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After investigating with senior counselor Laura L. Pagel at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Student Health and Wellness Center, it appears that prolonged quarantine measures and a lack of communication with the wider community have taken a toll on a significant portion of UWM students. Many students have reported experiencing an increase in symptoms of anxiety, […]

Nervous laughter echoed in the James Madison Academic Campus’s auditorium before Tiff Polzin’s students took the stage. Stragglers in the small group are ushered away from messing around with the piano, which is missing a few keys that chime like an uncomfortable chuckle, and banished to the edge of the stage near the stairs. Polzin, […]

“We are so fortunate to have the opportunity to have these conversations in the context of gross negligence rather than mass death” – Abigail Nye, UWM library archivist Just over a year before Elmo Daniels was accused of loading a gun in UW-Milwaukee’s Golda Meir Library on March 16, he was banned from the Student […]

The City of Milwaukee Common Council voted unanimously on March 21 in support of the establishment of the Interim Plaza Program, an initiative that would allow underutilized city streets and areas to be transformed into public gathering spaces. Led by Common Council Alderman Robert Bauman and supported by Mayor Cavalier Johnson, the program began accepting […]

A team of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee journalism students set out to interview younger and older voters in Wisconsin’s contentious state Supreme Court race. What they found: The restoration of abortion in Wisconsin emerged as an overwhelmingly driving motivation for almost all younger voters, some of whom cast ballots for the first time. For older voters, […]

Most children’s museums are all fun and games, but the community of Sheboygan got serious when their local children’s museum was in danger. After months of the community rallying, they finally celebrated a reopening. Madelyn Heimsch has the story.

Want to banish the cold winter blues? Maybe its time to try a new sport you can play year-round. Dominique Hamilton has the story.

Inspired by the city’s 414 area code, Milwaukeeans have been celebrating April 14 since 2012, commemorating the rich, diverse community of Milwaukee and all that comes with it. This year, local organizations are celebrating with food, music and events, many for the student-friendly price of $4.14. Here’s a list of 10 organizations UWM students should […]

If humans deserve a sweet treat once in a while, dogs should too. There’s a new ice cream bar in town that’s just for dogs. Sonnet Bayer has the story.

Government elections are essential in our society by igniting the necessary dialogues between elected officials, governing bodies, and citizens. However, stark contrasts were found when comparing the political perspectives of older voters to those of the younger generation of voters in this year’s Supreme Court race between Dan Kelly and Janet Protasiewicz.   Getting a deeper […]

Some parents and community members say that Milwaukee Public Schools’ focus on restorative justice is not doing enough to keep students safe or reduce racial discrimination, concerns district employees discussed at their quarterly Community Conversations meeting on Mar. 15.   In its efforts to comply with a 2018 agreement U.S. Department of Education’s Office of […]

The Community and Economic Development Committee held a meeting on March 8th at Milwaukee’s City Hall discussing how people who contracted the coronavirus became unstably housed which caused a spike in the homeless population.   This committee typical deals with matters pertaining to community development, block grants, job development, business improvement districts, city public relations, […]