Echoes of Dissent: A Sterling Hall Bomber Vanishes Into the Night Posted on December 31, 2023January 1, 2024 by Charmeka Wells, Jackson Minshall, Angelika Ytuarte, Beckett Callan, Dawson Carrell, Alexander Trunnell, Miles Verban, Tommy Mulkerrins, Sian de Beer, Fatema Almarshoudi and Ainsley Feigles Troy Reeves, who manages the oral history program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s archives, was manning a table for the 40th history of the Sterling Hall bombing when a man walked up, looking like “he had come right out of the ’60s” or a “Grateful Dead” concert. “He…put his hand on the table and leaned […]
Karl Armstrong Reflects and the Role of Underground Media in UW-Madison Bombing Posted on December 31, 2023January 1, 2024 by Tommy Mulkerrins Karl Armstrong peered in the window, searching for a sign of life throughout the only lit room in Sterling Hall. Behind him sat a van packed with makeshift explosives ready to be detonated. The week of surveillance that the New Year’s gang had conducted in preparation for the attack told them that the building would […]
Obama Rallies Milwaukee Voters Ahead of 2022 Midterms Posted on November 7, 2022November 7, 2022 by Anna Gipple and Tommy Mulkerrins Former President Barack Obama came to Milwaukee on Saturday to energize young Wisconsin voters and strengthen the odds for Gov. Tony Evers in the governor’s race against Republican Tim Michels and Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes in the Senate race against Republican Sen. Ron Johnson. Obama’s appearance was the latest stop in a series of rallies […]
“The isolation just made me feel horrible, lonely, sad and honestly, I probably didn’t cope with it very much.” Posted on May 4, 2022August 28, 2023 by Tommy Mulkerrins Zoe Garnett, 20, is a third-year Dance major at UW-Milwaukee. During the pandemic, Garnett lived in the university residence halls and would occasionally commute back to her home in Appleton, Wis. Before the pandemic, Garnett was interested in dance and activism separately. During the pandemic, she began to combine the two and she now works […]