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Vol. 32, Issue 5Monday, February 16, 2015

The SWORD

Political Columnist........1News Briefs...................3Professor Perspectives...4Opinions........................5Arts & Entertainment.....6Historical Lookback......8Games............................9Sports ..........................10Box Scores...................12

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By: Rachel Italiano; News Editor

The Wauwatosa Plan-ning Commission is

recommending to the Com-mon Council approval for Wisconsin Lutheran College’s proposed parking structure. The College appeared before the Commission on december 8, 2014, to pres-

ent requests regarding the City’s approval process for the proposed parking structure. This approval is con-ditional; specifically, the College and the City must update the existing agree-ment concerning the east-ern boundary of the campus. In 2002, the College signed an agreement with

the City that guaranteed that the college-owned proper-ties on Pleasant View Street would remain residential homes for at least ten years. The conditional approv-al requires that the College work with the city to develop a new boundary agreement that will provide continued protection for the Pleas-

ant View Street properties. Terms for this new agree-ment are in development and will be finalized prior to the public hearing before the Common Council, which is the next step for the College. The meeting is scheduled for Feb. 17.See PARKINGContinued on Page 3

Parking Structure Receives Conditional Approval

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Rendering of the proposed parking structure.

By: Alissa Rauh;Political Columnist

The economic situa-tion created by attending and paying for college has become increasingly complicated over the years. Politicians have come and gone, all making promises to students that they would make college more affordable for students. However, that has not happened as of yet. recent studies have shown the socio-economic backgrounds of stu-dents are having an undesired effect on the graduation rate

from college. According to the Wall Street Journal, 77% of students who come from the top income families earn a college degree while only 9% of students from low income families earn a college degree. While politicians try to promote equal opportunities for education for everyone, regardless of family income, it appears that the ability to finish college is affected by socio-economic background. Some students in lower in-come families can not support

themselves financially through four years of school; however, the Pell Institute maintains that poorer students did not have high schools that prepared them well enough for the stress-ful college academic load. While President Obama has worked an $860 million college-readiness program into the 2016 fiscal budget, educators still hold concerns about whether or not low in-come students will be able to cover the remainder of their college expenses with tu-

ition prices still on the rise. The question now be-comes, is it really only the eco-nomic issues that prevent low income students from achiev-ing degrees, or is the education system not preparing them for the rigors of college life? If cost is the case, can a suc-cessful program be created by politicians to make the college experience feasible for students of all economic backgrounds?

The Divide in College Graduation Rates

By: Rachel Italiano The Nursing department at Wisconsin Lutheran Col-lege has implemented addi-tional PPE (Personal Protec-tive Equipment) training under its entire PPE program in light of the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa and the Ebola cases seen in the United States. The recent Ebola cases in the United States mark the first time that the Zaire strain of the disease has been found on this continent, said WLC’s

dr. James Henkel, who spe-cializes in bacterial patho-genesis and toxin trafficking. While there are sev-eral different Ebola strains, Zaire is the strain that is in the spotlight in the US. “There are a number of large outbreaks and deaths associated with it,” said Hen-kel. However, unless “we’re working with dead bodies or people who are actively in-fected with the Ebola virus, our real risk level is low.”

According to Henkel, the virus looks like an old-style key, which is why it is called a “key-lock” virus. Ebola is a “long spaghetti string that exudes out of the cell,” said Henkel. He likens it to a child’s Play-doh machine. Henkel believes that the biggest issue with Ebola in the United States is with the health care system. Although the US has great detection methods, integrated systems with state and local governments, huge

amounts of t e c h n o l o g y, and great fa-cilities, health care work-ers are only p r o v i d e d with mini-mal training. “There aren’t enough nurses and doctors and support staff that are trained in Bio-Safety Level Four treat-ment,” said Henkel. This treatment in-volves com-plete gowning of the workers for protection. Henkel also mentioned that this type of ex-treme protocol

is “very difficult to follow.” Teaching about Ebola at WLC has been done with handouts and open discus-sion; now, it will also occur in the Nursing simulation lab with Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) training, according to Instructor of Nursing Jessica Washburn. “This training will al-low students to start their ca-

reers with a basic knowledge of Ebola,” said Washburn. Students can then choose to learn more about Ebola, and possibly be trained in Bio-Safety Level Four treatment, “dependent upon what envi-ronment they choose to work in and around,” she said. See PPEContinued on Page 3

NEWS2 The SwordFebruary 2015

By: Rachel Italiano Most WLC students likely have never heard of Student Senate’s Vice President of Fi-nance, dayan Gacgacao. Take Junior Susie Schilling, for in-stance. She said she has never heard of Gacgacao, and also has no idea what the position of Vice President of Finance en-tails. The Sword sat down with Gacgacao to learn about her and the role she plays in Senate. Gacgacao is a senior ma-joring in Business with em-phases in finance and market-ing. She ran unopposed for the position of Vice Presi-dent of Finance and has held that position since August. Her primary job is to keep track of all the budgets, in-cluding residence Life, clubs and orgs, and The Sword. She works with the business of-fice to make sure the money goes into the right accounts,

and also writes checks for ad-vances and reimbursements. Gacgacao’s favorite part of her job is being in touch with everyone on campus. “I think I’ve met more people from August to now than I really did the first three years,” she said. Gacgacao also said that being a part of Senate is a balancing act. While she doesn’t truly dislike any-thing, there is a lot going on. “It’s just time manage-ment,” she said with a smile.

Gacgacao ManagesStudent Funds

By: Ryan Sallmann In 2011, the City of Mil-waukee Common Council approved the continuation of a project to build a streetcar system in the city. In 2012, the project was deemed to have no negative impact on the environment by the Fed-eral Transit Administration, and it is now in the develop-mental phase of construction. The project has been de-layed due to controversy over whether or not the project will be worth the cost in ad-dition to setbacks involving the movement of utilities in Milwaukee. Alderman Bob donovan opposes the proj-ect saying, “I continually hear from people, ‘Bob, why don’t we pave the roads be-fore we start buying tracks and street cars downtown?’” A recent poll by the Mil-waukee Journal Sentinel has shown that residents are over-all opposed to the project with 64% saying that they would not use the streetcars. The aspects

of the project that are currently being addressed are the track and roadway, public utilities, platforms, overhead contact system and traction power, communications and opera-tions and maintenance facility. In addition to these aspects, the overall capital cost is also being adjusted. The prospective route weaves through sections of Milwau-kee that are consid-ered to be the most attractive destinations for tourists and busi-ness people, accord-ing to the Common Council. The route is set to begin at The Brewery neighbor-hood and make stops at the Milwaukee In-termodal Station and the Central Business district before end-ing at Brady Street. Other stops and ad-ditions to the route

are part of a potential plan to expand in the future if there is success with the current route. The cost of the initial route has been estimated at $64.6 million. Approximately $54.9

million of that cost comes from federal funding with the other $9.7 million coming from local sources such as taxes and do-nations. The Common Council has capped the cost at $64.6

million but has told officials to make reductions just in case. The cost per ride is planned to be set at $1 with monthly and annual plans available.

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Milwaukee Mayor Proposes Streetcar Project

Nursing Program Adds More PPE Training

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An example of the Personal Protective Equipment.

By: Rachel Italiano; News Editor

Junior Ashley Jones doesn’t have to leave her house on Thursdays although she has precalculus with dr. ron Buelow. Instead, she can stay in her pajamas and go to class from the comfort of her bed or her couch. Her Thursday class occurs on-line using GoogleHangout. “You can watch it [the class] as many times as you want to and you can put your professor on ‘rewind,’ which you can’t do in class,” she said. Online and blended classes are becoming a more common feature on campuses across the country. They also are options to increasing classroom space, as david Tess, the director of digital Education, stated. “WLC will have to con-tinue to look at [blended and online classes] because we are growing and running out of space for classrooms…can we work in some of this blended to free up some of those spaces?” he said. dean david Brights-man echoed these sentiments. The College has been look-ing at ways to maximize cur-rent classroom space. “I’m sure we’ll consider it [using more blended/online classes]there’s nothing we won’t look at to maximize and uti-lize the space we’ve got.” Brett Valerio, regis-trar, believes that it would be beneficial for Wiscon-sin Lutheran College to of-fer more blended classes.

“I think that during the normal semesters it’s not too bad, but I think it would be great to offer online during the summer so when students leave WLC, they could then take WLC classes online in-stead of going to their local colleges or other online insti-tutions. As we continue grow-ing, offering classes online or in a hybrid format would help alleviate any potential class-room space issues as well.” There are many benefits to the use of blended and on-line classes. For instance, on-line discussion forums can encourage students to voice their thoughts, which may not always happen in a physical classroom. Video lectures cre-ated for online classes can also be beneficial to the students. According to Tess, when people are asked to do that [create a video lecture] they tend to “take all the best stuff and shorten the whole thing.” There are some differences between blended classes and fully online classes. Perhaps the most obvious difference is that blended classes offer a bit more flexibility; the instructor can tell the student informa-tion in class and then place the main points of that infor-mation online. In fully online classes, instructors “have to be unbelievably crystal clear in online because they never see you,” said Tess. A lot of time, a precious commod-ity, can be spent answering emails if instructions were not clear. There is also a certain

rigidity to fully online classes. different schools use dif-ferent learning management systems. Moodle, Black-board, Angel, and d2L (de-sire to Learn), are the main systems, according to Tess. While the other three sys-tems are hierarchical and laid out in a folder-style, which most people are familiar with, Moodle is a flat structure with everything on one page. At WLC, Adult and Graduate Studies instructors all use the Moodle platform only. Under-graduate professors can pick between myWLC or Moodle. MyWLC is not a common type of learn-ing management system. “Very few are using that cooked-in learning system called e-learning at an insti-tutional level. For a learn-ing management system, they’ll use one of these other ones. It’s short on features for full learning management systems,” explained Tess. Communication Profes-sor Amanda retberg has real-ized that myWLC is short on elements as well. She likes to do online discussions us-ing myWLC for her classes, but is unable to collectively view the responses students make to discussions, and thus cannot run discussions the way she wants to run them. “It’s difficult for me to view and read the discussions. I used to be able to view and read them and grade them an easier way and now that option was taken away or it wasn’t

upgraded so I’m unable to do that. That’s probably the most difficult because I’m not able to run discussions online the way they should be run because of that missing element,” she said. WLC student Katie Lorig enjoys the experience of blended classes. “I person-ally find online discussions helpful and interesting not only because it allows me to read and gain ideas from my classmates, but it also gives

me an opportunity to share my thoughts, research, and feedback with them,” she said. WLC does not require professors to take any type of class before teaching a blend-ed class, although training ses-sions are offered when the need arises. However, an instructor teaching a fully online class is required to take a three-credit eight-week graduate course called “Foundations of Online Learning” before teaching.

NEWS 3The SwordFebruary 2015

New Beginnings moves near WLC campus New Beginnings-A Home for Mothers has officially moved to Milwaukee near the WLC campus. The four-unit apartment complex can house up to four mothers and their babies. New Beginnings is a program that provides mothers with a Christian atmosphere to prepare them to live Christ-cen-tered lives and other resources. A “wish list” of needed items for the facility is available on-line at www.homeformothers.com. (WELS Nursing Today)National School Leadership Conference Scheduled for Summer The 2015 National School Leadership Conference is scheduled for June 15-18 and will offer workshops in vari-ous areas including Urban Education and Educational Technology. Participants will also have the chance to meet

with other WELS professional educators from the preschool level through college level.Midwinter Band Concert Approaches Wisconsin Lutheran Col-lege Concert Band’s Mid-winter Band Concert will take place at 7:30 p.m. Feb-ruary 27 in the Schwan Con-cert Hall. Tickets are avail-able through the Box Office. Strobel accepts permanent VP of Student Life Call With Pastor Nathan Stro-bel accepting the call to be permanent Vice President of Student Life, a search will be-gin for a second campus pas-tor. The second campus pas-tor position is grant funded and vital for serving the spiri-tual needs of a growing stu-dent body. An email contain-ing specific gifts and duties sought for the position along with a call for nominations will be sent to the campus.

News BriefsBy: Emily Ostgard

Wisconsin Lutheran Col-lege’s International Geneti-cally Engineered Machines (iGEM) team recently went to Boston, MA, to present their project at the International Ge-netically Engineered Machines competition and received a bronze medal for their work. Their project was a live-stock pro-biotic that increas-es the efficiency of diges-tion by secreting celluloses. The iGEM team left for Boston on Wednesday, Octo-ber 29 and returned the fol-lowing Tuesday. According to team members, the presenta-tions went smoothly and much better than the rehearsals. Overall, they communicated the goal and progress of their project to the audience. The WLC team received a bronze medal, the same medal pres-tigious institutions such as Yale and Oxford received. Christa Winslow describes

the experience as enlighten-ing, and she said it helped her network with international teams. She hopes to collabo-rate with them during future research. “It has shown me ex-actly what it takes to start with an idea, go through the en-tire process to achieve a final implemented product, and all the steps it requires,” she said. She explains that the expe-rience broadened her horizons as she saw how many differ-ent things are possible with minor genetic engineering. There are medical, agricultur-al, and environmental applica-tions to genetic engineering. iGEM team members Anna Garvey, Sierra Tackett (Team Leader) and Matthew Mortensen also attended the iGem competition, along with advisor dr. John Werner. The four students are juniors who are studying Biochemistry. Other students are also on the iGem team; however, they did

not travel to Boston to compete. “Unfortunately, while it required the entire team to develop the project, only four students were required for the presentation in Bos-ton,” Winslow said. Other team members include Jacob Jodat, Zachary Birner, Ryan George, Josiah ricke and La-kaysha (Marie) Blacksher. The iGEM team expe-rienced limited success in developing the pro-biotic. Winslow said, “In retro-spect, we would have altered our design to using a two-plas-mid than single-plasmid con-struct in our implementation.” Moving the safety compo-nent onto a low-copy plasmid would have enabled the safety mechanism to function proper-ly without killing the pro-biotic outright. The iGEM team suc-cessfully secreted one of their enzymes and saw that it did de-grade cellose as they intended.

iGEM Team Earns Bronze in Boston

PARKINGContinued from Page 1 After that meeting is the Common Council vote, which is currently set for March 3. The vote is the decision meet-ing on the zoning change and the conditional use request to approve construction of the proposed parking structure. If the zoning change is not ap-proved, the parking center can-not be built on the proposed site. If everything is approved after these meetings, the proj-ect still needs to go through an architectural review pro-cess with the City before construction would begin. “If everything goes for-ward and is approved with-out any delays, the structure

can be completed prior to the start of the fall term,” said Jim Brandt, Vice President of Enrollment and Market-ing at WLC, in an email. Another parking pro-posal, this one an expansion of the Wauwatosa Woman’s Club parking lot, was re-jected by the Wauwatosa Community development Center in October 2014. According to Wauwato-saNOW, city staff recommend-ed the denial because that area of the city is targeted for neigh-borhood conservation, mean-ing it is for residential use. Ap-proval of the proposal would require the rezoning of the land from residential to commercial.

PPEContinued from Page 2 While Junior year nursing students do get PPE training prior to nursing clinicals, “this training is to prepare students for patients with pathogens that quickly travel from pa-tient to patient or pathogens that are not susceptible to

treatments,” said Washburn. The training is being add-ed “as part of our commitment as nurses to respond to cur-rent events,” stated Washburn.

Blended and Online Classes Increasing at WLC

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Dr. Ronald Buelow While dr. ronald Buelow has always made course mate-rials available online, this past semester he tried something new. The precalculus class met four days a week; however, on one of those days that was his only class. Since he lives 40 miles away from campus, making it an 80 mile round trip, he started looking for an alternative way to hold class on that day, and came across Google Hangouts, which al-lows students to meet remote-ly from wherever they are at as long as they have a browser. This wasn’t the first time he had used Google Hang-outs; he had used it with an adult summer class. How-ever, this was the first time he used it in a traditional undergraduate program. In-formally, Buelow believes that students like the format. He chose to use Google Hangouts because “it’s totally, 100% free.” He also likes that the website creates a free vid-eo within about half an hour of the original recording. He then can make the link avail-able for students so they can

review the course material. Buelow stated that it does take longer to prepare for this type of class and it also requires a level of comfort with technology. However, “I’m big on tech, so it’s not a barrier for me,” he said. His overall goal is to

makeisure students effectively learn the course he is teaching. According to him, “If I can do that efficiently online, it may save us some resources.” In the past, Buelow also taught a fully online calcu-lus class to Lutheran high school students for nine years.

Dr. Angela Ebeling This past semester, dr. Angela Ebeling began using a more blended approach in her Biostatistics class (BIO 310). Her original plan was to tag Friday as data analysis days-instead of doing a lecture or working on problems, students do work on laptops. Prior to class, students were required to watch a video or look at some other type of information that gave them the rest of the content. However, she realized that she had “an ambitious goal” in trying to create a par-tial flipped classroom for bio-stats, and did not quite achieve the result she had wanted. According to Ebeling, “what’s hard about it [the blended class approach] is that I have to make the video; it actually takes a lot of time to do it well, and I don’t think I’m doing it well yet. But, this is my trial year, to see how I like it. The idea is good; I have to get better at the execution.” She also intends to see how her students liked the approach through personal evaluations given to students at the end of the semester. Ebeling said that this style of class creates a better over-all “big picture” for statis-tics and how to go analyzing them. She also likes the ex-perience it gives to students. “I like that the students

are working more in the sta-tistical software program than they were previously, and I’ve been able to give them more feedback and help that I had in previous years,” she said. Although the flipped classroom concept was not as complete or thorough as she wanted, Ebeling does believe that using the statistics pro-gram in class benefited the students, and plans to contin-ue the concept for the future. “I intend to continue working on developing this aspect of the course, and humbly recognize the amount of work it takes,” she said. While Ebeling believes that blended classes can en-hance the learning opportuni-ties of students, she also offers a word of caution in regards to WLC being known for its per-sonal interaction with students. “I would hate to see WLC lose what makes it unique. There’s an element of face-to-face meetings you can’t lose; if we lose that, we’re just like everyone else,” she stated.

Dean of the College of Professional Stud-ies David Brightsman dean david Brightsman has used a blended class struc-ture for the past three to four years, and sees several benefits to it. For instance, he believes that discussion quality im-proves when the discussions take place on an online forum. “I do think there are times you can get a better more ro-bust conversation when people actually have time to stop and think about what they want to say before they say it,” he said. Another benefit is that stu-dents are able to go back and revisit and review material at their leisure, and therefore can gain a better understand-ing of the material. A blended

class style also prevents him from having to cancel class for meetings or due to travel. However, Brights-man also cautions against the rush to technology. “I sometimes cringe at the rush to technology. You never want to get farther ahead of the pedagogy from the tech-nology. You want to make sure there’s a good match,” he said. While there is a great po-tential to blended classes, he believes that nothing can replace a really good teach-er and a motivated learner. According to Brights-man, “Technology isn’t the answer, but it is a tool to get us to where we need to be.” When asked if he sees WLC using more technology

in the near future, Brights-man said that he is sure more will be used, although he does not know how that technology will manifest. He also stated that he does not know what the College needs as far as infra-structure to accomplish what needs to be accomplished.

Professor Amanda Retberg Professor Amanda ret-berg uses a form of the blend-ed class style in her Com-munication classes. She has specifically done online dis-cussions, quizzes and tests. However, she mentioned that she is unable to use online el-ements as effectively as she would like to because of the course management system. retberg has also taught at Marquette University, which uses the desire2Learn course management system. When comparing Wisconsin Luther-an College’s and Marquette’s manage systems, she said that they are similar, with Mar-quette’s system being more advanced. She also noted that Marquette requires instructors to go through training before

teaching online there, which WLC does not require for the undergraduate program. Mar-quette also has more resources in their technology department. retberg sees many ad-vantages to blended classes. According to her, they allow students to have more time to complete discussions. A face-to-face discussion often has to end abruptly due to time con-straints. It also doesn’t give students a lot of time to gather their thoughts together before speaking. Online discussions give students more time to in-corporate class material and interact in different ways as they write out their responses. She does note a few detri-ments. “Technology fails,” she said. She also said that it can be difficult for students to keep

track of due dates and that in-tegrity can be an issue as well. retberg’s main goal is to give students the best pos-sible experience they can have. She also wants to stress writing in her courses. “ [I want to] to help them improve on their writing; I think that writing is a skill area that can be continuously improved upon,” she said. Dr. Bob Anderson

dr. Bob Anderson, Assis-tant dean of Faculty devel-opment, is also familiar with both blended classes and fully online classes. He has taught at WLC for 21 years, and for 12 of those years has taught hy-brid classes. However, while he has been using technol-ogy in the classroom for many years, he believes that tech-nology at WLC is underused. “As I look around, I don’t see what all the professors are doing in class, but I certainly have the feeling that we don’t use technology as much as we could. If you just look at our support situation for instruc-tional technology, we have one person. Many colleges that are our size have an of-fice with quite a few people that are involved in helping the faculty to explore more effective ways to use tech-nology in the classroom.” He also stated that WLC faculty that engage in the use of technology mainly learn about from somewhere else, such as a conference or through trial and error. According to him, in the past WLC used to offer quite a few training sessions on technology, but none have been offered for a long time. Anderson believes that the teaching profession as a whole could benefit from training. “Technology is constant-ly changing; you look at the world of apps on the phones and ipads; there’s just a world of opportunity there. Ted talks are popping up all the time that are just loaded with great infor-mation that you can plug into, but we need to learn how to do

all of this effectively,” he said. According to Anderson, “The idea of a hybrid course is that that class time is spent in an engaging way, in discovering aspects of the information that are deeper than would could be transferred through a lecture or reading or listening to a text.” His ideal format for a hy-brid class, which is not work-ing, is to put information up online for students to work through before coming to class. That way, an informed discussion could take place in class and expand students’ understanding of the subject, rather than class time simply being a transfer of information. Anderson is not sure why the ideal format is not work-ing. He believes there are nu-merous contributing reasons, such as the online structure not engaging its users or that students have a very limited amount of time and there-fore select the most efficient way to get the information, which might be going to class.

ProfessorPerspectives:

Blended Classrooms

Professors’ Perspectives asks professors their opinions, thoughts and reactions to topics relating to life at WLC. If you have a suggestion for topics or professors you would like to see in this section, contact News Editor Rachel Italiano at swordnewseditor@gmail.com.

OPINIONS 5The SwordFebruary 2015

By: MarcusMortensen;

Opinions Editor A digital future is nigh. The physical market for mov-ies, music, and video games is by no means insignificant, but the practice of digitally down-loading materials has slowly eroded the foundation it stood upon for years now. digital downloads take up no space, use no plastics, can be bought from anyplace with an inter-net connection, can be bought an infinite number of times, and can eliminate the middle-man from the creators of the work to the people purchas-ing it. Streaming movies with services like Netflix or Hulu have already left huge impacts on the business world, most notably with the slow death of movie rental places like Blockbuster and Family Vid-eo. Many hoops still need to be overcome before the major-ity of the population embraces the expanding market, includ-ing data caps and how wire-less internet isn’t everywhere. Emergence of this method to buy things, however, has been stalled quite prominently with the odd pricing of digital me-

dia. despite voiding the need for the publisher to pay for discs, plastic cases, and a way to distribute the hard product, a digital copy costs the same as a hard copy in most in-stances, and it needs to stop. One might think that re-moving the middle-man from the equation (disregarding whoever is hosting the serv-ers needed for the download) would take away the need for a price mark up. On top of the creators of a movie, album, or game no longer having to pay for the physical copies, the savings would be passed onto the consumer, right? Un-fortunately for us, this is not the case. Making an estimate on how much money should be saved on new titles is a daunting task, but comparing the prices of multiplatform video games gives us about $15 for a newly released game according to Gamesradar. Since the emergence of services like Steam, a service where people can download video games and is famous for its regular sales, the sale of boxed games has plunged whereas digital sales have skyrocketed. Gabe Newell,

manager of the Valve Corpora-tion which developed Steam, said at Linuxcon 2013, “So despite the huge declines in PC sales, on the gaming side there’s growth. Steam is going up 76 per cent year-on-year while [physical sales] are go-ing through double-digit de-clines.” Sony and Microsoft for the past few years have made strong pushes towards a digital future, but insist on using an outdated pricing model which hurts consumers. Movie publishers have fallen

prey to the same way of think-ing, and for years now have made it difficult for people to justify making a purchase. retailers, particularly ones who deal with movies or vid-eo games, do not want to see a shift like this happen and likely we will see pressuring from them to stop changes to digital media. Barnes and No-ble would no doubt lose vast amounts of money if eBooks suddenly didn’t cost about as much as the paper book it-self. Gamestop and EB Games

would probably go out of busi-ness if a shift to an entirely digital model was made by the three big console developers, which is further demonstrated by how small PC game sec-tions are at big retailers due to services like Steam. With the cost of physical copies re-moved, there is little reason for anything digital to be priced the same as a hard copy. At the end of the day, this is nothing but anti-customer behavior.

Digital Download Price Problems

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Gabe Newell is oft cited as the savior of computer gaming.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT6 The SwordFebruary 2015

By Jack Albert;A &E Editor

You may be familiar with some of the clubs and or-ganizations that are on campus, but one that has been behind the scenes for while just became official last fall: Students of AMF at WLC. I got the chance to sit down and talk with the group’s president, Adam Bre-ister, to find out more about it. Jack: What is AMF? What does it stand for and what is the goal behind it? Adam: AMF stands for actively moving forward or “Anne Marie Fajgenbaum,” [who] was a college student’s mom who passed away…and basically, he started this non-profit after she passed away to get college students access to other individuals going through loss so that they could get support. Lots of times, col-lege students tend to keep ev-erything in and not talk about it if they’re grieving and dealing with a loss. They keep it all in and no one really knows about it, even though it is affect-ing so many aspects of their school, academics, everything. My dad passed away be-fore my freshman year. Two weeks before, and then I came to school, so it was a pretty rough year. I didn’t talk about anything with anyone — you know, I didn’t really know anybody — and I just kinda kept to myself and had a pretty rough time. So then this last year, I wanted to do something

to help change that for future students, so I decided to work with this organization and start a group here on campus. So, basically, we provide a support group for students going through a loss or termi-nal illness of someone close to them; [they] can come and talk with friends, make friends, and talk with people who are going through something in a safe environment and we make it fun. There’s also a service group, which involved dif-ferent events we’ve been do-ing where everyone can come and learn more about a topic, support people, and just gain more awareness of grieving and how it affects someone. Jack: Wow… Adam: That’s kinda the short version of it [laughs]. Jack: Wow! It’s pret-ty in-depth, it sounds like? Adam: Yes. Basically, there’s the two aspects to it: a support group and a service group. The support group is for people going through loss or terminal illness, so we have that bi-weekly. The support group — I facilitate it — we have food, just talk about how things have been going, all dif-ferent topics. People tell their story, we make it light, though, and fun. And then the service group has been doing differ-ent events. There have been guest speakers. November 6 we did a “Let’s Give Thanks” thing in the WU, where we had food, and people wrote

down what they were thankful for during the holidays, and we gave grieving tips for the holidays and November 18, we [had] another guest speak-er in the chapel, who talked about grieving and faith. So, everyone can come and learn more and support those who are going through that. Jack: — How long did it take for you to get this up and running? Adam: [laughs] Forever. Now I have someone helping me, an officer. The officers in the service group can be anyone, people in the support group are supposed to be some-one going through something specifically. So my of-ficer is just a friend who decid-ed to help, b e c a u s e it’s good within your major too, you know, y o u ’ r e helping out a group on c a m p u s , it’s an or-ganization. People in the group have been h e l p i n g now, but at first it was just me, so it was a lot,

between meeting with all of the administration because this is the first peer-led group we’ve ever had on campus, which is big. Any college is cautious with things peer-led, because you never know how it could go. But I wanted to make it peer-led because people will hopefully come and try getting contact because they can know it is just students. It’s actually fellow students going through the same thing as them, and it’s all kept private. It’s not like we have an advisor, or someone, at the meetings. It’s all anony-mous, no one knows, it’s kept private, only the people in the group know who is there. It’s

nice to have, but a lot of work, because I have to do all the marketing and meet with dif-ferent people, get events going, plan all the events, tell people, and then run the events. And then you’ve got to keep up with letting them know how it goes. We do have a cam-pus advisor, Karen Fischer, who works in Health Services. She’s a really big help with it and is really supportive of it. She will help out being a me-diator between the school and what they need to do to make sure everything runs smooth with what I’m trying to do.See AMFContinued on Page 7

New Campus Org AMF Supports Students Experiencing Loss

By: Chris Gibbons The average music listener probably doesn’t

know what Mark ronson looks like. They probably don’t even know Mark ronson’s name. But chances are that they’ve heard his work. The English super-producer made a name for himself as a studio wizard for over ten years, working with the likes of stars such as Adele, Bruno Mars and Paul McCartney. His production on the late Amy Winehouse’s Back to Black helped make Grammy gold, and his retro-pop/soul sound helped launch Winehouse’s “rehab” into a top 10 hit. Between sessions for other stars’ albums, ron-son himself has released a few records of his own. de-spite help from collaborators like Winehouse, Lily Allen and Jack White, these albums failed to garner much atten-tion. That has all changed with the release of Uptown Special, a massive triumph that brings together pop, funk,

rock and hip-hop into an ab-solute celebration of a record. The star of the album is “Uptown Funk,” the massive hit single featuring Bruno Mars. I can’t think of a bet-ter song that’s hit #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in years. The backing bass vocals alone can drill itself into a listener’s brain for days. Bruno Mars has proven himself capable of a throwback-funk jam on songs like “Treasure,” but he’s never sounded better than on this song. He knows it too; if you don’t believe him just watch (or listen). The bass bounces, the brass hits hard, and Mars’ backup singers bring it just as much as Bruno himself. Every individual part of this song is worthy of its own 3-min-ute track, but ronson ex-pertly incorporates them into 4:30 of pure pop brilliance. But Uptown Special is so much more than a showcase for “Uptown Funk.” The tracks that surround that monster hit are just as great, if not better.

“Feel right” features New Or-leans rapper Mystikal doing his best James Brown impression, and is an incredibly fun listen despite of (or possibly because of) its utterly silly lines. Stevie Wonder himself contributes his indistinguishable harmonica on both the opening and clos-ing tracks. Meanwhile, virtu-ally unknown singer Keyone Starr makes a name for herself on the soulful “I Can’t Lose” However, the album isn’t simply limited to throwback soul and funk. Much of the album is influenced by differ-ent styles of classic rock, from the arena rock like Boston and Journey to the softer stylings of Steely dan and The doobie Brothers. Miike Snow’s An-drew Wyatt and fellow super-producer Jeff Bhasker (who’s worked with the likes of Kanye West and fun.) give memorable turns of the vocalists on these more rock-oriented tracks. Yet nobody else on the record (not even Mars) gives quite the performance as Kevin Parker.

Parker is the lead vocalist of Tame Impala, one of the best rock bands of the past decade, and he brings the same psy-chedelic grooves in his perfor-mances on the tracks “Sum-mer Breaking,” and “Leaving Los Feliz.” Parker’s turn on album centerpiece “daffo-dils” might outshine even his work with Tame Impala. ronson obviously made Uptown Special with care and love, as this is sure to be one of the most ex-pertly-crafted albums of the year. ronson and Bhasker produce every track with a layer of retro cool, and big-name produc-ers like James Ford (Arctic M o n k e y s , Florence + The Machine), Emile Haynie ( E m i n e m ,

Lana del rey) and electro producer Boys Noize were re-cruited to further perfect the sound of the record. despite being crafted and influenced by so many studio wizards, the project never sounds lifeless or robotic as it shuffles through different influences. In fact, Uptown Special provides one of the most celebratory experi-ences in popular music since the eras which the album imitates.

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It was announced on February 3rd that Harper Lee’s famous novel To Kill a Mockingbird is going to receive a sequel, originally written in 1950, called Go Set a Watchmen. Reactions have ranged from indescribably excited to greatly suspicious (mostly due to the recent death of Harper’s protective sister and lawyer, Alice, and Harper’s documented senility), but they all share one similar emotion: surprise.

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 7The SwordFebruary 2015

By: AudreyOppermann;

Social Media Editor Ten years ago, no one would have thought unlim-ited free marketing could be attained by millions of con-sumers all across the globe in the tiny convenience of one’s pocket. The development of smart phones has made the utilization of social media as a marketing tool an innova-tive possibility for businesses. Companies worldwide use Fa-cebook, Twitter, Google+, In-stagram, Pinterest, YouTube, and countless other social me-dia platforms to promote their products and engage with their consumers. However, the con-cept of running these social media pages may still be some-what fuzzy to those who are unfamiliar with the websites or applications. In order to gain some clarity on utilizing these websites, there are a few ques-tions that should be addressed.

1) Q: Is it really worth it for my company to utilize so-cial media websites? A: Yes. According to The Guardian’s website, Facebook had 1.23 billion monthly active users across the world. According to LinkedIn, nine in ten small or mid-sized businesses use or intend on using social media, and 94% of these businesses use social media for marketing. Social media is more than just a fad; it is a style of communi-cation that is growing rapidly with the development of smart phones and portable devices. It is a way for businesses to directly communicate and en-gage with their consumers on a mutual platform. Not only is social media a great way to connect with consumers on a personal level, but it is free marketing for a company. Yes, it is absolutely worth it to think about developing a social me-dia page for your company. 2) Q: How confusing is

it to set up/run a social media page? A: Setting up a social media page is not very difficult at all. Websites like Facebook and Twitter help new users set up accounts by walking them through the steps with visuals and prompts for basic informa-tion about the company. When the page is set up, several so-cial media pages will also give the user a tour of the page, giv-ing that individual tips on how to use the page creatively and successfully. If the user needs any additional assistance, the majority of these websites also provide support staffs to clari-fy any unanswered questions. 3) Q: What are some spe-cific ways that my company can engage with the audience using social media? A: There are many creative ways to post engaging content on social media pages. On Instagram, several companies find suc-cess in telling a story through artistic photos. On Facebook,

it is beneficial for a company to like other companies and comment on posts, as well as to post creatively edited pho-tos from shows to the page. Portraying the company in a unique way beyond the stan-dard expectations of the au-dience will draw them in and leave them yearning for more. Social Media is a fan-tastic tool for companies to use for market-ing purposes. It helps com-panies to bet-ter understand the motives and demands of the consumers through discus-sion and interac-tion on a mutual online platform. Utilizing popu-lar, user-friend-ly websites such as Face-

book, Twitter, Instagram, and several others is a great way for companies to reach a wider demographic of people of dif-ferent backgrounds, ages, and interests. Overall, it would be a wise investment of time and energy for any company looking to expand its overall reach in its community to uti-lize these social media outlets.

AMFContinued from Page 6 Jack: You mentioned that you keep people that come to the support group who want to remain anonymous. Adam: right, it’s nice, and that’s why I’m trying to get the word out there more. If you are personally going through something it’s great because all the people that come to the support group are also going through something. It’s not a judging atmosphere, where you might feel every day out here and keep quiet on normal campus, day-to-day, because you don’t know what everyone else is going through. In real-ity, someone else is, you just don’t feel comfortable saying something. But at the group, you all know you’re here for the same purpose. You may not be going through the exact same thing, but you can em-pathize. It’s just students, so we talk about confidentiality. Obviously someone could talk about it, but you just trust that they won’t because you’re all going through the same thing. You don’t want someone to talk about your story, and peo-ple respect that. It’s worked out, because we just have that trust — you’re all confiding and becoming friends. And when I meet with Karen and the advisors, we don’t give names. We just talk about how the group is going or if we need anything, but we don’t give names unless people are comfortable [with that]. It’s nice that way, because if you want to be kept private, you can. The big events, for every-one, those are just to come and

hear. So, you’re not necessar-ily saying “I’ve gone through something,” but you can come, get support, and hear about different things from guest speakers without having to actually say if you are or not. Jack: do you think there’s a challenge that you have to face in this age of social me-dia and marketing to try and get the word out about this and try to retain that anonymity? Adam: [Laughs] Yes, yeah. We have a Facebook page, which is the easiest way to get out to people. But it’s nice be-cause they can like it and no one knows. They get all the information, everything that’s going on, every opportunity. And we always have whoever the president is — right now it’s me, whoever it is in the near future when I’m gone — their email will be on there so they can contact them. It’s not like you have to signup somewhere where everyone sees you’re in this group. You can either contact Karen Fischer or the president if you want. There’s ways to make it open and also make it private. It’s just doing it carefully and respecting ev-eryone’s wants. Jack: Sounds really incredi-ble. Is there any-thing you would want students to latch onto, like a catchphrase, that might not know much about this? Adam: Yeah,

actually, what AMF does use is the catchphrase “ Keep Active-ly Moving Forward” or AMF. That’s the catchphrase we use. So, if we’re ever doing a thing, I use the hashtag “#keepac-tivelymovingforward.” The whole point of it — this is what I want people to under-stand — not only is the group private and safe, but it’s not heavy. We’re not counseling; I’m not a counselor. We have that service if you want that, which is great. But this is just for you to find other peers and do something where you can talk, where it also can be light and fun. It’s not like we’re all just sitting there in tears every minute and its really heavy. We are looking to actively move forward. Even if you don’t feel comfortable talking, you can be there for someone else. Coming to the service events, where we might volunteer to help out at suicide walk pre-vention or these events where we have guest speakers come in, it’s a way where if you don’t

feel comfortable talking about your problems, if you can’t, you can come to these other events and give back. Some-times, just giving your time and volunteering makes you feel better because you’re do-ing something. That’s why we have these two different ways to be involved. It’s all laid out nicely, it’s a good group. I’m looking forward to keeping it going. right now, we have about three people consistently at each support group, which is good number. You don’t want support groups to get too huge, because then that’s unproduc-tive. In the service groups, we usually have around 15-20. We just had 50+ at the “Let’s Give Thanks” event…It’s a good thing to have there for students. Jack: Was there any-thing else you wanted to add? Any other final thoughts? Adam: really just getting the word out there. Contact-ing the people that they want, whether it’s me or Karen. If you like the page on Facebook

“Students of AMF at WLC,” it’s got everything. Just know there’s different ways that they can get the support they want, whether it be openly or privately. It’s just for every-one to gain more awareness of grief, and how it does impact every aspect. I always like to throw out the statistic that 1 in 4 college students are go-ing through the loss of some-one at every moment. That’s a pretty big number. They’re all around you, you just don’t know it. It’s a good way to bring everyone together. Jack: Awesome. Thank you! Adam: Thank you. You can find the non-profit National Students of AMF here: http://www.stu-dentsofamf.org/our-story/ You can follow the WLC chapter, “Students of AMF at WLC,” here: https://w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / a m -fatwlc/info?tab=page_info

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ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT8 The SwordFebruary 2015

By: Brian Henschel The beginning of the Catholic institution that ended up in WLC’s present home started on december 19, 1877, when four sisters of Our Lady Charity of the Good Shepherd came to a house on Fourth Street in the heart of Milwaukee. reverend Lalumiere, pastor of St Gall’s Church in Milwaukee, perceived the need for a Catholic institution where un-manageable girls could be cared for, rather than being sent to prisons and jails where they would have to associ-ate with criminals and the chances of changing their lives would be slight. After the hard winter of 1877, the sisters decided that the house they were living in was no longer adequate for the care of young girls and they started to look for another place to live. In the spring of 1878, the Sister’s prayers were answered and construction was started on a new building located on Loretto Heights on North Avenue, sit-uated in the west side of Milwaukee. This new home was ready for the Sis-ters to move into on January 29, 1879. This was the home for the House of the Good Shepherd for the next fif-ty years before the Sisters decided that it was once again time for them to look for a new place of residence. Mother Mary of St. Angelque Handley purchased ten beautiful acres of land located on Bluemound road in a section which would grow increasingly valuable and attractive throughout the years. Construction was started in the fall of of 1927 and the Sisters moved into 8830 West Bluemound in 1928. The girls who attended the House of the Good Shepherd were mostly Catholic and they were served by priests from the area. The first group of priests was the diocesan Clergy, the next one was the Camillian Fathers from their hospital on Bluemound, and finally, the Pallottine Fathers were appointed. The Jesuit priests from Marquette University frequently con-fessors and they gave conferences to the Sisters Magdalens, and the girls. The educational program at the Convent offered the girls endless ben-efits, such as sewing, dramatics, art, plus regular academic and business courses which gave the girls a well-rounded educational background. The girls also had extra curricular activi-ties to join such as first aid, Our Lady’s Sodality, and Mission Club activities. In 1944 a much needed playground was set up for the girls. An asphalt cov-ering was laid on part of the yard, and the tennis court was enlarged, and pro-vision was made for volleyball, basket-ball, archery, softball, bicycling, and

skating. Everything that could be done for the benefit of the girls was done. Near Thanksgiving of 1949, the Sisters received a donation from the Lamuiere League of Marquette University, and they used the mon-ey to compoletely redecorate the school. This redecoration process produced marvelous results; people would travel great distances to see it. In 1957, Mother Mary of the Seraphim started a private drive for a swimming pool for the girls. Also at this time, once of the girls started painting a huge ocean panorama in the inside of the girls’ playground near the place where the pool would eventu-ally be built. The painting was greatly praised by many people and it was given proper publicity in the Milwau-kee Sentinel, which carried a photo and a story. The big day was August 5, 1958, when the pool was dedicated. A big party was held and many friends and relatives came to help celebrate. The beginning of many changes occurred in 1971, the first one being that the name was changed from The House of the Good Shepherd to Cedar Crest. All was going smooth until the Sisters found out that higher Superiors had thought it would be wise to with-draw the Good Shepherd Sisters from Milwaukee and lease the School to a group of lay people. This lease was to last until such a time as there would be more sisters with whom to staff it adequately. Not all of the Good Shep-herd work was removed from Mil-waukee, however. The Sisters of the Cross, one of the branches of the Good Shepherd Congregation remained. The Sisters of the Cross, un-der their Superior Sister Mary Holy Name, moved to Slinger, Wisconsin, a small town about thirty miles north of Milwaukee, in 1975. The buildings and the land were sold to Wiscon-sin Lutheran College for $750,000. In the summer of 1977, Wiscon-sin Lutheran College began its move from 407 N. Glenview Avenue to its present location. This institution was originally established for Christian education. The theology of this school has changed, but its purpose remains. We offer a program in the arts and the sciences, centered around Christ.

Historical Lookback: How It All Began

This article was written by a Sword reporter in The Courtyard Courier and details the very beginnings of WLC. Volume 1, Issue 2, December 1978

By: Rachel BugenhagenMake steel your heart; worse pain is yet to come.You’ve no one left; no friends to whom you speak.Your brother and your love will soon be goneApart from them, there’s no one whom you seek.Can you not see I know this truth? The painsWith which I push my brother far from me?My lover leaves for war, and who remains?I wish I could of this cruel heart be free.But what then of the pain your brother feels?Shall you abandon one who helped you live?Against no truer friend, your heart now steels.A brother-friend who naught but care did give.He nothing feels, he’s stronger than I am,But who am I that he should give a damn?

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Had any issues waiting for a package to deliver? Use Amazon Prime? Then you might want to take notice of the recent issue the mailroom has been having with Amazon Prime. Taleya Summer Parker posted on the myWLC announcements page saying, “The Wauwatosa Post Office has informed us that students order-ing packages should not use the Amazon Prime service for Sunday delivery. The post offices contract with them for Sunday delivery forces them to leave pack-ages even though no one is around to sign for them. The mailroom is always closed on Sundays and there is no one at the front desk to sign for them on Sun-days either. Please do not use this service since it can lead to packages being lost or stolen. For more information you may contact the mail room at 443-8752.”

At the end of last semester, there was a change in leadership for residence Life. Adam Volbrecht accepted the position of director of residence Life as Judy Eg-gers retired. The Provost officially stated: “With the retirement of Judy Eggers as the director of residence Life, Adam Volbrecht has moved into that role. Adam has been with WLC for 7.5 years serving first as Resident Counselor and then as Assistant director of residential Life. He gained experience away from WLC earning his MA in Student Affairs Administration (2006) from Ball State Univer-sity.” Congratulations, Adam!

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The Cryptoquip is a puzzle in which one letter is replaced by another. If you think that Q replaces T, then Q will replace T throughout the puzzle. Single letters, short words, and punctuation will give you clues to solving the puzzle. Each puzzle contains the last name of a WLC faculty member.

Congratulations to Andrew Stumpner on being the winner of the November Warrior Cryp-toquip!

This month everyone who submits a solution to the cryptoquip will be entered into a draw-ing for the prize. Submit your solutions to jessica.lembke@mail.wlc.edu, with “February Cryptoquip Solution” in the subject line and the solution in the body of the e-mail.

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SPORTS10 The SwordFebruary 2015

By: Megan Landvatter The countdown has officially begun, with less than 60 days until

Opening day, the Brewers so-cial media pages are covered with reminders that spring is just around the corner. Mil-waukee is eager to put the past behind them after their Sep-tember collapse last season caused them to miss the play-offs. despite the unfortunate ending to the 2014 Brewers’ season, Milwaukee has the pieces to make some serious noise in the Central this season. Jaded by the events of last season, fans and pundits alike have set the bar low for the Brewers’ 2015 season. Yet when looking back on the events of last season, fans should not be disheartened. dominating the month of April and leading the NL Cen-tral for the first five months of the season, the Brewers proved they could compete in Major League Baseball. The lineup, which includes former MVP ryan Braun, slugger Aramis ramirez, reli-able Jonathan Lucroy, electric Carlos Gomez, and consis-tent Scooter Gennett will not have trouble generating of-fense. The addition of Adam Lind, who was obtained in a

deal that sent Marco Estrada to the Toronto Blue Jays, will take on the responsibility of first base this year, and inject offense that was previously lacking from that position. Pitching, even with an unproven starter, is unlikely to cause Milwaukee much trouble. The starting rotation, which consists of Kyle Lohse, Willy Peralta, Matt Garza, Mike Fiers, and Jimmy Nelson has solid pitchers that can pro-vide the Brewers with the consis-tency they need. After a couple of roller-coaster seasons, Peralta and Fiers have settled down considerably. Lohse and Gar-za, the veter-ans, provide the staff with skills and knowledge that can only be gained through experience. Nel-son is the one that is currently in question. With only one year of ex-perience, fans are interested to see how

Nelson handles the pressures associated with becoming a starter for a MLB team. Nel-son is certainly capable of succeeding in his new role, but fans should expect a few minor bumps along the way. With the position players and starting rotation set, the bullpen is the one area that still has some pieces miss-ing, most notably a closer. Talks have begun with free agent and previous clos-

er, Francisco rodriguez. Experiencing success in the early part of last season, rodriguez struggled down the stretch. Still, rodriguez is plenty capable of being one of the best closers in the league. Adding him to the bullpen would certainly be beneficial for this Brewers’ squad, should Milwaukee de-cide to pursue that option. The Milwaukee Brewers are a good team, despite what

their epic collapse and medio-cre final record would like the baseball world to believe. Of-fense will be the backbone of this club. Loaded with talent-ed hitters that could change a game in any given inning, the offense will propel this team. Pitching, both in the starting rotation and in the bullpen, has a thorough mix of experienced veterans and young talent.

Milwaukee Brewers Spring Preview

By: Ian DeMarse When watching a Madden 15 simulation of Super Bowl XLIX hours before the game, never did I know that the simu-lation would be anything simi-lar to the real game. The simu-lation actually was spot on with a few things in the Patriots 28-24 victory over the Seahawks. The first correct thing that occurred was the final score of 28-24 with the Patriots winning. The other thing that Madden 15 predicted cor-rectly was Tom Brady throw-ing the game-winning touch-down pass to Julian Edelman to put the Patriots in the lead late in the fourth quarter. The hype before the game was incredible as it was the second straight year that the top seeded teams from each conference were bat-tling head-to-head for the Vince Lombardi Trophy. After a scoreless first quar-ter, it was determined that the game was going to be a dog-fight. Tom Brady threw an interception late in the first quarter when the Patriots were driving. It seemed as if the mo-mentum of the Seahawks had just started, however, Jeremy

Lane, the beneficiary of the in-terception was forced to leave the game after the pick with an arm injury and did not return. With russell Wilson and the Seahawks offense strug-gling, Brady took advantage and put the Patriots up 7-0 with an 11-yard touchdown pass to Brandon LaFell. It was not long before that russell Wilson connected with Chris Matthews for 44 yards to set up a Marshawn Lynch rushing touchdown. Try not to forget that the catch by Matthews was the first of his career, as he went on to have a great game with 4 catches for 109 receiv-ing yards and a touchdown. Brady went on to throw his second touchdown this time to rob Gronkowski to give the Patriots the lead late in the first half. But with little time to spare Wilson drove down the field and hit Matthews with a touchdown right before the half. The Patriots hit a snag in the third quarter and did not score any points while Seattle built on the score right before the half. doug Baldwin caught a touchdown pass from Wil-son and a Steven Hauschka

field goal put the Seahawks up 24-14 heading into the fourth quarter. But knowing Brady, you know he is not going down without a fight. In pursuit to win his fourth Super Bowl, Brady fought back. He threw a touchdown to danny Amendola early in the fourth quarter to make the score 24-21. Then Brady showed that he can still lead a comeback with a touch-down to Edelman with three minutes left to take the lead. At first it seemed like he gave the Seahawks too much time. A drive that saw Jermaine Kearse make an outstanding bobbled and tipped pass catch put Seattle inside the five yard-line. Following a Lynch run which put the Seahawks at the one, it seemed as if the Se-ahawks were on their way to victory. The play of the game was made that next play when undrafted rookie Malcolm Butler intercepted a pass from Wilson to give the Patriots the victory in Super Bowl XLIX. Brady won his fourth Su-per Bowl tying Joe Montana and Terry Bradshaw for the most titles by a quarterback in NFL history. But it will

not be Brady for which this game is remembered. The game will be remembered for Seattle’s final play call. Seattle chose to pass from the one when that have argu-ably the strongest, toughest running back in the NFL. With one tim-eout and 26 seconds left, you have to pound the ball with Lynch. I know Pete Carroll after the game said he was go-ing to run it with Lynch on third and fourth down, but with your season on the line and with the power-ful back that you have, Lynch should have won the game for the S e a h a w k s . d e s p i t e all other things that

happened in the game, Se-attle not running the ball from the one yard land line will be the reason why Super Bowl XLIX will be remembered.

Brady Makes History in Super Bowl Win

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Miller Park.

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By: Baxter Colburn;Sports Editor

Whoever said the Wiscon-sin Lutheran College Women’s

Basketball team would not be good in 2015 was very mistaken. Even after the departure of seniors rachel Hoft, Melanie Laete and Melissa Klemm, the Warriors have continued to domi-nate the NACC and look to repeat once again as Conference Champions. Led by senior Kristen Schulz, the Warriors have taken the NACC by storm once again. Going into the 2014-2015 season however, fans did not know if the Warriors could survive with just Schulz carrying the bulk of the scoring load. Thankfully, several other Warriors have stepped up and found their rhythm down the stretch. Schulz leads the Warriors with 19.7 points a game. Along with her are Chris-tel Frey and Maggie Gartner, both aver-age 10.7 points a game. All three of the Warriors top scores are seniors this sea-son, making things a bit interesting for the team looking ahead to next season. One interesting note about this team, though, is freshman Caitlin Knuep-pel, daughter of Coach Klay Knuep-pel, is seeing significant playing time in her first year on the team, a feat that her older sister, Kayla, did not experi-ence much. To be fair to Kayla though, the teams she played on over the past

four seasons were some of the best to ever come through WLC. Finding playing time was difficult for many of the players who now start this season. Caitlin averages 22.3 minutes a game, fourth best on the team, hence why she is a consistent starter for the team. Her true breaking point came while the team was on tour in Flori-da over Christmas Break. Knueppel showed that she can take over a game and make the tough shots. daughter or not, Coach K has a lot to be ex-cited about over the next three sea-sons with Caitlin at the focal point of the offense going into next season. The season has just a few games remaining for the Warriors before the run for the NACC Champion-ship tips off on February 21. WLC will likely have a number one or two seed, baring how Benedictine, Con-cordia Wisconsin and MSOE finish their seasons. The Warriors have al-ready qualified for the playoffs, but just wait to see what seed will fall to them. WLC celebrates four seniors this season, Bethany Unkefer, Schulz, Gart-ner and Frey. Make sure to come out to the rex on February 17 to help celebrate Senior Night for the Warriors. The War-riors take on MSOE at 7:00 pm. It is the final regular season game for the War-riors as well. Check it out and support your Warriors Women’s Basketball team.

SPORTS 11The SwordFebruary 2015

By: ChrisGibbons

In the world of pro basketball, the superstars of the sport are the athletes them-selves. Players like LeBron James and Kevin durant headline games and draw fans to arenas. The NBA is a talent-based league and success is largely credited to the play-ers themselves. Only coaches that have built dynasties such as Phil Jackson or Gregg Popovich reach superstar level in the league. On the flipside, the true superstars in the college game are the coaches. As ros-ters undergo massive shifts yearly while star players go pro and veterans graduate, it is up to the coaches to maintain consistency, recruit, and built tal-ent in their systems. Louisville’s rick Pi-tino, Syracuse’s Jim Boeheim, Kentucky’s John Calipari, Michi-gan’s John Beilein and Wisconsin’s Bo ryan are just a few of those respected coaches whose names are as-sociated with massive suc-cess in college b a s k e t b a l l . And then there is “Coach K” himself, Mike Krzyzewski of the duke Blue devils, a coach who is on an-other level al-together in the college basket-ball pantheon. Coach K’s a c c o m p l i s h -ments as the head coach of duke are al-most countless. He overtook the program in 1980, and he has only missed the NCAA Tour-nament four

times in those 35 sea-sons. Three of those missed tournaments were in his first three seasons as coach; the other one was in 1995. He has reached the NCAA Final Four 11 times, reached the championship 8 times, and won four champi-onships. He has also won the ACC tourna-ment 13 times, and won the ACC regular season championship 12 times. Coach K has accumulated nearly a dozen separate “coach of the year” awards. He is an inductee of both the College Bas-ketball Hall of Fame and Basketball Hall of Fame. Jabari Parker, Carlos Boozer, Grant Hill, Elton Brand, Kyrie Irving, and Johnny dawkins are just a handful of the players whom Coach K has coached over the years. On the side, he has coached the U.S. Men’s Basketball team to two Olympic gold medals and two FIBA World Cham-pionship gold med-

als. Then, on January 25, 2015, Coach K brought his legacy to brand new territory, when he became the first head coach in the history of division I college basketball to reach 1000 wins. In contrast, he has only lost about 300 games in that timespan. Coach K’s skills as a coach are so unpar-alleled that even the most adamant of duke haters have to respect him. I am not a duke fan: I am far from it, actually. When the Blue devils were up-set by #14 seed Mercer in last year’s tourna-ment, I watched with glee as I saw them fall. Yet even in my deep-rooted hate of duke basketball, I cannot bring myself to say a single bad thing about Mike Krzyzewski. His success is worthy of nothing but praise, no matter how begrudg-ing that praise may be. So kudos to you, Coach K. There is truly nobody like you in college basketball.

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Mike Krzyzewski

Warriors Continue Success Af-ter Hoft, Klemm, Laete-Era

SPORTS12 The SwordFebruary 2015

Box ScoresNovember 18 - January 27, 2014

Men’s BasketballWLC vs. Lawrence November 18, 2014

1 2 TLawrence 27 41 68WLC 28 37 65

Game LeadersScorer: Jarnigo, Jake-29rebounds: Lubbe, Brett-12Assists: Jarnigo, Jake; Stelse, Kyle; Breazeale, Alec; Lubbe, Brett; Esca-milla, dJ- 2

WLC @ Maranatha November 20, 2014

1 2 TWLC 35 34 69Maranatha 28 27 56

Game LeadersScorer: Jarnigo, Jake-24rebounds: Marose, Jim-10Assists: Breazeale, Alec-4

WLC vs. Edgewood November 22, 2014

1 2 OT 2OT TEdgewood 26 37 7 15 85WLC 34 29 7 10 80

Game LeadersScorer: Stelse, Kyle-23rebounds: Lubbe, Brett-11Assists: Stelse, Kyle-5

Men’s BasketballWLC @ dominicanJanuary 3, 2015

1 2 TDominican 27 41 68WLC 28 37 65

Game LeadersScorer: Jarnigo, Jake-29rebounds: Lubbe, Brett-12Assists: Jarnigo, Jake; Stelse, Kyle; Breazeale, Alec; Lubbe, Brett; Esca-milla, dJ- 2

WLC vs. Benedictine January 7, 2015

1 2 TWLC 35 34 69Benedictine 28 27 56

Game LeadersScorer: Jarnigo, Jake-24rebounds: Marose, Jim-10Assists: Breazeale, Alec-4

WLC @ Aurora January 10, 2015

1 2 OT 2OT TAurora 26 37 7 15 85WLC 34 29 7 10 80

Game LeadersScorer: Stelse, Kyle-23rebounds: Lubbe, Brett-11Assists: Stelse, Kyle-5

WLC @ MSOE January 13, 2015

1 2 TMSOE 27 41 68WLC 28 37 65

Game LeadersScorer: Jarnigo, Jake-29rebounds: Lubbe, Brett-12Assists: Jarnigo, Jake; Stelse, Kyle; Breazeale, Alec; Lubbe, Brett; Esca-milla, dJ- 2

WLC @ Concordia Wisconsin January 21, 2015

1 2 TWLC 35 34 69CUW 28 27 56

Game LeadersScorer: Jarnigo, Jake-24rebounds: Marose, Jim-10Assists: Breazeale, Alec-4

WLC @ BendectineJanuary 24, 2015

1 2 OT 2OT TBenedictine 26 37 7 15 85WLC 34 29 7 10 80

Game LeadersScorer: Stelse, Kyle-23rebounds: Lubbe, Brett-11Assists: Stelse, Kyle-5

WLC vs. MarianJanuary 27, 2015

1 2 TMarian 27 41 68WLC 28 37 65

Game LeadersScorer: Jarnigo, Jake-29rebounds: Lubbe, Brett-12Assists: Jarnigo, Jake; Stelse, Kyle; Breazeale, Alec; Lubbe, Brett; Esca-milla, dJ- 2

By: Baxter Colburn; Sports Editor

The Wisconsin Lu-theran College Men’s Bas-ketball team continues to struggle. As the season starts to come to a close in the next few weeks, it is obvious that the Warriors are still in need of a more talented roster. WLC has not done much this season in terms of provid-ing quality basketball all sea-son long. If one thing stands out this season, it is the fact of having just three seniors on the roster. Of the three se-niors, Brett Lubbe, Andrew O’Herron and Kyle Stelse, only Stelse and Lubbe see the court on a regular basis. Now, the lack of senior leadership can be looked at in one of two ways. First, having just three seniors is a positive sign for the future. The War-riors look to welcome back five seniors next season and poten-tially six more the season after that, not including transfers or

drop outs from the program. The present state of the Men’s program at WLC is hard to get behind, especially with the continued success of the Women’s program under Coach Klay Knueppel. One might think that with a lower amount of pressure on the program, the team might rise above the women’s program, especially with the group of seniors lost the past two sea-sons. Unfortunately for Coach Skip Noon and his coaching staff, that has yet to happen. Baring a strange turn in events, the Warriors will miss the NACC Conference tour-nament yet again. The War-riors best wins of the season came against two top teams in conference, Concordia Wisconsin and Marian. WLC took down CUW 82-80 in a thrilling game on January 21, and Marian on January 27, 58-57. The Warriors proved that their squad is capable of beating big teams, but the lack

of consistency throughout the season is a serious issue. WLC must focus on the positives this season and also know that their team is only going to get better next season, especially with only losing three seniors. Jake Jarnigo is the fo-cal point of the team’s attack and with him coming back

next season, the Warriors will be a force to reckon with in the NACC. Jarnigo leads the Warriors with 15.9 points a game and is only one of two players to start and play in every game this season. Since Jarnigo transferred into WLC last season, the War-riors offense has been showing steady increases in produc-

tion, especially with him on the court. If WLC want to find their way into the NACC play-offs next season, Jarnigo is the key to making that happen. WLC did not have the season many hoped for, but hopefully this season can be a learning curve for them and allow the Warriors to find suc-cess in the next two seasons.

Jake Jarnigo Key to 2015-2016 Men’s Basketball Season

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Junior Jake Jarnigo drives the basket.

By: Megan Landvatter Last season the Mil-waukee Bucks were a

dying organization. In jeopar-dy of moving across the coun-try due to an outdated arena, the future of NBA basketball in Wisconsin seemed dim. Now, under new ownership, with a new head coach, and a roster full of young talent, the outlook for this organization is entirely different. Making all of the right moves, the Mil-waukee Bucks have revamped their image and brought NBA basketball back to the fore-front of Wisconsin sports. Spending the first three months of the season flirting with the .500 mark, the Bucks have already exceeded the expectations that were set for them heading into the season. The team that finished with a league-worst 15-67 record last season currently owns a sixth seed and hopes for a playoff appearance. Milwau-kee is an entirely different team than it was a year ago. A roster that includes Gian-nis Antetokounmpo and Jabari Parker, the roster is bursting with young talent. Parker is out with a season-ending ACL injury, but his play in the first two months of the season gave Bucks’ fans reason to be excited about his future in Milwaukee. despite having two polar-izing stars on the roster, the

Bucks’ success can largely be attributed to a strong team ef-fort. Leading the NBA in bench production earlier in the sea-son, the Bucks’ have discov-ered the advantages of playing as a team. Unlike other orga-nizations that rely on the star power of one player, the Bucks utilize every man in a uniform. This can clearly be seen in the way the team has adapted to the loss of Jabari Parker. The rookie entered the season with sky-high expectations and the belief that he would resurrect Bucks’ basketball. When he came down with a torn ACL, analysts immediately wrote Milwaukee off. Yet, the Bucks were not satisfied with the idea of finishing last. Now, over a month later, the Bucks are still going strong. Playing fundamentally sound, team oriented basket-ball, the Bucks are refusing to fall in the trap set by the analysts. Jason Kidd is an-other factor in the Bucks’ success, one that cannot be de-nied. Coaching a de-flated team that lacked true confidence, Kidd brought the team back from their defeated state. Handling a team that has been plagued all season with injuries, Kidd has proven that

Milwaukee can be competitive. Atlanta Hawks head coach Mike Budenholzer is the run-away favorite for Coach of the Year, but Kidd deserves some praise and recognition as well. Very few, if any at all, predicted that the Bucks would be vying for a playoff spot in February. The Bucks still have a long way to go if they ever want to bring a championship back to Milwaukee, but they are mov-ing in the right direction. No longer the bottom-feeders of the NBA, the Bucks are on the rise. A strong team dynamic and an electric head coach have this team playing exciting basket-ball. Transformed from the dis-heartened squad of last season, the Bucks are rejuvenated, re-freshed, and ready to compete.

Milwaukee Bucks Continue Steady Rise

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Giannis Antetokounmpo