Crime down in Eau Claire

City, campus both see drop

By McLean Bennett

Eau Claire had the fourth lowest violent crime rate in the country in 2007, according to the FBI's annual Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Eau Claire also saw a small drop in violent crime last year, which fell to its lowest rate since at least 2003. No murders were reported for the third straight year and the numbers of robberies and aggravated assaults both decreased.

Alcohol Awareness Week begins

By Allison Proite

Walk/Run in student's memory the first of many events concerning drinking.

Graduates enter in Teach for America

By Keri Wabrowetz

Program aims to change educational inequity across the country.

Math professor links concepts, elections

Fewer candidates leads to easier prediction of the outcome

By Breann Schossow

What do presidential elections, football teams and cereal have in common? According to math professor Don Reynolds, all three can be determined by social choice functions. He discussed this topic during his presentation "Why Must Elections be so Chaotic?" Sept.

Fall Festival a multicultural affair

Cultures from around the world come together in celebration at the International Fall Festival

By Nick Gourdoux

Hundreds of Eau Claire residents crowded Barstow Street Saturday afternoon to partake in the International Fall Festival. The event, which was voted 2007's No. 1 best festival in Volume One's "Best of the Chippewa Valley" survey, took place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.

Online chat helps students get their careers on track

By Luke Anderson

Career Services launched a new instant messaging program to answer all career-related questions.