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On the first Wednesday of March each year, the Best Buddies organization holds a Spread the Word to End the Word campaign in order to raise awareness about the use of the R-word. The campaign asks people to pledge to stop using the R-word in hopes that it will lead to a more conscious awareness […]

Devin Quello, a sophomore at UWM, may seem like your “Average Joe” when seen on campus, but off-campus, he’s much more. Quello spends a lot of time in the studio writing and producing his own music. He also spends time performing drag-like numbers to his own songs. Hunter Hanthorn reports.

Spring is a season of change, especially for UWM. This time of year, Panthers’ Baseball starts, the weather gets warmer, and Downer Woods begins to bloom. The university is facing cuts and restructuring that could alter the whole University of Wisconsin System. The budget includes a provision that changes the legal protections on Downer Woods. […]

UW-Milwaukee’s PantherVision won the Student Award of Excellence for best collegiate Television Newscast for the fifth consecutive year at the 2015 WBA, Wisconsin Broadcast Association, Student Seminar. The WBA is a trade association that promotes, supports and represents all of the TV and radio broadcast in the state of Wisconsin. The WBA Student Seminar, which […]

Over 50 of UW-Milwaukee’s women’s studies and philosophy members joined together on March 5 to welcome Alison Jaggar, author and pioneer of feminist philosophy, at her event “Hearts Starve as Well as Bodies.” Jaggar came to Milwaukee from the University of Colorado at Boulder where she leads their departments of philosophy and gender studies. During […]

It wasn’t a calm and quiet Saturday night in the union on April 4. Because the ballroom was home to Hmong Student Association’s second annual “I am Hmoob.” The cultural program showcased a variety of performances, as well traditional Hmong dancing, and singing. Over 100 people were in attendance for the event including students, community […]

Aamani Carter is a freshman at UW-Milwaukee and one of the few student performers at the 2015 UWM Annual Drag Show in the Milwaukee Theatre. He shared the experience of transforming into his drag persona, Gluttoni Sinn. Reported by Sarah DeGeorge.

One of the many recreational sports classes that UWM offers is Kung Fu. TJ Staniszewski, an assistant instructor at the Chinese Kung-Fu Center of Milwaukee, shows students how cool the forms of martial arts can be, and also the mental and physical benefits it has for people. TJ said he’s never had to use his […]

Lisa Mueller began her undergraduate degree at UWM as an art history major, but realized her interests were in science. After changing her major to biochemistry Lisa found a new career path in research. She is now a graduate student at UWM working in Dr. Silvaggi’s lab. Lisa plans on graduating this year with hopes […]

Alan Guszkowski is a performer at ComedySportz Milwaukee and also teaches two improv classes off campus there. Shannon Kirsch reports.

Eighth Note Coffeehouse is located on the ground floor of the UW-Milwaukee’s Student Union. It is a student run organization that sells coffee and tea. Many come there for the drinks and stay for student events and friends. Emily Halas reports.

Presidential and vice presidential candidates for the UWM Student Association all voiced concern over the Governor Walker’s proposed budget cuts to the UW System in a campus debate Thursday, but several challengers argued for a more aggressive approach in getting the SA message out and connecting with faculty. One presidential candidate, Franco Ferrante, focused his […]