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Education in Sidewalk and Road Salt Reduction

The Office of Sustainability, SGA, and the American Water Resource Association (AWRA) invited Allison Madison, the sustainability and development coordinator at Salt Wise to inform students about the impacts of sidewalk and roadside salt on Wisconsin freshwater and drinking water. Madison explained two different processes that lead to salt being in freshwater and drinking water after it is dispersed on the ... Read More »

Prevent Suicide Portage County Hosts Workshop

Editor’s note: Because of staffing issues early in the fall 2022 semester, several stories that were completed in a timely fashion were unfortunately not published when they should have been. Because Pointer staff members still feel them to be important for-the-record stories, we are publishing them as we can without shifting their focus from the time period in which they ... Read More »

Collins Classroom Center Under Construction for the Fall Semester

At the start of the fall semester, Collins Classroom Center went under construction for repair of its roof, causing changes to scheduling and the location of students, faculty, and staff. After repairing the roof, UWSP asked the UW System for additional repairs to the building’s HVAC system and outside building façade, as well as internal renovations. Due to exposure from ... Read More »

The Future of Honorlock at UWSP

UWSP’s Student Government Association, or SGA, is working to get the exam security and proctoring program Honorlock off of campus. Academic Affairs Director Benjamin Koenig said that students have come to him in the past with concerns about Honorlock. “Students scheduled meeting times with me as the academic affairs director and brought up Honorlock,” Koenig said. “They were all pretty ... Read More »

Celebrating National Coming Out Day

Editor’s note: Because of staffing issues early in the fall 2022 semester, several stories that were completed in a timely fashion were unfortunately not published when they should have been. Because Pointer staff members still feel them to be important for-the-record stories, we are publishing them as we can without shifting their focus from the time period in which they ... Read More »

Murder on Main Street: The Tour

The Portage County Historical Society hosted its seventh annual tour called Murder on Main Street on Oct. 18 at 6:30 p.m., giving the community a chance to learn about its own historical events. PCHS board member and local criminal defense attorney Erik Mcfarland led about 150 people from the courthouse parking lot and ended the tour in the Matthias Mitchell ... Read More »

UWSP Participates in “Trick or Trash” Initiative

The Office of Sustainability, SGA, and the Green Advocate Program collaborated to have various waste bins around campus where students can recycle their candy wrappers to create dog waste bags.  This initiative is called “Trick or Trash,” and it is UWSP’s first year having the program on campus. The Trick or Trash bins are located at various spots on campus, ... Read More »

Bienvenido a World Languages Fair!

The UWSP School of Humanities and Global Studies hosted the World Languages Fair on Oct. 22 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Skyward Fieldhouse, giving the community insight to distinct cultures across the globe. With funding from the School of Education, the fair was able to host a variety of activities such as craft projects, virtual reality sessions, ... Read More »

Honoring Ancestors with Dia de los Muertos

On October 25, students and members of the Stevens Point community got together at the Edna Carlsten Gallery for the opening of a Dia de los Muertos ofrenda, or altar, featuring live music and refreshments. Hosted by the Multicultural Resource Center and the Latino Student Alliance, the Dia de los Muertos celebration offered a look into the important Mexican holiday. ... Read More »

Student Body Presidential Election Results

The winners of the 2022 student body presidential election are Kyle Beyersdorf and Allie Waite. Will Scheder, current president of the SGA, said this was the first contested race they had in several years which increased voter turnout. Julia DeAngelis, current vice president, and Mason Garrigan were the runners up. Scheder said, “I’ll do my best to make sure Kyle ... Read More »