Martha Landry
October 20, 2011
The UW-Eau Claire men’s rugby club expected a tough match against the UW-Madison on Saturday, to break the three-way tie for division champion, but junior Aaron Mayhall was confident they could pull out a win. “I was expecting an extremely difficult game,” Mayhall said, “but I knew if our team... Read more »
Katie Hoffman
October 20, 2011
It’s not often a 26-year-old quits his dream job to run a MySpace page. Especially when that dream job earns him $100,000 per year. Jamie Tworkowski left his job as a sales representative for Hurley in 2006 to start a non-profit organization named To Write Love On Her Arms, in honor of his friend Renee... Read more »
Breann Schossow
October 20, 2011
When the email invitation was sent to students at UW-Eau Claire to vote for Homecoming Court 2011, senior Melissa Hettmann was busy campaigning for Homecoming queen. Later that day, she logged into her university email account and expected to see an invitation to vote for court. It wasn’t there. “Maybe... Read more »
Carolyn Tiry
October 20, 2011
The UW System could suffer another major budget cut for the next two fiscal years, adding on to the original cuts made in the biennial budget. A required lapse, which acts as a kind of safety net, built into the biennial budget the state legislature passed this summer would cut $65.6 million from the... Read more »
Carolyn Tiry
October 20, 2011
A change in the way the UW System Board of Regents are appointed could bring a greater diversity of ideas to the table, a local regent said. A proposal currently making its way through the Wisconsin state legislature would require the Board to have at least one appointee from each of the eight state... Read more »
Sam Rosenberry
October 20, 2011
Biology 110 teaches students how organisms interact with their environment. Senior Spencer Rohlinger seemed to take this to heart in her study of how students interact with their education. She was part of a research project studying heuristic writing. “It’s a method of teaching where it asks students... Read more »
Sam Rosenberry
October 20, 2011
Woof. That is the best way to describe the Brewers in the NLCS. Woof. It seemed like they were down in each game throughout the series — and they won two of them. Though I’m now questioning if those wins happened. Maybe I hit my head. Yeah, I probably hit my head. It got to the point during Sunday... Read more »
Spenser Bickett
October 20, 2011
The UW-Eau Claire football team bounced back from a Homecoming loss with a 31-21 win last Saturday over the UW-La Crosse Eagles in La Crosse. The Blugolds used the running game to control possession and tempo of the game. They ran the ball 49 times for 168 yards. Eau Claire won the time of possession... Read more »
Debora Biasutti
October 20, 2011
Becky Worth — Bournemouth, UK Junior, Journalism & History “Eau Claire wasn’t my first choice. I picked Oregon, but only because it was above California and I thought everything was really close — I was wrong because (the... Read more »
Emily Gresbrink
October 20, 2011
When I first sat down to watch “Trollhunter,” I honestly thought that it was going to be some amazing documentary about ‘trolls’ on 4chan or Internet message boards and the like. Then, I saw the cover and the plot description — boy, was I wrong! Since it’s the Campus Film Series movie for... Read more »
