Communication silenced by tech
Technology is great, but it also seems like it has hampered the face-to-face social interaction in our daily lives. It doesn’t matter if it’s Facebook, cell phones or iPods; our…
Residents should keep dorms clean
It’s a sight that is all too common on the UW-River Falls campus. Whether it’s a pile of vomit on the floor outside your dorm room or garbage lining the…
A little respect goes a long way
A little over 40 years go, Aretha Franklin sang a song about respect. But today, the word is one of which we are still searching for the meaning. Students who…
Student advertising required outdoors
UW-River Falls is desperately in need of space devoted to student advertising. While media like the Student Voice and WRFW are good for promoting campus events, we can only do…
Hungry students left standing
For students who want to grab a quick lunch and wish to be able to sit down in the Riverside Commons in the University Center, that is not always possible.…
Election needs students’ voices
Here in the United States we have the ability to vote for the one person we want to be the leader of our country. For some people, including young people,…
Holiday spirit thrives at UWRF
It’s the season of giving once again, and as usual the ever-caring corporate advertising world won’t let anyone forget it. It happens every year after Thanksgiving; our society is overly…
Snow removal causes concern
Old man winter decided to rear his ugly head early this year and seems that some in the community were well prepared while others were not. Considering the fact that…
Now is the time to speak out on Cascade
Since April city planners have been concocting a new design for what could be called the pipeline through UW-River Falls, namely Cascade Avenue. At a public meeting Monday, their initial…
Having empathy is not enough
This week on the UW-River Falls campus you may have noticed a cardboard village outside of Hathorn Hall. This city of buckram was constructed as part of National Hunger and…