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MARQUETTE WITHDRAWS OFFER TO LESBIAN DEAN CANDIDATE SPARKING OUTRAGE AND CONTROVERSY Milwaukee - Thursday, May 6 both the Seattle warranted.” As a result of this search they will now rescind the offer. A key factor may have been indi - Times and The Milwaukee Journal/Sentinal reported revise some aspects of their search process. viduals outside the university. A transcript of a video a lesbian scholar who has published works on gen - Marquette spokeswoman Mary Pat Pfeil stated of Father Wild quotes,” I want to say strongly, clearly der and sexual orientation will no longer be offered the decision to withdraw an offer to hire professor and directly what this decision is not about. It is not a job as dean for the college of arts and sciences. O’Brien wasn’t about her sexual orientation or the about sexual identity. That’s important to say.” “We Seattle University professor Jodi O’Brien has written quality of her scholarship. It did have to do with have a variety of men and women here who are ho - scholarly works on gender and sexual orientation. some of O’Brien’s published writings “relating to mosexual who work in all sorts of venues at this uni - The rescinded offer has sparked criticism from fac - Catholic mission and identity,” versity, holding a variety of positions. They do great ulty and a protest by students. Faculty members are raising concerns about ac - work. They make a variety of contributions to this Marquette University stated in an official news ademic freedom. They accuse the school of being university. It is certainly not about sending a negative brief it has closed its search for dean of the Klingler more concerned with O’Brien’s published work in - message to these men and women.” he continues. College of Arts & Sciences without identifying a can - stead of looking at issues of quality. Father Wild however said in an interview in the New didate for permanent appointment. “While three The Marquette Warrior in an article also pub - York Times the offer was withdrawn after he and candidates visited campus and an offer was made to lished May 6 hinted that Diversity at Marquette other university leaders read academic writings by one individual, in the final analysis it became in - today is not about race, but homosexuality. They the candidate. “We found some strongly negative creasingly clear that no candidate was the ideal fit to claim the search committee listed O’Brien as the first statements about marriage and family,” Wild said. represent the college at this time” stated the brief. choice who “apparently wanted to strike a blow for Already more than 1000 people have joined a The university says the offer to O’Brien was done “diversity.” facebook group to complain called “Marquette: Do prematurely “without as much due diligence as was In the end it was Father Wild who intervened to Not Discriminate Against Jodi O’Brien.” GOVERNOR JIM DOYLE SIGNS HIV MEDICAL HOME BILL ENABLES WISCONSIN TO CAPTURE NEW FEDERAL MEDICAID FUNDS FOR HIV CARE AND TREATMENT Milwaukee- Wednesday May 5 Governor Jim Doyle signed into law Senate Bill 647 - Medicaid HIV Medical Home legislation - at the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. The law SB 647 will enable Wisconsin to generate much-needed new federal Medicaid revenue to ensure access to medical, den - tal and mental health care for the growing number of HIV pa - tients in Wisconsin without raising taxes or creating a new assessment . “Access to health care is often the difference be - tween a long and healthy life for people living with HIV and rapid disease progression. Today, more than 7,000 Wisconsin resi - dents are living with HIV - an all-time high”, stated a prepared press release sent to Quest. Under SB 647, MA service providers that receive funding from the state-funded Mike Johnson Life Care Grant will be eli - gible to receive a monthly per-patient fee for the provision of care coordination services for their MA patients. The state share of this payment will come from already existing Mike Johnson Grant funds. In addition to the Governor, State Representative Jon Richards, State Senator Tim Carpenter, members of the media and other guests were pres - ent to witness the signing of Senate Bill into law. EXCLUSIVE PERFORMANCE OF RENT AT SKYLIGHT OFF THE WAGON OFFERS OPERA BENEFITS ARCW HOUSING PROGRAMS FUN FOOD AND A GREAT Milwaukee- The Skylight Opera Theatre and the grateful to everyone at the Skylight Opera Theatre PLACE TO PARTY AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin (ARCW) have for their strong support of ARCW and our housing joined together to offer a private performance of the program.” Broadway hit musical RENT on Sunday, May 23 rd at ARCW annually provides housing counseling and the Cabot Theatre. Special priced tickets for the per - rent assistance to more than 850 HIV patients. In 2009, formance and a pre-show party are $25, in honor of ARCW provided $739,000 in rent assistance and the 25 th anniversary of ARCW and will provide fi - 11,600 overnight stays at its two residential facilities. nancial support of ARCW housing programs for “Our production of RENT provides us with an people with HIV. ideal opportunity to partner with ARCW,” said Amy “Even though RENT debuted in 1994, major S. Jensen, managing director of the Skylight Opera themes from the performance continue to resonate Theatre. “It’s important for organizations like the in the fight against AIDS,” said Doug Nelson, Skylight and ARCW to work together in promoting ARCW President and CEO. “Homelessness and dif - the health and well being of our communities.” ficulty accessing health care remain significant bar - FMI about RENT or to purchase tickets, contact Janesville – In the heart of downtown Janesville riers to achieving a long and healthy life for HIV Tad Gospodarek, ARCW Director of Special Events, lies Rock Counties largest dance bar. Off The Wagon patients, many of whom live in poverty. We are at (414) 225-1598. Bar and Grille takes up a city sized block in a pre- Civil War Historic building. Opened in February this RICFEST LGBT SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS year to cater to the LGBT PROGRAM AT MONTAGE MAY 23 community in the Milwaukee – An awards night at Montage, the West Bend East High School. She ranked in the top Janesville area, the club second floor of LaCage will feature a buffet style din - twenty of a class of 300 students. Upon graduation hosts weekly events such ner with entertainment provided by Wisconsin from college, she hopes to be a foreign service offi - as Tuesday and Thursday Cream City Chorus and Justin Moore amoung oth - cer for the United States government, working at an Night Karaoke, weekly drag ers in a pre-show. Doors open at 6 pm with dinner embassy in South America, or the Middle East to shows hosted by the well and pre-show at 6:30. The actual awards program better relations there. She was a Womens Interna - known and popular Kandi will begin at 8 pm. The awards recognize the bars tional Scholarship Nominee, a Rotary Club student Barr and Friday night “Bur - and businesses that supported the fall and spring of the week, and an active memeber of her school’s lesque Bingo” with Lady T- fundraisers, Tenuta’s Restaurant in Bayview for help - Gay Straight Alliance (GSA)for the past four years. Bag. Burlesque and male ing with the cost of the program, and the commit - The show will be hosted by Channel 6 news, dancers round out that tee that worked to bring you Ric Fest. Most of all the Mike Lowe. Tickets are $25 ticket for food and en - night. current recipient, Katharine Fowler will be honored at tertainmnet, purchased ahead of time, or $30 at Unusual for a Wiscon - this time. A drag show will follow promptly at 9 the door. Tickets can be purchased any night after sin gay bar in a smaller pm with a few numbers coming from Glee and other 4 pm at Frank’s Power Plant in BayView on Cal - community is the food high school musicals. ifornia and KK, at any of the sponsoring bars, the menu. Off The Wagon of - The newest recipient of the Ricardo Correa Schol - weekend of May 7-8th or by mail by e-mailing fers a full kitchen with Fri - arship Foundation. Katharine Fowler is a senior from [email protected] . day Night Fish Fries all you can eat style for just $9.95. Saturday they have BESTSELLING NOVELIST ANDREW GREY Prime Rib all you can eat for $12.95 and a Midnight APPEARS AT OUTWORDS BOOKS, JUNE 2 Scramble Friday and Saturday Nights for $5 per plate Milwaukee - Outwords Books has 2008, the prolific Grey has released 10 piled as high as you’d like. announced an appearance with best- romances for Dreamspinner Press. In Manager Christian Schmidt told Quest, “We also selling romance novelist Andrew Grey addition to his fanciful “Children of offer a HUGE live music venue for live music with for Wednesday, June 2 nd at 7:00pm. Bacchus” trilogy, Andrew has several area bands Andrew Grey will read from and sign books set in Milwaukee, including the monthly. We cater copies of “ An Expected Vintage,” bestselling, “ Best Revenge.” to all in the LGBT the third title in his popular series He considers himself blessed with an community and which began with “ Bottled Up.” accepting family, fantastic friends, and anyone else who Andrew Grey grew up in western the world’s most supportive and loving wants to stop in Michigan with a father who loved to tell partner.