Opinion

After a triumphant 20 years, modern-day rock veterans Yellowcard decided to call it quits. There wasn’t any rockstar drama or a traumatic event, they just thought it was time to preserve their legacy as it stands. With ten albums and over two decades of touring under their belts, it’s no question whether or not they’ll […]

In case you were wondering, pop punk is still very much alive. It has reared its beanie-clad, crewneck-with-pizza-grease-stains-wearing self from the early 2000’s and rattled every drop of sweat and lyric out of the sad, ‘I hate this town/my significant other dumped me’ kids – from the 30-year-old bearded man in his red and black […]

The Book of Mormon cast captivated the audience Sunday night throughout a two-and-a-half hour performance, delivering every witty line with spontaneity during their last show here in Milwaukee, with laughter erupting after each one. During their five day stay from October 25, 2016 through October 30, 2016 (the fifth stop of the show’s second national […]

The Swedish duo Klara and Johanna Soderberg are also known as First Aid Kit. These sisters from Stockholm are celebrated for haunting melodies and beautiful harmonies. The music can make you can visualize the women strolling through a foggy forest or waiting near the sea for someone to come back who has been lost. The […]

Early voting has been a popular topic this year. The numbers of polling stations voters are able to utilize, the hours open in proportion to the number of voters polling places serve, gerrymandering and limits on early voting have been a hot topic in this election cycle. But I don’t think I’ll ever take advantage […]

In the 2016 presidential election cycle, a certain demographic of men, ‘bros’, have made their voices heard. Specific definitions vary, but bros come in all shapes and sizes. You have your frat bros, your lifting bros, or your skater bros…they take many different forms. Whatever specific sect they belong, the American bro was an audible […]

You can always count on Facebook to provide different topics that spark conversation. As I was scrolling through my timeline, I came across a post with two photos of a young lady. The photo on the left showed her au naturel with no trace of makeup. You can see her freckles, a few minor blemishes […]

I wear his last name as a reminder of the last disastrous mistake that I made. I can still hear his voice screaming obscenities at me and the embarrassment and humiliation I felt as he did this in front of strangers on the street. There were plenty of times I should have left. Many women […]

My phone alarm rings into my ear at 8:30 a.m. three days a week, but rarely do I actually get out of bed immediately. Some days it takes 20 minutes, some days I just don’t leave it at all. I like to blame the weather outside my window, or how late I stayed up doing […]

“Gaga, you my best friend girl!” I look up and smile at my two-year-old god-daughter, Kylee. She’s watching her favorite cartoon “Doc McStuffins,” a show about the everyday adventures of a toy doctor, and she decided to hit me with the best line I’ve heard all day. Gaga, short for god-mother, is the name she’s […]

Feeling alone in a (relatively) big city is a cliché I never thought I would identify with. Before college, I had built up this false hope that I would move to Milwaukee and instantly have everything – new friends, opportunities for my career, and most of all, happiness and a sense of belonging. I thought […]

It’s about 10 a.m. on a generic Saturday morning in October 2014. A 20-year-old version of myself sits alone on his bed nursing a very typical hangover from a very typical Friday night. He, myself, is a mere sliver of the professional and student that I would become in the ensuing 20-plus months. But without […]