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Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed cuts for the UW System have provoked opposition in the form of rallies and protests from the state Capitol to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus. However, there’s one group on campus that likes the cuts: The College Republicans. While some students oppose Gov. Walker’s plan, there are others who feel like […]

As spring 2015 graduation quickly approaches, many soon-to-be-graduates are on the hunt for jobs in their chosen fields. Two recent UWM graduates – and one soon-to-be graduate – share their job search experiences and look back on their time spent at UWM. All three majored in the sciences, and the two who have already graduated […]

Smiles were plentiful on Wednesday as UW-Milwaukee Department of Spanish and Portuguese Senior Lecturer María Estrella Sotomayor made her way around the third floor of the Golda Meir Library’s east wing, expressing personal bouts of gratitude to audience members and supporters before taking the podium to begin her presentation. The lecture, titled “Reproductive Rights and […]

UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone announced, in an email to faculty and staff, the departments that have been selected to participate in the Voluntary Separation Incentive Package (VSIP), a retirement incentive package aimed at aiding the university in dealing with the proposed $300 million cut. The departments within UWM schools and colleges listed for participation in […]

Exchanging volunteer work for space at the UWM Bookstore or Neebo to sell UW-Milwaukee club teams’ apparel was one of topics discussed at the Sports Clubs Outreach and Fundraising Committee meeting on April 14. The goal: To help club teams at UW-Milwaukee raise more money by getting their apparel to customers – like UW-Madison does. […]

Students taking the shortcut from the Union Art Gallery to the UW Credit Union, or taking a study break next to the Alumni Fireside Lounge, will often be greeted by the sounds of a piano. Chances are, the man behind the music is Teddy Breihan. In his fourth year at UWM, Breihan spends most of […]

On the morning of March 25, the Student Union’s Wisconsin Room was nearly filled to capacity with people ranging in age and professions who had one objective in common: Finding out what’s going to be done about the proposed $300 million budget cut in the UW System. They ended up getting something surprising: A promise […]

Everyone gathered around as Sam Huenink stepped towards the tank, preparing to feed the snake a dead mouse. “Please no screaming when he grabs the mouse,” Huenink, the community programs educator for Milwaukee’s Urban Economy Center, told the gathered children. “Then he’ll be scared and won’t want to eat.” With Earth Day of Service quickly […]

From the skull stickers smoothed onto UW-Milwaukee students’ laptops to the skull designs underneath the sleeves of paper cups, Colectivo decorates its coffee and the city of Milwaukee with its colorful design. And though the sugar skull design is instantly recognizable by any Milwaukeean, the face behind these calaveras is not as well-known. Kevin Callahan […]

Listen to leaders explain why they restarted the Vietnamese Student Association at UW-Milwaukee. Jamal Perry reports. (you can read a previous print story on this topic here.)

As James Christensen walks into the UW-Milwaukee Cambridge Common, he’s ecstatic as usual. His security badge picture matches the smile on his face. Wrapped around his neck is a bowtie, the one thing he’s especially known for around campus. He clocks in. He straps on a heavy set of keys to his belt. He sits […]

Meghan Murphy-Lee is not just your average teacher. Along with teaching Russian, she also teaches another course that might come as a surprise.  Murphy-Lee simply calls it “Vampire Class.” “I thought it would be an interesting class for the students, but also something that’s interesting to teach,” said Murphy-Lee about her vampire class. This vampire […]