Haley Zblewski, Chief Copy Editor
April 3, 2013
The UW-Eau Claire Heating Plant is pivotal in the lives of students every day. It heats all the buildings on campus, including the residence halls, and provides a steam line that goes under the hill and across the walking bridge over the Chippewa River, keeping it free of ice in the winter. The costs... Read more »
Alex Zank, News Editor
March 3, 2013
Governor Scott Walker recently proposed his plan for the state’s next biennial budget, which contains a serious lack of fiscal logic on the administration’s part. The part I’m bringing into question specifically is the small tax cut and a weak investment in the state’s education. I... Read more »
Ryan Spoehr, Copy Editor
October 25, 2012
On Oct. 22, Ron Kind, congressman (D-La Crosse) for Wisconsin’s 3rd District, toured the Material Sciences and Chemistry departments as a part of a tour of all six UW schools in his district (Eau Claire, La Crosse, Platteville, Stevens Point, River Falls and Stout). He is currently heading up an innovation... Read more »
Haley Zblewski
April 24, 2012
On Thursday, April 5, and Friday, April 6, Gov. Scott Walker signed more than 50 bills into law. The move took many by surprise as it wasn’t announced until Friday, after he had signed more than 30 of those bills. Of these many new laws, the act of repealing the Equal Pay Enforcement Act is the one... Read more »
The Spectator Staff
April 12, 2012
Last Thursday, Gov. Scott Walker quietly signed 51 bills on Thursday and announced the list of bills on Friday. Among them are three controversial bills that limit access to abortion services stress, abstinence-only sex education and repeal the state’s Equal Pay Enforcement Act, which made it... Read more »
Chris Reinoos
April 5, 2012
This doesn’t seem like justice to me: The shooting of 20-year-old Bo Morrison last month in Slinger has ignited a fierce debate in Wisconsin over the intruder bill signed into law by Gov. Scott Walker last December. The law, known as the Castle Doctrine, a reference to the phrase “a man’s home... Read more »
Katie Hoffman
February 23, 2012
Despite opposition by students and UW officials, the Joint Committee on Finance passed a budget cut of an additional $46.1 million to the UW System on Feb 16. This lapse adds to the biggest cut in the history of the UW System in one year, totaling $296.1 million, according to a press release from the... Read more »
Spenser Bickett
January 27, 2012
Let me be the first to say that I feel awful about contributing to the massive media coverage devoted to the Wisconsin recall efforts. I hate it when topics get beaten into the ground relentlessly by the media, but I think this column will be a little bit different; it’s different because my position... Read more »
Eric Christenson
January 27, 2012
On Jan. 17, recall workers from across the state of Wisconsin filed over a million signatures on petitions in hopes of overthrowing Gov. Scott Walker in what is thus far the largest recall effort in American history. For senior Jimmy Haggerty, it was an incredible feeling. “It was great seeing the... Read more »
Steven VanDeLaarSchot
December 8, 2011
I’m sure by now all of us are aware of the recall campaign going on to remove Scott Walker from office. What some of us may be unaware of is the television ads that have already come out in favor of Scott Walker and against the recall. In particular, the ads I’ve seen have tried to hit... Read more »
