Winter is still here, but spring is around the corner. Outdoor Edventures is offering a variety of affordable outdoor programs during spring semester, ranging from night skiing at Granite Peak to spelunking at Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. Outdoor Edventures, located on the lower level of the Allen Center, provides camping and recreation equipment year-round to students and non-students alike. Programming and ... Read More »
After splitting a recent match with No. 3 ranked University of Wisconsin-River Falls, the Pointers hockey team is ready for the rest of the season. The Pointers faced UW-River Falls for the first of two game series on Jan. 16. With less than a minute left in play, Kyle Brodie scored the only goal of the game to lead the ... Read More »
Arts Bash 2015 will put a spotlight on new faces within the Stevens Point community as those involved prepare to put a twist on its twelfth year, offering new foods and programs to guests. The evening will begin with a student fashion show. Guests will have the opportunity to win a custom-made necklace in a raffle. The piece was designed ... Read More »
Matthew Jedlicka’s semester resolution is to start a photography website, specializing in fashion photography and head shots that are stylistic and beautiful. Jedlicka began Jedlicka Design on Facebook and said he received positive feedback about his ventures. He noticed a lot of traffic on his Facebook page and that encouraged him to continue developing photos. His friends support him a ... Read More »
The controversial petroleum and natural gas pumping process known as hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has strong roots within Wisconsin’s sandy soil. Environmental activist group 350 Stevens Point is drawing attention to sand mines in western Wisconsin that currently hold 75 percent of the frac sand market throughout the United States. During fracking, millions of gallons of fresh water and chemicals are ... Read More »
Gov. Scott Walker announced his state budget proposal on Jan. 27, including a biennium funding cut of $300 million for the University of Wisconsin System. The budget must be voted on by the state legislature. If it passes, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will lose about 17 percent of its state support – around $6 to $7 million. A cut ... Read More »
All students have one thing in common. Finals week. Each student prepares for finals differently and each has a story of overcoming a hard class or long paper. Senior English education students Sheng Yang, Anders Saulic and Jessica Littlejohn enjoy working in the library on their Course Unit Lesson Plan Activity, or CULPA, for their block two English course. Saulic ... Read More »
Students in Communication 323, taught by Professor Liz Fakazis, came together with students in Professor Alex Ingersoll’s Communication 356 class to create video projects about bees. These students spent the semester learning about bees and Colony Collapse Disorder, a serious problem threatening the health of honeybees across the world. Dec. 5, students creatively displayed their knowledge of bees in a ... Read More »
The Curling Association received 19 points from the Rice Lake College Spiel Dec. 5 to 7, with the two University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point teams entered taking the top spots and putting the association first in the nation. The tournament had 13 teams participating from nine different schools including the UWSP, Carroll University, University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, UW-Barron County, UW-Green Bay, ... Read More »
Christkindlmarket was the perfect place for students to practice German skills while partaking in Chicago’s largest open-air festival since 1996. The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point German Club visited the annual celebration this past Saturday and was excited to be immersed in German culture. “My favorite part was meeting some workers at a Christmas ornament booth who were from Germany and getting ... Read More »
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