Articles by Haley Wichman

Growing up in Gloucester, one of Massachusetts’ biggest fishing towns, Kellen O’Maley was surrounded by fishing.  His father, a school guidance counselor, and part-time fisherman, took Kellen fishing in the summers.  In early adulthood, O’Maley went on to college for a business marketing degree in Utah. After college, he came back to Boston to work. […]

GLOUCESTER, Massachusetts — Lars-Erik Miller grew up right down the street from this harbor, where he started off fishing bass with his father.  And as his boat swayed on the water of the North Atlantic in the early April wind, he reflected on the culture this spot embeds him in; the worlds of fishing and […]

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student journalists travel to Massachusetts to shed light on issues not covered by the mainstream media.

LAC DU FLAMBEAU, Wisconsin — “We struggle with our own community sometimes, and that’s the difficult part,” said Fred Maulson, son of tribal member Tom Maulson. “We’ve seen and gone off to school and experienced life beyond what we have here.” His father, Tom Maulson, is a former tribal chairman who made headlines in the […]

LAC DU FLAMBEAU, Wisconsin — “This is a sacred piece of land because it was given to us by the creator, everything on this land is sacred sustenance; for them it’s just recreation,” said tribal member Tom Maulson in an interview after the town board meeting held on March 11th. As of the 11th, the […]

The youth vote could be what decides the outcome of the Wisconsin 2022 midterm elections.  In the 2020 election, the voting rate at UWM was 58.1%, According to the National Study of Learning, Voting and Engagement (NSLVE) campus report, the last couple of elections in Wisconsin have been decided by less than 50,000 votes. Panther’s […]

On Nov. 15 closing arguments from both the prosecution and the defense were made to the jury in the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse for shooting three people during the Kenosha protests in Aug. 2020. “This case is not a game, it is my client’s life,” said the defense attorney Mark Richards. “Pretending that Mr. Rosenbaum […]

Collierville- During a press conference today it was confirmed that 14 people were wounded among the confirmed death of Olivia king at the Kroger grocery store shooting that occurred on September 23. Ten of the victims were Kroger employees and five were customers. “People will reflect back and say ‘Where were you when the Kroger […]

On the last day of Earth Week, volunteers walked the woods of Riverside Park to remove some of the spring’s most common invasive species, preventing them from spreading further through the area. Spending a morning weeding seems like a small task, but can leave a big impact on Milwaukee’s biodiversity, which helps keep the land […]

The Covid-19 pandemic has completely changed the way that college students learn and attend classes in the past year. Many students struggle with mental health and the adjustment to online learning; especially for those in majors and programs that normally have lab and studio classes, where work is completed in the classroom and learned hands-on. […]