The City of Eau Claire has recently set forth on a new plan to be carbon neutral by the year 2050. The city is the first in Wisconsin to administer a plan for carbon neutrality and the second in the state to focus on utilizing renewable energy. Carbon neutrality is when an entity removes just as much carbon dioxide from ... Read More »
Spanish students at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point are opening a fresh page for children in Nicaragua. For the past five years, Elia Armacanqui-Tipacti, Spanish professor, has teamed up with Wisconsin/Nicaragua Partners of the Americas to create books for those in need. “Children in Latin America lack public and school libraries,” Armacanqui-Tipacti said. With the dedication and creativity of her Spanish ... Read More »
For the past several years, a policy at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point has divided the students and faculty, the attendance policy. Students with the Student Government Association have made a joint effort with university faculty to amend the university’s attendance policy. Faculty want to keep their flexibility, while students demand a uniform policy for the entire campus. An attendance ... Read More »
An app is bringing a spin to how students and faculty at University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point are getting around the campus and community. SPIN is a GPS-based app that allows users to find a bright orange SPIN bike near them. The mobile app is free to download on iOS and Android devices. With a UWSP email, users can rent a ... Read More »
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 »
Many people do not know that some of the food they find while in the forest is edible or has important medicinal properties. Schmeeckle Reserve held an event called “Plants: Food, Medicine, and Fun!” where the different uses and the importance of plants was explained. Lauren Holtz, wildlife education major at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, hosted the program. The ... Read More »
Mathias Mitchell Public Square in Stevens Point holds the longest running farmers market in Wisconsin. It is located in downtown Stevens Point, on the corner of Second and Main street just east of the Wisconsin River, off of Highway 66. According to the Stevens Point Farmers Market Association, “The two square-block marketplace has been the focal point for farmers selling ... Read More »
I impatiently stayed up until 1 a.m. to watch Beyoncé perform at Coachella on April 14. I knew it was going to be momentous performance when she wrote a post on Facebook where she urged fans to get hydrated and to make sure their phones were charged. For a woman who is known for surprise releases without notice, her fair ... Read More »
“The discovery in every loaf fuels me.” Matt Groshek is both a charismatic and passionate UWSP graphic design professor and a sourdough master. His connection to food has always been alive and budding and his kitchen is a testament to it all. Living in his childhood home, Matt tends to his and his partner’s chickens for farm fresh eggs, his ... Read More »
Since graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 2014, Casey French has set his sights—and his camera lens—on the world. During his time at UWSP, he majored in international studies with a minor in Spanish, but that wasn’t always the case. “When I transferred from UW-Fond du Lac to Point, I initially went for natural resource management. It wasn’t ... Read More »
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