I think this campus is too reliant on curved grades, including both students and professors. I believe every professor’s goal should be to grade their students without a curve, instead of readily or intentionally curving their students’ grades each semester. At the college I transferred from, there was only one class that I took where […]

As I sit in the dorm listening to Don Henley’s “New York Minute,” I cannot help but think about the things many of us take for granted on a daily basis, such as friendship or the love of a family. For those of us who are no longer living at home, we easily get caught […]

On Feb. 1 the Wisconsin Newspaper Association presented awards to collegiate journalists at the annual conference in Lake Delton at the Kalahari Resort.
Although unable to attend, former Exponent staff members Corey Nechkash and Craig Wild were awarded honorable mention recognition in graphics and photography, respectively.
Besides distributing awards, the conference provided students the ability to have […]

The semester is well underway here in London at St. Mary’s University College. Each of us study abroad students are allowed to take 12 credits, which means four classes this semester. Some of us have been fortunate to get our classes to count for specific courses back home and some are just taking classes for […]

The International Exchange Program has existed at UW-Platteville since 2001. Sue Price, a professor in the School of Agriculture, has been a part of the program since its conception, and was recently the coordinator of the Dronten Exchange Program.
“The number of students from UW-P that go to Dronten is the same number of students that […]

The Collegiate FFA celebrated agriculture on UW-Platteville’s campus with National FFA week Feb. 17 to 22.
FFA week is celebrated nationally the third week of February to commemorate the presidents who have had a huge impact on agriculture. FFA week has become a tradition among chapters to thank local business and people who are involved […]

On Feb. 23, comedian Pete Holmes performed for a crowd that only grew with his performance at the Pioneer Crossing.
“Holmes was brought to campus to prove to the students that there is something to do on weekends and to serve as an alternative to going to the bars,” Val Wetzel, assistant director for the […]

I’m not afraid to admit that I’m a People magazine subscriber. I like reading about famous stars because they have more of a ’social life’ than I do and I have to laugh sometimes when a star gets a DUI or checks into a mental ward for ’sleeping problems’ (i.e., Justin Chambers of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’). […]

When a gun falls into the wrong hands, terrible things can happen. Northern Illinois University knows this all too well, as they suffered tragedy in their college campus shooting. Five students were killed, and several more were injured.
The causes behind such events are not easily detected. Various things take place for this kind of thing […]