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The sounds of tribal music echoed throughout the lecture hall in Merrill Hall Thursday night, as students and faculty from the American Indian Studies Program introduced special guest, Winona LaDuke. LaDuke talks to the audience about her version of “Making America Great Again’’ environmentally and talks about the corn that has been man-made. She describes […]

In a nondescript room in UWM’s Lubar building the morning of Friday, April 5th, six members of the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee met to oversee the proceedings of five of UWM’s animal research programs. Chaired by Rodney Swain, Ph.D., a professor at UWM, the meeting convened to review ongoing protocols – experiments and […]

Shoes shuffled through a security line in Bolton Hall. Jackets came off, purses were searched and the UWM police officers kept a watchful eye. The UWM College Republicans had a table with free Ronald Reagan posters and calendars. Stickers that stated, “Freedom Not Socialism” sat ready on the table for eager visitors to take and […]

There has been controversy on college campuses around speakers and that clash between what we can say and what the constitution allows us. We always bump up against first amendment rights. Whether we are on the left or right side of it, or have colleagues with different political opinions, we must engage in civil discourse. […]

Media Milwaukee’s student journalists are heading to nationals in nine categories in the Society of Professional Journalists’ Mark of Excellence competition after their work won first-place awards in the prestigious four-state regional competition. That brings the 2018 award tally for Media Milwaukee to 59 honors in a variety of major contests. Stories that move on […]

“No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION.” These are the tweets and attitude of President Donald Trump after the Robert Mueller investigation concluded that it “did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.” The Barr letter saying the Mueller report didn’t […]

On March 4, 2019, Media Milwaukee student journalists initially reported that UW-Milwaukee Professor Anthony Azenabor was facing allegations of sexually assaulting one of his PhD student advisees in the basement of Enderis Hall. The next development in the story came shortly thereafter, when a Media Milwaukee student journalist armed with a list of questions was […]

Heated debates and bitter faces are what come to mind when you hear of a Democrat and a Republican speaking in the same room. However, it wasn’t that way Monday night at A Seat at The Table: Women in Leadership & Civic Engagement. The event took place Monday night at UWM featuring two prominent political […]

Sgt. Bryan LaChapelle and Lt. Brian Switala were the two UWM police officers involved in the March 19 on-campus shooting of former UWM student Irie Payne, 30, who is now accused in a criminal complaint of pointing a gun at an officer’s head during an attempted escape. LaChapelle shot Payne as the former UWM student […]

Gov. Tony Evers’ proposed biennial budget threatens a three-decade-old program that promotes conservation opportunities for outdoor recreation across Wisconsin, conservation groups and business owners said. Evers’ budget proposed a two-year extension of the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship funding at the current $33 million per year, and suggests forming a blue-ribbon panel to make recommendations about the future […]

Wisconsin is one of the only states that is heavily affected by the act of gerrymandering. What is gerrymandering? To keep it simple, it’s a practice that gives a certain political party more power over the district boundaries. Essentially, the party will always have an advantage over the other which has raised the question, is […]

Natural light seeps through the large, plant-filled display windows of Canni (pronounced “Can-I”) Hemp Co., a new CBD-based health and wellness boutique in Walker’s Point. Inside the boutique, the sunlight reflects off neutral-colored walls adorned with more plants and bright, chic furniture giving the front room a warm glow. A large white table stands as […]