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Milwaukee’s men’s basketball team is yet again facing changes after Coach Lavall Jordan accepted the head coaching position at Butler.  Coach Val made the decision of a lifetime by accepting a position at Butler University because he himself was once a Bulldog. Any coach in this position would be eager, honored, and excited to lead […]

A documentary looking at how a very special boy touched the lives of so many in Central Wisconsin.  

By Stephen Coss Milwaukee’s culture has become synonymous with the city’s many breweries. As the birthplace of popular names like Miller and Pabst, the brewery experience has shaped Milwaukee’s local culture for residents across the city and beyond. As a Milwaukeean himself, Russ Klisch decided to take his love for beer one step further and […]

By Bryn Johnson It’s the day after Mark Soriano and Gabby Powell had just lost their lead guitarist. The two are driving around in Soriano’s car in search for a new band name. The street names, house shapes, mannerisms of strangers on the streets do nothing to light a spark. Then Soriano digs into his […]

The toughest losses to endure in baseball are the ones that are right there for the taking.  Your team is battling through six or seven innings and you’re either leading or within a run.  It leaves a bitter taste in your mouth when your bullpen continues to surrender leads, or is either giving up enough […]

In 2016, Americans streamed 431 billion songs through on demand platforms like Spotify and Tidal. Truly, we live in the age of physical music’s demise. However, there have been bright moments for some of music’s most industrious startups. Spotify had 50 million subscribers in March 2017, Tidal saw unprecedented growth when it exclusively released Kanye […]

It’s Friday night. You frantically poll your girlfriends on different outfit choices; something cute…but nothing that is trying too hard. You skip your Holy Grail dry shampoo and decide to put in the extra effort to actually wash your hair. You swallow down those nervous butterflies as you answer your door. It is date night! […]

By Ryaen Johnson There is always a winner and a loser in every game, meet, or competition event. Every year at the end of the regular season, the NBA holds the ultimate tournament to crown a team the best in the NBA. After the playoffs and NBA Finals comes the next big occasion, the NBA […]

Paul Ryan defends Trump at the same time James Comey was testifying for the first time in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Ryan’s statement is hurting Donald Trump unintentionally rather than helping him as he thought he was. A country run by a President learning on the job is not what America is comfortable […]

No, they don’t make people mass murderers – video games are actually turning millennials into navigational and spatial masterminds. It is the industry of today. Almost everybody has played video games, and they influence players in different ways. Does playing violent video games increase one’s chance of becoming violent in real life?  Scholars have been […]

On July 4, 2016, NBA superstar Kevin Durant signed with the Golden State Warriors, sending shockwaves through the league. The Warriors had just completed a historic, record-breaking 73-win season, only to lose in the Finals to the Cleveland Cavaliers in a dramatic seven game series. What would a Warriors team that replaced its worst starter, […]

The hustle and bustle of the UW – Milwaukee Student Union did nothing to distract Miela Fetaw from her passionate recounting of the experiences she has faced as an African-American woman, journalist and student at UWM. Fetaw, a senior double majoring in Journalism and Global Studies, has been working toward her degree since 2014. She […]