Author Archive for Alan J. Borsuk

New Basketball League Will Mean Marquette Can “Control Our Own Destiny,” Williams Says

Thursday, January 24th, 2013
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Larry Williams says his life is “about using athletics to grow as a person.” The commitment at Marquette University to that approach to its athletes is what convinced him to ... Read more »

Health Commissioner: Milwaukee Must Deal with Race and Poverty Issues

Thursday, January 17th, 2013
Category: Health Care, Milwaukee, Public, Speakers at Marquette | No Comments »

If Milwaukee is to become a healthy city in both broad terms and in terms of specific issues, it must deal with issues in an honest, constructive way with poverty ... Read more »

Sessions on politics and character wrap-up a big year for policy programs

Friday, December 21st, 2012
Category: Education & Law, Political Processes & Rhetoric, Public, Speakers at Marquette | No Comments »

A central goal of the public policy initiative at Marquette University Law School has been to provide and encourage serious, level-headed, and provocative consideration of major issues. As we come ... Read more »

Danae Davis: Growing Pearls Among Central City Teen Age Girls

Sunday, November 18th, 2012
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Danae Davis was well along in a distinguished career in executive positions in government and corporations. But she was approaching 50, she felt she needed to do something that had ... Read more »

Last Poll Before Election Finds Obama and Baldwin Holding Leads

Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
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The last Marquette Law School Poll before Tuesday’s election puts President Barack Obama ahead of his challenger, Gov. Mitt Romney, by eight points (51% to 43%), according to results released ... Read more »

Senator Ron Johnson Lets Numbers Illustrate His Views in “On the Issues” Visit

Wednesday, October 24th, 2012
Category: Political Processes & Rhetoric, Public, Speakers at Marquette | 3 Comments »

US Senator Ron Johnson let the numbers tell a lot of the story Tuesday during an “On the Issues with Mike Gousha” session at Marquette University Law School. Numbers showing how ... Read more »

The Boden Lecture: The Reconstruction Era Birth of Our Concept of Citizenship

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012
Category: Civil Rights, Constitutional Interpretation, Legal History, Public, Race & Law, Speakers at Marquette | No Comments »

The Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, the Civil Rights Act of 1866 – as great as the first two were, it was the third that put in place ... Read more »

Presidential, Senate Races in Wisconsin Are Tied, New Poll Results Show

Wednesday, October 17th, 2012
Category: Marquette Law School, Political Processes & Rhetoric, Public | 1 Comment »

Changing opinions, particularly among voters who label themselves independents, and the impact of campaign events – especially the first presidential debate – have brought both the presidential and US Senate ... Read more »

“Economist Mom” Warns About Long-Term Federal Spending Crisis

Friday, October 12th, 2012
Category: Public, Speakers at Marquette | 1 Comment »

“This graph is kind of scary,” Diane Lim Rogers said as a slide appeared on the screens in the Appellate Courtroom of Eckstein Hall. The graph showed accumulated public debt as ... Read more »

Feingold Calls for More Cooperation, Less Big Money in Politics

Thursday, October 4th, 2012
Category: Political Processes & Rhetoric, Public, Speakers at Marquette | 2 Comments »

Voters should do more to demand that their elected representatives, regardless of which party they are in, demonstrate that they are willing to work with people on the other side ... Read more »

New Poll Results: Shifts Among Independents Affect Senate and Presidential Races

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2012
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Shifting opinions among people who consider themselves independent voters are leading to changes in the shape of the races for Wisconsin’s 10 electoral votes for president and for Wisconsin’s open ... Read more »

Obama and Baldwin Gain Support, New Poll Results Say

Wednesday, September 19th, 2012
Category: Marquette Law School, Political Processes & Rhetoric, Public | 2 Comments »

A new round of results from the Marquette Law School Poll points to shifts in public opinion in Wisconsin in favor of Democratic President Barack Obama and Democratic US Senate candidate ... Read more »


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