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SPJ’s 2010 Best All-Around Non-Daily Student Newspaper
Volume 97, Number 17
Tuesday, October 25, 2012
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Officer Walshon: Keeping an eye on campus MU alum and awardwinning DPS officer serves her ninth year By Nick Biggi
nicholas.biggi@marquette.edu
Photo by Rebecca Rebholz/rebecca.reholz@marquette.edu
DPS officer Karen Walshon smiles from behind her command center on N. 16th St., where she moniters the feeds of the campus security cameras.
Marquette’s campus and the surrounding area houses hundreds of security cameras. Some are hidden and some are in plain view, but all of them connect to the Department of Public Safety’s headquarters in a room filled with monitor screens. Communications Officer Karen Walshon is tasked with keeping watch over these camera feeds to help keep students safe all over campus. Walshon has been a communications officer with DPS for nine years. This type of officer has two main jobs; one is monitoring the security cameras. There are live feeds from the video cameras around campus in the room where communications officers work, and the officers watch for any suspicious behavior. The second job is dispatching. Officers receive calls for an officer or for some other form of help and then send officers where help is needed. When Walshon explains her work to other people, she compares it to a job in a police force with an extra element. “I tell them that it is similar to a police dispatching job, See DPS Profile, page 9
Sen. Ron Johnson NHL lockout freezing action goes ‘On the Issues’ Milwaukee Admirals Republican U.S. senator visited law school Tuesday By Alexandra Whittaker
alexandra.whittaker@marquette.edu
On the heels of the third and final presidential debate Monday night, U.S. senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) discussed the economic issues that affect voters at the “On the Issues” talk with Mike Gousha at Eckstein Hall Tuesday. Most of Johnson’s talk was centered on the importance of the federal budget. Johnson gave statistics concerning federal government growth, the deficit and
tax cuts, concluding that “when you increase taxes on wealthier individuals, you increase taxes on small business.” Johnson also discussed the final debate between President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, in which the candidates debated foreign policy. While he agreed that both candidates were strong in the debate, he contended that Romney was the frontrunner. “Obviously, I think Mitt Romney did very well,” Johnson said. “I am comforted, though, that Obama has adopted so many of Bush’s policies.” Johnson added that while the third debate reflected strongly on both candidates in
By Jacob Born
jacob.born@marquette.edu
The NHL denied the NHL Players Association’s request for negotiations Tuesday, leaving the two sides at a standoff and a full season in jeopardy. The dispute centers around who receives larger compensation – the players or the team owners. Fans were hopeful that a deal would be done last week, when the NHL sent a proposal for a new collective bargaining agreement to the NHLPA on Oct. 16. The proposed 50/50 revenue
See Johnson, page 7
INDEX
DPS REPORTS.....................2 CALENDAR.......................2 STUDY BREAK.....................5
benefit from the professionals absence
MARQUEE.........................10 VIEWPOINTS......................14 SPORTS..........................16
See Lockout, page 7
Photo by Ron Johnson/Associated Press
Anthony Peluso (23), of the Peoria Rivermen, fights with Brandon Bolig (18) of the Rockford Icehogs during an AHL game in Peoria, Ill., last Friday.
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Viewpoints
VP Leaving
Horror
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OMC’s Tricia Geraghty leaves MU for hospital job. PAGE 9
Marquee writers and editors share their favorite freaky films. PAGE 11
Chains may be convenient, but not always better. PAGE 14