Alexandra Engler

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The Marquette family: Students and their parents at Marquette

By Alexandra Engler. Published Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

As Colleen McInerny, a freshman in the College of Health Sciences, comes out of her Abbostsford and walks to class, she receives a text. It is her dad. “Hey! I see you. Have a great day!” he says.
Colleen smiles, sends a quick text back and – after a brief moment between a loving daughter and [...]

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Making Reel Good Memories

By Alexandra Engler. Published Thursday, March 25th, 2010

Students share their experiences with starting a filmmaking future at Marquette, in spite of the lack of film production education on campus.

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Marquette is service: Some of the social justice opportunities on campus

By Alexandra Engler. Published Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Learn about the abundant service opportunities on Marquette’s campus.

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In a class of their own: Some of Marquette’s interesting course offerings

By Alexandra Engler. Published Sunday, January 31st, 2010

When John Fitzpatrick, a 2009 College of Engineering alumnus, signed up for “History of the Musical in America,” he never thought a class in which the professor dressed up in an apron and served meat pies (while teaching about the musical Sweeney Todd) would help him in the future. However, as Fitzpatrick puts it, after [...]

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Empowering gender equality

By Alexandra Engler. Published Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

When the first female students walked on campus to go to class 100 years ago, Marquette was a different world. Gradually, it has evolved into a world with just as many obstacles but a much brighter future.
According to Mary Anne Siderits, an assistant professor of psychology, this is the time not only to celebrate the [...]

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Bargains at a big cost: Fair trade struggling

By Alexandra Engler. Published Thursday, October 29th, 2009

It’s all about the label — really, it is. But not the label that says Gap, Coach or Forever 21. It’s the label right below that; the one that says Made in Ecuador, Mexico or India.
Armed with Internet access, any buyer can use that label to find out what possibly could have gone into an [...]

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