"Catholic Knights" Building For Sale

[dgies9156]

I might warn him against the possibility of becoming a grumpy old sweater vest

Biggest single deterrent to a Marquette education.

[MU Fan in Connecticut]

Yet, no one has answered my question. Would you send your kid to MU for $60k yearly knowing the crime stats of the campus and surrounding area, hey?

Yes.  As stated many times, my current Junior in college daughter desperately wanted to attend, but ended up elsewhere largely money related.
Yes.  My niece is a Junior at Marquette now and my brother and sister-in-law graduated in 1993.

[Pakuni]

Not to get too far afield, but it's interesting how certain media networks have brainwashed their audience (mostly older, suburban and rural) to believe urban crime is far more frightening than a contagious disease that's about 40-50 times more likely to kill them

[muwarrior69]

He is looking back with sepia tinged fondness to his youth.  It is typical to edit the bad parts out, unless of course, it can make you feel heroic.    This is fairly universal once you reach a certain age.



I allowed my daughter to make her own college choice.   She chose Ypsilanti.  If my son chooses Marquette, I will worry far more about the $60k than I will the neighborhood.   

I might warn him against the possibility of becoming a grumpy old sweater vest

So sad on both counts. MU was a blue collar school in my day where scholarships were not necessary due to the fact it was affordable and within reach for most working class (i.e. non-professional) families.

[The Sultan]

Yet, no one has answered my question. Would you send your kid to MU for $60k yearly knowing the crime stats of the campus and surrounding area, hey?

I did.  And IMO the neighborhood around campus is way better than it was when I was in school in the late 80s.  Marquette did just as you stated.  They bought up the local properties around campus and cleaned them up.

But they didn't build a wall.  Why offer an urban experience than cut yourself off from that experience?

[tower912]

I might warn him against the possibility of becoming a grumpy old sweater vest

I might warn him against dentistry as a career, too.

[Miss Katie’s]

Works very well at Fordham.

My daughter toured Fordham last year.  In addition to the fence, I felt like there had to be some sort of invisible soundproof bubble over the campus as well LOL.  It was quiet, you could hear the birds chirping, very peaceful.  As soon as you stepped outside of their campus gates, it was high decibel Bronx. 

[pbiflyer]

Yet, no one has answered my question. Would you send your kid to MU for $60k yearly knowing the crime stats of the campus and surrounding area, hey?

My daughter just applied......

[ATL MU Warrior]

Not to get too far afield, but it's interesting how certain media networks have brainwashed their audience (mostly older, suburban and rural) to believe urban crime is far more frightening than a contagious disease that's about 40-50 times more likely to kill them

Urban crime...and immigrants...and muslims...and black people...and terrorists massing at the southern border...and on and on.

[tower912]

Fear.

[wadesworld]

Sheesh.  A couple people here sound like Madison fans.  Or WIAA people from outside of Milwaukee that are scared of putting a State Tournament on in Milwaukee.  "We can't go into big, bad, scary Milwaukee.  We won't come out alive!"

Went to Marquette High, then Marquette U, and have commuted through "the hood" for the last 8 years.  Can count the number of times I felt even mildly uncomfortable on one hand.  Bad drivers are by far the "scariest" thing I experience on a "regular" basis.  But I experience that just as much in Tosa as I do in "the hood."

By and large, use common sense and you'll be completely fine.  Sure, every once in a while you might be in a sticky situation through no fault of your own.  But that's true of anywhere in America.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Urban crime...and immigrants...and muslims...and black people...and terrorists massing at the southern border...and on and on.

^This. Old men terrified of a campus and city that is much, much safer than it was then they attended all because of the constant disinformation they listen to.

[Uncle Rico]

Urban crime...and immigrants...and muslims...and black people...and terrorists massing at the southern border...and on and on.

Fox News has made boomers afraid of their shadows.  Because it might not be a white person.

[BrewCity83]

IBTL

[Hards Alumni]

Now, but I lived the first 28 years of my life living on 29th and Wisconsin Ave. in a 5th floor walk up. Attended elementary school on 27th and Wisconsin Ave. Jr. high was at Walker Jr. High at 32nd and Mitchell. High school was at West Division on 23th and Highland, now known as School of the Arts, hey?

Ah, so you agree.  Not your whole life.

[Hards Alumni]

Not to get too far afield, but it's interesting how certain media networks have brainwashed their audience (mostly older, suburban and rural) to believe urban crime is far more frightening than a contagious disease that's about 40-50 times more likely to kill them

Nothing sells quite like fear of the other.

[warriorchick]

1.4

And none of them were Marquette students, faculty, or staff.

Dahmer living close to campus did not affect the crime rate at Marquette. His apartment was affordable and close to where he worked.  It just so happens that it was close to campus.

[Sir Lawrence]

Milwaukee homicide rate ...
1991: 25.6 per 100,000
2020: 16.4 per 100,000

Pakuni, where did you get those stats from?

I found this one:

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is among the U.S. cities with the highest homicide rates. There were a total of 191 murders reported in the city in 2020, or 32.4 for every 100,000 people — well above the national homicide rate of 6.5 murders per 100,000.

https://247wallst.com/city/milwaukee-wi-reported-one-of-the-highest-murder-rates-in-the-us/

[lawdog77]

Jeezzz!  I was there 1987 thru 1991 and there was plenty of good old fashioned street crime.  Including Dahmer walking past my apartment every day on 15-1/2 & Kilbourn and having a fake gun pulled on us sitting outside on our Porch.  Every visit the last 15-20 years I've said this is not the Milwaukee I remember, it's way better.  My niece is there now and it doesn't seem to be an issue.  My brother also an alum said it's better than when we were there.

How do you know this? Were you two friends?

[Pakuni]

Pakuni, where did you get those stats from?

I found this one:

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is among the U.S. cities with the highest homicide rates. There were a total of 191 murders reported in the city in 2020, or 32.4 for every 100,000 people — well above the national homicide rate of 6.5 murders per 100,000.

https://247wallst.com/city/milwaukee-wi-reported-one-of-the-highest-murder-rates-in-the-us/

2020 number:

https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/murder-map-deadliest-u-s-cities/

[tower912]

Another thing St. Louis is #1 at.

[ZiggysFryBoy]

Another thing St. Louis is #1 at.

Gotta be good at something.

[Uncle Rico]

Gotta be good at something.

92% of murders in St. Louis occur when someone says they'd trade Yadier Molina for Mike Trout

[MU82]

92% of murders in St. Louis occur when someone says they'd trade Yadier Molina for Mike Trout

You're often funny, Unk, but THAT was really effen funny.

[shoothoops]

Another thing St. Louis is #1 at.

St. Louis and Baltimore don't include county data as do other cities in the stats. So instead of rates in the 100's, those two places will often be high on the list. They are certainly not absent of their share of crime as is the case many other places, including those of the people reading the board.

But Rent free. Trolls troll.

As for the actual topic beyond racists and whomever else, etc...

The Catholic Knights building is fine and in a good location for a Marquette purchase.