Friday night, I walked into Taste of Wisconsin with an empty stomach and a thirst ready to be quenched. With an assortment of beers and wines from all across the state, everyone was ready to indulge in Wisconsin’s finest. Many people came with friends in hopes to try some new beers, hang out and catch up. I was accompanied by ... Read More »
Central Rivers Farmshed will be buzzing on Saturday, March 17, as Buzz Vahradian presents a beekeeping workshop. Vahradian, a 1979 graduate of University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, has been beekeeping for 24 years and owns a small business, V’s Bees in Wautoma. The workshop will focus on a number of topics including honeybee biology, when and where to get bees, required ... Read More »
The word “gymnasium” carved into the back of the Communication Arts Center has been a basis for countless rumors I have heard that the building was once a high school. I kept wondering about the history of the building I spend most of my days, so I decided to investigate. In the year of 1926, President John Francis Sims of ... Read More »
In recent years, the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, as well as a number of UW institutions has experienced a decline in enrollment. This has caused a number of services in the university to evaluate and reduce their budgets. Information Technology is one of the sectors being impacted by the reduction, which will lead to reduced services for students and faculty at ... Read More »
Anyone passing by the Laird Room in the Dreyfus University Center on the evening of Saturday, Feb. 24 found themselves transported back in time as the music stylings of Frank Sinatra and Benny Goodman filled the air. These throwback tunes were courtesy of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Jazz Ensemble, who performed live at the annual Swing Fling. Event goers ... Read More »
I’m sure a couple of you reading this have downloaded Tinder at least once in your life, but have you ever actually gone on a date with someone you matched with? I was extremely skeptical of Tinder and I disagreed with everyone that said they had met their “soulmate” on Tinder. Then, at a staff meeting, I suggested that one of the ... Read More »
The University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point softball team opened its season on the road in Marquette, Michigan, with a 3-1 record after playing in a pair of doubleheaders for the annual Finlandia Dome Tournament on Feb. 24 and Feb. 25. UWSP defeated Lakeland University 4-1 in the first game, Marian University 8-1 in the second game and Edgewood College 4-3 in ... Read More »
It all started with a produce score at the winter farmers market. One word: beets. These vitamin rich jewels were to be our next star. Nomin, my cooking companion, has a similar craving for a colorful plate. That desire and our passion to create in the kitchen, usually brings us on flavor journeys that we won’t stop talking about. But ... Read More »
This February, the Aspiring Educators Club collected money for a drive to equip local children with free books. Books for Hearts is a book drive that is run locally in Stevens Point. The Aspiring Educators Club of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point collected money to be given to the drive. The club then took the money to use to purchase ... Read More »
The city of Racine requested to withdraw an average of 7 million gallons of water per day from Lake Michigan for the Foxconn plant. Thirty-nine percent of the water would be consumed daily and not be returned to the Great Lakes due to evaporation or incorporation into the product. According to the Department of Natural Resources website, the DNR received ... Read More »
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