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Campus News ArticlesEC Republicans promote NaderStudents collect signatures in exchange for Bush ticketsByRecent statewide allegations of impropriety by Republican officials and supporters regarding the felonious collection of approximately 3,228 signatures to get Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader on the state ballot included UW-Eau Claire students, according to a former student. Bush advocates farm supportsPresident visits Eau Claire, discusses economy, terrorismBySurrounded by hay bails and patriotic insignia, President Bush charmed an audience of about 750 invited supporters Wednesday afternoon at J&D Manufacturing in Eau Claire. The stop was part of the president's "Standing with Rural America" tour. The visit was the first a sitting president has made to the city since Herbert Hoover. Student survives plane crashJunior and high school classmate land in Altoona neighborhoodByFlying home on the weekends is a luxury few UW-Eau Claire students enjoy. Surviving an emergency crash-landing in a residential area is even less common. But junior Jeremiah Radel now can lay claim to both after an airborne problem led the plane he was riding in Sunday evening with pilot and former high school classmate Kyle Kraemer to crash in Altoona. Edwards speaks in McPheeVice presidential nominee addresses capacity crowdByA lot has changed since the last time Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., visited the UW-Eau Claire campus. Back on Feb. 16, Edwards was running for president in the Democratic primary and addressed a crowd in the cozy Council Fire Room at Davies Center. On Tuesday, Edwards addressed a crowd of more than 2,500 in the comparatively massive McPhee as the Democratic nominee for vice president. Regents hear campus concernsStudent Senate members discuss costs of rising tuitionByRoughly 60 people gathered in the Tamarack Room in Davies Center to share thoughts and ideas with four members of the UW Board of Regents. The three main topics of the listening session included the recruitment and retention of faculty and other staff, the effect of the UW system on the state's economy and the rising cost of tuition. Blugold use may expandSenate resolution supports accepting card off campusByMonday night's Student Senate meeting set the stage for an extensive debate about the future of a piece of plastic every student has in his or her possession - a Blugold ID. Its future remains unknown, but Student Senate unanimously passed a resolution supporting the expansion of the card's use off campus. Academic Policies Committee convenesUniversity leaders discuss future of service learning requirementsByDebate over the ban on religious service learning projects continued Tuesday at the Academic Policies Committee's second meeting on the matter. Discussion touched on a comparison between walking dogs for service learning and religious proselytization, but never strayed far from its constitutional validity. Smith delivers a single-sided debateKreibich's absence allows candidate to speak aloneByFriendly, political chatter filled Davies Theatre when students, faculty and community members waited for the 93rd Assembly candidates to begin their debate. As minutes passed, it was clear the debate wouldn't happern. Incumbent Rob Kreibich, R-Eau Claire, was not in attendance. |
