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ASHEVILLE, North Carolina — Save the Woods members hosted a community meeting to reinforce their demand to preserve the University of North Carolina-Asheville’s Forest. The gathering, held at the North Asheville Library, aimed to raise awareness about the potential destruction of the university’s 45-acre urban woodland. According to a recent proposal from Chancellor Kimberly van […]

North Carolina’s Appalachian Mountains start slow. Small hills in the countryside ripple over each other and slowly turn into raw, jutting stone mountain faces gashed by meandering rivers that weave their way through awe-striking valleys. Tucked away amongst the miles of vast mountains, sits the city of Asheville and its outlying countryside towns. Within the […]

Tourism never stops in the City of Angels. Awe-struck travelers pass by Santa Monica Pier, mouths hanging open at the flashing fluorescent lights in the night sky as waves crash by below.  The pier sits off of California’s Pacific Coast Highway, a route of legend, pinned between the rolling waves of the Pacific and the […]

The Trump administration’s proposed funding cuts for university research and the National Weather Service have left prospective Atmospheric Science graduates uncertain about their futures. Natalie Chudzik talks with local weather forecasters and students to learn about the impact of the cuts.

Graduation is coming up for seniors at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. In addition to the stress of finishing a semester, students are faced with figuring out what comes after college, with many entering an uncertain job market. Colton Pemble has the story.

Olivia Davis investigates the struggles young renters and disadvantaged prospective homeowners face in Milwaukee’s difficult housing market.

Recent international student distress has contributed to low campus morale at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and a campus-wide action team says they wish the Student Association was more active in giving students a voice. The Campus Community Issues Action Team held a meeting on April 23 which looked at the morale of the campus along […]

This Is It, Milwaukee’s oldest gay bar, permanently closed due to financial troubles stemming from COVID closures and road work, according to an Instagram post from March 9.    “We have closed our doors permanently,” said the bar in the post announcing the closing. “The COVID crisis and the years following 2020, coupled with the 8-month […]

A “Day without Immigrants” protest and rally held Thursday morning included demands for the release of Milwaukee Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan, who was arrested for allegedly helping an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest.   The rally and march, organized by local civil and workers’ rights advocacy group Voces De La Frontera, began outside their offices on […]

While application and enrollment trends tick upwards at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, funding cuts and other policies at the federal level spurred discussions in the UWM Faculty Senate about the university’s R1 status. “We want to do more than maintain our research status,” Chancellor Mark Mone said in an interview, “It won’t be easy in […]

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s workload policy was discussed by a top university committee during its April 22 meeting, with each department asked to update its current policies by the end of the semester, some of which have been in place since the 1970s and 1980s, according to the chair of the committee.  UWM Provost Andrew […]