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MUSG gets new faculty adviser for school year

Margaret Cahill, News reporter October 2, 2018
Demetria Anderson, director for campus activities and student involvement, took the new role of advising the senate at the MUSG meeting Sept. 10.
The digital symposium lab welcomes the theme of Fostering Interdisciplinary Research and Scholarship.

Annual Digital Scholarship Symposium fosters research, scholarship

Kaitlyn Bross, News reporter October 2, 2018
Raynor Memorial Libraries held the fourth annual Digital Scholarship Symposium last Thursday. This year, the theme of the event was “Fostering Interdisciplinary Research and Scholarship,” which the Marquette community is doing through the Digital Scholarship Lab.
Lakendra Brooks, a Sodexo worker at Straz Tower dining hall, made the final rounds of REV-Up MKE with her barbershop idea.

Sodexo employee makes strides as entrepreneur with mobile barbershop pitch

Alex Garner, News Reporter October 2, 2018
Brooks, an employee in the Straz Tower dining hall, said she got the idea for a mobile barber shop after cutting students’ hair in Straz last year.
CheMU hosts the liquid nitrogen ice cream event annually.

CheMU serves liquid nitrogen ice cream to promote student organization

Alexa Jurado October 2, 2018
CheMU annually hosts the ice cream social during the fall semester as their first big event of the year to allow students to learn more about the chemistry club. 
“I Too, Am MU showcases a disclaimer before the film begins. 

Photo by Emma Tomisch

Student-made film ‘I Too, Am MU’ screens, aims to create dialogue about minority student experiences

Emma Tomsich, News Reporter October 2, 2018
Barelli, along with co-director and alumnus Jaison Banks, began production on their 42-minute film in Oct. 2017 -- The film took them roughly seven months to complete. 
Hannah Badeau, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences, talks with students during a Sept. 27 meeting in the AMU.

Students call attention to university’s alleged investments in Puerto Rican debt

Sydney Czyzon, Managing Editor of the Marquette Tribune October 2, 2018
Students said Baupost has advocated for austerity measures on the island, which includes cuts to the pension system, prison closures, school closures, reductions in subsidies to the University of Puerto Rico, cuts to sick and vacation pay and consolidation of police stations and state agencies, among others.
President Michael Lovell speaks at Smart Cities-Smart Futures competition kick-off.

Foxconn kicks off Smart Cities-Smart Futures competition with Marquette

Natallie St. Onge, Assistant News Editor. October 2, 2018
Foxconn kicked off its Smart Cities-Smart Futures Competition, aimed at generating new ideas from universities and technical schools, in the Alumni Memorial Union Monday.

Lovell makes opening remarks at trauma conference

Matthew Martinez, Assistant Projects Editor October 2, 2018
SWIM is a multi-disciplinary group dedicated to inspiring collaboration to help Milwaukee heal. Its mission is to build collaborations throughout the region that heal trauma and create resilience. President Lovell and his wife, Amy Lovell, president of REDgen, helped found SWIM.
Eduardo Perea-Hernandez (left) and Alan Chavoya moderated and led discussions at the event.

Immigration forum seeks change in how we go about political discourse

Joseph Beaird, News reporter October 2, 2018
There were student and faculty moderators to facilitate discussion, pose questions and be knowledgeable sources about the issue for attendees.
The male driver of the flipped car was hospitalized.

Car flips on 17th and Highland

Matthew Martinez, Assistant Projects Editor October 2, 2018
Responders from the Marquette University Police Department, the Milwaukee Police Department and the Milwaukee Fire Department were on the scene.
Marquette University Police Departments on-campus drug and liquor arrests increased from the previous two years, according to MUPDs Annual Security and Fire Safety Report released Friday. Graphic by Clara Janzen

MUPD annual report shows increase in drug, alcohol arrests

Sydney Czyzon, Managing Editor of the Marquette Tribune September 28, 2018
There were 62 arrests at on-campus locations for violations of drug laws in 2017, according to the report. MUPD made 39 drug arrests in 2016 and 46 in 2015.
Construction on a $500,000 project began six weeks ago behind the St. Joan of Arc Chapel on a new Marian grotto. Photo courtesy of Marquette University.

Marian grotto under construction behind St. Joan of Arc Chapel

Kaitlyn Bross, News Reporter September 25, 2018
A grotto is usually made out of elaborate stone and marble, and the statue of Mary that will be the center of the grotto is currently being crafted out of marble in Italy.
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