Mother nature may have been trying to hold back UW-Platteville’s men’s and women’s track and field teams on April 13, but the Pioneers did not let a little wind stop them from a top-notch performance in less than favorable conditions.

Photograph by Kate Olsen

Hosting a slew of tough competition in the form of some of […]

Drinking in college, whether it be legal or otherwise, is so prevalent in our society that it could be almost considered the biggest college pastime. While university programs, administrations and law enforcement officials do their best to curb this fact, it remains simply that, a fact. Students are going to drink, and probably a lot, […]

Many students pass by the Pioneer Tower, or venture into Grant County’s tallest building without ever knowing what goes on on the eighth floor. Some students take distance education classes or do video projects on the computers in the Hempel Collaboratory. Many more have class in the several technology classrooms on campus, but who maintains […]

Candidates for the 2008 student governance elections are facing misleading publicity a day before the election from posters on campus that were created by two members of Student Senate.
The posters featured images of Senate presidential candidates Chris Smith and Eric Hopfensperger and said that they were not adequately committed to fulfilling their presidential terms if […]

In March Tibetans hosted a weeklong protest what they see as a Chinese occupation of their country. In response, China violently acted against the protesters, burning buildings and even killing protesters. In my opinion these actions by the Chinese government were deplorable.
A month later the Olympic torch has arrived in the United States and protesters […]

A recent incident in Florida has created a great deal of controversy in both our country and others. Several Florida teens are being tried for the kidnapping and assault that placed 16-year-old Victoria Lindsay in the hospital with bruises, a concussion and damage to her left eye and ear, according to a huffingtonpost.com article. If […]

It is that time again, the time that students want to go outside and do something fun. One thing that many students here participate in is disc golf.

Graphic by Becky Ninneman and Randy Batz

Disc golf, sometimes called Frisbee golf, or frolf, is a disc game in which individual players throw a flying disc into a […]

The UW-Platteville Paintball Club is ranked sixth in the nation and will be heading to nationals April 18 to 20 in Lake Wales, Fla. The club placed first at the Midwest North Event #3 – Stinger last November.

Submitted Photograph

“We have about a 60-ish percent chance to win it all at nationals or at least make […]

Last week’s column about biofuels is misinformed. It cites the recent New York Times article stating that biofuels are “creating devastating effects on forests and food prices.” Platteville is in the heart of farm country and we should know by now the real facts about biofuels, not what someone else thinks from the urban world. […]