Campus Issues Action Team Notes low Student Morale After Int. Student Troubles and Lacking Student Association Posted on May 5, 2025May 5, 2025 by Jack Laude Recent international student distress has contributed to low campus morale at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and a campus-wide action team says they wish the Student Association was more active in giving students a voice. The Campus Community Issues Action Team held a meeting on April 23 which looked at the morale of the campus along […]
Minecraft Movie Memes Push Film to Major Success Posted on April 16, 2025April 17, 2025 by Jack Laude When the first trailer for “A Minecraft Movie” was released on Sept. 4, 2024, it was mostly met with confusion or backlash. A comment left on the trailer with over 144,000 likes said “Please send this back to the crafting table.” A common gripe for many people was the decision to have live-action human characters […]
UWM Men’s Basketball Attendance Trending up; Program Looking for More Growth Posted on April 7, 2025April 7, 2025 by Jack Laude The Panthers average home attendance for the 2024-2025 season was reported at 2,147. The highest average attendance since the 2015-2016 campaign. The attendance has risen each season Lundy has been spearheading the program. Lundy’s first season brought in 1,717 fans on average, and his second season the average jumped to 2,035. For the three years […]
New Esports Lounge Promotes Campus Gaming Culture Posted on December 15, 2024December 15, 2024 by Jack Laude The Esports Lounge opened in November and joins table tennis, billiards and bowling at the UW-Milwaukee Student Union Rec Center located in the basement of the Union. “It’s a really social environment; we love this place,” said freshman Adrian Mendoza. “I’m becoming a regular now.” The lounge features 45 PCs along with three Nintendo switches, […]
“If my disdain for Kamala is a Category 1 hurricane, my disdain for Trump is off the scale.” Posted on October 28, 2024 by Jack Laude Hannah Vincent is a sophomore and biomedical engineering major at UWM. Vincent is not thrilled with her options in the 2024 presidential election, but still will be voting. Jack Laude: How do you feel about the upcoming election? Hannah Vincent: Bad. I have to vote for Kamala. Jack Laude: What gives you pushback about Kamala? […]
“We see monarch larva and things like that, and you just see the glow that kids get.” Posted on October 18, 2024 by Jack Laude The Urban Ecology Center at Riverside Park is a nature-filled oasis in the upper east side of Milwaukee. Zach Schnick is senior director of the Urban Ecology Center. Jack Laude: How long have you been involved with this place? Zac Schnick: My first day in Milwaukee, when I was apartment shopping just like a block […]