Category Archives: Students

The healthy lifestyle

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Around this time last year I made a decision that was going to change my life without the intentions, too. Last November I decided to become a vegetarian. Being a vegetarian meant that I decided to stop eating meat and yes that includes fish because no they are not vegetables. At the time I made […]

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Cub Scouts, Veterans Day and ROTC

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Hey Pointers! Every now and then ROTC is presented with opportunities to go out into the community and either teach members of different organizations about different aspects of the Army or help them out with anything they may need. This past Monday, a group of cadets were invited to give a presentation to the Cub […]

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“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”

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“It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.” I am sure each of you reading this blog have heard that before, but here I am saying it one more time because it is 100% true. Over my years as a family and consumer sciences student, professors have preached this over and over. Well, I […]

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Long distance

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Distance is never easy and for many, college requires distance. This is for all of you who were in or are still in a long-distance relationship. My boyfriend, Blake, and I started dating the end of our junior year of high school and were dating for about a year and a half when it was […]

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Halloween shenanigans

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Hey Pointers! I hope you all had an amazing Halloween! Every year UW-Stevens Point ROTC holds an event called Costume PT (Physical Training). During this time we all dress up in costumes and play some sport; this year it was ultimate football. It is usually a really fun time where we can all just take […]

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Open Mic Night

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Open Mic Night in the Encore of the Dreyfus University Center on Nov. 5, 2015, was an amazing event. Each performer did amazing in their eight-minute slots, and there wasn’t a single dull moment throughout the duration of the Centertainment-ran event. The night was filled with music, poetry and stand up comedy and provided an […]

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From athlete to athletic trainer

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As I’ve said before, my choice to pursue athletic training stems from me being an active individual. Ever since I can remember, I have been involved in some sort of sport or activity. The spectrum ranges from dance and gymnastics to soccer, basketball and volleyball to tae kwon do. So you would think that I […]

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Intro to Alex

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Hello everyone! Welcome to my new blog, let me tell you a little about myself … I was born in Racine, Wiscosin. Living in Racine I felt like the city was really small. I mean, everyone from Racine thinks it’s small but that’s probably because they haven’t really gone anywhere else. Milwaukee neighbors my hometown […]

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Top 10 reasons to join ROTC at UWSP

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There are so many opportunities that college students have to achieve an amazing level of success, lifelong friendships, a high level of physical fitness, knowledge to get you through your personal and professional life, and ways to gain connections for a career after college. But how many opportunities are there to wrap all of those up […]

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Sports to studies

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All my life I have been considered a student-athlete. A student who was supposed to be putting their studies before their sports, but as most student-athletes could understand, that is not an easy task. I participated in various sports as a child and when I was 12 I started playing volleyball. My passion for the […]

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