Articles by Ariele Vaccaro

Despite extensive efforts by the Democratic Party to propel its gubernatorial candidate, Mary Burke, into the Wisconsin governor’s seat this past Tuesday, failure was almost inevitable. Over the past four years, Republican Governor Scott Walker has become nothing short of a Jesus figure to conservatives. Walker’s many disciples flocked to the polls in droves on […]

Lance Allan is a rarity in television journalism. He was born, raised and has spent his entire career in Wisconsin. The TMJ4 sportscaster Allan recently shared insights about television journalism to a classroom of students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. From his childhood on, he sustained an interest in sportscasting. Allan started his career at […]

For UW-Milwaukee student, Ken Harris Jr., freshman year symbolizes struggle as much as it does growth. After his graduation at Rufus King High School in Milwaukee, Harris came to UW-Milwaukee to pursue higher education in music. “UWM was one of the schools I applied to that really allowed me to keep in touch with my […]

For Ryan Thompson, the memory is still clear. He sat with his seventh-grade classmates: All silent, all stock-still, and all staring intently at the classroom’s television. Over and over again, Ryan watched the planes pile at full-speed into two skyscrapers he’d never seen before. People staggered through clouds of dust and ash. Ryan’s classmates turned […]

UW-Milwaukee’s Transportation Subcommittee listened during a recent Tuesday meeting as controversial Milwaukee lawyer and now UWM student, Alan Eisenberg, requested improved handicap parking and accessibility on campus. Head of Facilities Planning and Management, Geoff Hurtado, introduced Eisenberg as the meeting’s guest. Eisenberg contacted Hurtado after several failed attempts to gain the attention of the campus’s […]

Singers and dancers in drag took part in an innovative entertainment option for Milwaukee’s night owls – gay and straight alike. Ariele Vaccaro checked out the scene.