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UW-Milwaukee Professor Joe Austin spoke Thursday about the struggle of being young and colored in the 1940’s, arguing that the news media purposely portrayed blacks as criminals, helping lead to the high black incarceration rates in the country and state. Austin was the featured speaker in the 45th Annual Morris Fromkin Memorial Lecture, on the […]

Maintenance has changed the shower handle in a 23rd floor suite of Sandburg North Tower after University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee freshman, Madison Brink, made a trip to the hospital Oct. 23 when she was scalded by her shower the previous day. Madison took the city bus to St. Mary’s Columbia Hospital where the doctor classified her […]

They did the Mash. The Monster Mash. And the Cupid shuffle. And of course the Wobble. And any other dance you could think of. Students from UWM and other area colleges gathered to laugh, dance and socialize at the UWM Black Student Union Halloween Party.  While some came in costume and others just wore jeans, […]

One of the three finalists for UW-Milwaukee’s next chancellor is the current provost at the University of Akron in Ohio, Dr. William M. “Mike” Sherman, who has specialized in physical and health education and who’s second in charge of a public university facing many challenges similar to those at UWM. He’s run into controversies with […]

The UW System released the names of three finalists for UW-Milwaukee chancellor Wednesday morning – and they are the current interim chancellor and two academic leaders from Missouri and Ohio. The announcement of three names comes as a surprise, as the UW System originally said there were five finalists. This will be the third search […]

The search and screen committee for the new UWM chancellor met Tuesday at 1 p.m. in the Union’s Fireside Lounge to discuss the five remaining candidates vying for the position of chancellor. On the eve of the finalist announcement, the committee spent the entire meeting in closed session. The names – until Wednesday morning – are […]

The Journalism and Media Living Learning Community at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee toured the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newsroom, where editorial board members advised future journalists to obtain well-rounded skills. The LLC is part of a department that houses the majors of Journalism, Advertising, and Media Studies, hence the name J.A.M.S. The Living Learning Community (LLC) […]

From fan pages to Halloween costumes, one local legend has inspired a near cult-like following among campus visitors and is now engrained in the UW-Milwaukee community. Eric Slawyk, who may be better known as the UWM Pen Guy,  uses free pens and scripture verses to help positively promote his Christian agenda on campus. Although his motives may […]

Prophet Blackmon was a local artist who would sell his work on the street. He established a series of storefront churches and enterprise centers throughout the inner city. These places offered religious services and served as a site to recycle goods, among other things. Blackmon produced hand-lettered signs made out of found materials to advertise these […]

How easy is it for a student journalist to get information from UW-Milwaukee Police? Not easy at all. It began Oct. 7. At the time, I was working on an assignment for a journalism class, and one of the tasks associated with this assignment was to talk to a school official and ask them questions […]

Milwaukee Film was missing a key component, organizers felt: The black audience. So, the Milwaukee Film Festival’s Black Lens program was developed this year to broaden the festival’s appeal to diverse communities. A University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student was one of those running it. Milwaukee Film Festival co-programmer, Geraud Blanks, talked to UW-Milwaukee’s Minority Media Association on […]

Gov. Scott Walker won the governor’s race on Nov. 4, but how did UW-Milwaukee students vote? A team of student journalists interviewed random UWM students to find out the answer. What they found was a campus divided, mirroring the state’s political divide, despite stereotypes that university students are a monolithic voting group. Some students said […]