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Student-led project aims to bring community together through guest swipes

Student-led project aims to bring community together through guest swipes

Matthew Harte, News Reporter January 31, 2017

A new app could help underclassmen feel included in their community by sharing their guest swipes. MarquetteMUnchMates, a website and app under development by Benjamin Zellmer, a junior in the College...

Student group JUSTICE advocates unity in AMU

Student group JUSTICE advocates unity in AMU

Clara Janzen, News Reporter January 31, 2017

President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday, Feb. 27, that significantly limits immigration from seven majority-Muslim countries, and put forward a plan to build a wall on the United States-Mexico...

MUSG Executive Vice President Adam Kouhel and President Abe Ortiz Tapia speak during the MUSG pre-election debate. Kouhel replaced Ortiz Tapia Jan. 23 and named Cameron Vrana EVP Jan. 30.

New changes to MUSG executive board

Camille Paul, News Reporter January 31, 2017

Marquette Student Government president Adam Kouhel held his first meeting and announced his nomination for executive vice president, former vice president of finance Cameron Vrana. MUSG Senate unanimously approved...

Q&A with new MUSG President Adam Kouhel

Q&A with new MUSG President Adam Kouhel

Kristina Lazzara, News Reporter January 31, 2017

Marquette University Student Government welcomed a new president, Adam Kouhel, the former Executive Vice President, during last Monday's meeting. Kouhel was immediately sworn in as president after the...

Member of Marquette faculty attempts to block Ben Shapiro event

Member of Marquette faculty attempts to block Ben Shapiro event

Matthew Martinez, News Reporter January 31, 2017

Monday, Jan. 30, a Marquette staff member commented on Facebook she would be attempting to deter the Feb. 8 Ben Shapiro event sponsored by the Young Americans for Freedom. Shapiro, a conservative lawyer,...

Rippling effects from Marquette’s win over Villanova

Rippling effects from Marquette’s win over Villanova

Matthew Martinez, News Reporter January 31, 2017

The Golden Eagles defeated top-ranked Villanova Jan. 24 in what is being called the greatest regular season game in the history of the men’s basketball program. An unranked team beating the No. 1 team...

Dome finally opens at Valley Fields

Kristina Lazzara, News Reporter January 31, 2017

Marquette's new seasonal dome at Valley Fields held its first practices Monday morning after months of expedited construction. "I'm as thrilled and excited as you can possibly be," athletic director...

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Marquette increases financial aid budget for 2017-18

Jackson Dufault, Wire News Reporter January 31, 2017

Marquette announced they will be increasing the financial aid budget for the 2017-'18 school year last week. Associate director of university communication Chris Jenkins said Marquette will be supplying...

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University stands by undocumented students, immigrants

McKenna Oxenden, Executive News Editor January 30, 2017

During the afternoon of Jan. 30, University President Michael Lovell and several other university officials issued an official letter announcing support for all students, documented or not. The letter,...

Participants from Jan. 27s November Project pose for a photo after finishing their workout on Marquettes campus in celebration of their win over #1 Villanova. Photo via November Project Facebook Page

Diary of physical exertion: The November Project

McKenna Oxenden, Executive News Editor January 30, 2017

Standing in 10-degree weather at 6:24 a.m., with our Marquette University Television reporters Phil Pinarski and Kevin Wells giving me the stink eye, I tried to figure out what I got myself into. People...

MUPD officer Daniel Hernandez discussed what it is like to be a minority police officer.

Marquette police officer discusses race relations in Q&A

Ryan Patterson, Assistant news editor January 24, 2017

The topic of police and race is tense and complicated, and Milwaukee is no exception. The civil unrest in Sherman Park last August followed the fatal shooting of 23-year-old Sylville Smith by a Milwaukee...

In fall of last year, MUPD was in the process of hiring a mental health professional.

Winter break crime roundup

Clara Janzen, News Reporter January 24, 2017

The Marquette Police Department responded to 53 incidents during winter break, 17 of which occurred on campus and 10 involved people associated with Marquette. Marquette Police Chief Paul Mascari said...

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