Articles by Darien Yeager

You’ve just been pulled over by the police. The officer approaches your vehicle and claims he can smell drugs in your car and demands you allow him to search the vehicle. You explain to the officer you’ve never done drugs before, but they insist, with more assertion this time, that they must search your vehicle […]

Employers at the UWM career fair were eager to speak to students about the opportunities they offer, but they also warned that students may not have the skills they’re looking for. Darien Yeager reports.

The Democratic Presidential debate at UW-Milwaukee focused on race relations in America and how the two candidates would solve the widening divide of racism in the country where minority groups such as African Americans and Latinos face disadvantages. Standing in the state with the highest incarceration rate for African-American males, criminal justice reform was an […]

The national spotlight shined its bright lights on Milwaukee, Wisconsin Thursday night as the Democratic presidential debate was hosted at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Standing outside the media center with a sign, as national and local media personalities flowed past, was UWM student, Oliver Edward. “Cancelled my class, but thanks for the 25 student tickets for […]

These were not the normal films that one would watch in a movie theater; many of them had no verbal speaking, and some didn’t even have actors. On Dec. 12, the 67th Annual Student Film Festival was held in the UWM Union; the festival is a judged showcase of projects shot, edited, and produced by […]

The media are at fault for the high African-American incarceration rate in America due to their criminal portrayal of blacks, said Joe Austin, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee who specializes in history, in an Oct. 16 lecture on campus. The professor’s speech was entitled “Preparing for the Great Incarceration: The criminalization […]