The Spectator

Read about what it means for the Sonnentag Complex to be “truly sustainable”

Sonnentag Complex receives 12 million in funding for sustainability The Sonnentag Complex, the new sports, events and community complex starting construction this year, just received 12 million dollars in additional funding. This funding was given to increase the project’s sustainability and safety. Maddie Loeffler, the student sustainability representative, said ...

Wondering about the red dresses on campus?

Red Dress Drive begins to bring awareness to missing and murdered Indigenous women The Inter-Tribal Student Council, or ITSC, is putting on their second Red Dress Drive to spread awareness of missing and murdered Indigenous girls, women and two spirits. The goal of Red Dress Drive is to collect red dresses to put up a display on May 5 to acknowledge and draw attention to the Natio...

Men’s club volleyball team returns home from Arizona as national champions 🏐🏐🏐

Men’s club volleyball team returns home as National champions After being ranked first in the NCVF Division II men’s club volleyball competition, the UW-Eau Claire men’s club volleyball team returned home from the Arizona competition as national champions. Haydn Thon, a fourth-year social studies teaching student and the club volleyball president, said tha...

To make room for a new science building, UW-Eau Claire is demolishing both lower campus dorms, sparking discussions about accessibility on campus. Read about it here:

UWEC Approves Demolition of Only Lower Campus Dorms On March 16, UW-Eau Claire Chancellor James Schmidt ran a sledgehammer into the side of one of UW- Eau Claire’s lower campus dorms, Putnam Hall. According to the UW-Eau Claire Website, starting this summer, demolition of both Putnam Hall and Katharine Thomas Hall will begin with the new science bu...

Ya like jazz? …Then, boy, have we got the weekend activity for you! The Eau Claire Jazz Festival returns this Friday and Saturday, read about it here:

The Eau Claire Jazz Festival returns Join UW-Eau Claire jazz students, professional jazz musicians and jazz enthusiasts for the Eau Claire Jazz Festival on Friday, April 22 and Saturday, April 23. Patrick Hull, president of Eau Claire Jazz Inc., said the Eau Claire Jazz Festival is one of the non-profit organization’s community event...

Planes, trains and metros — Spring Break: Study Abroad Edition

Across the Pond Note: “Across the Pond” is an ongoing column in which freelance writer Grace Schutte will be writing about her study abroad experience in Valladolid, Spain. For the readers wondering why their friends studying abroad have suddenly turned into travel-blogging-National-Geographic-historian-extraor...

The Viennese Ball is back! Read all about it and get your last minute tickets for this friday here.

The annual Viennese Ball is back after two years The Viennese Ball has been a tradition at UW-Eau Claire for years, and this year, the 47th Ball will take place. The Viennese Ball is back this year after a two year break due to COVID-19. The Viennese Ball is an event inspired by the historic Kaiser Ball that takes place in Vienna at the...

Women’s History 101: A Seminar in the Girlbosses of Spain

Across the Pond Note: “Across the Pond” is an on-going column in which freelance writer Grace Schutte will be writing about her study abroad experience in Valladolid, Spain. The women in Spain are Girlbosses, with a capital “g.” I know I cross the line of editorializing with this statement — a journalism ...

UW-Eau Claire lifted their mask mandate on Friday. Students weigh in on the subject.

COVID on Campus According to the CDC, masks have been a source of protection at UW-Eau Claire for the past two years, but as of March 12, they were no longer required. According to students, this new change has brought mixed feelings. Some students said they feel conflicted about the timing of the ending of the man...

16 of UW-Eau Claire’s track and field athletes made it to the Indoor NCAA Championships and brought a trophy home

The Blugolds’ indoor track and field weekend ends with a trophy From March 4 to 5, 16 of the UW-Eau Claire track and field student-athletes traveled to the Indoor NCAA Championship meet at the Hoover Fieldhouse in Wartburg College. The student-athletes that competed included Abbey Fitzgerald, Catie Fobbe, Kady Kochendorfer, Anna Schueth, Casey Chadwick, Kevin Ei...

The UW-Eau Claire gymnastics team placed fifth at the WIAC championships, now they’re off to nationals.

Gymnastics team competes at WIAC championships The gymnastics team at UW-Eau Claire competed on March 5 at the Kachel Fieldhouse at UW-Whitewater. The team went for the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, or WIAC, championships. The WIAC championships doubled as the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association, or NCGA, West Regional co...

Anything from business attire to groceries are provided for students, free of charge, on campus.

EDISA provides Campus Closet and Campus Harvest Food Pantry for students Brewer Hall is home to the Campus Closet and the Campus Harvest Food Pantry. Both resources are available to UW-Eau Claire students free of charge. The Campus Closet provides blugolds with professional attire at no cost. Located in 049 Brewer Hall, the Campus Closet has options for all genders profe...