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On Oct. 4, Joker opened to public viewing. Since its release, it grossed over $737 million in box office revenue. However, the release of this film has not gone without controversy. The controversy stems from the main subject of the film. The fictional character of the Joker is the arch nemesis to Batman and one […]

There’s no denying it: climate change is happening. Avoiding plastic bags, skipping plastic straws and participating in Meatless Mondays are all great ways to lessen your carbon footprint. There’s another switch you can make in your life that would make Greta Thunberg proud: avoiding fast fashion. Fast fashion retailers produce inexpensive, trendy clothing in mass […]

Frankenmuth, Michigan’s very own rock band, Greta Van Fleet, has found itself under some harsh criticism since the release of their first single, “Highway Tune.” With intense guitar solos and a vocalist with a powerful voice and a talent for screaming, most have been able to make the connection quickly: Wow, this band sounds a […]

Freshman fifteen might not be the only issue college students are facing today. For a lot of college students, food has become an issue and not the way that people think. Are students eating enough throughout their day? New studies done by the USDA show that college students really are not eating enough simply because […]

The first thing Christopher Soto acknowledged when they got on stage was that Wisconsin is a swing state and that we need to “fight hard.” A lot of their pieces have anti-authoritarian themes and heavily criticize politics. Punk Aesthetic writing style is also the desire for change in one or a collective’s condition, according to […]

Diverse groups of people begin flowing through the elevator leading to the fourth conference room of the Golda Meir Library doors at around 7:51 a.m. All with different shades of skin color, all with unique backgrounds, and all here to talk about race, community, education, and healthcare. At 8:04 a.m., Angie D. Izard announces the […]

We are in a period, at the present, where ‘same old song and dance’ is no longer just an expression but an actual representation of the current state of music. Popular musicians across the charts seem to be using some kind of musical algorithm to pump out hit after hit, and frankly it’s getting quite […]

Latinovich scores late goal to lift Panthers Milwaukee – Junior Vuk Latinovich found the back of the net in the 75th minute to earn the Panthers a hard fought 1-0 victory over their in-state rival, Wisconsin, in a cold and wet night for fans at Engelmann Stadium, especially as the heavy rainfall came after halftime. […]

Astrophysicist Deborah Good presented the findings and research trajectories of eight recently discovered repeating fast radio bursts at a physics colloquium hosted by the UWM Physics Department and College of Letters and Science on Friday, Oct. 11.  Good, a graduate student in physics and astronomy at the University of British Columbia, has been leading radio astronomy research with […]

UW-Milwaukee’s Campus Safety Week turned Spaights Plaza into a learning environment for the UWM community to understand how to handle dangerous situations on campus. Behind a table lined with a row of safety brochures and complimentary pieces of candy was a fire extinguisher demonstration. Several extinguishers were available for volunteers to operate and put out […]

This is one of the first generations of college students for whom Sept. 11, 2001 is simply history and not a living memory. If you are an 18-year-old freshman, for example, you were either a newborn or not yet born when terrorists flew planes into the World Trade Center buildings in New York. A team […]

INTRODUCTION: Media professionals from across Milwaukee came together to network or simply shoot the sh*t over food and drinks at the Newsroom pub. Ian Bergersen reports. REPORTER PACKAGE: (Ian Bergersen narration): Media professionals and amateurs packed into the Newsroom Pub to mingle over food and drinks at the Milwaukee Press Club’s Shoot the Sh*t event. […]