Police Talk to UW-Milwaukee Audience about Homicide, Campus Crime

The year 2015 in Milwaukee will be remembered as an infamous year that generated the most homicides in the city since 1993. Capt. Aaron Raap, the commander of the Milwaukee police Investigative Management Division which houses the Homicide, Cold Case Homicide and Robbery Units, is optimistic about making 2016 a year of improvement. “On a […]

Admirals Break Through in Overtime

Saturday night was weird. The sidewalks outside the BMO Harris Bank Center were filled to the brim with green-clad, inebriated, Shamrock Shufflers braving the 30-degree temperatures in nothing but their emerald T-shirts for warmth. Strangely, that’s not far-off from a normal Milwaukee night. It was the hockey game between the Milwaukee Admirals and their division […]

Inside the World of a Super Packer Fan

If you catch Andrew Zimmerman any given Sunday between September and February, you know what kind of Packer fan he is. Not just because he’s sitting in the same seats at Lambeau Field his family has had since the 1960s. And it’s not because he’s missed only one game in well over a decade, regardless […]

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 […]