January 1989
Volume 14
Number 1
Features
The 89 Most Interesting People in Town
Or what a war hero, an African percussionist, a scale-auto enthusiast, an incredibly strong woman, a poet/activist, a peaceful professor, a motorcycle-riding priest and others all have in common.
By The Editors
The Little College That Could
There’s a quiet revolution going on in the heart of Milwaukee’s South Side: Alverno College is rethinking higher education. So how did this former working-class finishing school get so famous so fast?
By Helen Pauly
Remaking the News
Thanks to News Director Steve Olszyk, Channel 12 has put a happy face on the news, what with upbeat lead stories and gleeful shots of Milwaukeeans waving to close out the newscast. But the meat-and-potatoes news adherents in the newsroom say they fear malnutrition.
By James Romanesko
Departments
Outfront
So you want to be interesting?
By Judith Woodburn
Letters
Put us in our place (even if you think our place is on a pedestal).
The Insider
What you haven’t heard about Milwaukee’s clean government, how one politician hopes to save his job and why finding you is worth $100 to some local hospitals. Plus news about local media in Pressroom Confidential, a trip back in time via our Pick of the Month and more opinions-to-go in Insider Reviews.
Edited by Simon N. Dumenco
Misc.
The latest angles on time from Michael Graves and others.
By Kristin Slabey Fish
Metroscene
Dian VanDerhei’s “Men’s Dances – Stepping On Higher Ground” at Alverno College, Zeitgeist serves up throroughly modern music at the PAC and Dorothy Bradley celebrates Wisconsin art. Plus everything you’ve ever wanted to do and when to do it.
Edited by Dawn M. Behr
Dining Guide
Milwaukee’s most comprehensive restaurant listings, plus our off-the-beaten-path Meal of the Month.
Columns
Wisconsin D.C.
Is there life after political death? (Why old politicians never fade away.)
By Louis Barbash
Business
Wisconsin ranks remarkably low in entrepreneurial funding. So who’s to blame?
By Mary Van de Kamp Nohl
Restaurants
You read about the rise and fall of Tony Harvey’s restaurant empire last month. Here are the dining spots that have risen up in their place.
By Willard Romantini
Endgame
Will MPS Superintendent Robert Peterkin’s decentralization plan open a Pandora’s box of political problems?
By Bruce Murphy
On the Cover: Photos by Jim Moy and John Nienhuis.
Special Advertising Sections
Business and Education: Transferring Technology From the Classroom to the Marketplace (Wisconsin Department of Development)
Body for ’89 (Health and Fitness)
