Articles by Angelika Ytuarte

Troy Reeves, who manages the oral history program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s archives, was manning a table for the 40th history of the Sterling Hall bombing when a man walked up, looking like “he had come right out of the ’60s” or a “Grateful Dead” concert. “He…put his hand on the table and leaned […]

Lester Pines was between his sophomore and junior years at the University of Wisconsin- Madison in the summer of 1970, when the bombing occurred. Five years later, he was admitted to practice law in Wisconsin. Six years later, David Fine’s family hired him to represent the fugitive in the first part of the federal criminal […]

Paul Soglin, the former mayor of Madison and a prominent antiwar activist, is very familiar with the history, riots and the explosion that took place on the UW-Madison campus in the 1960’s and ’70’s. He said that the first demonstrations against the Vietnam War, in Madison, took place in mid-October of 1963. The civil rights […]

In August of 1970, Joseph McBride was 23 years old, working for the Wisconsin State Journal. He was the youngest male reporter on the staff and therefore designated as the man who would cover the violent opposition towards the Vietnam War on the University of Wisconsin- Madison campus. He was one of the local reporters […]

A short, two-note fanfare cheerfully rang out through the cell phone speaker while 77-year-old former bomber and anti-war protester Karl Armstrong’s phone line connected with Media Milwaukee reporters Angelika Ytuarte and Thomas Mulkerrins. Ytuarte and Mulkerrins called to interview Armstrong for their class project on the Aug. 24, 1970 bombing of Sterling Hall at the […]

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. […]

Eighty-five-year-old German immigrant Irene Christensen tells her granddaughter about growing up in Europe and moving to the United States during a tumultuous time.

Angelika Ytuarte documents the sounds of her mother’s morning routine that starts with three anxious dogs and ends with coffee.

The rift in Wisconsin politics sometimes feels like the space between life and death for UW-Milwaukee student Wylan Boyle. “One of the sides only kind of wants to kill me, versus the other side that really wants to kill me,” says Boyle. “If I’m voting, I’m voting for the side that is probably going to […]

UW- Milwaukee journalism major Bella VanLanen talks about how her strong affinity for pop culture led her to pursue a career in media.

Public officials within the Milwaukee County and statewide judicial branches revealed they have not kept track of the number of speedy trial requests they’ve received and denied within the last five years but insist they have tried to avoid infringing upon citizens’ Sixth Amendment right to a speedy and public trial. According to Milwaukee County […]

Thousands of species of amphibians, reptiles, and arthropods filled tables across the banquet hall that gave shelter from April showers to the herpetology enthusiasts of SEWERFest, Wisconsin’s largest reptile convention that was hatched in 2001. However, a metaphorical elephant threatened the room with the reminder that the occupants’ way of life was in danger. “A […]