Women’s March on Madison Draws Massive Crowd

Madison, Wisc.- In a crowd estimated to be between 75,000 and 100,000 people Saturday afternoon, what filled the streets were thousands of pink hats and people holding signs emblazoned with vaginas, female gender symbols and phrases like “I am not a pretty girl” and “viva la vulva.”

Unsung Heroes at the Milwaukee Birthday Party

The Milwaukee Press Club celebrated unity and growth at the city’s 171st birthday party Thursday night at The Grain Exchange. Members nominated superheroes who work nonstop to help Milwaukee remain a healthy and thriving city. Aggie Purcell and Debbie Crivello, owner and manager of Aggie’s Bakery and Cake shop, stole the room with their tall […]

Milwaukee Celebrates its Superheroes

Milwaukee celebrated its 171st Birthday at the Grain Exchange on the eve of Jan. 26, with many public figures joining the top 10 nominated “superheroes” of the city. Once word was out that Milwaukee was in search of its own superheroes, nominations poured into the Milwaukee Press Club. Then it came time to deciding which […]

Jesse & Joy

Milwaukee – Over five-hundred spectators flocked to Milwaukee’s Turner Hall Ballroom to see the first-time appearance of the Mexican pop sibling duo, Jesse & Joy; which are recent winners of the Latin Grammy for best contemporary pop vocal album of the year. Earlier this year the duo announced their 17 city U.S. Tour titled “Un […]

UW-Milwaukee Sports Clubs Face Staff Transition

With the growing popularity of sports clubs on the UW-Milwaukee campus, student athletes in University Recreation sport clubs and intramural sports alike face a significant faculty transition with the sendoff of former sports club coordinator Nick Tasich. University Recreation, or URec, has started off this current school year with two brand new sport club supervisors […]

UWM Professors Are More Like Us Than We Think

The first order of business at UWM’s Academic Policies and Curriculum Committee meeting on Nov. 14 was putting together a sub-committee that could make a decision about a change in the school’s psychology program. Three UWM professors with no stake in the outcome were needed to make up the ad-hoc committee, a committee that’s created […]

Malcolm Brogdon Playing Crucial Role as a Rookie

Looking at teams in the NBA that have reached the summit of the sport by winning a championship, a common theme is interpreted: consistency. That word has an array of different meanings, all of which are vital and crucial toward maintaining that aggressive pedigree. Consistency is necessary on the court. It is needed in play. […]

Heaggan-Brown Fired as Aldermen Request Body Cam Release

The officer involved in the fatal shooting of Sylville Smith, 24-year-old Dominique Heaggan-Brown, was terminated from the Milwaukee Police Department for allegedly violating the Milwaukee Police Code of Conduct on Oct. 3, just a little over a week after being charged with five counts of sexual assault. Just one day after Dominique Heaggan-Brown’s preliminary court […]

#BlackLivesMatter: The hashtag That Became a Movement

Black. Lives. Matter. The hashtag emerged in 2013 and changed social activism ever since. It’s 2016 now and those words still serve as a call to action. The co-founders of that hashtag aim to live in a society where everyone has the access to make decisions over their own lives. They have been traveling across […]