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Campus News ArticlesMcPhee renovation gets $3.9 millionProject to replace synthetic floors with wood, update building to comply with current codesByUW-Eau Claire will spend $3.9 million on McPhee renovations after approval last week by the Division of State Facilities, bringing the total amount to spend on building updates to more than $6 million. Meanwhile, funding for a new academic building was put on hold until at least 2007, Vice Chancellor Andy Soll said. Bars refuse call to open laterOlson: Homecoming weekend proposal would increase safetyByThe tradition of early-morning bar openings on Homecoming Saturday appears to be in the hands of individual bar owners following a meeting between university officials, law enforcement and Water Street bar owners Friday. Though no definitive conclusions were reached, University Communications Director Mike Rindo said a number of bars "weren't willing to open later Homecoming morning. Leaders discuss preferences for new chancellorBusiness owners, lawmakers request city focus, efficiencyByArea legislators and business leaders say they want a chancellor at UW-Eau Claire who can communicate with constituencies outside the university, in addition to act as an effective administrator. "He or she can do a lot to facilitate those relationships," said Sen. Sprinkler replacement to protect library books from leaking pipesBacterial erosion has damaged current system, endangered collectionsByThe McIntyre Library addition built in 1972 included a sprinkler system to protect the university's book collections from fire. More than 30 years later, however, it is this system that could pose the same threat, if not worse, as a fire. Construction Timeline (schedule is tentative) Sept. Senate expansion bill held$3,000 grant passed to fund speakers during 10th annual Woman's Leadership ConferenceByIt seemed apparent at first glance Student Senate experienced a new degree of growth, or at least better attendance than last year's average of about 15, as 29 out of 30 total senators attended Monday night's meeting. Despite the turnout and recent growth, a bill that would add 10 more senator positions, if passed through a referendum was pushed to Senate's next meeting. Gas stations charged for transactionsProposed bill met with mixed reactions from students, convenience store ownersByA bill coming before the Wisconsin Senate would prohibit credit card companies from penalizing convenience store owners for offering discounts on gasoline and other merchandise to customers who pay with cash. "It's a highly politicized topic and, in the end, I think it's not going to make a difference. Larson to hold first Roundtable of fall semesterState budget cuts, alcohol awareness grants, faculty funding among the main issues to be discussedByStudents might often wonder about issues that affect their university and how those issues are being dealt with by university administration. At 4 p.m. on Thursday in the Alumni Room of Davies Center, students will get the chance to weigh in on the state budget cuts, alcohol awareness grants and funding of faculty positions at the first Chancellor's Roundtable of the semester. Freshmen enter with junior standingNumber of high school students taking advanced placement courses on the riseByWhen Freshman Megan Ault tells people she's a first-year student with junior standing, it usually takes a 10-minute conversation for people to understand. "In the beginning (of the semester) ... I would say, 'Oh I'm just a freshman,' " Ault said. "(Now) I switch it up. |
