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This is It! has served as an LGBTQ+ hub since the 1968.

JOURNAL: You Have A Place Here

Joseph Schamber, Executive Opinions Editor • April 20, 2024
Milwaukee is home to This is It!, an LGBTQ+ haven in the city. Throughout the years, This is It! has been a center for safety, community and belonging for any and all members of the queer community that find their way through those doors.
Kam Jones scored 30 points in March 30 win over Xavier as Kolek was out with an injury. (Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics.)

Lights out: Kam Jones takes the reins

Conor McPherson, Sports Columnist • April 16, 2024
In light of recent departures from senior stars Oso Ighodaro and Tyler Kolek, Kam Jones has the opportunity to show up and show out. Columnist Conor McPherson thinks this the 2024-2025 season will be the year of Kam as he takes the reins and leads the Golden Eagles.
Westown in Bloom by Emma Daisy Gertel brings beauty and color to downtown Milwaukee.

Beautiful cities for all

Joseph Schamber, Executive Opinions Editor • April 16, 2024
After years of neglect, Milwaukee is finally taking steps forward to beautify our city, but they need to remember all neighborhoods in our community. Other cities should take note and follow in the Cream City's footsteps.

Eclipse urges nature connection

Clara Lebrón, Print Production Manager • April 16, 2024

This past Monday, from approximately 1:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m., masses of Marquette students flooded outside. Although some had been waiting for this brief moment for months and others were simply looking...

Students should prioritize sleep

Clara Lebrón, Print Production Manager • April 9, 2024
Many students think that to survive college, you have to sacrifice your studies, your social life or your sleep. But it's time for an awakening. Students need to realize that sleep is integral to their success and their college career.

MUWBB needs to rebuild

Conor McPherson, Sports Columnist • April 9, 2024
With all five starters and Coach Duffy leaving, MUWBB is in need of a massive rebuild. A new head coach should be willing to dive into the transfer portal, take on heavy recruiting and seek to fill the holes left behind.

Fatphobia still rampant in society

Joseph Schamber, Executive Opinions Editor • April 9, 2024
There remains a common, dangerous sentiment that persists in our standards of beauty: Being fat, or overweight, makes you unattractive. We need to combat fatphobia on a societal level by increasing representation for people of all different body types

Streaming services are trash

Izzy Fonfara Drewel, Production Director • March 26, 2024
The overwhelming bombardment of streaming services is ruining the enjoyment of TV as an art. Waits are too long, seasons are too short and it's just a recreation of cable all over again.

Start hearing protection young

Clara Lebrón, Print Production Manager • March 26, 2024
Speakers are only getting louder but our ears aren't ready for it. People need to take precautions to prevent hearing loss otherwise they will pay the price.
Milwaukee has a distinct lack of bookstores despite housing around 11 colleges and universities.

Milwaukee needs book stores

Joseph Schamber, Executive Opinions Editor • March 5, 2024
Despite popular belief, print novels are not going away anytime soon, and yet Milwaukee is significantly lacking in bookstores.

The MLB doesn’t need unnecessary change

Conor McPherson, Sports Columnist • March 5, 2024
MLB has gone through an unfathomable amount of changes in the past several years, but they need to stay true to the game. Keep the rules as they were and the fans will follow.

Wisconsin needs universal helmet law

Izzy Fonfara Drewel, Production Director • February 27, 2024
Wisconsin law does not require any motorcycle user over the age of 18 to wear a helmet, but it should. In 2022, there were 1,921 motorcycle crashes in Wisconsin. 1,606 of those people were injured and 80 of them died.
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