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Wajahat Ali used humor to bring light to anti-Islamic bigotry in America during his Understanding Muslims: Islamophobia and Turning Villains into Heroes event. His colloquial banter and sarcastic jokes helped make this event about a touchy subject interactive. Ali is of Pakistani decent, and he sarcastically acknowledges that, “In 2015 America, nothing says popularity like […]

At the Newsroom Pub on East Wells St., heightened ceilings hold dim lights that spill on the faces of well-known members of the local media. Behind a voluminous bar, suited writers and jubilant broadcasters of the Milwaukee scene project their smiles onto one another, exchanging handshakes and playful recollections, under the auspices of the Milwaukee […]

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Program Committee for the College of Nursing is considering adjusting a policy to have nursing students look professional without taking away much of the students’ individuality. The committee might consider loosening its policy on tattoos and piercings. As more and more people are having tattoos and piercings, society has become more […]

Michael Newman grew up in Toronto, Canada and always wanted to be a writer. “I approach the world ready to do a critical interpretation. This means looking below the surface,” Newman said. Newman is a media scholar at UW-Milwaukee who majored in English Literature at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. He later got his PhD […]

Gina Barton spends her days interviewing criminals and racing to the scene of the crime, working as a criminal justice investigative reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Recently, Barton has taken up a story that sounds like it’s straight out of a mystery novel. She created a seven-week serial called “Unsolved,” and every Wednesday of […]

The room was filled with the boom of Victor Huyke’s passionate voice Monday, as he shared the ins and outs of El Conquistador Latino Newspaper with University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students interested in media professions. Huyke strolled into the classroom, at noon Monday, with a stack of newspapers under his arm and a smile on his […]

As the UW-Milwaukee campus grapples with an unprecedented budget cut, Dean Rodney Swain told the College of Letters and Science budget cuts committee that the focus, at least now, should be on “what to do with” people he called “temporary employees,” which he defined as lecturers and ad hoc teachers. The College is compiling a […]

Within the bowels of the urban planning and architecture building exists a fully equipped woodshop. An arsenal of specialized tools is available to all students within the School of Architecture and Urban planning. This is where students gain hands on experience, constructing physical models of what they have created intellectually. Geoff Marshall reports.

UW-Milwaukee is home to many veterans. The university sponsored a breakfast to honor their service. Pakou Lee reports.

Double Reed Day at UW-Milwaukee was open to double reed players of all ages and levels. The UWM Music Department’s double reed faculty joined other players for master classes, performances, and workshops. Morgan Paradis reports.

A coalition of student groups came together to voice opposition to Republican policies at the Milwaukee Theatre. Ean Holtz reports.

The UWM Union Bookstore is looking ahead to big changes for spring semester: a new online method for students to purchase, rent or download texts and a portal for selling back books at the end of the semester. Tess Elkins reports.