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The 2020 spring fashion week runways were very interesting this year to say the least. Fashion week in Paris was going very smoothly for Gigi Hadid. According to her Instagram, Hadid was in runways for Ralph Lauren, Tom Ford, Michael Kors, Marc Jacobs, Burberry, Chanel, and more. The one runway that stood out the most […]

Since the release of Don’t Smile at Me in 2017, Billie Eilish has continued to make headlines. Earlier this month, the young star announced her first arena world tour and it sold out almost immediately. Eilish is also being predicted as a top contender for the 2020 Grammys. Yet, despite her massive success, the 17-year-old […]

The heart of UW-Milwaukee’s student union was filled with students who sought the opportunity to talk to an upwards of 200 different departments on campus through at the Exploring Majors Fair hosted by the Career Planning and Resource Center. At the Exploring Majors Fair, students were able to talk with faculty and current students representing […]

Samin Nosrat, chef, author and creator of Netflix series Salt Fat Acid Heat, originally came to UWM’s campus to talk about her cookbook and show, but the conversation took a turn when she expressed her hardships as a woman of color in a white-male dominated industry. Nosrat’s career began while studying English at the University […]

This year on UWM’s campus, I’ve noticed a shift. There’s been an increase in mental health campaigning posters. Which I thought was odd, because for the past three years I’ve seen very few, and those had just been mentioning the Norris Health Center and not much else. This is my fourth year at UWM, and […]

Sip and Purr Cat Cafe is the dream business come true by Katy McHugh. Sip and Purr Cafe is Milwaukee’s first cat cafe. McHugh says she owes the idea of her now very successful business to a cat that bonded with her at a cafe in Amsterdam. The cat nuzzled up on her lap and […]

In a perfect world, we would walk into our favorite stores and purchase pieces at a reasonable price with the benefit of having it last longer than just a few weeks. This creates that magical combination of quality AND quantity. However, in a realistic world, we (college students especially) work with what we can get, […]

In sports there is a simple phrase that as a Brewers fan I am all too familiar with, “Only one team ends the year happy.” It is entirely too true but, as a friend of mine has said seemingly every year since I’ve known him, “I’m tired of being a bridesmaid.” I try my best […]

Before he co-founded the Atlas Obscura website and co-authored the New York Times Bestseller Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders, Dylan Thuras was a wide-eyed 12-year-old boy exploring the bizarre collections and eccentric oddities contained in the House on the Rock in Wisconsin. Wonders like the world’s largest indoor carousel, a […]

A man and a woman sat side by side at a football game, smiling and laughing with each other while both of their wives flanked the unlikely duo. The man is a conservative icon who once called for an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to ban same-sex marriage and continues to be accused of war […]

When was the last time you went out to the store, waiting in line, and bought a video game the night it was released? If you’re a prolific gamer such as myself your answer is most likely “I don’t remember” or “they still do that?” We are entering what seems like a new age for […]

A string of vaping-related illnesses and deaths has left the country murmuring in the past few months. With a death toll of 33 and climbing, legislators across the nation have been weighing the possibilities of taking preventative action. Six states have already passed their own laws regarding the sale and use of vaporized nicotine and […]