Rose Petersen ’57 died peacefully Feb. 18, 2014, in the arms of her loving husband, Don, and surrounded by family. She fought the good fight for 13 years after being diagnosed with lymphoma, but in the end, was no longer able to combat the disease. Rose and Don were instrumental in the recent redesign of […]
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Hola chicos! I feel like I have been starting my most recent posts with something talking about how cold it is and then I continue to say it can’t be that much longer and soon it will be spring. I say this hoping the next time I write it will actually be warmer and begin […]
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Coming up really soon is election season (March 7-13). You’ll be voting on the 2014-15 SGA President and Vice President, selecting who you want to represent you on the Senate, and, among a few other things, VOTING IN A HUGE IMPORTANT REFERENDUM. I’m gonna try to say some things about that which I hope will […]
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After living in hostels and out of my suitcase for two weeks, I was more than ready to get to New Zealand and get my own bedroom and bathroom! So many things you take for granted when you have access to them everyday (like WiFi!). I can’t even explain how happy I was to finally […]
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I decided that the last few days I was spending in Australia were going to be on the Great Ocean Road, so I took a three-day trip from Adelaide to Melbourne and saw the most astonishing places I could ever imagine. I climbed to the highest point in Australia in the Grampian Mountains, spent a […]
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I’ve been wanting to travel for the longest time but I’ve never had the courage to actually get out and do it. It’s hard to leave my friends, family and boyfriend for such a long time but I figured I need to do this for myself. There is so much to see and I know […]
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After about a month of no extreme travels, my friends, Jessica and Natalie, and I embarked on our first big trip ‘alone’ to Porto, Portugal. After an impulsive craving to go from Jessica back in January, we booked flights to Porto not really knowing what we were in for. Turns out, we picked a supreme […]
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Public transportation in Europe is wonderful; anyone will tell you that. What they don’t tell you, however, is that you actually have to know how to use the transportation. For the navigationally challenged (read: Lee and Jared), this can be a situation. So, Jared and I got lost. It wasn’t the first time, and it […]
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OK, so remember those five other times I’ve mentioned the UW-Stevens Point Student Government Association? Well, guess what I’m going to talk about right now. Crushed it. SGA again. (They in no way sponsor my writing and have nothing really to do with this post other than this post being about people who are in […]
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Hola chicos! Hope everyone is having day, I know I was quiet happy when it started to warm up. It’s nice to be able to walk from classes and home without feeling like you are about to get frostbite. I am definitely looking forward to spring weather and being able to open up windows and […]
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