Articles by Colton Dunham

While growing up in Big Bend in Waukesha County during the 1960s, Brian Manthey had hoped that one day he would have a career in sports, whether it would be as an announcer or a writer. “The Milwaukee Braves were my baseball team until they moved out on me,” Manthey said with a faded hint […]

In the spring of 2008, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students Jon Bell, Alex Brucker, Anthony Gagnon, and Michael Kubaszak started Production Club, an organization that focuses on the technical aspects of filmmaking. The founders formed the organization to meet fellow students to recreate scenes with the knowledge they’ve learned through UWM’s film program. The organization transitioned […]

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, UW-Milwaukee freshman Ben Gaddour was learning about Native American culture in his second grade class at University School of Milwaukee. He remembers the frantic phone call his teacher received in the middle of the lesson. Gaddour and his classmates sat quietly as they watched their teacher turn on […]

Ghoulish laughs and blood curdling screams echoed through the halls of UW-Milwaukee’s Mitchell Hall on Saturday, Oct. 19 as guests made their way through the haunted house on the building’s third floor. The new public event to campus was organized by Peck School of the Arts students who collaborated to frighten guests to raise funds […]

The short documentary, “Would You Like Some Free Pens?” premiered in April at UWM’s Union Theater. Nearly fifty curious students attended the screening to learn about the pen guy, a mysterious man with many pens and lots of faith. Colton Dunham reports.