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It was hard to miss Professor Martin Jack Rosenblum, with his long grey beard and Lennon-like glasses, smoking a cigarette somewhere outside the Golda Meir Library or near the Music Building. He sometimes seemed like some kind of Milwaukee rock legend before they knew who he was. He had that presence about him. To students, […]

MILWAUKEE –Mark Mone, named as the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s interim chancellor in the wake of Michael Lovell’s sudden departure, pledged during his first press conference to keep the university moving forward with a focus on its strategic plan and need for resources. Lovell’s leave date was moved up, and officials said they hope to have […]

Neighbors murdering loved ones, friends killing family, cannibalism, trusted figures throwing you to your death; this is too much for most to bear. On April 9 Gilbert Sezirahiga, a Rwanda genocide survivor and deputy director of SMILE AGAIN, came to UW-Milwaukee and told how he overcame the unthinkable. Robin Weigert, the assistant director of the […]

The University Information Technology Department has reached the decision to begin implementing Office 365 software for students, faculty and staff by summer 2014. Students and staff will have more storage space for calendar appointments, email and will be able to use IM and video chat with teachers. Microsoft Office 365 is a cloud-based server with […]

Level 1 Team Denmark Ichiban from Denmark High School are the current winners of UWM’s first mock Japan Quiz Bowl. The team competed against four different high schools and 14 other teams. Team Denmark Ichiban consisted of Logan Schmidt, Mason Geibel and Kyleen Warpinski, who all agreed that the interviews were very interactive and proved […]

A crowd gathered in Milwaukee to protest the deportation of undocumented citizens and what they call the inhuman breakup of families. Samantha Tripp reports.

There was once a time when blacksmiths were a necessity in every community. People needed tools, whether that meant weapons for an army, needles for sewing or even tools for a blacksmith. The blacksmith made those tools and was sought after before manufacturing became commercialized. Now, being a blacksmith is considered more of an art. Milwaukee […]

The new student Constitution and the new student government political structure both became active May 1. Commissioner Justin Welch has been in the Oversight and Appeals Commission since before the government was disbanded. He said he saw the loopholes in the old Constitution being abused. “In 2009-2010 school year,” he said, “ … eight versions […]

Students were on a hunt at the UWM Union. A job hunt, that is. UWM students carry the highest debt loads, on average, in the UW system, so stakes are high. Evan Vogel reports.

Choosing a college is a big decision for high school students. An even bigger challenge is figuring out how to pay for it. Stevan Stojanovic found advice for prospective students and their families.

Walk in the Golda Meir Library at UW-Milwaukee and the obvious things are coffee, computers, and studying. But take the elevator to the 4th floor and walk down a hallway full of books, pamphlets and posters, all of which are older than the majority of the students. There’s also a link to the 86th Academy […]

At the last Research Policy Committee meeting, members discussed a new shared-space policy. The main focus was to figure out how these facilities will be funded. The committee usually meets every month. They work with the Chancellor and the Provost in cooperation with other faculty committees on issues that deal with research policy at UWM. […]