Feature Stories

It was dark. It was cold. Rain was in the forecast. Leaves changed from vibrant warm colors to darker shades as they fell from the trees above. Booming clanks from the industrial site across the river echoed throughout the aisles. But the white altar was luminous against the grey sky, and the rainbow stole of […]

Nuzzled amidst the colorful racks of secondhand clothing, UW-Milwaukee student and avid thrift store shopper Maria Kuck riffles through her finds. Wearing a “Rosie the Riveter” headscarf and bubblegum pink horn-rimmed glasses, she leafs through her cart, proudly pulling out a pair of high-waisted, acid wash blue jeans, a flannel shirt, a chunky red sweater […]

Mark DeGeorge has one son, his namesake. That son is transitioning to become his daughter. They talked about how the father-son dynamic shaped their relationship and how a gender transition will change it.

Students in JAMS 204 – News Writing and Technology – explore the power of six little words. Produced by Shaquanda Dalton

For just three dollars, students and the general public viewed a presentation on the various Constellations of the Zodiac, followed by a participatory activity where audience members looked at pictures of the night sky and tried to identify the constellations in the sky, as if they were outside. UWM’s Manfred Olson Planetarium was the sight […]

It may be a meme, but it’s no joke. A picture of a baby with a smug look on his face, a fist raised in the air and the words ‘We Cured Hep C’ in bold print was the image on the final slide of University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee associate professor David N. Frick’s presentation Nov. […]

Vendors and shoppers escaped the cold to browse more than 100 booths at Rummage-A-Rama, an indoor flea market held four times a year at Wisconsin State Fair Park.

Winter isn’t the easiest time to find fresh produce in Wisconsin, except at the Milwaukee County Winter Farmer’s Market, an increasingly popular venue for local farmers.

Jean Creighton is an airborne astronomy ambassador. What does an airborne astronomy ambassador do? What does such a title mean exactly? It means that Creighton knows a heck of a lot about physics and space. She says that her love for such fields came at a very young age. Creighton, director of the Manfred Olson […]

Being a police officer is hard. The pressures of anxiety, cynicism, and depression often surround those in the career. But some members of the Oak Creek SWAT Team have learned to accept and overcome these feelings.

A group called “I Am That Girl” aims to create a safe haven for young women.

Felipe Guilherme Melo is a junior at UW-Milwaukee through the Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program. When he came to America, he didn’t know how to speak much English. “If I wanted to stay here, I had to learn English,” Melo said. “And then I was trying to find ways to learn English faster. And I didn’t […]