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Odd Jobs and Academics

Lelah Byron, Investigative Reporter • November 13, 2019

He worked as a cook, a membership analyst, a teen program leader and a Badger Boys State counselor just to stay financially stable.

Political Super Bowl coming to Milwaukee

Grace Dawson, Investigative Reporter • November 5, 2019

Liz Gilbert, former resident of South Florida and current president of the Host Committee for the 2020 Democratic National Convention, was shocked to see beaches in Milwaukee.

Misrepresentation threatens Native American identity

Emily Rouse, Executive A&E Editor • October 29, 2019

The repeated suppression of culture continues to affect the way Native Americans feel internally.

Enrollment increases on ‘sugar daddy’ websites

Lelah Byron, Investigative Reporter • April 30, 2019

With the cost of living in the city being too much to handle on top of school tuition, Isabelle decided to sign up for a sugar daddy dating website when she was 19. Websites like this allow younger men and women to find relationships with older people who essentially act as benefactors, sometimes referred to as "sugar daddies".

MUPD decides against using body cameras

Claire Hyman, Investigative Reporter • April 16, 2019

Roadblocks such as choosing a provider and reviewing privacy policies stretched MUPD's body camera initiative over three years. However, the department has recently decided to forego the plan to implement the cameras, police chief Edith Hudson said.

Al McGuire Center, Johnston crashes highlight complexity of issue

Amanda Parrish, Investigative Reporter • April 11, 2019

The vehicle-to-building crashes could be attributed to the high level of traffic on an urban campus, MUPD Capt. Jeff Kranz said. It is an anomaly, he said, that three crashes occurred at the same intersection in such a short period of time.

EDITORIAL: University must acknowledge role in abuse

April 9, 2019

While the university did not recognize its own institutional implication in Walter's death in recent months and years, the chance to take responsibility still exists. The university has a moral obligation to publicly acknowledge how its involvement in this case perpetuated abuse.

Social determinants affect survivors’ recoveries

Emily Rouse, Assistant Special Projects Editor • April 9, 2019

During the recovery process, victims of sex trafficking often face difficulty finding holistic treatment, safe housing and other resources. Experts and a nonprofit leader emphasized the importance of dismissing stigmas and understanding survivors.

LEFT BEHIND: Gone without answers

Matthew Martinez, Executive Projects Editor • April 9, 2019

Melvin felt that someone at the university was to blame. He thought the circumstances of his son's April 1978 death were being hidden from him.

LEFT BEHIND: Slamming the door

Matthew Martinez, Executive Projects Editor • April 2, 2019

A cause-of-death inquest was ordered by the district attorney's office to look into whether Walter Spence's death involved foul play.

LEFT BEHIND: What happened to Walter Spence?

Matthew Martinez, Executive Projects Editor • March 26, 2019

The physical discipline was a way for Father Landwermeyer to provide then-student Walter Spence with motivation for his studies, Landwermeyer said in court.

P is for Pretty

Natallie St. Onge , Executive News Editor • March 20, 2019

It was there as much as I was, except everything within me knew I shouldn’t have been there. It knew its place. I knew where I was sitting, too, on a bed with quilts and pillows left behind for the wash. It sits on the nightstand underneath the TV that tries to make the room look new, but it owns the place as much as he did. It was wrong as much as it was right, it being there. Just there. Me, being there.

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