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“Om Shanti Om”
Indian Student Association holds annual cultural show featuring dancing and fashion
Muslim Student Association fights to have holidays on Marquette’s official calendar
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Dwyane Wade inducted into Hall of Fame
He is the first MU basketball player to receive the honor By John Leuzzi
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Dwyane Wade, one of Marquette’s most decorated athletes, is heading to Springfield, Massachusetts. The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame announced its Class of 2023 Saturday morning ahead of the Final Four, with Wade being elected as a first-ballot Hall of Famer. Wade becomes the first Marquette player to be elected to the Hall of Fame. Former head coaches Ed Hickey, Al McGuire and Tex Winter are the lone Marquette members in the hall. “I haven’t been back to the Final Four in 20 years. This is a great time to come back. I don’t know if anybody — I know everyone up here has seen my mom, my dad and my sister, they’re going to everything with me like I’m a college kid coming out, going through this process for the first time,” Wade said during a press conference Saturday in Houston. “This is just truly an honor, truly a blessing for my family and I. And where we come from, this doesn’t happen to
would make it , but is still so surreal that it is actually happening,” former Marquette head coach Tom Crean said in an exclusive statement to the Marquette Wire. “Dwyane goes all in with everything he does. He’s been all in at Marquette since he first arrived in 2000 and remains that today. He’s a champion in every area of his life because he has always appreciated and respected what he’s done and who he has done it with. “I could not possibly be any prouder of him or happier for his family.” Wade was asked by ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas during the network’s Hall of Fame episode special if he could highlight any of his awards across his career, he said it would be Marquette. “That is where I think I light up the most. That was the time no expectations were pinned on me or Marquette University and we exceeded any internal expectations we had and any external expectations along the Photo courtesy of Marquette Athletics way. We did the improbable,” MU’s Dwyane Wade was presented with the honor over the weekend at the men’s Final Four in Houston, Texas. Wade told ESPN’s Rece Davis anyone. So we’re truly honored In Marquette’s 83-69 win over Four appearance that Dwyane and Bilas Saturday. “I’m sitting and truly blessed to sit on this No. 1-overall seed Kentucky in is back in that environment to here because of Jack Fitzgerstage with so much greatness.” the Elite Eight, Wade finished be named a first ballot Hall of ald and Tom Crean and all the He helped lead Marquette with 29 points, 11 rebounds Famer. As his career advanced players at Marquette.” After being drafted fifth overto its first Final Four appear- and 11 assists. and his legacy in the game of “It’s so amazing that 20 basketball continued to crys- all in the 2003 NBA Draft by ance in 2003 since its national championship season in 1977. years later from our Final tallize, there was no doubts he See WADE page 15
MKE community reflects on recent motor vehicle thefts
City to join others in lawsuit against Kia and Hyundai By Sophia Tiedge
sophia.tiedge@marquette.edu
Milwaukee Police Department reported a 34% decrease in car thefts in 2023 compared to 2022, but some Marquette students and Milwaukee residents
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are still dissatisfied with the security of their vehicles. Assistant Marquette University Police Department Chief Jeff Kranz said when someone calls MUPD about a stolen car, they can get the word out to not only the city of Milwaukee, but also the rest of the country where they report it in their crime databases. This way, he said other jurisdictions can run the plates
quickly and identify if it’s a stolen vehicle. Carrie Knapp is a Milwaukee resident whose daughter’s Kia was stolen from the Versiti Blood Center parking lot on Marquette’s campus. After the car was stolen, they reported the incident to MUPD. “Five days later, when the car finally ran out of gas, they found it in the Whole Foods parking
lot by St. Mary’s Hospital with the steering wheel column damaged. It makes you mad because you work hard for the things that you do have, and it’s very upsetting to just have that taken from you,” Knapp said. Knapp said she and her daughter were both “distraught” over the situation, especially since Knapp also had her Kia broken into twice just outside her home
in Milwaukee. “Twice my steering column was stripped and that’s $1,000 every time you have to take it in. It’s very frustrating. They do it because they know they can get away with it, and they know there won’t be a lot of consequences,” Knapp said. Milwaukee made an announcement March 22 that
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