IBR plan helps to reduce loan stress
Jake Fritz graduated with a marketing communications degree from UW-River Falls last spring. He left the University with optimism, new-found knowledge and nearly $20,000 in federal student loan debt.
UWRF works to overcome budget lapse challenges
UW-River Falls Chancellor Dean Van Galen is looking at ways to cut spending after the University was ordered Oct. 14 to return nearly $1.8 million of taxpayer money over the…
UW-River Falls grows rare flower
In September 2010 UW-River Falls received attention for a rare blooming flower. The corpse flower, also known as a Titan Arum or Amorphophallus Titanum, which had been grown from a…
Senate wants student IDs to help voters
The UW-River Falls Student Senate is working to get student ID cards to comply with a new Wisconsin law requiring voters to show a photo ID before casting a ballot,…
Senate redistributes allocable funds
While the Allocable Fee Appropriation Board, or AFAB, prepares to begin hearings on student organization budget requests for next year, Student Senate passed a motion that will give AFAB coffers…
AFAB allows seg fee funding for dues-based student orgs
The Allocable Fees Appropriations Board, or AFAB, voted Oct. 6 to approve a motion that would give dues-charging organizations like fraternities and sororities access to student- provided funds next year,…
Derogatory language being used carelessly
The results of a national poll show a majority of teenagers and young adults think it is OK to use derogatory language, as long as it is kept between friends.…
Vandalism victim searches for answers
Despite a $1000 reward for information, the names of vandals who last spring flipped a car belonging to a UW-River Falls professor remain a mystery.
Student Senate back in gear for fall 2011
The new UW-River Falls Student Senate met for the third time this semester on Sept. 13 in the Willow River Room of the University Center. Among the first order of…
Charity event collects socks for Japan disaster relief
Students taking a nonprofit marketing class hosted the Rock for Socks event May 3 at Junior’s Bar and Grill to raise funds and collect socks for Japan tsunami relief efforts.