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Tuesday, January 24, 2023
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Working out amidst construction
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Students adapt as ongoing renovations impact MU campus By Trinity Zapotocky
trinity.zapotocky@marquette.edu
With the Rec Center closure and the Rec Plex still under construction, club sports and active students have to adjust to the fitness changes on campus.
The “Nest,” an additional cardio space being built in the Rec Plex, is still under construction and is not set to open until February, limiting 30% of Marquette’s total cardio equipment from use. Since the closure of the Rec Center, one of Marquette’s larger gyms, the Rec Plex still remains partially open. After raising 19.9 million
in funds, the Rec Center began renovations and is set to reopen in January 2025. The building will be renovated with 180,000 square feet dedicated to campus fitness and the integration of recreation facilities with the Counseling Center and the Marquette University Medical Clinic. Open play and intramural sports are being offered
at the Marquette Gymnasium, with gym space at the Annex also being utilized for intramurals and open play alongside group exercise classes while the Rec remains under construction. Club sports are welcome to practice at the gymnasium in Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, located about two miles off campus, and the Valley
Fields dome, located off North 16th Street, about a five-minute drive from the Rec. For the duration of the construction, Marquette students will have access to workout equipment that has moved to O’Donnell Hall, a previous dorm on campus. O’Donnell offers cardio and weight training equipment, a spin room, and a
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O’Brien Hall welcomes Marquette students, faculty
Business building opens after a year and a half of construction By Julia Abuzzahab
julianna.abuzzahab@marquette.edu
Last week, O’Brien Hall welcomed students and faculty on the first day of classes at the start of the spring semester, Jan. 17. “This building embodies what is great about the Marquette spirit — people coming together, doing something
larger than themselves,” Tim McMahon, vice president for university advancement, said. McMahon said whether that be the 250 donors that funded O’Brien Hall or all of the campus partners that came together to work on the building, everyone brought something special for the new school that will be on campus for the next several decades. Tim Hanley, keyes dean of the College of Business Administration, said the Dr. E.J. and Margaret O’Brien Hall was funded 100%
through donor funding. Hanley said this is something that has never happened before throughout Marquette’s 140-year-long history. “We told prospective students and families that they could have seven out of eight semesters in the most stateof-the-art space, probably in the country, for a business school,” Hanley said. “And last year alone, our enrollment in this college went up 40%.” Hanley said something they took into consideration when
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See OBRIEN page 2 The fully donor-funded project opened its doors to Marquette last week.
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