Courtney Kueppers, Copy Editor
May 9, 2013
A street infamous for student nightlife is currently receiving a cultural upgrade due to downtown construction. South Barstow Street is among the Eau Claire avenues that will be engaged in reconstruction over the course of the next few months. Aside from the headache this may provide those who travel... Read more »
David Burish, Staff Writer
May 8, 2013
The UW-Eau Claire Physics and Astronomy department hosted Astronomy Day, an annual event showcasing activities and research done by the department’s staff and students, Saturday May 4. The event is sponsored by the Chippewa Valley Astronomical Society, which runs the Hobbs Observatory at Beaver Creek... Read more »
Spectator Staff
May 8, 2013
April 28 The secret password is theft A woman was in her room in Towers North around 3:30 a.m. when she saw two people take the playhouse on the hall director’s patio. They ran toward the direction of Chippewa Valley Technical College with it. She called the police and told them it happened so fast,... Read more »
Nicole Miller, Staff Writer
May 2, 2013
Before the emergence of the internet and social media such as Twitter and Facebook, Ann Devroy and her colleagues at The Washington Post pounded out on typewriters stories that were literally hot off the press, still warm from the printing process. Though times have changed, the memories of those days... Read more »
Bridget Cooke, Staff Writer
May 1, 2013
A mash-up of Billie Jean by Michael Jackson and music from Les Miserables could be heard blasting from the Schofield Auditorium Friday night. The source of this strange harmony was a cappella group Innocent Men, who sang current hits, ‘80s pop and ballads for their spring concert. Phil Reilly, a senior... Read more »
Chris Reinoos, Editor-in-Cheif
May 1, 2013
This season, the UW-Eau Claire softball team has had to endure horrible weather, multiple cancellations, postponements and a compressed schedule which forced the team to play five doubleheaders in one week. But at the end of this bizarre regular season, the Blugolds find themselves in the same spot as... Read more »
Spectator Staff
April 25, 2013
A UW-Eau Claire sophomore is presumed dead after reportedly falling off the campus footbridge April 19 into the Chippewa River. According to Eau Claire Fire and Rescue Operations, David Patrick Rodgers was seen on the railing of the footbridge just before 11 p.m. He was reported to have fallen in the... Read more »
Zack Katz, Copy Editor
April 25, 2013
Twirling canvases, flying paint and a small army of multifaceted instrumentalists all came together Sunday night during Cloud Cult’s dynamic, visual performance in Schofield Auditorium. In an effort to bring light to Earth Day during the university’s week-long celebration of the planet, the Student... Read more »
Bridget Cooke, Staff Writer
April 24, 2013
The UW-Eau Claire women’s tennis team picked up its eighth win of the spring season, beating Northwestern College (Minn.) 8-1 in a strong performance on the indoor Olson Courts of the McPhee Center Saturday. All six Blugolds won every match within the singles competition and lost only the No. 1... Read more »
Steve Fruehauf , Copy Editor
April 17, 2013
Approximately 300 clay bones were molded by a group of UW-Eau Claire social work students in collaboration with “One Million Bones” over the past few weeks. This organization’s mission is to help raise awareness and funds for countries like Sudan and Burma who are currently being directly affected... Read more »
