Marquette Wire

Pop price possibly plunging

Tim Horneman • October 9, 2003

The Brew on the Bridge in Raynor Library is not planning to change the prices of Pepsi products soon, although administrators will consider doing so, according to Marilyn Bugenhagen, director of the Alumni Memorial Union. The AMU is in charge of all Brew...

ITS unplugs 60 Schroeder residents

October 9, 2003

"We've pretty much done this with all of the computers on the administration side," Shah said. "This process has worked in the past, and now the question is to do it from the student side."
Shah said the viral infections had started with a digital...

Union vote fails by one vote

John Heiderscheidt • October 9, 2003

The second attempt by university employees in the Department of Facilities Services to form a union failed in a vote passed Wednesday evening.
The action failed by a one-vote margin, 33-32, the closest election in a series of recent referendums by...

News Briefs

October 9, 2003

Nottingham had ruled the FTC had to stop accepting citizen applications for the national do-not-call registry. The FTC, pleased with the new decision, said they will need a minimum of a day to restart their operation.
The appellate court's ruling said,...

Cafeteria can’t replace Church

[email protected] • October 9, 2003

Both of these were big issues, but the biggest issue I had with the article was the idea of "cafeteria Catholicism," which is not Catholicism at all. If people pick and choose what they wish to believe and puts that into the mouth of God, then they are...

Keeping the faith

Susan Haarman • October 9, 2003

Christian Eichenlaub, a College of Communication junior, is the pictureperfect Catholic university student. He participates in community service through Easter Seals. He loves his family. He's a straight A student on scholarship. He's a practicing...

Senate election to be held today

Meg Lavery • October 7, 2003

"We have six off-campus senator positions available," Held said. "Those positions will be determined by our legislative vice president."
Carroll said that while she's "very excited" to win the primary for Cobeen, her mindset will stay the same going into...

Writing Center relocates

Meg Lavery • October 7, 2003

The old facility used to be a residence hall and was not specific to the needs of the staff and students, said Writing Center director Paula Gillespie.
Senior Sheila Keane, a tutor at the Writing Center, said the atmosphere of the old location turned a...

UMich class tells students ‘how to be gay’

Kaitlan Tauber • October 7, 2003

The class, which is part of the English department, started in the fall term of the 2000-01 school year.
"I was asked to teach a course on contemporary fiction, and I proposed to teach it on contemporary gay male fiction," Halperin said.
Halperin said...

Professor wins fiction award

Liz Challice • October 7, 2003

University Provost Madeleine Wake said she was "very excited" upon hearing the news of Hribal's achievement.
"This is a very prestigious award and it marks Professor Hribal as a leader in terms of literature," Wake said "Guggenheim winners go on to become...

Labor mulls union vote

October 7, 2003

In a press release sent out by Local 317, the union trying to organize the employees, anonymous workers from Marquette claim to have had difficulty dealing with university management.
"We bring up a problem and management says, 'We'll look into it and get...

Week aims to teach, enlighten students

[email protected] • October 7, 2003

They have emotional shock, denial, nightmares and intrusive memories about the assault.
They have feelings of guilt, depression, fear, anxiety and anger.
They have difficulty feeling safe and trusting friends, and inflict self-blame and guilt.
According...