Articles by Basim Al Marjan

It was a sunny afternoon in May 2020, and as the COVID-19 pandemic was raging across America, Dominic Pham, a Philosophy major at UW-Milwaukee, returned home from a demanding shift at his job. Most evenings, he prepared two packets of ramen and a pot of coffee. “It gave me a more conscious consideration to the […]

As a single light continues to flicker on and off in the basement of the theatre building, the cast begins their rehearsal of the Laramie Project. In between scenes, some actors are agonizing themselves over forgotten lines while others are more relaxed, whispering into each other’s ears while stifling laughter. The rapid-fire pace of scene […]

Last Saturday, UWM’s Department of Art and Design hosted the Spring BA/BFA Exhibition on the 4th floor of Kenilworth Square East. “It is really fascinating,” said Dominic Pham, a Milwaukee local who stumbled across the exhibit, “I am always looking for cool new things to do in the city.” The pieces displayed are from a […]

The Black Holocaust museum’s sleek and contemporary building dazzles at first sight. What it has in style, it lacks in character as it mimics the designs of many modern museums. However, next to it lies an older building, more distinctive and regaler in its design. Reeking of history and adorned with murals, this is the […]

It is a Saturday afternoon in a grungy, old house off Locust Avenue. The house smells of heavy incense, with psychedelic tapestries draped on the walls filled with second-hand bohemian furniture with clothing draped across it. These elements are the usual trappings of renters in their early twenties, but with one key difference, Pietro Vercuzio, […]

Joseph Domask, an attorney who was representing Darrell E. Brooks, the prime suspect of the Waukesha parade attack, in prior cases, filed a motion to withdraw from the case due to personal relationships with those affected by the attack. During the motion hearing, which was presided over by Judge David Feiss, Domask invoked a Supreme […]

A young prince chases the apparition of his father through a dark and dilapidated forest. The phantom demands that the prince avenges his death by killing his murdered, his dear brother Claudius before he disappears into a giant, rotting tree. Ariana Manghera, 21, plays the character of Hamlet in the first two acts, sharing the […]

Born and raised in Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation near Hayward, Wis., Billyjack Parent, 24, graduated from UWM in 2020 with a degree in Japanese Language and a minor in Political Science. He currently is enrolled in a Stanford postgraduate program and lives with his brother in Ann Arbor, Mich.  Q: For those who don’t have […]

Against the dark landscape of Milwaukee’s East Side, which was illuminated by streetlights and dimly lit apartment windows, an African American nurse, dressed in a red blouse adorned with white flowers and vines, voiced her displeasure about her workplace environment.  She talked about her white coworkers and their disapproving looks before singing a cover of […]