Articles by Layla Czaplewski

Stepping inside the Lake Effect Surf Shop, customers will note the walls lined with surfboards of every color, and a store overflowing with merch celebrating Lake Michigan’s surfing culture. This little shop on Capitol Drive is a first stop for many hoping to get involved with Milwaukee’s bustling surfing community that keeps growing every year. […]

With how politically tense the nation seems right now; it can be hard to imagine anyone would be able to tune out the noise. However, Jordyn Krause, a fourth-year biomedical engineering student at UWM, has been unmoved by either campaign. With a family history of political inactivity, she says she has just never been motivated […]

While art and engineering are rarely associated with each other, the Milwaukee School of Engineering seamlessly blends the two at the on-campus Grohmann museum. The museum dedicated to the “evolution of human work”, according to their website, features an impressive collection of paintings, drawings and sculptures all celebrating human progress. Kathleen Miezio, a regular volunteer […]