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Some Milwaukee Muslim and Jewish leaders are criticizing the news coverage of the Israel-Palestine conflict for failing to remain impartial and for contributing to dehumanization of civilian populations in Gaza. Since the Oct. 7 Hamas surprise offensive and the following Israeli counter-offensive, more than 11,000 have reportedly been killed, many of whom were civilians, and […]

They are generations apart. On the 22nd anniversary of the terrorist attacks, a team of UW-Milwaukee journalism students set out to determine whether opinions of Sept. 11, 2001, differ depending on whether you were alive at the time. Most college students today do not have living memories of Sept. 11. For them, it is history, […]

Students have voiced complaints about the food quality in the residential halls at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on social media and in complaints to the university, a Media Milwaukee investigation has found. These complaints range from undercooked food to insufficient options for students with dietary restrictions to finding worms in the food of one student. […]

UW-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone blames lobbying practices of the State Building Commission for UW-Milwaukee’s $181 million-dollar project’s short comings in the Governor’s Budget while the Building Commission says otherwise. In a meeting on March 14 with the UW-Milwaukee University Commitee, Chancellor Mone discussed the importance of the Health Sciences Project. According to Mone it will […]

On April 8, 2023, the Students for a Democratic Society at UWM, made an Instagram post to spread awareness about low enrollment rates among Black Students at UWM. Rory Donovan, a student who is a part of SDS (Students for a Democratic Society), stated to Media Milwaukee that they think resourcing may be one of […]

The Union Cinema, located on the second floor of the Student Union next to the Wisconsin Room. Photo by Juan G. Escutia-Arreola

After investigating with senior counselor Laura L. Pagel at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Student Health and Wellness Center, it appears that prolonged quarantine measures and a lack of communication with the wider community have taken a toll on a significant portion of UWM students. Many students have reported experiencing an increase in symptoms of anxiety, […]

“We are so fortunate to have the opportunity to have these conversations in the context of gross negligence rather than mass death” – Abigail Nye, UWM library archivist Just over a year before Elmo Daniels was accused of loading a gun in UW-Milwaukee’s Golda Meir Library on March 16, he was banned from the Student […]

The City of Milwaukee Common Council voted unanimously on March 21 in support of the establishment of the Interim Plaza Program, an initiative that would allow underutilized city streets and areas to be transformed into public gathering spaces. Led by Common Council Alderman Robert Bauman and supported by Mayor Cavalier Johnson, the program began accepting […]

A team of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee journalism students set out to interview younger and older voters in Wisconsin’s contentious state Supreme Court race. What they found: The restoration of abortion in Wisconsin emerged as an overwhelmingly driving motivation for almost all younger voters, some of whom cast ballots for the first time. For older voters, […]

Most children’s museums are all fun and games, but the community of Sheboygan got serious when their local children’s museum was in danger. After months of the community rallying, they finally celebrated a reopening. Madelyn Heimsch has the story.

Want to banish the cold winter blues? Maybe its time to try a new sport you can play year-round. Dominique Hamilton has the story.