Archive for 2012

NCAA exploiting workers: D-III universities should compensate student athletes

By • May 3rd, 2012 • Category: Opinions, Sports

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Religious demonstration inappropriate

By • May 3rd, 2012 • Category: Opinions

Religion is a valuable and necessary part of life for some people. Religion is also the root of many problems throughout the world. Numerous wars have taken place between nations due to referencing God in different terms or leaders purporting to know God’s agenda. Last week, students may have noticed a gentleman, accompa­nied by two [...]



Epic Staff Battles of the Exponent: Registration, waste of time or necessary?

By • May 3rd, 2012 • Category: Opinions

Alyssa Bloechl: Waste of Time This is the first semester I have actu­ally gotten into all of the classes I wanted when I registered. How’s that? Well, I’m going into my seventh semester and have a lot of credits, putting me at the top of the list for registration, and my last name is helpful. [...]



Softball loses doubleheader, qualifies for WIAC Tournament

By • May 3rd, 2012 • Category: Sports

Despite losing both games of its regular season doubleheader finale to University of Wisconsin-River Falls, the softball team will be the fifth seed in the opening round of the WIAC Softball Tournament. Falcons starter Rose Tulsa stole the show in the doubleheader. Tulsa silenced the active bats of the Pioneers and won both games. In [...]



UW-Platteville buiding new scoreboards

By • May 3rd, 2012 • Category: Sports

Athletic Director Mark Molesworth cited a need for a new system and competing with other WIAC universities and schools across the nation as reasons for the overhauls. “It’s attractive to potential student athletes,” Molesworth said. “And if you don’t have the bells and whistles of the other schools, you can’t compete.” In an effort to [...]



Baseball takes 3 of 4 from Titans

By • May 3rd, 2012 • Category: Sports

The bats came alive Senior Weekend as the men’s baseball team scored 37 runs en route to winning three of four contests against visiting University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. The Pioneers won the first three games of the series 11-1, 8-2 and 10-9, with the sole loss coming in the rain-shortened fourth game 10-8. The Titans needed [...]