THE October 1% 2011 THE STUDENT-RUN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER Issue 8, Volume $6 Milwaukee's Wall Street The Madness is back City protests against corporate greed Panther Madness returns with style Three thousand marched downtown in protest of wage disparity, corporate malfeasance, and big bank bailouts. The Rim Rockers provide entertainment during the Panther Madness. Post photo by Jess* Anderson Post Photo by Austin McDowell By Steve Garrison happy so many people from different walks of life By Tony Atkins an appearance by newly inducted Chancellor News Editor were willing to unify under the Occupy Milwaukee Assistant Sports Editor Michael Lovell, 'whom I sat next to. He gave me his
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