Students Feel Media Pressure for Perfect ‘Instagrammable’ Life

UW-Milwaukee students reported feeling pressure from the media to project a certain, often unattainable image of themselves and to live and look the part for a perfect “Instagrammable” life in an open discussion on March 1 as part of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. Senior Maddie Kane shared her thoughts on the influence of the […]

Roots Creates Peace

Rabbi Shaul Judelman is Jewish. Noor Al-Bein is Muslim. Though they are of opposite belief, they come together to try and create peace in the Middle East. With the ongoing conflict between Palestine and Israel, Judelman moved from Seattle to Israel curious to find out who “we” is. In other words, the people of the […]

Generation Lockdown: Sights and Sounds

It’s the battlefield of a generation. The high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, the nation’s third-deadliest school shooting, ignited a movement that brought hundreds of thousands of people to the streets of Washington, D.C. and to protests throughout the country. The survivors of Sandy Hook Elementary were too young to lead the movement. The teenagers […]

Rocking For a Good Cause

Rock for Wishes, a charity concert that raises money for the Make-A-Wish foundation, rocked another successful year to raise money for children with terminal illness.  

Atari Age: A Look at Michael Newman

Michael Newman is a professor at UWM, and the author of the book Atari Age. I asked him about the games he played growing up and what he plays into adulthood. https://youtu.be/kd5-pR6f0VU  

Week of the Geeks

Geek Week, UW-Milwaukee’s annual event, hosts ‘Late Night Nerding,’ where students can make their own geeky creations or test their agility and wits with interactive activities.  

MPS Can’t Produce Staff Sexual Harassment & Sexual Assault Numbers

Milwaukee Public Schools does not know how many sexual harassment and sexual assault complaints have been made against MPS employees because it does not keep centralized records of the cases. MPS could not produce the number of complaints in response to a Media Milwaukee open records request seeking the numbers since 2014. According to  the […]