In anticipation of the upcoming 50th anniversary of Earth Week, we’ve worked alongisde the Office of Sustainability to provide a special edition of the Pointer; we’ve directed all of our News and A&E stories toward the Earth, and our relationship to it. Click below for our regular paper layout! Read More »
Quirky clowns entail the next production of the Department of Theatre and Dance’s 2019-2020 season. “Clown Bar” premieres Nov. 8-10 and 14-16 in Jenkins Theatre in the Noel Fine Arts Center. Tickets are $26 for adults, $16 for youth, and half-priced discounted tickets for students are available the day of the performance, if not sold out. Tickets can be purchased ... Read More »
To learn more about water resources, Students for Wetland Awareness, Management and Protection, a club at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, went on a paddling tour of the Stevens Point flowage. Led by Tracy Hames, executive director for Wisconsin Wetlands Association, paddlers journeyed approximately five miles from the State 10 boat launch to Bukolt Park on Oct. 6. Hames spoke about ... Read More »
To gain skills in the art of opera, Sonia Cummings spent her summer in Périgueux, France experience the life and culture of a different city. Cummings is a senior vocal performance major at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and was among 45 other students from across the nation to travel to France via Franco-American Vocal Academy, where she performed five ... Read More »
When he entered this year’s presidential race, nobody took him seriously. Most people laughed at the idea of him competing against the big-name frontrunner. Everyone assumed his views were too polarizing even for his own party, let alone for mainstream America. The whole campaign was suppose to be a publicity stunt. But then he started catching on. People loved his ... Read More »
During homecoming, a career-high of five touchdown passes from junior quarterback Kyle Larson to four different receivers powered the Pointers football team to a 38-28 win over UW-Eau Claire. The University of Wiscosnin-Stevens Point’s aerial attack struck early on the Blugolds, with three touchdown passes in the first half. The scoring opened with a leaping catch in the corner of ... Read More »
Volleyball Sweeps Competition The Pointers volleyball team swept its competition at the Wheaton Invitational on Oct. 2 and 3. The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point also beat St.Mary’s (Ind.). First behind the dominating performance was junior outside hitter Kelly Cefalu, who had a match-high of 17 kills. The game marked Cefalu’s seventh straight game with at least 13 kills. Sophomore middle blocker ... Read More »
Stevens Point Television welcomes back both new and old students, creating more shows and segments. “We had three returning members out of a 12 person staff. The turnover of everything is going to be a little rough around the beginning,” said Curtis Rauen, senior communication major and general manager of SPTV. Currently, SPTV produces various news and sports shows. Members recently ... Read More »
With the help of Students for Sustainability, some Pointers got a taste of farm life. The student organization held a series of three farm tours highlighting local, sustainable agriculture for University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point students. Attendees visited Whitefeather Organics in Custer, Lonely Oak Farm in Milladore and Liberation Permaculture Farm in Almond on Saturdays from Sept. 19 to Oct. 3. ... Read More »
We don’t always have excess money as college students. In general, we scrape by. We scrounge for change in the couch, we live on ramen noodles and we wear dirty clothes just to save money on laundry. Somehow we still find enough money for some luxuries, like routine Starbucks runs, and we always have plenty of extra cash when it ... Read More »
The Pointer UW-Stevens Point Student Newspaper