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Tuesday’s special: Chicken pot pie

Tuesday Wustrack
January 27, 2012

Throughout the semester, Tuesday will be testing her skills in the kitchen, cooking up fun and easy recipes that are budget-friendly and perfect for students. With all of the unusually warm weather Wisconsin saw in the last few weeks, we all thought that we could avoid negative degree temperatures, our... Read more »

A Walker turnaround

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 »

Megaupload’s mega shutdown

Emily Gresbrink
January 27, 2012

Let me begin by stating the obvious: the Internet is absolutely fantastic. It has opened up countless forms of self-expression, communication, entertainment and resources for the world. On the other hand, it’s a curse. There are as many loopholes and legal fiascos as there are joyous cat pictures.... Read more »

Thinking inside the box

Tyler Hart
January 27, 2012

I know of a place, a wonderful place, where any person can go to be alone with their thoughts regardless of who they are or what they believe in. It’s no place out of the ordinary. There are no fields of green or skies of blue. No golden sunsets or endless beaches. Just four walls and a modest white... Read more »

Life’s a cabaret

Emily Albrent
January 27, 2012

As the lights lowered, the audience became still with anticipation. Out walked a man with a microphone in hand, along with a dancer poised gracefully to begin. Not a whisper could be heard as the orchestra started to play and the man began to sing. A rendition of Coldplay’s “The Scientist” reverberated... Read more »

Back to reality

Katie Hoffman
January 27, 2012

Being home and free from exams, quizzes, and projects was great, and laying around watching TV for four weeks was even better. But now, winter break is over and spring semester is heating up. Have you ever said to yourself, “This is the semester that I’m going to (fill in the blank with a lofty... Read more »

Off the rack

Cal McNeil
January 27, 2012

The beginning of the semester is upon us and unfortunately Mother Nature has finally decided to drop real Wisconsin weather as we come out of our month-long hibernation and back to our busy schedules. After an unusually warm November and December icy sidewalks, frigid temperatures, and gusty winds are... Read more »

Into the jungle

Carolyn Tiry
January 27, 2012

A three-week sojourn in the Peruvian rainforest seems like an experience best left to explorers and outdoorsmen. But for two UW-Eau Claire honors students, that trip was how they spent their winter break. Christine Manwiller, a junior bachelor of fine arts student with an emphasis in painting and drawing,... Read more »

Local business to provide Saturday evening shuttle

Chris Reinoos
January 27, 2012

The Saturday night shuttles on the UW-Eau Claire campus will not be gone for long anymore. Local bus company Right Way Shuttle announced plans to run a shuttle bus on campus on Saturday nights, just one month after the Student Senate voted to cancel a pilot program providing a similar service to students. Right... Read more »

iPads available for checkout at McIntyre Library

Emily Albrent
January 27, 2012

It is no secret that Apple products such as Mac computers, iPads, iPhones, and iPods are a popular commodity among the younger generation. And, now students at UW-Eau Claire can try out some of the latest technology. The McIntyre Library  has made  10 iPads available for students to checkout. Kong... Read more »