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You can always count on Facebook to provide different topics that spark conversation. As I was scrolling through my timeline, I came across a post with two photos of a young lady. The photo on the left showed her au naturel with no trace of makeup. You can see her freckles, a few minor blemishes […]

As I walked through Boerner Botanical Gardens I was transported back to my childhood in a suburb of Chicago. Every December, each resident on Forest Avenue would impressively adorn their home with Christmas lights, nativity sets and inflatable Santas in sleighs pulled by reindeer. People would park their cars nearby, get out and walk the […]

With Opening Night approaching this Wednesday, Milwaukee has transitioned into a city that is itching for basketball once again. The leaves have changed colors and the baseball season is wrapping up, which can only mean one thing: Bucks basketball is right around the corner. Following a 2014 season that left a sour taste in the […]

The Milwaukee Wave began on the right foot the pre-season game against the Chicago Mustangs at the Panther Arena. The Wave won the only pre-season match on Wednesday October 19, with a 10-8 final score. The Wave had a slow start against the Mustangs. Chicago had more possession of the ball and more opportunities to […]

As we approach game three of the World Series, everyone is left to wonder who will take the series victory and who is on the verge of breaking a decades-old curse and finally earning their freedom from captivity. The Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs in a World Series – who would have thought that […]

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I wear his last name as a reminder of the last disastrous mistake that I made. I can still hear his voice screaming obscenities at me and the embarrassment and humiliation I felt as he did this in front of strangers on the street. There were plenty of times I should have left. Many women […]

My phone alarm rings into my ear at 8:30 a.m. three days a week, but rarely do I actually get out of bed immediately. Some days it takes 20 minutes, some days I just don’t leave it at all. I like to blame the weather outside my window, or how late I stayed up doing […]

Just when you thought the hype behind Pokemon Go dropped, yet again it is in the news. PokeStops, an essential piece to the game for players, are being taken away from Lake Park one-by-one by Niantic Lab, which has been working with the Milwaukee County Parks System. The removal has sparked argument between the consistent […]

Most college students who look for a job when they graduate relating to their field nationally don’t get one, but UW-Milwaukee students are dramatically exceeding that trend. Seventy-five percent of December 2015 UW-Milwaukee graduates are employed full-time (and 78 percent of those have a job related to their field), while 5.6 percent are unemployed, according […]

Sitting before a sold-out venue, hosted by the Student Association of UW-Milwaukee, Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza, who created the Black Lives Matter hashtag, made it clear why they were here. “We are fighting back against the tide of amnesia that this country is powered by,” said Garza. “If all of us are not free, […]

On a crisp fall morning, a number of UW-Milwaukee students journeyed to the Riveredge Nature Center where they ascended to the canopy of a sugar maple and red oak tree forest by climbing trees. Once students reached a perch some 50 feet off the ground, some engaged in casual conversation while others admired the fiery […]