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.