‘Political Winds Change so Quickly’: Lessons From Sterling Hall

“I had a class there, and I just researched the hall to go there for a lecture, and results came up for a bombing,” said Ziyad Fakhuri. For current University of Wisconsin-Madison students like Fakhuri, the 1970 bombing of Sterling Hall can come as a surprise. The neoclassical squared-off brick building would seamlessly blend into […]

The Final Chapter: The Philosophy of Moral Guilt

When taking a retrospective look at the Sterling Hall bombing of late August 1970, it becomes essential to evaluate the morality of committing violence to end violence. Sterling Hall is a building located on the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus. The bomb was set off in the early morning of Aug. 24, 1970, and was intended […]

Robert Fassnacht: The Death of a Promising Graduate Student

The summer night was quiet and peaceful on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It was a beautiful sight in the night sky. Most people were sound asleep in their beds. The days were counting down before the start of the fall semester. The quiet was smashed by a sudden explosion on campus. Sterling […]

Frank Scarpace: Escaping the Blast

On Aug. 24, 1970, a physics graduate student at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Frank Scarpace, was working late into the night, assisting colleague and friend Robert Fassnacht with a research experiment at Sterling Hall: A very precise and time-consuming attempting to reach absolute zero. “I was helping my friend Bob Fassnacht with an […]

Prof. Fahed Masalkh Contrasts Today’s Protests With the Vietnam Era

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Professor Fahed Masalkh, senior teaching faculty and Arabic Language Program co-coordinator, serves as a cultural guide. Reflecting on his role, he states, “I believe in education’s power to bridge cultural gaps and promote understanding.” Following the Sterling Hall explosion at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, which claimed Robert Fassnacht’s life, our investigative report […]

Army Math Research Center: What Was It Really Doing?

Anti-war activists attending University of Wisconsin- Madison during the Vietnam War era knew that their school was making millions of dollars assisting the military in the application of research. Certainly, people were finally hearing about the war crimes happening in the Far East, and one could wonder if their Midwest university would contribute to them. […]

Slapshot

Meet the MSOE Men’s Hockey Team, a D3 college hockey team who are halfway through their 2023-24 season. The team had a weekend of losses, and want to come back this weekend in St. Cloud, Minnesota. In this short documentary, Kameron Jones shows us how this team works through their weak points in practice, to […]

Clothed in History

Meet Mel and Tom, partners in life and co-owners of Handsome Hound Vintage. The pair opened their brick-and-mortar shop, located at the corner of Oakland and Hampshire avenues, in 2022. Because Handsome Hound is a small business that evolved from a traveling flea market booth, Mel and Tom’s greatest challenge has been getting their name […]

Tiny Tim – A Dickens of a Village

Every year in Greendale, Wisconsin people celebrate winter holidays with a public outing called A Dickens of a Village, where all the village shops open their doors and vendors host tables and tents with games, crafts and food. During the celebration, community members play a live enactment of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Story, and part […]

Gina and the Pick

As pickleball continues to grow in popularity, this short documentary follows Gina Cilento’s experience as an Association of Professional Pickleball (APP) award-winner, instructor, and it gives us an inside view of her business: a pickleball athleisure brand that has Katy Perry as a customer.

The Fall Sound

25 year old Ashton Wilke has always been passionate about music. From a young age, he started a band with his friends in high school, but growing older comes with responsibilities and challenges. As an adult it can become difficult to follow your passions as you find yourself caught up with work, relationships, and the […]