Local Music Lover Leads Choirs Around the City Posted on March 19, 2017 by Rukiya Stewart Anwar Stewart has always loved music and gets to nurture that love by singing in and directing choirs. https://youtu.be/GN8LIAVVKn4
Environmentalist by Day, Biker by Dusk Posted on March 18, 2017March 18, 2017 by Madison Goldbeck From saving the environment… to BMX biking downtown… this college student makes a difference during the day, then amuses by evening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yC8-Udp05o&feature=youtu.be
St. Patrick’s Day Scene on Water St. Posted on March 17, 2017March 17, 2017 by Jenna Gaidosh Milwaukee is a busy place with the NCAA tournament in town, plus St. Patrick’s Day. Take a look at the scene in one of the main restaurant and bar areas.
UWM Journalists Win Big in Milwaukee Press Club, SPJ Awards Posted on March 16, 2017March 17, 2017 by Media Milwaukee staff Media Milwaukee is again nominated for Best Website and UWM journalists won for investigative reporting, writing, video, audio and online stories in the 2016 Milwaukee Press Club Collegiate journalism competition. Ambitious class and team projects including How The Mississippi Valley Turned Red received many nominations. UWM students led the pack with 20 nominations, topping UW-Madison’s 15 and Marquette’s 14. The featured speaker at the MPC Gridiron […]
Tintype Photographer Margaret Muza Will Take Her Trade to the Pfister Hotel Posted on March 16, 2017March 16, 2017 by Ed Makowski Based in her Bayview studio, tintype photographer Margaret Muza becomes the ninth artist in residence at Milwaukee’s historic Pfister Hotel on April 1, 2017.
UWM A Day In The Life: Doggy Day Care and More Posted on March 14, 2017 by Luis De Leon UWM Junior Jacob Storm not only is a double major and an intern, but he works at a doggy day care as well. Take a look at a typical Saturday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIU5J-cugHM&feature=youtu.be
Opt In, Opt Out? UW-Milwaukee Student Groups, Centers Describe Their Value Posted on March 11, 2017March 11, 2017 by Ariel Goronja, Rhea Riley, Rukiya Stewart, Lillian Gonzalez, Dino Dominici, Amanda Maniscalco, Amanda Becker, Danielle Miller, Emily Gallagher-Schmitz, Evan Casey, Rebecca Otis, Samuel Schmitz, Taylor Strickland and William Tewes This is part 2 of a series by JAMS 320 reporting class exploring the possible effect of Gov. Scott Walker’s opt out segregated fee proposal. Kelsey Laas, a nursing student at UW-Milwaukee, had never heard of allocable segregated fees and was unaware that she had been paying them since she began attending UW-Milwaukee a year-and-a-half […]
Nathan Banasik: A Kid with Guts Posted on March 10, 2017March 11, 2017 by Tisia Muzinga The game of basketball consists of courage, devotion, passion, and strength. If you don’t acquire these four components; then what are you doing? Get off the court. Blood, sweat, and tears are also a part of the game; but so are injuries. An injury like a torn ACL (anterior cruciate ligament), MCL (medial collateral ligament), […]
Hoops and Spirituality Posted on March 7, 2017 by Amanda Becker The UWM Muslim Student Association brought Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to Milwaukee to speak about religion, what it’s like to be a basketball legend, and life after basketball. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoKB9G94_l8&feature=youtu.be
LGBTQ & Women’s Center? BOSS? Sports Clubs? All Could be Gone, UW-Milwaukee Leaders Fear Posted on March 5, 2017March 11, 2017 by Ariel Goronja, Rhea Riley, Rukiya Stewart, Lillian Gonzalez, Dino Dominici, Amanda Maniscalco, Amanda Becker, Danielle Miller, Emily Gallagher-Schmitz, Evan Casey, Rebecca Otis, Samuel Schmitz, Taylor Strickland and William Tewes This is part 1 of a 2-part JAMS 320 series exploring the effect of Scott Walker’s opt out segregated fee proposal for UW-Milwaukee. Read part 2 here. This story was written by Amanda Becker with contributions from the JAMS 320 reporting class. UW-Milwaukee could look like a completely different campus in the future. Major high-profile […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Spreads Wisdom in Milwaukee Theatre Posted on March 3, 2017March 7, 2017 by Keio Horton
UWM Cosplay Dance Party Highlights Appeal of Geek Culture, Costume Play Posted on March 2, 2017March 2, 2017 by John Fennimore UW-Milwaukee students dressed as Batman, The Flash, Link and Zelda from The Legend of Zelda and more flocked to the UWM Wisconsin Room for the 2017 UWM Cosplay Dance Party on Feb. 25. Cosplay – or costume play – is when people dress up and role play as characters from popular culture. Think the character […]