Articles by Allison Martens

The once-empty studio is now filled with people. In one corner there are boxes filled with clothes, with more draped over the furniture that wasn’t there just one month ago. A wall that was once naked concrete is covered in a black- and red-checkered pattern. Camera equipment, tripods and spray paint cans are scattered around […]

When facing a pandemic like the one at hand, schools have been forced to navigate a situation unlike anything they’ve experienced before. As a result of the COVID-19 virus, many students have been forced out of their dorms and back into their parents’ homes. Others have been stuck inside to quarantine in their college towns. […]

Across from Riverside High School, one of five polling places in Milwaukee holding in-person voting for the April 7 election, UW-Milwaukee student Abigail Klug watched from her apartment as a line formed near the school. What started as six or eight people became a several-hour wait by the afternoon, the line stretching behind the school […]

UW-Milwaukee’s Lubar Entrepreneurship Center hosted a Diverse Ideas Talk featuring the Franciscan Peacemakers to talk about the root causes and solutions for trafficking and to foster discussion and empower women. The Franciscan Peacemakers work to provide a pathway to a sustainable, healthy, safe and productive life for women engaging in prostitution due to trauma, human […]

Basketball legend Kobe Bryant was first reported dead by TMZ at 1:24 p.m. CT on Sunday.  Nearly an hour after police received reports of the crash, TMZ released the story before authorities could notify family members, CNN reported. In the hours following the TMZ report, the media released countless updates on the tragedy, many of […]

UW-Milwaukee students are looking for resources following multiple assaults near campus Allison Martens reports.