Faculty Senate aims to keep profs from losing pay on technicalities
Doug Margolis has been a professor in the TESOL (teaching English as a second language) program at UW-River Falls since 2012. In 2014, he took six students to South Korea…
‘Green fund’ advocates planning new campaign to raise awareness and fees
The space in 14B North Hall is officially the custodial services office for UW-River Falls, but it makes for a decent meeting room in a pinch. A group of five…
Alternative strategies needed to prevent further accidents on Cascade
A pedestrian was hit by a car on campus last Friday crossing at the corner of 4th and Cascade Ave. The female student was on a bike, and was hit…
‘Made of Honor’ is not made of greatness
"Made of Honor" starts with what is perhaps my favorite reoccurring movie plot, a playboy falls in love with an actually okay human being and gets friend-zoned. Said man then…
Falcons football falls short on homecoming to ninth-ranked UW-Platteville
UW-River Falls football fell short this past weekend, losing 24-14 in a tightly contested matchup on homecoming Saturday against UW-Platteville.
‘Rick and Morty’ goes beyond the brand of entertainment to explore societal issues
Entertainment isn’t always simply about entertaining people.
Water Bar art installation features clean local liquid — for now
Drinking water gets plenty of attention when it’s suddenly not available. Puerto Rico is in the news as it struggles to restore clean drinking water to its residents in the…
Rhett and Link can still bring out the mythical best in us all
During the years of 2008-2010 there was a global recession, Captain Richard Phillips was rescued from Somali pirates by the Navy SEAL team, and the iphone 4 was released by…
Media speaker Farrah Fazal exposes social injustice through storytelling
One in five people living in the largest refugee camp in the world, the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya, have family living in Minnesota. Recently, one of those five refugees,…
Full-time hall directors hope to make residence life easier for students
Freshmen aren’t the only new residents in Crabtree Hall this fall. Liz Brunner, who is in her first year as one of the new full-time hall directors at UWRF, welcomed…