Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough will give the 2011 commencement address, Marquette announced yesterday. McCullough, renowned as one of the nation’s top storytellers, has garnered accolades including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s top civilian honor. More than 40 universities have bestowed an honorary degree upon McCullough. Besides writing, McCullough has been an [...]

Tuesday 3/8 “Assessing Evidence in a Postmodern World” Nieman Academic Conference, Raynor Beaumier Suites, 9:30 a.m. MU Chorus performs “Paradise Lost” in Chicago, Chicago Auditorium Theatre, 2 p.m. Alzheimer’s Association Mardi Gras Gala, Milwaukee Art Museum, 700 N. Art Museum Drive, 5 to 9 p.m. Wendy Kopp, Teach for America founder, “On the Issues with [...]

First eLIMO nearing completion, successfully runs under own power

Feb. 11 At 11:12 a.m., a student was in possession of a false ID in the 16th Street Parking Structure. At 5:14 p.m., a student was in possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia in O’Donnell Hall and was taken into custody by the Milwaukee Police Department, cited and released. Feb. 12 At 12:29 a.m., [...]

While students and workers alike frolicked on their unexpected day off, last Wednesday’s snow day was an uphill struggle for clean-up crews. In the heaviest snowfall to hit the area in nearly a dozen years, the “Groundhog Day blizzard” prompted early action to avoid even more troubles. The City of Milwaukee received 18.2 inches of [...]