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Who’s your candidate?

Know your choices for the May 8th Democratic Primary!

May 8 is fast approaching. For some, this means finals. However, it is also the date of an important election: the Democratic primaries. So you can make an informed decision, here is some information about each candidate hoping to run against Scott Walker on June 5. Full story

UW-L fights for inclusivity

This semester, UW-La Crosse’s Campus Climate put on the Brown Bag Lunch Film Series. A clip or movie is shown at each event followed by discussion and thoughts in general about the topic that is shown. Some of the past topics include heterosexism and immigration. Full story

Does personal finance make ‘cents’ to you?

Program puts on “Money Smart” week

There are a lot of programs around campus that students can become active in.  The hardest part is becoming aware of what is available that pertains and interests each individual.  The Racquet is here to make it a bit easier.  Showcased this week is the “It Make$ Cents” financial literacy program. Full story

Who’s your candidate?

Know your choices for the May 8th Democratic Primary!

May 8 is fast approaching. For some, this means finals. However, it is also the date of an important election: the Democratic primaries. So you can make an informed decision, here is some information about each candidate hoping to run against Scott Walker on June 5. Full story

Residents vote no on referendum

City Administrator job will not be added to the city of La Crosse

A few weeks ago, on April 3, residents voted in the primary elections here in La Crosse. Residents were also asked to vote “yes” or “no” to gaining a new position in the La Crosse City Council. This position was to be the City Administrator. If this referendum had a majority vote of “Yes,” it would have gone into law immediately. Full story

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Facebook has nothing on a good book

Even when we were too young to read, we have been handed books. First they were books with pictures. Then, once we were older, they were simple books to help us learn the alphabet and how to read. Nowadays we get handed thick textbooks full of new and exciting, yet sometimes difficult, information. Full story

RE: Whitney or Sh*tney

I don’t know where you folks are eating but Whitney dining hall where I work does not fit the description put forth in two separate articles in the April 5th edition of the Racquet.  We prepare thousands, yes thousands, of meals every day, taking many talented people many hours to accomplish, which to me, would be a logistical nightmare. Full story

The college student’s art of going downtown

We’ve all heard it: La Crosse has the most bars per capita in the world.  And yes, that is in the Guinness Book of World Records.  As us college students begin to age, the idea of going out every weekend  to house parties, carrying a string bag full of beer, seems less than thrilling. Full story

Head-to-Head

Staff debate latest controveries to hit the headlines

Walker has got to go Within the past year, Wisconsin politics has been all over the place. When Scott Walker was elected as governor in January  2010, he made a promise to fix Wisconsin’s staggering budget deficit and help grow the lagging economy. Full story

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Movie review: Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)

I’m never going to waste my money on another 3D or 4D movie again. Sure, the effects can make you feel like you’re in the shoes of the protagonist, but what if a movie was so well done that you feel as if you are the protagonist? Enter: Julien Donkey-Boy, a movie so well done that you feel as if you are the main character, which is terrifying considering he’s a twenty some year old whose mind is deteriorating from the onset of untreated schizophrenia. Full story

Mouse pocket album review: “Don’t Forget”

You’ve probably had a class with members of Mouse Pocket. Yeah, they’re real people—living, breathing, studying, passing through Whitney, and between our bluffs. But while you were studying your anatomy textbook and working out at the Rec, these five gentlemen were busy writing, recording, mixing, and releasing their own Pop songs. Full story

Rik Melk lives

What does one think of when hearing the phrase “art exhibition”? You see the stereotypical versions in movies all the time. People stand around drinking wine, eating cheese, and making comments such as, “Ah, yes,” “What is this piece trying to say?” and, “Yeah, I see it now. Full story

Dabbling with Purpose

“Art.” How can such a whale of a concept be confined into such a pocket-sized word? In fact, how can it be confined at all? Art is not something you can understand by looking it up in the dictionary; it is not a concept that can be grasped by a petty definition. Full story

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How to: disagree

  Within this last year we have seen a whole mess of mudslinging and unwillingness to compromise in Washington and in our own state. This week we have decided to go over some basics on how to tell someone, "I respect your opinion, I just don't agree. Full story

College girls love this column

Girl’s guide to sacrifices

  Newsfeeds have been full of what appear to be "Lenten diets." Who told the bourgeois they have to give up McDonald's for 40 days in order to get to heaven? Must have missed the memo…  As elite college girls, we haven't had Mac and Don's since freshman year when those documentaries came out and we learned the true meaning of sacrifice. Full story

High reward for walking in shoes of others

  If they aren't hard to talk about, they sure stimulate conversation and emotion. Social Action Theatre is a group that performs small skits, roughly two to four minutes in length, which involve topics that may be hard to talk about with other people. Full story

Top five reasons to be excited for Spring semester

  1. There's clocks in Centennial...countdown to the end of class begins! 2. The squirrels start coming out again...don't you just want to keep       one? 3. New professors, new classes, new start...or new attempt at convincing       that same professor you aren't such a bum?  4. Full story

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How YOU doin’?

Pick-up lines to use or not to use...you be the judge

  On any given Friday night there are hundreds of singles trying out a pick-up line on someone at a bar. No matter where you go, pick-up lines are one of greatest ways to get a date and maybe even a relationship. But the question is: Do they work?  Even in the very beginning of cinema, Humphrey Bogart said to Ingrid Bergman "Here's lookin' at you, kid" and then shared a passionate kiss. Full story

LOVES ME, LOVES ME NOT

UW-L students share best and worst Valentine’s Day moments

   "My best Valentines Day memory is when I was single and 17 and I went with my best friend Meg to the mall where they had a booth set up for couples to take kissy photos of themselves in and so then we would wait until a couple was in there for awhile and…we would throw the curtains open and act like we didn't know anybody was in there and act all surprised when we caught them making out. Full story

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Nothing says “I love you” like amnesia

  That time of year is coming once again. Gifts are being bought, dinner reservations are being made, and single awareness is on the rise once more. Yes, Valentine's Day is almost upon us. With that being said, a lot of people will be heading to the movies. Full story

HEY, SWEET THING!

Celebrate your loved ones with one (or both) of these sweet treats!

    Pink Velvet  Cake  Pops WHAT YOU NEED:      1 cup of butter softened 1 1/3 cups sugar Pink food coloring 3 eggs 2 tsp vanilla extract 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup buttermilk Candy sticks     Directions: In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar. Full story

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NCAA nonsense

There’s a double standard that exists in the NCAA rule book that’s drawn considerable fury from analysts, players, and coaches alike around America. Jarrod Uthoff, a basketball recruit for the Wisconsin Badgers, recently informed head coach Bo Ryan that he was unhappy with his choice in the Badgers, and wanted a release from his scholarship. Full story

Basketball takes on a new meaning

Basketball at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse takes on many forms. It’s a competitive sport for the school, an intramural activity for students who are not part of the collegiate team, and an event that  fundraises for families in need. On April 28 , in Mitchell Hall Gymnasium, there will be a 3-on-3-basketball tournament to help raise money for the family of Ben Fiers. Full story

Eighty-five years and they still got it

On Monday, April 9, the La Crosse Center played host to one of the most publicized basketball teams in the world. For four quarters, the Harlem Globetrotters showed o their unique style of basketball skills, combining gravity defying dunks, technical dribbling, and precision passing much to the delight of the audience who attended the two hour show. Full story

A staple of April

Football is the dominant sport in America. So dominant, in fact, that fans actually tune in for a draft show that features little action, but tons of excitement.  This year’s draft promises to be much of the same. And yes, we’ve all been informed on Andrew Luck and RG3 to an extent that would make most football junkies queasy. Full story

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