Trump Family Separation Decision Was a Wrong One [EDITORIAL] Posted on July 3, 2018 by Nicholas Kanute Crossing the border into the United States without proper documentation or visas is not anywhere near serious or harmful enough to be deserving of a parent being stripped of their child-without any idea of where they are or when they will be reunited. Trump separates families at the border by strictly enforcing immigration laws in […]
The UWM Baseball Miller Park Tradition Continues Posted on June 30, 2018June 30, 2018 by Jared Cohen The UW-Milwaukee baseball team had its annual home game at Miller Park this spring as they hosted Wright State. The team regularly has its home games at Henry Aaron Field in Glendale but has a joined a marketing deal with the Brewers to play one game at Miller Park every year. They have done so […]
UWM Students Volunteer with Milwaukee Homeless Community Posted on June 30, 2018 by Elizabeth Sloan Every Tuesday night from 6 to 11 p.m., UW-Milwaukee sophomore Alexis Neri, 20, spends her time working as a volunteer with homeless youth at Pathfinders Youth Shelter. Each week she arrives at the shelter, located at 1614 East Kane Place, a big cream-colored house with bright blue trim on Milwaukee’s East Side, in time to […]
A Drive Home From a Funeral Ends in Tragedy Posted on June 30, 2018 by Jaylyn Fahey The family members of defendant Dao Xiong said their last words to him while tears streamed down their faces in a Milwaukee County courtroom, as the 37-year-old man was sentenced for the 2nd degree reckless homicide of a relative that occurred as he was driving home from a funeral. Xiong was sentenced by Judge Jeffery […]
Miss America and the Feminist Movement [EDITORIAL] Posted on June 30, 2018June 30, 2018 by Jennifer Yaccarino The Miss America pageant made a large leap forward into the 21st century for this upcoming pageant in terms of feminism. The swimsuit competition portion of the pageant has been removed in a grand gesture of feminism making room for the other, more substantial aspects of the competition. We are pleased to see this discard […]
American Sign Language: The New Spanish [OPINION] Posted on June 24, 2018June 24, 2018 by Jennifer Yaccarino Most high schools focus on providing foreign languages as a second language. Spanish, French, and German were offered when I was in high school with Spanish being offered at the beginning of elementary school. But a growing number of people utilize American Sign Language (ASL) as their main form of communication. How can this be […]
Why It’s A Hard Life For Video Game Creators [OPINION] Posted on June 24, 2018June 24, 2018 by Andrew Kasper It’s quite stunning when one sees the journey video games have gone through. Video game creators have gone from coding games that could only fit around a hundred pixels to games that capture photorealistic displays that leave the player in awe. There has been a great evolution of games and the change has been positive […]
President Trump’s Desperate Twitter Response to De Niro [OPINION] Posted on June 24, 2018August 31, 2020 by Nicholas Kanute Regardless of anyone’s opinion on Donald Trump, it can be agreed that he really enjoys using Twitter as a platform to discuss his beliefs and opinions on various subjects- remarkably more often than former presidents. On some (not so rare) occasions, an individual in the public eye makes a public remark about Donald Trump, and […]
People are Wrongly Blaming Bourdain’s Girlfriend for His Death [OPINION] Posted on June 22, 2018 by Silvia Arellano Should people be blaming Anthony Bourdain’s girlfriend Asia Argento for his death? Morally, to place blame on someone else for someone’s death at their own hand is wrong. There was no way for Asia to know that Bourdain was going to take his life, based on what’s publicly been revealed. While they were in a […]
Milwaukee’s Homeless Find Shelter at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Posted on June 10, 2018June 13, 2018 by Morgan Langley and Michael Jung On the second floor study lounge at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Union, the open room is full of cozy chairs that are often occupied by students diligently working on their homework between classes. The study lounge is also occupied by another group of people who are not college students, and they are not doing homework but often […]
Documents Detail Sexual Harassment at Milwaukee Area Technical College Posted on June 5, 2018June 7, 2018 by Lauren Keene Eleven staff members – including an associate dean – at Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) have been accused of sexual harassment since 2014, according to an open records request filed by Media Milwaukee, although the number rises to 18 when you count cases labeled as harassment and discrimination. Documents obtained by Media Milwaukee through open records […]
When You Get to be 95 (Documentary) Posted on May 28, 2018July 15, 2021 by Samuel Wisneski John Wisneski reflects on a life well lived, including his time in an orphanage, being in World War II and what it’s like to be in assisted living. Interview with filmmaker Sam Wisneski: