After class, many of us American students head to Bill’s, an off-license general store just down the road from the university. Bill is everyone’s friend and the go-to guy for the best information on the area and London.
Mohinder ‘Billha’ Chandhok, or Bill, opened Bill’s 27 years ago and has been helping the American students […]

The front door handles of Ullsvik Hall were covered with rainbow ribbon. I walked in and saw the same type of ribbon cover the railings of the stairs and the railing of the balcony. I decided to wait outside the Robert I. Velzy Commons before I went in.

Photograph by Emily Yttri
Chanel Cavalier performs at the […]

There are many things students may think about during their college years. Perhaps it’s finals week, or that big football game. Maybe it’s getting an internship, or getting a date with a certain someone. Sophomore animal science major, Brooke Schmitz, has a whole different preoccupation. She gets up at 5:45 a.m. to milk a cow […]

Where did you go for Spring Break? Cancun? Palm or Daytona Beach? Or did you just bum around at home? If you were on a study abroad experience in London, England, your opportunities were nearly endless. The study abroad students from UW-Platteville encompassed much of western Europe.
For two weeks we, American students, trudged across Europe […]

The Division of Student Affairs at UW-Platteville wants students to go outside and play with the development of an outdoor recreational program. The purpose of the program is to get students outside and connect with nature. Mark Sethne, a former UW-P lecturer in the geography department who has been trained by the Department of Natural […]

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 […]

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 […]

Students who have problems managing their eating habits have three places to turn on campus. Student Health Services, Counseling Services and Dining Services each provide students with a different angle of care and together they hope they can shape up students’ health.
Vickie Dreessens, the administrative director of Student Health Services, said that students who are […]

On April 5 UW-Platteville hosted the comedian Retta at the Pioneer Crossing.
Retta has been on “Comedy Central Presents” and “Premium Blend.” She has also been in the movies “First Sunday,” “Dickie Roberts Former Child Star,” “Slackers,” “Sex and Death 101,” and “Fracture.”
Jon Hoffman, a junior engineering physics major, said before the show that he […]

The College of Engineering, Mathematics and Science held its 37th Annual EMS Expo April 3.
The Expo showcased engineering-type designs from students, Philip Sealy, EMS Expo co-chair, said. It was a chance for students to show the rest of campus what they do in their prospective courses.
“This is such an important event and many people don’t […]