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Alberto Maldonado, director of the Roberto Hernandez Center, reflects on the impact of the 1970 movement led by Latino students, which paved the way for Latinos to receive a higher education degree at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee.  Currently, the Roberto Hernandez Center provides academic services and support to over 2,900 Hispanic students, according to recent UW […]

One person was killed and 14 people were wounded at a shooting at Kroger in Collierville, Tenn. Thursday, from a gunman identified as UK Thang, 29, a third-party vendor to Kroger, who also took his own life. Olivia King, a Kroger customer and widowed mother of three, was named as the only victim killed in […]

In Milwaukee, Stacey Abrams asked people to call Senator Ron Johnson and Senator Tammy Baldwin to voice support for the Freedom to Vote Act, and, in a candid conversation with Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes and an audience at The Pabst Wednesday, she said that zip codes, race and status should not determine the quality of […]

Chuck Savall, a 66-year-old retired pilot from Pewaukee, Wisconsin, had one of the most remarkable experiences on Sept. 11, 2001. Savall was flying Midwest Express Flight 73 from Milwaukee to Newark, New Jersey, when he witnessed the second plane crash into the World Trade Center. A few minutes later, his plane ended up in the […]

On Father’s Day this year, I found myself reminiscing on all the amazing things my dad has done for me, my two sisters and my mom. Four to one is the ratio here; three daughters and wife are what my dad has been surrounded by for 21 years. Now this alone should give you a […]

Summerfest, the world’s largest music festival, is known best for being held in the middle of summer. Walking through downtown Milwaukee’s Summerfest grounds, while embracing the hot sun and winds of Lake Michigan, is what makes this music festival so memorable. But with the 2021 dates being changed from June to September, is it bad […]

The Honors Association for Research and Publication (HARPY) of the UWM Honors College hosted “The Beast” on Friday, May 7, an event creating a space for connection and storytelling among students, faculty and staff about dealing with the “beasts” they live with both within themselves and in the outside world. HARPY is a student-led organization […]

In March of 2021, exactly one year since they began organizing, Colectivo Coffee workers voted to decide whether they would be represented by the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, or IBEW. The initial vote ended in a 99-99 tie, although that will be broken when at least seven challenged ballots will be counted by the […]

A once loud and bustling hallway is now quiet, with only a couple of students around but no personnel. Located in Bolton Hall, it houses the Roberto Hernandez Center, Black Student Cultural Center, Southeast Asian American Student Center and the American Indian Student Center.  “I know that many students rely very heavily on our centers,” […]

Dr. Juchuan Wang discussed how the use of the term “China Virus” has diverted attention away from domestic failure during the COVID-19 pandemic.  May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, and in honor of this, panelists celebrated having the hard conversation of Anti-Asian bias in America, according to Dr. Chia Vang, the Associate Vice Chancellor in the Division of Global Inclusion & […]