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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 […]

By Miguel Browne The Milwaukee Bucks (12-12) faced off against the Los Angeles Clippers (16-6) in a very heated game. The Clippers started off the game behind some hot shooting from former Bucks guard JJ Redick, who had 11 points in only the first quarter. At the end of the first, the Bucks were down […]

Mark A. Mone, who will take over as the 9th chancellor of the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee, effective immediately, promised Monday to move “forward together boldly” on a new agenda emphasizing student success, research, and community engagement. Referring to a “new era,” Mone, who has worked at UWM since 1998, said one of his […]

Working at Cousin Subs wasn’t senior Jenna Stathus’ only job while studying at UW-Milwaukee. In just three years, Stathus has also been employed as a Domino’s delivery driver, a nanny, a computer lab supervisor at Enderis Hall, a marketing and communications intern at Froedert Hospital and as intern at Johnson Controls. While it may seem […]

The first thing you notice is the music. It echoes from down the hall – a sharp, rhythmic number, repeating the same notes and movements over and over, like dance music. The addictive melody is already sinking in, and causes the head to bob lightly. At the door where the music is coming from, it’s […]

Throughout the UW-Milwaukee campus, inspirational quotes by famous poets such as Walt Whitman, Edger Allen Poe, and Ralph Waldo Emerson and many others decorated the school’s landscape. Some of the quotations were accompanied with chalk art. “Don’t be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams,” a quote read written in yellow chalk. “Fear […]