UWM Students Protest Kamala Harris for Palestine

The shouts of protestors were carried through the cool morning breeze as police officers began taping off more of Maryland Avenue. Above the crowd, the Palestinian flag flew, reaching for the clear blue sky. Protestors wore keffiyehs on their heads and draped over their shoulders as they stood together, calling for a stop to the […]

UWM October Artist Fair 2024 Showcases Self-Expression

Foldable tables lined UWM’s Union Concourse, forming two large circles, illuminated by the afternoon sunlight. Each table was set up with a black tablecloth and chairs behind them for vendors to use. At each table, artists set out their unique pieces of self-expression for students and visitors alike to see. From jewelry to crocheted pieces […]

Community Restores the Outdoors at the Urban Ecology Center

Volunteers dressed in jeans, sweaters and tennis shoes walked toward an open field, gardening gloves on and blue-handled trowels ready. Large green reusable bags were placed on the ground near the first site that they would be working on. Today they would be uprooting yellow rocket, an invasive species of mustard in Wisconsin, to put […]

“I think Generation Z definitely has a shifting mindset about how deserving or entitled we are to higher paying jobs without needing college.”

Corbin Johnson, 19, is a Milwaukee resident who attended the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the fall of 2022 with a major in art and a dear friend. He transferred to Milwaukee Area Technical College to pursue sound engineering, but later dropped out due to tuition costs and his opinion that he could teach himself what […]