Since 1916
MU runs Bulls right out of their own building
EDITORIAL: Everyone is debating gun violence, but there is more to add
Genesis aims to spark a new career in dance
PAGE 6
PAGE 16
PAGE 10
SPJ’s 2010 Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper
Volume 97, Number 37
Thursday, February 7, 2013
www.marquettetribune.org
Tuition breakdown released THE AVERAGE MARQUETTE DOLLAR:
Vice president of finance outlines how tuition money is spent
Source: Chuck Lamb, Vice President of Finance/Treasurer
By Pat Simonaitis
patrick.simonaitis@marquette.edu
51 CENTS FOR FACULTY AND STAFF COMPENSATION
21 CENTS FOR TUITION DISCOUNT
14 CENTS FOR STUDENT SUPPORT
10 CENTS FOR FACILITY SERVICES
4 CENTS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
Faculty and staff salaries and fringe benefits
Student scholarships
Costs associated with technology, public safety, academic support services, residence life and recreation services
Includes the cost to build and maintain campus buildings
Insurance, interest expense and operating costs of administrative support units
Infographic by Rob Gebelhoff/robert.gebelhoff@marquette.edu
After calls for increased transparency of tuition use following the announcement of next year’s 4.25 percent – or $1,390 – price bump, Vice President of the Office of Finance and Treasurer Chuck Lamb released a breakdown of university costs by percentage Wednesday. The breakdown is represented in the graphic to the left. Lamb said the majority of costs are associated with compensating, retaining and recruiting faculty and staff, which accounts for 51 percent of each tuition dollar. “Marquette’s tuition costs are less than the average for the 28 Jesuit institutions, and our increase this year was less than the previous two years,” Lamb said in an email. “While these facts assist in understanding how we compare to our Jesuit cohorts, we recognize that much work remains to be done in achieving additional cost efficiencies, communicating our efforts and ensuring students and parents that we are good stewards of their tuition dollars.” Lamb was unavailable to comment further Wednesday afternoon. Check back in Tuesday’s Tribune for additional information.
Fleeing students MU hosts health care panel Prize winners, jump from window Opus experts focus on Drugs, alcohol found at scene in secondstory apartment By Nick Biggi
nicholas.biggi@marquette.edu
While students have a reputation for trying to stay out of trouble with the law, few have gone so far as jumping out of a building. That’s what happened last Monday when four students leapt from the second floor of the Gilman building, a university-owned apartment complex on Wells Street, in an attempt to
escape drug use and underage drinking charges. After the Department of Public Safety received a tip regarding a possible controlled substance in the building, officers knocked on the door of the reported apartment unit four times until there was an answer by the listed tenant. The tenant answered the door, explained that he and his friends were smoking a hookah and admitted that a friend brought a six pack of beer. In the apartment, officers found marijuana and evidence of underage drinking. The
Eight panelists, including three Opus Prize recipients, discussed the state of health care around the world Wednesday in the Weasler Auditorium as part of Marquette’s Mission Week. Following the 2013 Mission Week theme of “The World is our Home,” the event was titled, “Caring for our neighbors locally and globally: addressing health care disparities and community health initiatives.”
See Drug use, page 8
See Panel, page 7
INDEX
DPS REPORTS.....................2 CALENDAR.......................2 STUDY BREAK.....................5
MARQUEE.........................10 VIEWPOINTS......................14 SPORTS..........................16
health care disparities By Ben Greene
benjamin.greene@marquette.edu
Photo by Rebecca Rebholz/rebecca.rebholz@marquette.edu
Dr. Earnestine Willis of the Medical College of Wisconsin (right) speaks in the Weasler Auditorium about health care disparities Wednesday.
NEWS
VIEWPOINTS
MARQUEE
Strategic planning
Goodman
MUELLER
Pilarz makes changes after student input PAGE 3
As seniors’ MU tenure ends, it becomes easy to quesiton worth. PAGE 7
Our critic offers an idiot’s guide to the Best Picture nominees. PAGE 13