Articles by Teagen Harr

Title: The New Yorker Presents Studio: Amazon Prime Video Director: Alex Gibney (Jigsaw Productions) Main Actors: Various artists and film producers are featured throughout Run Time: 11 episodes, averaging 30 minutes each Rating: 5/5 The New Yorker Presents: A Media Masterpiece I recently stumbled upon a Facebook post that read: “How the heck did you […]

Title: “Far from the Madding Crowd” Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Director: Thomas Vinterberg Main Actors: Carey Mulligan (Bathsheba Everdene), Matthias Schoenaerts (Gabriel Oak), Michael Sheen (William Boldwood), and Tom Sturridge (Sergeant Francis Troy) Run Time: 1hr 59min Rating: 5/5   “Far from the Madding Crowd”: The Most Underrated English Love Story Growing up, I was the third […]

It’s that time of year again (the end of a semester), filled with frantic students and teaching staff alike as we all try to get our work done in time for wrapping up the semester. It’s also the time of year when you see memes and videos on social media joking about showing up to […]

Title: “Homeless Lives Matter: Homeless My Story” Author: Leo Gnawa Place of Publication: N/A Publisher: Cabri Mort Media Date of Publication: February 5, 2016 Number of Pages: 138 Price: $15 Rating: 5/5   What Can a Homeless Man Teach You? Over Thanksgiving Break 2017, my significant other, Brendan, and I took a day trip to […]

Title: Coco Studio: Disney/Pixar Director:  Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina (co-director) Main actors:  Anthony Gonzalez (voice of Miguel), Gael García Bernal (voice of Hector), Benjamin Bratt (voice of Ernesto de la Cruz) Run Time: 1h 45min Rating: 4/5   Disney-Pixar’s “Coco”: A Great Movie Undermined By Disney’s Growing Laziness As a full-time college student, it’s rare that I find the […]

Why is language and the act of listening so important? How can being politically correct be dangerous?How can listening to others keep you safe? This short documentary addresses these questions and more. Interview with filmmaker Teagen Harr:

Restaurant name: Double B’s BBQ Restaurant address: 7420 W Greenfield Ave, West Allis, WI 53214 Phone number of restaurant: (414) 257-9150 Business hours: Monday Closed Tuesday 11AM–9PM Wednesday 11AM–9PM Thursday 11AM–9PM Friday 11AM–10PM Saturday 11AM–10PM Sunday Closed   Ratings: SERVICE: 5/5 SETTING: 5/5 FOOD: 5/5 VALUE: 5/5 OVERALL: 5/5   Cuisine type: Burgers and barbeque […]

The Fall 2017 semester has seen some much-needed campus resource additions. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) students now have access to an emergency grant  (receiving up to $1,000 for help with unforeseen expenses like groceries and rent), as well as a campus food pantry  headed by Dakota Crowell for those struggling with food insecurity. But so […]

On Thursday, November 16, there was a break in the Keystone oil pipeline about 3 miles southeast of Amherst, South Dakota. The pipeline is owned and operated by TransCanada, which said, “(the leak) was completely isolated within 15 minutes and emergency response procedures were activated.” TransCanada reported that approximately 5,000 barrels of oil was lost […]

The recent terror attack in Manhattan has sparked yet another conversation about limiting immigration.  But was Donald Trump right to call for the elimination of the Diversity Visa Immigrant Program (he called it the Diversity Visa Lottery Program) following the New York terrorist attack, since the accused terrorist Sayfullo Saipov came to the US under […]

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) has recently reworked the campus mascot Pounce, but is the new characterization representative of the student body? For me, I don’t identify with the fictional character meant to represent myself and my peers whatsoever. Although I’ve got a convincing mean-mug, I don’t look anything like a jacked-up, heterosexual, stereotypical frat-boy. […]

Major budget cuts, declining enrollment, and decreasing graduation rates are plaguing the University of Wisconsin (UW) school system. But are the UW Regents wrong to merge two-year colleges with four-year universities – i.e., absorbing UW-Waukesha and UW-Washington County into UW-Milwaukee? No, but there are a number of serious concerns about such a merger that aren’t […]