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Volume 96, Number 55
Thursday, April 26, 2012
MUSG eliminates spring concert series Lack of space and ticket sales among chief concerns By Simone Smith simone.smith@marquette.edu
Marquette Student Government last Thursday approved the organization’s 2013 fiscal year budget, which included a notable departure from recent years’ budgets in its unanimous decision to discontinue funding to the “Major Events” budget line, which included funding for the annual spring concert. Matt McGonegle, MUSG program vice president and a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences, said the decision is the culmination of discussions over the past three to four years. He said MUSG has conducted surveys, talked to people and asked for feedback after each event. McGonegle and Brittany Riesenbeck, MUSG financial vice president and a sophomore in the
College of Business Administration, both said the decision was made for several reasons. McGonegle said one of the biggest reasons for the cut was that the concerts in recent years were too expensive to host per student in attendance. According to Riesenbeck, feasible attendance has been disproportionate to the amount of money supplied from the student activity fee each year, meaning that the past money spent on the concerts was being used to cater to a smaller than desirable number of students, despite the fact that all students’ money was used to fund it. When all undergraduate students pay their tuition each semester, they pay a $30 student activity fee, which goes to MUSG and is used to estimate the MUSG budget. Even though all the roughly 8,000 undergraduate students pay their activity fee each semester, only a certain number of students can attend the concert due See Concerts, page 7
Photos courtesy of Guster, MUSG, Pitch Perfect PR and Lab Records
Past MUSG Spring Concert artists have included Guster, Sara Bareilles, Girl Talk and Hellogoodbye.
Blue and Gold get greener
Photo by Rebecca Rebholz/rebecca.rebholz@marquette.edu
Marquette was named a green college last week by the Princeton Review.
Amid Earth Week events, conservation efforts recognized By Elise Angelopulos elise.angelopulos@marquette.edu
As Earth Week events continue on campus this week, Marquette is also celebrating being named one of seven green colleges in Wisconsin last week by the Princeton Review. According to the Princeton Review website, Marquette was cho-
sen because the university received high points on a green rating scale based on its sustainability practices and campus-related green programs. Kevin Gilligan, general manager of dining services for Sodexo at Marquette, said he is not surprised at Marquette’s recognition, considering the recent steps the university has taken to improve sustainability, such as implementing the “No To-Go Campaign” across campus, which raises awareness of the waste of to-go containers. “I’ve been on campus three years, and I have seen a lot of change in
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that time,” Gilligan said. “Three years ago we had recycling, but it wasn’t near what is it now. We’re just getting better and better.” Gilligan said Marquette’s green scores on other sites like College Prowler have increased over the past few years. Earth Week events later this week will include guest speakers discussing topics like water sustainability and energy conservation, a native tree tour on campus and an “energy fast” in which students will be encouraged to turn off lights and unplug appliances. Prior events included Meatless Monday in the dining halls, a clothing and book swap in the Alumni Memorial Union and an environmental-themed online film, “The Story of Stuff,” shown at Marquette Hall. The week’s events are sponsored by Students for an Environmentally Active Campus, the Sigma Kappa sorority, the Great Outdoors Club, Global Medical Brigades, the Omega Delta fraternity and UNICEF. Others involved in Earth Week at Marquette include Heather Kohl, an environmental economist and Marquette adjunct economics professor, who gave a speech yesterday regarding water sustainability. “I am proud of Marquette’s See Earth, page 7
MU joins planning for Catholic school
High school would broaden options for low-income students By Andrea Anderson andrea.anderson@marquette.edu
The city of Milwaukee is exploring the possibility adding a Catholic high school geared towards low-income students, and led by the Cristo Rey Network, a national organization that oversees 24 private Catholic high schools with 6,500 students across the United States. These private high schools have a history of getting students with limited education opportunities into college. At the beginning of this month, a formal announcement was made that the Cristo Rey Network is launching a one-year study to see if Milwaukee is ready for another Catholic high school in partnership with Marquette and the Bradley Foundation — a private, independent grantmaking organization based in Milwaukee that supports research and educational programs and projects.
Three years ago, the Milwaukee community expressed interest in adding a Cristo Rey school. Robert Birdsell, the president and CEO of Cristo Rey, and the Rev. John Foley, the organization’s founder, came to Milwaukee to speak about a possible Cristo Rey high school. The only hold-up at the time was that a feasibility study — the research to determine if the school would take away from other private schools and if Milwaukee was fit for such an institution — had to be conducted by a Catholic entity. Marquette’s William Henk, the dean of the College of Education, was present at the meeting and asked Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome Listecki if Marquette could assist in the research and be the Catholic entity involved. The response was yes. “The total funding needed for the study is approximately $100,000 to $150,000,” Henk said. “We sought funding and got about half, maybe 40 percent, and we are going after the rest coupled with in-kind support. In addition, we have free time given by myself, the College of See Catholic, page 7
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