New Residential Area to be Built in Milwaukee’s North Side, Allowing Seniors and Families to Share Living Area Posted on December 11, 2023December 11, 2023 by Samantha Calderon A proposed city plan would allow seniors and families in Milwaukee’s north side to live in new residential buildings. The senior-living building is planned to have 40 units at W Chambers Street and N 8th Street. There is also a plan to build five townhouses that families can live in. The plan was partially approved […]
City of Milwaukee to Fund COVID-19 and Flu Vaccines for Seniors and Low-Income People Posted on November 24, 2023November 24, 2023 by Samantha Calderon The City of Milwaukee Public Safety and Health Committee Resolution approved funding for providing vaccinations, specifically for COVID-19 and flu, for seniors and low-income people on Nov. 9. Aaron Szopinski, Budget and Administration Manager for the Milwaukee Health Department, spoke at the meeting. Szopinski wore a white N95 mask and was wearing a suit and […]
Palestine Supporters Rallied in Downtown Milwaukee to Show Solidarity Posted on November 13, 2023November 13, 2023 by Samantha Calderon A surprise Hamas attack on Oct. 7 surprised the rest of the world, but not Israelis and Palestinians. The attack occurred around 6:30 a.m. local time, and people were advised within minutes of anticipation to hide in their safe rooms. Hamas is an organization governing the Gaza Strip, a geographical location that is fought by […]
Public Hearing Posted on May 19, 2023May 22, 2023 by Samantha Calderon Meet Tyler. He founded UWM’s only A Cappella group called Public Hearing. Through rehearsals and a final performance, they prove that A cappella is more than singing: there is choreography involved as well. Samantha Calderon tells us more in this short documentary.
New Group Brings A Cappella Notes to UWM Posted on May 15, 2023October 25, 2023 by Samantha Calderon Eighteen voices merged into one singing “Flesh and Bone,” “Nina Cried Power” and “Stone Cold.” Public Hearing is currently the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s only a cappella group, and it was created in February 2022 by students River Rommel and Tyler Grant. Rhythmic was UWM’s most recent a cappella group that dispersed in 2019. Grant and […]
“By ‘We the people,’ I mean every inhabitant of the United States.” Posted on April 5, 2023September 7, 2023 by Samantha Calderon Jesús Velarde-Moctezuma graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in Dec. 2022 with a communications major and Spanish minor, and was raised in Milwaukee. He has been a graduate student since Jan. 2023 under the Translation and Interpreting Studies master’s program at UW-Milwaukee. Apart from being a student, he works at the Roberto Hernández Center as […]