The Marquette Tribune - March 17th, 2009

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Volume 93, Number 46

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Photos by Ted Lempke/edward.lempke@marquette.edu

Campus bars like Murphy’s Irish Pub (bottom) planned to open at 6 a.m. for St. Patrick’s Day. Meanwhile, the Division of Student Affairs is sponsoring a “Take the Pledge Drive� (top) for students who choose to abstain or drink responsibly if they are of legal drinking age.

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By Dan Kraynak dan.kraynak@marquette.edu

For the past three years, St. Patrick’s Day has fallen in the middle of Marquette’s spring break. For many students, today is the first time they’ll be celebrating the holiday on campus. Mike Vittucci, the owner of Murphy’s Irish Pub and Caffrey’s Pub, said today will resurrect a Marquette tradition of students celebrating St. Patrick’s Day on their own campus. Murphy’s and Caffrey’s both planned to open their doors at 6 a.m. today, along with Qdoba Mexican Grill, which was expected to serve egg burritos. “We’re going over the top this year,� Vittucci said of the campus establishments. In addition to opening early, both bars are offering drink deals, giveaways and live — music including Irish bagpipers — throughout the day, Vittucci said. He said he expects long lines before 6 a.m. — perhaps 300 or more people at each bar. The bars had planned to give out free Krispy Kreme doughnuts to students waiting in line at both bars. Capt. Russ Shaw, associate director of the Department of Public Safety, said ofASS AWRSa ^OUS !

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Dick Enberg, a longtime sportscaster and one-time broadcast partner to Al McGuire, will be the 2009 commencement speaker, the university announced Monday. The current CBS 3\PS`U Sports play-by-play man of college basketball, pro football and tennis began his career in the mid-1960s as the announcer for the California Angels, the Los Angeles Rams and UCLA basketball. Starting at NBC in 1975, Enberg later teamed with McGuire for college basketball broadcasts. Enberg’s May 17 graduation address will come days after the return of his play about McGuire to the Helfaer Theatre. The oneman show starring local film and television actor Cotter Smith, now called “Don’t Undress Until You Die: The Wit and Wisdom of Al McGuire,� will be performed May 12-14 in Chicago, and May 15 and 16 on campus. The play began at Marquette in 2005, and has since been performed at locations across the country, like the 2007 Final Four in Atlanta. Just yesterday, a performance was held at a business conference in Las Vegas.

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Living as a homeless child in the U.S.A.

By Kaellen Hessel kaellen.hessel@marquette.edu

One in every 50 American children experience homelessness, according to a report by the National Center on Family Homelessness. Although children in Wisconsin are better off than those in other states, more than 12,047 children in Wisconsin don’t have permanent homes, according to the report. Wisconsin is ranked seventh best compared

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to other states in the report. With the current foreclosure trend, more children are expected to become homeless. Two million children throughout the country and 22,600 children in Wisconsin are expected to be

impacted by the foreclosure crisis, according to a report by First Focus, a bipartisan advocacy organization to make families a priority in the federal policy and budget. The Milwaukee Public School

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system has noticed a 20 percent increase in the number of homeless students being helped through the MPS homeless program due to the economic situation, said Janis Shogren, an MPS homeless coordinator.

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Last school year, 2,378 students participated in the Homeless Education Program while 2,289 students have been helped during the current school year, Shogren said. The McKinney-Vento Act mandates all public schools helping homeless children have the same opportunities for success as other children, according to the MPS Web site. The costs of the program include transportation for the children, waiving fees, after school programming, school supplies and free meals, Shogren said. With an increase in calls for help, The Salvation Army Emergency Lodge, 1730 N. 7th St., is ASS 6][SZSaa ^OUS

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