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A faculty committee has been established at UW-Eau Claire to discuss collective bargaining rights for faculty and staff of the university. According to Student Senate minutes from Oct. 29, collective bargaining would create a union for faculty and staff that would allow easier negotiations with the state for pay and benefits.
Student veterans said they hope a play opening tonight will open students' eyes to what veterans overseas are going through. "Letters Home," a play in which actors read through actual letters sent from soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan, will show at 7:30 p.m. tonight in Zorn Arena.
The UW-Eau Claire women's cross country team improved its national ranking to No. 3 in the country with a first place finish in Saturday's NCAA Midwest Regional Championship, held in Oshkosh. Last year, the Blugolds also took first out of 39 teams in the regional.
As the falling leaves will soon turn to falling snow, it's important for students living off campus to make sure their homes are geared up and weathered appropriately for the harsh Wisconsin winters that we are all too familiar with. Not taking the right steps in weathering a home could result in a frigid semester.
The UW-Milwaukee's student newspaper, The UWM Post, is showing incredible courage for suing the university for its failure to comply with open records requests. The decision, we feel, is a valid way to keep the university honest and ensure the rights of student journalists, not to mention to make sure the entire student body is informed.
The Student Senate's decision not to start a task force to make the campus smoke free was a good way to avoid overblowing a trivial issue.
When freshman non-traditional student Jody Anderson graduated from high school she had no idea what direction her life would turn. Over the next two decades of her life she worked as a concert production assistant, allowing her to work with musical artists like Prince, OAR and Guns N' Roses.
Global Entrepreneurship Week, in partnership with the Eau Claire Area Economic Development Corporation, is asking students and community members to submit ideas for new products or businesses.
Students from UW-Eau Claire's environmental public health program participated in a mock drill involving hazardous waste on the green area of Davies Center last Tuesday.
With the 2010 Wisconsin gubernatorial election less than a year away, political groups on campus have begun speculating about the different campaigns ahead.
Wood, who was recently arrested on his fifth charge of driving under the influence, is the first state representative to face an expulsion committee since the inception of Assembly Rule 21 in 1989, and he would be the first expelled since 1917.
After months of debate and fiery town hall meetings, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a health reform bill 220-215 Saturday night. Bob Allen - a spokesman for the American Federation of State, Country and Municipal Employee (AFSCME); an advocacy organization for working families - said a public option has the potential to benefit everyone, not just those without coverage.
In a roundtable focused on the Blugold Commitment proposal, Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich said the decrease of state funding for public education is one reason that the university needs to raise tuition.
The UW-Eau Claire forensics team placed seven out of 38 schools at the L.E. Norton Invitational at Bradley University in Peoria, Ill. during the first weekend in November. Director of Forensics Karen Morris attributes the team's success at the 68th annual Norton tournament to the seniors on the team.
UW-Eau Claire donated almost 3,000 pounds of food during an event, Helping Hands Across America, on Thursday to help fight hunger and assist people in need in the Chippewa Valley area.
NASA has loaned the Department of Geology samples of lunar material, which will be shown and correlated into a presentation and certain classes. The presentation will be at 8 p.m., Saturday Nov. 21 at Hobbs Observatory at Beaver Creek Reserve. The event is free and open to the public.
The Nov. 5 shooting has caused mixed reaction in Eau Claire. On Saturday, the Fort Hood Public Affairs Office issued a press release identifying the causalities of the shooting. Thirteen died, 30 were wounded.
Kreiner's car was towed to allow city street sweepers to remove leaves and other debris in the Third Ward. Kreiner said he was never informed the car was towed, or that there was street sweeping. He added there could have been a no parking sign posted, but nothing stood out to him and it had been dark.
The UW-Eau Claire football team finished its regular season on the road Saturday with a strong offensive one-two punch against UW-River Falls.
Freshman goalie Brandon Stephenson made his first collegiate start against one of the toughest men's hockey teams in the nation Friday night.
On Friday, the Blugolds traveled to Winona, MN, for the series opener. After falling behind by a goal early in the game, the Blugolds tied the game on junior Kristen Faber's power-play goal - her first of the season - late in the first period. After Faber's goal, neither team scored until late in the third period.
The UW-Eau Claire volleyball team traveled to Oshkosh this weekend to compete in the regional portion of the NCAA Championship tournament. The Blugolds earned an at-large bid into the tournament after falling in the championship round of the WIAC tournament the weekend earlier.
Last week, Nick accurately predicted four of the five events, tying his season best. Frank, who still maintains the season lead, only predicted two correctly. With four more weeks of predictions in the semester, including this one, Nick needs more weeks like the previous one if he wants to catch up.
Facing a scheduling oddity, the UW-Eau Claire Blugolds played a pair of games against St. Mary's (Minn.), with each game played in a different state.
The Eau Claire men's Rugby team depended on multiple new recruits during their 2009 fall season and finished with a 0-4 record. This year was a transitional year for many of the players, whether they were adjusting to a new sport, new responsibilities or even a new country.
When the women's basketball team fell to the Illinois Wesleyan in the second round of the NCAA Div. III playoffs last year to end their season, they lost more than just the game. The game was the final one for five seniors, leaving the Blugolds to take on the 2009-10 season with only one senior and two juniors.
In addition to "Wall-E," the animated movie "Waltz with Bashir" seemed to make the cut on every list released last year. The film is well deserving, as it is slightly more poignant than "Wall-E." Although "Wall-E" may be the better movie overall, "Waltz with Bashir" deals with more adult-oriented issues and really intends to deliver a blow to the viewer.
OK Go played at the Zorn Arena last Thursday night to a moderately excited crowd of a couple thousand.
There is a gaping flaw in the Blugold Commitment - one that turns an otherwise great idea into what I believe is a scam. It is the financial aid component. According to the chancellor's office, the Blugold Commitment will increase our tuition $1,500 per year. Of that $1,500, 40 percent will go to financial aid to help students afford the tuition increase.
With the release of every major game comes the question from nearly every college-aged nerd: "What's more important, feeding my malnourished body or feeding my obsession for this great game?!" And I think we all know the answer to this. I usually just make sure I have the mandatory bag of chips close at hand in case I feel like I'm going to pass out.
The cell phone has transformed into a technological heroin in today's society. We simply cannot live without them. We're using them 24/7. We go to great lengths to make sure that we have them. We go into withdrawals when we're deprived of them, myself included. I don't know what to do with myself if I forget it when I go to class. I mean, what am I supposed to do? Take notes?
With the current state of many news networks, "direct" and "impartial" are no longer an option. A fact that should not be ignored is that the television industry is essentially an oligopoly of five companies.
As the 2009 deer season fast approaches, many hunters are again talking about the major backlash the DNR faced after greatly overestimating deer populations last season. Drastic over-hunting through unnecessarily extended seasons and the infamous Earn-A-Buck program in past years led to a 20 percent decline in the overall kill.
In a game that featured offense and revealed gaps in the defense, the UW-Eau Claire women's basketball team came up short in their season opener against St. Benedict (Minn.) 74-67.
In a recent column in The Spectator, Josh Riedel called for the public release of the names of those who have signed petitions in favor of gay marriage bans and referendums. Despite clearly misunderstanding the nature of these petitions, such a call for institutions to "name names" has exceedingly broad and dangerous ramifications.
At 1:43 a.m., two officers saw a male walking through the Facilities Management lot. The man stopped behind a parked Cushman in the lot for awhile, and it appeared he was trying to hide.
At about 2 a.m., an officer went to meet with a student patroller about a property case. The student said he had found a wallet while walking through the Towers Hall lot.
Lunar material from NASA will be on display at the Hobbs Observatory at Beaver Creek Reserve at 8 p.m. on Nov. 21 as part of a presentation entitled "Starts, Dust, and Rockets." The material comes from the Apollo missions, and includes small rock and sediment samples.
