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Volume 98, Number 20
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
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Food desert plagues campus, MKE area LOCAL FOOD DESERT AS DEFINED BY THE US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Avenues West neighborhood boundaries
- signifies an area defined by the USDA as a food desert, which is a low-income tract where a significant number of residents are more than half a mile from the nearest super market.
MUSG, community organizations fight for chain grocery store By Joe Kvartunas
joseph.kvartunas@marquette.edu
For the past 10 years, Redeemer Lutheran Church has been one of
the leading organizations advocating to bring a grocery store to the Avenues West neighborhood surrounding Marquette’s campus — with no success. Katherine Wilson, communication specialist at Redeemer, sat at a conference table in the office space of the church on 20th Street and Wisconsin Avenue Monday afternoon to discuss the efforts of the community to bring a grocery
Language department seeks new online placement exam Faculty desire more cost efficiency after test prices increase By Kelly Meyerhofer
kelly.meyerhofer@marquette.edu
The Department of Foreign Languages is searching for a less costly placement exam, despite the overall efficiency of its current
program used to evaluate language proficiency of incoming freshmen. Up until this year, the cost of the exam was $225 for each language, totaling $675 for Spanish, French and German. But this past year, the price hiked up to $2,225 for all three languages, according to Ana Pasero, department head of foreign languages. Pasero said she hopes to cut this cost in half, at the least. John Pustejovsky, an associate professor of German and the
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store to the area. “Frankly, I don’t know why it’s been so difficult,” Wilson said. After studying the tabletop for a long moment she laughed softly and repeated the comment. Redeemer approached Marquette Student Government in the spring of 2012 with its concerns about the lack of accessible grocery options in the area. Shortly after, MUSG passed legislation to
encourage the university to bring a supermarket to campus. Although Wilson was not present at Redeemer throughout the entire process, her position at the church gives her a unique perspective on a large problem for the local area. Avenues West, the neighborhood bordered by I-43 on east, 27th Street on the west, I-94 See Desert, Page 4
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former department head of foreign languages, said the reality is that good, affordable online placement exams are hard to find. Though the department hopes to find a less expensive alternative, Spanish instructor Amalia Petrusha said the program’s placement is generally accurate. “From my classroom experience around 98 percent of the students come into my class at the right See Placement, Page 4
Weekday holiday sees lower rate of incidents than expected at MU
By Matt Kulling
matthew.kulling@marquette.edu
In the wake of a holiday often synonymous with mischief and vandalism, Russell Shaw, interim director of the
Department of Public Safety, said he is pleased with the lack of incidents his department dealt with during the two weekends students usually celebrate Halloween. “We’re certainly cognizant of the fact that it could be busier out there,” Shaw said. “(Halloween) was no more busy than a normal Thursday night for us.” See Halloween, Page 4
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