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October 31, 2008

Food science cut back in Madison

Back in 1985, Menomonie legislator Dick Shoemaker single-handedly bumped the UW-River Falls physical education building off the state building commission’s list of approved projects and replaced it with a UW-Stout project.

October 18, 2007

Manure spreading enforces stereotype

At the 13:02 mark prior to kickoff at Saturday’s Homecoming game, a Falcon farm tractor and manure spreader roared from out of the east like Grendel’s mother and proceeded to eject its contents in the area immediately adjacent to the stands of the visiting Eau Claire Blugolds’ fans and team. Never has the phrase “home […]