Costume ideas help procrastinators save time, money
Halloween is coming up, and that means it’s time for some exhaustive soul searching to find what part of your inner self you want to finally reveal to the world…
Vote for increase in school funding
After 15 minutes of working on a difficult math problem, a student raises his hand in an attempt to flag down his teacher for help. Ten minutes later his hand…
Campus digs deep for spirit
Since the year began, it has been difficult for me to find any school spirit whatsoever. It really seemed that support for athletics or any organization for that matter did…
Music channels swap bad videos for worse reality shows
Waking up in the wee hours of Monday morning to prepare for an exam that I was sure would be the demise of me, I found something on TV completely…
Socialists do not deserve funding
I am glad that “Socialist Alternative absolutely rejects the totalitarian systems of Russia and eastern Europe, which have nothing to do with real socialism,” as Nick Shillingford stated in his…
Support cheering strike, students
I’ve always thought it would take one hell of an article in the Student Voice to make me leave my coffee and bagel on Friday morning to write the editor.…
Political ads go negative this year
There was a time not long ago when political advertisements in the news media supported candidates based on the positive aspects of their political agendas, but it seems those ads…
Profs need to answer emails
For almost every class I have taken at UW-River Falls and two other institutions, professors have dedicated the first day of class to handing out the syllabi and meticulously reading…
Fall break needed for sanity of students, profs
With a lack of time off in fall semester, students can get overwhelmed with the steady buildup of classes, tests and homework. A simple answer to relieving the stresses of…
Texting replaces doodling in class
Although UW-River Falls professors try to thwart the disruption of class by encouraging students to turn their phones off or on silent mode, text messaging is quickly becoming a menace…