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Campus News ArticlesNew Davies may pinch parkingSenators discuss construction project, other issues at student Q-and-AByWith one major brick in the Davies Center reconstruction project now settled, student senators are turning to the next step in the process. Now that a decision has been made on the student center's future location - just south of the current Davies Center and McIntyre Library - the university faces a new issue: parking. Scholar shares stories of living in young IsraelUniversity of Tel Aviv professor moved eastto help build new stateByIn 1955, at the age of 23, David Wesley and his wife moved to a kibbutz in Israel near the Mediterranean Sea. About 53 years later, Wesley presented a lecture Wednesday night to a filled President Room titled "Jews, Arabs and Government Officials: Power Relations Inside Israel. Forum looks at race, bordersImmigration activist calls for rights protectionByCathi Tactaquin, director of the California-based National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, spoke in Schofield Auditorium Tuesday night as part of The Forum's lecture on immigration in the globalized world. Tactaquin outlined the major issues facing American immigrants, especially relating to human rights violations. Campus leaders hear LGBTQ student issuesDean of students 'excited' about advisory board's first meetingByFor the gay community at UW-Eau Claire, the LGBTQ meeting on Monday was a step in the right direction some said. LGBTQ stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender/transsexual, and queer/questioning. "You need somewhere to start and if it's just a meeting getting those issues out there and knowing what we have to tackle with, then we know where to go for the future," junior Tony Och said. Funds go to children's centerMoney to be taken from student segregated feesByStudent Senate blew a little wind in the children's center's sail on Monday. The breeze came with a price tag, though - one that will cost students nearly $1.9 million over the next two decades. Senators this week approved, almost unanimously, a bill that seeks to raise $1. "Albert Herring" sees initial successEnglish-language, coming-of-age opera portrays man's escape from small-town AmericaByTwenty-two-year-old Albert Herring lives with an overbearing mother in a small town where everyone knows each other's business. Sound familiar? Albert Herring isn't a student on campus, but the main character in this year's on-campus opera "Albert Herring. Stand-up extravaganza comes to HighergroundFive students will take part in a national contest, starting at theAcme Comedy Club in MinneapolisByLOL! A rap about being a white kid to the tune of "My Humps," and a rant on the game "Bop It" being a creation of the devil, did it. Stories about kids loving free T-shirts and showing up to church awkwardly late did it. And an anecdote on working at Eau Claire's lowest voter-ranked grocery store did it. |
