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EDITORIAL: Crime trends require proactive DPS responses

September 30, 2014

DPS sends out news updates on major incidents via email with the same guidelines each time: students should walk in pairs, utilize LIMO and safety patrol services and when approached, surrender property.

PATEL: Car thefts could be reduced with community programs

Sarah Patel • September 30, 2014

What is unusual about car thefts in Milwaukee compared to other cities is that cars stolen here are not usually for chop shops or other such money-making opportunities. Most recent car thefts have been committed by teenagers looking for some illegal entertainment.

GOZUN: New media site may deliver privacy but at a cost to users

Matt Gozun • September 30, 2014

When considering the options, people can choose to pay for the things they want or risk knowing that what they do is being tracked by companies. And in the end, people care more about their pocketbooks than what might be considered a minor disturbance to their state of mind.

BORN: SLU, Dayton would be great fit for Big East

Jacob Born • September 30, 2014

Despite being two years old, the Big East could benefit from adding SLU and Dayton to its conference.

EDITORIAL: Service and safety key in police powers decisions

September 25, 2014

Students, faculty and alumni should voice their opinions on the role and scope of DPS at Marquette and the surrounding community. This input would help solidify DPS’s overall mission moving forward, and innovative ideas could alter the new structure of a safety department with police powers.

FRANSEN: ID law puts added strain on WI, potential voters

Elena Fransen • September 25, 2014

While the law intends to prevent voting fraud, it is problematic in its recent application. Put into effect less than two months before the elections, the law has an even greater impact on Wisconsin and residents than was originally assumed.

PATEL: Arena talk reveals issue of fair public spending

Sarah Patel • September 25, 2014

Many individuals and Milwaukee’s surrounding counties are opposed to the new arena being built with public funding. While the current plan is that only Milwaukee county tax money will go toward the building of the new arena, individuals from outside counties still spend money in the city and would not like their tax to go toward a cause they do not support.

EDITORIAL: Student, faculty input key to Lovell’s plan

September 23, 2014

The possibilities are set up, and we need to figure out how we as a campus want to take advantage of them to progress in our mission.

GONZALEZ: Nonprofits offer solution to food desert crisis

Jasmine Gonzalez • September 23, 2014

Marquette students can take up the duty of organizing the effort to bring a nonprofit like Growing Power on campus, whether it is MUSG or a student organization such as Students for an Environmentally Active Campus.

GOZUN: National identity ideas persist in 21st century

Matt Gozun • September 23, 2014

With the expansion of the European Union in both size and authority, it is somewhat ironic to see its member states break apart even as they become more integrated with the rest of the continent.

GOZUN: Bans on GMOs need more biological evidence

Matt Gozun • September 18, 2014

While companies like Monsanto have their issues (such as copyrighting their seeds and claiming infringement should another farmer’s crops accidentally cross-pollinate with theirs), supporting a widespread GMO ban requires one to accept the premise that GMOs are inherently bad.

OPINION: Lovell sets MU direction before inauguration

September 18, 2014

His actions in the past month set an extraordinarily high standard for administrators, as few in recent years have taken such a vested interest in the personal lives of students.

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