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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. […]

In late March, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor, Michael Lovell, announced his resignation as Chancellor of UWM. What caught the community off guard about his resignation is that he accepted the position of first lay President of Marquette University. Students interviewed by Media Milwaukee in the wake of the chancellor’s announcement weren’t entirely buying his […]

Following six years of service to UW-Milwaukee, Dr. Michael Lovell bid his farewell. Driven by his strong Catholic beliefs, Lovell has accepted his appointment as President of Marquette University, becoming the first lay president in the University’s 132-year history. Flanked by members of Marquette’s Presidential Search Committee, Lovell entered the room to a roaring applause. […]

Vivian Storm meticulously applies one set of fake eyelashes, and then the other. She slips into her blue sparkling dress, blonde wig, high heels, and she is ready for the night. “The hardest part of dressing in drag is all this,” she says as she gestures from her head down to her feet. “It’s transforming […]

Chancellor since 2011, Michael Lovell came to UWM just a few years before as dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. His recent announcement that he is taking the position as Marquette’s 24th president came as a surprise to many in the UWM community. But, was it really a surprise? Members of the Chancellor […]

What started as an unstructured meeting for women students of color on the UW-Milwaukee campus has now become a safe place for students to share their feelings for the last seven years. Sister Talk, sponsored by Sociocultural Programming, the Black Cultural Center, and the Women’s Resource Center, has transformed through the years. When it first […]