Articles by Kavina Spinks

On Tuesday, Kentucky State University had an active aggressor on campus, leaving one KSU student, 19-year-old De’Jon Darrell Fox Jr., of Indianapolis, Indiana, and another in critical condition. The suspect has been identified as 48-year-old Jacob Lee Bard of Evansville, Indiana, who has been charged with murder and first-degree assault. Bard is not a student […]

Students at UWM gather around the Union Concourse for an event held by the Women’s Resource Center. It is time for their annual Feminist Flea Market event.  This event has a recent archive at the WRC, dating back to 2018, confirming a history of at least seven years.  On Dec 2, over 20 local vendors, ranging […]

During the protest at Columbia University, Mahmoud Khalil was a negotiator for the students. After the protest, he raised a red flag to the Trump administration.  He feels he has been a target for deportation since March 2025 by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement after the pro-Palestinian protest. He was detained and sent to an […]

Australian Senator Pauline Hanson was seen in Parliament wearing a burqa for the second time since 2017. She is trying to ban the burqa and all face coverings in Australia and has been blocked from getting the chance to introduce this bill.   “Why have so many countries banned the burqa?” Hanson asked. “Why have […]

The Board of Regents had a meeting on Aug. 5 to extend funding for Telehealth services at all UW schools except for UW-Madison, which has supplemental Telehealth services. The request is a four-year contract that would anticipate funding of $6.1 million in the first two years and $6.7 million in the last two years.  Lua […]

Karalyn Cisler, 25, is a senior Studio Arts major at UWM focused on painting and drawing. She believes the government is turning people against each other. From education to immigration, many administration actions are controversial, and the government shutdown is not helping. Kavina Spinks: Is there anything the Trump administration has done that affected you? […]

Daniel Naroditsky is dead at age 29; he was known as the grandmaster of chess. The cause of Naroditsky’s passing is still a unknown, with no information available yet. He was the youngest chess author when he released his strategy book, “Mastering Complex Endgames: Practical Lessons on Critical Ideas & Plans.” In 2013, his commitment […]

Kurk Devine is a retired factory worker who wants his artwork to be enjoyed by others. He used to attend the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, but he was more curious about the history of art. He has had a 50-year career as an artist using oil paints, acrylics, watercolors, and liner markers, recently favoring acrylics and […]