The Marquette Journal

Each summer, Milwaukee hosts the world’s largest music festival and draws in a crowd of music lovers.

Shaped by the city’s history and heritage, Milwaukee’s skyline is as unique as any. With a skyline much smaller than its midwestern counterparts, Milwaukee has been shaped by much more than architects and floorplans.

Patrick Schmitz has made his way through the comedy scene in Milwaukee. Now, he grooms silly minds in various courses at First Stage Children’s Theater. He also teaches an advanced workshop at ComedySportz Milwaukee.

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

Many students might not be aware that $42 is included in tuition each semester for a bus pass good for use on all Milwaukee County Transit System bus lines. Here’s a quick guide for how to make the most of your U-Pass.
1)      Use your resources
Too many times I have heard people say they do not [...]

Although it may seem like the majority of Marquette students come from the Midwest, the student body is more diverse than some may think. From Ghana to Kuwait, Burma to India, students from all over the globe attend school in Milwaukee.
According to Ellen Blauw, associate director of International Students and Scholars Services at Marquette, about [...]

Up and down Water Street, action-packed on weekends and sometimes even weekdays: bars, pubs and restaurants provide much of the reverie and nightlife for downtown Milwaukee. But what would happen if these businesses lost a major portion of their profits and customers, or even worse, ceased to exist?
Those fears are becoming more widespread as the [...]

If success in business is about making a lot from a little, Carol Schneider is a shining example. Schneider said she started her own company 38 years ago out of her neighbor’s bedroom, complete with bed, barking dog and $500. Today, Schneider is CEO of her company SEEK; a $40 million staffing and career services [...]

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 [...]

Milwaukee filmmaker Ashley Altadonna will show two of her films about gender, transitioning and her own experiences as a transsexual woman on Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. in Cudahy 001.
Altadonna is following a trend of trans speakers at Marquette in recent years in the footsteps of trans women Deborah Davis and Julia Serano. Discussion of [...]