A Mother’s Lifetime of Searching

Karen Kramer pulled her wide-eyed, 22-year-old daughter, Becky, into a hug. She held her daughter tight, so she could hear her heart beating rapidly. As Karen kissed her daughter’s blonde head, tears rolled down Karen’s cheeks onto Becky’s pale, bruised skin. The two sat for hours, talking and crying. Karen begged Becky to stay. To […]

Young Journalists Share Best Practices

“Arm yourself with knowledge,” Steve Jagler, executive editor of BizTimes Milwaukee magazine, said to his journalism class at UW-Milwaukee last week. This is a saying that Jagler tells all of his new reporters as well.   Molly Dill, Erica Breunlin and Hilary Dickinson, new reporters with BizTimes, all agreed that Jagler’s advice is some of […]

Professors, TAs Unaware of Safety Protocols

Student safety in the classroom at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) is not as secure as you would hope. Although teaching assistants and professors receive safety instructions during an orientation, a Media Milwaukee investigation has uncovered that teaching staff on the UW-Milwaukee campus – ranging from a department chair to teaching assistants – don’t know […]

Rwandan Genocide Survivor Tells His Story

Neighbors murdering loved ones, friends killing family, cannibalism, trusted figures throwing you to your death; this is too much for most to bear. On April 9 Gilbert Sezirahiga, a Rwanda genocide survivor and deputy director of SMILE AGAIN, came to UW-Milwaukee and told how he overcame the unthinkable. Robin Weigert, the assistant director of the […]

Some Policies Not Reviewed for Decades

A university “policy on policies” says that UW-Milwaukee must review its policies every three years. However, it turns out that some university policies have not been looked at for years – in one case, more than four decades. The Policy Advisory Committee (PAC) on campus is trying to fix that. The policies are no small […]

Panther Pep Rally Excites Crowd

Students, faculty, and the broader community came to the UWM Student Union to celebrate the UW-Milwaukee Panthers’ NCAA berth. The crowd gathered at a boisterous pep rally that some attendees said was bringing unity to a diverse campus. Tiffany Crouse reports.