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The women's soccer team bounced back from a slow start yesterday, eventually earning a solid non-conference win over St. Olaf (Minn.).
The pilot, or bundle program, is one way UW-Eau Claire is integrating high impact practices at the university to improve student learning.
Few students can say they spent three weeks in July creating art in Thailand. However, for two UW-Eau Claire professors and four art students, this is true. After receiving a grant from the International Fellows Program, the group collaborated with Thai students and professors for an eye-opening immersion experience in Bangkok.
There is a likeable and hopeful loser, a philosophical best friend, a deceptive mean girl and a famous dog perched on top of his house. This is the Eau Claire Children's Theatre's (ECCT) production of "You're A Good Man Charlie Brown."
Summer 2010 was certainly a big one. Despite a plethora of happenings on the national level, the city of Eau Claire was host to quite a list itself. In case you weren't lucky enough to spend your holiday in the wondrous Eau C, here's a brief recap of what you missed (and didn't miss) this summer.
Health care has been a huge topic of debate these days, and the phrase Health Care Reform is met with disdain by many. With so many Americans worrying about health care, the possibility of even more people being forced to say goodbye to their health insurance is frightening.
The Blugolds football team will be trying to improve upon its fourth place finish in conference last year.
Columnists debate which state's sports are better; this week, it's Packers vs. Vikings
Sports are in no way my only interest, and they are not my entire life, but they have been with me for longer than any of my current interests, and I hope to show this in my writing.
No matter how much I'd love to guarantee that reading my column will result in you winning your league, I can't. But, catching a tip here or there just might earn you a couple of valuable points some week. Points that could be the difference between a win and a loss.
The UW-Eau Claire women's volleyball team has high expectations for the upcoming fall season. After coming in second in the conference playoffs last fall, they believe first place is within their reach.
The Kent State Memorial trees that were removed from the university grounds last winter are being restored to create a new message for the UW-Eau Claire campus. Four crabapple trees once stood outside the Davies Center in honor of the four students who were killed in the Kent State University shootings that took place May 4, 1970.
In spring 2010 a new dean of students was appointed at UW-Eau Claire to replace former Dean of Students and newly appointed Vice Chancellor Beth Hellwig. After sifting through about 80 candidates, four applicants were considered for the position. In the end, Brian Carlisle was chosen as the new dean.
The American Council of Trustees and Alumni, a Washington, DC-based non-profit organization, gave the institution an 'F' in its academic standing, claiming that the university falls short in its general education requirements.
For those of you who are new to UW-Eau Claire, you should know that floating is one of the highlights of the city's warmer months. It is an unwritten rite of passage to go floating at least once before you graduate, and many people find themselves floating almost every weekend.
No one could ever deny that Sufjan Stevens has a grasp of music theory and composition that rivals any other modern musician.
A dramatic movie riddled with twisted laughs, American Beauty is one of those rare movies that effortlessly defies easy categorization.
I figured working at Walmart would not be so bad. As a poor college student, I needed to save up over the summer. Answering to one of the largest retail giants in the world would be over in three months, and I could pocket the money I earned. Actually, "the end is near" was something I reminded myself of every day after I was hired.
The future of journalism is a pretty nebulous concept right now. No one knows where it's going, and fear of the unknown is a pretty normal thing. And then, we start tossing words around like 'citizen journalism.' Yikes, right? But I'm not worried about reporters without a journalism degree. And neither should you.
A recent poll found that Wisconsinites believe that Wisconsin's best and brightest leave the state after college. Of the more than 3,300 people who were polled, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 62 percent believed that the most talented students leave the state to work.
If we ever want to make peaceful advances with how America gets along with other countries, this is a critical stepping-stone to do just that.
For many international students, leaving home to study abroad in America can be a dream becoming reality, nerve racking or a statement of independence. Whatever "nerves" you have, there are some do's and don'ts you should follow so you can make the most of your time abroad here in Eau Claire.
More than seven out of 10 New Yorkers want the developers of a proposed Islamic community center near the scene of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center to move the project, according to a poll released Tuesday.
A volcano on the Indonesian island of Sumatra erupted Sunday for the first time in 400 years, shooting black smoke and ash up into the air and prompting the evacuation of thousands of residents.
Wednesday, August 25 At about 11:22 a.m., officers met with members of the upholstery crew, housing and residence life, and custodians outside Towers Hall North in reference to a vandalized maintenance vehicle. One person informed officers he received a phone call at 10:16 a.
Wednesday, August 25 At about 4:19 p.m., officers were dispatched to the Haas Fine Arts Center for a report of an unconscious female. Eau Claire EMS medic personnel also responded to the scene. While on their way, officers were advised that the woman had regained consciousness.
The university has updated its student center construction timeline, pushing the start back until early 2011 rather than in late November as originally planned. Occupancy of the 170,000-square-foot, three-story building is still expected in 2012.
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