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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students and staff may soon get used seeing personal pronouns become a standard topic of conversation on campus. Whether it is actress Laverne Cox appearing on the cover of TIME or Bruce Jenner’s status dominating gossip conversations, the transgender community has received a dramatic increase in visibility on the national level. The […]

The first performance at African Culture Night was a local group from Milwaukee. Jam Ak Jam, which means “Peace and peace” in Senegal’s Wolof language. The group utilized the beating of drums and energetic dancers to perform traditional African dance and folklore as UWM African Culture Night celebrated Milwaukee black history. Jam Ak Jam encouraged […]

Twelve teams brought everything they had to the floor. UW-Milwaukee’s Hype Team hosted the dance presentation. Brooke Dowden reports.

With exams and the holidays around the corner, the UW-Milwaukee Honors College recently welcomed its students to a holiday event, and even invited them to show their spirit through the holiday donation tree. Many students donated, even though, in some cases, they are struggling with financial issues themselves. According to Honors House staff, around 100 […]

The 2014 UWM Drag Show is beginning to pick up steam – with the auditions that took place on the night of Thursday, Dec. 11 now over, people are beginning to get excited for the main event, which will be held at a soon-to-be-decided off-campus location on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. Some of the queens […]

One UW-Milwaukee student whose journey is loaded with curves and forks in the road is Bianca Haney. Haney, an honors student in nursing, is obtaining her second degree after majoring in Biomedical Science at Marquette University. “I tried to work in pharmaceutical sales and in real estate, but I knew it wasn’t for me,” she […]

The country of Chile in South America has had a violent history. From 1973 to 1990, Chile was a dictatorship, led by General Augusto Pinochet, the Commander-in-Chief of the Chilean army, who overthrew president Salvador Allende. In 2012, Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larrain directed the movie “No,” which highlights how advertising tactics were used in political […]

Before he starts school on a given day, rising track star Dexter Schleis, goes to Starbucks. Then there’s homework. More studying. He goes home for an hour or two, eats lunch, heads to class, works, and then it’s time to work out. Through it all, he’s planning how he’s going to take his track success […]

Nuzzled amidst the colorful racks of secondhand clothing, UW-Milwaukee student and avid thrift store shopper Maria Kuck riffles through her finds. Wearing a “Rosie the Riveter” headscarf and bubblegum pink horn-rimmed glasses, she leafs through her cart, proudly pulling out a pair of high-waisted, acid wash blue jeans, a flannel shirt, a chunky red sweater […]

In a small room in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Honor’s House, Michael J. Murphy, the 47th President of the Milwaukee Common Council, had an informal discussion with students and alumni about the future of Milwaukee, focusing on the city’s need to improve its public transportation system. With about only 10 people in the audience for […]

For just three dollars, students and the general public viewed a presentation on the various Constellations of the Zodiac, followed by a participatory activity where audience members looked at pictures of the night sky and tried to identify the constellations in the sky, as if they were outside. UWM’s Manfred Olson Planetarium was the sight […]

Up the rain spattered steps of UWM’s Helene Zelazo Center, past the origami vending tables and traditional hanbok dresses sheathed in glass display cases, through the sea of audience members and into the Helen Bader Concert Hall, the members of the UWM Symphony Orchestra readies themselves for their impending Korea Day performance. Yeng Thao, 21, […]