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Being a successful college athlete is no easy task especially if you have to face hurdles higher than the ones on the track. But Taylor Koss, a Green Bay native and UWM track star, makes it look like a breeze. Other sports were more difficult for Koss because Koss is deaf. Koss has competed internationally […]

These were not the normal films that one would watch in a movie theater; many of them had no verbal speaking, and some didn’t even have actors. On Dec. 12, the 67th Annual Student Film Festival was held in the UWM Union; the festival is a judged showcase of projects shot, edited, and produced by […]

One of the most anticipated games in the recent history of Wisconsin-Milwaukee men’s basketball occurred on Dec. 10. Inside a near sold out UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena, the #5 Wisconsin Badgers were in town to take on the UWM Panthers. The tension was evident, though, even before the opening tip. Students booed the Badgers as they […]

Energy and excitement are the two words that can describe the BMO Harris Bradley Center Saturday night during the Milwaukee Bucks 111-106 win over the Los Angeles Clippers, a top team in the NBA. With the win, the Bucks currently have a .500 record and have the 6th best record in the Eastern Conference. To […]

With exams and the holidays around the corner, the UW-Milwaukee Honors College recently welcomed its students to a holiday event, and even invited them to show their spirit through the holiday donation tree. Many students donated, even though, in some cases, they are struggling with financial issues themselves. According to Honors House staff, around 100 […]

Residents of Sandburg North continue to get their exercise as the elevators keep on experiencing maintenance issues. The most recent plague has struck the all-floors elevator, one that students value extremely, as it does not require them to walk down any extra flights of stairs. “The all-stop needs a new main bearing,” said Kelly Haag, […]

The 2014 UWM Drag Show is beginning to pick up steam – with the auditions that took place on the night of Thursday, Dec. 11 now over, people are beginning to get excited for the main event, which will be held at a soon-to-be-decided off-campus location on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2015. Some of the queens […]

The pressures of finals this December earned some students a warning from the UW-Milwaukee dean of students when a group Facebook page for the freshman class suddenly became an impromptu forum for selling homework – especially math homework. The warning highlights how students are increasingly turning to social media to adapt to college life, and […]

The Union Sociocultural organization used the Lyrical Sanctuary event as a memoriam for Maya Angelou at the Union Fireside Lounge this past Wednesday night. Lyrical sanctuary is for anyone who wants to speak their voice and also a place just to sit and listen and enjoy. The memoriam for Maya Angelou took place at 8 […]

“The crowning achievement of my freshman year,” is how Gigi Garcia would explain her experience in the 2014 Hip Hop Showcase on Dec. 11 at the Zelazo Center just across the street from the UW-Milwaukee union. This relatively small but wonderfully opulent theater reverberated old and new hip hop hits with performances from not just […]

One UW-Milwaukee student whose journey is loaded with curves and forks in the road is Bianca Haney. Haney, an honors student in nursing, is obtaining her second degree after majoring in Biomedical Science at Marquette University. “I tried to work in pharmaceutical sales and in real estate, but I knew it wasn’t for me,” she […]

As every student knows, you can’t go home for winter break without clearing that one last hurdle: Finals. Finals can bring major stress and frustration to students. At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the residence life coordinators have just the thing to help their students combat their ever-rising stress levels: A spa in the dorms. On […]