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December 21, 2024

Hayden Bosch

01 Mar 2016

UW-River Falls students have access to local services to protect sexual, reproductive health

UW-River Falls has seen a large increase in risky methods of birth control among students, according to a triennial survey most recently conducted in 2015. However, services nearby are available to help those in need of it.

24 Sep 2015

River Falls named among top 50 safest college towns

A home security advice website has ranked River Falls as one of the 50 safest college towns in the U.S. The Sept. 8 article published on SafeWise.com lists River Falls as the country’s 48th safest college town. SafeWise researchers used 2013 FBI statistics to discover the amounts of crimes committed in towns containing at least one college. Those numbers were factored in with the town’s population to get a comparable ratio between towns. SafeWise also considered the existence of programs concerned with wellbeing.

08 May 2015

Collision on Cascade sends two to hospital

Students flocked to the intersection of Cascade Avenue and South 4th Street around 1:20 p.m. on Thursday, May 7, after a driver struck two pedestrians as they tried to cross the street.

04 May 2015

UW-River Falls student found dead

UW-River Falls junior Robert "Bobby" Sontag went missing at 2 a.m. on Friday, May 1, and in a mass email from Chancellor Dean Van Galen on Monday, May 4, at approximately 5 p.m., it was announced that Sontag was found dead.

29 Apr 2015

Costumes, weapons part of role-playing group's activities

Every Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. a group of students gather in front of the University Center, some dressed in medieval garb with fake weapons as though ready for battle.

11 Mar 2015

Student organizations face large funding deficit

Student organizations on the UW-River Falls campus will find each other with roughly one-fifth the amount of requested budget funds next year due to a lack of allocated money, according to student budgeting officials.

11 Mar 2015

Renowned journalist, writer speaks on race and media

UW-River Falls students were treated to a renowned special guest who came to South Hall on March 5 to discuss the role of Native Americans in news media.

11 Feb 2015

Student Senate to vote on proposed segregated fee

All students attending UW-River Falls may find their enrollment costs slightly increasing next year, according to a proposal put forth during Student Senate on Tuesday, Feb. 10.

Hayden Bosch