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College is expensive. That is a well-known fact. College also creates debt. Lots of it. Over a trillion in the U.S., in fact. The measures students take to rid themselves of their ever steepening mountain of debt typically range from working part/full time jobs to applying for scholarships. That doesn’t quite do the trick anymore. […]

Students Yuehua Zhao and Yan Yan Wang drew students’ names in Chinese, revealing the meaning. Student Hannah Thao was serving tea. Black and green teas are very popular in China. There was also helper Sylvester Schilteis, cutting paper into beautiful designs that are popular in China. During this time of the month, it is known […]

The Riverwest Public House was filling up with people eager to attend the show that Tyler Mantz, who was celebrating his 23rd birthday, had put together. While a show being held at the Public House one recent October evening is nothing out of the ordinary, the artists performing weren’t exactly similar in genre. What they […]

Born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Andy Tarnoff, publisher and owner of OnMilwaukee.com, stopped at nothing to get the website to what it is today. At age 13, Tarnoff’s family moved from their home in the Midwest to the east coast in Rhode Island. Tarnoff attended college at George Washington University in Washington D.C., where he majored in […]

Around 15 members of UW-Milwaukee’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors marched into Chapman Hall partway through the most recent meeting of the Chancellor’s Campus Organizational Effectiveness Team’s (CCOET) support team. The CCOET support team is a group that has been asked to provide advice on unprecedented budget cuts and a multi-million dollar […]

Wake up, make coffee, check Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter, and brainstorm different ideas of what to film on the Internet for the day. Film, that is, in a makeshift studio in a two-bedroom apartment on Milwaukee’s east side. This is a typical weekend morning for University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire graduate, Brandon Bennett, who has his […]

Surviving Hate, Preaching Love: Nathan Taffel DiverCity Stop One: A Holocaust Memorial; A Story of Hope DiverCity Stop Two: The Story of African-American History DiverCity Stop Three: A Controversial Mosque; a Lesson The Milwaukee college students heard from a local Holocaust survivor about the power of hope. They learned about the rich history of African-Americans […]

The wind and rain didn’t stop people from coming and showing their support although it did stop some people from lighting their candles. Unable to light their candles, they stood holding hands while the ceremony proceeded. The event was a joint effort put on by the Student association and the French department as well as […]

A large crowd of UW-Milwaukee students rallied against the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on the afternoon of Oct. 28 at the campus’s Spaights Plaza. UWM’s Students for Justice in Palestine, otherwise known as SJP, led the rally.  SJP’s purpose is to work and stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people while creating awareness among the general student […]

Rick Richter’s living room in his empty house was, well, empty. Except for a few lamps collecting dust and a couple sets of string lights. But it would not be empty come 7 p.m. The living room has been known as the gathering place for ages. Families congregate there to share stories and laughs together. […]

The recommended ratio of students to psychiatrist is 1 per 1,500. At the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, that ratio is 1 to every 3,000 students. This is the lowest staffed student ratio across the UW System, according to senior psychologist at the Norris Health Center on campus, Paul DuPont. With such high numbers of students and […]

A Wisconsin bathroom bill proposed by two Republican legislators would restrict bathroom and changing room usage by transgender students. The proposed law, which is currently being circulated for co-sponsorship by Rep. Jesse Kremer and Sen. Steve Nass, would require public schools in Wisconsin to designate any multiple-occupancy restroom or changing room for use by a […]