Archive for October 11th, 2007

Women’s Center leaving Doudna

By Holly Ann Garey • Oct 11th, 2007 • Category: News

The Patricia A. Doyle Women’s Center employees are getting ready to move to Warner Hall following the completion of the Ullsvik Hall.
After the university’s Academic Advising Team and Advising and Career Exploration Services (ACES) move to the first floor of Brigham Hall, the Women’s Center will move into the available space.
The reason for the move […]



Disciplinary policy revision may cause double jeopardy

By Jenna Dobson • Oct 11th, 2007 • Category: News

Chapter 17 of the Student Non-Academic Disciplinary Procedures, which establishes rules in the area of non-academic misconduct on campus, is currently under revision.
Chapter 17 is the chapter of the Wisconsin Administrative Code that establishes the rules and consequences for student actions off campus. The university community says it wants to maintain a high standard of […]



Ultimate Club, maximum fun

By Peter Schmidtknecht • Oct 11th, 2007 • Category: Sports

Does fast-paced action involving two teams trying to advance a ball into an end zone sound familiar?
Some people would think of soccer or possibly football, but actually for those who do not know, Ultimate Frisbee fits into that category as well.
Ultimate Frisbee is a sport growing in popularity, and UW-Platteville has its own Ultimate Frisbee […]



UW-P offers tutoring services

By Sarah Lauber • Oct 11th, 2007 • Category: Features

Cheap or free help is available to students struggling in their classes.
Student Support Services have tutors for almost every course offered on campus. Tutoring Services, one branch of SSS, is an academic support program that offers tutoring to students in a variety of courses.
It costs $1.50 per hour for a student to meet with a […]



Cross Country runs up national rankings

By Peter Schmidtknecht • Oct 11th, 2007 • Category: Sports

Recent success has helped the University of Wisconsin-Platteville vault into the top 10 in the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Association Coaches poll.
In the poll released on Oct. 3, the Pioneer men’s team ranked ninth in the country while the women’s team tied for eighth with Willamette University.
The UW-P men’s team has […]



Homecoming boosts Greek relationships

By Amy Bell Kwallek • Oct 11th, 2007 • Category: Features

Homecoming week saw the Greek community at UW-Platteville come alive on campus and strut their stuff to Decades of Rock in different competitions and challenges.
During Homecoming, organizations compete against each other in different challenges and games to earn points and ultimately win the top organization prize.
Homecoming is a way for Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia to […]



Looking for independence from independence

By Amy Berry • Oct 11th, 2007 • Category: Opinions

Independence. It’s something that a person of my age seeks for, longs for and lives for. But when we finally gain it, we are unsure of what to do with it, are we not? We take chances, we make mistakes and we learn from it. Sooner or later we realize that all the glory that […]



Football team barely misses snapping 16-game losing streak to UW-SP

By Jennifer Lingard • Oct 11th, 2007 • Category: Sports

With a 16-game losing streak to UW-Stevens Point weighing heavily on both players’ and fans’ minds, UW-Platteville’s football team focused its complete and total attention on one thing Oct. 6, winning.
“We went into the game really fired up,” Joey Martin, sophomore wide receiver, said. “Everyone knew the losing streak we have with them, so that […]



Volleyball game calls large crowd

By Tony Schlafli • Oct 11th, 2007 • Category: Sports

A packed crowd was not enough to give the UW-Platteville women’s volleyball team a victory on Oct. 3.
A fleet of 1,105 people came to see UW-P take on UW-La Crosse for the annual “Yell Contest,” a match that saw the Eagles take three out of four games.
The Pioneers took the first game 30-26, but then […]



First Amendment allows Limbaugh some limbo

By Amy Berry • Oct 11th, 2007 • Category: Opinions

Rush Limbaugh is under attack for the “phony soldiers” remark he made on his radio program. That statement started controversy over whether he was slamming members of the military who disagree with the Iraq War or not. As a listener to the Limbaugh program, I was shocked to hear the spin on what Limbaugh said. […]