Special Projects

Complete coverage: multimedia website Oversized camouflaged backpacks cover the floor of the UWM Center for Military and Veteran students. It’s crowded, loud and filled to capacity. Dave Tucek sits in his office chair and looks over the state legislation he helped create with Sen. Robert Cowles to give veterans and military students priority registration and […]

Complete coverage: multimedia website A group of fifteen waiters and waitresses dressed in freshly pressed button ups and starched black slacks sit comfortably around a white marble bar. Fresh flowers in sparkling crystal vases don the counter and surrounding tables. A wood-fire stove crackles behind the bar and chefs in white aprons and toques shuffle […]

Complete coverage: multimedia website As winter weather fades and spring approaches, Lifestriders horse stable remains a warm environment year round. Young riders appear one by one. Each bundled in layers of clothing, thick heavy jackets and their helmets strapped tight. Tiny dust particles collect on clothing while the smells of hay and animals fill the […]

Complete coverage: multimedia project Clipboard in hand, pens at the ready, UW-Milwaukee student Angela Lang halted other students as they made the trek along the sidewalk from UWM’s architecture building to Lapham Hall. All around her, music blared and vendors handed out free food and energy drinks, but she wasn’t interested in any of that. […]

Complete coverage: multimedia website The symptoms began six years ago in his hand and gradually progressed up his arm. After months of living under a grey cloud, he scheduled an appointment at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He was tested, poked and probed for four days. At the end of his visit he sat […]

Complete coverage: multimedia website A quaint little shop with a yellow neon sign that reads “folk instruments” features guitars in the window. The store looks like a dwarf compared to the surrounding shops, bars and restaurants that fill the busy intersection of North Avenue and 69th Street in Wauwatosa. Inside, the atmosphere is a contrast to […]

Complete coverage: multimedia website The wrestling mats are laid out, swept off, bleached and taped down at Greenfield High School. Tables are set at each mat with the typical red versus blue scorecards and the ubiquitous stopwatch you might see hanging from your gym teacher’s neck. Competitors line up to weigh in and pick a […]

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Friday night football means packed stands, marching bands, students and parents cheering on the local high school team. This isn’t exactly the atmosphere at Custer stadium. The concrete bleachers are scattered with fans as players take the field. The sounds that usually accompany a football game are silenced to only a couple cheers. Cleats kick […]

Complete coverage: multimedia website “I’m a doer,” said Juli Kaufmann. “My company is called Fix Development because I just like to fix shit.” Kaufman “fixed” a plot of land in Milwaukee’s warehouse district that used to be considered one of the most toxic sites in the United States. Now, it is a symbol of sustainability […]

Complete coverage: multimedia site Nicole Contrino holds tightly onto her daughter’s hand as she weaves through a sea of parents and children at Bayshore Town Center. Sounds of jazz combos, flute choirs and string orchestras fill the mall. “We should have ironed your shirt before we left. It looks so wrinkly,” says Nicole. Nicole finds […]