The fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks is fast approaching. It is a time of remembrance, a time to preserve the memory of those we lost and a time to recall those who perpetrated the attacks on our soil.

I recall that day quite vividly. I was sitting in math class. Afterwards, as I walked in the halls, my friend Al asked me, “Did you hear?”

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After living in the city for a few years, I had gotten into the habit of not accepting anything a stranger tried to hand me. If you live in the city, you know the kinds of “gifts” you are likely to receive.

For those of you who are new to city life, allow me to warn you: someone is likely to hand you something you don’t want to touch. Think of the waste you see on the side of the street: used condoms, chewed up food, dead rats, human feces. Now think of the fact that many of the people wandering the streets are doing so because they were long ago kicked out of the state mental institutions that kept them safe from themselves.

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In the past few weeks, Milwaukee has experienced a sudden increase in violent crimes. Stray bullets have taken the lives of several of its citizens and thefts have increased throughout the city.

New students from quaint Wisconsin suburbs may see this as a perfect reason to move out of the city and travel to campus every day. Some may even fear their own neighborhoods and go back to their suburban hideaways to attend smaller schools.

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I’m ready to pack my bag and get the fudge out of Dodge — err, wait — Milwaukee. This city needs a condemned sticker placed across it.

If Milwaukee needed a new slogan for itself, it could be “Milwaukee: the New Detroit.” I think the city’s reign as worst city in America is finally being realized by the rest of the nation. We’re gaining top spots on lists that no city really wants to be known as No. 1 for.

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By Wayne Youngquist

Do you remember the old television shows "Happy Days" and "Laverne and Shirley"? They aired in the late ’70s and early ’80s but were set in 1950s Milwaukee. In the 1950s, UWM was a "Happy Days" kind of place.

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A company in London defended its decision to sack one of its staff by text message, claiming it was keeping in touch with youth culture, according to an August 4 Yahoo! News article.

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I am not a fan of Third District Ald. Mike D’Amato by any means. For the most part, I find him to be typical of the out-of-touch, white-collar Democrats who are ruining this city. With that said, the Residential Preferred Parking issue is one of the few things I am able to agree with him on.

For too long, UWM has been overrun by students from suburbs and small towns who want nothing more than to make Milwaukee — the Upper East Side in particular — into

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