The Marquette Journal

Marquette’s performing arts department got its real start in the 1950s under the direction of a Jesuit priest, the Rev. John J. Walsh.

Milwaukee’s political past involves three Socialist mayors over the first half of the 20th century.

Every day we walk past the signs and receive the emails and the updates about guest speakers and events. We feel the hype and direct effects of the Centennial Celebration of Women here at Marquette. The university specifically makes decisions and changes in order to help us better recognize women in everything we do on [...]

In a world of fast-paced industrialization and foods that consist of unpronounceable ingredients, it is almost all too rare for one to find stores that make chocolate from scratch or sell spices from all over the world. But the Milwaukee Public Market has all of these treasured treats and more.
Originally founded in the late 1800s [...]

Sports are a big deal here in Milwaukee. They always have been, and they always will be. Sports give this Midwestern city a reason to come together (even if some seasons it’s only to tailgate). One thing that is often forgotten, or sometimes altogether ignored, is the rich sports history this city holds. With that, [...]

When a phone, a computer and a pen aren’t enough to communicate, you’re part of a technological transformation.
For many students, a life without Internet would be incomprehensible; a tragedy perhaps equal to being forced to watch all three “High School Musical” movies in succession.
The Internet is something students utilize nearly every hour of every [...]

Most students who attend Marquette, or even those who have simply taken a tour of the campus, know about the Tolkien manuscripts kept in the library’s rare books collection. But just down the road, the Milwaukee Public Library (Central branch) also holds a collection of the world’s smallest books and a variety of illuminated manuscripts [...]

After over a century, the effects that three men had on our city can still be felt today.
When Marquette University was founded in 1881, Milwaukee was undergoing a period of rapid expansion. Factories were springing up everywhere, providing jobs for immigrants and established Milwaukeeans alike. Some of the biggest motivators in this expansion were a [...]

I’d like to think that the Marquette Journal is a very forward-thinking magazine. Our articles are always centered on “what’s new” — and even more than that, how “what’s new” will affect you in the future. So if we’re so preoccupied with the present and with the future, why then does our cover have that [...]

Right now, you’re probably reading this as a diversion from studying for finals or, at the very least, dreading them in some form or another. But just imagine how much more upset about finals you’d be if you were about to be tested on your comprehension of Latin or your understanding of philosophy (unless that’s [...]