Archive for November 29th, 2007

Career center to offer job search advice

By Scott Skelly • Nov 29th, 2007 • Category: News

The Career Center will host Job Search Boot Camp from 4 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 29, in the University South Room to help give students the skills they need to conduct a successful job search.
Career consultant Jennifer Little of the Career Center will present the program. This will be the first time she […]



Friends of Our Gallery group supports Platteville artists

By Dan Klein • Nov 29th, 2007 • Category: Features

The Friends of Our Gallery organization is a group of volunteers who support the local Rountree Gallery and currently showcases their annual FOG exhibition.
For the most part, FOG members are creative people who do every aspect of art. UW-Platteville’s Clay Club has also joined FOG.
“We exist as supporters of the mission of Rountree Gallery,” Cindy […]



Hockey puts coach on ice

By Jenna Dobson • Nov 29th, 2007 • Category: Sports

The UW-Platteville Hockey Club recently had to deal with some changes to their program. John Clark resigned as head coach for the club at the end of October.
The resignation came as no surprise as there was an undisclosed conflict between Clark and the club.
“He resigned because the team wanted to go in a different direction […]



Trivia contest bowls over campus

By Nicole Kahl • Nov 29th, 2007 • Category: News

Campus Programming and Relations will be hosting the College Bowl Tournament in the Pioneer Student Center, starting at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 30.
“The College Bowl is a question and answer game in which two teams of up to four players at a time complete to quickly recall general knowledge facts,” Tom Michael, CB program […]



Smokers take hit because of budget

By Holly Ann Garey • Nov 29th, 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 […]



UW-P catches on to dodgeball club

By Anne Killian • Nov 29th, 2007 • Category: Sports

The UW-Platteville dodgeball Club has over 50 members who are dipping, ducking, diving and dodging their way into area tournaments.
The club, which was formed last year, was started by a group of friends who loved to play dodgeball.
“Last fall, we had some guys from Morrow Hall 4 East wing go to Wal-Mart and purchase a […]



No. 1 in nation tops Pioneer men’s basketball team

By Kolina Stieber • Nov 29th, 2007 • Category: Sports

The UW-Platteville men’s basketball team gave top-ranked Washington University everything they could handle on Nov. 25 at the Webster/Wash. U. Invitational in St. Louis.
However, the Pioneers’ efforts fell short as the Bears prevailed 87-76, handing UW-P its first loss of the season.
The reigning Pioneer Ford-Mercury/Tricor Insurance Tip-Off Classic champions took their 2-0 record on the […]