Wisconsin State Journal
Through various opportunities with Marquette University Student Media and internships at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Milwaukee Magazine and the Wisconsin State Journal, Andrea has developed a strong passion for multimedia and online content and development and would ideally like to see her career head in that direction coupled with writing. Although is she is willing to immerse herself in any topic her interests lie in arts, entertainment, education, non-profits and small businesses.
This is an exciting time to be a journalist and with her devotion and charisma, demonstrated by graduating a year early from college with a double major and various experiences, Andrea is ready to embark on her next adventure in journalism.
Wisconsin State Journal
Fifteen years after J.K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” introduced “the boy who lived” to readers, Orchard Ridge Elementary School’s cafeteria transformed into a wizarding world to celebrate the series’ anniversary and spark the imagination and interest of a new generation of readers.
The high school class of 2013 for both Wisconsin and the Madison School District continue to outpace their peers nationally on the ACT college admissions exam.
After 24 years of appointments, Lisa Rogers sat in a UW Hospital exam room hugging Dr. Philip Farrell goodbye. Now eight years later, they have reunited with two new people in tow — Lisa’s husband, Chris, and newborn baby, Ella.
On the last day of summer school, the students at Mendota Elementary received a treat. “A cookie?” asked one child to Rebecca Frey, food service worker for the Madison Metropolitan School District. She nodded with a smile.
The Constellation, the new upscale high-rise apartment complex on the Near East Side, opened its doors to residents at the beginning of the month and is dividing its commercial space to accommodate several companies, including Google.
Amid growing interest in eating locally, a handful of state libraries are helping residents develop their green thumbs by allowing patrons to check out more than just books.
Davion Thomas didn’t like to read. It was challenging, not interactive and not his idea of fun. Then things changed when the 13-year-old Whitehorse Middle School student began reading books that taught him things he could relate to in his seventh-grade literacy class, and he joined a summer program that allowed him to make short films on an iPad about the books he’s read.
Awonder Liang is like any other 10-year-old. He makes funny faces at his siblings, hoping to make them laugh, and likes school because he sees his friends there. But his typical evening is a bit different than that of other pupils.
After spending the last five years at Olin Park, the annual Clean Lakes Festival is switching venues. Law Park, located next to Monona Terrace, will be the new hub for the annual water-themed fest this weekend.
It is a humid 89-degree morning when Jacob Arndt unloads his truck of chisels and other tools onto a table at the University Club, where he begins massaging one of two slabs of Indiana limestone.
In the fall of 1963, the first crop of students entered the halls of La Follette High School and now, 50 years later, they, and all other past and present Lancers, are being welcomed back for a kickoff event Saturday marking the beginning of a yearlong celebration of La Follette’s success.
University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics is the top hospital in the state for the second year in a row and among the nation's top 50 hospitals in nine nationally
They come together every Wednesday at dusk at Maple Bluff Beach and form a circle. On one side sit observers, their faces unreadable in the dark until a flash of fire illuminates their smiling gazes.
The petition has signatures from more 20 percent of the property owners living in the required distance of the proposed development.
Terry Hawkins' vehicle was rear-ended by a semi on I-39-90 near Janesville as he waited in traffic snarled by another crash.
Todd Purdy, 37, was pulled from the fiery ruins of the house nearly two hours after the blast.
A Janesville teacher who was allegedly drunk while chaperoning a school field trip in June has resigned.
Two Beloit residents didn't know the gas line in their basement was uncapped when they installed a new gas stove, leading to an explosion that seriously injured them both and destroyed their rented home, authorities said Monday.
Madison's beach season has gotten off to a slow start with the cooler rainy weather seeming to keep crowds away.
Wisconsin bars and restaurants are reaping more than health benefits from the statewide workplace smoking ban that went into effect three years ago Friday .
Shortly after the slow, no wake order for boaters on Lake Monona was lifted Friday morning, it was extended indefinitely on Squaw Bay in the lake’s southeastern corner.
Dan Olson has finished his first week as the new superintendent of the Monona Grove School District.
Boaters on two city lakes are in luck this holiday weekend. The slow, no wake order for Lake Kegonsa was lifted at sunrise Thursday and will be lifted for Lake Monona at sunrise Friday.
Anna Kottke always had a deep admiration for her aunt, Susie Walters. In 1993, Walters donated a kidney to Kottke’s mother, Bonnie Thoreson, after lupus began affecting her kidneys. In 2010, Thoreson began dialysis after the kidney failed a year earlier. Immediately, Kottke knew she needed to be tested to see if she was a match.
The daily commute may get longer with the $175 million, six-year Verona Road project beginning Monday. While Madison-area residents are preparing to add time to their daily commutes, local businesses are bracing for the economic impact of limited access, route changes and frustrated drivers.
Local circus professionals and hobbyists balance inside German wheels, juggle clubs and could soon be twirling and shifting in the air from silks hanging from the ceiling.
Make Music Madison, the city’s first summer solstice music festival, had a rough start Friday, with gusty winds and heavy rains. But by afternoon, the weather changed its tune for scores of musicians and hundreds of audience members.
Madison is well above average when it comes to the number of working-age Americans, 25-64, who have a two- or four-year college degree.
It sounds like something out of a fairy tale: a wedding at a vineyard, with a quaint reception just a stone’s throw away. But David Korb’s dream of a winery in the town of Westport that could become a romantic destination is turning out not to be as popular as he had hoped.
The 21-year-old National Mustard Museum is on the move again. The museum, which moved from Mount Horeb to Middleton in 2009, is being condensed from two floors into one as soon as early August.
The Madison City Council referred an ordinance to be reviewed by the Board of Park Commissioners that could permanently ban the consumption of alcohol at Olbrich and Reindahl parks.
Before Brian Jensen’s mobile app showed up in the sporting goods sections of hundreds of Wal-Mart stores, the Sun Prairie native got all but skunked on a fishing trip to northern Minnesota.
Madison philanthropists Jerry and John Frautschi have pledged $600,000 toward the expansion of the Barneveld Public Library, planned to begin in March 2015.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
With students getting ready to head off to interviews, internships and jobs, colleges are trying to prepare them in ways beyond technical and management skills.
A 39-year-old Cedarburg man was arrested Friday on suspicion of leaving a message that referenced school shootings on a crisis line Thursday evening. The Ozaukee Sheriff's department said the suspect left similar messages over the last few days.
Since the implementation of Act 10 shifted more benefit costs onto public employees, at least one Wisconsin school district has found a remedy to escalating insurance deductibles and co-payments - and another is working on something similar.
Two new members will join the Milwaukee School Board as a result of Tuesday's election: Tatiana Joseph, an instructor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and Claire Zautke, an aide to County Executive Chris Abele.
Kettle Moraine School District and Oconomowoc Area School District are pursuing a new joint charter school that would prepared students for careers in the health professions.
Three people were arrested Friday during a demonstration downtown protesting the decision not to charge three Milwaukee police officers in the in-custody death of Derek Williams.
Middle school and high school students of Johnson Creek may find themselves in a new school that will test their knowledge of geometry daily.
Shorewood - Shorewood High School's auditorium was buzzing with conversation Thursday night where a public forum was held to ease tensions and start an open dialogue over the high school's upcoming production of "Spring Awakening."
People ditched their coats and opted for light spring jackets Friday as sunny, 60-degree weather finally arrived in town - for awhile, at least.
Including the arts in her daughter's education is important to Jezamil Vega-Skeels, so the addition of a new after-school creative arts program in her neighborhood comes at a perfect time.
Shorewood High School has called a public forum Thursday night to discuss the staging of "Spring Awakening," a play-turned-musical that covers taboo material including sexuality, masturbation, rape and suicide.
Delafield - Fifth-grader Grace Dempsey plays the piano and the guitar, she doesn't like the music written by her sister and when Justin Bieber is mentioned, her face wrinkles in disapproval. However, one thing Grace and Bieber have in common is a fever for making it loud.
Faced with unprecedented vacancies exceeding 700 teaching positions, Milwaukee Public School officials have launched a full-court press to entice qualified educators to openings in the district.
For a Milwaukee parent like Doria Thomas-Hamilton, February opens a world of choice over where to educate her son - and the difficult decisions of navigating the competitive open enrollment system in Milwaukee Public Schools that leaves few children walking to their neighborhood schools.
Renee Graber graduated from Marquette University nearly two years ago with a major in broadcast and electronic communication and a minor in film studies. After trying to find her footing in Los Angeles, she returned to Milwaukee where she found herself working with Matt Sabady, a 23-year-old with high-functioning autism, at a local Milwaukee start-up company - Einstein Productions - that is breaking the stigma regarding young adults with autism.
Oconomowoc - Nearly five years ago, a tragic crash took the life of 10-year-old Courtney Bella, her pregnant mother, Jennifer Bukosky, and her unborn sister. The crash shook the Oconomowoc community, where Bukosky was a popular educator.
You're never too old to hula-hoop, right? A hula-hoop class meets in Hart Park for fun and fitness.
With a growing résumé that includes Broadway-caliber experience and an emerging music career, Zaire Adams is not short of talent. He sings, he dances, he acts. And the Milwaukee native is only 11.
Jenna Ushkowitz says her personal style is the exact opposite of the punk-rock gone more fitted and mature look that her character, Tina Cohen-Chang, displays on the TV show "Glee."
Piet Levy goes on a hunt to see how the people of Wisconsin eat their annual cream puff at the Wisconsin State Fair.
The Milwaukee Chamber Theatre is opening its season with a production of comedy "A Thousand Clowns," about a free-spirited man, the bright nephew he's raising and the trouble they get into. A little musical instrument is one of the show's secret weapons. Director Jonathan West explains.
Andrea Anderson takes a chance at learning how to milk a cow at the Wisconsin State Fair with Clark County showman Evan Ensign.
Restaurants have offered delivery for years, but at a time when patrons are more environmentally conscious, some are following suit by hooking up with bicycle courier companies to bring food to your door using two wheels instead of four.
Festa Italiana is pulling out the stops to mark its 35th anniversary of being one big family reunion.
Bocce Ball is a family activity, but nonetheless competitive. At Festa Italiana, July 19 thourgh 22, bocce can be played. The big tournament, Sunday July 22, is sure to be intense.
Phil Vassar, country music artist and two-time songwriter of the year, will headline Festa Italiana July 22.
Big Time Rush fans show their spirit and showcase their vocal abilities before the big show at Summerfest.
Volleyball nets, cabanas, tiki huts and hundreds of people cover the south side of the beach; to the north, sunbathers lie on their towels. Children run, their feet whipping up clean sand, and the thud of fists hitting volleyballs mixes with chatter and waves hitting the shore. It feels more like an all-inclusive resort than a beach north of downtown.
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Domonique Whitehurst, a high school student with a passion for art, began his internship with ArtWorks for Milwaukee in fall 2011. As one of eight interns, he produced anti-drug and anti-violence campaigns while developing his skills and creativity.
Jon Brown, a local artist and educator, is the lead artist and mentor at ArtWorks For Milwaukee, where he works to give students who underperform in high school the skills to succeed.
Milwaukee Magazine
Philanthropist Michael Cudahy, real estate mogul Peter Ogden, investment management guru Bill Priebe and the late Milwaukee car enthusiast Eddie Weschler have all entrusted their rare and valuable vehicle to one internationally known yet local auto expert - Bob Bennett. "Milwaukee has a ver rich car history," he says.
Marquette University Student Media
We talk about an issue when something goes wrong. After Newtown, we talked about gun control. After the fatal bus gang rape in Delhi, we talked about sexual assault. In 2010, after Marquette rescinded an offer of deanship to Seattle University professor Jodi O’Brien, we talked about Marquette’s LGBTQ community. We talked about what went wrong. We talked about how to make it right. And then we stopped. Because we thought we fixed the problem. Because three years had passed.
Study abroad blogger and correspondent for Marquette Student Media Interactive in Madrid, Spain covering cultural differences, overall study abroad experience and how to travel on a student budget.
The red scaffolding, construction workers and pedestrian congestion that have become familiar outside Gesu Church this semester are not going away any time soon. The church is getting a major facelift that will take approximately two to four years to complete, fixing concerns about the building’s exterior structure and restoring internal components of the Gothic landmark.
The third image in the Stations of the Cross depicts Jesus Christ walking along a road with his heavy cross over his left shoulder, while people and soldiers yell and push him to move faster. Jesus then falls and prays, “God, help me remember that you are here.”
For most people, Lent means giving up things like swearing, meat, elevators and social media. But for three Marquette students, the period of fasting from Ash Wednesday to Easter means being a bit more creative this year.
Slippery roads, snowy sidewalks and a dip in temperature didn’t slow the production of “The Vagina Monologues” Friday evening in the Alumni Memorial Union Ballrooms, where 12 Marquette women performed scenes from the controversial play and answered questions from a responsive audience following the show.
Pope Benedict XVI elevated 22 Catholic churchmen to cardinals Feb. 18, expanding the pool of men who will eventually elect his successor from among their ranks. Timothy Dolan, former Archbishop of Milwaukee and until recently Archbishop of New York, is one of those elevated to cardinal. But if suggestions from the ceremony are to be believed, Dolan may have more in his future.
Singer-songwriter Katy Perry's sugary sweet wonderland is a hit with her fans, but it also makes for an inspiring movie for those who might have never heard her music.
A new Supreme Court case involving the University of Texas has gained national attention for its potential implications on racial identity as a determining factor in college admissions.
A man in a Donald Driver jersey playing a sousaphone led 14 children onto the Milwaukee Repertory Theater's Quadracci Powerhouse Theater stage Tuesday. The children yelled, "Go UPAF Go!" and the crowd joined in.
Leaks and conspiracy theories are crossing the tall walls of the Vatican, and the holy city is getting heavy press attention after reports of suspicions of money laundering at the Vatican’s bank, an ailing Pope Benedict XVI and internal conflict with his right-hand-man and Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.
The Good Samaritan parable’s idea of “Who is your neighbor?” is the theme for Marquette’s annual Mission Week, with events aimed to answer that question by encouraging students, staff and the public to explore the Catholic and Jesuit tradition at the university’s core.
Nestled between two churches at 3000 W. Wisconsin Ave., the Tripoli Shrine Center could pass for just another temple or mosque in Milwaukee’s diverse scenery to an untrained eye. But this building is neither a temple nor a mosque — it is the home base for Wisconsin and Milwaukee’s Shriner activities.
More than 550 people filed sexual abuse claims against the Archdiocese of Milwaukee last Wednesday. This is the largest number of claims made among the seven Catholic diocesan bankruptcies that have occurred since 2004 and just surpasses the 2009 Jesuit bankruptcy that covered more than 500 victims and $166 million in settlements in five states.
The Jesuit Residence is the place to be. All-you-can-eat breakfast, lunch and dinner with a few beverages here and there, all while in good company and conversation. Most students call the Jesuits’ home the “Jes Res,” as do the Jesuits. But it is more than just a home. It is a community and place of worship.
A recent report has found that American cities are more racially integrated now than they have been since 1910, with neighborhoods in industrial cities and the growing Sun Belt states leading the charge.
After two hours of debate, the Washington state Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would legalize same-sex marriage, setting the state on its way to becoming the seventh to do so, pending almost-guaranteed passage by the state House and the signature of supportive Gov. Christine Gregoire.
Catholic writer, filmmaker and Marquette alum Paul Wilkes spoke Friday at Boswell Book Co., 2559 N. Downer Ave., about his latest book, “The Art of Confession: Renewing Yourself Through the Practice of Honesty.”
Marquette’s law school yesterday revealed the first of monthly polls regarding Wisconsin voters’ opinions on the governor race, U.S. presidential race, state policy issues and U.S. Senate race.
Wisconsin was thrust onto the national stage yet again last week, when 23-year-old Laura Kaeppeler, from Kenosha, Wis., won the annual Miss America competition in Las Vegas.
In 10 months’ time, the United States could be voting for its 45th President, and compared to the 1961 election of the first Catholic President John F. Kennedy, religion is not as large a factor on this year’s ballots.
The city of Milwaukee is exploring the possibility adding a Catholic high school geared towards low-income students, and led by the Cristo Rey Network, a national organization that oversees 24 private Catholic high schools with 6,500 students across the United States. These private high schools have a history of getting students with limited education opportunities into college.
Walk into the Jesuit Residence during lunchtime and it’s likely you’ll see the Jesuits hootin’ and hollerin’ with each other. The Rev. John Donnelly is no exception. He comes through the door that separates the Jesuits’ dining area from the lobby with a glass of beer in his hand.
Last Friday Marquette students took part in multiple acts of solidarity with the LGBT community across campus, including participation in the national “Day of Silence,” where students opt to be silent for a majority of the day to raise awareness for those silenced by anti-LGBT bullying and harassment in schools. In addition to being silent, students also wore handmade shirts with slogans, “No H8,” “Legalize Love” and “Str8 against H8.”
The United States’ birth rate for women aged 15 to 19 declined 9 percent from 2009 to 2010, a record low at 34.3 births per 1,000 women in the age group, according to an April study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The effect has hit home in Wisconsin, one of several states that saw a significant decrease in teen births.
For weeks, nothing’s there; then, suddenly, they’re everywhere. Circles of faded chalk, a measurable distance from campus buildings, with reminders about Marquette’s smoking policy.
One-third of American children, roughly 13 million kids, will be bullied this year, and 8 to 20 percent of the student population are bullied once a week or more on a consistent basis, according to a Department of Justice report. Now, a new documentary, “Bully,” and an Arizona law to stop cyberbullying are at the forefront of creating awareness of the emotional and physically damaging act.
English-speaking Roman Catholic churchgoers across the world might have entered unfamiliar territory Sunday when they walked into Mass.
A month after the Kony 2012 documentary about Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony went viral, Invisible Children released its sequel, “Kony 2012 Part II – Beyond Famous,” Wednesday. The sequel expands on the message delivered in the original film, which had an unprecedented 100 million views on YouTube.
Most Marquette student organizations stay local, but one group is making an impact across the ocean in a village of 60,000 people.
The Rev. Grant Garinger prefers Onyx and ACID cigars over Cubans, has had three stints at Marquette University, enjoys the arts and is the third in a “close-knit extended” family of 40 to graduate from college.
A recent Milwaukee advertising campaign against bed-sharing has elicited strong responses with its depiction of a sleeping baby laying next to a sharp knife with the words, “Your baby sleeping with you can be just as dangerous.”
Marquette Hall room 100, where many university students sit crabbily and fall asleep to their professor’s monotone voice throughout the week, buzzed with students Sunday night. They were there for the academic screening of “Pink Smoke Over the Vatican,” a documentary film about a movement supporting women seeking to be ordained as priests in the Roman Catholic Church.
Many of Marquette’s residence halls host Jesuit representatives as hall ministers, and McCabe Hall is no exception. But the reason the Rev. Doug Leonhardt gives for why he moved to McCabe in 2009 has nothing to do with the dorm’s luxurious reputation.
Animal rights activists are 1-0 against high-end retailers in West Hollywood after the city council voted 3 to 1 to pass the United States’ first ban on the sale of fur.
His three favorite things are Jesus, smiles and friends. He loves Marquette University because of the students and has been a faculty member for 48 years — 28 of which he was a hall minister in Schroeder Hall.
An otherwise average session of the Wisconsin State Assembly spiraled into a longwinded debate over a proposed amendment to a bill that would remove race from college grant applications.
The Rev. Michael Zeps is a die-hard fan of canning pickles, playing the violin and working out with his tennis group. With his spunk and calm demeanor, this associate history professor is an average Joe, but with a twist of Jesuit.
The Archdiocese of Milwaukee is coming up short in three separate pension funds for priests, lay employees and unionized cemetery workers, according to an article by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
They are known for their devotion to service and education. They could even be said to be the most devoted Marquette fans to ever exist. They are the Marquette Jesuits.
Half of Americans are in favor of legalizing marijuana, according to a new Gallup Poll.
Living away from home seems like a piece of cake, until sophomore year comes and the prospect of signing a lease looms over students’ heads. Many students rush into finding that perfect house or apartment with that certain group of friends,but myths and misconceptions have been passed from one lease-signing class to another, resulting in a house hunting process bigger and more worrisome than need be.
Last Saturday, the Covenant Presbyterian Church in Madison made history when it ordained the Rev. Scott Anderson, 56, as the first openly gay Presbyterian minister.
According to an annual report released Wednesday by the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence, an average of one homicide per week in Wisconsin is related to domestic violence – accounting for 29 percent of homicides in the state.
A study by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy determined 88 percent of unmarried Christians ages 18 to 29 have had sex, despite the general push for abstinence in most Christian denominations.
Victims filed a complaint to the International Criminal Court at The Hague, Netherlands on Sept. 20, asking the court to investigate and prosecute high-level Vatican officials including Pope Benedict XVI and thousands of other priests, three of whom are from Wisconsin, for their roles in the Catholic clergy sexual abuse crisis.
All eyes were on Georgia last week as Troy Davis was put to death for the 1989 murder of an off-duty policeman in Savannah, Ga. Activists around the nation and the world rallied for Davis and protested against what they viewed as murky circumstances of his conviction and the use of capital punishment.
Marquette may be a Catholic institution, but that doesn’t mean its students are all Catholic. And of those students who are Catholic, there’s a division most people don’t know exists, between Roman Catholics and Eastern Orthodox Catholics.
Louisa May Alcott was much more than the author of “Little Women”, as a new series on the popular 19th-century writer hopes to show.
Community centers are commonplace in Milwaukee. But one in particular, the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center at 252 E. Highland Ave., exhibits a little more than meets the eye.
The fourth annual Outreach for Hope Family Bike Ride took place Saturday to help raise proceeds to benefit Outreach for Hope Ministries.
People watched in awe, ran in fear and now retell their stories with pain in their eyes about the day the World Trade Center towers were attacked. Now, a new film tells the stories of how five lives have changed over the ten years since the tragedy.
It is common to find hundreds of Marquette graduates residing in Milwaukee, Chicago or any given city within a few hours. But when three out of the six original candidates in the Phoenix mayoral race were Marquette grads, the circumstances were a bit more rare.
Marquette’s InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is now on probation after being accused of asking one of its former officers to step down due to his sexual orientation. However, the organization maintains that the student was asked to forgo his positions because of his views against celibacy, which opposes the group’s beliefs.
Two priests at the nearby, Franklin, Wis.-based Priests of the Sacred Heart were recently cleared of sexual abuse allegations by Father Tom Cassidy, provincial superior of the Catholic U.S. Province. Civil charges are still pending.
Have you ever had a professor who you loved? Who you just jumped out of that lovely, comfy, warm bed and dashed to that 8 a.m. for?
Walk to the door. Ring the bell. Wait for Jim Fetzer to answer. He may let you in – if you don’t look like a hoodlum. If you appear to be up to no good, he will refuse your business.
More than 1,400 Marquette students and staff volunteered for the annual Hunger Clean-Up event Saturday, providing service at about 50 sites across Milwaukee.
A recent rating of the best undergraduate business schools across the nation reveals that Marquette remains just outside the middle of the pack.
A male Marquette student who lives off-campus has been hospitalized and is in serious condition after being diagnosed with a lab-confirmed case of bacterial meningitis.
Everyday morning in March, Devlin Gray wakes up and puts on a green shirt, jacket and pants. Gray then adds an orange beard, a black pot and a ridiculously big floppy hat to the mix. Why? He’s a leprechaun.
Beginning March 11 at 2:46 p.m. Tokyo time, an earthquake measuring 9.0 on the Richter scale occurred off the coast of Japan, the largest ever recorded in the island country.
New evidence has emerged that skills such as multitasking and prioritizing information, as well as the ability to ward off effects of dementia, can be improved through bilingualism. Brenda Gorman, an assistant professor of speech pathology and audiology, said research regarding the benefits of bilingualism is a relatively new area, but one which shows validity.
On Tuesday night, approximately 100 students from Marquette, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design and as far as Madison converged to stage a counter-protest against the infamous Westboro Baptist Church.
Tonight nearly 100 students from Marquette, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and as far away as Madison braved the cold and rallied on 15th and Wells to show solidarity for Judy Shepard and her mission to support the LGBT community.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development awarded the City of Milwaukee Health Department $4.5 million in Lead Hazard Control funds in hopes of combating the city’s everlasting efforts in lead reduction. The initiative will focus on 900 Milwaukee housing units in the coming 42 months.
The number of illegal immigrants living in the United States has remained constant for the past two years, a report released Feb. 1 by the Pew Hispanic Center said.
Marquette’s annual Mission Week kicked off with a mass at Gesu Church and continues through Friday. The highlight of the week is keynote speaker Paul Farmer, whose address on world public health will take place at the Varsity Theatre at 4 p.m. today.
Many students on campus wear headphones when jogging or walking to distract themselves from potential cramps or the dull journey to class.
The College of Business Administration joins several Marquette colleges celebrating anniversaries this school year as it shares a flourish of events and pivotal moments during its centennial.
Milwaukee has yet again received a title regarding the amount of alcohol consumed here. On December 28, The Daily Beast declared Milwaukee the “Drunkest City” in the United States.