Archive | November, 2007

Tags: ,

Cobeen Hall looted, overrun by children

Posted on 08 November 2007 by Sarah Rossella

“Wow! Cool costume!” a helper at the sign-in desk exclaims, as a tiny Spiderman waddles up. “Are you excited for trick-or-treating?” 3 p.m. - Chaos and anticipation arose on Halloween afternoon, as local Milwaukee kids and their parents arrived for the annual Trick-or-Treating through Marquette’s residence halls. Megan Janni, the [...] Continue Reading

Comments (0)

Tags: ,

Playoffs? Where the MLB season went so wrong

Posted on 08 November 2007 by Trevor Kapp

In my debut column a few weeks ago, I predicted we were in for a spectacular baseball postseason. Four weeks later, a few days after the final out of the season has been recorded, I can say that I could not have been more wrong. This was the worst first round since baseball added the Wildcard [...] Continue Reading

Comments (0)

Tags: ,

Men’s hoops takes care of business

Posted on 08 November 2007 by Luke Fuller

Marquette men’s basketball got underway with an exhibition match against the Northern State University Wolves last Sunday. While Marquette was able to secure an 83-55 victory, the actual implications of the game provide a much wider range of concerns than the final score may indicate. At the most basic level Marquette’s victory this weekend is worth [...] Continue Reading

Comments (0)

Tags: , ,

The greater place in history: Manning

Posted on 08 November 2007 by Luke Fuller

Peyton Manning’s prominence in the history of the NFL is easily apparent to anyone who has seen a Packers game during Brett Favre’s impressive string of record-breaking performances. Nearly every time Favre sets a new NFL mark for wins, touchdown passes, yards or any other of a host of statistical passing categories the announcers cannot [...] Continue Reading

Comments (0)

Tags: ,

The greater place in history: Brady

Posted on 08 November 2007 by Matt Dixon

The primary measure of a quarterback’s greatness at any level, but particularly in the NFL has always been and always will be their ability to win games. This is an even more critical tool for assessment when the games being considered are “big games.” For NFL fans our age it is impossible to discuss winning [...] Continue Reading

Comments (0)

Tags: , , ,

Silver Wings sponsor Service Member Appreciation Day

Posted on 07 November 2007 by Patrick Mitoraj

On October 26, the Marquette chapter of Silver Wings, a collegiate advocacy group supporting the United States military, will host their first ever service member appreciation day from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Alumni Memorial Union Room 254. The event will include videos and slide shows, as [...] Continue Reading

Comments (0)

Tags: , , ,

TAs overcome language barriers

Posted on 07 November 2007 by Abbi Ott

In large classes with lab components, students must rely on Teaching Assistants to teach and assist them through their studies. The Graduate School actively recruits these TAs from all around the world, leaving students with a teacher who is not a native English speaker. Oftentimes this leads [...] Continue Reading

Comments (0)

Tags:

Familiar Faces: Marquette’s Shoeless Man

Posted on 07 November 2007 by Jack Jostes

For the past month, there has been a mysterious man strolling the Marquette campus sans shoes. “I’ve never liked wearing shoes, so one day I decided that I’d stop wearing them,” he said. Wishing to remain unknown, this 19- year-old Marquette student in the College of Arts and Sciences, said he [...] Continue Reading

Comments (0)

Tags: , ,

MU Evaluation: drop undergrads and charge them for it

Posted on 07 November 2007 by Daniel Suhr

Most of us agree that tuition to attend Marquette is pretty expensive right now. As tuition continues to increase at a rapid rate, well over inflation, our tolerance for a huge hike is very limited. But that is precisely the prospect on the horizon. What is more, they want us [...] Continue Reading

Comments (0)

Tags: , , , , ,

Les Aspin: Marquette’s greatest pride or shame?

Posted on 07 November 2007 by Catherine Cronce

With prominent advertisements springing up across campus, the Les Aspin Center for Government has been gaining more attention from students this semester than ever before. Widely seen as merely an internship in Washington, D.C. for Political Science majors, the Les Aspin Center is actually open to all [...] Continue Reading

Comments (0)

« Previous Entries
Advertise Here


Photos from our Flickr stream

`

`

`

`

`

`

See all photos

Advertise Here

RELATED SITES

INFORMATION