Student Voice Staff Wins Nine WNA Awards
The Student Voice newspaper staff won a total of nine awards from the 2025 Wisconsin Newspaper Association Foundation Collegiate Better Newspaper Contest. The winners were…
Campus digs deep for spirit
Since the year began, it has been difficult for me to find any school spirit whatsoever. It really seemed that support for athletics or any organization for that matter did…
Music channels swap bad videos for worse reality shows
Waking up in the wee hours of Monday morning to prepare for an exam that I was sure would be the demise of me, I found something on TV completely…
Socialists do not deserve funding
I am glad that “Socialist Alternative absolutely rejects the totalitarian systems of Russia and eastern Europe, which have nothing to do with real socialism,” as Nick Shillingford stated in his…
Support cheering strike, students
I’ve always thought it would take one hell of an article in the Student Voice to make me leave my coffee and bagel on Friday morning to write the editor.…
Political ads go negative this year
There was a time not long ago when political advertisements in the news media supported candidates based on the positive aspects of their political agendas, but it seems those ads…
Profs need to answer emails
For almost every class I have taken at UW-River Falls and two other institutions, professors have dedicated the first day of class to handing out the syllabi and meticulously reading…
Fall break needed for sanity of students, profs
With a lack of time off in fall semester, students can get overwhelmed with the steady buildup of classes, tests and homework. A simple answer to relieving the stresses of…
Texting replaces doodling in class
Although UW-River Falls professors try to thwart the disruption of class by encouraging students to turn their phones off or on silent mode, text messaging is quickly becoming a menace…
Rush River beer to flow in RF
This spring River Falls becomes the new home to a growing business owned by two young entrepreneurs, and their business is beer. Dan Chang, 34, and Nick Anderson, 33, started…
Attendance policies remain varied
Class attendance policies have always been a topic of debate, generating contrasting opinions amongst students, staff and faculty. Some say faculty should omit attendance policies for classes, while others say…