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Campus News ArticlesPolice bust house party: Part IIMore than 100 citations issued at two partiesByNo one suspected anything when UW-Eau Claire students were buying beer cups at 833 Chippewa St. or 604 Niagara St. Saturday night. Nothing seemed suspicious; everyone paid $5 for his or her cup and wandered through the party. That is, until the undercover officers at both parties called in for help, and reinforcements surrounded the house, issuing each underage person a drinking citation. Police bust house partyStudents receive more than $19,000 in citationsByIt all happened too quickly for many to react; most felt it was just a joke. By 1:30 a.m. Saturday, however, around 100 UW-Eau Claire students had received underage drinking citations at 833 Chippewa St., residents of the house said. "It was just kind of a messed-up situation," junior and resident Tony Hyland said. Katrina relief petition illegalStudent Senate president requests apology from authorsByStudent Senate President Aaron Olson has called on the Progressive Student Association to apologize for circulating a petition last week that, he said, illegally asked for student segregated fees to go toward Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. But PSA President Andrew Werthmann said his group is apologizing only "because we weren't able to fully represent the students' will. Gas price nears national all-time high of $3.11Rising cost forces some to consider alternative modes of transportationByGeoff Gorham, assistant professor of philosophy and religious studies at UW-Eau Claire, never used to concern himself with the price of gas. "It used to be I never thought about money when I'd fill up," he said. But this summer's continual price climb prompted a shift in his priorities. Hiring policy could affect chancellor searchUW System freeze on concurrent positions for administrators challenges job security, Mash saysByThe search for UW-Eau Claire's new chancellor may come from a smaller pool of candidates after UW System President Kevin Reilly and Vice President David Walsh placed a freeze on concurrent, or "back-up" positions back in August. This is a concern for Eau Claire, Interim Chancellor Vicki Lord Larson said, because without the ability to offer a back-up position to an administrative staff member, the university won't be able to recruit top candidates. Groups celebrate cultureStudents, faculty to host various Hispanic Heritage Month eventsBySeptember marks the beginning of the nationally-celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month, which lasts from Sept. 15 to Oct 15. The significance of this mid-month beginning is to recognize the anniversary of independence for the five Latin American countries of Honduras, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador. |
