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If you are on any social media network, chances are you have heard of “Di*ks out for Harambe.” It all started with Harambe, the 17-year-old gorilla that was killed at the Cincinnati Zoo when a child fell into its enclosure, forcing officials to shoot. Many people believed the killing of the beloved gorilla was unnecessary […]

As of today, while the University Recreation Locker Room policy draft is still being discussed, there is no policy for transgender students for the locker rooms at UW-Milwaukee’s Klotsche Center. Despite the ongoing debate over this draft, transgender students are able to use the locker rooms of their choice, but they first have to speak […]

President-elect Donald Trump’s arena-rock-like “thank you” tour stopped in West Allis on Tuesday. Trump addressed the fired-up crowd for about an hour after several other speakers, including Gov. Scott Walker, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Vice President-elect Mike Pence. The boisterous audience feverishly cheered Trump’s statements and broke out into several chants during his speech, […]

Journey to The Event: It was a cold December night as I and my fellow journalism partner, Matt, sat in traffic going eastbound on I-94 in Wisconsin. Both of us were anxious, not knowing what to expect because we were on our way to cover President-Elect Donald Trump’s “Thank You Tour” rally in West Allis […]

The Libertarian student group whose idea it was to bring Milo Yiannopoulos to the UW-Milwaukee campus has received a Facebook threat that warns “Do not walk alone at night….We are coming for you. We are going to beat the sh*t out of you.”     The student members were ordered to leave their organization “or else.” The […]

A Media Milwaukee journalist was banned from taking photos in the Milo Yiannopoulos event, hosted by Turning Point USA at UWM, as well as outside of the event anywhere on the second floor of the Union, and no media passes were available for the event. The student organization said it reached out to Yiannopoulos and […]

The UW-Milwaukee transgender student who was singled out by controversial speaker Milo Yiannopoulos sent an angry, expletive-filled email to Chancellor Mark Mone, accusing the chancellor of insulting her and engaging in “goddamn lip service.” “GO F-CK YOURSELF,” Adelaide Karen Kramer – whose photo Yiannopoulos projected onto a screen during his speech – started the email, […]

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#CUBoulder students launch online petition asking chancellor to uninvite speaker Milo Yiannopoulos https://t.co/WIIv31eGnX via @SarahKuta pic.twitter.com/XPj4hn3abY — Daily Camera (@dailycamera) December 13, 2016 As a known leader of the Alt-Right movement, Yiannopoulos has some unapologetically strong views on many sensitive topics and has caused controversy at campuses through the country.  UW- Milwaukee prepares as Milo […]

By Nelson Sederstrom Two students sit at a large round table at the Gasthaus bar and restaurant in the basement of the student union at the University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, with a large orange, white and green flag draped over the glistening wood as they anxiously await the arrival of their first prospective inquirers. The […]

A thousand miles by car separate Milwaukee and Dallas, yet the Dallas Police Department sent recruiters to the fall career fair at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in October. Why? UWM’s diversity comes to mind, but there’s more to it. “We’re looking for diversity in background, gender, and stuff,” said Ray Milbern, recruiter for Dallas Police. “But […]

In January 2016, a transgender woman — a student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee — was asked to leave the women’s locker room at the fitness center. When she filed a complaint, UW-Milwaukee’s provost said she was welcome to use the locker room, but only if she covered up her “non-conforming genitalia.” LGBTQ experts say […]