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I’ll never forget the first time I heard a Kaytranada-produced song. I was listening through a playlist put together by a member of a forum called “KanyeToThe” based off a specific DJ set — most of the songs were fine, but around the 12-minute mark, I was blown away when, “Nothing At All” blasted through […]

It seems like simple logic: someone in solitude interacts with a machine for a lengthy time. There’s no way that this could benefit one’s social behavior and communication. Although it’s easy to assume beliefs like this to be true, there are many elements to gaming that provide the benefit to the doubt. How exactly do […]

UWM Police are now going to be wearing body cameras, according to an email sent by the campus yesterday. Reporters Ethan Duran and Maren Orlowkski ask students in the Union what they think. https://youtu.be/oF0i0dsMKTU&w=700&rel=0  

Students in the Gasthaus discuss the national anthem controversy and what might happen when the anthem plays before the Packers-Bears contest. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2GvlUJeLXA&w=700&rel=0

How do you feel about Aaron Rodgers asking fans to link arms before the Packers-Bears game tonight during the national anthem? We had reporters gathering reactions all over campus.  

I’m not the biggest moviegoer, but I do hold certain movies and franchises close to my heart. The “Alien” series is definitely one of those franchises that mean a lot to me. I remember watching the first movie when I was around 15 years old. I was fascinated and in sheer terror at the same […]

In the wake of the ongoing National Anthem debate, Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has asked fans to link arms as a show of unity during tonight’s anthem. What do people at the UWM student union think of his request and of the right to protest during the anthem?

A room in the Milwaukee County Courthouse is filled entirely on the left side with people, many of which wore buttons bearing the picture of Jessica Ellenberger and her 4-year-old daughter Madyson Marshel. The court began after a defense attorney pleaded with the judge that his client waived his right to be present during his […]

During the time commonly called the apocalypse of retail, Yellow Wood has opened in Milwaukee’s northern suburb of Whitefish Bay and is defying the fate of many similar retail stores. The shop was opened by business partners Martin Stilling and Moshe Katz in September of 2015 and has become a neighborhood hot spot in under […]

The College of Letters and Science is the last school at UWM still struggling with the budget crisis, according to the University Committee’s last meeting on May 16. The hope was that the college of Letters and Science can beat the crisis by appointing a new Dean for the school. As reported by the Provost Johannes Britz over a […]

Variety named the UW-Milwaukee Peck School of the Arts one of their “Stellar Film Schools in 2017.” Here’s what they had to say: “The program places a dual focus on the theoretical and practical worlds of filmmaking. Because of the program’s commitment to transforming its students into expressive filmmakers with a mature grasp on creative, […]

Members of the Milwaukee community gathered on the third floor of City Hall on the morning of May 12th, with questions and concerns for the task force about those who struggle with heroin, opioid and cocaine addiction. The City-County heroin, opioid and cocaine task force addressed grants and federal funding for recovery programs and rehabilitation centers. Some […]