Viewpoints
UWRF admin wants graduates to leave Grandma at home
February 20, 2024
After navigating a tumultuous fall semester and promises made by administrators to listen to the students on issues surrounding the campus, admin fails to keep those promises less than a week into this new semester. In an email obtained by the Student Voice, Mesa Carlsen the University Event Coordinator explained the new rules and set up around Spring Commencement.
Low-income students deserve the arts and humanities
February 20, 2024
The Student Voice advises the state of Wisconsin to keep its politics out of UW students’ education. Wisconsin State Assembly Speaker Robin Vos is withholding $32 million from the UW System because he doesn’t like diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, efforts. The state of Wisconsin has a surplus of around $7 billion; $32 million is less than half a percent of this, and, as such, has a small impact on the surplus. In fact, many of the issues that the UW System is facing could be addressed if Wisconsin decided to invest more in higher education.
UWRF unites to mourn the loss of three students
November 12, 2023
Isabella Chavira. Sabrina Hagstrom. Jasmine Petersen. These are the names of three University of Wisconsin-River Falls students who passed away between Oct. 3 and Nov. 3, 2023. All three students passed away as a result of their depression, Chavira on Oct. 3, Hagstrom on Oct. 31, and Petersen on Nov. 3. The deaths were met with a range of emotions, from grief to anger, and a range of responses as well, both from UW-River Falls and the students themselves.
Does the UW System know what they are doing?
November 1, 2023
In the wake of a UW-River Falls annual tuition increase and the arrival of Deloitte, a private audit services company, at UWRF, financial concerns are rampant.
Letter to the Editor
November 1, 2023
After enrolling for a non-UWRF study abroad program, I was surprised to see 500 dollars charged to my account for a “study abroad” fee. The Office of International Education claims that it is an administrative fee to cover services that they provide to students such as meeting with them and ensuring that credits transfer back to the university. On the study abroad website, there is no mention that a payment is needed to receive services from them. When inquiring why I had to pay this fee although I was going on a program through a different university, they responded that I signed a legally binding document that requires me to pay.
Conservative student orgs spark controversy
April 21, 2023
The student organizations Turning Point USA (TPUSA) and Students for Life have become controversial topics of conversation among students and faculty of the UW-River Falls campus. The arrival of these organizations on campus has sparked a range of reactions, from enthusiasm and support to skepticism and concern.
UWRF staffing issues: A campus or national issue?
April 21, 2023
UWRF is currently hiring for many positions after a wave of faculty and staff have either quit or retired. Why is UWRF experiencing a mass exodus of employees?
UNIV 101: Will it boost retention?
March 18, 2023
Retention, retention, retention! Many of the newest developments and big projects at UWRF have been focused on retention.
Winter safety concerns continue at UWRF
February 10, 2023
Over the last few months, winter safety, and particularly sidewalk conditions, have been the subject of mounting concern, and complaint, among both students and faculty at UW-River Falls.
Addressing UWRF's mandatory graduation fee
December 15, 2022
The graduation fee seems predatory, a means to extract a little more money from students. After all, they can hardly refuse.
Here is this semester's Student Voice staff. Click on a name to see what the staff member has written.
Jack Schindler Van Hoof
Editor
Lexi Janzer
Assistant Editor
Anna Gunderson
General Manager
Joshua Brauer
Reporter
Rachel Karweick
Reporter
Ethan Lay
Reporter
Ashley Patrin
Reporter
Madelyn Retzlaff
Reporter
Ella Tretsven
Reporter