New Proposed Heartbeat Ban Bill Makes It Harder for Equality

As the weight of the world keeps dragging everybody down, there is yet again another huge controversial bill put into act, creating a bigger divide in our society. In mid-May of 2021, Texas lawmakers announced their “heartbeat ban” bill, which is expected to become law in September. This law states that a women may not […]

Taking ‘Summer’ out of Summerfest

Summerfest, the world’s largest music festival, is known best for being held in the middle of summer. Walking through downtown Milwaukee’s Summerfest grounds, while embracing the hot sun and winds of Lake Michigan, is what makes this music festival so memorable. But with the 2021 dates being changed from June to September, is it bad […]

Losing Momentum to a Grey Screen

The past year has required students and educators to account for a lot of changes, from a change of plans to changes in learning systems. As we adapted to a new sense of normal (in the many iterations of that term), we may have found life a lot more difficult than we experienced before. I […]

Jim Paschke Will Be Retiring From the Milwaukee Bucks

Jim Paschke announced his retirement from the Milwaukee Bucks Tuesday night in an interview before the game with Giannis Antetokounmpo. “This decision is mine alone,” said Paschke. “It comes as I have had the privilege of broadcasting Bucks basketball for precisely half of my life.” Jim Paschke has been the award-winning television play-by-play announcer for […]

UWM Honors College “The Beast” Event Sparks Conversation and Connection

The Honors Association for Research and Publication (HARPY) of the UWM Honors College hosted “The Beast” on Friday, May 7, an event creating a space for connection and storytelling among students, faculty and staff about dealing with the “beasts” they live with both within themselves and in the outside world. HARPY is a student-led organization […]

Back to School: Pandemic Edition

In this short documentary, Cherita Booker shows us what it’s like to return to school while also navigating online classes during the pandemic.

Strive

Meet Tiff Polzin, a third-year student at UWM studying music theater, dance and psychology. Being constantly overbooked and doing school primarily virtually this semester due to COVID-19 has brought on a lot of anxiety for this self-proclaimed perfectionist. In this short documentary, Brianna Schubert shows us the struggle and beauty of endlessly striving to be […]

Butterfly Effect

Audrianna Hutchinson introduces us to Jakayla Bridges, a young local who has overcome struggles in life and is now making waves in the TikTok makeup universe.

Ghost Campus

Matthew Hollendonner takes us into a ghost campus: UW-Milwaukee during Spring 2021. Student workers struggle with online classes and barely interact with people on the job due to Covid restrictions.