Articles by Sian de Beer

Arlin Bonfiglio’s love of architecture stems from model trains.

Julia Hopfinger doesn’t listen to her favorite song much.

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 […]

When taking a retrospective look at the Sterling Hall bombing of late August 1970, it becomes essential to evaluate the morality of committing violence to end violence. Sterling Hall is a building located on the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s campus. The bomb was set off in the early morning of Aug. 24, 1970, and was intended […]

The Power of Stories in Advancing Reproductive Justice event took on Monday, April 24 at the Lubar Entrepreneurship Center at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, which featured a community panel that discussed and reflected on how story telling is a tool for reproductive justice work.   According to the pamphlet handed out at the event, the two […]

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee sent out an email to students regarding an increase in overdose deaths due to fentanyl in the Milwaukee community, according to the update, since last week Saturday at least 18 people have died of suspected drug overdoses.   Two students, Logan Rachwal and Cade Reddington who were both freshmen, passed away in […]

The Community and Economic Development Committee held a meeting on March 8th at Milwaukee’s City Hall discussing how people who contracted the coronavirus became unstably housed which caused a spike in the homeless population.   This committee typical deals with matters pertaining to community development, block grants, job development, business improvement districts, city public relations, […]

In a quiet, small section of Golda Meir Library at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is a hidden research facility tucked away on the fourth floor called the Special Collections; above the sign is an Italian quote: ‘Lascaite ogne speranza voi ch’intrate,’ which translates to, “Abandon all hope, ye who enter.” Max Yela, the head of […]

Brain Hatzung was born and raised in the Milwaukee area and graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1999 with a degree in architecture before going on to getting his Master’s at Cardinal Stritch University. He is now a principle, vice president and director of Zimmerman Architectural Studios Inc., which welcomed visitors for Doors Open […]

Roe v. Wade, the 1973 court case that ruled the excessive state regulation of abortions to be unconstitutional, was recently overturned in July of 2022. The U.S Supreme Court justices Amy Conen Barrett, Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh all voted to overturn Roe v. Wade after almost 50 years. We believe […]

Roe v. Wade is a legal case from 1973 that ruled the unduly restrictive state regulation of abortion is unconstitutional and violated women’s constitutional rights of privacy, according to Brittanica. Now, after almost 50 years, the Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade, which in short means that there is no longer a federal constitutional […]

Howl’s Moving Castle  Studio: Ghibli   Director: Hayao Miyazaki’s  Starring (English Voice Cast): Emily Mortimer, Christian Bale, and Lauren Bacall.   Runtime: 1h 59min.  Rating: 5 Stars  Along the line of Miyazaki’s trend to turn classic children’s literature into works of art, Howl’s Moving Castle is no different. Loosely based off of the book of the British […]