DigiCOPY, a local digital printing company, is promoting sustainability by offering customers paper from Wisconsin paper companies, Domtar and Neenah Paper. Brant Bergeron, vice president of marketing and communications for DigiCOPY, wants his company to have a positive impact on the environment. “It’s important for us to be good corporate citizens, not only in the community where we work, but ... Read More »
A group of bibliophiles gathered in a cozy corner of the University Store and Text Rental on Wednesday, March 7, to discuss Cornerstone Press’s most recent release, “The Appointed Hour” by Susanne Davis. Amid the rows of bookshelves and with the windows into the Dreyfus University Center, the book club had a fittingly bookish and collegiate backdrop for its first ... Read More »
Want to wow yourself, your friends, and your grandma? One word: BREAD. Here’s How: Share the wonders and warmth of a fresh baked loaf of bread. Start with this core recipe and jazz it up how ever you please. With hundreds of killer combinations, you can go savory or sweet. My go to is easily rosemary, garlic and asiago cheese. ... Read More »
The Encore in the Dreyfus University Center became the gathering place for the most devoted Harry Potter fans on campus the evening of March 8, as Centertainment hosted Harry Potter Trivia Night. The room was already filled, with only a few empty tables remaining, ten minutes before the start of the event. While those who had just arrived headed to ... Read More »
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point baseball team kicked off its season with a 3-1 victory over St. Olaf College on March 10, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The team also competed in a second game against St. Olaf on March 11, but that game was suspended in the middle of the seventh inning as UWSP led 9-6 and will be postponed until ... Read More »
Although the campus garden may still be covered in snow, University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Student’s for Sustainability officers know that spring is just around the corner. The group is already planning for spring planting. Kelli Johnson, junior environmental education major and Students for Sustainability garden coordinator, said they are currently choosing what varieties of vegetables to grow and have ordered ... Read More »
It was a rough day yesterday for the College of Letters and Science at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. We all, staff, students and faculty alike, started our day with a death sentence. It was not unironic that it was a bulleted list that delivered the news. We didn’t even warrant a full sentence, just a bullet point, a bullet ... Read More »
Tegan Griffith, veteran and University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point communication student, recently starred in the documentary “American Creed.” Since then, she has been traveling from Pensacola, Pennsylvania to Austin, Texas. Griffith has done a lot of work for Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America in Washington, D.C. During that time, she heard that the film company, Citizen Film, was looking for ... Read More »
As we walk along a quiet street in Long Beach, California, we see a head of brown curls emerging from the top of a ragged sleeping bag. The woman they belong to, who looks barely past her teens, sits up and rubs her eyes, smiling at her neighbor who is also nestled among his bedding. The two are situated under ... Read More »
On March 2 and 3, nine students from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Public Relations Student Society of America chapter flocked to Chicago to attend the “Going PRo” regional conference at DePaul University. The two-day public relations gathering featured a series of presentations, agency tours and networking opportunities to give students an inside look at careers in the sports public ... Read More »
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