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Demonstrators gathered in downtown Milwaukee shortly after the detention of Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian student activist at Columbia University, and called for his release from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  A key figure in the pro-Palestine encampment at Columbia last spring, which sparked similar campus demonstrations across the nation, Khalil is now being processed in […]

Dirk Swayne and his brother Decklan are both undergraduate students at UW-Milwaukee and are both members of Club Soda, an on campus organization dedicated to sobriety.  “It’s not really structured, it actually used to be called sober social to indicate that you’re just there to hangout with people who don’t drink,” said Decklan Swayne.  Club […]

When the fall semester was ending, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with his Bachelor of Science degree in Community Engagement and Education. Two decades after he dropped out of college at 19 and years after being in public office 20 years ago now, he is 38. He was juggling […]

The Milwaukee Housing Authority held a public listening session, hearing concerns about the lack of sanitation, an inability to reach building management, and uncashed rent checks, among other concerns, at the Becher Court Apartments on Wednesday, March 5.    The main complaint many residents had was concern with the management of the building, citing an inability […]

Tucked away on the ground floor, the Studio Arts & Craft Centre is a corner of the UW-Milwaukee Student Union brimming with creativity. From Monday until Saturday, students and community members come to create, experiment and learn. A “Project of the Week” table welcomes everyone through its doors as people work well into the evening […]

Although the US appears to be heading toward a possible trade war, the steel and aluminum tariffs imposed Wednesday by the Trump administration may affect the job market and prices of goods on their own. The Trump administration’s 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports drew quick responses from Canada and the European Union, […]

Student journalists at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee won major journalism awards at the Wisconsin Newspaper Association awards contest on Friday, including the best multimedia, public affairs, and feature photography in the state. The above awards were won by students in the Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies’ program’s journalism immersion class, which is funded through a […]

The UWM Popular University for Palestine Coalition held a student walkout on Oct. 9, a day that included a rally at Golda Meir Library, a teach-in outside Chapman Hall and a confrontation with UWM Chancellor Mark Mone following a silent protest at the UWM Employee Excellence Awards Ceremony. Pro-Palestine students arrived at the Union Ballroom […]

The New York Supreme Court indicted Luigi Mangione Tuesday on murder charges including “killing as an act of terrorism” for the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, accounced Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in a press release. “This was a frightening, well-planned, targeted murder that was intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation,” Bragg […]

Walking up the stairs to the third floor of the UWM Student Union leads you to the Student Involvement Lounge. Here is where an event called Tuesday Tea takes place. A large sign sits to guide newcomers to the area. A table is set up with free mugs for attendees to choose from. Another table […]

Fans of Liam Payne in Milwaukee at the North Point Lighthouse are holding memorials to honor the star after he fell to his death on Oct. 16, 2024, in Buenos Aires at a hotel. “I set up the memorial because never knowing or meeting Liam personally, grieving was hard and confusing,” Kameron Jones, creator of […]