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Senate election to be held today

Meg Lavery • October 6, 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...

Week aims to teach, enlighten students

[email protected] • October 6, 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...

Ex-scout opens closet door

October 6, 2003

While serving as an assistant scoutmaster in 1990, Dale was dismissed from the Boy Scouts for being a homosexual.
"I couldn't live with the organization I had put much effort and time into discriminating (against me)," he said.
He sued the Boy Scouts...

Judge allows George recall to proceed

[email protected] • October 6, 2003

The election will be Nov. 18, after an Oct. 21 primary.
George opposes the legitimacy of the recall.
"This is clearly an illegal criminal enterprise that Jarrel Jones and (state Rep.) Spencer Coggs and their supporters put together," George said....

City parks get ‘Web’bed

[email protected] • October 6, 2003

The city, through a partnership with SBC Wisconsin and Cisco Systems, launched the network July 28. SBC and Cisco, among others, donated equipment and SBC Yahoo! Internet service, Gschwind said.
These donations meant the network came with "practically no...

Film to cross red line at Marquette

Will Ashenmacher • October 1, 2003

Redlining is a term used to describe the "practice of economic discrimination based on a group rather than individual value," Banda said in a statement.
Banda said that if members of one ethnicity, in the case of his documentary Hispanics, are considered...

Al-Anon comes to campus

[email protected] • October 1, 2003

Jean Grow, assistant professor of advertising and public relations, said there was an expressed interest in the immediate area which created the need for a new meeting group. The number of group members is difficult to pinpoint now because it depends on...

Wisconsin quarter gets cheesy

Will Ashenmacher • October 1, 2003

The design soundly defeated the two other finalists. A scene depicting a trapper and a Native American in conversation on a riverbank meant to evoke the state's early exploration came in second. A panorama of a deer in a meadow, meant to call to mind the...

Violaters apathetic to citations

Jen Haberkorn • October 1, 2003

Nine thousand scofflaws are walking around Marquette's campus.
The Department of Public Safety issues 9,000 parking tickets each year to faculty, students and visitors — some of whom are repeat offenders, according to Todd Vicker, executive director...

Engineering proposes another construction project

Celia Downes • September 24, 2003

Saying it would benefit both the school and the larger community, members of the civil and environmental engineering department plan to propose a new undergraduate major in construction management.
The concept of an undergraduate major in construction...

Inner city focus of new initiative

[email protected] • September 24, 2003

The inner city, according to Shukla, consists of areas in the city with high unemployment rates and high poverty rates. The GMC has been working on such an initiative for close to 18 months. To help plan for Milwaukee, the Initiative for a Competitive...

Power struggle

September 24, 2003

Colon, associate director of the United Community Center and resident of the 12th Supervisor District on Milwaukee's south side, feels it is time for Latino leadership to be present on the Board.
"There are no Latinos on the County Board, and I feel...

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