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UWM Sandburg residents lined up anxiously April 5 to cast their votes in the Wisconsin primary, with many doing it for their very first time. The Sandburg polls, or Ward 127, opened up bright and early at 7 a.m. and closed that night at 8 p.m. By the time the polls closed, students were still lined […]

About 60 Mt. Pleasant residents Monday night gathered before the Mt. Pleasant Village Board to voice their strident opposition to a proposed water and sewer project being built along a particular stretch of Highway V. Residents who live on the section of Highway V north of Highway 20 would face assessments in the tens of […]

Over 3,000 people and students packed the Milwaukee Theatre to see Drag Queens and Kings perform lip-syncing pieces of performance that included, lights, music, glamorous costumes and sometimes even choreography. The event was held by UWM and the LGBT Resource Center. The Drag Show has been a famous event for over 15 years. The show […]

An empty stage, riddled with bright white lights. The crowd quietly rustles about, waiting for the performance to being. They begin to clap as the musicians enter the stage, and begin doodling, or warming up. That’s how a typical concert night might begin. But this wasn’t a typical concert for the ensemble. The Wind Ensemble […]

UW-Milwaukee students hosted Spread the Word to End the Word Day at the Union on March 2. Their mission is to raise awareness of the derogatory use of the “R” word, retard or retarded. Not only does it have a negative effect on individuals with intellectual disabilities, they say, but also their families and friends. […]

As the fallout following the firing of men’s basketball coach Rob Jeter’s firing continues, the first domino may have fallen. This morning, it was reported among multiple sources that redshirt junior Austin Arians was requesting his full release from the program and will transfer upon his graduation. UWM Senior Associate Athletic Director Bill Behrns told […]

See what the day was like around campus, when UW-Milwaukee hosted the Democratic Debate. Matt Campbell explains through the Media Milwaukee Snapchat Story that day.

They stormed the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union in near-military precision and with determined resolve. They had the advantage of surprise-they seemed to materialize out of the ether-as they ambushed the union booming their cause with the help of their sizable crowd, and armed with a megaphone. They made their move just hours before the presidential […]

We are going back to the Sesame Street days and playing “guess which thing is not like the others.” Here we go. Spain, Italy, Portugal, Wisconsin. Do you have your answer? If you guessed Wisconsin, you were right. The true meaning of the answer is not because Wisconsin is a state and the rest are […]

Here I am, a sophomore in college, covering my first big event and I’m surrounded by some of the biggest media names in the state and country. Journalists from CNN, CBS, AP, NPR, Washington Post, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel to name a handful. Most of these journalists have done this already in the past week much less […]

Pang Yang has two jobs and on the days she has to work at both, she drives to campus. “I hate commuting,” said Yang, “but I have to do it.” As students like Yang arrived on UWM’s campus yesterday, the scarce parking spots that are fought over daily were even fewer than usual. The Democratic […]

The world is a hard place for women in politics. I am one of those women, but I also come from generations of women involved in politics and their communities. My aunt started Women Impacting Public Policy and has brunches with the First Lady herself, along with being well known in the Clinton campaign. She […]