The Pointer UW-Stevens Point Student Newspaper
Last Friday the Stevens Point Academic Representation Council (SPARC) held a public forum to discuss the Point Forward proposal, which seeks to address the university’s budget crisis through disputed means. The forum hosted four speakers. Each speaker attended to the Program and/or Unit Discontinuance Consultative Committee (PUDCC) that was created in late Spring 2018, as well as the newly-created Academic ... Read More »
Tag Archives: SGA
An Inflexible, Legalistic Student Government Does Not Serve UWSP
The Student Government Association has denied funding to The Pointer newspaper next year. This deeply disturbs me as the co-editor of the paper because despite my continued efforts to pull the organization from a state of rebuilding into prosperity, it will not see the chance to get there. Budget requests were to be submitted in a new way this year. ... Read More »
The Pointer Loses SGA Funding for 2018-2019 School Year
The Student Government Association has denied The Pointer funding because of a late electronic signature on its corrected budget request for fiscal year 2018-2019, resulting in a slightly uncertain future for the paper. The paper has worked out a general agreement with another university office for some funding during the year, but until details are worked out and the money ... Read More »
Table Talk for Unity Encourages Awareness and Inclusivity
Though this semester’s theme is microaggressions, Table Talk for Unity has taken on multiple hot-button issues over the years. Many of us have had an experience on campus that has made us feel uncomfortable. These incidents do not always need to be violent; sometimes it can be as simple as a muttered word, or exclusion from an opportunity. Microaggressions, or ... Read More »
Stevens Point Shows Local Support for a National Climate Change Policy
This year, there has been considerable local support for a federal level carbon fee, coming from both the city of Stevens Point and the university. A carbon fee is a market-based approach to reducing emissions of carbon dioxide—a greenhouse gas which is a leading cause of climate change. First, in February, the city passed a resolution voted on seven-three in ... Read More »
Humans of Point: SGA Edition
Get to know Brailey and Dyllan, the SGA President and Vice President Elect! Brailey Kerber is a junior elementary education major with a minor in English as a Second Language. What’s your favorite study spot on campus? My favorite study space on campus is 054 in the basement of the DUC. It’s always warm in there and there is ... Read More »
Off-Campus Housing Inspection Initiative
The Student Government Association at UWSP is looking to create an inspection program with local landlords to help keep off campus housing up to date. For more information contact SGA at sga@uwsp.edu. Erica Baker Multimedia Reporter Erica.M.Baker@uwsp.edu Read More »
SGA Works with City to Create Off-Campus Housing Inspections
The Student Government Association is working with the City of Stevens Point to create a voluntary housing inspection. SGA is hopeful that there will be implementation of this plan by June 1 of this year. Other campuses in Wisconsin have already created an inspection process for off-campus housing, and the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point will be the next. This idea ... Read More »
Back 40 Mine Could Bring Economic Stimulus and Environmental Sacrifice
The Back 40 Mine is a potential metallic sulfide mining site proposed by the private Canadian company, Aquila Resources. Located on the border of Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, it must be approved by both states regulations to start operations. Currently, it has attained three out of the four permits necessary. While claiming to stimulate the economy, sulfide mining has ... Read More »
Post Landfill Action Network Offers Students Opportunities to Think About Waste
This fall the University become a member of the Post Landfill Action Network, known as PLAN. According to their website, “The Post-Landfill Action Network cultivates, educates, and inspires the student-led zero waste movement. We inform students about the waste crisis and equip them with the necessary skills and resources to implement solutions to waste in their campus communities. PLAN empowers ... Read More »