Spectator editorial: Wetland worries

Menards should compromise with environmental authorities

Home-improvement retailer Menards is moving one of its Eau Claire manufacturing plants to Belgrade, Minn., citing conflicts over the location of the plant with the state Department of Natural Resources as the reason for the move, according to a Leader-Telegram article.

Director explains decision

Finance Commission denied Flip Side funding for multitude of reasons

By Matt Wisnefske

The most recent controversy playing itself out in the Student Senate office, the pages of The Spectator and the conversations of students walking across the Campus Mall has been the appropriation of $403 to The Flip Side. As Student Senate Finance Commission director, I have heard the numerous arguments for and against funding it.

Pelley's Perspective

Journalistic pioneer left legacy in his satirical writings

By Alison Pelleymounter

Before Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh and Al Franken, the original master of entertaining, spun journalism was creating unprecedented satirical commentaries on our sometimes-ludicrous society. Hunter S. Thompson, the renegade founder of "gonzo journalism," died Sunday night of a reportedly self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

Fearing the future

Uncertainty after graduation a reason to reflect on change

By DJ Slater

Driving down Clairemont Avenue. It seems like such a simple, daily procedure most all of us take part in. Had you talked to me three and a half years ago, I would have told you it was one of my most frightening experiences. OK, maybe not the most frightening or terrifying experience ever, but I certainly wasn't comfortable watching my parents inch me closer and closer toward Upper Campus.