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You could be the Match

You have the power to save a life, so why not? Ellen Wargowski, a University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point sophomore, was diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia when she was just three years old. She went through chemotherapy and radiation and was lucky to survive. However, she relapsed when she was six years old and eventually needed a bone marrow ... Read More »

Girl’s Best Friend: Seeing Eye Dog

The transition between high school and college can be a difficult one for most students. But for junior communication major Marissa Arndt, it was a unique shift: she had a seeing-eye dog, Lucy. “I do things a little differently,” Arndt said.  “I have a dog.” Arndt first decided that she wanted a seeing-eye dog freshman year of high school when ... Read More »

Tuna: The Steak of the Sea

I sometimes get a feeling when I’m grocery shopping that I’m forgetting something. As I check my list and check the cart I realize that I have everything, but my heart feels like there is a hole that a mystery food can fill. So when I finally get the car loaded up with the groceries I’ve purchased, it dawns on ... Read More »

So Little Snow, So Much to Do

The subtle signs of spring are upon us: longboards rolling down the street, birds returning from vacation and more sun. The Stevens Point area provides several events that allow just about anybody to get out of their stuffy house and into some fresh, warm air.   Events favoring the outdoors have already started including the Point Bock Run, a five-mile ... Read More »

Celebración Sheds Light on Hispanic Politics and Culture

The Stevens Point community was host to a conversation on politics and a festival of multiculturalism through Celebración Hispana, put together by the Latino Student Alliance on Saturday, March 10 in the Dreyfus University Center. Over one hundred guests were in attendance, filling nearly all tables in the room.   “The toughest challenge is having enough hands for the food ... Read More »

Energy Café and Blue Dolphin Computer Co. Moves to Point

Steve Tibbetts opened the Energy Café and Blue Dolphin Computer Co. downtown last month on the corner of Main St. and Strongs Ave., next to Habibi’s Gyro and Kabob House. He moved from his former location, CIA Computers and Cyber Café, in Park Ridge. The reason for the name change, Tibbetts said, stems from the local perceptions about dolphins. “People ... Read More »

Student’s Death Highlights Veterans’ Mental Health Crisis

The university lost two members of the community this weekend. While they were both tragic in their own way, the death of Michael Zuelsdorff Saturday morning highlights a growing mental health crisis that veterans of U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are facing. Zuelsdorff, 33, a Sergeant First Class in the Wisconsin Army National Guard, and sophomore majoring in Forestry, ... Read More »

Point Bock Run Keeps on Running Strong

Registration for the 10th annual Point Bock Run filled its 2,145-person capacity in just four days. Event participants congregated at the starting line just before noon on Saturday in preparation to traverse a five-mile course starting at the Point Brewery, crossing the Wisconsin River on County Road HH and ending back at the Point Brewery. Proceeds from the event were ... Read More »

BSU Makes Food for the Soul

“Soul food is good for the soul but starts in the kitchen,” Emmitt Williams said in his informational piece at the annual Soul Food Dinner, which rang true for those who came to celebrate cultural awareness and fill their stomachs. Plates were piled high with fried and baked chicken, collard greens, mac and cheese, jambalaya, corn bread, and the ever ... Read More »

Memes: UWSP Style

How many times have you searched the web in between classes and ended up on Facebook? On a typical day, there are not many things interesting in that number. However, the new “UWSP Memes” page has given even the most average day a slight jump-start of giggles. For those who don’t know, memes are pictures from a meme webpage (www.memegenerator.net) ... Read More »