Pioneers are exploring the campus to complete the First Year Experience scavenger hunt list. The scavenger hunt was created as a part of Welcome Week and extends until 4:15 p.m. Friday. “We wanted to get students to go to the different offices in a fun, non-threatening way,” First Year Experience staff Tracy Ball said. There [...]
Platteville’s Downtown Parking Alliance expressed their frustrations with community officials during a meeting Tuesday evening. “I feel like I am hitting a brick wall,” said Lori Erschen-Bahr, co-owner of Erschen’s Florist. “I don’t understand why the brick wall is there. I have been coming to (City Council) meetings since March. I stopped counting how many [...]
It was the third time in four months that Faculty Senate spoke about faculty salaries when Ray Spoto presented his findings April 17. This time, however, the talk centered on how the University of Wisconsin-Platteville paid professors in comparison to other universities around the country. The statistics were less than stellar. The information brought forward [...]
During his time speaking at the United Greek Council meeting April 26, Chancellor Dennis Shields said that drinking has become a problem all over the nation, even at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Shields chose to speak at the meeting regarding Greek image after multiple incidents that took place at and outside of the Delta Sigma [...]
A campaign named Keep ‘Em in School calls support for the 16 University of Wisconsin-Platteville students arrested May 2 for drug-related activities in Platteville. The campaign asked individuals to send Chancellor Dennis Shields a “short and polite” e-mail asking the students not be expelled. After 10 months of investigations, the Richland-Iowa-Grant Drug Task Force served [...]
May 1 Patrick Curry, 22, Wautoma, was issued a citation for loud and unnecessary noise after a complainant reported his car alarm was repeatedly going off. May 2 Timothy King, 21, Platteville, Alexander Streber, 19, Platteville, and Kyle Russell, 18, Cottage Grove, were all cited after a complaint had been reported to the police [...]
Four University of Wisconsin-Platteville students were arrested April 13 after a police drug raid uncovered a marijuana growing operation. Members of the Platteville Police Department and Grant County Sheriff’s Department served the search warrant at approximately 9:30 a.m. at 550 W. Cedar St. The search uncovered marijuana plants along with drug paraphernalia and an undisclosed [...]
Students in Software Project 2 have been working on two phone and online applications for students, which will be available for use within the next month. The applications, which took over 700 hundred hours to produce, are the end result of a challenge presented to various software engineering majors by Assistant Chancellor for Administrative Services [...]
Starting next year, parking in front of residence halls, including Rountree Commons, will be prohibited without a parking permit. The City of Platteville, not the University, owns the streets weaving between the residence halls. The City of Platteville and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville are working together to issue these permits for next year. Their goals [...]
Two presidential cabinet members spoke on the importance of agricultural education for America’s economy at Platteville Farm April 18. “We cannot have a strong country if our rural communities and our rural economy is not strong, and the only way we get there together is through high-quality education,” U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan said. [...]
The Segregated Fee Allocation Commission acted on an audit of the Black Student Union March 8 and found that the organization had overspent their 2010-2011 allocations by $2,116.55. The resulting action was the suspension of the BSU’s funding for the 2012-2013 fiscal year, estimated at $17,000 and a fine of $529.13, 25 percent of the [...]
Director for Financial Services Cathy Riedl-Farrey presented the spring 2012 budget update to Faculty Senate April 10 that reported the 1,169 TSI students had provided University of Wisconsin-Platteville with roughly $12.3 million for the semester of spring 2012. TSI brings in money when there is a $1.3 million lapse and $3.5 million budget cut. Because [...]
Legislative Affairs Director Willie Kuehni and BILSA Senator Jordan Miller were elected president and vice president of Student Senate by 1.8 percent of the student body April 11. A total of 2.4 percent of the student body voted for the presidential and vice presidential races, a 4.5 percent decrease compared to the 2011-12 election. Kuehni [...]
Each vote was worth nearly $5,344 in the 2012-13 Segregated University Fee Allocation Commission election. This year alone, $700,000 were allocated to more than 100 student organizations, BILSA Commissioner Nick Kirby said. Approximately 1.8 percent of the student population voted for SUFAC commissioners. Each college is represented by two commissioners. Four members of Sigma Phi [...]
Sigma Phi Epsilon raised more than $1,760 at a service auction Saturday. Twenty-two SPE members auctioned off four hours of their time to work for bidders. Proceeds of the auction benefit the Farmer’s Market Senior Nutrition Fund and the SPE Balanced Men Scholarship Fund. Each year, SPE sends scholarship applications to all incoming freshmen males. [...]
Recently a good friend of mine enlisted into the United States Navy. He went to college for a few years and determined that he would be better off serving our country and applying his skills in that way. He will be focusing in a nuclear engineering position on submarines once he finishes his basic training. [...]
A Google news search for “sexual assault” or “rape” returns pages of reports about incidents that include children, priests, celebrities, people in foreign countries and unknown assailants. This focus in media coverage suggests these categories of individuals are the primary victims and perpetrators of these crimes. The reality of sexual assault, however, is a much [...]
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 [...]
In the past month, the University of Wisconsin-Platteville welcomed two new deans to the colleges of Business Industry Life Science and Agriculture and Liberal Arts and Education. Wayne Weber, former biology professor and chair of the department of biology, was hired as the new dean for BILSA March 6. Weber first came to Platteville in [...]
Freshman will be allowed to have vehicles on campus in the fall. The rumor that has been milling around campus was just that, a rumor. However, that is not to say that it will be encouraged that new students bring cars to campus. Kim Finkenbinder, Admission Advisor in Prospective Student Services, did not know the [...]
As an increasingly indispensable artifact of modern society, cell phone use has become divisive. Parents battle them for their kids’ attention, employers for their workers’ productivity, and professors for their students’ focus. The pervasiveness of cell phones in our culture is unquestionable. Dependence has increased as their functionality shifted. In the February 23 issue [...]
Eight students have been hired to patrol and enforce parking lots on campus. The students are paid minimum wage through the self-sustaining parking program and their wages are offset by the money generated from citations, Campus Police Chief Scott Marquardt said. The parking enforcers began training Monday with campus police officers. Eventually the students will [...]
The task is a daunting one. Yet Administrative Chancellor for Administrative Services Rob Cramer seems undeterred. The current budget lapse approved in July 2011 requires the state to find $174 million in cuts over the next two years. The UW System’s share of that lapse is $65 million. This means that cutting the University of [...]
Student Senate unanimously voted Monday to endorse Assembly Bill 515, a bill amending a Wisconsin law concerning skateboards. The month-old bill is looking to take skateboards off the list of “play vehicles,” which would allow riders to travel in the streets like fellow in-line skaters. Senior senator Johnathan Predaina wrote and presented the resolution to [...]
The Comprehensive Campus Master Plan was finalized December by the University of Wisconsin-Platteville Master Planning Committee, University of Wisconsin System Capital Budget and Planning Office, and the Wisconsin Division of State Facilities. The master plan is many things. It includes the overall response to campus goals and identifies campus needs while addressing existing campus conditions [...]
Before any discussions at the meeting began, Faculty Senate Chair David Rowley reminded the senate members on proper procedure and debate etiquette. The last meeting saw a divided senate erupt in heated debate over hybrid classes where little was accomplished and Rowley feared more of the same for the Feb. 28 meeting. “The faculty is [...]
A great white egret flew overhead as Anthony Thomas’ wife drove her car last week. Little did she know white birds would be the album art for Delusion Roulette, an album dedicated to Thomas. “Since Tony died I had the urge to see a white bird,” Beth Shoup-Thomas said. “It was so amazing that white [...]
If football is a game of inches, track and field is a sport of millimeters. Watching these athletes perform is like mixing a ballet and a rocket science convention. Each movement, each stride, each foot placement is calculated and precise. Their grace and hard work is evident as they blow by the stands; one can [...]
Feb. 5 Tamara Mumm, 19, Cassville, was cited for failing to stop at a stop sign, which resulted in a two-vehicle traffic accident. No injuries were reported. Paige Madsen, 20, Twin Lakes, received two citations for underage consumption and obstructing an officer after giving the police false information about herself. Brandon Flannery, 25, Blanchardville, was [...]
Platteville Police found two explosive devices at 12:47 a.m. in downtown Platteville Sunday. The explosives were detained by the Dane County Sheriff’s Department, and no one was injured. The vehicle containing the explosive devices was stopped for excessive acceleration. During contact, vehicle owner Joseph Baliff, 23, of Lancaster, who was a passenger at the time, [...]
Eight Mac computers with graphic design software were stolen from the Art Building Feb. 11. Campus police have been working diligently to acquire as much information as they can as to who is responsible for the theft. An instrument from the Doudna Hall music room was also reported missing. It is unclear whether the thefts [...]
The four young men stood shoulder to shoulder at center court, absorbing the moment. For two, tears clouded the scene, which featured a showering of praise from spectators and teammates. The night was dedicated to Alex Bondar, B.J. Litz, Brett Stangel and Matt Weik, the four seniors on the 2011-12 men’s basketball team. In possibly [...]
Jennifer Jackson of Cassville stood in front of 127 audience members, three Wisconsin senators and four cameras to share her son’s story Saturday in University North. After three months of living in a “cancer pocket” of South Carolina, Jackson’s son was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia. “We couldn’t wait to get back to our state [...]
Feb. 5 Tamara Mumm, 19, Cassville, was cited for failing to stop at a stop sign, which resulted in a two-vehicle traffic accident. No injuries were reported. Paige Madsen, 20, Twin Lakes, received two citations for underage consumption and obstructing an officer after giving the police false information about herself. Brandon Flannery, 25, Blanchardville, was [...]
Student Body President Chaz Nichols apologized Monday at Student Senate in response to allegations circulated on petitions for his impeachment. “I would like to apologize if I hurt the integrity of senate—it wasn’t my intention,” Nichols said. “I realize I do have to be mindful and I am taking steps to separate my personal and [...]
When mathematics professor Anthony Thomas passed Nov. 9, Special Assistant to the Provost Arthur Ranney took initiative to organize a tribute concert for his former band-mate, friend and colleague while helping University of Wisconsin-Platteville students financially. “When you lose someone, you’re helpless and you have an urge to do something,” Ranney said. “I thought maybe [...]
The winter break trip is a common practice in the sport of college basketball. The daily grind of seeing the home gym and surroundings during the cold winter months encourages many coaches to take their teams on journeys to get away from the mundane and play new competition. This season, the Pioneers women’s basketball team [...]
University of Wisconsin Platteville students will need proper identification to vote April 3 in the local elections and presidential primaries, under the recently enacted Voter ID law; Wisconsin Act 23. Acceptable documents for identification cards are Wisconsin state drivers licenses, Wisconsin state identification cards, US passports and UW-Platteville issued voter identification cards. The Pioneer Passport [...]
Jan. 23 Samuel Arndt, 19, Beaver Dam, was given a verbal warning for failing to stop at a stop sign. He also received a citation for driving a vehicle without proof of insurance. Jan. 25 Cole Cushman, 29, Platteville, was placed under arrest for possession of THC and drug paraphernalia after a complainant reported several [...]
In November of 2009, Linda James, chair of the UW-Platteville art department, was running a show of student pieces in the Nohr Gallery in Ullsvik Hall.
