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Overwhelmed by school and work responsibilities, UWM student Jake Hanson confronted his problems and found help.

On Record Store Day, anyone is welcome to purchase special- issued vinyl records and show support for the still-evolving art form. Elizabeth LaPointe reports.

To some it may be a gross thing to go dumpster diving, venture into abandon buildings or clean out farms. But on the edge of Riverwest in Milwaukee, there is a shop called the Riverwest Compound where artists do exactly that. As Erica Peckarsky discovered, they’re turning found objects into sculpture and musical instruments.

Bird enthusiasts walked the trails along the Milwaukee River at the Urban Ecology Center Thursday, watching and listening. Kirsten Christensen reports.

The future of Holocaust education may be taught in a high-tech way many never thought possible. Michelle Amidzich reports.

She is the mother of a happy little boy, but her life has taken an unexpected turn, making daily life a unique challenge. Rebecca Papenthien reports.

Concinnity is a small science fiction and gaming convention held on MSOE’s campus. Just one of Milwaukee’s various conventions, Concinnity has helped to grow small communities trough it’s promotion of subcultures. Sarah Thomas Reports.

Jazz students came from all over Wisconsin to the annual Woody Herman Jazz Festival at the Zelazo center for a day of workshops with the pros. Morgan Paradis reports.

Milwaukee’s own Roller girls, the Brew City Bruisers, took their show on the road from downtown Milwaukee to Waukesha. Matt Campbell reports from the Waukesha County Expo Center.

This story is cross-published with the UWM Post. You can listen to Chancellor Mone’s Q and A with the Milwaukee Press Club below. Audio by Jordyn Noennig. UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone again suggested consolidating with other campuses as an option for slimming the UW System budget, but this time he said academic programs from different campuses could […]

Yale professor and critic Aníbal González-Pérez presented a lecture to honor Latin-American novelist Gabriel Garcia Márquez one year after his death. González-Pérez focused on Márquez’s novel 100 Years of Solitude. The UWM Department of Spanish and Portugese and UWM Libraries sponsored the event. Emily Zantow listened in.

The UW-Milwaukee Women’s Resource Center held a warm-up event for Equal Pay Day on April 13. Qixin Xu has the story.