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Volume 109, Number 15
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
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Gordo's sets sights on expansion
EMS system in works Students would work with MKE fire department By Lilly Peacock
lilly.peacock@marquette.edu
contracts, they received a $10,000 raise. When Gosizk got an email from the university about his raise over the summer, he had a feeling other faculty had received one too. After knocking on office doors and sending out emails, Gosizk and Gooding came to the conclusion that nearly 90% of non-tenure track faculty in the College of Arts & Sciences received a raise of around $10,000 depending on their original salary. When Gosizk was discussing the raises with other
faculty members, he noticed an overwhelming feeling of relief. “The fact that people were struggling so much that $10,000 is making a significant difference in the lives of faculty at Marquette, I think we should be pretty embarrassed about that as an institution,” he said. Non-tenure track faculty like Gosizk and Gooding don’t have the same job security as their tenured counterparts. They aren’t promised a job for the coming school years— rather, they
sign short term contracts. Gosizk had already signed his next 10-month contract when he got the email from administration. Now, aside from paying off some of his student debt, he can also provide financial stability for himself and his partner. “This provides a level of security for us that, frankly, I’ve never had since I came to Marquette,” he said. But being an English professor is more than just a job for Gosizk. He won’t consider leaving his job for a
A plan for a new emergency medical service — run by students, for students — is currently being developed at Marquette University. Proposed by Avary Benavides Shefland, a senior in the College of Nursing, the program would be established in collaboration between Marquette and the Milwaukee Fire Department. On Nov. 24, Marquette University Police Department Assistant Chief Jeff Kranz accompanied Benavides Shefland to a Milwaukee Ambulance Service Board meeting. There, she proposed the idea to start an EMS run by Marquette students who are nationally registered EMTs. The proposed EMS would serve both the main campus and Valley Fields, similar to MUPD’s current jurisdiction. In its early stage, it wouldn’t have transportation abilities; rather, it would function as an emergency medical response system responsible for administering basic life-saving treatment on the scene. According to meeting notes, logistics for vehicles are still being worked on, but both the Marquette administration and Milwaukee Fire Department are “in full support of the program.” The Marquette Wire reached out to Benavides Shefland and the university for comment about the proposed student-run EMS. Both parties responded saying they were currently unable to speak on the matter but would follow up with more information at a later date. At the November meeting, Assistant Chief Joshua Parish represented the
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Suhib Badwan (left) and Mohammed Otallah (right) own and operate Gordo's Bubble Waffles with their cousin, Omar Daher.
First out-of-state franchise to open in Mississippi By Lance Schulteis
lance.schulteis@marquette.edu
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tudents on Marquette’s campus are often bound by routine, following paths from place to place as habit or tradition. After Marquette men’s basketball games, crowds of students follow one of those trails from Fiserv Forum to Gordo’s Bubble Waffles, regularly filling the shop to order from an expansive
dessert menu. Soon, Marquette won’t be the only college campus that Gordo’s calls home. But before its expansion, Gordo’s began as a single shop — and it didn’t even specialize in desserts. From 2021 to early 2022, an eatery called Gordo Burger stood on the corner of Howell and Lincoln Avenues in Bay View, Milwaukee. Then, its owners overhauled the entire restaurant, swapping out savory for sweet in a leap-of-faith rebrand to Gordo’s Bubble Waffles. Now, in 2026, the family-owned business is set to expand to Oxford, Mississippi — and the path from
suburban Milwaukee to the deep south runs right through the heart of Marquette University’s campus. Gordo’s opened its second location on Wells Street in April 2024, and it has since become a staple of nightlife for Marquette students. Throughout the school year, students flock to the dessert shop in droves to indulge in milkshakes, mini pancakes and, of course, ice creamtopped bubble waffles. “It’s amazing,” Mohammed Otallah, Gordo’s co-owner, said. “We have the students coming in, spending time here, hanging out. That’s the vibe we wanted.” The journey from Bay View
to Mississippi has come with late nights, viral online videos and countless scoops of ice cream. But each rung up the ladder has been calculated by a small team with the dream of making Gordo’s a nationwide name. From burgers to bubble waffles Gordo’s Bubble Waffles is run by three cousins: Otallah, Suhib Badwan and Omar Daher. The trio grew up walking side-by-side, even before they ventured into the business world. “Our whole upbringing was always sticking together,” Daher said. “Creating See GORDO'S page 4
Non-tenure track faculty get raises Staff received pay increases of around $10,000 By Sophia Tiedge
sophia.tiedge@marquette.edu
Grant Gosizk can now pay off some of his student loans. Chris Gooding can stop looking for a higher paying job. Both are non-tenure track faculty members at Marquette University in the College of Arts & Sciences, and in their most recent
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