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Laurel Tilly is trying to finish school while balancing a real job.

Ryan Ramos finds freedom in skateboarding.

Derek Voltz is a sports lover, but football is his favorite.

Carli Knudsen finds way to reflect the hard – and fun – realities of life through her photography.

Taylor Strickland has very personal reasons for supporting organ donation.

Andrew Boldt loves music, and he has a CD collection to prove it.

Jake Beckman is a video game master.

In StoryCorps style, journalism students recorded fun and poignant conversations with friends and family over Thanksgiving weekend. Rukiya Stewart talks with her mother, Tonia, about their first moments together and life throughout the years. Sisters Kristi Klein and Wendi Miller suffered a terrible loss when they were kids. They sit down with Kristi’s daughter, Tess, […]

Jacarrie Carr was determined his event would be heard by the community, so he went out on foot through the neighborhoods of Milwaukee. He printed and handed out 500 filers to day cares, barbershops, restaurants and he even rung doorbells. Jacarrie, a 25-year-old UW-Milwaukee student, went on social media sites: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, spreading […]

Jeb Ebben, a 34-year-old graduate student of UW-Milwauke, is one of many people working to help the LGBTQ+ community.  He is currently in the graduate Social Work program on the Mental and Behavioral Health track. Ebben said he is passionate about working with LGBTQ+ youth.  He said there is a lot of struggles in the […]

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