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Act 10, Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial move restricting collective bargaining for public employees, still resonates on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus. Professors and staff members are often hesitant to reveal their voting preferences, but those who did so Tuesday said they voted for Walker’s challenger Mary Burke. And education was a key reason many gave […]

A Student Association committee at UW-Milwaukee approved a total of just over $28,514 in grant money Oct. 17 to 10 organizations on campus, funding everything from conferences to office supplies for groups including the U.S. Army, a religious organization and guitar club. The committee awarded grants to fund trips to various conferences and other events […]

Students of the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee gathered in the Sandburg Residence Hall to cast their vote for the midterm gubernatorial election only to be turned away when showing electronic proof of residency. The ACLU has sent representatives to the residence hall to enforce acceptance of electronic proof. Some UWM students said they were met with confusing […]

Fifty years and 40 missions after NASA’s first spacecraft to Mars, “The Red Planet” astronomy show on Oct. 17 celebrated the exploratory history, current discoveries, and future NASA missions to the planet. The event, held at UW-Milwaukee’s Manfred Olson Planetarium, was the sixth astronomy presentation between Sept. 12 and Oct. 24 to highlight Mars and […]

One would think, with the recent flow of email alerts regarding robberies and assaults around the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee campus, a free self-defense class would be overflowing with students. However, that is not the case On Friday, Oct. 24, room 110 in the Klotsche Center which closely resembles a martial arts dojo, was occupied by […]

UW-Milwaukee wants to advance and become a top-tier research university. Faculty and staff gathered in the Union Ballroom to discuss the Strategic Plan that has been developed to do just that. UW-Milwaukee Interim Chancellor Mark Mone discussed the plan and the goals that such a plan looks to accomplish saying that it provides the necessary […]

UW- Milwaukee Associate Professor of History, Joe Austin, has worn his heart on his sleeve for years. As a former engineer, Austin quit the workforce due to its environmental destruction and now informs society about the criminalization of African-American youth. Austin presented his project “Preparing for the Great Incarceration: The Criminalization of African-American Youth 1940-1970″ […]

Before he spent the past 16 years running the Milwaukee LGBT Film Festival, UW-Milwaukee’s Carl Bogner worked his way through a series of book stores, where he indulged in a love of reading and literature. Film was another interest. In those days, people could only see the films he was interested in at universities, and […]

“I do not know whether the sign that attributes itself to me is an arrow pointing up or cross pointing down. I do not know because coming out is an everyday process; every day you sink into yourself, sink into your skin,” said Noel Mariano, a graduate student at UW-Milwaukee. Mariano continued: “Why am I […]

“So one week, Wisconsin. One week and you get to choose a new governor,” said President Barack Obama at Tuesday’s Milwaukee rally in support of Democratic candidate for governor, Mary Burke. President Obama began by explaining to the audience that the United States has created more than 10 million new jobs in the last four […]

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Brand Oversight Committee presented its second annual UWM branding day on Oct. 23 in the UWM student union. The event was open to all student and faculty members and was broken up into sessions that ran from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. “I thought the meeting went very well,” said UWM […]

“Hello there!” This isn’t the usual greeting one would expect when boarding a bus, but driver Stefven Turner makes sure to greet each of his passengers this way. The Capitol-Humboldt Park and Ride driver has been driving for Lamers Bus Lines for 11 years He says his unique approach to interacting with his passengers stems […]