The Manfred Olson Planetarium is a starry get away right on the UW-Milwaukee campus. It was a It was a full house on Friday May 3 for the Planets Near and Far show. Jean Creighton, the planetarium director, amazed all of her guests with facts about planets…
The UW-Milwaukee administration will not recognize the Student Association‘s election results as valid, according to an email sent from Chancellor Michael Lovell to SA President Tereza Pelicaric. Lovell writes: “While the UWM administration fully respects the students’ right to self-govern under 36.09(5), we must also be…
Citing a “negative shared governance climate” the Student Association at the UW-Milwaukee took an official position against the previously approved construction of a new Student Union at their May 5 senate meeting. The effects could stall the project for several years. Deputy Speaker Taylor Scott…
An independent investigation launched by UW-Milwaukee administration into the Student Association elections results are in, and it doesn’t look good for the SA: the investigation found that the election process is inherently unfair, citing structure which places the system of checks and balances in the…
by Justin Jabs and Barry Keefe The New UWM Student Union Referendum Special Committee of the Student Association of Milwaukee voted Thursday night to pursue the “Referendum Affirmation Act.” The act would reissue the referendum from last year which asked students to approve or deny…
Anxious UWM sport clubs leaders rejoiced at learning a new, more flexible and club-friendly funding model got the green light from administration to be funded through the Department of Recreational Sports and Facilities (RSF). The Registered Sport Clubs Organizations (RSCO), Sport Clubs Coordinator Melissa Moutry and Assistant Director…
Precautionary measures of gun safety are taken at UWM. A peaceful setting can turn into a not-so-calm setting in a matter of seconds if the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee does not have a safety plan of action in the event of an attack. With safety being…
Have you ever met someone and forgot or lost their contact information? You’ve experienced a missed connection. In 2000, the popular advertising website Craigslist opened a public forum for personal advertisements titled Missed Connections. It was created to help find people’s contact information after various…
Administrators at UW-Milwaukee are soon going to choose a new Dean of Students, and the final decision between the last two candidates is going to be a close one. The two remaining applicants, Valerie Randall-Lee and Timothy W. Gordon, both have extensive student life backgrounds….
Robin Van Harpen, UW-Milwaukee’s vice chancellor of finance and administrative affairs, said the UWM administration views Governor Scott Walker’s proposed 2013-2015 budget, which includes a $181.4 million increase to the UW System, as a “the most positive governor’s proposed budget that we’ve seen in a…