Lyrics Carry Special Meaning for a Special Family

Many people have meaningful songs that bring back memories of joyful times or sad times. UW-Milwaukee student Derek Grant asked his wife, Ashley, about a song that’s especially emotional for both of them.

Life With Chickens

Every morning and every night, Tom Young never breaks a date with his favorite feathered girls. Morissa Young reports. 

Trains and Tropics at the Mitchell Park Domes

April 6 was the last Saturday of the Mitchell Park Domes’ train exhibit, and people of all kinds gathered there to enjoy a tropical escape from Wisconsin spring and watch the trains go by. Morissa Young reports.

The Patrons of the 8th Note

A dimly-lit room populated by configurations of couches and coffee tables, 8th Note, a nonprofit, student-org-led coffeehouse located at the center of the Union’s ground floor, elicits a beatnik-type of atmosphere to the casual passerby. Torn-out sketchbook drawings, prints of prehistoric creatures, and magic cards are tacked to a black wall; “99 Red Balloons” plays […]