Celebrating Milwaukee’s Female Musicians to Help Kids Rock Posted on November 28, 2015 by Mike Holloway The Riverwest Public House was filling up with people eager to attend the show that Tyler Mantz, who was celebrating his 23rd birthday, had put together. While a show being held at the Public House one recent October evening is nothing out of the ordinary, the artists performing weren’t exactly similar in genre. What they […]
Andy Tarnoff: A Milwaukee Entrepreneur Talks Online Media Posted on November 26, 2015November 26, 2015 by Tess Klein Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Andy Tarnoff, publisher and owner of OnMilwaukee.com, stopped at nothing to get the website to what it is today. At age 13, Tarnoff’s family moved from their home in the Midwest to the east coast in Rhode Island. Tarnoff attended college at George Washington University in Washington D.C., where he majored in […]
Tensions Grow on UW-Milwaukee Campus Over Budget Process, Cuts Posted on November 24, 2015January 26, 2016 by Geoffrey Marshall Around 15 members of UW-Milwaukee’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors marched into Chapman Hall partway through the most recent meeting of the Chancellor’s Campus Organizational Effectiveness Team’s (CCOET) support team. The CCOET support team is a group that has been asked to provide advice on unprecedented budget cuts and a multi-million dollar […]
Milwaukee Bucks edge the 76ers at home Posted on November 24, 2015November 24, 2015 by Daniel Zielinski It came down to the wire, but the Milwaukee Bucks escaped with a 91-87 victory over the visiting Philadelphia 76ers after center Greg Monroe scored the go-ahead basket with 1:29 before nearly 12,500 fans at the BMO Harris Bradley Center Wednesday night. The Bucks’ comeback victory over the winless 76ers (0-4) in ways overshadowed the […]
The Life of An Aspiring You Tube Star Posted on November 20, 2015December 30, 2015 by Amber Bak Wake up, make coffee, check Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and brainstorm different ideas of what to film on the Internet for the day. Film, that is, in a makeshift studio in a two-bedroom apartment on Milwaukee’s east side. This is a typical weekend morning for University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire graduate, Brandon Bennett, who has his […]
DiverCity: Exploring Multi-Cultural Milwaukee Posted on November 17, 2015July 25, 2024 by JAMS Living Learning Community Fall 2015 Surviving Hate, Preaching Love: Nathan Taffel DiverCity Stop One: A Holocaust Memorial; A Story of Hope DiverCity Stop Two: The Story of African-American History DiverCity Stop Three: A Controversial Mosque; a Lesson The Milwaukee college students heard from a local Holocaust survivor about the power of hope. They learned about the rich history of African-Americans […]
Candles, Support at UW-Milwaukee for Terrorist Attack Victims Posted on November 16, 2015November 16, 2015 by Hannah Cornish The wind and rain didn’t stop people from coming and showing their support although it did stop some people from lighting their candles. Unable to light their candles, they stood holding hands while the ceremony proceeded. The event was a joint effort put on by the Student association and the French department as well as […]
UW-Milwaukee Honors Scholarship Recipients Posted on November 15, 2015November 16, 2015 by Emily Zantow A year and a half ago, 35-year old Brian Tebbitt quit his job as a scheduling manager and became the first in his family to attend college. Upon returning to the United States after traveling overseas, Tebbitt and his wife struggled to find a job. “A high school diploma will no longer get you where […]
UW-Milwaukee Students Rally for Palestinians Posted on November 13, 2015 by Melissa Leverenz A large crowd of UW-Milwaukee students rallied against the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on the afternoon of Oct. 28 at the campus’s Spaights Plaza. UWM’s Students for Justice in Palestine, otherwise known as SJP, led the rally. SJP’s purpose is to work and stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people while creating awareness among the general student […]
Streuselkuchen and Long Words: Checking out International Coffee Hour Posted on November 13, 2015November 13, 2015 by Derrick Johns Have you ever tasted Streuselkuchen (pronounced, shtroi-zuh l-koo-khuh)? Its crumbly, yeasty, sugary top and familiar coffee cake bottom captivated the appetites of many as they drank coffee and mingled Thursday afternoon at the UWM Union during the International Coffee Hour, sponsored by Sociocultural Programming, the Center for International Education, and Inclusive Excellence Center. “UWM is […]
UW-Milwaukee play derived from multi-generational letter writing Posted on November 10, 2015November 10, 2015 by Pakou Lee When older adults in a day care center and students from an Intro to Women’s Studies at UW-Milwaukee started writing letters to each other, careers and dreams shifted. The letters written by students revealed deeply personal matters that involved family issues and their range of dreams, dreams that the older adults in the day care […]
Milwaukee’s Communities of Color Discuss Law Enforcement Concerns Posted on November 10, 2015November 11, 2015 by Nicole Beilke The forum titled The Relationship between Communities of Color and the Police was summed up perfectly by panelist Angela Walker when she said that the problem in Milwaukee is that there isn’t a relationship. Many nods, snaps and murmurs of affirmation followed this comment as well as other points made throughout the event. The meeting […]