Biegel to introduce minimum wage bill

City Council to discuss possible pay increase for Eau Claire workers

By Susan MacLaughlin

A new bill that would restrict Wisconsin cities from raising minimum wages could thwart the efforts of Eau Claire politicians and citizens to raise the city's minimum wage. On Tuesday, the state Assembly voted 58-37 in favor of a bill aimed at restricting Wisconsin cities from setting their own minimum wages.

Riverbank project reaches end

Black dirt, trees to eventually conceal rocks along bank

By Jen Anderson

Some students have gazed out of their lower campus dorm room windows this year to see cranes and bulldozers framing their river view. Junior Eric Highlander is an RA in Putnam Hall, one of the two residence halls on lower campus that have been front and center as the riverbank renovation unfolded.

Grad student still learning at 82

Age not stopping Roch from earning master's degree

By Karline Koehler

At age 82, James Roch is not a typical graduate student. Roch, a wheelchair user with severe hearing loss, does not need to leave his home in Chippewa Falls to take courses toward his master's degree in business administration. Instead, the Internet offers him what the traditional classroom cannot.

Faculty salaries below average

UW System pay continuing to fall as other universities increase salaries, survey says

By Susan MacLaughlin

UW-Eau Claire does not have salaries that are competitive with the rest of the nation and the divide is growing wider, Vice Chancellor Andy Soll said. A recent survey by the American Association of University Professors found that the average salaries of University of Wisconsin faculty at comprehensive campuses have fallen and continue to fall.

Vote possible on Service-Learning

By Spectator staff

University Senate will continue its deliberations on Service-Learning at its final meeting of the year at 3 p.m. Tuesday in the Tamarack Room of Davies Center. In an April 26 meeting, Senate voted to amend guidelines proposed by the Service-Learning Ad-Hoc Committee, rejecting limitations on political activities that would ban partisan projects.

Cyber bullying on the rise in nation

Student, faculty member lead national research on new problem spreading via e-mail

By Matthew Werlein

Home is where kids are supposed to feel safe. They are with their family and away from the bullies at school. Or are they? Justin Patchin, assistant professor of political science at UW-Eau Claire and Sameer Hinduja from Florida Atlantic University are conducting research on cyber bullying.

Programs planned to aid move-out process

City hoping to avoid clean-up problems following end of finals week, leases

By Mark Schaaf

The end of the school year usually brings feelings of relief and joy for UW-Eau Claire students who just survived another semester. However, for some, including Eau Claire city officials, this time of year also includes a mass exodus that can lead to messy streets and unwanted personal items piled up on curbsides.

Bill would increase students' financial aid

Proposal sharply contrasts with Kreibich's tuition cap

By Mark Schaaf and Karline Koehler

On the same day of a hearing for State Rep. Rob Kreibich's, R-Eau Claire, tuition cap proposal, three Democratic state representatives proposed increases in financial aid to help offset rising tuition costs. Madison representatives Spencer Black, Mark Pocan and Joe Parisi announced plans to increase appropriations for the Wisconsin Higher Education Grants program by about $17 million over the course of the biennium, according to a press release.