Marquette Tribune | February 15th, 2022

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Celebrating 100 years of journalistic integrity

1 The cost of COVID-19 Health workers at Marquette share their burnout stories during the coronavirus pandemic NEWS, 5

McLaughlin makes a splash

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

INDEX COVID-19 TRACKER......................................3 MUPD REPORTS...........................................3 A&E................................................................8 OPINIONS....................................................10 SPORTS........................................................12

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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Allyship with Black community must be genuine


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