Swim team grows together over season despite challenges
The UW-River Falls swim and dive team overcame several challenges this season, but prevailed by making many improvements. After a season filled with changes and turmoil, the team finished off…
Winter Olympics provide chance to take pride in nation, athletes
The 21st Winter Olympics has begun in Vancouver, Canada. Although the Olympics started off tragically with the death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, the Olympics will continue to bring about…
‘Fake News’ yields more influence than actual news
We don’t read newspapers, we don’t watch the news, and the radio isn’t our fount of current events. So where does our generation get its news? Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart.…
Modern television programs offer little substance, content
I come back to my room after an intense 4-5 hours of lecture, and all I want to do is take an hour and watch something good on television. It’s…
Student shares concern over professor accountability
We’ve all had that professor. Whether s/he is, said respectfully, blatantly arrogant, intolerably inadequate for educational instruction, or profoundly apathetic towards his/her personal career choice, we the students make our…
Higher education exists outside classrooms, too
Take a moment and reflect on why you are in college. Some people attend UW-River Falls because their parents mandated they pursue higher ed; others are more than happy to…
Seasonal Affective Disorder can impact students at UWRF
Do you feel like you want to hibernate? Are you more irritable than usual? Do you feel down more than you do at other times of the year? It could…
University initiates improved ‘user friendly’ Web site design
The appearance of UW-River Falls has begun to change and will continue to do so over the next few weeks—to online visitors, that is. Over the past year, Residence Life…
Residence Life to alter, modify on-campus experience for students
The incoming freshman class and returning residence hall inhabitants will be greeted this coming fall with changes and additions within the halls. A major change regarding the residence halls is…
UWRF facilities to undergo renovations, location changes
Several UW-River Falls facilities on campus will be changing location in the near future due to renovations and mergers. The UWRF Sports Information office will be relocated, and the UWRF…