News Stories

Buzz signs new recruit

By Tim Kraft

Buzz Williams locked up his third recruit for the 2010-’11 season in combo-guard Reggie Smith.

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UWM student newspaper sues university

By Jennifer Zahn

Last Wednesday, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee was sued by its student newspaper affiliate, the UWM Post, for allegedly violating Wisconsin’s public records law.

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EA Games hits a glitch

By Tony DiZinno

When a player loses at a video game, a screen flashing ‘game over’ usually appears. Unfortunately for 1,500 employees nationwide at gaming giant Electronic Arts, it will be game over for next year.

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Trying to get home for the holidays

By Rebecca Prybell

For most students Thanksgiving is about spending time with their families, but this year some have found it a little harder to get home.

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County Board votes against lakefront parking meters

By Jennifer Zahn
County Board votes against lakefront parking meters

County Executive Scott Walker’s effort to install parking meters along the lakefront to cork an $80 million hole in Milwaukee County’s 2010 budget has been rejected.

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Search for deans continues

By Tori Dykes
Search for deans continues

With the planned retirement of one dean and the continued vacancy of another position, search committees have begun the process of finding new deans for the College of Engineering and the College of Arts & Sciences.

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Backstage with MU Players Society

By Matthew Reddin
Backstage with MU Players Society

MUPS was created in 1925, and was one of the first student organizations on campus. The organization was founded prior to the creation of a theater major or department at Marquette.

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Siebenaler brief

By Tony DiZinno

A prayer service was held Wednesday in the Chapel of the Holy Family in remembrance of the life of freshman Andrew Siebenaler.
Campus Ministry and McCormick Hall organized the service, which was presided over by Thomas Anderson, professor emeritus of philosophy.
“The ties of friendship and affection do not come to an end with death,” Anderson said. [...]

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DPS Reports 11/19/09

By Tony DiZinno

Nov. 16
At 12:45 p.m., a male student reported that an unknown person removed his secured, unattended bicycle from a bicycle rack at the southwest exterior corner of Gesu Church. The student locked his bike there on Nov. 12. The bicycle is estimated at $500 and the lock at $20. The Milwaukee Police Department was contacted.
At [...]

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Business social networking site LinkedIn teams up with Twitter

By Tony DiZinno

@LinkedIn Hi, interested in partnership for professionals in social media? DM for details.
Such a sample tweet might be the way Twitter would describe its newly-announced partnership with LinkedIn, a business-oriented social networking Web site.
Last week, LinkedIn revealed it will allow tweets — the 140-character messages on Twitter — to be incorporated into its site.
As of [...]

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