With warmer temperatures finally here, some UW-Platteville students are putting away their cars and trucks, grabbing a helmet and taking on the streets of Platteville on their motorcycles, sports bikes and mo-peds.

Photograph by Brady Terry
Industrial Technology Management major Matt Yorde rides home on his mo-ped from the Pioneer Activity Center on May 6.

Students have a […]

Despite the discussed changes in the Textbook Center’s textbook returning procedure, there will be no changes this semester.
“I was impressed and rocked by the strong negative reaction to the idea over discussion in the Student Senate meeting [April 28],” Richard Egley, dean of students, said.
Of the four schools in the UW System that have textbook […]

The UW-Platteville Lacrosse Club ended its season on April 26 and 27 at the Great Lakes Lacrosse League Tournament in Madison.
Joe Nelson, team president, said the team’s regular season consisted of eight games that are played during the spring.
The club lost to UW-La Crosse and beat UW-River Falls to take the top spot in the […]

Finals week begins Monday, May 12, and students are starting their last minute cramming for all of their tests.
Although it is a hard time of the semester, the students I spoke with felt that their finals would come out successful.
“Finals shouldn’t be too bad,” John Hagert, a sophomore reclamation major, said. “Only one out of […]

Think of moving to the other side of the world, and living there for over a year. Think of what you would say to your family. How they would have to adjust to you being gone, and how you would have to adjust to life without seeing them? This is the life of two professors […]

Several incidents have taken place on our campus lately that involve the inappropriate use of language, namely the use of homophobic slurs. The most recent incident took place last Saturday night, in which a male resident from Brockert Hall was assaulted by several other males after being called a homophobic slur. Other incidents have included […]

Species are being threatened all across the world. Arctic species, such as the polar bear, are constantly being threatened by the warmer temperatures associated with global warming, but why is it that honey bees disappearing rapidly doesn’t have much emotional impact on people?
Honeybees are vanishing at an alarming rate, and they have not been disappearing […]

While UW-La Crosse’s track and field program has honed quite the impressive résumé when it comes to the WIAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, UW-Platteville has built a strong reputation of its own in both the 1,500-meter runs and the women’s 4×800-meter relay.
Consistently continuing to dominate over it’s competition season in and season out, UW-L […]

The assault of a UW-Platteville student on campus May 3 has been initially classified as a hate crime.
During the incident, homophobic slurs were used against the student, who is gay.
“Any time where we have a situation where it could possibly be a hate crime, we list it as such,” Laurel Skrede, chief of the UW-P […]

I am looking for citizens from our region willing to help determine public policies for Wisconsin. New study committees formed by the state legislature will include legislators and citizen members with relevant experience or expertise. These committees offer people an opportunity to make a difference on important issues facing us today.
Citizen help in writing state […]