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Despite major media coverage and public health campaigns, co-sleeping deaths have remained consistent in Milwaukee for the past five years, a Media Milwaukee investigation has found. Each year, 15 to 20 co-sleeping deaths occur in Milwaukee County,” according to a report obtained from the City of Milwaukee’s Health Department. From 2003 to 2006, co-sleeping numbers […]

Almost every little girl asks for a pony at some point in their childhood, but for some horseback riding is there whole world. Jennifer Neil, Senior at UW-Milwaukee, started riding horses around 12 years ago. She said, “Just the thrill of it. It’s a lot of fun.” Starting out with just taking lessons as a […]

The University of Wisconsin Milwaukee opened a brand new greenhouse in the northwest quadrant of the campus. The two previous greenhouses that were in operation will be shut down in order to make room for the growing fresh water sciences department and the new Kenwood Interdisciplinary Research Complex. To commemorate the occasion the department of […]

Enrollment at UW-Milwaukee is on the decline. Since 2007, the number of admitted students is getting lower, and the university projects that enrollment will continue to drop over the next four years. However, those directly involved with the issue feel that they are taking the right steps towards correcting it. “I am very optimistic that […]

For UW-Milwaukee student, Ken Harris Jr., freshman year symbolizes struggle as much as it does growth. After his graduation at Rufus King High School in Milwaukee, Harris came to UW-Milwaukee to pursue higher education in music. “UWM was one of the schools I applied to that really allowed me to keep in touch with my […]

Campus-wide retention rates are down to 68.5 percent, according to UWM’s latest one-year retention rates. The rates have been declining every year since 2008. Keri Duce, the assistant director for student success, expressed UWM’s concern in regards to the rates. “The fact that we lose 30 percent of students for one year is troubling.” The […]

It’s 7p.m. in the Sandburg dorms and Autumn Siudzinski, a senior resident assistant, is on duty for the night and about to begin her round up and down the South tower. “We basically just go from floor-to-floor, not to intimidate anyone, just to make sure everything is okay,” she says. Tonight, however, Siudzinski will be […]

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Graduate Faculty Committee approved to bring in an external reviewer that oversees the creation of new graduate programs in its monthly meeting on Monday. The Graduate Faculty Committee is a body representative of the Graduate School Faculty. The committee is responsible for the formulation of policies concerning the graduate programs of […]

A candlelight vigil was held on Oct. 23, in honor of UWM student, Ian Elliott, who passed away three days prior. Held in the Union Fireside Alumni lounge, the ceremony the room to capacity with friends, family and acquaintances of Elliott’s who lit fireless candles in his honor and watched as pictures were displayed from […]

In wake of criticism that the university’s math program is “unjust,” UWM administrators will be making changes to the math department. Associate Vice Chancellor Phyllis King announced the changes during the Academic Planning and Budget Committee meeting Nov. 7 in Garland Hall. King wasted no time getting to the problem. “How can we admit 1,500 […]

UW-Milwaukee Police Officer Craig Rafferty, 19-year police veteran, held a presentation on “Dealing with an Active Shooter on Campus and the Implications” at the UW-Milwaukee campus this past week. Rafferty refers to an “active shooter” as “any individual actively engaged in killing or attempting to kill people in a confined or populated area. Their use […]

Chiller causes issues for researchers An aquarium chiller malfunction has posed a life-threatening situation to an unknown amount of fish at UWM’s Freshwater Sciences building, according to staff members. Dr. Berri Forman, assistant director and research veterinarian for the Animal Use and Care Committee, says that there can be as many as millions of fish- […]