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Volume 99, Number 18
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
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Editorial
Student accomplishments warrant greater publicity PAGE 8
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MU faces Georgetown Men’s soccer must knock off the Hoyas to keep its NCAA Tournament hopes alive
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Study abroad student recovering
MU, Uber partner to provide offcampus rides By McKenna Oxenden
mckenna.oxenden@marquette.edu
Photo via Facebook
Jen Waters, pictured here in Grenada, Spain, is out of her medically induced coma and is improving after she was critically injured last month.
In a letter to the Marquette community, Vice President for Student Affairs L. Christopher Miller said the student who was injured while studying abroad in Madrid remains in critical condition, but her condition is greatly improved. Jennifer Waters, a junior in the College of Business Administration, reportedly fell
back and hit her head after she was grazed by a car. She was reportedly on her way to a religious service while studying abroad. She suffered a cranial fracture, and had surgery to stop the bleeding before she was put into a medically-induced coma, according to a Facebook post from WAHS breakthrough, a bible study group at West Aurora High School, where Waters attended. Around 100 people gathered in the Chapel of the Holy Family in the Alumni Memorial Union Oct. 24 to pray for Waters’ health. “We are told she is awake, her memory and speech are
returning and she is eating and listening to music,” Miller said in the email. “Jennifer remains in an intensive care unit in a Madrid hospital, but doctors are hopeful that she will be moved soon to a neurological unit where she will continue her therapy.” In a statement on her Facebook page, Waters’ mother
Lisa said Jen is continuing to improve every day. “Our girl is eating better and getting stronger and stronger,” the mother said. “This morning before we arrived, Jen blew up a balloon — unreal considering four days ago she giggled her way through physical therapy and wasn’t able to focus.”
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MU student grazed by car in Spain awake after cranial fracture By Matt Kulling
matthew.kulling@marquette.edu
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L. Christopher Miller, vice president for Student Affairs
‘Horrible Bosses’ Q&A
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SPORTS
Patel: Closed for families
MU men’s exhibition recap
Marquette hopes to have a say as the dicssussions progress for new arena.
Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis discuss their new film.
Stores closed all of Thanksgiving please employees and family values.
Five things to take away from Marquette’s win over Wisconsin Lutheran.
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We are told she is awake, her memory and speech are returning and she is eating and listening to music.”
Marquette announced it has partnered with the ride-sharing service Uber to offer students transportation beyond LIMO boundaries, which debuted over Halloweeen weekend. Uber is a transportation service similar to taxi cabs but with different accommodations. Rather than hailing a cab, you can have an Uber car pick you up with the touch of a finger on a phone. The app also tracks the progress of the vehicle and shows ratings of the driver. Tim Cigelske, director of social media of the Office of Marketing and Communication, was the ring leader in the partnership. Cigelske said in an email that student focus groups helped launch the safety initiative as Uber grew in popularity. “It provides a safe option for students traveling off campus as a way to complement our LIMOs,” Cigelske said. “Knowing this, we contacted Uber to see how we might be able to work together to provide options for our students.” The service offers Marquette students their first ride free. Students can use the promo-code “MUSAFERIDE” to obtain the free ride. “Uber created the code to emphasize how Marquette students could use Uber to be safe,” Cigelske said. In a Department of Public Safety news brief last week, an estimated over 1,000 students utilized Uber over Halloween weekend when the partnership first debuted. Cigelske said that the feedback is “very encouraging” from
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