It was another long drive to the hospital along Highway 35 between La Crosse and Prairie du Chien. The view along the river road this time of year takes my breath away. Gold, burgundy, brilliant oranges, vibrant yellows and even the crisp browns scream life and vitality. Green leaves are beautiful for sure, but they […]

The student smoking review committee has spent the past few weeks going around campus to gather research prior to an open student forum Dec. 4. The forum is open to all UW-Platteville students and the committee will use the opinions heard there and the results of a random survey to make their proposal on the […]

In a poll conducted on the New York University campus in late October, more than 3,000 students were asked for what price they would sell their right to vote in the next presidential election.
According to politico.com, the poll was conducted by an NYU journalism class, and it found that 66 percent of those surveyed […]

The Hmong Club brought another Diversity Week at UW-Platteville to a close with their Hmong Thanksgiving.
Tickets for the event were free because of funding from the Segregated University Fee Allocation Commission.
“When you have a program like this, you expect to learn all sorts of different things,” Kong Thao, Hmong Club president, said. “We really […]

Fewer than ten people showed up for a CPR-sponsored event meant to spawn friendships instead of relationships.
The first Quick Friends event was Oct. 24. QF is different from Speed Dating because it allows people to become friends instead of develop a romantic relationship.
At the start of the event, CPR Pioneer Adventures manager Toia Mannery estimated […]

Welcome to college
Amy Bell Kwallek
College isn’t about proving yourself to those you meet, you befriend or who judge you incorrectly. It’s not up to you to prove them right or wrong. College isn’t about proving anything to anyone except yourself.
College isn’t about searching for love or begging for it around every corner. It’s not […]

Holiday season hardly a break for those in retail
Amy Kwallek
In wake of the recent holiday and the largest shopping day of the year, I question where our holiday meaning truly is. We buy gifts, spend time with family and get a few days off of work. So many things go into having a successful […]

The UW-Platteville womens basketball team traveled to Milwaukee on Nov. 24-25 to compete in the Cardinal-Stritch Tournament.
Coming off of a 76-67 loss to Coe College on Nov. 20, the Pioneers had a pair of games on the hardwood against the Davenport University Panthers and the Temple Baptist College Rams.
The match-up against the undefeated […]

UW-Platteville’s Student Wisconsin Education Association delivered educational pamphlets to two area hospitals on Nov. 16 with help from a literary grant from the National Education Association.
“We received a National Classroom grant that will help fund most of our projects this year,” Community Outreach Coordinator of Student WEA Ashley Ace said. As part of the grant […]

UW-P students try to make O-Zone an organization
Scott Skelly
Exponent
This year, a group of students including fans, band members and cheerleaders are working to take the next step to make the O-Zone more visible on campus.
A group of students are writing a club constitution in hopes of improving the O-Zone and eventually being approved as […]