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Despite extensive efforts by the Democratic Party to propel its gubernatorial candidate, Mary Burke, into the Wisconsin governor’s seat this past Tuesday, failure was almost inevitable. Over the past four years, Republican Governor Scott Walker has become nothing short of a Jesus figure to conservatives. Walker’s many disciples flocked to the polls in droves on […]

The UW-Milwaukee German program commemorated the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall Sunday, by sponsoring “25 Years Later.” Held in Curtin Hall, the event included a documentary film on the history of the wall that divided East and West Berlin, as well as speakers and professors who discussed the wall’s importance and […]

Are muscle-bound students working out in cut-off shirts too intimidating for people new to campus fitness, such as freshmen? Some people think so, and that’s one of the reasons that UW-Milwaukee officials are making everyone wear sleeved T-shirts to work out at the Klotsche Center. The new policy was also created to ward off possible infections at […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rK43v5WWhk UW-Milwaukee hosted its second annual “Serving those who serve us” breakfast Tuesday morning in the Wisconsin Room located in the Union. The event was hosted by the Military and Veterans Resource Center, which coordinates various events for the veterans during veterans’ week. Nearly 100 people showed up and were served breakfast. Veterans and current […]

The Life Impact Program held a family bowling event for UW-Milwaukee student parents Nov. 8, from 3 to 5 P.M. The program was organized by the UWM Recreation Department and the Women’s Resource Center. Over 100 people registered for the event, with more people signing up at the event. Katie Eggers reports for Media Milwaukee.

Deborah Miranda, a renowned Native American author and poet, visited the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to give a craft talk on her book Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir.   Process was a prevalent theme throughout the talk. She described the 10 years she spent working on it as “drawing a river that she thought her DNA […]

Disparities in workload assignments among instructional academic staff at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee provoked discussion recently before the powerful University Committee. “In dance and theatre, with academic staff, it’s five courses constitute a 100 percent, whereas everywhere else it’s four,” Luc Vanier, an instructor in the Dance Department and member of the University Committee, said. […]

It is around that time of the year as autumn turns into winter and the leaves on the trees start to fall. You can witness people around the neighborhood raking and blowing the leaves out of their yards. However, for some this may not be as easy as it looks. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Center […]

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee officials are calling it the “Ebola Preparedness Team.” They’ve identified two people on campus who recently went to Ebola hot zones – but they weren’t infected. While Ebola may seem a distant problem, UWM administrators say they are taking precautionary measures in an attempt to ensure the university stays clear of the virus. The university approach seems […]

Has anyone ever accused you of something that you didn’t do? Did it hurt your reputation to the point where you lost your job and your home? This allegedly happened to an African-American woman who owns a design firm in the south side of Chicago named Regina Wade. She is now suing her former client, […]

Republican Scott Walker won his third election for governor in four years. As many remember, Walker secured his governorship first in the gubernatorial election in 2010 against Tom Barrett and then faced a recall election in 2012 where he beat Barrett again. Walker defeated the democratic candidate Mary Burke this time around by over 5 […]

“Arm yourself with knowledge,” Steve Jagler, executive editor of BizTimes Milwaukee magazine, said to his journalism class at UW-Milwaukee last week. This is a saying that Jagler tells all of his new reporters as well.   Molly Dill, Erica Breunlin and Hilary Dickinson, new reporters with BizTimes, all agreed that Jagler’s advice is some of […]