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Wendy Selig-Prieb: “I’m Still a Brewers Fan Through and Through”

Post author:Alan J. Borsuk
Post published:April 14, 2010
Post category:Milwaukee Speakers at Marquette Sports & Law

Mark Attanasio “has been everything anyone would want in an owner.”

He has embraced Milwaukee, taken the Milwaukee Brewers organization “to the next level,” and made thoughtful, smart business decisions.

That’s the kind of praise a happy fan of the local baseball team might well offer.

In this case, the praise comes from Wendy Selig-Preib, the woman who was president and CEO of the Brewers when the decisions were made in 2004 and 2005 to put the team up for sale and to choose the Los Angeles financial manager as the new owner.

Self-Defense: Sending a Moral Message

Post author:Alan J. Borsuk
Post published:April 12, 2010
Post category:Criminal Law & Process Speakers at Marquette

What kind of message should the law send when it comes to a woman who kills a man who has been abusing, assaulting, or threatening her?

“I think it is important that we send the right moral message in the law,” Joshua Dressler, a respected authority on criminal law and procedure said in a lecture at the Marquette University Law School.

In the annual Barrock Lecture at the Law School last week, Dressler said that even as some feminists advocate for expanding what is justifiable under the label of self-defense, the law should proceed cautiously.

April 12: The Voices of MPS Leadership Experience

Post author:Alan J. Borsuk
Post published:April 5, 2010
Post category:Education & Law Marquette Law School Speakers at Marquette

Who knows better the challenges and problems of heading up the Milwaukee Public Schools system than the people who have done it previously?

While former MPS superintendents have generally adhered to a policy of not speaking up on what their successors ought to do, four people who have held the top post in the system will appear together at Marquette University Law School on Monday, April 12, to share their thoughts.

The four are Robert Peterkin, superintendent from 1988 to 1991 and a professor at Harvard since then; Howard Fuller, superintendent from 1991 to 1995 and head of the Institute for the Transformation of Learning at Marquette since then; Barbara Horton, acting superintendent in 1999 and now head of a charter school in Milwaukee; and Spence Korte, superintendent from 1999 to 2002, now retired.

Peterkin has headed Harvard’s program to train urban superintendents in recent years and has rarely spoken publicly about Milwaukee issues. While Fuller has been one of the nation’s most prominent voices for school choice programs, he has been cautious about speaking about MPS. Korte has also generally avoided the spotlight since retiring from MPS. Horton has the unusual distinction of having also been a member of the Milwaukee School Board for five years.