Articles by Stephanie Serrano

April’s heavy rain led to 2.7 billion gallons of untreated wastewater to flow into Lake Michigan, according to the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewage District. Discharges began on April 14 at 8:24 p.m. and concluded on April 19 at 2 p.m. for a total duration of 113.6 hours. Other overflows occurred at these locations: April was the […]

The movie-going landscape looks different after the Covid Pandemic with Gen-Z and Millennials carrying the third space into a new spotlight. The recent Milwaukee Film Festival brought the latest film trends into the spotlight. Stephanie Serrano reports.

Peck School of the Arts students Grace Barden and Jaaron Langford won a combined $3,690 from The Grilled Cheese Grant, a fundraiser to support emerging artists and their proposed projects by making grilled cheese sandwiches. The 11th annual community fundraiser made $13,000 this year with $9,001 set aside for its five finalists, chosen through a […]

Voting place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Spring had finally arrived, but with a downside. Milwaukee saw sunny skies and high 70s during the day, thunderstorms and softball-sized hail at night. But a preview of summer weather was pushing people out of their homes. On 414-day, people flocked to the nearest Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shop for free cone day. In […]

Spring general election day is this Tuesday for a new Supreme Court justice in Wisconsin. In new Marquette Law School poll, Chris Taylor has support from 30% of voters while 22% favor Maria Lazar and 46% remain undecided. The poll surveyed 850 Wisconsin voters in early March with a margin of error of 4.4 percentage […]

Hailey Mueller escapes their 2D world through woodworking, following lessons from their dad and grandpa.

At each design input session, Chia Vang and Kelly Haag were faced with the same question from crowd members: “Why?” Why, that is, was the university determined to merge and get rid of a series of popular student identity centers. The pair always referred to data that a general student center will improve student retention […]

Layla Smith is tired of constantly hearing about Eric Clapton when she meets new people. 

Luis never took his grandparents’ indigenous rituals seriously while growing up in Mexico. 

Students file into the first floor of UW-Milwaukee’s Garland Hall and move down a buffet line manned by staffers from the Center for International Student Education (CIE). Mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, macaroni and turkey are piled onto each plate in celebration of the CIE’s Friendsgiving event. Students greet one another while walking down narrow hallways […]

Noli Alithia Pakka graduated with a master’s degree in biomedical science from UW-Milwaukee in spring of 2025 after earning a bachelor’s degree in India. While preparing to apply to dental school, she is currently an intern at Marquette University’s School of Dentistry. As an international student, she is directly affected by the Trump administration’s changes […]