Inside Eau Claire

UW-Eau Claire students help spread awareness of genocide

May 2, 2013 No Comments

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] By Michelle Enger In an effort to bring awareness to genocide and mass atrocities in the world today, UW-Eau Claire professor Donald Mowry and five of his students participated in the “One Million Bones” project. The group held two bone making events on the UW-Eau Claire campus where [...]

Local Arab American community silent but growing

Apr 30, 2013 No Comments

By Devon Lehr and Emily Gresbrink Eau Claire is no stranger to celebrating diversity. With prominent events during Black History Month, Hmong Culture Month, and Native American celebrations, one community remains silent. The Arab American community lives a quiet existence in the community, operating businesses and religious centers out of the public eye. With Arab [...]

Program gives food stamps for pet food

Apr 26, 2013 No Comments

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] By Kim Acheson With an unemployment rate above seven percent for the last few years many families are having a hard time making ends meet and an even harder time feeding their pets. Marc Oken created Pet Food Stamps to help people who are on government programs, like [...]

Fear of gun regulation leads to increased ammunition sales

Apr 26, 2013 No Comments

By Mike Falk and Josh Becker Many local and national stores are having difficulty stocking their stores with ammunition for guns. Chad Olson, manager at C&C Pawnbrokers in Eau Claire, said he thinks the increased demand for bullets is a result of speculation about proposed gun regulations. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet

Recent shootings create focus on campus security

Apr 23, 2013 No Comments

By Josh Becker In the wake of school shootings like Sandy Hook, Virginia Tech and Lone Star, campus security has become a fundamental concern for schools throughout the United States. According to Stoptheshootings.org, there have been 13 school shootings in the U.S. since 2012 alone. Recently, 14 students were stabbed at a Texas Lone Star [...]

Extended winter impacting spring sports season

Apr 23, 2013 No Comments

By Dan White Recent snow storms have caused a number of cancellations and postponements for the spring sports teams in Eau Claire. Following the melting of the snow, teams will have to wait for the fields to harden up before they can practice on them. Until then, different teams have to find alternate places to practice. UW-Eau Claire’s softball [...]

Fashionable recycling for Earth Week

Apr 23, 2013 No Comments

By Jake Ellinghuysen University of Wisconsin Eau Claire is having a whole week dedicated to earth day. It is no surprise the name of the week-long event is “Earth Week.” One of the events that is helping send the message of Earth day and what it stands for is a fashion show consisting of only [...]

Eau Claire Jazz Festival gave city its own “52nd Street”

Apr 23, 2013 No Comments

By Fabian A. Araneda Baltierra At least for a weekend, Eau Claire recently became Wisconsin’s jazz capital. From April 5 to 7, the city hosted the 46th Annual Eau Claire Jazz Festival, gathering a wide spectrum of musicians and performers. There was live music, instrument clinics and jazz master classes. Events were held at the [...]

Shakespearean performance hosted at L.E. Phillips Memorial Library

Apr 23, 2013 No Comments

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] By Jake Ellinghuysen A form of the arts were expressed in Eau Claire on April 13 in a Shakespearean performance. Ron Scott Fry performed To Be! Shakespeare Here and Now in front of a crowd of about 20 people. The performance is funded in part by a grant from the [...]

UW-Eau Claire observes National Day of Silence

Apr 19, 2013 No Comments

By Devan Schuneman University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire will be participating in the 18th annual National Day of Silence on Friday, April 19. Some UW-Eau Claire students, staff and faculty members will be spending the day in silence to show support for the lesbian, gay, bi, transgnder and questioning community. The day will end with the Break [...]

Mobile navigation sees potential ban for some states

Apr 18, 2013 No Comments

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] By Shelly Adamczyk An appellate court in California has recently ruled that using navigation systems while driving is illegal. The city of Eau Claire currently has a ban similar to this under an Inattentive Driving law. Kyle Roder, community relations officer for the Eau Claire Police Department, said that [...]

Local radio station gives back

Apr 16, 2013 No Comments

[Audio clip: view full post to listen] By Kim Acheson Eight years ago, WHYS community radio went live and provided a way for local DJs to bring a wide range of music to the Chippewa Valley. According to its website, its mission is, in part, to be a community radio station broadcasting music, culture, news [...]