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A faint echo turned into a bellowing chant, reverberating sound waves down the Union’s second floor corridor.  This chant came from a collection of repeated shouts of “Holy Moley Donut Shop….Holy Moley Donut Shop” around a microphone in Union Room 280 to kick off the third Grassroots event at UWM. Family Power Music (FPM) (link) […]

A room with elegant green carpeting, pure white tablecloths and golden chairs would be the last place you’d expect to find hedgehogs running around but that was the setting for the Midwest Hedgehog Rendezvous where two new permanent grand champions were crowned. On April 16 about 40 hedgehog enthusiasts gathered together at the Roadway Inn […]

Gazing across a crowd of roughly 100 people at the Union’s Fireside Lounge, Jessica Valenti chuckles, recalling a moment that might be too embarrassing to share.  Composing herself, she goes on to tell a tale from her childhood. At six years old, Valenti, a feminist author and creator of the website Feministing, came home one […]

Former senior Mossad officer and former Milwaukee Jewish Community Emissary, Mosche Ben David, gave a presentation May 9 at the Congregation Sinai in Fox Point. David addressed how sometimes we see the present without seeing the past and Israel is made to look bad because the world doesn’t know the full story. According to David […]

Over 500 people came to the UW-Milwaukee Union Ballroom at Tuesday night to see guest speaker Dan Savage. The evening’s discourse covered sex, politics, and everything in between. Savage is most notably recognized for his national column and pod cast ‘Savage Love.’ He has recently used this column to transition into political punditry for the […]

The unexpected shock from the handle of the metal door leading out to the Milwaukee Public Library’s 30,000 square feet of green roof gives new meaning to solar energy. A small group of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students as well as Milwaukee residents met at the Milwaukee Central Library on May 2 for a solar energy […]

The UW-Milwaukee Student Housing Administrative Council (SHAC) hosted a semi-annual carnival on the south lawn of Sandburg Resident Halls on Saturday afternoon to kick off the summer and to pull residents away from the nail-biting, zit-forming stress that finals bring. The carnival started at noon and featured a DJ, food, games, and prizes. SHAC hosts […]

You don’t need to own a Harley Davidson motorcycle to enjoy their Mother’s Day brunch. Mothers arrived on the morning of May 9, some strolling in as they linked arms with their sons and daughters, at the Harley Davidson Motor Bar and Restaurant to enjoy their Mother’s Day Rock and Roll Brunch. The clock struck […]

Kaden Catlett sat still in his mother’s arms as he stared curiously at the motorcycles over her shoulder.  The toddler’s mother, Kristee Catlett, appeared equally as interested as they walk through the Harley-Davidson parking lot. Catlett family members were at the Harley-Davidson Museum on Sunday afternoon where Harley-Davidson held its annual “Mother’s Day Rock ‘n’ […]

Survivor Lisa Hardwick gathered in front of the Discovery World Museum along with family, friends and more than 3,000 others who were participating in a walk to raise money and awareness for those struggling with Breast Cancer on Saturday morning. Milwaukee’s lakefront was scattered with shades of pink and sprinkles of purple as the participants […]

Dean Robert Greenstreet and commissioner Rocky Marcoux explained the “town/gown” relationship that links UWM and Milwaukee in a presentation Thursday that showed Milwaukee’s progress during the recession. Both speakers explained why UWM is an important component in Milwaukee’s ability to create award winning structures during a time of economic downturn. The idea of a “town/gown” […]

Singles mingling and being bet on for charity seems like a harmless event, but throw enough alcohol into the mix and it can turn a good event into quite a mess. The Date for a Cure fundraiser raised close to $7,000 on May 1 at Spin night club in Milwaukee’s Third Ward, but problems arose […]