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Photographs in grayscale and paintings of bright blue were displayed to tell the stories of a marginalized community in America. Four national and local art collections came together for “Trans-lucent: A Transgender Empowerment Exhibition”at the UWM Union Art Gallery. The exhibition shares the unique stories and experiences of transgender, non-binary and collaborating artists.The art is […]

Early in the morning just as the sun began to crest over the eastern horizon of Lake Michigan, two black minivans marked with the UW-Milwaukee logo and laden with surf boards parked on the street next to Milwaukee’s Bradford Beach. Nearly a dozen people dressed head-to-toe in wetsuit gear jumped out of the vans, began […]

In front of nearly 1,400 spectators at Panther Arena, the Drake Bulldogs embarrassed UW-Milwaukee – who returned to the States after playing a tournament in Belfast, Ireland last week – on its home court 75-61, on Thurs., Dec. 6. Meanwhile, the Panthers (2-7), who jumped out to an eight-point lead early in the game’s opening […]

Something special is happening every Friday at the UW-Milwaukee computer labs. Girls from local middle and high schools are coming to campus to learn how to code from the university’s computer science students and instructors.     

The new dean of UWM’s College of Letters and Science (L&S), Scott Gronert, met with faculty on Oct. 19 on the UWM campus and announced that the university will be looking to lowering the grade point average (GPA) requirements of L&S. Currently there is a minimum 2.5 GPA requirement in L&S, but Gronert is looking […]

Blizzard Evelyn had driven us off the water.  Times of favorable weather were not forecasted it seemed as this huge storm had bombarded us with another foot or more of snow just the previous weekend. The local trout streams around Madison had blown out just after conditions were promising a caddis hatch along with the olives […]

The L&S Academic Policies and Curriculum Committee at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee passed a proposal on Friday Nov. 9 that would lower the GPA requirements for students in the College of Letters and Science. The committee unanimously decided to change GPA requirements for majors and minors to 2.0 instead of 2.5. The proposal was passed […]

Sip coffee, pet cats, and take home a new friend all in one trip to Milwaukee’s Sip & Purr Cat Cafe. Lauren Keene reports. 

Driving to school every day can be a challenge, but The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee has innovated services to ease the commuter lifestyle. These five commodities offered by UWM can make commuting less stressful and more enjoyable. With benefits like the Prowl Line UPARK park and ride, free bus passes for Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) […]

Opponents and proponents alike came together Nov. 14 at the Town of Waterford Municipal Building to listen to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources proposed Dredge Material Landspreading from the Fox River. Addressing the concern that the navigable waters of the Fox River and its canal systems have suffered from upstream sediments, the DNR proposes […]

The UWM Men’s basketball team suffered its seventh loss of the season on Thursday night, losing 75-61 at home against the Drake Bulldogs. Drake, whose record improves to 6-1 with the victory, was able to dominate the majority of the game despite a hot start from the Panthers. Milwaukee began the game on an 8-0 […]

Oliver Payne is a 20-year-old transgender and pansexual man who has been a film student at UW-Milwaukee for three years now. Upon hearing about his university’s high ranking, his face remained static, yet it was obvious that he was silently reflecting. After a moment, he released his initial thoughts.  “What makes me feel like UWM is extremely […]