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The Libertarian student group whose idea it was to bring Milo Yiannopoulos to the UW-Milwaukee campus has received a Facebook threat that warns “Do not walk alone at night….We are coming for you. We are going to beat the sh*t out of you.”     The student members were ordered to leave their organization “or else.” The […]

A Media Milwaukee journalist was banned from taking photos in the Milo Yiannopoulos event, hosted by Turning Point USA at UWM, as well as outside of the event anywhere on the second floor of the Union, and no media passes were available for the event. The student organization said it reached out to Yiannopoulos and […]

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#CUBoulder students launch online petition asking chancellor to uninvite speaker Milo Yiannopoulos https://t.co/WIIv31eGnX via @SarahKuta pic.twitter.com/XPj4hn3abY — Daily Camera (@dailycamera) December 13, 2016 As a known leader of the Alt-Right movement, Yiannopoulos has some unapologetically strong views on many sensitive topics and has caused controversy at campuses through the country.  UW- Milwaukee prepares as Milo […]

The UW-Milwaukee transgender student who was singled out by controversial speaker Milo Yiannopoulos sent an angry, expletive-filled email to Chancellor Mark Mone, accusing the chancellor of insulting her and engaging in “goddamn lip service.” “GO F-CK YOURSELF,” Adelaide Karen Kramer – whose photo Yiannopoulos projected onto a screen during his speech – started the email, […]

A group of students called the Coalition Against the Ultra Right delivered a petition to University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone’s office today in protest of Breitbart News Editor Milo Yiannopoulos coming to campus next week as part of his “Dangerous Faggot Tour.” Yiannopoulos, who is openly gay and nicknamed the Dangerous Faggot, has been […]

Student journalists with Media Milwaukee, UW-Milwaukee’s student news site in the Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies Department, won 14 Wisconsin College Media Association awards, including multiple awards for two major journalism immersion projects on the presidential election and water crisis in Flint, Michigan. Two talented UWM students – Sabrina Johnkins and Nyesha Stone – were […]

As of Sept, 1, 2017, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee was named among the country’s top 25 LGBT-friendly colleges for the third consecutive year. At UWM,officials are comparing themselves to other campuses all over the country, trying to see where they match up when it comes to their LGBTQ+ community and how it impacts students. The […]

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is expecting a 2.4 percent decline in enrollment this fall, in part driven by a drop in international students, Chancellor Mark Mone said in his fall plenary address on Thursday. This decline comes due to prior year enrollments and the changing dynamics of the United States, however Mone says there are […]

Four Media Milwaukee journalists have won a first place national Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence reporting award for their extensive coverage of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Athletic Department controversies. The work of student journalists Tisia Muzinga, Paul Willems, Miela Fetaw, and Kristopher Schimmel was deemed the best online sports journalism in the country […]

UW-Milwaukee student journalists writing for Media Milwaukee.com won six first place regional Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence awards, and those entries now head to nationals, SPJ announced. In addition, seven other UWM journalism stories won finalist awards in the regional competition, which encompasses student journalism from Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. […]

Citing dropping enrollment and another looming $15 million budget cut, Chancellor Mark Mone told the university community that UW-Milwaukee is trying to make up the difference by recruiting more students from Illinois and overseas. The latter students will see a hike in tuition. Mone spoke to a half-full Zelazo Center during his spring 2017 Plenary […]