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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: The Lens on April 11, 2019, 01:29:07 PM
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As a 97 grad, I feel like I caught the tail end of the real Marquette. What is the best time to have attended MU?
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Any time that had 1977 in it. The Dead were on fire and MU was cutting down nets. Doesn’t get any better
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Just wanna say there's two decades completed in this century. 2000 MU to 2019 MU probably have very little in common seeing as my 2009 MU is considerably different that the MU I graduated let alone now
Maybe divide that up?
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Da 70's, man. Tuition wuz affordable, hoops were fantastic, and luv wuz free, aina?
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Just wanna say there's two decades completed in this century. 2000 MU to 2019 MU are worth of a break there.
fixed. didn't realize I could add a 6th option
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Da 70's, man. Tuition wuz affordable, hoops were fantastic, and luv wuz free, aina?
60s. Tuition was even cheaper, Al was there too and the hoops were getting good. And those were the hippie days.
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fixed. didn't realize I could add a 6th option
Not sure which my vote went to. Personally I wouldn't trade my era with except maybe the 70s.
Additional Pros: 2nd best stretch of BBall, Milwaukee being revitalised, texting made bar/party hopping easier, original four lokos and just wider variety of alcohol, weed was much stronger on average than the old days, Tinder/Bumble/Hinge for all those youngsters now, they've brought back the big concert in the mall as well,
Cons: Most of the campus bars torn down, no championship or FF, drinking age 21, starting my junior year underage drinking penalties got a lot more intense, post 2014 no Marquette Gyros, tuition
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My timing was perfect. Freshman during the 73-74 season, trip to the Final Four & national championship game v. NC St.
Junior during the 75-76 season, tremendous team but lost to Bobby Knight's undefeated, national champs in Mideast regional final in Philly.
Senior during the 76-77 season, won it all in Atlanta.
Best of all, drinking age was 18; 15 cent draft beer at Lenny's Tap!
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80's for the music
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Not sure which my vote went to. Personally I wouldn't trade my era with except maybe the 70s.
Additional Pros: 2nd best stretch of BBall, Milwaukee being revitalised, texting made bar/party hopping easier, original four lokos and just wider variety of alcohol, weed was much stronger on average than the old days, Tinder/Bumble/Hinge for all those youngsters now, they've brought back the big concert in the mall as well,
Cons: Most of the campus bars torn down, no championship or FF, drinking age 21, starting my junior year underage drinking penalties got a lot more intense, post 2014 no Marquette Gyros, tuition
RIP to a real one
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RIP to a real one
Possibly the most underrated MU spot of the last 50 years.
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Hegarty's, Dwyane Wade, Renee Row, Steve Novak, McCormick Hall, no MUPD, The Corner, O'Brady's, Pirate House, brand spanking new Al McGuire Center, $10 30 packs of High Life Light, $55 student season tickets
The aughts were lit
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I can’t really compare eras because I can only speak for mine. What stood out was the last chance, last dance, of some bars, restaurants, music venues, festivals, even, a school nickname...and some pretty good hoops. Some changes are good and for the better and some aren’t, as with anything in life. Here are some of mine:
During my 4 years at MU Rah Rah, I experienced the last Mr. Jiggles Fest, (arguably my best college experience) the last Maritime Days music festival, the last year of the old Murphys, the last year of OD’s, the last year of Wales on Wells, the last year of Giuliano’s Pizza, the last year of the Gym Bar in its old location as well as in its new location (since closed), the last Big Sky shows at the Underground, the last year of Toma’s, the last year at The Unicorn, a few NCAA’s and a Sweet 16. I’m sure I’m forgetting several places and things. Many places also began while I was there or before I arrived, and some closed down later or are even still going. But it was an interesting time to be able to enjoy the last of so many things. I was also the last class of the Warriors nickname. There was definitely a feel of many fun off campus festivals, multiple walking distance bars on and off campus for every age group, good places to grab a burger or pizza or beers. It was a blend of the old with the beginning of the new.
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1979-1983:
We were the Warriors
Drinking age was 18
Cheap beer everywhere, bars everywhere on and around campus
great time for music, concerts in the Varsity Theater
Sam Worthen, Michael Wilson, Artie Green, Doc Rivers, Marc Marotta
Park Avenue, The Palms
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Hegarty's, Dwyane Wade, Renee Row, Steve Novak, McCormick Hall, no MUPD, The Corner, O'Brady's, Pirate House, brand spanking new Al McGuire Center, $10 30 packs of High Life Light, $55 student season tickets
The aughts were lit
You forgot Angelo’s. RIP
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Every era was great to attend Marquette. It's f*cking Marquette!!!
But seriously, I'm sure most of us had a great time and enjoyed the experience. Don't wish for something else.
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I think shorthoops is right, we can really only speak to our own experience. I loved my Marquette experience but my parents attended in the 80s. They have some stories that certainly make it sound like it was the time to be at MU.
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1979-1983:
I almost forgot: $2 all-you-can-drink beer at the Greentree on Thursdays
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I almost forgot: $2 all-you-can-drink beer at the Greentree on Thursdays
or nickel taps at Good Time Charlie's
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60s. Tuition was even cheaper, Al was there too and the hoops were getting good. And those were the hippie days.
I'm probably all wet, but from what pictures I have seen of the MU campus today compared to the 60s it seems to me that MU is in Milwaukee and not so much of Milwaukee. There was so much of the city that was intermeshed with the MU "campus" back then: the dorms next to private residences; the science and engineering buildings across from local bars and grills and even a service station with a mechanic. City folks, not just MU students went to see a movie at the Varsity theatre and there was a family run laundromat on the corner of 12th and Wells. That was just one aspect of my Marquette education that was not taught in any text book or classroom. I got to experience what it was like to live in Milwaukee and be apart of that neighborhood and made friends with many of the establishment owners that were "on Campus".
I hope that is still true.
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or nickel taps at Good Time Charlie's
I worked for Danny and Bernie when they doubled the price to dime beer on Thursday.
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1979-1983:
We were the Warriors
Drinking age was 18
Cheap beer everywhere, bars everywhere on and around campus
great time for music, concerts in the Varsity Theater
Sam Worthen, Michael Wilson, Artie Green, Doc Rivers, Marc Marotta
Park Avenue, The Palms
Mug Rack
Summer Fest hit its prime
Stoned Toad
The Underground
Riverside
This is a nice history of nightclubs from many of the eras.
https://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/deadandgoneclubs.html
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Any time after the 60's when the drinking age was 18, although I prefer the 80's.
It is a sad, sad drive down Wells and State these days. Nicer on Wells, maybe. But sad.
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The best time was whenever you were there. For me, that was '66-70. As muwarrior69 pointed out, Marquette and the surrounding neighborhoods were blended. To use a word that seems to have fallen out of use, it was really funky. My senior year I had an efficiency apartment in an ancient building on N.15th Street with a gas stove that literally exploded slightly every time I lit the oven. I would toss in a match and quickly run into the main room. It also had a tiny built in refrigerator that ran off a large compressor in the basement.
I rarely missed a basketball game. It was always a big party in the student section. Once when Marquette got hit with at least 5 fouls in the first 5 minutes, a 2 legged megaphone nicknamed, appropriately, The Mouth, bellowed out "the refs are a bunch of Protestants!" I remember Bio 101 classes in the Varsity and meeting up with profs in the Grandmora, a Victorian era apartment building converted into profs' offices. All the floors were buckled Big Time. I absolutely loved Marquette, spending plenty of time with girlfriends, drinking beer and going to parties. I guess I should say I enjoyed all my classes too. Well, most of them. On a more serious note, Marquette changed me forever and is an integral part of who I am today. I always loved the team and today it is my way to stay connected to Marquette and relive some of the best years of my life.
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I graduated in 1975 and of course voted for the 70's.
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I'm probably all wet, but from what pictures I have seen of the MU campus today compared to the 60s it seems to me that MU is in Milwaukee and not so much of Milwaukee. There was so much of the city that was intermeshed with the MU "campus" back then: the dorms next to private residences; the science and engineering buildings across from local bars and grills and even a service station with a mechanic. City folks, not just MU students went to see a movie at the Varsity theatre and there was a family run laundromat on the corner of 12th and Wells. That was just one aspect of my Marquette education that was not taught in any text book or classroom. I got to experience what it was like to live in Milwaukee and be apart of that neighborhood and made friends with many of the establishment owners that were "on Campus".
I hope that is still true.
While the intermixing isn't what it was in your era, I can assure you that MU today is still part of the community. This is particularly emphasized through countless service opportunities.
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I almost forgot: $2 all-you-can-drink beer at the Greentree on Thursdays
Pabst and Miller brewery tours. Brewers in the World Series.
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I spanned two of the eras (barely). I voted for the one when we won it all although I was still in HS at the time. I do think that the early 80s had significantly more in common with the 70s than it did with the late 80s when basketball had collapsed and the drinking age had been raised to 21 beginning in 1986.
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the mid 90's were definitely a period of transition at MU. Negatives being Avenue Commons failing, enrollment dropping, lower retention rates, leading to East Hall having to be shut down, no new construction on campus after Cudahy hall, the Lanche closing, Pabst brewery closing DiUlio instructing MPD to crack down on parties, and oh yeah, the changing of the nickname. But, at the same time, Valley Fields opened, CUSA was formed, Father Wild came to campus, Campus Town opened. Basketball was ok - Sweet 16, NIT finals, 2 NCAA appearances, and the CUSA title, but we all could tell things were headed in the wrong direction under Deane, Women's Basketball made a jump too. So, there were positives but in the grand scheme of things, I'd say that time doesn't quite hold up against other time periods on campus.
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75-79
National Championship
Drinking age 18
Bruce Springsteen at the Riverside Theater
$1.00 pitchers at the Ardmore on Thursday’s!
Brewery tours
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Just wanna say there's two decades completed in this century. 2000 MU to 2019 MU probably have very little in common seeing as my 2009 MU is considerably different that the MU I graduated let alone now
Maybe divide that up?
Maquette 2014 - 2019: Marquette tears down McCormick, becomes SLU
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Da 70's, man. Tuition wuz affordable, hoops were fantastic, and luv wuz free, aina?
Tumble Weed B:@sh was the style too
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Hegarty's, Dwyane Wade, Renee Row, Steve Novak, McCormick Hall, no MUPD, The Corner, O'Brady's, Pirate House, brand spanking new Al McGuire Center, $10 30 packs of High Life Light, $55 student season tickets
The aughts were lit
939 and the Toolbox?
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My timing was perfect. Freshman during the 73-74 season, trip to the Final Four & national championship game v. NC St.
Junior during the 75-76 season, tremendous team but lost to Bobby Knight's undefeated, national champs in Mideast regional final in Philly.
Senior during the 76-77 season, won it all in Atlanta.
Best of all, drinking age was 18; 15 cent draft beer at Lenny's Tap!
Pretty hard to top this, Hal. Except for the fact that I get to be younger than you, I envy all you folks who were there then.
Having said that ...
I can't imagine anybody had any more fun at Marquette than I did. I mean, it's almost impossible. Drinking age was 18, beer floweth (and did so incredibly cheaply), Warriors didn't win quite enough but still had Sam and Doc and OLee and some other characters, the Brewers were the most exciting team in baseball, etc.
On a personal note, I fell in love about 4-5 times including, finally, with my wife-to-be. Also, made lifelong friends with a half-dozen fellow knuckleheads, and launched my career.
Damn, I had fun! If I ever write my memoirs, it will be an entire chapter. Maybe two!
Great to read all these memories from everybody. Glad so many thoroughly enjoyed their time at MU.
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939 and the Toolbox?
939 & the Toolbox held their own in the mid 90s as well. Some legendary after bars at 939. The goal was always the same, Open the Harp. We didn’t always succeed, but we never failed.
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Mug Rack
Summer Fest hit its prime
Stoned Toad
The Underground
Riverside
This is a nice history of nightclubs from many of the eras.
https://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/deadandgoneclubs.html
slight correction
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1980s: Chris Farley
Naked Beer Slides at the 'Lanche
Brewers in the World Series, epic parade down Wisconsin Avenue when they won the AL pennant
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College experience is what you make it.
Anytime you can walk away from an institution with a degree is a major win in life.
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While the intermixing isn't what it was in your era, I can assure you that MU today is still part of the community. This is particularly emphasized through countless service opportunities.
I am curious. What service opportunities?
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I am curious. What service opportunities?
Service Learning, for one. Service is literally baked into courses
https://www.marquette.edu/servicelearning/about.shtml
There are also many many other service programs, like Midnight Run and the Hunger Cleanup.
Years ago, we took a 16-year-old Chick Jr. on her first official campus tour. The student tour guide was absolutely great. At one point we were walking through the campus, he turned to our small group and said, "As you can see, we are part of an urban community. Awhile back, there was some talk about building a wall around the campus like other schools in a similar situation have done [Editor's note:*cough* SLU *cough*]. However, Marquette has made the conscious decision not to do that. We see our neighborhood as an opportunity to serve others. Instead of walling ourselves off, we embrace our community."
If I wasn't allready all in on Marquette, that would have sealed the deal.
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Service Learning, for one. Service is literally baked into courses
https://www.marquette.edu/servicelearning/about.shtml
There are also many many other service programs, like Midnight Run and the Hunger Cleanup.
Years ago, we took a 16-year-old Chick Jr. on her first official campus tour. The student tour guide was absolutely great. At one point we were walking through the campus, he turned to our small group and said, "As you can see, we are part of an urban community. Awhile back, there was some talk about building a wall around the campus like other schools in a similar situation have done [Editor's note:*cough* SLU *cough*]. However, Marquette has made the conscious decision not to do that. We see our neighborhood as an opportunity to serve others. Instead of walling ourselves off, we embrace our community."
If I wasn't allready all in on Marquette, that would have sealed the deal.
Thank You! Please no wall. That would be terrible.
I guess the difference is that during my time at MU we did not have to "embrace" the community through service learning. Most of my class mates were from blue collar families and many like myself were the first family members to go to college so we just felt we were part of the community of middle class folks that shared the same space as we did. I sang at Calvary Presbyterian at 10th and West Wisconsin Ave. on Sundays at their 9 and 11 am services. It was a win/win as they needed a lead singer in each section of their choir and four of us who sang in the MU chorus volunteered when we saw the add on the church board. Little did we know that we would get paid for our efforts: 50 dollars a month. To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the congregation the MU chorus was invited to participate. The whole congregation was so grateful. It just was all so organic, and a natural part of campus life. In this case we got back more from the community than we gave.
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87-91 Ouch for Marquette basketball, but still very fun!!!
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Was at Marquette from 1968 to 1975. Great years to be a basketball junkie .
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Was at Marquette from 1968 to 1975. Great years to be a basketball junkie .
Your extended tenure inspired one of the best lines in the movie:
Tommy: Did you hear I finally graduated?
Richard Hayden: Yeah, and just a shade under a decade too, all right.
Tommy: You know a lot of people go to college for seven years.
Richard Hayden: I know, they’re called doctors.
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Service Learning, for one. Service is literally baked into courses
https://www.marquette.edu/servicelearning/about.shtml
There are also many many other service programs, like Midnight Run and the Hunger Cleanup.
Years ago, we took a 16-year-old Chick Jr. on her first official campus tour. The student tour guide was absolutely great. At one point we were walking through the campus, he turned to our small group and said, "As you can see, we are part of an urban community. Awhile back, there was some talk about building a wall around the campus like other schools in a similar situation have done [Editor's note:*cough* SLU *cough*]. However, Marquette has made the conscious decision not to do that. We see our neighborhood as an opportunity to serve others. Instead of walling ourselves off, we embrace our community."
If I wasn't allready all in on Marquette, that would have sealed the deal.
SLU doesn't have a wall around it, it does have decorative fencing in some areas on the perimeter of campus to make people walk on the paved walkways. They also closed some two-lane streets that ran through campus. MU is definitely more integrated with the city than SLU is just based on the areas west of 16th street. Having visited there I didn't consider it any less accessible than MU but the neighborhood is sketchier that MU. Fordham, now they have a true wall one cannot see over with very few points of entry.
I will admit to having been a big fan of the Avenue Commons project when I was a student there.
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87-91 Ouch for Marquette basketball, but still very fun!!!
Same here. Lowest winning percentage over 4 years than at any time since before WWII, but we did get to say goodbye to the MECCA and hello to the Bradley Center. Witnessed Tony Smith's senior year, which was the best single season scoring wise until Howard broke the record this year.
Also saw the switch from Brooks to Alumni Memorial Union, closing out the Mugrack.
From my room freshman year at McCormick I could look out my window to Wells street and see Angelo's, Murphy's, Wales on Wells, O'Ds, and the Avalanche. We also still had the Ardmore, the Gym, Hegarty's, O'Paguets, Good Time Charlie's, the Statehouse and Green Tree. The Midget and Toma's I think are still around too.
Mr. Jingles Jamboree at the Domes freshman year, switched to the Lakefront by year 4. The free Maritime Days shows on the lakefront right before school started each year. Sprecker brewery nearby. Cheap bleacher seats at County Stadium for the Brewers (Paul Molitor hitting streak).
Not the best basketball but a fun time to be at MU.
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Same here. Lowest winning percentage over 4 years than at any time since before WWII, but we did get to say goodbye to the MECCA and hello to the Bradley Center. Witnessed Tony Smith's senior year, which was the best single season scoring wise until Howard broke the record this year.
Also saw the switch from Brooks to Alumni Memorial Union, closing out the Mugrack.
From my room freshman year at McCormick I could look out my window to Wells street and see Angelo's, Murphy's, Wales on Wells, O'Ds, and the Avalanche. We also still had the Ardmore, the Gym, Hegarty's, O'Paguets, Good Time Charlie's, the Statehouse and Green Tree. The Midget and Toma's I think are still around too.
Mr. Jingles Jamboree at the Domes freshman year, switched to the Lakefront by year 4. The free Maritime Days shows on the lakefront right before school started each year. Sprecker brewery nearby. Cheap bleacher seats at County Stadium for the Brewers (Paul Molitor hitting streak).
Not the best basketball but a fun time to be at MU.
I loved my time at MU, I think I went to the best University in the world and had more fun than any 1997 grad in America. That all being said...I think the 80s at MU would have been amazing.
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Your extended tenure inspired one of the best lines in the movie:
Tommy: Did you hear I finally graduated?
Richard Hayden: Yeah, and just a shade under a decade too, all right.
Tommy: You know a lot of people go to college for seven years.
Richard Hayden: I know, they’re called doctors.
If I remember correctly, Bluto said, "Christ. Seven years of college down the drain. Might as well join the f***ing Peace Corps".
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SLU doesn't have a wall around it, it does have decorative fencing in some areas on the perimeter of campus to make people walk on the paved walkways. They also closed some two-lane streets that ran through campus. MU is definitely more integrated with the city than SLU is just based on the areas west of 16th street. Having visited there I didn't consider it any less accessible than MU but the neighborhood is sketchier that MU. Fordham, now they have a true wall one cannot see over with very few points of entry.
I will admit to having been a big fan of the Avenue Commons project when I was a student there.
It’s really apples to oranges. Milwaukee is smaller, more compact, more walkable, than St. Louis. St. Louis has some great urban neighborhoods, not far apart, but not connected either. Pockets. SLU, located in what is known as the Midtown part of the city, started several projects, some completed some still going, the past few years to develop adjacent areas. SLU has over 270 acres as a campus, and they are part of developing 400 acres more right now.
https://www.slu.edu/news/2016/november/redevelopment-plan-released.php
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I think shorthoops is right, we can really only speak to our own experience. I loved my Marquette experience but my parents attended in the 80s. They have some stories that certainly make it sound like it was the time to be at MU.
Yep, you can find pros and cons in any era. And despite visiting in other eras, I can really only speak for what I went through and experienced. I definitely have some stories. I played a sport at MU at a time when KO coached. Oh the personal stories, lol. Good times.
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If it's not when you went, you didn't do it right!
Loved my time in the 70s, and '77 made it a perfect start. I do think this decade will close well, something for all of us to love.
Great years to come at MU!
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I used to see those lists of "best party schools in the USA," and my reaction was always, "Really? Better than Marquette?"
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I used to see those lists of "best party schools in the USA," and my reaction was always, "Really? Better than Marquette?"
Hey when I was in school Playboy rated us "Best Catholic Party School"
Also while TAMU is never listed as a top party school, the party culture at SEC football schools is legendary....but mostly false bravado. Some of them are real "looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane" type scenarios
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Hey when I was in school Playboy rated us "Best Catholic Party School"
I didn't know that.
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I didn't know that.
https://marquettewire.org/3769922/tribune/tribune-news/playboy-tdz1-ml2-mn3-university-cited-as-best-catholic-party-school-by-playboy/
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1987 - 1991 don’t @ me bro
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Mug Rack
Summer Fest hit its prime
Stoned Toad
The Underground
Riverside
This is a nice history of nightclubs from many of the eras.
https://onmilwaukee.com/music/articles/deadandgoneclubs.html
Attic West
Starship
Radio Docs
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https://marquettewire.org/3769922/tribune/tribune-news/playboy-tdz1-ml2-mn3-university-cited-as-best-catholic-party-school-by-playboy/
I am glad you read it for the good articles.
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Instead of walling ourselves off, we embrace our community."
Blondie
Francis
Dan
Micky
Archie
Mary
Lenny
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Pabst and Miller brewery tours. Brewers in the World Series.
And Schlitz. Their Brown Bottle room was the best of them all. They rarely cut us off and actually put out food, too. We would drink there for a couple hours while cleaning out their wurst tray.
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Hey when I was in school Playboy rated us "Best Catholic Party School"
Also while TAMU is never listed as a top party school, the party culture at SEC football schools is legendary....but mostly false bravado. Some of them are real "looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane" type scenarios
It was the arrival of the class of 2013 that sealed that title in 2010 & 2011
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Also while TAMU is never listed as a top party school, the party culture at SEC football schools is legendary....but mostly false bravado. Some of them are real "looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane" type scenarios
Bring a MUHSer I would have my share of Hilltopper alums who would pop down to campus and party when they were back in town.
One night a Badger passed out in front of the keg. We put a big sign on him that read:
MADISON THAT SCHOOL SURE KNOWS HOW TO PARTY
My UW friends were blown away by our depth. A pregame could include a brewery tour and then Bryant’s. Parties were always pre party’d. Bars were always after bar’d. And Opening the Harp was always the goal. The essence was: Marquette never half @$$ed anything.
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Friends from high school attended UM, MSU, ND, directionals, IU, Illinois, etc. I would tell them stories about MU and they thought I was making it up. I tell stories today and people think I am making it up. The beer scene at MU in the 80's was ridiculous.
1987, second semester, I had a poli sci class with a professor who was only at MU that semester. (side note, Tom Copa was a senior and in that class and attended most days). The last Friday of class with the final on Monday. He explained what his finals are like. He has 6 numbered essay questions, he rolls a dice twice and whatever two numbers come up are the two questions on the final. He said he would like to have a review session, but the campus buildings are all locked over the weekend. The class responded 'no problem, we will meet you in a bar.' He thought we were joking. We assured him that we would indeed meet him at Hegarty's on Sunday evening. Hegarty's had Guinness on tap and the professor had a weakness for it, especially since it was served at room temperature. We plied him with Guinness, he talked at length about everything he wanted for every question. We took notes. I boiled down an outline for each question that fit on a 3 x 5 card. (permitted). He showed up for the final hungover, rolled the dice twice, I aced the final.
1988, second semester, Dr. Rhodes had lamented the passing of the old days when students would bring pitchers of beer from the Mugrack to his Friday afternoon classes. Before our last day of class, my buddy and I went out and picked up two cases of Special Export and brought them to the 9 AM class and passed them around. Dr. Rhodes loved it. I grabbed a second bottle and took it to my 10 AM class with Dr. Wolfe. I took the obligatory Friday quiz, looked at Dr. Wolfe, smiled, toasted him, and cracked open my second Special Ex of the morning. He smiled back. I really liked that guy.
You tell that to someone who didn't go to MU 'back in the day' and it seems like fiction.
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SLU doesn't have a wall around it, it does have decorative fencing in some areas on the perimeter of campus to make people walk on the paved walkways. They also closed some two-lane streets that ran through campus. MU is definitely more integrated with the city than SLU is just based on the areas west of 16th street. Having visited there I didn't consider it any less accessible than MU but the neighborhood is sketchier that MU. Fordham, now they have a true wall one cannot see over with very few points of entry.
I will admit to having been a big fan of the Avenue Commons project when I was a student there.
'Fence, wall, decorative border. Call it whatever you want.' ~ DJT ;)
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Friends from high school attended UM, MSU, ND, directionals, IU, Illinois, etc. I would tell them stories about MU and they thought I was making it up. I tell stories today and people think I am making it up. The beer scene at MU in the 80's was ridiculous.
1987, second semester, I had a poli sci class with a professor who was only at MU that semester. (side note, Tom Copa was a senior and in that class and attended most days). The last Friday of class with the final on Monday. He explained what his finals are like. He has 6 numbered essay questions, he rolls a dice twice and whatever two numbers come up are the two questions on the final. He said he would like to have a review session, but the campus buildings are all locked over the weekend. The class responded 'no problem, we will meet you in a bar.' He thought we were joking. We assured him that we would indeed meet him at Hegarty's on Sunday evening. Hegarty's had Guinness on tap and the professor had a weakness for it, especially since it was served at room temperature. We plied him with Guinness, he talked at length about everything he wanted for every question. We took notes. I boiled down an outline for each question that fit on a 3 x 5 card. (permitted). He showed up for the final hungover, rolled the dice twice, I aced the final.
1988, second semester, Dr. Rhodes had lamented the passing of the old days when students would bring pitchers of beer from the Mugrack to his Friday afternoon classes. Before our last day of class, my buddy and I went out and picked up two cases of Special Export and brought them to the 9 AM class and passed them around. Dr. Rhodes loved it. I grabbed a second bottle and took it to my 10 AM class with Dr. Wolfe. I took the obligatory Friday quiz, looked at Dr. Wolfe, smiled, toasted him, and cracked open my second Special Ex of the morning. He smiled back. I really liked that guy.
You tell that to someone who didn't go to MU 'back in the day' and it seems like fiction.
Tower, I think few things epitomized the era more than Block Parties and Friday Grill Concerts. I can't recall who the artist was but one of my favorite stories involved Dr. Peters walking down to the Grill entrance, seeing that we were hundreds over the fire code limit, and turning right around to head back to his office to grab his coat.
To his credit, he gave me some 'advice' about that on Monday.
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Friends from high school attended UM, MSU, ND, directionals, IU, Illinois, etc. I would tell them stories about MU and they thought I was making it up. I tell stories today and people think I am making it up. The beer scene at MU in the 80's was ridiculous.
1987, second semester, I had a poli sci class with a professor who was only at MU that semester. (side note, Tom Copa was a senior and in that class and attended most days). The last Friday of class with the final on Monday. He explained what his finals are like. He has 6 numbered essay questions, he rolls a dice twice and whatever two numbers come up are the two questions on the final. He said he would like to have a review session, but the campus buildings are all locked over the weekend. The class responded 'no problem, we will meet you in a bar.' He thought we were joking. We assured him that we would indeed meet him at Hegarty's on Sunday evening. Hegarty's had Guinness on tap and the professor had a weakness for it, especially since it was served at room temperature. We plied him with Guinness, he talked at length about everything he wanted for every question. We took notes. I boiled down an outline for each question that fit on a 3 x 5 card. (permitted). He showed up for the final hungover, rolled the dice twice, I aced the final.
1988, second semester, Dr. Rhodes had lamented the passing of the old days when students would bring pitchers of beer from the Mugrack to his Friday afternoon classes. Before our last day of class, my buddy and I went out and picked up two cases of Special Export and brought them to the 9 AM class and passed them around. Dr. Rhodes loved it. I grabbed a second bottle and took it to my 10 AM class with Dr. Wolfe. I took the obligatory Friday quiz, looked at Dr. Wolfe, smiled, toasted him, and cracked open my second Special Ex of the morning. He smiled back. I really liked that guy.
You tell that to someone who didn't go to MU 'back in the day' and it seems like fiction.
Similar time, similar experiences that I cherish (though I spent more time at the Gym). I'd tell stories about block parties, but have no first hand knowledge. The pre-party for the block party always seemed to win.
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https://marquettewire.org/3769922/tribune/tribune-news/playboy-tdz1-ml2-mn3-university-cited-as-best-catholic-party-school-by-playboy/
From the article:
Although Marquette did not make the top 10 overall list, Playboy editors gave Marquette the “best Catholic party school” designation for several different reasons.
Marquette’s large student body, good sports, abundance of local bars and Milwaukee location gives students numerous social opportunities, Mazeika said.
Mazeika said editors chose Marquette because it “has the full package.”
“Whether that’s kegs and eggs for the basketball games, big house parties, attending a Brewers game or a brewery tour, we feel that Marquette students have deservedly earned this title,” Mazeika said.
Mazeika also said Marquette exemplifies the age-old mantra of “work hard, play hard.”
“We’ve heard that class attendance is strict, but the bars are always packed, which tells us that Marquette students know how to go out and have a good time and still take care of business,” he said.
And that was 2010! If they had visited the campus 25-30 years earlier, they would have found the scene to be even better (if "crazier" = better).
As aptly described by tower, the '80s were wild. Drinking age was 18, beer was ridiculously cheap, great bars everywhere around campus, Brady Street only a short distance away, the university actually encouraged dorm residents to throw keggers, and we had a bar in the student union. And I can't speak for others, but I had relatively few classes that took attendance. Plus, I was usually able to create a schedule with few (if any) classes before 11 a.m.
I used to regale my friends back home with tales about what was going on at Marquette, but I don't think most of them believed me. During my junior and senior years, a few of my HS friends visited me. They were blown away by how much fun MU was.
"You can't possibly do this every Thursday," one said.
"I can. And I do. Most Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, too. I do try to limit it only to days ending in 'y,' though."
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You tell that to someone who didn't go to MU 'back in the day' and it seems like fiction.
No one believes it when I tell them that several of the houses, including ours, used to have beer trucks parked at the house for parties.
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Friends from high school attended UM, MSU, ND, directionals, IU, Illinois, etc. I would tell them stories about MU and they thought I was making it up. I tell stories today and people think I am making it up. The beer scene at MU in the 80's was ridiculous.
1987, second semester, I had a poli sci class with a professor who was only at MU that semester. (side note, Tom Copa was a senior and in that class and attended most days). The last Friday of class with the final on Monday. He explained what his finals are like. He has 6 numbered essay questions, he rolls a dice twice and whatever two numbers come up are the two questions on the final. He said he would like to have a review session, but the campus buildings are all locked over the weekend. The class responded 'no problem, we will meet you in a bar.' He thought we were joking. We assured him that we would indeed meet him at Hegarty's on Sunday evening. Hegarty's had Guinness on tap and the professor had a weakness for it, especially since it was served at room temperature. We plied him with Guinness, he talked at length about everything he wanted for every question. We took notes. I boiled down an outline for each question that fit on a 3 x 5 card. (permitted). He showed up for the final hungover, rolled the dice twice, I aced the final.
1988, second semester, Dr. Rhodes had lamented the passing of the old days when students would bring pitchers of beer from the Mugrack to his Friday afternoon classes. Before our last day of class, my buddy and I went out and picked up two cases of Special Export and brought them to the 9 AM class and passed them around. Dr. Rhodes loved it. I grabbed a second bottle and took it to my 10 AM class with Dr. Wolfe. I took the obligatory Friday quiz, looked at Dr. Wolfe, smiled, toasted him, and cracked open my second Special Ex of the morning. He smiled back. I really liked that guy.
You tell that to someone who didn't go to MU 'back in the day' and it seems like fiction.
Ditto. I've noted this on Scoop before. My brother went to MU also, class of '93. Our Connecticut friends friends back home used to attempt jokes like we were BS-ing them with stories we'd tell. My brother's Senior year I flew out to MU with two friends of ours who were on their Spring Break. One went to UConn and the other Bryant College. MU's break was a week or two earlier. They had the time of their lives. They couldn't believe what they experienced was a typical Marquette weekend as it was only very occasional at their respective universities.
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No one believes it when I tell them that several of the houses, including ours, used to have beer trucks parked at the house for parties.
I love explaining to my non Marquette friends what a beer rep was and why we had them.
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Michigan football played Wisconsin in Madison in either ‘89 or ‘90. My friends from back home in Detroit covered Uam football for the student newspaper, Michigan Daily. It was a noon game so after they filed their stories they came to Milwaukee to meet up with me and grab some beers. We pre-partied, went to a house party, hit Murphy’s, the ‘Lanche, and the Gym, then after bar’d. We carried two of the three home. They couldn’t stop talking in the morning about how they couldn’t keep up and how much fun they had. They still bring it up whenever I see them when I’m back home.
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Same here. Lowest winning percentage over 4 years than at any time since before WWII, but we did get to say goodbye to the MECCA and hello to the Bradley Center. Witnessed Tony Smith's senior year, which was the best single season scoring wise until Howard broke the record this year.
Also saw the switch from Brooks to Alumni Memorial Union, closing out the Mugrack.
From my room freshman year at McCormick I could look out my window to Wells street and see Angelo's, Murphy's, Wales on Wells, O'Ds, and the Avalanche. We also still had the Ardmore, the Gym, Hegarty's, O'Paguets, Good Time Charlie's, the Statehouse and Green Tree. The Midget and Toma's I think are still around too.
Mr. Jingles Jamboree at the Domes freshman year, switched to the Lakefront by year 4. The free Maritime Days shows on the lakefront right before school started each year. Sprecker brewery nearby. Cheap bleacher seats at County Stadium for the Brewers (Paul Molitor hitting streak).
Not the best basketball but a fun time to be at MU.
When my daughter took her official Marquette tour back in March 2018, I told the tour guide I was at the first Bradley Center game so I had to visit this weekend attend the last game there. I also mentioned that I worked in the Brooks Memorial Union and switched over to the Alumni Memorial Union mid-way through when it opened. The tour guide told me, "wow, you were there in quite a period of change."
Mr. Jiggles Fest - My McCormick RA told our wing we had to attend as it was a day of "peace, music & 'schrooms."
Maritime Fest - Last time I saw the BoDeans out here in Connecticut 3 years ago I was speaking with Kurt Neumann after the show and recallled one of the earliest times seeing the band was at Maritime Fest. He thanked me for the memory because he forgot that it used to be one of their annual big local gigs and was always a fun show to play for them.
That list of places was fun!
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One of my very closest friends made it her goal to go out for at least one beer every night of our final semester. Mission accomplished.
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Awhile back I hired a guy the same age as me. He told me about his one trip to Marquette as a college student to attend a party hosted by a guy he went to high school with. He woke up the next morning lying alone on Tory Hill. He had no recollection of how he wound up there. He said they didn't do stuff like that at Loyola.
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Awhile back I hired a guy the same age as me. He told me about his one trip to Marquette as a college student to attend a party hosted by a guy he went to high school with. He woke up the next morning lying alone on Tory Hill. He had no recollection of how he wound up there. He said they didn't do stuff like that at Loyola.
This was during the interview?
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Grass, Food, and Lodging
Yipes!
Blondie, Ma, and big breasted Sue
Sneaking 10 kegs into Schroeder via the Saga basement door
Saga
Crazy Mary, Chopper, and the Lead Pipe tape
Kicking ND’s a$$ in SB, and calling Kelly Tripuka “horseface” in the middle of
The South Quad at 2am.
Ron Cuzner
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This was during the interview?
Haha no, this was well after he started working for me.
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Looking back at the time period I voted for, the Glock and Hegs were still around the whole time, and the campus hadn't gotten its beautification underway until I was a Senior... The 'lanche's building was still there, but abandoned. There was still some definite grit to the campus, but it was slowly being polished away. The new library wasn't completed until my Senior year, and the old Union still stood my Freshman year. I feel like my time at Marquette was a huge time of transition. Cell phones weren't common until I was a Junior... everyone used AOL instant messenger to contact each other. Facebook didn't even exist until the very end of my time at school, and even when we signed up, only Marquette and UW-Madison email addresses were activated. The walls at OD were shaking every morning until dusk; the pile driver creating the foundation at the new school of dentistry. Naylor was still waxing poetic about Lou Reed on a weekly basis, and Brian Wardle was heaving threes from behind the arc. There was talk about this freshman who was lighting up Wardle in practice as well. Then the second semester rolled around and there was a basketball player in my English class (which was located in the old gym for some reason). On the first day of class the professor asked us to go around the room and tell everyone your name, your major, and what you wanted to be when you graduated. This basketball player was closest to the door and went first. "My name is Dwyane Wade, I'm a Communications major, and I'm going to be an NBA basketball player". Slight eye rolls went around the room, along with sarcastic smiles. The rest of the class followed with their answers, but of course Dwyane's response was something I will always remember. This was a guy who didn't even get to play his Freshman year of basketball, and was so confident that he would become an NBA player, that he unapologetically announced it to a class of his peers, knowing the response he would get. I had never seen someone so confident in my entire life until that point. Later in the semester, we edited each other's work, and I saw him once at a party and said, "What' up?". "Not much, man." and a head nod. I only wish that a camera had been in that room on the first day of class with Dwyane to capture that moment. I have my memory, but it was something you see in a movie during the origin story of an all time great.
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One of my very closest friends made it her goal to go out for at least one beer every night of our final semester. Mission accomplished.
Good goal, and great accomplishment!
My "accomplishment" was going out every night of every finals week for my entire time at Marquette.
There is one small asterisk -- one of the nights my second semester junior year I was sick as a dog. But by that time I had to keep the streak alive, so I dragged my arse to the Midget Tavern (which was kitty-corner to our dive of an apartment), ordered a 35-cent Schlitz tap (served in a 7 oz glass), took about 3 sips and left.
Oh, there is another asterisk -- as a journalism major I didn't have nearly as many final exams as those in other majors did because most of our finals were writing assignments, photography projects, etc. But as is the case with a basketball team's schedule, as a "player" I could only play the games on the schedule!
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Good goal, and great accomplishment!
My "accomplishment" was going out every night of every finals week for my entire time at Marquette.
There is one small asterisk -- one of the nights my second semester junior year I was sick as a dog. But by that time I had to keep the streak alive, so I dragged my arse to the Midget Tavern (which was kitty-corner to our dive of an apartment), ordered a 35-cent Schlitz tap (served in a 7 oz glass), took about 3 sips and left.
Oh, there is another asterisk -- as a journalism major I didn't have nearly as many final exams as those in other majors did because most of our finals were writing assignments, photography projects, etc. But as is the case with a basketball team's schedule, as a "player" I could only play the games on the schedule!
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Hey man, it's at least as genuine as A.C. Green's streak was, though I will admit I wasn't celibate during my streak, so he's got me there!
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Why isn't the next four years an option?
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one thing missing for the 80's and beyond: Tent city camping out for season tickets.
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Why isn't the next four years an option?
I know you're trying to be hilarious here, and I want to laugh, but I honestly don't get what you are saying.
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Grass, Food, and Lodging
Yipes!
Blondie, Ma, and big breasted Sue
Sneaking 10 kegs into Schroeder via the Saga basement door
Saga
Crazy Mary, Chopper, and the Lead Pipe tape
Kicking ND’s a$$ in SB, and calling Kelly Tripuka “horseface” in the middle of
The South Quad at 2am.
Ron Cuzner
Wow. Those are some memories, Chili.
Was a big fan of GF&L. I never understood why but Milwaukee had a big bluegrass scene. And GF&L was one of the best. There was a summer Bluegrass Festival in one of the nearby small towns on a lake.
During flight school I was back in MKE to see the fiance and crew while the bluegrass fest was going on. I had to decline joining because I was subject to piss testing. You could see where the event was from the plume of blue smoke.
Cuzner was a genuine Milwaukee treasure. Spent a lot of time doing chemistry problems to him at Zero Dark Thirty.
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Wow. Those are some memories, Chili.
Was a big fan of GF&L. I never understood why but Milwaukee had a big bluegrass scene. And GF&L was one of the best. There was a summer Bluegrass Festival in one of the nearby small towns on a lake.
During flight school I was back in MKE to see the fiance and crew while the bluegrass fest was going on. I had to decline joining because I was subject to piss testing. You could see where the event was from the plume of blue smoke.
Cuzner was a genuine Milwaukee treasure. Spent a lot of time doing chemistry problems to him at Zero Dark Thirty.
If you’re a bluegrass fan check out Billy Stings. Easily my favorite in the scene right now. The kid absolutely rips.
Plus he’s from Michigan which is tight
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GF&L. One of two good decisions Glow has made to date.
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From the article:
Although Marquette did not make the top 10 overall list, Playboy editors gave Marquette the “best Catholic party school” designation for several different reasons.
Marquette’s large student body, good sports, abundance of local bars and Milwaukee location gives students numerous social opportunities, Mazeika said.
Mazeika said editors chose Marquette because it “has the full package.”
“Whether that’s kegs and eggs for the basketball games, big house parties, attending a Brewers game or a brewery tour, we feel that Marquette students have deservedly earned this title,” Mazeika said.
Mazeika also said Marquette exemplifies the age-old mantra of “work hard, play hard.”
“We’ve heard that class attendance is strict, but the bars are always packed, which tells us that Marquette students know how to go out and have a good time and still take care of business,” he said.
And that was 2010! If they had visited the campus 25-30 years earlier, they would have found the scene to be even better (if "crazier" = better).
As aptly described by tower, the '80s were wild. Drinking age was 18, beer was ridiculously cheap, great bars everywhere around campus, Brady Street only a short distance away, the university actually encouraged dorm residents to throw keggers, and we had a bar in the student union. And I can't speak for others, but I had relatively few classes that took attendance. Plus, I was usually able to create a schedule with few (if any) classes before 11 a.m.
I used to regale my friends back home with tales about what was going on at Marquette, but I don't think most of them believed me. During my junior and senior years, a few of my HS friends visited me. They were blown away by how much fun MU was.
"You can't possibly do this every Thursday," one said.
"I can. And I do. Most Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, too. I do try to limit it only to days ending in 'y,' though."
I am sure you don't know Father Mac as he passed in '72. He taught Christian Marriage which every Catholic student at MU was required to take at the time. I am sure he is turning over in his grave that a his Catholic University has such a distinction.
How times have changed.
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I am sure you don't know Father Mac as he passed in '72. He taught Christian Marriage which every Catholic student at MU was required to take at the time. I am sure he is turning over in his grave that a his Catholic University has such a distinction.
How times have changed.
Yes. With all the stories that people here that people are telling about drinking and party culture in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, Father Mac was resting comfortably and didn't start turning until the 2010s ::)
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91- we had one post season appearance in 4 years, a road loss to penn state in NIT. Norm and I had great season tickets. Plenty of 91 grads on here including our most passionate :)
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I went to Marquette from '79-'83.
It was right after the NCAA title and we had more hope than achievements.
Glenn 'Doc' Rivers was the upside. Lloyd 'Dinty' Moore was the downside.
And, having all those bars and block parties really helped us cope.
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Yes. With all the stories that people here that people are telling about drinking and party culture in the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s, Father Mac was resting comfortably and didn't start turning until the 2010s ::)
I don't even know who Father Mac was. Maybe he and I drank together, though!
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I went to Marquette from '79-'83.
It was right after the NCAA title and we had more hope than achievements.
Glenn 'Doc' Rivers was the upside. Lloyd 'Dinty' Moore was the downside.
And, having all those bars and block parties really helped us cope.
I hear you brother.
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If you’re a bluegrass fan check out Billy Stings. Easily my favorite in the scene right now. The kid absolutely rips.
Plus he’s from Michigan which is tight
Thanks for the rec. Checked him out and he is solid. Not sure I can catch him this tour but I will make it a point.
Cheers
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I can’t really compare eras because I can only speak for mine. What stood out was the last chance, last dance, of some bars, restaurants, music venues, festivals, even, a school nickname...and some pretty good hoops. Some changes are good and for the better and some aren’t, as with anything in life. Here are some of mine:
During my 4 years at MU Rah Rah, I experienced the last Mr. Jiggles Fest, (arguably my best college experience) the last Maritime Days music festival, the last year of the old Murphys, the last year of OD’s, the last year of Wales on Wells, the last year of Giuliano’s Pizza, the last year of the Gym Bar in its old location as well as in its new location (since closed), the last Big Sky shows at the Underground, the last year of Toma’s, the last year at The Unicorn, a few NCAA’s and a Sweet 16. I’m sure I’m forgetting several places and things. Many places also began while I was there or before I arrived, and some closed down later or are even still going. But it was an interesting time to be able to enjoy the last of so many things. I was also the last class of the Warriors nickname. There was definitely a feel of many fun off campus festivals, multiple walking distance bars on and off campus for every age group, good places to grab a burger or pizza or beers. It was a blend of the old with the beginning of the new.
Forgot to add The Green Tree, The Ardmore bar which predated The Gym (after it moved from Wells( and then Caffrey’s in same spot and Glocca Morra, The Harp, (opened it once or twice in four years and that was plenty lol) both as places open when I was there that closed during my time or at the end of my time. That’s a pretty long list above of places and events. McCormick two years, had an elusive triple Sophomore year. Good times. It was even outdated back then, lol. Never missed that cold wind tunnel in and out of there. It became coed just as I arrived.
Places that were there both before and after I arrived, Real Chili, Lanche (though closed a couple of years after my time) Hegarty’s, Conways, Old Murphs switch to new Murphs across street) Danny’s Liquor, Kampus Foods, Bryant’s, Brown Bottle, Marquette Gyros, Angelos, Wolski’s. There are a few more. New places that popped up were Ziggie’s, a short lived pizza place on Wells near the new Murphs.
Road trips were great. One, was Madison, a friend dated a DB on the football team, just when Alvarez was getting it going, Rose Bowl team that year. UW 13 Michigan 10 first win in a long time for UW over UM, but scary finish rushing the field. 70 people trampled. Joe Panos the star lineman was near me just carrying bodies out. To this day, I am opposed to any court or field storming because of it. Tough to shake. Wild time. A few weeks later, a couple of MU South Bend buddies, and Niles, took us to ND v FSU 1v2. End of game, I am thinking here we go again, but ND was so calm and orderly, no concerns at all when they won the game. .....went to multiple Brewer games to try to catch Robin Yount’s 3,000 the year prior. He finally did it late in a quiet game with a lined single to right. Second 3,000 hit game I saw. MU hoops road trips were fun too. Oh the KO stories in my pocket.
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When I saw this, I thought tongue in cheek "maybe it will be the 2020s." So much for that...
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Forgot to add The Green Tree, The Ardmore bar which predated The Gym (after it moved from Wells( and then Caffrey’s in same spot and Glocca Morra, The Harp, (opened it once or twice in four years and that was plenty lol) both as places open when I was there that closed during my time or at the end of my time. That’s a pretty long list above of places and events. McCormick two years, had an elusive triple Sophomore year. Good times. It was even outdated back then, lol. Never missed that cold wind tunnel in and out of there. It became coed just as I arrived.
Places that were there both before and after I arrived, Real Chili, Lanche (though closed a couple of years after my time) Hegarty’s, Conways, Old Murphs switch to new Murphs across street) Danny’s Liquor, Kampus Foods, Bryant’s, Brown Bottle, Marquette Gyros, Angelos, Wolski’s. There are a few more. New places that popped up were Ziggie’s, a short lived pizza place on Wells near the new Murphs.
Road trips were great. One, was Madison, a friend dated a DB on the football team, just when Alvarez was getting it going, Rose Bowl team that year. UW 13 Michigan 10 first win in a long time for UW over UM, but scary finish rushing the field. 70 people trampled. Joe Panos the star lineman was near me just carrying bodies out. To this day, I am opposed to any court or field storming because of it. Tough to shake. Wild time. A few weeks later, a couple of MU South Bend buddies, and Niles, took us to ND v FSU 1v2. End of game, I am thinking here we go again, but ND was so calm and orderly, no concerns at all when they won the game. .....went to multiple Brewer games to try to catch Robin Yount’s 3,000 the year prior. He finally did it late in a quiet game with a lined single to right. Second 3,000 hit game I saw. MU hoops road trips were fun too. Oh the KO stories in my pocket.
The Green Tree every Friday and Saturday for the all you can drink to start the evening.
The Ardmore was across the street from McCormick Hall and The Gym was next to Chili and Guliano's was across the street from Chili.
I loved the walk in the wake-you-up cold to the Mecca or Bradley Center and the thought was always just make it to the parking garage under one of the Milwaukee public buildings so we could walk underground for 2 blocks out of the cold.
'91 - We have Knight Commission, Norm, NYWarrior, Cheeks and myself. Missing anyone?
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'91 - We have Knight Commission, Norm, NYWarrior, Cheeks and myself. Missing anyone?
Me. And, Topper too, I think.
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Me. And, Topper too, I think.
The cream of the crop!
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The cream of the crop!
The cream of the top...per.