Editor’s note: Because of staffing issues early in the fall 2022 semester, several stories that were completed in a timely fashion were unfortunately not published when they should have been. Because Pointer staff members still feel them to be important for-the-record stories, we are publishing them as we can without shifting their focus from the time period in which they ... Read More »
Change is coming in Wisconsin. Democratic candidate Tony Evers overcame Republican Governor Scott Walker in an election that truly came down to the wire. By only a few thousand votes, Tony Evers managed to win a tight race. With a new Governor comes change. Tony Evers says he is for Wisconsin, but what does that mean? Here are Evers plans ... Read More »
Ray Cross, University of Wisconsin-System President, visited the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point campus on Nov. 15 to answer questions about his proposed merger of University of Wisconsin campuses. Cross was scheduled for a meeting on the morning of Nov. 16 with business leaders and Chancellor Patterson, but proposed an earlier visit to meet with campus government. Despite attempted jokes by ... Read More »
Lawmakers of Wisconsin recently took a large step in the field of K-12 education, but was it a step backward or forward? A service for the Wisconsin Educational Communications Boards, Gov. Scott Walker insisted on a $648 million spending increase for funding in K-12 schooling. An estimated $10 million was then eliminated from this budget as a result of aid ... Read More »
Three hour lines and lots of confusion was how many students described their primary election experience. Jack Ivansek, legislative affairs director for the Student Government Association, explained that the long lines many experienced was most likely due to the amount of people who waited until the day of the election to register. He also believed the new photo ID law ... Read More »
President Barack Obama was re-elected on Tuesday, capturing Wisconsin and six other swing states in an election that did little to change the political makeup in Washington D.C. The Republican Party kept its 233-193 majority in the House of Representatives, and the Democratic Party held its 53-45 majority in the Senate. Voters pushed through changes on a variety of other ... Read More »
Less than 50 percent of the registered voters in the Stevens Point area went to the polls on Tuesday, when Wisconsin voted on the Republican presidential primary and several other local races took place. Mitt Romney was the pronounced winner in Wisconsin, according to preliminary results. According to the Stevens Point Journal, new Voted ID laws (that were not in ... Read More »
The time has come for new Student Government Association members to step forward and take the lead of the student body. In this year’s election Juan-Diego Hernandez will be running for president with Vince Hucek for vice president against Seth Hoffmeister for president with Shantanu Pai for vice president. Both parties, with unique strategies, plan to initiate their campaign with ... Read More »
For the second time in as many weeks, a judge has stopped the implementation of the voter ID bill that was signed into law last summer. On Monday, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Richard Niess declared Act 23, the controversial voter ID law, violated the state constitution. The bill is likely to remain blocked in Dane County during upcoming elections. ... Read More »
Students will have new off-campus living options in the near future, close to the university and next to Division Street commerce. The Stevens Point Plan Commission gave the permits needed to build new residential developments to Development Partners of Neenah, who have proposed to build a 29-unit housing complex on the old Cooper Motors site next to Ella’s Bar. The ... Read More »
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