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Jean Creighton is an airborne astronomy ambassador. What does an airborne astronomy ambassador do? What does such a title mean exactly? It means that Creighton knows a heck of a lot about physics and space. She says that her love for such fields came at a very young age. Creighton, director of the Manfred Olson […]

Metalsmithing major Ryan Socia displayed an array of crafts and necklaces formed from recycled scrap plastic and empty bullet casings he collects from a shooting range. He also uses scrap metals and plastics gathered from a junkyard near his home to imbue a “darker, grittier” theme to his work. He was one of several UW-Milwaukee […]

There are new questions tonight in the high-profile investigation of a UW-Milwaukee TKE fraternity. A top UW-Milwaukee administrator has found that the much-reported allegation that TKE fraternity members marked targeted partygoers for drugging with “color-coded Xs” “appear(ed) to be false,” according to a motion filed in Circuit Court by the attorney representing then fraternity president Thomas […]

Felipe Guilherme Melo is a junior at UW-Milwaukee through the Brazilian Scientific Mobility Program. When he came to America, he didn’t know how to speak much English. “If I wanted to stay here, I had to learn English,” Melo said. “And then I was trying to find ways to learn English faster. And I didn’t […]

The Minority Media Association of UW-Milwaukee is a campus club that runs a television program showcasing media diversity. A recent show featured UWM student Geraud Blanks, who helped program the Milwaukee Film Festival’s Black Lens series. Evan Vogel reports for Media Milwaukee.

It is clear that Mark Mone will push research as a primary agenda at UW-Milwaukee, if he continues on as UWM’s chancellor. The University of Wisconsin System Board of Regents opened the floor to faculty, staff, community members, and students on campus Monday when Interim UWM Chancellor Mone presented his views about challenges for research […]

Not once, not twice, but three times within the last four years, Scott Walker has claimed the title as governor of Wisconsin. Those who attended the Walker campaign election night rally at the Wisconsin State Exposition Center were able to share their excitement with one another as Walker defeated Democratic Candidate Mary Burke in the General […]

How quickly the list of UWM chancellor finalists was developed, and how short it is, surprised some. But overall the UWM community seems impressed with the three choices.  If they know who they are, that is. “I am very excited on Mark Mone making the short list; he always takes the faculty concerns into consideration,” […]

Game Start. Many retro gamers gathered Friday, the 7th of November, at the 8th Note Coffee House in the Union for Retro Game Day to play their favorite Nintendo 64, Super Nintendo and PlayStation games. Level 1. Gamers surrounded 4 T.V.s around the 8th Note, playing their timeless classic favorites including Super Smash Bros., Legend […]

Self-proclaimed “Gender Outlaw” Kate Bornstein received many laughs and tears throughout her recent talk at UW-Milwaukee and even provoked an outburst by several attendees, which led to their removal. Bornstein, who spoke in the Union Ballroom on Oct. 30, explained to the audience of around 100 about her struggle with lung cancer and how the […]

All athletes can understand the nerves that come with a big game, much less a game against your crosstown rivals in front of an electric crowd. If Milwaukee had any of those nerves, the Panthers handled them poorly as Marquette retained Milwaukee women’s volleyball control with an emphatic 3-0 sweep victory Tuesday night at the […]

The media are at fault for the high African-American incarceration rate in America due to their criminal portrayal of blacks, said Joe Austin, an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee who specializes in history, in an Oct. 16 lecture on campus. The professor’s speech was entitled “Preparing for the Great Incarceration: The criminalization […]