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Volume 97, Number 40
College of A&S dean to be chosen in coming days
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
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MU prof. granted $90K See page 2
By Nick Biggi
nicholas.biggi@marquette.edu
University President the Rev. Scott Pilarz sent an email last Thursday addressed to university “colleagues,” saying the next dean for the College of Arts & Sciences will be announced “in the coming days.” In the email, he also informed faculty there will be a 2 percent salary increase in 2013. The email was sent 14 days after the last visit from the remaining candidates in the search. The four finalists are Patricia Okker, a professor of English at the University of MissouriColumbia; Marc Muskavitch, a professor of biology at Boston College; Erik Herron, a professor of political science at the University of Kansas; and Richard Holz, a professor of chemistry at Loyola University-Chicago. “Be assured that the academic leader who will soon guide Marquette’s largest college will be an accomplished and dynamic one,” Pilarz wrote. In addition to visiting Marquette’s campus, each of the See Pilarz, page 7
Photo by Rebecca Rebholz/rebecca.rebholz@marquette.edu
Unite 2 Fight Paralysis awarded the grant to Murray Blackmore, an assistant professor for the College of Health Sciences, in his lab Monday.
Tribune faces cuts after budget freeze Student media board responds to university spending reductions By Sarah Hauer
sarah.hauer@marquette.edu
The Marquette Board for Student Media responded to a university-wide budget shortfall last Wednesday by discussing the possibility of limiting The Marquette Tribune to eight pages per issue, with any additional pages supported by advertising revenue, according to a statement released by the Tribune early Saturday. Board chairman and journalism professor William Thorn
said at a meeting Wednesday that the cuts were the result of a university-wide spending freeze of 2 percent, according to the Tribune statement. Board members indicated at the meeting that cutting the Tribune’s pages as soon as possible was a financial necessity, and the university will also implement a 5 percent spending cut for the 2013-14 academic year, according to the Tribune statement. Thorn said Friday that the Tribune would likely be cut to eight- to 12- page issues next year if it is to remain a biweekly publication, according to the Tribune statement. Thorn said in a board statement released Saturday that See Tribune, page 7
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Wis. Supreme Court primary to narrow field to two candidates
The race for the Wisconsin Supreme Court is heating up with today’s primary election. Voters will have the chance to choose the two candidates who will compete in the April 2 general election. Of the three candidates, Patience “Pat” Roggensack, Ed Fallone and Vince Megna, incumbent Roggensack has the most statewide support so far, due to her 10-year presence on the bench.
“Justice Roggensack has earned the endorsement from 108 current Circuit Court judges, 11 retired Circuit Court judges and 3 current Court of Appeals judges,” reads a press release from the Roggensack campaign. “She is also endorsed by 53 sheriffs statewide and the Milwaukee Police Supervisors’ Organization.” Despite her broad support, Roggensack has not been immune to controversy. In June 2011, Justice David Prosser allegedly put his hands around the neck of Justice Ann Bradley during an altercation. The act is a violation of Wisconsin Supreme Court ethics and would therefore be subject to an ethics trial. Justice Roggensack was witness to the event and later removed herself from hearing the
case. If other judges follow this example, the ethics trial will not be held. For this reason, candidate and Marquette law Professor Ed Fallone has repeatedly called the Court dysfunctional. “ W h e n we absolutely need Ed Fallone our justices to be independent, to represent the people, but they represent the special interests – that is when our Court is completely dysfunctional,”
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MU law professor criticizes court system in heated election By Jason Kurtyka
jason.kurtyka@marquette.edu
The College of Communication received $8.3 million. PAGE 3
All three columnists express their opinion on the page cuts. PAGES 8-9
See Supreme, page 3
Wins against Seton Hall, ‘Nova set up battle for first with ‘Cuse. PAGE 11