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Jake Long, Panthers look for success in 2013

Jake Long, Panthers look for success in 2013

by Michael Kohl The Milwaukee Panthers Baseball team has won four conference championships since 1999, taking home the title in 1999, 2001, 2002, and 2010. Currently, the Panthers are alone atop the Horizon League Standings at 11-4 (20-16 overall) and are looking to put themselves…

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Sport Clubs new funding model through Department of Recreational Sports and Facilities

Sport Clubs new funding model through Department of Recreational Sports and Facilities

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…

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UWM’s Demetrius Harris to play for Kansas City Chiefs

UWM’s Demetrius Harris to play for Kansas City Chiefs

UW-Milwaukee has not had a player drafted in the NFL in 39 years and has not been represented in the NFL for the last 30 years. Part of that changed on Saturday when Demetrius Harris was picked up by the Kansas City Chiefs as an…

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UWM baseball notches first home victory

UWM baseball notches first home victory

The UW-Milwaukee men’s baseball team has been struggling to play a home game for weeks, postponing or canceling eleven games at Henry Aaron Field. All they had to do to get a game in was play under a retractable roof. The Panthers turned back the…

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Fundraising for UWM Athletics

Fundraising for UWM Athletics

  Fundraising problems have plagued UW-Milwaukee athletics for some time when compared to other universities in the area. Concordia University received a one million dollar donation from Kapco Inc. to help build their new 2.7 million dollar baseball field. Milwaukee School of Engineering has broken…

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UWM sports clubs to get more funding

UWM sports clubs to get more funding

A new funding model for UW-Milwaukee sports clubs is in place, lead by a newly-formed Sports and Clubs Allocations Committee (SCAC). This committee allows sports clubs greater flexibility with their funding, and recognizes that these clubs are different from other, non-sport student organizations. SCAC is run…

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