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Volume 96, Number 6
Thursday, September 15, 2011
MCTS planning to eliminate bus routes
Popular 30 Route affected by budget reduction measures By Sarah Hauer sarah.hauer@marquette.edu
Due to continuing budget challenges, the Milwaukee County Transit System has recommended a historic 12.5 percent service reduction for 2012. The 2012-2013 state budget passed this summer reduces state aid to MCTS by $6.8 million a year, which is 10 percent of its funding, according to a press release from MCTS. Subsequently, MCTS projected it will need to cut as much as $9.8 million in bus services to make up for the cut and lost passenger revenue. The reduction in service would result in the system’s largest restructuring in its 150-year history, with changes to affect nearly all routes.
Key elements of the proposal include eliminating all Summerfest, Brewers, State Fair and special event transportation, as well as seven other traditional routes. There are also plans to restructure and reduce frequency to routes, including the studentpopular 30 Sherman-Wisconsin. The 12 Teutonia-Hampton and the 23 Fond du Lac Avenue buses will also be affected. Harold Mester, public information manager for the Milwaukee County Board, said the changes are not final but services will definitely be cut. Mester said county supervisors will have to decide how important transit is to Milwaukee before they make the final decision. Kerry Thomas, executive director of Transit Now — a non-profit organization providing local, regional and public transportation and resources — said MCTS is in a “vicious circle of declining ridership and Photo by Aaron Ledesma/aaron.ledesma@marquette.edu funding.” The Milwaukee County Transit System lost 10 percent of its funding in 2011 due to budget cuts. In addition to See Transit, page 5
seven routes, the reduction proposal includes the elimination all Summerfest, Brewers and event transportation.
Missoni hits ‘Target’
UWM, MU take on crime
prints, vibrant knitwear and trademark zigzag pattern. The Missoni for Target collection, with about 400 items, features women’s, men’s and children’s clothing, as well as housewares. At Target.com, a preview of the collection highlighted items such By Elise Angelopulos elise.angelopulos@marquette.edu as vibrantly-colored rain boots, wrap-around headscarves, knit Even in the world of high fash- cardigans and plush throw pilion, a $500 price tag could eas- lows. The line’s release was so ily send many shoppers into eco- highly anticipated, however, that nomic shock. By comparison, a the website crashed and was not $30 tag is not only fair, it’s a great fully functional until Wednesday morning. bargain. Most Target apparel is designed That’s the idea behind Target’s newest designer collaboration for the average shopper. But the with Missoni — creating iconic Missoni at Target collection has celebrity appeal, with singer Riand expensive looks for less. hanna and acThe collection hit stores “I spent a lot of time with (Target). I tresses Emma and n a t i o n w i d e went to Minneapolis. I put my hands Roberts Mindy Kaling Tuesday and wearing and sold out at most on every piece of this collection.” promoting the stores and online. line in less than And this cea day, accordAngela Missoni lebrity prestige ing to Target Creative Designer, Missoni comes without officials. The celebrity price promotion was supposed to last for six weeks at tags. Most items sold by Missoni 1,762 locations across the coun- proper are well over $400, and only high-end retailers like Saks try. Missoni, a high-end Italian Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman clothing and accessory company, and independent boutiques carry is most famous for its psychedelic the line. At Target, however, all
items (excluding a $400 bike) are under $60, with most in the $30 range. Angela Missoni, creative designer for the company, expressed her love for the collection in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. She said Missoni pushed Target for maximum quality — more than it has ever done. “I spent a lot of time with them,” Missoni said. “I went to Minneapolis. I put my hands on every piece of this collection.” When Target announced the collection last spring, fashioncentered hysteria hit blogs, news and top style magazines like Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar. The craze seems to have sustained itself since then. Last Friday, a “pop-up” store opened in New York City to offer a preview of the collection in a first-come, first-serve basis. The store, however, was forced to close the same morning due to its entire inventory selling out within an hour, according to New York Magazine. Many Marquette students are interested in the collaboration as well. “I think that there will be good pieces,” said Mary Carlson, a sophomore in the College of
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Hall Senator elections begin, some halls lack candidates. See, PAGE 4
Schools take different approaches to recent robberies By Ben Stanley benjamin.stanley@marquette.edu
With some students alarmed by robberies reported on and near Milwaukee college campuses this summer, Marquette and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee have taken two different approaches to communicating with students about crime. Steve Garrison, a student at UWM and the news editor at the UWM Post, said the university’s methods of communicating crimes to students could be improved. Garrison said students are able to view off-campus police reports on incidents like muggings in a small booklet located in the UWM police station. “(The booklet) is obviously not the best method,” he said. Garrison said notices of major crimes near campus are sometimes reported to students through
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email, but other information is often more difficult to come by. According to an article published by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in February 2010, the student newspaper and one of its editors filed a lawsuit against the university for refusing to cooperate with open records law. The school had withheld information about Union Policy Board meetings, which allocate space to student organizations, in order to protect the identities of students who were voting members of the board. The UWM Post won the case and obtained the documents it had requested. The University is fairly transparent with crime, Garrison said. But UWM Police Department Chief Michael Marzion said he often refers people with questions about crime to the Milwaukee Police Department website for information. “That’s all MPD District 1,” he said. “We have a really safe campus. Once you step into the neighborhoods, though, then you’re in Milwaukee.” See UWM, page 5
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