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ELLIOT-MEISEL: Remembering Foley’s courage essential now

Amy Elliot-Meisel, Managing Editor of the Marquette Tribune February 28, 2017

At some point in the past two and a half years, we forgot how it felt to turn on the TV and see the images of Marquette graduate and journalist James Foley on his knees, moments before ISIS executed him...

Photo by Amy Elliot-Miesel

MCCARTHY: MUSG tobacco ban is paternalistic

Ryan McCarthy, Columnist February 28, 2017

Last week Marquette Student Government unanimously passed the campus-wide tobacco-free policy that has been bouncing around for the past few years. The policy, which prohibits the use of any tobacco products...

Political commentary is a soul-sucking enterprise. Cartoon of Tomi Lahren by Morgan Hughes

HUGHES: Partisan political commentary serves little purpose

Morgan Hughes, Columnist February 28, 2017

Media are businesses. News media included.  The first thing I was taught as a bright-eyed, optimistic, Social Justice Warrior, 18-year-old journalism student was that media are businesses. Forget everything...

BAKER: Celebrating alumni, 100 years of Marquette student media

BAKER: Celebrating alumni, 100 years of Marquette student media

Elizabeth Baker, Executive Opinions Editor February 28, 2017

Last year, I had a unique opportunity to meet five esteemed alumni. For a journalism research paper, I spent many hours talking to James Areddy, Jacqui Banaczynski, Margo Huston, George Lardner and John...

Marquette Wire Staff, 2016-17

CUMMINGS: Learning journalism in the basement of Johnston Hall

Michael Cummings, Assistant Opinions Editor February 28, 2017

I had this dream growing up that one day I would moderate a presidential debate on CNN. As I welcomed the viewers back from the commercial break, I would speak with the ease of Anderson Cooper and ask...

KAUFMAN: Unexpected value of off-campus barista gig

KAUFMAN: Unexpected value of off-campus barista gig

Caroline Kaufman, Columnist February 28, 2017

For four years as undergraduates, students feel heavy pressure to get internship experience under their belts. An internship is undoubtedly a great opportunity to be shaped as a professional; however,...

KAUFMAN: Student attendance at Shaun King event lacking

KAUFMAN: Student attendance at Shaun King event lacking

Caroline Kaufman, Columnist February 21, 2017

Members of the Marquette and Milwaukee communities came together to hear civil rights activist Shaun King speak on campus last week. King played a vital role in the Black Lives Matter movement and currently...

WALTER: Artistic outlets should be more accessible for entire campus

WALTER: Artistic outlets should be more accessible for entire campus

Jennifer Walter, Arts and Entertainment Executive February 21, 2017

During my freshman year of high school, the principal announced that we would be building our own theater. This was great news; after construction, the theater department would no longer have to rent out...

HUGHES: A love letter to Jeb Bush

HUGHES: A love letter to Jeb Bush

Morgan Hughes, Columnist February 21, 2017

Roses are red, violets are blue, I love Jeb(!) Bush and so should you. John Ellis Bush: Jeb! to friends, family and the American populous, son of George H.W. Bush and younger brother of George W. Bush,...

During National Marquette Day, students in the BMO Harris Bradley Center chanted vulgar remarks as the Marquette Golden Eagles battled the Xavier Musketeers.

MCCARTHY: National Marquette Day no excuse for disrespect

Ryan McCarthy, Columnist February 21, 2017

Last Saturday was probably the best National Marquette Day in my four years at the university. The unseasonably warm weather gave the festivities a block party vibe, with hundreds of students taking to...

HUGHES: Comedy should be allowed to offend us

HUGHES: Comedy should be allowed to offend us

Morgan Hughes, Columnist February 14, 2017

Two men walked into a bar. The third one ducked.  More classic, perhaps, than ancient Greek comedic drama, is the corny one-liner. Made famous by dads and weird uncles, these one-liners are simple...

KAUFMAN: Public schools at risk with DeVos appointment

Caroline Kaufman, Columnist February 14, 2017

It’s no news that President Trump has made a number of controversial cabinet nominations. However, none seem more inappropriate, or more contrary to reason, than his appointment of Betsy DeVos as Secretary...

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