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The Wisconsin Elections Commission finds that in Milwaukee as of Oct. 13 over 114,679 voter absentee ballots have already been returned as of Oct. 13 with over 229,769 absentee ballots being sent out to voters already around the Milwaukee area. For the 2020 presidential election, there are almost more people in Milwaukee county that have […]

Going out for Mother’s Day brunch may be out of the question during pandemic conditions, but there are still gift-giving options to show appreciation for mom while maintaining social distancing. Flowers take the crown as the most popular choice, representing 69% of Mother’s Day gifts last year.  Some floral options receive the spotlight (or the […]

Sip & Purr cat cafe on Milwaukee’s East Side isn’t only known as a place to cuddle with cats in the popular cat lounge, but a place to adopt. During Gov. Ever’s Safer at Home order, the cafe has organized over 25 cat adoptions since closing its doors to the public.  Increases in pet adoptions […]

Two in-depth journalism projects and an audio story produced by students in the Department of Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies won top honors in the National Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards, SPJ announced. The contest is among the most competitive in the country; UWM students joined winners from Northwestern, Harvard, Yale, University […]

The Public Safety and Health Committee for Milwaukee county voted in favor of the ordinance which will allow police officers to write citations and arrest citizens if they violate Wisconsin’s “Safer-at-Home” order.  The committee held a virtual meeting on April 21 to discuss a new ordinance relating to the enforcement of orders to protect people from Covid-19. […]

“Tingggggggg” the ringing of a chime fills the air.  “You are my other me. If I do harm to you, I do harm to myself. If I love and respect you, I love and respect myself,” students recite a poem called In Lak’ech, translated from Spanish to English, by Luis Valdez. The students then sit […]

Haley Griffin was heading into a busy week of senior classes at Berklee College of Music when she was told to pack up her studio apartment in Boston and move back to her home in Wisconsin. As a major in Professional Music at the distinguished university, Haley would now have to repurpose her suburban living […]

As COVID-19 continues to shut down sports, they are not done yet, as the World Baseball Classic has been suspended until at least 2023.   The qualifying event was initially scheduled for March 2020 in Tuscon, Arizona, but was already cancelled due to the pandemic, according to ESPN. That event is now pushed back to 2021.   […]

Quarantine has been harsh due to all the uncertainty and lack of information given to the general public in regards to possible cures and quarantine end dates. With this being said, everyone who has been in quarantine has been passing time whether they enjoyed it or not. My mission in this article is to provide […]

The slow and awkward evolution of fashion and hype has been a staple of our pop culture as far as we can remember. Just about every person has an opinion on whether something looks nice or not. The idea that it could be related to the generational gap whether you find something good looking or […]

The Covid-19 epidemic has been nothing but merciless since hitting the United States on January 15, 2020. The epidemic has affected upwards of 1.3 million people since reaching the United States. The Covid-19 virus feeds off of people who are in contact with a person who is infected; the virus spreads through saliva or any […]

The 2020 NFL Draft concluded on Saturday night as each team looked to add talent to their rosters for the upcoming NFL season and 254 men accomplished their dreams of getting drafted by an NFL franchise. However, with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the draft took place inside the basement of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell. Goodell […]