The Marquette Journal

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

The crowd roars with anticipation as the lights change go dark. All at once, everyone charges to the front of the room in an attempt to get as close as possible to the band. There’s sweat, barely enough room to breathe and people traveling overhead, but it doesn’t matter because the band is just getting [...]

In 1983, psychologist Howard Gardner’s multiple intelligence theory broke the barriers of modern thinking and practice in education. While many people today form the common misconception that only those people who flourish in mathematics and sciences are intelligent, Gardner’s theory argued otherwise. His seven categories proved that there is more than one type of intelligence [...]

On Sept. 15, actress Scarlett Johansson and singer/songwriter Pete Yorn released their debut album, “Break Up.”
Now, the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of Miss Johansson is probably a talented actress, followed by breasts, followed by lips and then breasts again. The point is, singer isn’t one of the first attributes to come [...]

Summerfest 2009 had a little something for everyone: baby-boomers, college kids, Australians.
NO DOUBT: Sh*t Wasn’t Bananas, But it Was Hella Good
Forgotten, Paramore. That’s what you get when you open for legendary No Doubt. When the sky darkened over the Marcus Ampitheater on July 2, the crowd was rabbled and roused by openers Bedouin Soundclash and [...]

What do you get when you mix folk, country, rock, blues, jazz and Celtic sounds? A group of six musicians who call themselves The Blue Party.
The band hails from New Orleans, a city known for its ever-present club scene, a scene the group sought to break out of a couple of years ago. Reid, Alex, [...]

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, lies in New York City. Find the agent, retrieve the USB, enter the codes and unite Eurasia. Only then will you be able to secure a new world order (or in this case an exclusive listen of Muse’s new single).
Welcome to the final stage of project [...]

Wandering around the Milwaukee on a warm spring day, one might be wondering what to do with the time. Fortunately, there are plenty of interesting places to visit and entertaining things to do at this time of year.
1. Milwaukee Art Museum
One popular place to visit is the Milwaukee Art Museum, located near Lake Michigan at [...]

While some students go on vacation for spring break, many don’t realize that they can have just as much fun staying in Milwaukee, and even get the experience of other places. There are plenty of one-day activities that are cheaper than a full-fledged vacation — some are even free ,and there’s something for every kind [...]

September 25, 2007. Probably not as special of a day as you may think.
I am sure there were the usual family birthdays, tests, paper due dates, romantic dates and maybe some other special things that I have no particular interest in at this moment. But what did release on that day was a two-word [...]