Centertainment Productions regularly hosts concerts at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. These concerts usually have moderate attendance, but the talent of the artists that are hand-picked to play at UWSP is worthy of massive crowds filling up the Dreyfus University Center. On Friday, Sept. 22 Centertainment hosted the two bands PHO and Fay Ray. PHO, a 7-piece instrumental funk group, ... Read More »
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Secretary, Cathy Stepp has accepted the position of deputy administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency. Cathy Stepp, a former Republican state senator, served as the DNR secretary since 2011 being the first woman to hold the position. Prior to that, she represented the state’s 21st Senate District as a Republican from 2003-2007. Stepp will be ... Read More »
Taylor Petrie is a junior health care administration major. What is your favorite food? Tater tot casserole. My mom makes it homemade with onions, a few peas, tater tots, cream of mushroom soup and then she just kind of layers it together and puts the tater tots on top with some shredded cheese and bakes it for an hour. It’s ... Read More »
Lawmakers of Wisconsin recently took a large step in the field of K-12 education, but was it a step backward or forward? A service for the Wisconsin Educational Communications Boards, Gov. Scott Walker insisted on a $648 million spending increase for funding in K-12 schooling. An estimated $10 million was then eliminated from this budget as a result of aid ... Read More »
On Sept. 17 the downtown area of Stevens Point experienced a new way to appreciate the outdoors with the event called Main Street Parks. Instead of using the street space of parking stalls to park a car, Adventure Tours of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point instead built scenes unlike any other with the paved space. Adventure Tours has been an ... Read More »
“Million Dollar Duck” made a splash on Thursday, Sept. 14 in the Dreyfus University Center Theater. The showing of the documentary was planned in conjunction with the Federal Duck Stamp Contest that was held at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point on Sept. 15 and 16. The feature-length film was released in 2016 and shows the myriad of processes that create ... Read More »
On Sunday, Sept. 17, a voice recital for senior music performance major Anja Pustaver was held in Michelson Hall at 2 p.m. Pustaver is returning with her award-winning voice to the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point after winning first place and both the state and national competitions for the National Association of Teachers of Singing. “My junior recital is what is ... Read More »
A good friend of mine told me she saw a swastika drawn on the sidewalk in Pfiffner Pioneer Park while on her morning walk. Some may see a symbol of hate and be able to just brush it off and continue with life. I wish I had that privilege. That atrocious assortment of lines represents the destruction of too many ... Read More »
Women’s Volleyball Extends Winning Streak to Seven The Pointer volleyball team finished the second week of September with six straight wins, extending their winning streak to seven, and sit atop the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) as of Sunday, Sept. 18. UW-Stevens Point lost only one set and swept the other five matches on their way to a perfect week. ... Read More »
Women’s Soccer off to Hot Start as Conference Play Approaches As of Wednesday, Sept. 20, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point is listed as second in the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and is riding a three-game win streak as conference play draws near. Through the Pointers early success, the team believes that they can improve. “We have probably exceeded other people’s ... Read More »
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