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Ten minutes before 10 a.m., mass began on Sunday, March 6, a few more church parishioners filed through the main doors of the St. Michael’s Ukrainian Catholic Church. Many moved with haste up the long staircase into the chapel, guided by an usher to a partially open pew. The look of relief filled their faces; […]

Who would’ve thought that supporting your favorite National Football League (NFL) team can lead to a growing community of viewers on YouTube? Tom Grossi, 31, only had interest in being a teacher before his eventual YouTube career took off. “In college for my undergrad, I had the most incredible history professor that I’ve ever had […]

Residual anguish from lockdown kept thousands of UW-Milwaukee graduates from celebrating their commencement. Fewer than 9% of UWM students who had a virtual graduation in 2020 or spring of 2021 attended the in-person recognition ceremony on Sunday, April 10 at the Panther Arena. While only a small percentage of graduates were in attendance, those who […]

Thousands of species of amphibians, reptiles, and arthropods filled tables across the banquet hall that gave shelter from April showers to the herpetology enthusiasts of SEWERFest, Wisconsin’s largest reptile convention that was hatched in 2001. However, a metaphorical elephant threatened the room with the reminder that the occupants’ way of life was in danger. “A […]

The city of Milwaukee woke up Wednesday to its first elected African-American mayor. This historic election comes at a time when a majority minority city is currently crying out to city leaders to address the increase in crime and violence. Johnson was acting mayor in place of now United States Ambassador to Luxembourg Tom Barrett […]

“I thought I was going to collapse.” Anna Welter, a 19-year-old Film and Creative Writing double major and on-campus student worker, said she was the last student to leave the UW-Milwaukee Cambridge Commons dormitory following a carbon monoxide leak evacuation of 400 students at 10 p.m. Feb. 28. Seventeen students, including Welter, were taken to […]

For the first time in 18 years, residents of Milwaukee County will vote for Bob Donovan or Cavalier Johnson in the mayoral election held on April 5, 2022. In the spring primary on Feb. 15, 20% of registered voters submitted a ballot. Local government election turnouts never sparkle as brightly as presidential elections– even congressional […]

Tom Brady announced that he is coming back to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to play his 23rd season in the NFL. The announcement came Sunday on Brady’s Instagram and Twitter, just 40 days after he said he was retiring.  Brady has won seven Super Bowls, six with the New England Patriots and one with the […]

Artist Julia Bradfish was awarded Best In Show at UWM’s Juried Art Show for her oil portrait, “Regimen,” featuring a woman shaving her legs on the toilet. Bradfish, one of three women honored with awards at the show, reflects on her experiences as a woman throughout several of her pieces. “I address stereotypical expectations of […]

After 99 days of negotiations, extending deadlines and cancelling games, a new competitive balance agreement (CBA) has been approved by the MLBPA and players can prepare for the 2022 MLB season. Once the agreement is ratified, the MLB lockout is over and baseball is back according to ESPN insider Jeff Passan. According to tweets by […]

The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee sent a notice out to their students on Feb.23 that after spring break, they will no longer be requiring masks indoors. The mandate officially lifts on Mar.19 and was a decision made based on a decrease in covid cases following the Omicron outbreak.  The notice from the Dean of Students […]

The final act of Kanye’s documentary Jeen yuhs shows us the controvesarial producer, rapper, turned fashion designer, life from the past two decades. News outlets have called the documentary a heartbreaking ode to the old Kanye. The beginning of the documentary shows us a clip of a young Kanye West in New York in 2002. […]