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Campus News ArticlesGym needs new floorProposal would provide money to replace old wood floor in the McPhee Center gymnasiumByAthletics director Scott Kilgallon chuckled as he looked at the pamphlet from the 1969 opening of McPhee Center. It described the gym floor as state of the art and long lasting. He agreed that it is long lasting - it's still there, almost 40 years later - but not that it is still state of the art. Seg fees on way to groupsFinance Commission allocates $2.9 millionByStudent Senate's Finance Commission continued its responsibility of allocating student segregated fees Wednesday as it approved preliminary organized activities budget requests. While the commission usually takes two days to allocate amounts, this year members were able to finalize their preliminary numbers in one day, said Finance Commission Director Tom Holtan. Music therapy focus of talksLevin-Stankevich, Tallant discuss program's outcome at Chancellor's RoundtableByThe UW-Eau Claire music therapy program has a new pool of potential ideas to choose from in the hopes of keeping the major available to students. At the Nov. 1 Chancellor's Roundtable discussion, Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich and Provost and Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Steve Tallant announced their plans to request possible solutions concerning the music therapy program from members of the music and theatre arts department faculty. Professor's novel gets praise'High Season' named Editors Choice by N.Y. TimesByA cross-dressing televangelist wearing a wig, muumuu and pumps is found dead on a gay beach in Provincetown, Mass., with a taffeta scarf strangling his neck. And so begins Jon Loomis' first novel, "High Season." Five years in the making, assistant English professor Loomis' mystery hit bookshelves in September and continues to receive praise. Eau Claire grad on tour with Queen LatifahSaxophone, flute player attributes success to past mentors, gigsByFor music fans, being able to say "I'm with the band" is the stuff of daytime fantasies. For one 1997 UW-Eau Claire saxophone performance graduate, that dream is now reality. He is part of the band. Alumnus Tom Luer has been touring the nation performing with hip-hop artist Queen Latifah since September to promote her new album, "Trav'lin' Light. More than 20 countries represented at Folk FairInternational students help visitors learn more about other culturesByOnce a year, the UW-Eau Claire Davies Center is crowded with musicians playing Scandinavian music, students showing off their traditional Hmong dresses, a long line of people waiting to eat Vietnamese food and children learning to write their names in Chinese. |
