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Reflecting the mission of the college, St. Norbert College Magazine links the institution’s past and present by Contents chronicling its academic, cultural, spiritual and co-curricular life. ST. NORBERT COLLEGE MAGAZINE In Print Online Vol. 48, No. 2, Summer 2016 A sampling of related content available at snc.edu/magazine. Cover Story Page 13 In season: As the days get warmer and “The material that I once wrote about in the evenings lighter (page 4), the campus my dissertation, I can put my hands on comes alive with outdoor fun. here. That’s a really thrilling thing.” In conversation: – TheRev. Andrew Ciferni, O.Praem., ’64 Two canonical (Center for Norbertine Studies) authors, Parker J. Palmer and bell hooks (page 8), met for the first time at St. Norbert. We had the chance to listen Page 21 in on their dialogue. In tribute: Tau Kappa Epsilon brothers Page 16 Fit for Every Good Work honored their long-time advisor in an article (page 8) for the fraternity’s Some people get kicked out of bars. A state-of-the-art fitness and sports center national magazine. “Dr. John Neary: Role Jim Feeney ’68 and his team got kicked arising in place of Schuldes is designed for out of laundromats. Still, their zest for Model and Compass” ran in the Spring broad appeal, tending to body, mind and 2016 issue of The Teke. innovation and willingness to improvise spirit as it meets the needs of the entire led to the development of an industry- campus community. In rain or shine: The college’s first changing product. outdoor Commencement in five decades Page 18 (page 11) saw the Class of 2016 off in fine style. Our gallery shares a day of A Wing and a Prayer excitement and celebration. Page 31 The walls of the new wing provide the In fond farewell: Brenna Rathsack ’16, “It was like my blood was on a trampoline, blank canvas; funds designated to make student speaker at Commencement (page jumping around in my body.” It was a the mission of the college visible provide 11), celebrates opportunities seized by the bizarre sensation for Kaela Gedda ’12. the means. And members of our own Class of 2016 throughout four remarkable She was a 19-year-old St. Norbert College community provide, in these pages, an years of achievement. student, home for the Easter holiday, and interdisciplinary, liberal-artsy and wholly her life was about to take a shocking turn. personal gloss to the series of notable In the game: Three sporting greats figures portrayed in a new 125-foot mural who began their careers in college athletics unveiled on campus this spring. Page 25 spoke to the student-athlete experience (page 25) at this year’s Sport & Society On our cover: Iconic figures – some For Love of the Game? in America conference … instantly recognizable, others household Eminent figures from the world of names – who stand squarely in the In court: … and a prominent sports-labor Departments professional sports tackled the thorny Catholic intellectual and social traditions attorney argued at the same event for question of compensation for Div. I athletes 6 President’s Message help represent the mission of the college. compensating student-athletes (page 25). during a lively morning of debate at this 7 News of St. Norbert year’s Sport & Society in America conference, hosted on campus and at Lambeau Field. 27 Alumni of St. Norbert Keep an eye open throughout this edition 34 Connection for more links to content on the web. Follow snc.edu/magazine us on your favorite social media channel, too. Just search for St. Norbert College. NEWS OF ST. NORBERT OF ST. OF ST. NORBERT OF ST. NEWS Gateway to learning As the evening light lengthens the shadows, it projects the iconic St. Norbert College arch further along Baer Mall, defining a path full of possibility. More images from the month of May on campus, plus this image available for download, 4 St. Norbert College Magazineare at | snc.edu/magazine Summer 2016 snc.edu/magazine 5 In My Words / President Thomas Kunkel News OF ST. NORBERT COLLEGE PARTNERS How it works St. Norbert students By virtue of his highly superior brains… The 3-plus-3 program, in the 3-plus-3 though the first of its program will be able kind in Wisconsin, to apply to Marquette is not the first University Law School t was Commencement morning and we were in my defense I do believe I’ve learned a thing or partnership between during their junior no longer fretting the prospect of rain, as by then two in my life, and on one important point I certainly St. Norbert College year. Those who are the forecasters swore there was zero chance of it. concur with the real Wizard. For years now, I’ve been and Marquette admitted would then But now what had me worried was the Baccalaureate telling anxious high school students who are trying University. Economics move directly into the I majors intent on a Mass. Like that afternoon’s graduation ceremony, to decide on the “right” college that 90 percent of law program. Once master’s degree can they successfully Mass, too, would be al fresco – but it was scheduled their higher-ed success will be basically up to them. take advantage of a complete all to start at 9:30 a.m., and we’d just seen an overnight In my experience, when students have the curiosity, 4-plus-1 partnership requirements during low that dipped into the low 30s. Would anyone the drive, the perspicacity, the passion and the work that was initiated in their first year of law come? Was the holy water frozen? ethic, they will secure an outstanding educational 2009 between the two school at Marquette, In September 2015, Catholic schools. those credits will be President Tom Kunkel But the day dawned sunny and, with no wind to experience most anywhere they go. Of course, it never Under this NEWS speak of, it was a tolerable spring morning. Certainly hurts if they have talented and dedicated mentors transferred back to announced his intention program, St. Norbert St. Norbert to achieve to retire in July 2017. what chill there was couldn’t stand up to good when they get there, and I’m proud that St. Norbert students can take a baccalaureate A search for the eighth cheesehead genes and a sturdy cup of coffee. offers them both a world-class faculty plus staffers who up to two upper- degree. president of St. Norbert Father Andrew Ciferni, who runs our Center have been repeatedly honored for their dedication level economics Students will OF ST. NORBERT OF ST. College is currently under for Norbertine Studies and is parochial vicar to our mission and for their student-affairs acumen. electives (with some need to meet some way. The search committee of St. Norbert College Parish, presented the These dedicated folks are incredible trail guides for additional work) while initial threshold (led by Jay Williams still undergraduates. requirements baccalaureate homily. For his text, he drew Fast track to a law degree ’73, outgoing chair of our students’ journeys of self-discovery, as they proved These would transfer regarding their high- the college’s board of upon scripture – Hollywood scripture, that is. again by adroitly delivering another cohort that Sunday to Marquette for “3-plus-3” program that can It’s exactly the kind of value-added school GPA and test trustees) hopes to be in a “The Tin Man, Scarecrow, the Lion and Dorothy,” afternoon under the wide-open Wisconsin skies. graduate credit. take a student to the practice opportunity families are asking for.” scores. At St. Norbert, position to announce the Andrew intriguingly began. “They think that the It was my eighth such witness, and I am looking The students could of law in just six years is now a St. Norbert’s LSAT matriculate they will have been name of the new president Wizard of Oz can fulfill all [their] desires. In the end, forward to it one final time, come next May. also then take two reality thanks to an agreement closed this average is above average, and right around able to “try on” a legal by the end of this year. A after trial and peril, they unmask the man behind Between now and then, however, I have much I MBA classes in spring between St. Norbert College and Marquette’s median, says Charlie Jacobs education through the summer. That the college’s existing the curtain, who really can’t produce brains, hearts want to do. High up on that list is making sure I get additional work could Marquette University Law School. (Political Science), director of the pre-law pre-law certificate or courage. But the journey reveals that, in fact, they to see you, our devoted alumni and patrons, to thank potentially save a The new program enables qualifying program. St. Norbert is already a feeder program. already possess what they thought they lacked.” you personally for what you’ve meant to Deb and year of school toward undergraduates to enroll at the law school school for Marquette, one of only two Those students Andrew’s trip down the yellow brick road was a me, and to St. Norbert College. In fact, our office of the master’s degree, after completing three years of education law schools in the state of Wisconsin. He will then have two lovely metaphor for the process of education, and as alumni and parent relations is assembling a little tour effectively getting (99 credits) at St.