Elections for Senate receive poor turnout
This year the annual UW-River Falls Student Senate elections voter turnout increased from 345 to a whopping 401 this year. That total is a woefully anemic 6 percent of the…
Students encouraged to enter competition
In 2006, Gov. Jim Doyle announced that UW-River Falls would be one of four UW System schools participating in a pilot program called UW Off the Grid. The goal was…
College work now pays off in future
College isn’t just a place to socialize, stay up late drinking with friends and experience the rush of finally living out from under the thumb of Mom and Dad. It…
Customer service lacks at Registrar
UW-River Falls has an annual equivalent to tax season. The same stress, frustration and tension of taxes accompanies the all too familiar worrisome late nights of registration time. Each spring,…
Students need firm grasp of finances
April 15 looms large on the horizon. That singular date should be engrained in every Americans’ minds as the day taxes are due. But for too many people, taxes are…
Women’s hockey finishes admirably
The UW-River Falls Falcon women’s hockey team advanced to the NCAA Div. III national championship, the Frozen Four, over the weekend, which was held at Middlebury (Vt.) College. The Falcons…
Columns reflective of writers, not the Voice
Last week, the Student Voice ran two controversial columns: Aaron Billingsley’s column lambasting Student Senate and Ken Weigend’s piece on improper crosswalk use both received angry letters to the editor…
Common courtesy scarce at UWRF
The old adage says, “If you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything at all.” That is sound advice, and it’s a lesson a lot of college students…
Laziness sabotages Winter Carnival
Winter Carnival, an annual event put on by the Traditions Committee, was canceled this year due to a lack of participation and interest. The event, which was slated for Feb.…
Women’s hockey deserves attention
The UW-River Falls women’s hockey team won the regular season title in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) after beating Finlandia 6-1 on Feb. 15. They finished the regular season…