See the Milwaukee

Brewers in Action

Whether you are a sports nut or just want to go out with your friends, a Milwaukee Brewer’s baseball

game is where the action is at. Watch Ryan Braun smash homeruns out of Miller Park while enjoying

some famous nachos or brats. The Milwaukee Brewer’s season lasts into the end of September which

gives you some time to organize an outing. Make sure to go on a Friday night and bring your student

ID. This gives you a nice discount on your ticket purchase. The seats will be in the nosebleeds, but who

cares, you’re watching the Milwaukee Brewers.

Shake your maracas at Mexican Fiesta

Want to experience the fun of Mexico while at school in Milwaukee? Now is your chance at Mexican

Fiesta located on the Summerfest grounds near the Lakefront. From August 27th to August 29th you can

enjoy an authentic Mexican cuisine, relax and enjoy a mariachi band while sipping on some Tecate, and

even watch a real Lucha Libre wrestling match. The best thing about Mexican Fiesta is the Hot Wheelz

Auto Show. Contestants display their modified and tricked out cars for all to see. You can get more

information on Mexican Fiesta on their website at www.mexicanfiesta.org.

Hit up Bradford Beach before it freezes over

School may be starting but the weather is still hot and sunny, which means one thing: the beach.

Bradford Beach is Milwaukee’s best place to go swimming, catch some sun rays, and play some beach

volleyball with your friends. The beach also makes running and playing ultimate frisbee much more

exciting. Bradford Beach is only slightly over a mile east of campus, easily accessible via bus and

is open seven days a week for your enjoyment. Get out there before the temperature plummets!

Oktoberfest

While you are at Marquette, you need to visit the famous Oktoberfest in Glendale. Easily accessible with

your bus pass, the festival features authentic German cuisine, dances and much more. If you are over

the age of twenty-one, the plethora of alcohol in frosty mugs will satisfy your thirst. Oktoberfest takes

place the four weekends after Labor Day so you have no excuse to miss it. Find out how to get tickets at

www.bavarianinnmilw.com/Events/Oktoberfest.html

Brady Street

Once you get a little too used to hanging around Wells and Kilbourn every Saturday night, you may

want to drive down Farwell and hit the East side for a little fun. You can find a delicious Italian cuisine

providing a little bit of class. Or if just want to look at some interesting scenery, there’s always a student

from UW-Milwaukee hanging around. Brady Street is a nice switch from Wisconsin. You can keep the

college atmosphere, but there’s also good food and a lot more people. And unlike the rest of the events,

it’s open all year round.

Marcus Amphitheater

Most people only think of the Summerfest grounds for Summerfest, if the fact that the “Summerfest

grounds” has become the standard name for Henry W. Maier Festival Park didn’t give it away. Luckily,

the Marcus Amphitheater does not only have concerts during Summerfest so make a point of checking

out when your favorite bands are there. Granted there are not too many great bands which come while

Summerfest is in session and keeping in mind we all have different tastes, make sure you check out a

schedule just in case your favorite band is there. Or you can at least keep this information in mind if you

want to pre-order Summerfest tickets.

Paintball Dave’s

If you want a little adventure and a chance to harness your hunting skills, you should visit the oldest

indoor paintball field in the entire world. Figures it would be in Milwaukee. If you don’t have your

equipment, that’s fine since it’s included anyways. There are group discounts if you want to talk your o-

staffer into taking your group some place no one else will think of. Dave would be much obliged. And if

your o-staffer doesn’t think it would be a good idea, you can organize it yourself. After all, you need an

adrenaline rush at least once in a while. It’s not like you’re going to get that at Jazz in the Park. Nothing

against jazz of course, but it’s more of a parents’ weekend activity. Paintball is all the other weekends

including Lil Sibs’.

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This past weekend was filled with some great music at The Rave near the far west side of campus. On Saturday, April 24, The Providence performed at the venue along with The Audition and Anarbor. On Sunday, April 25, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus headlined at the lower level stage and had five bands to open for them.

The Audition came out last month with a great CD entitled, “Great Danger.” This CD was completely done by the band. They had no producer and wrote all of their own songs except for one that was done with Adam. An industry-savvy friend told me that usually when bands produce a CD on their own, it can go one of two ways: they either fail miserably or they succeed beyond anyone’s expectations. Exceeding beyond all expectations was definitely the result for Great Danger, their latest CD, The Audition, proved themselves even more. There are not any bad songs to this CD. They even mixed up the sound and have a slower one entitled, “Run Away.” Everyone I have spoken to has said that they loved the CD. Since the CD was so great, it was disappointing that The Audition did not headline. However, they are definitely one band worth following.

Anarbor has also released a new album entitled, “The Words You Don’t Swallow.” This CD is really unique because in February they had been featured in Take Action, Volume 9. One of the songs on their current album is entitled “Mr. Big Shot” is reminiscent of the “Over the Rainbow” melody.

Despite music found with Anarbor and The Audition, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus was the band with the story for the weekend. The band was going to cancel their concert because their bus broke down about 100 miles away from The Rave a few hours before the concert. However with this, it meant that they had none of their instruments. Band members ended up having to use the instruments of the band before them. Interestingly, the band, Fit For Rivals were actually childhood friends of the lead vocalist in Red Jumpsuit. They ended up singing a debut that they wrote together when they were 19. Both bands were from Jacksonville, Florida.

The Red Jumpsuit concert was very low-key. It was not promoting a new album and also did not have a playlist. Instead, the bands asked for requests from the audience, which was a unique feature. They even put songs up for a vote. For example, they asked even if they did not have piano if we wanted to hear “Cat and Mouse” still. The band also asked how many people wanted to hear “Believe.” They did guide the requests slightly because there were three songs that they wanted to play towards the end of the night. They ended the night with the same song that they always end their shows with, which ironically, was the first song they ever wrote as a band.

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The Best Place tavern, located at 901 W. Juneau Ave. in the Historic Pabst Brewery, is set to open Sunday, May 2. As part of the former Pabst corporate offices and visitor’s center, the German-style Blue Ribbon Hall, Captain’s Courtyard, guest center and King’s Courtyard, the new pub will accommodate 50-60 people.

The hall within the Best Place Tavern is decorated with Edgar Miller’s 1944, one-hundredth anniversary fresco paintings of the Pabst Brewing Company history and brewing process along the ceiling’s perimeter. German sayings painted on walls along with the two courtyards, enclosed by hand blown-glass windows with stained glass mosaics, brings patrons back in time to a 19th century German tavern atmosphere.

The bar area showcases the building’s history with a sign-in book dating back to 1942, with signatures from members of the 1953 Boston Red Socks team. Marquette and UWM alumnus Jim Haertel, who bought and renovated Best Place, confirmed its historical authenticity, “The rooms have the same tables and chairs – same everything,” he said.

Marquette business student Caro Seiler, 24, who is helping Haertel prepare for the tavern’s opening, called Best Place a “historical treasure in Milwaukee.” As a German native, Seiler said Best Place reminds her of pubs in southern Germany.

“The United States is a young country, and I think Best Place is unique in its oldness,” Seiler said.

When Haertel, a Milwaukee-based financial and real estate consultant, pursued the purchase of the Pabst property in the late ‘90s, he quickly found that the only way he could buy Best Place was to buy the entire brewery for $11 million. After two and a half years of legal negotiations, Haertel signed a contract with a $50,000 down payment on Sept. 11, 2001, at 9:30 a.m.

Haertel explained his excitement of that morning, the morning he was to make his real estate dreams come true. But it was that morning that he found an empty office, and later a conference room of shocked faces staring at the attacked towers of the World Trade Center on the television screen.

The woman sitting nearby urged him not to sign the agreement, fearing the effects of the twin tower tragedy. Thinking to himself, “I’m not giving into the terrorists,” Haertel signed the contract.

With loves for real estate and beer, Haertel explained the success of his investment: “Now I found my passion – historical real estate related to beer.”

Looking back at his experiences at Marquette, where he received an executive Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Haertel said his Marquette education taught him to “follow your passion and success will come. Then give back.”

As the pub’s sternewirt – German for “star host,” a combination of the phrases “star brewer” and “brewer host” – Haertel gives tours in Best Place, one of the 23 of the 28 Pabst buildings he saved. He also leases Blue Ribbon Hall for group events.

A variety of memorabilia recovered from the Pabst Brewery can be purchased at Best Place’s Vintage Gift Shop, including “original stock certificates, mirrors, artwork, promotional materials, vintage postcards, and other collectable items such as coasters, beer buckets, bottle crowns,” according to the Best Place Web site.

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Campus Qdoba employees and restaurant owners have decided they are done. Done with drunken Marquette students coming at the wee hours of the morning after a night of drinking and debauchery. Done with
cleaning vomit off their floors. And done with declined credit cards after students decide to try ordering
86 steak quesadillas at one time.

“ We have had it, the students are too irresponsible for us,” said Guac Ancheese, restaurant owner of the
Qdoba on the Marquette campus. “We liked the business at first but now it is just ridiculous.”

Beginning after Easter break the establishment will turn away any intoxicated students. Slurring of words, falling over, loudness and ordering overt amounts of burritos will no longer be tolerated. Employees were overjoyed to hear the restaurant’s new policy.

“The rest of the employees and I were about to go on strike,” said Nacho Smith, a four year employee and
student at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. “I was getting tired of having to get the mop out every
Thursday, Friday and Saturday night.”

Qdoba’s new policy comes after having 10 students in one night puke near the entrances of the restaurant. An
innocent customer’s unfortunate slip on one of the alcoholic puddles and a prospective lawsuit got the company to take action. While the restaurant is content with their decision Marquette students are fretful of these new developments.

“Where are we going to go eat after the parties are over,” asked Luna Lovebeer, a sophomore in the College of Arts and Sciences. “I am going to miss being able to eat a big thing of nacho and queso after a good night of drinking.”

Some students have found that they can survive without the Mexican restaurant’s offerings. “There is always Jimmy John’s,”said an optimistic Johnny Corona.

The College of Education junior has found since he started drinking that it is all about “having a back-up plan if things go south.”

Other students have found that it might be for the best if Qdoba continues forward with its new policy. “I always got sick off their food anyways,” said Jamie Lesparty, a College of Communication freshman.
“Then again chugging wine while pregaming and then doing nine shots of tequila and then eating a bean burrito
might be the issue too…”

Despite various student reactions to the new policy, Qdoba is being backed by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD).

“We already do not like that students are participating in underage drinking and we stand by the Milwaukee community in teaching these kids to be more responsible with their liquor,” said DPS and MPD in a
joint statement.

Wherever hungry, hung-over students decide to go, it most certainly cannot be Qdoba.

“It is going to be either they go somewhere else or we will personally toss them out of our building,” said Ancheese. “We are not supposed to be like a secondary dorm room for them to sober up.”

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Santa eats your cookies and gives you presents Christmas Eve.

Strangers give you candy on Halloween.

And up until recently, the Easter bunny gave you chocolate eggs — but now that’s all about to change.

The mass holiday consumerism that has defined Christmas celebrations across the United States has expanded
its influence on Easter and planted its seeds in Milwaukee.

College students and their families have started exchanging Easter presents in recent years.

“Last year I got a Lamborghini,” Marquette junior Chadwick Wellington said. “Not only that, but it was full of
chocolate eggs.”

The growing competition of extravagant Easter gift exchanges between family members and friends force parents to continually one-up the last gift with something bigger and better.

One mother explained her cycle of exhausting ideas.

“Only six years ago, all I had to get my kid was a chocolate egg,” Cindy Lu, mother of twelve, said. “Three
years ago I bought her a pony. Then I bought her a car. Last year was a jet. This year I got creative and bought her an Easter Island rock!”

Is all this spending necessary? At the end of the day, millions of families are left penniless.

“I’m on welfare now,” said Patrick Teel, father of seven teenagers.

At the current rate of American Easter gift spending, statisticians predict the end of the national deficit
within three years.

The Catholic tradition celebrates Jesus’ resurrection as redemption for the sins of humankind. Maybe that’s
not all he will have redeemed.

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Easter break is not the end. Marquette administrators announced the first annual mid-second-half spring semester break, scheduled April 17 to 28, in response to overworking undergraduate and graduate students.

“I see stress left and right,” Jesuit resident Fr. Rob Dovesleep said. “Students need a relaxing break every once in a while to free their minds of thoughts of schoolwork.”

Students, administrators and university faculty and staff agree that fall midterm break, Thanksgiving break, winter break, spring break and Easter break are not enough vacation times for Marquette students.

“We work too long and too hard to receive only five holidays — well, six holidays including summer vacation,” College of Communication sophomore Lacy Snobb said. “Personally, I feel underappreciated.”

Nearly 500 complaints to student government regarding holiday expansion instigated action. Student government made an appeal to Marquette’s administrators in October to expand current vacation days — another fruitless effort.

Soon grapevine awareness spread among the student body until it reached senior Frida Latime who decided to take matters into her own hands. By January 17, Latime presented a petition signed by half of the student body to President Robert A. Wild, SJ.

Administrators debated and deliberated for two months until they reached unanimous consent to start mid-second-half-spring semester break.

Marquette academic calendar manager Pen Silmean said: “Marquette is built off of a reputation of excellence.
We try to maintain and promote that standard with student support. I believe mid-second-half-spring
semester break will help students continue to achieve greatness.”

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Long time Jimmy Butler enthusiast, and current Marquette University graduate student Monica Herron, has lately seen her overall level of enthusiasm waning. Herron’s adamant “pro-Butler” stance during the 08-09 season came as a surprise to many of her friends, who never really saw her as a fan of the 6’7 forward. “Monica was always just a fan of the game in general, so it came as a shock when she presented us with the idea of cheering for Jimmy Butler during the Cincinnati game last year” said Herron’s friend, and longtime work associate Meep Ghees.

During last season, Butler saw his status as a bonafide Big East athlete rise to new heights, thanks much in part to fans like Herron.

As for her enthusiasm during the 09-10 season, Herron claims it stems from his constant playing out of position. “When you’re 6’7 and playing center, that’s talent,” remarked Herron during a recent Saturday afternoon pickup game at the Rec Center. “However,” stated Herron, “I just don’t really feel that enthusiastic about him anymore”

When asked about her waning enthusiasm for the player, Herron simply shrugged, let out a coy smile, and said, “I guess the reason I liked him before was his ability to play big as a smaller guard. Now, he just plays big in an undersized desk somewhere in Johnston Hall, and no one even knows where that is.”

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We are less than a week away from the most anticipated moment in professional sports. Well that is the most anticipated in Fantasy professional sports: Opening Day.

It may be an open debate as to which sport’s beginning is more anticipated in the US but my guess is it would still be between college hoops and baseball but you can rest assured as far as fantasy sports go this day falls second to none.

For those of you that are avid baseball fans you know that feeling that comes around in late March, and early April where once Marquette gets bumped out of the NCAA Tournament, the only think on your mind is Opening Day. You can not wait for that first pitch, the first time Prince comes to the plate and the first game that you can tailgate for. Every other sport becomes meaningless and any day that your team is off seems like the longest day of the year.

While those feelings are similar among those that are ready to kick off their fantasy leagues for the 2010 season, but I can promise you their excitement and love for the game is on a whole other level. Their world is one absorbed in statistics and completely consumed by potentials. They have no favorite team, and their only favorite player is the one producing the most points. Their only concern for that first pitch is how the pitcher looked and whether or not he needs to be traded in order for the betterment of a fake team. Prince’s plate appearance will matter only for a fake team only one person will ever care about, and no tailgating will be done because let’s face it they will be too busy exploring trades for J.J. Hardy that will help the Nosepickers.

If you do not know about the craze that is single handedly consuming grown men and women’s lives believe me the players know about it. Ryan Braun who is widely considered one of the best prospects for any fantasy team has reportedly been feeling the pressure. Aside from the pressures of a new contract, being the team’s go-to guy of the future, opening his new restaurant in downtown Milwaukee, he now has the pressure of baseball nerds everywhere to perform.

The pressure of the fantasy world has been by far the most stressful part of the young sluggers new season. According to sources that may have no contact with Braun, his status as a pre-season fantasy all-star is taking his toll. He has been taking extra cuts at practice, working on his fielding, and studying pitchers for the sole purpose of some unknown fantasy geek in Tacoma, Washington who hopes he will be the anchor. He is reportedly hoping that he can have 30 multi-homer games this season just so that he can escape the condescending eyes of owners of fake teams nationally.

These owners no longer care if their favorite team wins more than 50 games because let’s face it they have no favorite team. The fantasy teams have sacrificed the sanctity of America’s pastime for the prospect that they’ll be crowned a victor in a league that eleven other people will see the results. You think steroids had a bad effect on baseball? Wait until people begin complaining that their star player has had to sit out two games with a lower back strain. Who cares about any potential Cinderellas in the 2010 season? The guys that run their fantasy teams sure won’t. Just remember when your favorite team has just rattled off a ten game win streak this season and is in the thick of the play-off race, fantasy owners everywhere will find fault with their guys that have not hit .400, slugged 60 homers and stolen 100 bases.

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On the 29th of March at roughly 2:30 pm GMT, the Boston Celtics, a popular team in the National Basketball Association, announced that they intended to add Marquette University baller Robert Frozena, to their roster for the 2011-2012 basketball season. The news was not surprising for many die hard MU basketball fans who have followed Frozena’s career closely since they were freshmen at Marquette. Brian Graf, a sophomore in the college of arts and sciences, a native of Rhode Island was wicked stoked, “As a fan of the Boston Celtics, I am honored to have Frozena as a prospective addition to our roster.”

The Celtics’ head coach, Glenn Rivers, is very enthusiastic, “We’re excited to get some new blood into our program and we have been watching Rob for a while now.” Assistant Coach Armond Hill is also excited for Rob to join the team, “Marquette has been turning out quality ball players for quite some time now, and we’re excited to have a Golden Eagle on our team soon.” Marquette has, in fact, been a pipeline for many players including, most recently, Dwayne Wade and Dominic James, and it seems this tradition will continue.

With the thought of a professional career looming, Frozena must remain focused on his current tasks at hand. “I still have another year of college, I have another season here with the team, and a lot of work to do towards my major.” Not distracted, but even more determined to succeed seems the Junior at Marquette.

Meanwhile, the coaching staff at Marquette is very enthused about this recent business. “Having coached here for the past years, it has always been gratifying to me to watch these young men grow. Rob has grown so much since he first entered our program and the lessons he’s learned, no doubt, will carry over into his professional career,” said Head Coach Buzz Williams.

Fellow players also expressed their excitement for their teammate’s good fortune. “We’re all really excited that our teammate is hearing such good news so early, it really shows that he’s make big heads turn in the NBA” said Jimmy Butler, a fellow Junior here at Marquette.

With another year of Frozena on the home court here at Marquette, students can only wonder what kind of season they will have next year. While the student support for their athletic classmates has always been strong, it’s sure to see a real leap over the next year. Students now can only await the coming season with an intensified lust for victory, longing to once again fill the Bradley Center with that timeless chant: WE ARE MARQUETTE!

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Lately, students on campus have been showing symptoms of the dreaded S1F1 flu bug. Class attendance has been around 68%, according to Dr. Jim Brown, an associate professor of the Psychology department. “My students have been skipping class, and this worries me greatly. The students who continue to attend class suffer from lacking motivation, and I fear they may catch the bug.”

The symptoms of this influenza range from moderate to severe, and include inside-itis, boredom, fatigue, and overall grumpiness. Marsha Gidj, RN, on staff at Student Health Services says she recommends students to “rise at early hours, consume large dorm food portions, and encourages time playing outdoor Frisbee.”
Gidj hopes all of these efforts will help to slow the spread of the dreadfully contagious infection.

The flu scare initially began last week, on Monday, March 22nd. The cause for the breakout on campus was determined to be Spring Break, and unfortunately, the warm temperatures previously experienced in Milwaukee. The University declined to comment on this. Soon, an Easter break begins, and officials fear it may significantly spread among students, and could perhaps become more deadly.

The treatment for this infection is self-regulated, and includes a daily nap, three square meals, and “taking it easy.” In addition, it is strongly recommended that students avoid the library, reading textbooks, carrying a heavy backpack, and any other mentally or physically exerting activities that might cause effort.

Simply email professors and organization leaders explaining your situation, and understandingly, you will be excused immediately. Tests, papers, quizzes and lab reports will just have to wait until after the bug has passed – you wouldn’t want to infect anyone!

To maintain as much immunity as possible, students are advised to complete all textbooks readings, spend as much time in the library as possible, and minimize contact with those infected.

Tais Hen, a graduate student in the College of Health Sciences, in currently concocting a flu vaccination in Wehr Life Sciences. He hopes to have the shot ready for use in the near future, and can be administered by those in Student Health Services. Once the vaccination is available, several clinics will be held in the AMU, and each of the dorms. Stay tuned for more information on this in the future.

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