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Volume 99, Number 48
Tuesday, April 21, 2015
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Robots headed to China Marquette’s HEIR lab qualified for competition second year in a row
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Partnership with MIAD not affected by changes allison.dikanovic@marquette.edu
See MIAD, Page 7
INDEX
CALENDAR...........................................2 DPS REPORTS.....................................2 CLASSIFIEDS.....................................5 MARQUEE..........................................8 OPINIONS.......................................10 SPORTS.............................................12
Training for a half-marathon is fun if you have a partner PAGE 11
Women’s lax falls short Golden Eagles rally once again, but fail to complete comeback against Georgetown
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the real super seniors
By Allison Dikanovic
The Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design is implementing major curriculum changes in the fall 2015 semester, but it will not have significant impact on Marquette students pursuing a minor in the fine arts areas that partner with MIAD. Jean Grow, director of Marquette’s fine arts program and associate professor in strategic communication, said there will be no changes made to the photography, fine arts or graphic design majors available to students. The only significant change that may happen in the coming years is the loss of the motion narrative minor since MIAD will be limiting its animation courses. Grow is collaborating with the provost of MIAD to ensure that the partnership between the schools remains strong. MIAD will be combining its existing drawing, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture programs to create an interdisciplinary major called New Studio Practice. Grow said this follows the national trend of arts education heading in a more interdisciplinary direction and should not come as a shock. “New Studio Practice aligns authentic fine arts education with the needs of contemporary student artists, culturally and creatively,” MIAD said in a statement. However, some MIAD students are concerned about how the changes will affect not only the rest of their education, but also their professional lives. Rhys Hansen, a sophomore photography major at MIAD, said the new program will make it easier for students to work between disciplines and share resources, but the loss of specificity in majors and increased focus on fine arts is not as
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23 alumni return as students decades after graduating
Photo by Elena Fransen/elena.fransen@marquette.edu
By Carl Soder
Lois Wakeman, a 1948 alumna, sits in Central Mall, part of the Alumni in the Classroom program.
Special to the Tribune
After years of teaching, Lois Wakeman couldn’t make herself leave the classroom. Wakeman, a former Milwaukee Public Schools teacher, attended Marquette just as the U.S. finished its war with the Axis nations in World War II. She remembers campus flooded with veterans returning home. For nearly every semester in the past decade however, Wakeman has returned to Marquette as a student. “Out of 21 semesters, I’ve
missed only three,” Wakeman said. “I would do anything to make it back to Marquette.” Wakeman is one of 23 students enrolled in the College of Arts & Sciences’s Alumni in the Classroom program, where college alumni who graduated in 1969 or earlier can audit select College of Arts & Sciences courses for free and without credit. Since the program’s creation by the College of Arts & Sciences alumni board in 2004, Wakeman has taken a number of courses and is one of the
most active participants. This semester, Wakeman is taking Tudor England taught by Carla Hay, an associate history professor. She said she discovered genealogical evidence that connects her family to the nobility of Tudor-era England. “(My husband and I) went to England in particular to do some root tracing and discovered a young cleric who was an Abbot, a member of my husband’s family,” Wakeman said. “(The cleric) became a bishop,
courtesy of Henry VIII, after his abbey was dissolved by Henry the Eighth in order to acquire their wealth. It makes the whole period come alive.” Over 300 alumni have participated in the program since 2006, and classes are offered depending on course and professor availability. After the logistics and scheduling are handled, alumni can attend one course
NEWS
MARQUEE
OPINIONS
SPORTS
Editorial: Alumni Return
Pita Bros to open soon
Great possibilities exist for bringing graduates back into the classroom.
Brick-and-mortar restaurant on Wisconsin completes construction.
State proposes $2M for MU PAGE 6
Goodrich shatters records
Freshman highlights impressive weekend for track and field in Cali.
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Dental school must match grant, to be used for changes to facilities.
See Alumni, Page 4
“Blood, Sweat and Beer”
New documentary spotlights two startup Northeastern breweries.
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Gozun: Lost in Milwaukee
The walk back from Miller Park sheds new light on MU in the city.
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