Smith plays under control, Lousiville could hit its stride at just the right time like last season, when it made the Final Four. Hey, the Big East tournament champion has made the Final Four the last two seasons, so why not?

Butler BulldogsWant to guess what Brad Stevens’

record is in March in his last three seasons? How about 14-2? Yeah, Butler turns it on when it counts, and it might have its best team in its four years of national relevance. They have solid big men in Andrew Smith and Khyle Marshall, a score-at-all-costs guard in Roosevelt Jones, and one of the nation’s premier shoot-ers, Rotnei Clarke (remember him, Marquette?). Above all, though, I have learned never to bet against Butler in March. In my 2010 and 2011 brackets, I took Butler a to-tal of zero rounds and suffered the consequences. Never again.

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MU ups intensity to roll past Pirates, 67-46Blue, Gardner lead the Golden Eagles to 10th Big East victory

For a while, it looked like the trap could’ve been set. At the 17:50 mark of the second half at the Prudential Center, Seton Hall’s Tom Maayan gave the Pi-rates a 33-32 lead.

It wasn’t where the Golden Eagles had expected to be at that point of the game. Se-ton Hall came into the con-test with just two Big East wins but played Marquette to a tie at halftime.

In a conference where win-ning on the road is difficult, no matter who the home team is, coach Buzz Williams said his team needed to boost its inten-sity after the half.

“I don’t study other leagues because I don’t have the time, but I think it’s incredibly hard, no matter who you’re playing, no matter where you’re play-ing to win on the road,” Wil-liams said. “The only chance that you have after Valentine’s Day is to overwhelm them with your intensity.”

Marquette got the message, unleashing a 17-0 run after Maayan’s basket and outscor-ing Seton Hall 25-1 overall in a seven-minute stretch. The Golden Eagles would win the half 40-19, running away with a 67-46 victory.

After shooting just 37 per-cent from the field in the first half, Marquette knocked down 16 of 26 field goal attempts in the second half to shoot 61.5 percent.

During the 17-0 run, Mar-quette played its game by domi-nating the frontcourt. Davante Gardner picked up eight of his 18 points during that stretch, while Vander Blue led all scor-ers with 19 points, driving to the basket with ease. Mar-quette would finish with 38 points in the paint compared to Seton Hall’s 14.

Turnovers played a big role in both halves, as the Pirates forced the Golden Eagles

By Trey Killianrobert.killian@marquette.edu

Junior forward Davante Gardner led the bench in scoring — putting in 18 points in his 25 minutes at Seton Hall.

Photo by Rebecca Rebholz/rebecca.rebholz@marquette.edu

into 10 before halftime, scor-ing seven points off them. In the second half, however, Marquette upped its ball con-trol with just three turnovers and scored 17 points off nine Seton Hall turnovers.

The Golden Eagles’ re-bounding was consistently good throughout the contest, as they dominated the battle of the boards, 43-24. Forc-ing turnovers and rebounding the ball were both big factors

in the win, Williams said.“In the second half, I thought

we were really good defensive-ly, even though percentage-wise they were better than they were in the first,” Williams said. “I thought in the second half that our defensive rebounding and defensive field goal percentage were really good. We did a great job of getting the ball reversed and attacking the high post. I thought we were more consis-tent in the second half.”

Jamil Wilson continued to produce at a high level, scor-ing in double digits for the fifth straight game. Junior Ca-dougan dished four assists de-spite being held off the score-board. Gardner’s 18 points led a bench effort that outscored Seton Hall 30-14.

With one road trap avoided, it’s on to the next one as the Golden Eagles head to Phila-delphia to take on Villanova Saturday.

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No. 1 Baylor outlasts No. 3 UConn

In what could have been a sneak peek at this year’s national championship matchup, Baylor overcame a slow first half and defeated the Huskies 76-70. The Lady Bears fell behind 29-26 at halftime and were down by as many as seven in the second half. Baylor center Brittney Griner then led an 8-0 run to take a 42-41 lead, and she scored seven points in a critical run that put the Bears ahead 67-61.

UConn went to the free throw line just four times, while Baylor had 20 attempts. Griner scored 25 points in all and also recorded her 3,000th career point. The last player to reach that milestone was UConn forward Maya Moore in 2011. Baylor is 25-1 overall,

while UConn stands at 24-2.Marquette has a chance at

redemptionLast Wednesday’s heartbreak-

ing loss at the buzzer to winless Cincinnati was a hard pill to swal-low for the Golden Eagles. In-stead of sitting at a more comfort-ing 5-7, Marquette has to settle for 4-8 in the Big East.

Fortunately for the Golden Eagles, opportunities are on the way for them to make up for the Cincinnati upset. The last three games of the season will be against teams with a com-bined record of 7-28 (Providence, Georgetown and Cincinnati).

Marquette must play on the road for the Providence and Georgetown games. However, if the Golden Eagles were to win at least two of their final three, it would place them in more re-spectable territory for the Big East tournament and be a great

By Kyle Doubravakyle.doubrava@marquette.edu

Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer is hoping to earn her 900th career victory this Saturday when the Scarlet Knights travel to St. John’s. Rutgers already had three chances

to help Stringer reach the milestone but lost all three. Stringer would be the fourth coach in Division I wom-en’s basketball to reach the 900-win plateau, joining Pat Summitt, Jody

Conradt and Sylvia Hatchell. The Scarlet Knights enter Saturday 5-7 in Big East play but just 1-5 on the road.

Rutgers at St. John’s Saturday, 1 p.m.

Skylar DigginsSenior GuardNotre Dame

Diggins continues to help the Fighting Irish maintain their per-fect Big East record at 12-0. The senior scored 23 points and dished out seven assists at Marquette on Sunday and chipped in 21 points and four steals in a win against Lou-isville. In the Marquette victory, Diggins moved into second place

on Notre Dame’s all-time scoring list (2,131). She only trails current assistant coach Morgan Cunning-ham, who scored 2,322 points. On Sunday, Diggins became the first player in the program’s history to score 2,000 points, grab 500 re-bounds and dish out 500 assists.

improvement from last year’s 4-12 showing.

Wildcats trying to claw their way back

Villanova went on a tailspin after starting off 5-0 in the Big East, losing six of its next sev-en. It appears the Wildcats have gotten back on the right track, posting two straight wins over Seton Hall and Georgetown to improve to 7-5.

‘Nova closes out its year with three particularly difficult games against St. John’s, Louisville and Syracuse. As of Tuesday night, those four teams are separated by just two and a half games, so this stretch will be critical for Villanova if it hopes to have any consideration for the NCAA tournament. The team also hosts struggling Providence in the sea-son finale, but the Wildcats lost to Providence last month during its horrendous skid.

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Runners could improve and flourish in Catholic 7Track and field, cross-country fate sits in hands of other sports

Back in December, Marquette decided to withdraw its athletic program from the Big East Con-ference along with six other Cath-olic schools (DePaul, Georgetown, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John’s and Villanova) to form the Catho-lic 7. This move and the changes by other schools are not centered on track and field or cross-country programs, but the teams will expe-rience changes as a result.

The way teams have developed in the Big East have allowed for them to be separated into a group of about five top powerhouses, three or four average teams and

By Christopher Chavezchristopher.chavez@marquette.edu

then everyone else. The Golden Eagles have found a way to con-sistently battle for a spot in the middle of the conference in the last few years.

Syracuse and Pittsburgh were the first two teams to declare their exit from the Big East for the Atlantic Coast Conference. Pittsburgh was a contender in the conference with a strong sprinting squad early in the 2000s but lately has declined with just some indi-vidual success. Distance success is a long way away for the Panthers with a heavy focus on sprints.

On the other hand, Syracuse managed to put together a strong distance core and contended each year on the women’s and men’s sides of competition. The men made their exit in grand fashion at the 2012 Big East Cross-Coun-try Championship by snagging the title.

After the meet, head coach Chris Fox told Flotrack he was excited

about what is next in the team’s future and he would not miss run-ning at Van Cortland Park. The Orange should compete well in cross-country with the ACC.

Similarly, when Notre Dame de-cided to join the ACC in all sports except football, head coach Joe Piane expressed his excitement. Notre Dame’s track and field/cross-country program is similar to several schools in the ACC.

The Fighting Irish hope their Big East success translates to the ACC since the men’s track team has placed in the top three of the conference championship in the last 18 years. The women are coming off their first indoor con-ference championship since 2006.

Taking a step back and looking at the bigger picture, Notre Dame would most likely need to start investing more on furthering its sprinting talent to keep up with the rest of the ACC. Teams like Clem-son, Florida State and Virginia

Tech are among the best track schools in the nation, and even they struggle to score a few points at the NCAA Championship.

On the women’s side of things, this situation is similar to 2003 when the conference lost Bos-ton College and Miami, which were strong in cross-country and track respectively.

Of the top five teams at the 2012 Big East Cross-Country Champi-onship, three were members of the Catholic 7 on the men’s and wom-en’s side. If you take out the non-Catholic 7 members, Georgetown would place first with Providence and Villanova following.

Marquette moves up to the fourth-best team in the Catholic 7 by default, but there is a drop off in success and talent from the top three teams to the Golden Eagles. In order to be in conference title talks, more resources need to be put into the program. The same goes for a school like DePaul.

Before arriving at Marquette, athletic director Larry Williams oversaw the athletic department at Portland, where the men’s cross-country team recently notched top-10 NCAA champi-onship finishes. Not a stranger to the sport, Williams could assist in developing the program in a new conference.

As for the others joining the Catholic 7, schools like Creigh-ton, Dayton, and Xavier have been cast as possibilities. They would fall into the middle or back of the conference. A school like Butler could be closer to the top after finishing fourth on the wom-en’s side and ninth on the men’s side in the NCAA Great Lakes Cross-Country Regional.

This far into conference realign-ment, a sport like track and field or cross-country will have no choice but to sit back as its destiny is de-cided at the hands of other sports.

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