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Volume 96, Number 24
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
MU students join effort to recall Walker College Democrats collect over 2,000 campus signatures By Olivia Morrissey olivia.morrissey@marquette.edu
Photo by Elise Krivit/elise.krivit@marquete.edu
Laura Stanten, a freshman in the College of Communication, collects signatures to recall Wis. Gov. Scott Walker..
The efforts to recall Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch from office officially began on Nov. 15. In the days since, recall supporters have been out in force collecting signatures and raising awareness about the recall campaign all over the state. Erin Heffernan, a sophomore in the College of Arts & Sciences and communications director for the Marquette University College Democrats, said the group has been out on campus trying to gather signatures for the recall petition. “Many of our members have been circulating petitions everyday in the high traffic areas on
campus,” Heffernan said. “We have seen an overwhelmingly positive response from members of the community who are frustrated with the direction this state has been going in the past year.” After five days, Marquette student volunteers have collected more than 2,000 signatures, and more than 15 volunteers have logged over 45 volunteer shifts on Marquette’s campus, Heffernan said. The number of signatures collected at Marquette makes up about half the total of signatures given on college campuses in Milwaukee County, according to the Democratic Party of Wisconsin. The recall petitions must contain 540,208 signatures by Jan. 17 to force a recall election for Walker. Statewide, over 105,000 signatures were collected in the first four days of the recall campaign, according to Erik Kirkstein, See Walker, page 5
Fake Twitter feed Local ad gets national press takes shot at MU MKE aims for sharp of Arts & Sciences. Although wishing to remain anonymous, he asked to be referred to as “C. Publius,” a reference to the pseudonym adopted by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, the authors of the Federalist Papers. By Matt Gozun Publius says he was inspired to benjaminmatthew.gozun@marquette.edu start the account by “BP Global A hoax Twitter account that par- PR,” a similarly satirical Twitter odies Marquette’s administration account that parodied BP followand Department of Public Safety ing the Deepwater Horizon oil has gone viral. Since launching spill. The goal of the account, he last week, @MU_DPS_PR has says, is to bring about “justice.” gained more than 250 followers He cited the withdrawal of Jodi while poking fun at O’Brien’s deanship the university with its offer and the allega“A percentage of satirical advice to stutions of improper professors park in dents. handling of recent “Growing concern Structure 1. Many sexual assault chargon what to do when walk from the AMU es as transgressions being robbed,” says to their car. Please made by the adminisone tweet. “Answer: inform them there is tration and DPS. still dont jaywalk. “(DPS is) powerRun to the nearest no crosswalk there.” hungry, and without corner, then cross.” @MU_DPS_PR the students they Other tweets are wouldn’t have a job,” more political, taking Publius said. “They direct shots at the university and should be there for us before they its employees. are for the administration.” “Question: Each professor has DPS Capt. Russell Shaw said a page w/their qualifications,” that the account is not the busianother tweet reads. “DPS, being ness of his department and did not employees, should have the same. take any strong position toward it. How can we know they’re quali“I don’t really have a reaction fied?” to it,” he said. “It really doesn’t The student behind the account affect us.” is a male junior in the College
Student mocks DPS, jaywalking policies with satirical tips
drop-off in infant death rate by 2017
By Andrea Anderson andrea.anderson@marquette.edu
A recent Milwaukee advertising campaign against bed-sharing has elicited strong responses with its depiction of a sleeping baby laying next to a sharp knife with the words, “Your baby sleeping with you can be just as dangerous.” Serve Marketing, a local nonprofit advertising agency, launched the ad the same day the City of Milwaukee announced its goal to reduce the infant mortality rate by 10 percent. Before the campaign was revealed Wednesday, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported a 7-week-old baby was found dead after bedsharing with its parent. This was the ninth Milwaukee baby to die this year from bed-sharing, also known as co-sleeping. The controversial ad, which has received attention from the national press and was discussed on the “Today Show,” is part of a series to reduce the infant mortality rate in Milwaukee. Supporters include Mayor Tom Barrett, Commissioner of Health Bevan Baker, the City of Milwaukee Health Department and
See Fake, page 5
INDEX
DPS REPORTS.....................2 CALENDAR.......................2 VIEWPOINTS........................6 MARQUEE..........................8
See Co-Sleeping, page 5 NEWS
STUDY BREAK....................10 SPORTS..........................12 CLASSIFIEDS..................14
Photo by Aaron Ledesma/aaron.ledesma@marquete.edu
A nonprofit advertising agency partnered with the City of Milwaukee Health Department to create an ad warning against dangers of co-sleeping. Viewpoints
Service
Graduates don’t need to look abroad for meaningful service. See, PAGE 2
GAMBLE
Panhandling can remind us of the values that really matter. See PAGE 7
MARQUEE
Twilight
Reviewer Matt Mueller is caught off-guard by latest installment. See PAGE 9