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1 The cost of COVID-19 Health workers at Marquette share their burnout stories during the coronavirus pandemic NEWS, 5
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Graduate student guard improving defensive skills with Golden Eagles SPORTS, 12
Volume 104, Number 18
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
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How do students deal with the cold? Temperatures in 2022 have reached below zero in Milwaukee
By Connor Baldwin
connor.baldwin@marquette.edu
According to weather-gurugroundhog Punxsutawney Phil, there will be an extended winter. After emerging from his hole and spotting his shadow Feb. 2, winter in America will stick for another six weeks. Winter will now end on Mar. 20, right when students return to campus after a week-long spring
break. This winter has been a mixed bag when it comes to the forecast, some days have felt particularly warm while others have been notably frigid. Eilleen Harrington, a sophomore in the College of Business Administration, said that this week has not been bad. Although, she said her Midwest origins have made her more used to the cold than others. So far the coldest day of
By Megan Woolard
megan.woolard@marquette.edu
For some faculty members the university announcement regarding new safety measures on campus was well-received. However, it brought university priorities into question and raised concerns over past faculty and staff departures, due to financial shortfalls, amid the university’s announcement to hire more
See COLD page 3
Photo by Josh Meitz joshua.meitz@marquette.edu
New safety measures announced Public relations concerns arise among some faculty
winter 2021-2022 was recorded Jan. 26 when Milwaukee reached temperatures of -5 degrees Fahrenheit, but the record coldest of -26 degrees Fahrenheit in 1996 freezes out the competition. Although technically not in winter, December saw some warm days reaching temperatures as high as 68 degrees Fahrenheit, which matched previous records for December in Milwaukee set
Milwaukee’s next mayor
Marquette University Police Department officers. “It really wasn’t until, from my perspective, it became a public relations issue and not just a safety issue that this action was taken,” Doug Smith, director of the International Business Studies program, said. Crime in Milwaukee has been on the rise in recent years and the city has broken the homicide record for the past two years. This year there have been 18 more homicides than at this point See SAFETY page 2
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Mayoral primaries take place today, seven candidates total By Hannah Hernandez
hannah.hernandez@marquette.edu
The mayoral primary election is today and voters are deciding the two candidates advancing to the general election April 5. However, low voter turnout continues to impact local elections. The candidates are Marina Dimitrijevic, Bob Donovan, Ieshuh Griffin, Cavalier Johnson, Earnell Lucas, Michael Sampson and Lena Taylor. Associate professor and assistant chair of political science Amber Wichowsky said that Milwaukee has a history of
long-serving mayors and said she is excited about the new candidates. “Two candidates will emerge for the April election, but this is a really interesting time because it is kind of unclear who the two candidates are going to be,” Wichowsky said. In the mayoral candidate forum Feb. 9, Wichowsky said four key issues emerged, affordable housing, fiscal constraints, reckless driving and economic peace. Some of the other issues discussed in the forum are the flight of the Black middle class from Milwaukee, the creation of economic and entrepreneurial opportunities, public safety, the Milwaukee Public School system, the eviction crisis, revenue generation and develop-
ment in neighborhoods suffering from disinvestment. As statistics have shown, voter turnout for presidential elections is much higher than voter turnout for local elections. In comparison to 66.8%t of citizens voting in the 2020 presidential election, only 15 to 27% of eligible voters cast a ballot in their local election. Paul Nolette, associate professor of political science and chair of the political science department, said that people associate politics with Washington D.C. instead of local communities. “This [lower voter turnout in local elections] has been something that is very consistent,” See MAYOR page 4
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OPINIONS
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“Hey Cassie...”
Don’t be performative
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