UWRF Student Senate election results announced
The UWRF Student Senate election results for the 2009-10 school year were announced Friday. The number of students who voted was 401, up from 345 in 2008. The results are…
Sexual orientation not a choice
Shawna Carpentier’s column (4/17/09) claiming that marriage should be restricted to heterosexuals rests on factual inaccuracies and fallacies about the history of the United States, the origins of marriage and…
Christian policies deny freedom
The United States was not founded by what we know as “modern” Christians. Most of the founding fathers were Deists, those that believe that God exists, but that he created…
Founding Fathers meant equality
Marriage, traditionally, is arranged, and certainly not based on love or mutual respect. Marriage also tends toward polygamy, traditionally. Your argument for “Traditional marriage” is ludicrous on its face, and…
Laws not founded upon Christianity
Student Voice columnist Shawna Carpentier betrayed woeful misunderstanding of American political history in her column last week, particularly unfortunate for a public liberal arts college like UW-River Falls.
Gay marriage ban unconstitutional
Just because the United States may be by majority a “Christian” nation, the government does not have the right to force Christian ideals or systems of belief on its people.…
Bestiality not akin to homosexuality
Carpentier’s comments (4/17/09) about the LGBT community are disturbing. As a homosexual man, I can readily say that being gay is not a choice. To say that gay marriage will…
Fantasy sports bring joy, heartbreak to owners
So there is a few of us on the Student Voice staff along with a certain individual from WRFW, that are in a fantasy baseball league this season. It is…
Twins manager benefits from team’s past success
Ron Gardenhire is the most overrated manager in Major League Baseball. His track record is strong; his lifetime managerial record through 2008, all with the Minnesota Twins, is 622-512 with…
Offense saves Falcon softball team
In what has been a season of ups and downs, it continued that way for the UW-River Falls softball team when it lost two games to UW-La Crosse 8-3 and…