I always knew my college roommate Teri was destined for great things. While I idly scanned ids at the recreation center to earn college spending money, Teri kept the books for Gimbels, a large department store in Milwaukee. I always marvelled that such a sophisticated store had a 21-year old bookkeeper. She earned an engineering [...]
The oldest building in Wisconsin holds more than six hundred years of memories, including four years of my own. St. Joan of Arc Chapel sits in the heart of Marquette University's rapidly changing campus, nearly exactly as I remember it from my time on campus in the early 1980s. We used to pop in for [...]
When Fred Rogers famously told scared children to “always look for the helpers,” he was talking about people like my friend Steve “Bronco” Broniarczyk. I knew Bronco was a helper the day I met him, in journalism class at Marquette University more than 30 years ago. He read my articles, offered friendly feedback and gave [...]
Back when Marquette students had few options for bar time snacks, they used to line up down Wells Street for hot bowls of Real Chili. The simple menu offered some options, but the 2 a.m. crowd rarely diverted from the classic spaghetti, beans, cheese and sour cream selection, making good use of the bottomless cup [...]
Nearly 42 years ago, I wrote a letter to ABC news. A fifth grade student and aspiring journalist, I asked about the danger reporters faced, especially in war zones. I'd been following coverage of the Vietnam War and wanted to know if reporters really were risking their lives in pursuit of the story. A letter [...]