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By Cassandra Bretl UW-Milwaukee took time Monday to remind Panthers to take a deep breath and stay calm when preparing for final exams. Different clubs and organizations came together in the Union for the third time in UWM history to plan Panther Pause. The Wisconsin room was separated into two elaborate rooms. One room included […]

Dan O’Donnell, two-time Edward R. Murrow Award winner, brought the airwaves right into an University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee classroom Dec. 9. O’Donnell is a radio personality for News/Talk 1130 WISN, who came to enlighten Journalism, Advertising and Media Studies LLC students about broadcast journalism. O’Donnell came into the room and his charismatic personality kept […]

Sam Laun grew up in Kiel, Wisconsin and, since he was a child, his interest in current events is what transformed him into a news junkie. “I was the only kid in 8th grade that would go home and watch NBC. How weird is that?” said Laun. Laun is a social manager, social strategist, and community […]

Last year, Mark DeGeorge and his only son—his namesake—were preparing for that son’s gender transition. As the younger Mark became Sarah, Caitlyn Jenner’s transition was big news, and Sarah shared her story with local media. Mark and Sarah sat down after a turbulent 12 months to talk about how they’re navigating a new father-daughter relationship. Listen […]

A coalition of student groups came together to protest the Republican debate at the Milwaukee Theatre. Ean Holtz was there. (We are the people chant) (Begin Background Drumming) Holtz: Hundreds of protestors shut down Kilbourn Avenue as they marched toward the Milwaukee theatre. Protestors held signs saying, “No person is illegal.” “15 and a Union.” […]

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 […]