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Biden, Geithner pitch Wall Street reform at UWM

Biden, Geithner pitch Wall Street reform at UWM

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner spoke about Wall Street reform at UW-Milwaukee last Tuesday in the Union. The audience consisted mostly of UWM business students, local politicians and press representatives.

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Burseth delivers final report

Burseth delivers final report

The last UW-Milwaukee Student Association Senate meeting of the 2009-10 term saw more laughs than business. Arguably the only item of real news was that legislation relating to the administrative leave of UWM Athletics Director George Koonce will be taken up at the next SA Senate meeting.

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2010 SA election results

Travis Romero-Boeck and Angela Lang, who ran unopposed, were elected president and vice president of the UW-Milwaukee Student Association in last week’s student government elections.

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UWM, Post alumna wins Pulitzer

Raquel Rutledge of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for local reporting April 12 for her work on a child-care subsidy fraud series. Rutledge is a UW-Milwaukee alumna, and she said that she also wrote a couple articles for the Post during her time at UWM.

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Students disapprove of fee increase for Union renovations

Students disapprove of fee increase for Union renovations

In an online vote last week, a slim majority of UW-Milwaukee students disapproved of a potential segregated fee increase to fund renovations to the UWM Union. 57 percent of survey respondents said that they would not support an increase of up to $104 per semester to pay for renovation and expansion of the Union.

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Jackson gets life sentence for Potter murder

Seandell Jackson was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole last Friday in connection to the murder of UWM film student Nathan Potter. Potter was shot and killed on the 2500 block of N. Dousman St. July 6, 2009.

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BREAKING: Students vote ‘no’ in Union renovation fee vote

57 percent of UW-Milwaukee students who participated in a survey regarding Union renovations this week said that they would not support an increase in segregated fees up to $104 per semester for remodeling the building.

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Student government elections postponed, IEC removed

Student government elections postponed, IEC removed

Independent Elections Commissioner Sara Haskell was removed from her position in a no confidence vote during Sunday night’s UW-Milwaukee Student Association Senate meeting. The SA Senate also passed an emergency declaration allowing for the University Student Court to run the elections.

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BREAKING NEWS: Student government elections canceled

As of tonight, the 2010 UW-Milwaukee student government elections have been canceled.

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Meet Travis and Angela

Meet Travis and Angela

A very successful and highly unlikely write-in campaign would be the only thing preventing Travis Romero-Boeck and Angela Lang from becoming the next faces of UW-Milwaukee student government.

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The UWM Post Twitter Feed

UWM students carry custom pens around campus. In their free time, students enjoy checking out cigars online to see what deals are out there.


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UWM students research debt relief programs for business classes where they learn how to make businesses succeed.