Beth Dickman

05 Oct 2006

Monday nights offer more than just a football game

When the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Green Bay Packers 31 to nine in the Monday Night Football match-up last week, about 60 UW-River Falls students gathered at Brandy’s to watch the hometown favorite get defeated.

28 Sep 2006

Student helps in relief effort after tornado

On Monday, Sept. 18, UW-River Falls social work student Krista Erickson took part in the Red Cross effort to assist families in Rogers, Minn., after an F2 tornado devastated the town two days earlier. The tornado struck the town late […]

21 Sep 2006

No rules to excuse tardiness

The "15-minute rule" has been a long-running urban legend in college classrooms, but its validity has widely been unknown. The aptly-named rule refers to the amount of time students are required to wait in the classroom for a tardy professor before being allowed to leave without fear of penalization.