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Volume 109, Number 23
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
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Tony Everard is betting against all odds
Photos by Clay Ellis-Escobar clay.ellis-escobar@marquette.edu
Tony Everard — who previously suffered a serious health scare — spends March Madness like other college students, hosting elaborate watch parties for his friends.
Heart condition inspiring new outlook on life By Lance Schulteis
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t his apartment near Seventh Street and Wisconsin Avenue, Tony Everard spends the end of March no differently than many college students across the country. He fills out NCAA men’s basketball tournament brackets and watches March Madness games, eagerly awaiting the next upset. But Everard isn’t like most college students — and he
watches the tournament his own way. The 33-year-old Ph.D. student has four televisions facing his couch, and he watches them all while guarding an army of remote controls on his coffee table. To an untrained eye, the remotes would look nearly identical. But Everard keeps track of them all. One remote has buttons that stick. That remote goes to TV No. 3, which hosts what Everard deems the third-best game on air. It is often a high seed against a low seed, games which many analysts declare over before they start. “It’s good to look at the schedule for each TV
window to prep and see what games you want,” he said. Another remote is a bit thicker and heftier than the rest. That one matches with the primary TV. The 56inch flatscreen, which sits on the floor, commands the best game, the closest game or the game with a fan in the room. As guests walk through Everard’s door, most of them arrive with loyalties. Over the years, friends from undergraduate and graduate school have fixated on TV No. 1 to watch their alma maters from across the country play. In 2026, Everard put Clemson, Miami (Ohio) and
Wisconsin on the big screen for his affiliated guests. Of the 64 teams in the first round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament, Everard said he has friends that graduated from, attend or work for 41 of them. From national champion favorites like Duke and Arizona to lower seeds such as Furman or Long Island, he holds a connection to nearly every game on the screen. And the screen beside it. And the screens next to them. When those connections aren’t in his living room, they’re still there in spirit. On opening night of the Round of 64, the St. Mary’s Gaels battled the Texas A&M Aggies. Everard texted
back and forth with friends from both schools. But midway through his first day of hosting, March 19, the Ph.D. student in the College of Business Administration panned over his control room. His last guest had left, and as he prepared for the next wave of visitors, he leaned back into the couch and said, “I’m very lucky to be sitting here.” Ten years ago, Everard was enjoying the final semester of his undergraduate career at Marquette. He was studying for the Graduate Management Admission Test while fervently participating in club and intramural basketball. See ODDS page 3
What could Marquette police do about ICE? Officers weighed in on potential safety measures By Sophia Tiedge
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Since U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained and released a Columbia University student Feb. 26, conversations about ICE activity on college campuses have intensified nationwide. At a March 23 University Academic Senate meeting, Marquette University Police Chief Edith Hudson and
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Assistant Chief Jeff Kranz outlined how MUPD would respond in a similar situation and what steps Marquette would take to secure campus buildings. Hudson said if outside law enforcement agents were on campus, MUPD would respond and ask about their objective. In the event that the officials have a judicial warrant signed by a judge, MUPD’s hands would be tied. Hudson said at that point, the department has “very little input.” ICE agents arrested Elmina Aghayeva at her university-owned residence.
University officials at Columbia claimed ICE agents were disguised as New York Police. The Department of Homeland Security has denied these claims. DHS said it detained Aghayeva because her visa was terminated by the Obama Administration in 2016 for failing to attend classes. While ICE officers executed the arrest, Claire Shipman, Columbia’s president, said they gained access to her apartment building by saying they were looking for a “missing person.” Since the Feb. 26 arrest
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University officials discussed keeping campus buildings locked.
Back in the blue & gold PAGE 5
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