Chris Rohling

17 Feb 2012

Multilingual talk aides experience

I’m writing this on our last day in Paris as a group, and all I can think about is how much I’ll miss this place. And the crepes. Those are good too.

10 Feb 2012

Traveler learning life lessons while seeing landmarks in London

The International Traveling Classroom has wrapped up its second country already. It’s a bit odd. It feels like we’ve been here for at least a month and a half at this point, but we’ve really only been here for two weeks.

03 Feb 2012

Experiences abroad immerse, enlighten traveler

I’ve never stepped foot out of the country in my entire life. Until now. By the time this is published, I’ll have been in the United Kingdom going on two weeks. I’m here as part of the International Traveling Classroom, one of UW-River Falls’s study abroad programs.

16 Dec 2011

Muddled, confusing plot holds back otherwise strong film

Secrets and information are probably more dangerous than any conventional weapon. In the political world, there’s nothing more powerful than having dirt on the right people, and J. Edgar Hoover wrote the book on it, then promptly shredded it.

16 Dec 2011

New email overhaul settled, reactions mixed

Returning students and faculty on the UW-River Falls campus will have noticed a major overhaul of the campus email system by now.

09 Dec 2011

‘The Muppets’ return with a bang

The Muppets are such a curious property. They’re often mistaken for something for the much younger crowd. They’ve appeared in all sorts of styles and genres, including baby form. They’ve already suffered through at least one failed revival and it will be interesting to see if the latest try sticks.

02 Dec 2011

‘The Boys Next Door’ opens Dec. 8

A production of “The Boys Next Door” by Tom Griffin is the current project for the student-run Masquers and will open on Thursday, Dec. 8 in the Blanche Davis Theater.

02 Dec 2011

Los Campesinos! return with matured sound, lyrics

Los Campesinos! return with another album full of dashed hopes and heartbreak set over poppy choruses and filled with enough angst to make a high school theatre kid blush.

18 Nov 2011

Nation challenges students to volunteer

The 2011 campus “Champions of Change” challenge was recently announced in a press release from the White House. The program is being put on with collaboration from mtvU and MTV Act.

11 Nov 2011

Sobering consequences for drinking

Colleges have long been associated with parties, binge drinking and a bevy of other shenanigans. Students are made aware of the rules according to Johnson Hall Resident Assistant Dominic Sandmeier, but many do not know the ins and outs of the process or what happens with the money after a student is charged.