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Throughout the beginning of fall semester, students took part in the creation and formation of a theatrical piece by the name Mil-wonky Too! (Sex, Drugs, and D2L).  The improvised production, designed to capture the realities of college life at UW-Milwaukee, provoked some audience members into tears with its stories of the system making it harder […]

Indian community members gathered at the Union Ballroom to celebrate life and ancestors with dancing and singing at the fall UWM powwow. The grand entrance began at 1 p.m. in the afternoon on a recent Saturday. Songs were song for the veterans and the warriors. Flags were held high, and the marching and dancing was […]

The Journalism and Media Living Learning Community at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee toured the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newsroom, where editorial board members advised future journalists to obtain well-rounded skills. The LLC is part of a department that houses the majors of Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies, hence the name J.A.M.S. The Living Learning Community (LLC) […]

Prophet Blackmon was a local artist who would sell his work on the street. He established a series of storefront churches and enterprise centers throughout the inner city. These places offered religious services and served as a site to recycle goods, among other things. Blackmon produced hand-lettered signs made out of found materials to advertise these […]

Walking through Bolton Hall, you may notice the handful of offices lining the first floor. A quick glance shows signs like “African American Student Academic Services,” “American Indian Student Services,” “Southeast Asian-American Student Services” and “Roberto Hernandez Center.” Ever wonder what’s behind those doors? Ever think, what do those people in those offices do? Or […]

Traciana Graves is not a typical lecturer.  She uses a multimedia method of her creation, including song, video, photos and sound bites to advance her ideas.  She is all about interactivity, and by using this approach, Graves keeps audiences interested and engaged in what she has to say. “I want what I do to be […]

Despite extensive efforts by the Democratic Party to propel its gubernatorial candidate, Mary Burke, into the Wisconsin governor’s seat this past Tuesday, failure was almost inevitable. Over the past four years, Republican Governor Scott Walker has become nothing short of a Jesus figure to conservatives. Walker’s many disciples flocked to the polls in droves on […]

Deborah Miranda, a renowned Native American author and poet, visited the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to give a craft talk on her book Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir.   Process was a prevalent theme throughout the talk. She described the 10 years she spent working on it as “drawing a river that she thought her DNA […]

Has anyone ever accused you of something that you didn’t do? Did it hurt your reputation to the point where you lost your job and your home? This allegedly happened to an African-American woman who owns a design firm in the south side of Chicago named Regina Wade. She is now suing her former client, […]

UW- Milwaukee Associate Professor of History, Joe Austin, has worn his heart on his sleeve for years. As a former engineer, Austin quit the workforce due to its environmental destruction and now informs society about the criminalization of African-American youth. Austin presented his project “Preparing for the Great Incarceration: The Criminalization of African-American Youth 1940-1970″ […]

“Hello there!” This isn’t the usual greeting one would expect when boarding a bus, but driver Stefven Turner makes sure to greet each of his passengers this way. The Capitol-Humboldt Park and Ride driver has been driving for Lamers Bus Lines for 11 years He says his unique approach to interacting with his passengers stems […]

Buying gas to travel to the moon would be expensive. But imagine how expensive it would be at 4 miles per gallon.  The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee housing shuttles have done just that, figuratively. On Earth Day, UWM hosted Pedal for Change.  The event was an effort to help eliminate carbon emission by swapping a housing […]