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Stephanie Brown stepped onto the runway in The Milwaukee Theatre in a glitzy black-and-gold fitted bodice that loosens into a high-low swinging bottom. Its details of lace, fringe, and capped sleeves are reminiscent of what one might have worn to a saloon out west circa 1860. As director of booking for Milwaukee Fashion Week 2015, […]

UWM journalism students explore their city (and take some great photos!) during the fifth annual Doors Open event. [portfolio display_types=false include_type=doors-open-milwaukee-2015]

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee freshman students interested in media careers through a Living Learning Community were assigned to each interview a person at least 20 years older than they are about changes in the media. For these students, the news is immediate, individualistic, constant, on-demand, and often accessed through social media or a smart phone. Sometimes, […]

Next time you see a tan line, remember that a story goes along with it. Tan lines come from vacations, yard work, summer sports, or a tanning bed.  None of these are the case for Henry Bak. He has tan lines due to the countless hours he rides around in his red 2014 Polaris Slingshot. […]

On the corner of Oakland Ave and Newport Ave in the heart of Milwaukee’s upper east side lies an apartment complex, in which reside UW-Milwaukee senior Kayla Weyant and her ample amount of makeup. From mascaras, to eyeliners, lipsticks, brushes, concealers and foundation, Weyant has it all and more in case she runs out. “It […]

With white shutters warming under the bright spring sunshine, Dorothy Bertolas’ small one-story home sits quietly along the sleepy residential streets of Menomonee Falls, Wis. The house’s interior is warm, snug, and neat as a pin. Its walls, all painted in a crisp eggshell white, are laden with relics of a time gone by. Years […]

Fourteen students in the JAMS 500 Advanced Integrated Reporting class created this piece of collaborative student journalism in spring 2015. The goal of this “time capsule” is to document for future generations how UWM students live, work, study and play. Student collaborators were: Ryan Artman, Sean Cornell, Brooke Dowden, Katie Eggers, John Gingrass, Joe Halley, […]

Reaching across the top of a wooden casket as it slowly rolled past more than 1,000 mourners in the pews of the St. Monica Parish, sisters Chloe and Hailey tightly held each other’s hands. Walking in front of them was their little brother, Bryce, and father Michael. Together, as their eyes welled with tears and […]

It was a cold gloomy evening when the protest began on Dec. 19, 2014. It started at Red Arrow Park. Many people gathered, bundled up in their coats, hats, gloves and scarves. “No Justice, No Peace!” read the signs people held above their heads as they walked toward Interstate-43. “Shut it down! Shut it down!” […]

Entering the police station will raise the blood pressure of most people. Your demeanor changes. You stand up straight and reply to every question with a “yes sir.” “Do you want to wear a vest?” asks UWM Police Officer Arbinger. “Yes sir,” I reply. Seconds later he pulls up in his black and white squad […]

The Golda Meir Library. Midnight. Mere days before finals week at UWM. All these combined will probably induce a sliver of stress down any student’s spine. We all wish that we were as punctual as possible, but the majority of us procrastinate in some way or another, sometimes more than we should. And that is […]

I walk into Axel’s bar on Oakland Avenue on a Tuesday night. Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Hey, Tonight” is blaring over the speakers. The haggardness of John Fogerty’s voice combined with the blown-out speaker perfectly captures the rugged feel that is Axel’s. My bartender, a blonde middle-aged woman asks for my I.D. in her Russian accent. […]