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Top Five John Hughes movies
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1. “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”: Bueller … Bueller … Admit it, you want to be Ferris Bueller for a day (or Cameron).
2. “Home Alone 1 and 2″: Nothing can beat Macaulay Culkin ordering room service at the Plaza or hurling paint cans on bad guys.
3. ”Sixteen Candles”/”The Breakfast Club”: Who can choose between two great [...]
STAFF EDITORIAL: Mayoral takeover will bolster MPS
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Too many cooks can spoil a dinner. For the same reason, we support state legislation allowing the mayoral takeover of Milwaukee Public Schools.
Last month, the state legislature proposed a bill that would give Milwaukee’s mayor power to appoint a superintendent of MPS and control the property tax levy.
Currently, MPS is governed by nine elected members [...]
MURPHY: Don’t be blacked out on “Black Wednesday”
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As college students, we have undoubtedly both heard of and celebrated what has been coined “Black Wednesday.”
Many consider Black Wednesday, or the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, to be the biggest party night of the year.
This means it supplants super holidays like New Year’s Eve, Halloween, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Michael Murphy’s Birthday Eve.
I don’t [...]
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Walker editorial misrepresents 180 county layoffs
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I think you folks completely missed the boat when you criticized Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker for not “thinking his decisions through” regarding his issuance and subsequent recall of 180 county worker layoff notices.
It appears to me that he’s thinking all the time.
Let me sum up the situation. The County Board of Supervisors wanted to [...]
BANTER: College Republicans and Democrats debate health care reform
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How do you feel about the health care bill?
Mike Mulroy, finance director of College Republicans: One thing that bugs me is how the health care bill mandates you to get health insurance. There are people who don’t want it.
I’m not saying that’s a good thing because they’re cheating the system, but I know people who [...]
KELLY: “Sesame Street’s” political agenda shapes children’s minds
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As you could probably tell from Google’s cute screen designs, last week marked “Sesame Street’s” 40th anniversary.
If you were a kid during the past 40 years, chances are you shared your mornings with Big Bird, Bert and Ernie, Oscar the Grouch and the rest of the crew.
I’m sure countless days began with that familiar hook: [...]
STAFF EDITORIAL: Take advantage of supportive Marquette community
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At the Tribune’s editorial board meeting last week, the board was looking to write about something more lighthearted.
We decided that because this time of the semester brings more stress in classes and gloomy weather, we should re-emphasize what really matters when you strip away rigorous course work and dropping temperatures: Marquette’s strong community, friends and [...]
OVBIAGELE: Trial of 9/11 terrorists tests American principles
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Attorney General, Erik Holder, gave Americans an early Christmas freebie on Friday when he announced that Khalid Sheik Mohammed (self-confessed mastermind of 9/11) and four other men accused of the 9/11 attacks will soon be moved to New York to face trial in a federal court.
Tribune Tributes
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To … The girl in the business school who always shares her life story: I’m sorry, but I really don’t care.
To … The homeless man outside my house: Please stop singing. You wake me up every night.
To … Gus at Gyros: I’m sorry I yelled at you for not delivering after 9 p.m. I still [...]
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