For those UW-Platteville students looking to stay fit and have a little fun on campus, the Pioneer Activity Center is where the action is.
There are all kinds of activities at students’ disposal at the PAC, and all it takes is one swipe of the student ID card to gain access.
“This is a great place to […]

With more than 275 teams and over 3,000 participants last year, intramural sports have a huge impact on UW-Platteville campus life.
This semester’s season started a week ago and welcomed back students and faculty.
Intramural sports have a long tradition at UW-P. Curt Fatzinger, intramural coordinator said that they started back in the early 1960s.
“Intramurals provide the […]

What is racism? Webster’s Dictionary defines it as a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one’s own race is superior and has the right to rule others. That idea may seem a little complicated to some, so I ask “What […]

“Saturday and Monday, it was basically nonstop till a half-hour before quitting,” Mary Larson, manager of the Textbook Center, said.
Temperatures soared in the TBC, with the air conditioning suspected to be shut off in Doudna Hall over the weekend. Lines stretched up the stairs all the way back to the vending machines by the fine […]

I’ve been upset regarding the violence on our campus and at Virginia Tech. Because I like to put events into a larger context, I started connecting the suicides and the tragedy at Virginia Tech to the global state of violence. How can we expect people to act peacefully while the media and state sends out […]

I believe the article on Jill Uppena was extremely inappropriate in its timing and content. The article should be based on the passing of Jill Uppena. If you want to write another article on how suicide is a major problem and how it has happened twice this year on campus, that’s fine, but your article […]

The Pioneer volleyball team was not able to stop eighth-ranked UW-Oshkosh on Sept. 19.
The Titans won on their home court 30-14, 35-33, 30-22.
The office of Sports Information said the final game against the Pioneers marked the 42nd straight win for the Titans, the sixth longest streak in NCAA Division III history.
Platteville had seven total team […]

“You’re never unconscious, and I don’t control you,” Frederick Winters, a comedy hypnotist voted Entertainer of the Year for 2006, said to UW-Platteville students Sept. 22. “We have the power of suggestion.”
Over 300 people attended Campus Programming and Relation’s hypnotist show in the Pioneer Student Center.
Winters said he performed in over 2,000 shows and hypnotized […]

UW-Platteville students Corey Connolly, Shawn Connolly, Kyle Erickson, Andy Karnick and Andy Lanza, whose house caught on fire Sept. 14, were given some good news when it was announced that nearly all their damaged belongings will be covered through rental insurance.
The insurance will cover damages from fire on the second story of their house two […]

The UW-Platteville football team suffered a hard loss against Augustana College on Sept. 22 in Rock Island, Ill., as the Vikings walked away with a 34-24 victory.
Augustana started the scoring early with a 38-yard touchdown pass in the first quarter, but their lead did not last long as Mike Genslinger closed in on the Vikings […]