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Funding the Freeze: A March Through the Snow

Despite the snow, students, faculty and alumni met at the capitol building on April 18 in Madison to march to the University of Wisconsin-System Board of Regents office with letters condemning the proposed program cuts currently under consideration at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. At a press conference before the march, Chad Goldberg, sociology professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison and ... Read More »

Save Our Majors Rally Gives Floor to Students

Against the backdrop of a vibrantly blue sky and under the sunshine of a clear Wisconsin March day, students, faculty and community members rallied on the sundial in light of the program restructuring proposal at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. Representative Katrina Shankland spoke to kick off the event on Wednesday, March 21. A silent sit-in at Old Main was ... Read More »

Trump Plans to Hold Rally at UWSP Campus

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has confirmed that he will be stopping in Stevens Point to hold a rally in hopes of gaining support from the student demographic of Wisconsin. Trump will be conducting his rally on April 1 at 2 p.m. on the sundial. He urges students to remain as peaceful and accepting as he is. “There’s no violence, ... Read More »

Second Student Opposition Sparks Conversation

Students of all academic standings and majors gathered outside Pray-Sims Hall on Sunday, April 26, to spread awareness and protest Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed budget cuts. Chants such as “cut the cuts” and “we are unstoppable” could be heard across all corners of campus as the group walked and rode bicycles through residence hall areas and Lower Debot, eventually winding ... Read More »