EQI Fire Circle to Remember Indigenous Presence on Campus Posted on November 7, 2021November 7, 2021 by Sonnet Bayer Community members along with UW-Milwaukee faculty and students stood behind safety bars as they watched the last couple of stones being installed in the new Electa Quinney Institute Fire Circle last Tuesday. Celeste Clark, the multicultural student success coordinator at UWM, said she was so excited when she saw the first stone being placed that she had to take a picture of it. “It was a historical event for […]
One Person Dead and 14 Injured After Gunman Open Fired in a Tennessee Grocery Store Posted on November 5, 2021November 5, 2021 by Sonnet Bayer A gunman open fired and killed a woman, mother of three, and wounded 14 others right before dying from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a Tennessee Kroger yesterday. Collierville Police Chief Dale Lane identified the gunman as Uk Thang, 29, a third-party vendor for Kroger. Lane did not want to give out the name on […]
Basic Training, Pandemic-Style Posted on April 15, 2021April 18, 2021 by Sonnet Bayer Born in Grafton, Wisconsin, Sam Bulgrin, 19, studies criminal justice at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. He enlisted in the Wisconsin Army National Guard in December of 2020. In the first few months of quarantine, Sam went to basic training at Fort Jackson in South Carolina. Q-Sonnet Bayer: What was your first reaction to COVID-19? A-Sam […]