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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 […]

Carvell Jennings could fix anything, especially when it came to cars. This was something he made sure to instill in his only daughter, Ebony Jennings. He taught her how to change her own tires and check her own oil. As Ebony grew up on Hampton Avenue in Milwaukee, her dad was known as the neighborhood […]

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 […]

What changes about life when you suddenly move to another country with different customs and a different language? Everything. Milwaukee has seen an increase of refugees from Myanmar due to the on-going military coup that began in 2021. Just like everyone else, they are adventuring for a good, simple life even if it costs an […]

Cold weather is no match for the dedication of some Milwaukee birders who participated in this year’s Christmas Bird Count, hosted by the Urban Ecology Center. Graham Thomas tells us more.

Presidential candidates and their surrogates made over 60 campaign visits to Wisconsin in 2024. But what was the exact purpose behind visiting our home state as often as they did? David Go has the story.

Staff and Volunteer Divers in Discovery World’s Aquatics Program opens doors and takes strides for the greater Milwaukee area’s Environmental and Wildlife Education. Ava Carmody has the story.

People gathered into the crowded Milwaukee County courtroom gallery for Frank Mosley’s sentencing Nov. 21, after he was found guilty of recklessly killing Erin Mogensen and her unborn child in a hit-and-run crash. A year earlier, Wauwatosa police attempted to stop 20-year-old Mosley for driving without plates, according to the criminal complaint. He fled, speeding […]

In early December, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Student Association, UWM’s student government, held its last meeting of the semester. It was in a meeting room with a maximum capacity of 16. Senators followed parliamentary procedures as they voted on legislation and appointments that impact the university and how students’ money is spent. But only three […]

When Jessica Affinito, a junior at Marquette University, gets notifications on her phone, it is usually texts from friends and family, Snapchats or her favorite influencer posting on X. But during the 2024 presidential election season, Affinito was flooded with nonstop political advertisements.  “I received a lot of text messages, more than calls,” said Affinito. […]

Connor Brhely is a 21-year-old computer science major at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and despite being the golden age for drinking, he has no interest in alcohol. He grew up in a family of drinkers and saw how drinking has hurt the people around him. “I don’t see the point in it,” said Brhely. “It’s […]