Sarah Hellier

23 Sep 2011

Falcon football looks to move forward under Coach Walker

Starting his first year as the head football coach at UW-River Falls, Matt Walker, has his hands full. Coming all the way from Greencastle, Indiana, Walker has a couple years of diverse coaching under his belt with some specific goals for the team.

28 Apr 2011

Students present research at national undergrad conference

UW-River Falls sent 92 students to present research at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research, or NCUR, in Ithaca College, N.Y., from March 31 to April 2. This was the third largest delegation behind Ithaca College and Cornell University. NCUR […]

18 Nov 2010

Women’s hockey deserves more credit, more fans

A couple weekends ago I went to the first women’s hockey exhibition game at Hunt Arena. The game was a great: it was intense, enthusiastic and most of all, spectacular hockey. The only thing missing were the fans.

28 Oct 2010

College refashions Halloween costumes from spooky to skanky

With Halloween approaching, one of the best ways to embrace your chills is to watch a couple scary movies or hit up a haunted house. However, since I’ve been at college Halloween seems to have become more about the provocative […]

14 Oct 2010

Religious debate emerges in light of recent suicides, persistent homophobia on campuses

In the last month, more than five teenage boys have died from taking their own lives. Why? Because homophobia is and always has been an intentional attitude that harms people in more ways than one. Clearly, in the last month, […]

30 Sep 2010

Internet communicates political opinions harshly

“Tom Emmer is the best candidate in Minnesota.” These were the words that awoke me from my sweet slumber at 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Sleeping with your window open on a college campus has its disadvantages, but I never knew it […]

17 Sep 2010

Students, staff hopeful for a much needed fitness, recreation center

As the academic year has finally started becoming routine, I’ve noticed that our student body has grown increasingly, shall we say, out of shape? Maybe it’s just the summer bump that was added on over a diet of beer on […]