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On Thursday, November 16, there was a break in the Keystone oil pipeline about 3 miles southeast of Amherst, South Dakota. The pipeline is owned and operated by TransCanada, which said, “(the leak) was completely isolated within 15 minutes and emergency response procedures were activated.” TransCanada reported that approximately 5,000 barrels of oil was lost […]

With Showtime hit show Shameless starting Emmy Rossum and William H Macy coming back from hiatus with its eighth season, fans online have more than just a piece of their mind to say to actors about storylines come and gone versus the new Frank Gallagher and his meth hub. But being regular viewers of shameless, […]

After a two-month national postal survey, celebration broke out across Australia when the Australian Bureau of Statistics announced that an overwhelming 61.6 percentage of voters agree that the law should be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry. The majority is an indication that the law should be changed, but the debate is far from […]

The House of Representatives passed a Republican tax reform bill, called the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, this morning. The vote was essentially along party lines with zero Democrats voting for the bill but also 13 Republicans joining them, according to CBS News. In a Quinnipiac University Poll released recently, only 25 percent of American […]

It’s not that easy to stop sucking, but for someone, it was. A simple hashtag called #StopSucking sparked a movement, not only for many others, but for Brookes Moody. However, it’s just the beginning of this student’s efforts to incorporate environmentalism into each corner of her life. Changing your lifestyle in one day is nearly […]

Local non-profits have the help of students to build their websites or database systems, as a result of an existing class that is being added to the Digital Arts and Cultures Certificate program at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. The School of Information Studies Bachelor of Science of Information Sciences and Technology (SOIS BSIST) Committee met […]

A top academic staff representative expressed concern over what will happen to academic staff members at UW-Milwaukee in regards to the restructuring of the UW colleges. Furthermore, at the meeting of the University Committee, the Executive Committee of the Faculty Senate on Nov. 7,  UWM’s provost expressed worries about Congressional tax reform that would impact […]

Next spring 2018 semester, the course Computer Science-595 will undergo a curriculum change in how master’s students can meet the requirements to compete their capstone projects. Professor Mukul Goyal PH.D suggested that the students should be able to do their project on an internship or job they are currently holding during the semester, to complete […]

The importance of the UWM merger and two-year UW schools was hammered hard by Chancellor Mark Mone since, he argues, keeping UW system two-year schools open is so crucial to stabilizing enrollment at UWM and throughout the UW system. The idea is that, by making two-year and four-year schools more accessible to students, it will […]

UWM’s open-mic session welcomed the Minneapolis native to share his poetry.

A recent attack that left eight people dead and a dozen injured in Manhattan has raised concerns about the Diversity Visa Immigrant Program, otherwise known as the “visa lottery,” and has President Donald Trump calling for its elimination. Sayfullo Habibullaevic Saipov, an Uzbek national who entered the US through the program, rented a pickup truck […]