The World of Zines

For the past eight years, Milwaukee Zine Fest has brought together like-minded artists, authors, and poets to display, sell, and trade their works. With a safer space policy encouraging attendees to treat each other with respect and to be assertive when oppressive or aggressive situations occur, it’s an event for participants of all ethnic, gender, […]

One of the Lucky 25: I Got Into the Dem Debate

Wow. Just wow. I do not know how else to describe my time at the Democratic Debate tonight. Even though I first learned that I was one of the 25 UWM students to receive a ticket a week ago, through a lottery, I still had to pinch myself once I entered the debate hall tonight. […]

Beer, Brats, and….Bobbleheads?

Milwaukee is known for its beer, brats and sports, and soon the city will also be recognized as the bobblehead capital of the world. The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum is proud to call Milwaukee home and co-founders Phil Sklar and Brad Novak can’t wait to see the impact it has on the […]

Milwaukee: A Skateboarder’s Urban Playground

The streets of Milwaukee are the skateboarder’s urban playground. Stairs and handrails are normally seen as a necessary piece of architecture but to skateboarders doing a trick down it can be the final banger for a video part. The rough ground can gash the palms of any innocent skateboarder mistakenly hitting a single pebble. It […]

Talking up a Storm

Dan O’Donnell, two-time Edward R. Murrow Award winner, brought the airwaves right into an University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee classroom Dec. 9. O’Donnell is a radio personality for News/Talk 1130 WISN, who came to enlighten Journalism, Advertising and Media Studies LLC students about broadcast journalism. O’Donnell came into the room and his charismatic personality kept […]

UW-Milwaukee Graduate Talks Social Media Jobs

Sam Laun grew up in Kiel, Wisconsin and, since he was a child, his interest in current events is what transformed him into a news junkie. “I was the only kid in 8th grade that would go home and watch NBC. How weird is that?” said Laun. Laun is a social manager, social strategist, and community […]

Giving Voice to Milwaukee’s Latino Community

The room was filled with the boom of Victor Huyke’s passionate voice Monday, as he shared the ins and outs of El Conquistador Latino Newspaper with University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students interested in media professions. Huyke strolled into the classroom, at noon Monday, with a stack of newspapers under his arm and a smile on his […]

Strategic Listening in the UW

UW-Madison has hired consultant Darin Harris to go around to each of the 14 UW campuses in order to gain feedback for new strategic planning that would be implemented by spring 2016. On Oct. 28, UWM held its first listening session. Many of the people who spoke at the meeting had similar concerns, but it […]

From Iowa to Milwaukee, Tiby’s Roots in Basketball

Matt Tiby, a senior forward on the men’s basketball team at UW-Milwaukee, certainly has not had the easiest road to playing Division I hoops. Despite averaging 19 points and 13 rebounds in his senior year at Urbandale High School in Urbandale, Iowa, Tiby did not have any offers from Division I schools.  Not wanting to […]

Milwaukee Bucks edge the 76ers at home

It came down to the wire, but the Milwaukee Bucks escaped with a 91-87 victory over the visiting Philadelphia 76ers after center Greg Monroe scored the go-ahead basket with 1:29 before nearly 12,500 fans at the BMO Harris Bradley Center Wednesday night. The Bucks’ comeback victory over the winless 76ers (0-4) in ways overshadowed the […]