As a UW-Platteville student, I’m sure you know about the Annual Mudfest weekend that ultimately brings together the majority of campus to the pitch for the Rugby tournaments. For many students, Mudfest weekend is having a bonfire, playing bag toss, and throwing some beers back before heading down to the pitch. Richard Heyer, senior Biology [...]

The University of Wisconsin-Platteville’s 47th annual International Night, Oriental Express will feature an oriental marketplace, Asian cuisine, karaoke and entertainment by a Milwaukee band Saturday, April 14th, in Velzy Commons. It is sponsored and organized by the International Student Club and co-sponsored by Confucius Institute with support from Segregated University Fee Allocation Commission. According to Jordan Rijpma, [...]

I am one of those farm kids who has worked hard since . . . forever. My father’s influence over this attribute of mine is rather hefty, and I wouldn’t exchange it for a lifetime of laziness. I would like to believe that I would still be a hard working individual if I hadn’t lived [...]

“I dont get it,” I overheard a peer of mine complain once, “Why must a professor, and not an English professor, feel the need to make multiple-choice answers with the same answer but different punctuation. Not only do I have to know the material, but now I have to know the proper grammar.” Being a [...]

Clint Hunt, father of seven, spoke warmly of the memory. “At one point we had a 4 year old just offstage playing with a latch-hook rug,” Hunt said, chuckling. “He’d know his cue, and he’d come on to sing a song or tell a joke.” This was in the early years—before the national tours, when [...]

Campuses across the nation will soon be participating in a friendly 10-week competition to see which campus can recycle the most. From Feb. 5 to Mar. 31 universities will be competing for the highest recycling rate. “With each week’s reports and rankings, participating [universities] watch how their results fluctuate against other [universities] and use this [...]

The Black Student Union sponsored the second-annual Black History 365 event May 3 to educate students on campus about black history. BSU decided to host the event in May this year to show black history is something that can be celebrated outside of February, Black History Month. “We were able to give opportunities for more [...]