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Volume 105, Number 13
Tuesday, December 13, 2022
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Student expenses continue to rise
Swipe out Hunger
Students partner with Sodexo to combat food insecurity at MU By Rashad Alexander
rashad.alexander@marquette.edu
Photo by Keifer Russell keifer.russell@marquette.edu
Tuition is increasing by 4% for the 2023-24 academic year to $47,690. Campus members have had varied reactions to the news of the increase.
Faculty call for other sources of revenue besides MU tuition By Julia Abuzzahab, Erin Howard
julianna.abuzzahab@marquette.edu erin.howard@marquette.edu
It’s
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to
be
more
expensive to be a Marquette student next year. Tuition is increasing by 4% for the 20232024 academic year to $47,690. Marquette also increased room and board by 4%. The average amount a student will pay for room and board on campus is $7,621.60 each semester.
“You have to start thinking about other areas for which to get funding other than the students,” Sarah Gendron, professor of French and member of the academic senate, said. Gary Adams, faculty liaison to the University Financial and Planning Review
Committee, said that as far as he knows, the UFPRC has not looked for any alternative options to generate revenue besides raising tuition. UFPRC reviews budSee STUDENT page 2
Muslim students look for larger prayer room
With growing number of observers, space concerns arise at MU
By Connor Baldwin
connor.baldwin@marquette.edu
Last year Marquette installed an ablution station at campus ministry in the Alumni Memorial Union. The station is meant to make the ritual of wudu — washing before prayer — easier for Muslim students on campus. But Muslim students are still looking
for larger accommodations as the faith population grows on campus. Leen Mortada, a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences and current president of the Muslim Student Association, said she had begun communication with campus ministry and administration on campus asking for a larger prayer space on campus. Mortada said this year there has been a lot of new faces coming to MSA events. The organization’s main focus this year was to make more people INDEX FAST FACTS....................................................3 WORD SEACH.................................................7 COMICS..........................................................7 A&E.................................................................8 OPINIONS.....................................................10 SPORTS.........................................................16
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It is going to be harder for us to find a space that can fit all of us at once.”
Anas Alzamli Vice President of the Muslim Student Association
feel welcome in the community and on campus. Because of the growing pop-
ulation of Muslim students on campus, there has been an increase in students attending the prayer space, which is currently in Alumni Memorial Union room 231. “With the Muslim population on campus expanding, it is going to be harder for us to find a space that can fit all of us at once,” Anas Alzamli, a sophomore in the College of Engineering and vice president of MSA , said. Alzamli said there are See PRAYER page 3
One struggle for college students can be finding a hot meal for themselves. In a study regarding food agency among college students, they found that some struggle to cook because of limited time, money, materials as well as cooking knowledge. Upper-level students at Marquette do not have a meal plan built into their student billing. While they do have the option to purchase one, the purchase of a meal plan can be a burden for students who have to pay for rent and other amenities. Samari Price, a senior in the College of Arts & Sciences at Marquette, has witnessed the issue of food insecurity firsthand. Price has listened to the experiences of other people who were facing food insecurity. “I am in the Educational Opportunity Program,” Price said. “People in EOP discussed how food insecurity was an issue for them and having access to food around campus was hard because they didn’t have a meal plan.” Price acknowledged this struggle that many of her classmates were experiencing during her second year at Marquette. “I knew I wanted to help, I just wasn’t sure how,” Price said. “I was a sophomore and wasn’t sure where to start.” Now, Price has found a piece to the solution. With help from Sodexo, Marquette’s dining service system, Student Affairs, and Bridgeman Flowers,
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Marquette Liturgical Choir brings worship, holiday cheer to campus
A&E assistant editor Phoebe Goebel tries a new MKE pie
Guest columnist Jack Randandt talks the future of the party
Joy to the World
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