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The Last Homecoming

With homecoming next weekend, we wanted to ask some students about what their plans are. Photos Courtesy of UWSP College of Professional Studies. Video By: Kyle Behnke   Read More »

Bookstore Promotes Student Involvement

The campus bookstore has been making big impacts on campus since the beginning of the semester by working with faculty and students to be more involved with the community and other student organizations. The intended goal of these efforts is to promote the ideas and spread awareness of the organizations and events that are happening on campus. Collected donations are ... Read More »

Budget Cuts to Plague Campus

Due to a lack of state backing, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point budget will suffer a $2.6 million cut. “The budget cuts that we have this year resulted from action in the legislature and were approved in the budget by the governor,” said Greg Diemer, the vice chancellor of Business Affairs. “The UW-System is taking a $66 million cut to ... Read More »

New Season, Higher Expectations

Will Rossmiller wross460@uwsp.edu The college basketball season is finally here and with a new season underway the Pointers men’s basketball team is set for another year of lofty expectations. The Pointers lost in the second round of the NCAA tournament last season, but returned with the majority of their players, including eight of their top ten scorers. This year, they ... Read More »

NEED-TO-KNOW TUNES – Death Chorus

Kyle Florence kflor654@uwsp.edu Too often in our society, beautiful art, which has the potential to change lives, sculpt individuals and alter the ways in which we think, goes unnoticed. This is especially true in regard to music, whose more thoughtful messengers are often overshadowed by a maelstrom of cookie-cutter acts all strumming the same four- chord progression. For this reason, ... Read More »