Spring Break
|
|
|
|
County workers evacuated the Eau Claire County Courthouse after a fire there Tuesday afternoon. The courthouse will likely remain closed through Wednesday, officials at the scene said. The Eau Claire Fire Department responded at about noon to the fire, which was contained inside a vault on the west side of the building.
The UW System agreed recently to modify changes it had already made to proposed student conduct rules, according to a System press release issued Friday. The rules had previously been changed to clarify universities' ability to discipline students for certain off-campus violations, but concerns about the changes prompted the System to modify the rules again, according to the release.
It seems like everyone and their brother feels the need to criticize Hollywood and movies for being unoriginal and sticking to what makes them money - sequels. Often, though, the flack they receive picks up in the summer months when a large number of big-budget sequels and franchise flicks are released.
Get ready for a weekend event that has nothing to do with finals and everything to do with rock-and-roll. The Pimps will be playing a 21-and-up show at 10 p.m. on Saturday at Stones Throw, 304 Eau Claire St., along with the bands 20 Dollar Love and The Skullcranes.
Senior Greg Petersen was a captain and the men's hockey team's top defenseman this year. He was not only counted on for his defensive play during his time at UW-Eau Claire, but also his offensive play and his leadership. "The biggest thing on the list is his ability, he's a good player," coach Matt Loen said.
It started with MySpace and Facebook. Now Twitter is the new social network people are using - including politicians. According to a May 3 Green Bay Press Gazette article, politicians across the state and country are starting to use Twitter to get their messages out.
Senior Madeline Duffy never intended to run a marathon, let alone anything further than the Cellcom half-marathon she participated in 2007 in Green Bay. "I loved it, but I thought it was so far," she said. "I thought people were crazy for running that and anything more.
Chancellor Brian Levin-Stankevich, along with administrative members of his cabinet, met with students on Tuesday to discuss a wide variety of topics. One appeared to resonate more with students - tuition increase initiatives at UW-Eau Claire and how they would compare to recent initiatives at UW-Madison and UW-La Crosse.
"The times they are a-changin" as Bob Dylan would say, are here at UW-Eau Claire. The MyBlugold section on the university's Web site is seeing changes of its own. Learning and Technology Services have worked extensive hours to implement the new program, People Soft's Campus Solutions.
A tax increase is a touchy subject, especially when legislators want to bump a tax up by 500 percent. Rep. Terese Berceau (D-Madison) proposed a bill last week that aims to increase the tax on a barrel of beer from $2 to $10, an increase of about 2.5 cents per bottle.
Student Senate scored a bit of a financial victory last week after fighting this semester against proposed cuts to the UW System. State financial aid recipients, on the other hand, may have less to cheer about. The state, which previously proposed taking $25 million out of System schools' auxiliary accounts under the 2009-2011 state budget, moved recently to reduce that amount to just a little more than $16 million, Senate President Michael Umhoefer said at Monday's meeting.
An alcohol abuse forum will be held next Thursday at UW-Eau Claire to help forge connections on important issues between the university and the community. The forum, titled "Addressing Alcohol Abuse Through Public Policy: Finding Common Ground," will focus on how the community can get involved in shaping public policy, as well as how to make an impact on alcohol abuse within the lives of students and community members.
May 6 marked the celebration of the 25th anniversary of UW-Eau Claire's women's studies department. Prior to Wednesday, students with majors and minors in the area were preparing a "multi-faceted" history presentation, showcasing their interviews with eight women who have contributed to women's studies in the Chippewa Valley, said Katherine Rhoades, interim coordinator of the women's studies program and professor and dean emeriti of the College of Education and Human Sciences.
Dear Ask Anything, I met the most amazing girl ever last weekend through one of my friends, the only problem is that she's dating this friend of mine. He treats her like crap, and she never expects an apology from him. I was with her all this weekend because he was treating her so bad.
"Hamburger Fishing," "Obama in Egypt" and "Globe" are the names of just a few of the student art pieces on display at the Foster Gallery for the remainder of the semester. Students from all majors were welcome to submit art pieces to the show. This year's judge was artist John Garrett from Albuquerque, N.
Although Mads Mikkelson was a great villain in the 2006 James Bond re-boot "Casino Royale," the film really didn't allow the actor to show off his skills. For the most part, he relied on looks and a mechanism that allowed him to appear to cry blood, which was great for the part but didn't allow the viewer to see much depth or range from him.
Ciara's brand of seductive R&B is so highly developed that the formula of silky synths, midtempo beats and breathy vocals can be applied to practically anything and still sound hot. All that makes "Fantasy Ride" (LaFace) a pretty smooth one, especially with superstar collaborators, including Justin Timberlake, Missy Elliott, Ludacris and The-Dream, helping her out.
Of course the last sports column of the year at a Wisconsin school newspaper would be about Brett Favre. Why wouldn't it? Especially considering the latest news, or rumors, of his possible re-return to football. Even further, the hyped idea of Wisconsin's idol playing in purple.
The UW-Eau Claire athletics program entered the spring season with high expectations. Several of the teams boasted young, unproven rosters, but still came away successful. Women's basketball The women's basketball team made it to the NCAA Division III National Basketball Championship Tournament, but has since graduated four seniors.
Just going for a swim Sunday, May 3 At 1:21 a.m., two officers went to assist the Eau Claire Police Department with a man in the Chippewa River. The man was running from the city officers. In his attempt to get away, he jumped into the river next to Water Street and tried to swim across.
Do you remember that scene from the Ben Stiller movie, "Along Came Polly?" It was the scene where the scuba instructor (Claude, I think was his name) was recounting the tale of the hippo. The happy hippo. In Claude's story, the hippo painted a stripe on his tail to look like the tiger, but he fooled no one.
It's been just over a month since the Major League Baseball season got underway, and more than 25 games have been played. If this were the NBA or the NHL, more than a quarter of the season would already be over. And if this were the NFL, we would already have completed more than 156 percent of the entire season.
After a lot of thinking, I thought I would take my last column and remember the good things UW-Eau Claire has and perhaps give some advice to other Blugolds, students and staff. When I first got here in 2005, I thought taking general education classes was a waste of time.
The United States Department of Veteran's Affairs, through the extended care line of the Minneapolis VA Medical Center, is conducting outreach to all veterans who were deployed to a combat zone after Nov. 11, 1998, through the present day. This includes service in Kosovo, Kuwait and East Africa, as well as Iraq and Afghanistan.
A Spectator guest columnist expressed concern that members of the campus group Staff and Faculty for Peace and Justice appear opposed to an Army ROTC program on the UW-Eau Claire campus. The writer acknowledges that one of the concerns among this group is that the military discriminates against gays and lesbians.
I was shocked when I read the recent column about the new trial run of an Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program that will be coming to UW-Eau Claire next year. The part I was shocked about was that there is a campus group called Staff and Faculty for Peace and Justice that is actually against this idea.
WASHINGTON(MCT) - The U.S. economy should begin recovering late this year but the number of unemployed people is likely to continue growing into next year and will remain a drag on consumer and business confidence, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Tuesday.
ATLANTA(MCT) - On a large campus outfitted with armed guards and high-tech surveillance, hundreds of doctors, researchers and other health professionals have been working around the clock at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to unravel the mystery surrounding the swine flu outbreak.
A new program has been created to assist international students. The group, called Friends Across Borders, will be collecting items from 4 to 7 p.m. on May 8 at Katherine Thomas Hall and Oak Ridge Hall. The collections will go towards the group's "lend-and-loan closet.
