Archive for November 1st, 2007

Smokers take hit because of budget

By Holly Ann Garey • Nov 1st, 2007 • Category: Features

A workshop offered on campus could save a pack-a-day smoker close to $3,000 a year.
“It’s expensive,” Frank Moullet, student senate president and smoker, said. “The money part of it is a huge deal.”
The Become Smoke Free workshop offered by Student Health Services runs every semester for students who want to quit smoking.
The workshop is set […]



UW-P bowling rolls

By Josh Schneider • Nov 1st, 2007 • Category: Sports

UW-P bowling rolls
Amy Bell Kwallek
Exponent
The UW-Platteville Bowling Club provides an opportunity for students to bowl competitively while at UW-P. The club meets on Sunday nights, and if you pay the $10 club membership fee, members can bowl for under half of the regular cost to bowl at Pioneer Lanes.
” Being part of the bowling club […]



Pioneer football team falls to Falcons in heartbreaking overtime loss

By Jennifer Lingard • Nov 1st, 2007 • Category: Sports

In a season marred by unexpected losses, the UW-Platteville football team suffered another disappointing defeat on Oct. 27 at UW-River Falls. The Pioneers lost to the Falcons 42-36 in overtime.
“We knew it was going to be a fight until the end,” Matt Janus, junior outside linebacker, said. “River Falls is a tough, tough team to […]



Birth control no substitute for good parenting

By Amy Bell Kwallek • Nov 1st, 2007 • Category: Opinions

The teaching of safe sex and the encouragement of abstinence is in almost every curriculum for nearly every middle and high school in the country. However, in Portland, Maine, King Middle School will now be offering birth control to girls as young as 11 years old.
Are these people serious? Birth control for 11-year-olds? They say […]