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Breaking a habit: Will Milwaukee businesses go up in smoke?

By Simone Smith. Published Thursday, October 29th, 2009

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 [...]

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Who needs football?

By Joey Kimes. Published Thursday, September 10th, 2009

What’s up, college football fans?
It’s that time of the year, when everyone is migrating back to campus and is connected by two things: complaining about his or her new set of classes and supporting our team out on the gridiron.
Well, that statement may be true at other universities, but not here at Marquette. Sorry [...]

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OBSESSION: Summer

By Jennifer Michalski. Published Thursday, April 16th, 2009

“Summer of ’69.” “Summertime.” “Summer Skin.” “All Summer Long.” “The Boys of Summer.”
Let’s face it…we have an obsession with summer. But Marquette students seem to have an obsession with weather even remotely related to summer.
Temperatures above 45 degrees have been the green light for flip-flops, shorts and tank tops while the slightest bit of sun [...]

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OUTRAGE: Winter

By Jennifer Michalski. Published Thursday, April 16th, 2009

For the past few months, Milwaukee weather has been teasing us with its few days of warmth and sunshine. It then seems to say, “just kidding” and unleashes a strand of 20-degree temperatures, snow and gloom.
“The weather can’t seem to make up its mind,” said Alaina Fahley, a junior in the College of Arts & [...]

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