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Photo by Alexandra Atsalis

Schlitz Audubon Nature Center amazes guests with its fall beauty

Alexandra Atsalis October 14, 2015

Fall festivals were traditionally for celebrating the harvest and appreciating the time before the impending winter. However, because our modern society is no longer at the mercy of the seasons like we...

Innocence by Annette Labedzki

Twitter Tuesday: L’art pour l’art

Thomas Southall October 13, 2015

I’m a big fan of art. I see it constantly on my Tumblr page and am constantly awestruck at how some of these artists manage to create such fantastic pieces. This week, I will showcase five artists that...

Local beekeeper gives back

Local beekeeper gives back

Carly Wolf October 8, 2015

Apple orchards, pumpkin patches and corn mazes are all fall classics, but imagine a world without them, or without 60-80 percent of the fruits and vegetables you enjoy all year. This fruitless future may...

The Westown Farmers’ Market will be held for three more Wednesdays, until October 28.

Farmer’s market season coming to a close

Alexandra Atsalis October 8, 2015

The calendar may officially confirm that it is fall, but you can hold onto the last remnants of summer by visiting the Westown Farmers’ Market. Located in Zeidler Union Square on Michigan St. between...

The Summit Players team performed A Midsummer Nights Dream as their closing show this season

New nonprofit is ‘Shakespeare out of a trunk’

Paige Lloyd October 8, 2015

Summit Players Theatre, a group of seven Marquette alumni, spent the summer performing renditions of short Shakespearean plays across 13 state parks for five weeks. Their love for theatre fueled this...

Twitter Tuesday: adjusting to life in the Midwest

Twitter Tuesday: adjusting to life in the Midwest

Casey Beronilla October 7, 2015

As a freshman from a small town on the East Coast, I have gone through a big adjustment coming to Marquette. After moving almost a thousand miles from everyone and everything I know, I am now learning...

Marquettes Black Student Council hopes to see this event return in the future.

Poetry, song, rap, dance at Black Student Council’s Lollapalooza

Stephanie Harte, Executive A&E Editor October 1, 2015

Black Student Council brought a piece of Chicago to Milwaukee Saturday night with a free Lollapalooza event in Central Mall. Students as well as local artists performed poetry, rap and music. Kevin...

CW Seeds Vixen features a strong female lead, and could diversify CWs audience

CW Seed tries new approach with “Vixen”

Lily Stanicek October 1, 2015

The CW Seed, the CW network’s online-only home for content, has been focused on hosting original, comedy-type shows since its inception. When they announced in January that they would be releasing an...

Students dress as dancing desserts downtown

Students dress as dancing desserts downtown

Alexandra Atsalis October 1, 2015

Six Marquette students made their debut into the glamorous world of showbiz by donning giant cupcake costumes and dancing around downtown Milwaukee on behalf of WMLW, The M, Channel 49, to promote the...

The Meladies , one of three a capella groups on campus, join The Naturals and the Gold N Blues for Acatoberfest (Photo courtesy of Erin Pauly)

Acatoberfest returns with high anticipation

Rachel Kubik, A&E Reporter October 1, 2015

Have you ever wanted to see what it's like to be on the set of "Pitch Perfect?" On Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. the Varsity Theatre will hold a showcase featuring a capella groups from Marquette and other universities...

Studio 013 Refugees owned the stage at Westowne Square for hours of improv comedy

Studio 013 Refugee’s improv show entertains students into the morning

Thomas Southall October 1, 2015

A group of college students stood on a stage from 6 p.m. till 6 a.m this past Saturday outside the Alumni Memorial Building. No, it wasn’t a protest or an activism movement made to garner attention,...

Professor Joe Browns “For Carillon No. 5” premiered this week at the Milwaukee Film Festival

Digital media professor directs short film

Dennis Tracy October 1, 2015

Last summer, digital media professor Joe Brown moved to Milwaukee to teach. After moving to a new city and the arrival of his first child, he wanted to film something simple. Brown saw the Bell Tower...

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