Articles by Tyler Nelson

The city is spending over $120,000 for outside lawyers every month to defend the city against police-related litigation, funds it anticipated would last a few months but now thinks will continue for the year, aldermen were told at a Finance and Personnel Committee meeting. The Finance and Personnel Committee adopted an overall Contingent Fund Request […]

Students taking the shortcut from the Union Art Gallery to the UW Credit Union, or taking a study break next to the Alumni Fireside Lounge, will often be greeted by the sounds of a piano. Chances are, the man behind the music is Teddy Breihan. In his fourth year at UWM, Breihan spends most of […]

On the last night of Geek Week at UWM, I attended the Bam! Pow! Comic Book Club’s Cosplay Masquerade in the Wisconsin Room of the Union. I spoke with Alexis Dalbey, secretary of the club, who helped organize the group’s second annual Cosplay Masquerade. Dalbey has been involved with the club for the last two […]

UW-Milwaukee’s Manfred Olson Planetarium hosted a cross-campus scavenger hunt finishing up with a show hosted by director Jean Creighton inside the campus planetarium.  Guests started the scavenger hunt inside the Union, went through Bolton, Lubar and Lapham halls, ending in the Physics building where the planetarium is located.  Guests of all ages were encouraged to […]

The mission of the Urban Ecology Center is to foster environmental understanding in the city. The UEC relies on volunteers, many of whom are there because they have to be—to fulfill mandatory volunteer hours.