Robert Silvers

07 Apr 2011

Campus plan maps future

The completed UW-River Falls master plan will showcase many future changes to the campus structure including the creation of a campus gateway to serve as a front door welcoming visitors. The preliminary plan released on March 2 calls for new […]

10 Feb 2011

Falcon men’s hockey surging; is it too little, too late?

For weeks Hunt Arena sat quiet and forgotten with the students off on break and no one to cheer, but on Friday the Hunting Grounds awoke to screams of 785 as the Falcons came from behind to win 4-2. Two […]

09 Dec 2010

Winning teams struggle for fans

A couple of weeks ago, Sarah Hellier wrote about the lack of fans for women’s hockey, and I am about to beat that same path again. It’s not just women’s hockey I’m worried about, but also men’s and women’s basketball. […]

02 Dec 2010

Falcon football ends losing streak against UW-Eau Claire

The Falcon football team broke through for their first and only win of the 2010 season Saturday, Nov. 13 with a 45-42 upset win at UW-Eau Claire. The Falcons used career best performances from three of their seniors to gain […]

10 Nov 2010

Solution to BCS mess available, teams would compete against best

No.3 TCU trumped No.5 Utah 47-7 Saturday, sending a message to college football that they are a legit undefeated team.  No.4 Boise State walked all over unranked Hawaii 42-7. How would the BCS respond? How about with a resounding yawn. […]

04 Nov 2010

Penalty kill, defense hinders men’s hockey

The No. 9 ranked Falcon men’s hockey team went 1-1 against conference UW-Superior this past weekend. On Friday, the Falcons downed the Yellowjackets 5-3 surviving a third period flurry by Superior as the Yellowjackets scored three times in the third. […]

28 Oct 2010

WRFW expands coverage

Besides being a sports columnist for the Student Voice, I am also the assistant sports director at 88.7 FM WRFW where I am privileged to bring Falcon athletics to life for fans through their radios and internet. In the last […]

21 Oct 2010

Open coach position has benefits for Brewster to consider

After yet another loss this season, Tim Brewster was fired from his position of head coach for the University of Minnesota Golden Gopher’s football team. Prior to the Gophers, Brewster had been a tight end coach and assistant head coach, […]

14 Oct 2010

Play selection contributes to another Falcon loss

The Falcons football team dropped yet another game this past weekend against formerly winless UW-La Crosse by a score of 37-20. The Falcons offense moved the ball well early in the game, but after falling behind 21-14, they were unable […]

07 Oct 2010

Yankees’ pitching statistics show no match for the Twins

For what is seemingly the umpteenth time since Ron Gardenhire replaced Tom Kelly as the manager of the Minnesota Twins, they open up the postseason against each other in the American Lesgue Division Series. And surprisingly the Twins are actually […]