Emily Albrent, Op/Ed Editor
March 17, 2013
The amount of registered males working in the nursing field has risen from 2.7 percent in 1970 to 9.6 percent in 2011 according to the US Census Bureau and that is being reflected in the nursing program here at UW-Eau Claire. Junior Lorin Devine said he loves being a nursing major and has been interested... Read more »
Alex Zank, News Editor
March 17, 2013
A recent panel discussion at UW-Eau Claire that featured Rep. Dana Wachs gave students a chance to ask him about the recently proposed state budget and how it will affect them. The panel that took place March 8 in the Centennial Room of the W.R. Davies Center was put on by the newly re-vitalized Society... Read more »
Bridget Cooke, Staff Writer
March 17, 2013
The film “The Invisible War” was shown in the Davies Theater March 11 and 12 by the LGBTQ and Women’s Resource Center along with affiliate American Association of University Women. It is a documentary that shines light on rape and sexual harassment in the military. Directed and written by documentarian... Read more »
Nate Beck, Staff Writer
March 17, 2013
The Senate launched a bill that could change the makeup of the Organizations Commission Monday. The Organizations Commission oversees campus organizations. The Student Organization Conduct Committee handles and reports problems in campus organizations. SOCC is not currently defined under senate bylaws. If... Read more »
Cori Picard, Freelancer
March 15, 2013
A city council member and a UW-Eau Claire professor spoke on the damage plastic bags do to the environment and a potential citywide ban on them during the second Trash Talk presentation March 7. City Council member Andrew Werthmann and Douglas Faulkner, the chair of the UW-Eau Claire geography and anthropology... Read more »
The Spectator staff
March 7, 2013
With the tentative plan to eliminate the minor requirement, the path to graduation will change for many UW-Eau Claire student. Here’s what some of them have to say about the big change to Eau Claire’s curriculum. “I don’t think it’s good. If you have two interests you should... Read more »
David Heiling, News Editor
March 7, 2013
The final two candidates in the running for the chancellor position at UW-Eau Claire came to campus during the early part of this week to state their case as to why they’re the best candidate for the job. Provost for Ohio University Pam Benoit, the third chancellor candidate to visit Eau Claire, held... Read more »
Nate Beck, Staff Writer
March 7, 2013
Student Senate voted 28-2 Monday to buy $18,000 worth of Spectator advertising — money that will keep The Spectator in print through next year. The ad buy will allow The Spectator to stay in print through next year, although The Spectator is expected to continue to accumulate debt, Jennifer Homeyer,... Read more »
Becky Olson, Freelancer
March 7, 2013
As senior Asia Riel returned from the basement of her house with a load of laundry in one arm and closed her bedroom door, she said she remembers the idea of privacy played a factor in her decision to live off campus. “Being off campus is nice in the fact that you have your own room, you have your... Read more »
Emily Albrent, Op/Ed Editor
March 7, 2013
As part of English Fest put on by the UW-Eau Claire English department, linguistics expert Dennis Preston, professor and co-director of the Center for Oklahoma Studies at Oklahoma State University presented a lecture titled, “Boarders On the Land and in your Head,” at 7 p.m. March 5 in the Ojibwe... Read more »
