How free are you to truly "live out" your faith at Marquette? The Warrior investigates.
They consoled you in troubling times, they planned your Apple Holler trip every fall, and they busted your parties: RAs are the friends and foes of residents everywhere. But what do you really know about their jobs? And what do those poster-making rule enforcers think of you?
Concrete canoe? Is this a joke? Concrete can't float, can it? Yes it can, find out how Marquette engineering students make it happen.
Marquette has a theatre. Marquette has a theatre department. Marquette has a theatre major. Really. “I have gotten on the L.I.M.O. and told them to go to the Helfaer Theatre, and they have pulled up in front of the Varsity. That happened twice,” said Jessica Orr, a junior double major in Theatre Arts and Communication Studies. The [...]
Posted on 03 February 2010
When Republican Senator-elect Scott Brown takes office later this month, he will give his party back the crucial forty-first senator needed to block any unwanted votes on legislation. His victory in the Massachusetts special election finally hands the Republican congressional minority a real voice in the legislative process for the first time since Senator Arlen [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 03 February 2010
Marquette University’s Department of Public Safety ostensibly exists in order to ensure the security of students at Marquette. With ninety four officers and staff members, DPS works to uphold the law in the campus area. They use both cameras and street patrols in order to monitor anyone who walks into that area. The blue and [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 03 February 2010
While everyone else at Marquette was sitting by their-lonely-selves this past weekend, the Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps program sent 18 of its finest basketball players to the Notre Dame Flyin’ Irish Tournament. As the country’s largest basketball tournament for ROTC teams, the Navy Men and Women’s teams competed against 53 other Navy and Marine [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 03 February 2010
At Marquette University we are challenged to “Be the Difference.” It’s a simple and bold statement that can have a profound impact on our campus and community. On January 27th Jim Kamarcik, president of Kapco Metal Stampings, took the initiative to allow students to be the difference and make an impact on our local Milwaukee [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 18 November 2009
Every day is the start of something new. Each time we wake there is a chance to make a change and just turn our life in a different direction. When it comes time to turn, we can see that some routes are easier than others, some are straight, some zig-and-zag, and others are the roads [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 18 November 2009
The Madoff scandal that has unfolded over the past months will forever be a pockmark on the finance profession; a stark reminder of the failures of human beings and government oversight. It is ridiculous that Madoff was able to run a fund founded as little on reality as Willy Wonka’s fictitious chocolate factory. The only [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 18 November 2009
A different take on hate crimes Adam Ryback As part of the recently signed Defense Authorization Bill, President Obama has also agreed to a provision which was slipped into the bill. The provision aims at preventing violence against homosexuals by declaring crimes against them to be classified as “hate crimes”, granting them special protection under the law. On [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 18 November 2009
In Praise of Proselytizing Andy Marshall In today’s world of many faiths and creeds, believers should never actually take their religion seriously enough to try to convert others to it. That, at least, has become the message of the politically correct international powers that be. For many supposedly open-minded individuals, freedom of religion has been shrunk to freedom [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 18 November 2009
Crucifixes in the Classrooms Joanna Parkes Look around Marquette…in every classroom across campus there is crucifix, often with a plaque stating its country of origin. On November 3rd, the European Court of Human Rights ruled that crucifixes hanging within each classroom in Italy violated “the freedom of parents to educate their children according to their own convictions [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 18 November 2009
Moderate alcohol intake considered good for health Various health benefits come from less alcohol consumption Cat Bury For centuries, people have debated the merits of drinking alcohol. One of the more current discussions began in the late 1980’s, when French scientist Serge Renauld set out to explain why, despite eating a diet full of cheese, butters, and other [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 18 November 2009
Six Marquette honorary degrees to be conferred Scholars and leaders to be recognized for their achievements Molly Petitjean In 2009, Marquette University will be conferring six honorary degrees. The individuals receiving the honors are selected through an annual nomination process. Father Robert. A Wild, S.J. said “they should be outstanding individuals who are recognized for their scholarship or [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 18 November 2009
How arbitrary is MUSG’s allocation process? The Warrior goes beyond the paperwork Marissa Evans Throughout the year Marquette’s student government (MUSG) sits down to discuss Student Organization Allocation (SOA) for recognized and registered student organizations on campus. With over 250 organizations,, each one is unique in terms of how much funding it needs in order to have a [...] Continue Reading