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Several months of tension finally broke Friday morning when UW-Milwaukee’s Institutional Review Board approved a proposal set forth by the members of Transforming Justice that would give community members a unique and personal voice on the subject of prevalent social issues in Milwaukee, such as racial prejudice and mass incarceration, by creating a public archive […]

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee students and staff may soon get used seeing personal pronouns become a standard topic of conversation on campus. Whether it is actress Laverne Cox appearing on the cover of TIME or Bruce Jenner’s status dominating gossip conversations, the transgender community has received a dramatic increase in visibility on the national level. The […]

For students at UW-Milwaukee, the death of Tony Robinson hits home not only because of the closeness of Madison to Milwaukee, but because students could have likely crossed paths with Robinson next year when he would have attended Milwaukee Area Technical College if he had lived. At UWM, Robinson’s death is also igniting and rekindling […]

UW-Milwaukee is currently examining the possibilities of furloughs and retirement incentives, as ways of mitigating the possible damage of the proposed $300 million cut within Governor Scott Walker’s budget proposal, it was announced at the UWM faculty senate meeting. According to Rebecca Klaper, a member of the Academic Planning and Budget Committee (APBC), the committee […]

Raffles, free food, music, and a crowd of over 30 students, staff and alumni filled a classroom in Bolton hall March 4 for the Vietnamese Student Association’s first general meeting of the semester as the student organization has switched from Marquette to the UW-Milwaukee campus. UWM sophomore Tommy Nguyen, who is also VSA’s current president, […]

The staff assistant to UW System President Ray Cross, who was involved in the mission statement controversy, was hired as a fixed term $5,000 per month consultant to Cross last August, pay that increased to $8,000 per month from January through March, Media Milwaukee has learned. “In this position, you will report directly to President […]

Rhena Ripley is just like any “normal” student at the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee. She enjoys spending time with friends, volunteering, drinking coffee, and exploring the city. She is a social work major and has very detailed plans for her future. She’s also physically disabled and has been confined to a wheelchair since age […]

Rob Graziano, a staff member in the Geoscience department, accompanied by Geoscience student Miles Harbury, ran into the Physics Building lecture hall shredding on electric guitars. Graziano donned a long grungy wig, hard hat, and lab coat to complete the rocker-geoscientist hybrid look. After a brief pseudo-rock concert, Graziano forfeited his “rocker” look and directed […]

Media Milwaukee won a 2014 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Award for Best Digital-Only Student Publication and UWM student journalists snagged ten additional awards in the regional SPJ competition, which includes universities in Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. The students’ work will be recognized in April at the SPJ Region 6 […]

Actress and comedian Aisha Tyler recalled her childhood as being an outcast because she was “part of two minorities” and loved videogames. She was tall, African-American, and didn’t own a television. She owns up to being a geek, discussing the times she would spend an entire Saturday at the movie theater, alternating between the matinees […]

It was a hard-fought game, but the Valparaiso Crusaders shot a sizzling 65.2 percent (15-23) in the second half, while using an 11-0 run to beat the Milwaukee Panthers on Sunday afternoon at the UW-Milwaukee Panther Arena. Forward Matt Tiby and guard Steve McWhorter led the Panthers with 14 points apiece, while forward J.J. Panoske […]

Three members of the UW System Board of Regents assured members of the UW-Milwaukee Faculty Senate Thursday that they don’t forsee changes to the principles of shared governance and tenure if a Public Authority is formed. However, Regents at the meeting also said that there should be a careful review of policies under a Public Authority […]