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New details obtained by Media Milwaukee show that UW-Milwaukee employees have been accused in complaints of allegations such as engaging in non-consensual sexual intercourse with a student, taking pictures of students’ “backsides,” making inappropriate sexual comments, and having a sexual relationship with a student and then giving the student a higher grade as a result. […]

There was an explosion of excitement backstage, in dressing room 250. Milwaukee singer-songwriter Lex Allen stared into the mirror with his hypnotic hazel eyes after a two-hour glam session with rising local makeup artist Shalisa Smith, who has worked with stars like actress Issa Rae and rapper Dej Loaf “I don’t usually do drag makeup,” […]

The UW-Milwaukee Women’s Basketball Team held Senior Day on Sunday, to honor seniors Steph Kostowicz, Jenny Lindner, Kelsey Cunningham, and Bailey Farley, who have changed the culture of Milwaukee basketball in their years here. Lindner, Cunningham, and Kostowicz have spent the last four years playing for UWM, while Farley has spent her last three years at […]

When a University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student accused her supervisor of alleged drunken texting, campus officials disagreed over whether the behavior was sexual harassment, with the Office of Equity & Diversity Services finding a violation of the discriminatory conduct policy and Provost Johannes Britz – who has the final say – ruling otherwise. Read the investigative […]

Media Milwaukee asked various students about their experiences with social injustices. While some were unaware of any instances, others felt that discrimination was still prevalent.  

Farmer’s Fridge is a new fresh food vending machine in the Student Union, but is the fixture something students want and use regularly? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFL5ssNQmak&w=700&rel=0  

UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone has declined to be interviewed by a Media Milwaukee student journalist about sexual harassment and assault on campus following two weeks of investigative reporting into such cases at UWM, choosing instead to respond with a campus-wide update. Read more on this development by Media Milwaukee.

Two of the 37 sexual harassment complaints that UW-Milwaukee hasn’t released were lodged against UWM police sergeants, and the lurid accusations resulted in warring decisions between the Office of Equity and Diversity Services (EDS) and provost, who found that one of the EDS decisions was riddled with factual errors when overturning it, Media Milwaukee student […]

On Tuesday night, students gathered mats and began to set their stations for meditation and yoga. The excited younger students rushed to get their mats closest to the instructor while the reluctant older students dragged and hung around the back. As the class begins to get rowdy, the instructor uses standard teacher maneuvers to get […]

The UW System has a record of only one sexual harassment complaint against faculty or staff from UW-Milwaukee in the last 20 years, despite the fact that UWM’s own records show there have been more than 30 cases of alleged sexual harassment at UWM in the past five years alone. The UW System and the […]

Thirty-seven professors and other staff members at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee were accused of sexual assault and sexual harassment in the past five years, but, despite the national attention on “silence breakers,” little is known about the complaints because the university has yet to comply with an open records request seeking details, a Media Milwaukee […]

The half-empty courtroom in the Milwaukee Safety Building was silent as defendant Oscar Barrera was sentenced for punching a man in a tavern fight, ultimately killing him. As Judge Jeffrey A. Wagner gave his sentencing, Barrera’s family gasped in unison when they heard Spanish interpreter, Bruce Goodman, say “60 months in prison with three years probation.” Barrera, 42, was charged with one count of aggravated battery (great bodily harm with intent to cause bodily harm) on Dec. 13 after he got into a […]