Book Review: "Manderlay Prep"

By Gloria Brookens

Rumors, rumors, rumors. Who has not had a rumor created about them! No matter where you live or where you go, there are going to be rumors. They can be about you or someone you call a friend. Whoever they might be about, rumors will always hurt especially when they are a sharp knife that cuts deeply into your skin -- or the ones that graze the surface like a paper cut.

Rumors can be from some you do not even know sometimes, but how to deal with it when the rumors are spreading from someone you live in the same household? Are you supposed to ignore or spread some about them? The best way to make people realize that a rumor is just a rumor is by letting that truth become known.

Manderley Prep is full of the popular or the geeks. On campus everyone have money and wear the best of clothes. Never seen with last issue clothing on; they are there to impress. What they are impressing is not the books or the teacher but each other.

We all have heard or read the fairy tale Cinderella. In the book, Cindy really does live that life. When her father passed away her stepmother and two evil stepsisters continue to live in the house her father own and make her feel like she is nothing.

Entering high school with her evil stepsisters who are seniors they began to spread rumors. They tell her that they cannot be seen with her. She is not cool enough to be with them or even be known that they are related in any kind of way.

When the nice handsome kid comes to school his eye catches Cindy since she was the only one to do something when he drove past. Everyone looked at her and laughed but he thought something different. Her stepsisters soon come aware and know that they are to cute for him to pass. But will he pass up her two evil stepsisters for her? Or will he pass her for the two evil stepsisters because of the rumors going around about her?

Q & A about the Distance Learning Lab

1. What classes are offered to Messmer students in the distance learning lab?

Currently, students are taking Japanese and Medical Terminology. Next semester we are hoping to add a Sports and Entertainment Marketing class. Mr. Anderson also teaches a Law class that is broadcast to other schools from Messmer. There are many, many classes available in the network. If a student has a particular interest, they can always ask to see if we can provide the class.

2. What are the advantages of learning in a non-traditional classroom setting?

There are distance learning (with interaction via television or computer with other teachers and students) and online courses (primarliy using a computer/internet).

An advantage to both distance learning and online classes is the wide variety of courses available.

One advantage of the distance learning over an online course is the "real-time" interaction you have with your teacher and other students. You are able to ask questions and get clarifications immeidiately. A disadvantage might be that if you have a question outside the class, you would need to email/call the teacher or wait until the next class period to get a question answered.


3. Have you ever participated or taught an online course? If not would you recommend others to try it?

I've not taken distance learning classes, but I have taken a number of online classes. I would recommend both distance learning and online courses to individuals who are self-directed and are able to organize their time. I prefer the flexibility of asynchronous classes where you can participate in the discussion when it best fits your schedule.


Questions submitted from Justine Shorter

A boxer among us

By Ashley Sartin

Competing in Canada, Texas, and Mexico is no big challenge for freshman Mukubi Sikisi. Since the age of nine, Sikisi has proven himself to family and friends by boxing publicly. “They enjoy it, but my mom can never see my fight. She doesn’t want to see her baby get hit,” confessed Sikisi.

When Mukubi first started boxing with his friends, yes it was a hobby, but now he boxes in one-on-one competitions. Due to his one-on-one competing he is now on a national level. “Last year, I ranked number one in the U.S.A. This year I am ranked number four,” said Sikisi. “I dropped because I didn’t go to the tournament because I injured my hand at regionals.” Because of the injury Sikisi has to go to physical therapy every week. The boxer does admit he was disappointed and knows he has to step it up.

Last summer, Mukubi went to Kansas City for the National Championships and earned his first National win. “Every time I box, I keep the recorded tapes of myself, ever since the age of nine.” He constantly boxes at the King Center and the United Community Center.

So many people have big dreams of taking their hobbies and making them a “career”, as does Mukubi, who wants to make boxing his career. “I have a great up-side in boxing.” This means, he has an outward style to boxing because he is left handed boxer. “Not many people like to fight left handed people, so I use that to my advantage,” expressed Mukubi.

One of Mukubi’s worst stories was when he was ten on his way to Minnesota. A kid named Kenny keep saying, “You’re going to lose, and everybody else is going to win.” Sure enough Mukubi lost, and everybody else did win. Now as he look back, he learns that in life you are not suppose to let people get to you; don’t doubt yourself. As he reflects, he realizes he let the boy get to him and settle in his brain. We can all learn from this as we go through life. Mukubi Sikisi enjoys boxing and sharing his experiences.


(Photo courtesy of Wisconsinboxing.com)

Where in the world is Mr. Nettesheim?

By Kisha Birmingham

Coming into the 2008 school year, Messmer High School students were astonished when they looked around the building. Seeing new faces, old faces, and faces that had disappeared made the first day of school nerve-wracking yet exiting.

Mr. Joe Nettesheim, a former Messmer teacher, was one of those faces that were not there on the first day of school. While employed here, Nettesheim taught Theology for freshmen and Death and Dying. Since July he has been the Director of Lifelong Faith Formation at St Margaret Mary Parish, located at 3970 N. 92nd Street. The lifelong learning orientation sessions are on Sundays and Thursdays.

“I came into this business with enthusiasm and excitement!” Nettesheim states. The goal of these sessions are to help Christians understand and strengthen their beliefs that all Christians have more to learn about God, regardless of the age or race. Part of ever human’s calling on this earth is to deepen our relationships with God.

When asked why he left, he said that he felt that the time was right because this was an opportunity of a lifetime that he just could not pass up. This is part of his longtime dreams, even though he admired being a teacher. This career he was very familiar with and he would have the opportunity to help people more spiritually along the way.

“I really do miss my students. I loved teaching. I still am a teacher, just to a wider community.”

St Margaret Mary Parish is a place where adults, young adults, children, single, married, and even divorces families come together. A major goal for them is to pray and learn the theology behind the events we celebrate each year.

Anyone who has a general conversation with Mr. Nettesheim will get an understanding that he is happy with the choice he made.

“Even though I am gone, it is still good to know that I am missed and that I had a positive impact on my former student’s lives.”

"30 Days of Night"

By Kisha Birmingham

Have you ever wondered why people are so creeped out by scary movies? Is it because of all of the blood and guts, the ugly faces, or the music in the background that makes your heart throb? In the movie “30 Days of Night”, it was all of the above.

A small town in Alaska, for 30 days and 30 nights of winter, has no sunlight whatsoever. For a whole month, the citizens have to prepare themselves for a plunge of darkness. So what is the worst that can happen? It’s a small friendly town with hardly any crime, and everyone gets along each other. Maybe a crew full of hungry vampires can go on a lunatic feeding fest perhaps?

At first, it was the usual preparation for the dark month to come. But suddenly, weird and mysterious things slowly start to occur. Evan, the Sheriff, played by Josh Hartnett, is informed by all of the complaining people. When he notices that it is more than just people playing mind games, he decides to take actions in his own hands.

After people start to brutally die, Evan knows that there is something else out there. When everyone notices that they’re some sort of blood sucking freaks, they hide. The townsfolk slowly start to disappear, since they are the most ripened of the harvest. As they last survivors struggle for their lives, they anxiously wait for the sun to come back up so it can demolish the vampires. Hopefully, they will be alive to see it.

March On Milwaukee

By Jerome Gee

Playing the role of Lawrence in the play March on Milwaukee made me feel good knowing that everyone in the play had someone’s life to portray who made it possible to live the life we do today. It was a very neat feeling to know that Messmer is the first high school to ever perform this.

I liked being around the other actors and actresses. We were not just cast members for the play - we had to bring the Commandos to life and their friendships so we all came closer together. If it weren’t for Ms. Wilkinson none it would have been possible. She kept us in order and made sure we were always on time. Also, we always had pizza waiting for us, which gave us a lot of motivation.

The cast is only half of the play: it wouldn’t have been a success without of Mr. Flattery and the Crew. They had to be right on time with the spotlights and the music. They also enjoyed the pizza. Overall the play was a success and I really enjoyed working with the cast, Ms. Wilkinson, Mr. Flattery, and the Crew.

GYLI

As one odyssey ended, another had just begun, but the long history of Messmer leadership now continues in a global fashion. This past summer marked the third year that Messmer High School students participated in the Global Youth Leadership Program. Arturo Maldonado, Gregory Bates and Isaiah Jordon explored leadership through their community while Lamel Adkins and Jasmine Porter examined their role in our ever-growing global community.

Arturo, Gregory and Isaiah, accompanied by Chad Griesel, started their odyssey in Boston as they learned to sail the freedom schooner Lettie G. All navigation, sailing, and other naval chores were executed by the these young gentlemen and the crew of other fourteen to fifteen year olds who had gathered from around our nation to participate in this experiential learning community.

These gentlemen will be continuing on to the Lama Center in New Mexico next summer where they will study the leadership within themselves from a Native American perspective with the guidance of Larry Littlebird. Other internal challenges that await these voyagers are mountain climbing, a five hour no technology solo reflection time, and building an authentic Native American lodge.

Lamel and Jasmine, who had attended the previous two institutes with DeOndrea Talley, completed their training in Costa Rica accompanied by Gail Burkel. There they worked in cooperation with the Earth University learning green methods of agriculture and ranching. The lessons on campus were then transferred to the community as each student was immersed in a home stay and participated in everyday rural life. In addition, the entire team of students completed service work at a local school helping them paint their facility, interacting with the students, and bringing much needed school supplies, books and pillows for their limited but growing library. Their final celebration was a day of white water rafting.

All GYLI programs are experiential, hands-on, and transformative. Participants are immersed—both students and adult—into experiences of pluralism based on religion, class, gender, age, cultural background, sexual orientation, and ability. Students and faculty then develop and revise their leader learning plans, plans that will be implemented in their home schools during the following school year. Such plans at Messmer High School have included student lead instructions of cultural acceptance at the annual MHS freshman retreat and Multicultural Assemblies complete with food tasting and dancing.

For more information on the Global Youth Leadership Institute, please visit www.gyli.org or see Ms. Burkel in room 101.

Creepy Crawly Critters!

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(Photos by Isaiah Jordan)

Ms. Abby Vogt

By Jerome Gee

Just in case you did not know, Theology teacher Ms. Abby Vogt used to entertain herself by shooting jellybeans out of her nose as a child! Bet you never knew that!

Vogt is from Appleton, WI and this is not just her first time teaching at Messmer -- this is her first year as a teacher. Before coming to Messmer Ms. Vogt worked at the YMCA during the summer with their camping program.

Do not plan on asking her age because she tells every student that she is old enough to be your teacher. In her spare time, Vogt likes running, reading, and enjoying herself by hanging with family and friends. Her favorite movie is “Home Alone”, and every night you can bet on her watching her favorite television shows, Scrubs and Friends.

A fan of all types of music, Vogt's favorite artist is Benfolds and her favorite song is fishing by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band In addition, if you want to try for some extra credit for Ms. Vogt’s Theology class, you bring her favorite dish shrimp and mashed potatoes.

Ms. Vogt has been all over the world especially in the continent of Europe. She has traveled to England, Germany, and The Netherlands. Ms. Vogt has also been to The Dominican Republic for a service trip and plans to go to Africa and Italy in the future.
She is a great addition to the Theology department and the whole Messmer faculty.

Biology Ecosystems

By Terrance Hankins

Unless you’re in Mr. Reiss’s Biology class, you probably didn’t know that the class is making it’s own ecosystems. Yeah, right!

No seriously, the class is using 2 liter soda bottles to create and hold miniature ecosystems. For those that don’t know, an ecosystem is a group of organisms that live together dependently (in one form or another) in a certain environment. The two kinds are aquatic (water based) and terrestrial (land based) each with the proper plants and animals. It would probably be awkward to walk outside and see the ground littered with fish.

The students themselves seemed to be into the project. There were no complaints in the room nor was anyone off task. Instead everyone was completely focused on their project. However, it was kind of obvious that the students were just beginning their work with ecosystems. When asked what an ecosystem was, only a few were able to give a logical answer without asking for help. Doesn’t matter though. This project is designed to help, so they’ll get it soon enough. Good luck!

"Violet On the Runway"

Book review: “Violet On The Runway” by Melissa Walker

Reviewed by Kisha Birmingham (senior)

Living in our society today, lots of money and gorgeous looks are the new power. It seems as if every little girl wants to be the next Brittany Spears, Paris Hilton, or Tyra Banks. When it comes down to being a rich and famous supermodel, not too many people know the hardships that go into these glamorous careers.

Violet Greenfield, a plain-Jane high school senior, has always wanted something new in her life. In the book “Violet On The Runway”, she has the weirdest experience while working at their local movie theater. A very exotic and fabulous woman enters with designer frames, a tremendously huge purse, skinny jeans, and a very expensive phone, comes whisking through the lobby. As Violet admires the aura of this lady, she slips into a trance and acts as if she is a runway model. Acting silly in front of her friends is all that she intended to be doing. But when the “Glam Lady” sees her, she shrieks.

Forgetting about the complaint she was going to make about them needing more multiple shows, she just looks Violet up and down. Then she scrambles out all these questions like “Are you signed?” “Who’s your manager?” “Can you walk like that again?” With all of the dull answers she received, out came a business card for Tyrst Modeling Agency in New York City. “I think you are our new ‘it’ girl.” With them establishing the fact that her parents need to get involved, the “Glam Lady” leaves Violet speechless.

As you read, you will get a glimpse of how the real modeling world is operated, and if Violet Greenfield will succeed at a dream of a lifetime.

One thing that adds to the nature of this book is Walker kept every aspect of the details modernized. The objects went from stores like Forever 21 and H&M, to vintage clothing like flats, skinny jeans, and huge designer bags and shades.

This book is for any age, especially for girls, and anyone who wants to get a sense of what the whirlwind of modeling is like. I give this book an “A” because of its specific choices of words, thoughts, hopes and dreams of anyone who starts to live their life I the fast lane. The descriptions stayed focus on the behind the scenes outlook and the ups and downs that can come from any modeling experience. Jealousy and self-perfection are common themes in the different chapters. If I were you, I would read this book and impatiently wait for the sequel.

Leadership dinner

The Portraits in Leadership Dinner held on October 11th highlighted friends of Messmer: students, teachers, and donors. Senior Justine shorter spoke about her experiences at Messmer and brought everyone to their feet!



By Justine Shorter (senior)

“Lord, bless me with the words to say and I will deliver your message.”

These were the words that rang throughout my mind as I prepared to give a speech for donors, supporters, volunteers and the Messmer community at the Portraits and Leadership Dinner.

A few years ago I promised God that if he healed my spirit and granted me some sort of emotional solace that I would tell my story to anyone who needed inspiration or proof of his grace. As a result, I was asked to present the Christen Faith and Leadership award to two of Messmer’s most generous donors. Unfortunately, they were unable to attend so I spoke about the love, warmth and support that make Messmer such an esteemed institution.

Confidence and calmness ideally ease the mind when speaking in front of more then 500 people if the subject you’re addressing is wrapped in passion. For instance my speech concluded with these remarks, which highlights elements pivotal to my connection with Messmer.

“When I think of Messmer I recognize the countless hours teachers devoted reading material to me. I acknowledge the students who walked me to my bus stop so I wouldn’t have to determine the distance of oncoming traffic by listening. And I appreciate the presence of God throughout the building, which continues to calm my soul whenever my life becomes submerged in chaos.”

If I can affect just one person with my words, then my purpose on earth will be fulfilled. Due to the gratifying reaction of those in the audience after the ceremony was over, I am confident that what I had to say impacted the life of someone in some small way - which makes the entire event sentimentally satisfying.

Madagascar culture makes a quick visit to Messmer's classrooms

By Justine Shorter (senior)

Exquisite culture and memorizing wildlife are just a few of the distinctive indulgences that define Madagascar and the Madagascan people. The colors, land, traditions, animals and natives all appear to be composed of a rare substance that neither scientists nor sociologists can effectively explain.

Courtney Martin, 24, a Peace Core volunteer working in rural Madagascar, has embarked on a quest to educate locals on pivotal matters such as environmental preservation and nutrition.

“It’s such a wonderful opportunity! I love the people, they’re so nice and they treat me like a daughter,” explained Martin.

From leaping Lemurs to astonishing aquatic life, Madagascar is undeniably draped with extraordinary elements. Due to this, observers, teachers, tourists, scientists, students, volunteers and environmentalists worldwide travel to this exceptional African country in hopes of conserving a piece history.

‘The most difficult aspect of what I do is trying to come up with new and creative ideas to preserve the rain forest and such a beautiful country while also finding ways to nutritiously feed the people that live there without destroying the land,” said Martin.

Martin went on to mention that there were certainly some cultural differences she had to become adjusted with. “The people are very outspoken. Many times they call me fat which represents wealth or if I’m walking through the village someone might just say ‘Hey white girl‘”.

Martin, Green Bay, WI, has lived in Madagascar for over a year and highly anticipates the remainders of her two tears stay before returning to Wisconsin to complete grad school at Marquette University. “I would definitely consider staying in Madagascar if I was offered a good position but I want to finish school and continue other things in my life,” concluded Martin.

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Soccer

By Tyler English (junior)
Do you know about our soccer team this year?

There are about 25 players on this year’s soccer team, plus me, the goalie. Our two captains for the year are Melvin Coulter (junior) and junior Gerardo Saaveda (Heras).

We have a new look this year because the team got new Adidas uniforms thanks to our great coach, Mr. Reiss, who is one of the best coaches you can have. He gives great advice and tries to help out when ever he can. We have won 3 games and lost 7, which is great considering this is our first year playing all varsity teams.

There is a game today at 4:30 and at our home field, but unfortunately it is cancelled. You can still support us in post-season games, though!

Mr. P!

By Terrance Hankins

Those who have his English 1 or English 4 know that he has only been here for only a short time, but Mr. Puddicombe is showing his love and dedication to Messmer already! He arrived on the 10th of September and started teaching two days later.

While teaching English is not everyone’s passion, Puddicombe finds that, “Literature connects with people and helps you learn more about them.” His passion is to work with other people, mainly children, which is evident when he found that being a stockbroker was not what he wanted to do. You do not find many children in that business!

Originally born in Waukesha, Mr. P now lives only two miles away from school in Glendale. He says that Milwaukee and Waukesha are different in terms of diversity. Waukesha is more of a suburban area, but being here allows him to be around more diverse people and allows him to see the world as it is.

Puddicombe may not have been in our school for very long, but he likes what he sees here. “It seems very affectionate here, and the teachers are very compassionate about their students’ success,” says Puddicombe. He fits in just fine with the other teachers; his love for children has given him many experiences, especially when he was a counselor at a summer camp in Minneapolis. There he worked with and alongside high school and college students.

So what is Mr. P interested in outside of school? Well, he believes that more money should be invested into education and healthcare. If the government spent more time bettering and taking care of its own, it wouldn’t have the time to worry about what other countries are doing. He also believes that investments in foreign aid would help bind the world. This shows that he believes education comes first and wants a world of peace to do so.

Ever since he started biking to work, Puddicombe has found it to be enjoyable. He has even participated in races. He also enjoys playing the acoustic guitar. A friend of his taught him how to play, and he took it from there, although he doesn’t play much now.
For fun, he once dressed up as a leprechaun on St. Patrick’s Day, but he never did it again.

Puddicombe says that there is nothing he finds discouraging about another person. “I do my best to find something good in anyone,” he said. After a little more elaboration he stated, “I think it bugs me when people quit”.

Puddicombe ended by saying, “I’m exited to be here”, and the Messmer family is proud to have him here.

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Oct. 8 - 12 is spirit week!

By Gloria Brookens (senior)

For the week of Oct. 8th, every day had a theme that helped students share the spirit of appreication for Fall sports and activities:

Monday= the student show their love for Messmer and wear anything that rep Messmer. Blue and white all the way; Messmer Bishops are on their way!

Tuesday= Students from extra circurricular and sports show off their pride while sporting a team or group shirt. Lots of red for student council!


Wednesday= Calling all nurses and doctors to the ER! Students show off their furture as they dress
to express their carerers of the furtu. Everything from doctors to choreographers were in the building
because they all "build one another up."



Frday = students and teaches re they colors. BLACK, WHITE, ORANGE, BLUE, and RED roam Messmer High building with each grade dressing in their own color. Go BISHOPS GO and head to the pep rally at the end of the school day!

From Costa Rica to Milwaukee - Mrs. Cristina Edgar

By Shaina Dupar (senior)

Mrs. Cristina Edgar is a new Spanish teacher here at Messmer. She was born in Costa Rica and moved here to Milwaukee about 20 years ago.

Costa Rica is in Central America, located North of Panama and South of Nicaragua. She has visited five places outside the United States including Panama, Guatemala, Mexico, Columbia, and San Andres Island. She somewhat stumbled upon the ad for a teaching position at Messemer High School with intentions to inquire about the job. Unfortunately, she lost the ad and did not find it for another five days! Lucky for us called and scheduled interview, and the next day after the interview she got the job. She says that she believes God landed her this job for reasoning beyond just teaching.

Mrs. Edgar has been teaching for over five years now and has had experience-teaching students with special needs and at risk students in Wauwatosa. She has also taught Spanish to college students and was a teacher for Milwaukee public Schools.

“I love Messmer. I feel welcomed here, and the staff and students are great. My job is not only teaching, it’s about life skills, and I learn from my students as they learn from me.”

Edgar has two children: Albert who is a seventeen-year-old junior in high school and David who is just eleven. Mrs. Edgar chose Milwaukee over any other city because her husband’s family lives here, and she feels that it is a great place for her children to live.

A Man of many journies: Mr. Ketterhagen

By Ashley Sartin

Mark Ketterhagen grew up just outside of Milwaukee in Brookfield where he went to Catholic Memorial High School in Waukesha.

“I have six brothers and sisters,” said Ketterhagen, “Out of all of us, my mother, sister and myself are all teachers.”

Ketterhagen attended college at Ohio State University, where he earned his teaching degree in English, and begin student teaching. Soon after that he traveled to Japan, where he also taught. I know many wonder; what made him became a teacher?

“My high school English teachers changed my life as did just being a senior,” says Ketterhagen. Since then, he has been teaching for two years. At Messmer, Ketterhagen teaches; English 4, Writer’s Workshop, and Advanced Oral Communications to students in all grades.

Throughout high school and college, Ketterhagen has played a numerous of extracurricular activities. He has played hockey, soccer, and was on the ski team, and fencing team. He is not only smart, but he is an athlete. If needed, Ketterhagen stated that he will coach any sport.

For fun, “Mr. K” likes to play the guitar, hockey, football, and go out to dinner. He also likes to watch his favorite football team, The Greenbay Packers, and his favorite hockey team: The Toronto Maple Leafs. Ketterhagen likes to listen to Jazz, Rock, and Classical. “Basically everything except for Rap and Country music”, responded Ketterhagen.

In about two and a half weeks, Mark Ketterhagen will be getting married to his fiancée Sarah. Ketterhagen and Sarah have traveled to twenty-six countries throughout the world. I guess you can say they like to travel.

“I love Messmer so far, the faculty is great, and the students are unbelievably smart. And Messmer has such a lively environment,” says Ketterhagen. Ketterhagen is truly a wonderful and talented man, with big hopes and dreams. If you have not met him be sure you do.

Got the skills for the newspaper?

By Justine Shorter (senior) and Gloria Brookens (senior)


Faithful readers often overlook the time, effort, and dedication it takes to produce newspapers and magazines.

Senior Amanda Sheaffer, editor-in-chief of Marquette Tribune, describes her position as a 24/7 job.

“Working at the Tribune is a crash course in time management,” the chief exclaims.

Sheaffer also mentioned the devotion it takes to maintain her grades and run such an esteem paper as the Tribune, which prints about 10,000 copies twice weekly.

She admitted that running paper is very time consuming but it is all about finding the balance.

Phil Caruso, assistant campus editor of the Tribune, declares that although working at a paper can be tedious staff member certainly gain reek beneficial rewards.

“I have learned more working at the Trib then I ever have at any journalism course,” explains Caruso.

Caruso, Junior, has been an activate member with the Tribune since his freshmen year. The savvy campus editor acknowledges the difficulties of maintaining deadlines among all writers.

Even though there are two newspapers at Marquette the Tribune feels no threat that students will not stop and read their writing.

To follow their motto ,“A student first and Tribune second”, is no problem for no one there. All nights and days but there are guarantees that both are going to get done.

Students visit Marquette School of Communication

By Kisha Birmingham (senior)

During the first week of October, Marquette undergraduates, Amanda Sheaffer and Phil Caruso, spoke with Messmer High School students about he work and dedication they put in the Marquette Tribune.

Sheaffer is a senior this year and the Editor and Chief of the Tribune. She takes 18 credits while still being able to manage her duties of the newspaper. Caruso’s job at the Tribune is the Assistant Campus News Editor.

The Marquette Tribune has a rotation of about 10,000 copies. It is available every Tuesday and Thursdays around numerous sites in and surrounding the campus. The main topics are the students, Milwaukee issue, and the university itself.

The Tribune includes entries that are inspiring stories, profiles, crime news, athletics, and feature stories. This paper may be the main student paper on campus, but it does have competition. The Marquee is a newspaper that focuses on art and entertainment in the university. The Marquette Warrior is a paper that goes towards a different audience in terms of interests and education.

When it comes to completing the Tribune, deadlines are extremely important, according to Caruso. If article are not completed by the deadline, “A phone call is their reminder if they’re late.” Shaeffer said. The deadline for the entries is at 3:00 p.m. on Mondays. 25 cents an hour is a consequence that the writers have to pay if they do not meet the deadlines.

When it comes down to bringing the whole paper together, all of the editors go over the stories two to three times. There is a thing called “late nights” when everyone stays in the office to put everything in place. The articles are digitally put on a newspaper layout, printed, edited another three times, and finally put into Adobe when the finals are completed. They are then electronically sent to a printing service in West Allis.

There are many jobs available if you want to be apart of a newspaper crew in Marquette University.

“Just continue to write and get internships,” Sheaffer states as inspiring advice for new and upcoming writers.

Marquette has a great educational advantage for their students, including informational resources for their safety and greater good as students.