In an era where news cycles are dominated by political grandstanding and sensationalist narratives, the importance of covering underappreciated, undercovered or marginalized groups has never been more ...

Staff WriterElva Crist is a second-year English linguistics student and this is her first semester on the Spectator. She loves reading, needle-felting and playing the violin, and she would always ...

When Larry Mboga arrived in the United States from rural Kenya to go to college in Minneapolis, he never imagined the impact he would end up having on a city 90 minutes away called Eau Claire, ...

Yukio Mishima is one of the most famous novelists of Japan and one of the most fascinating figures of the 20th century. A controversial and powerful figure, he was not only an author but a poet, ...

Local grunge band ValleyKiL was formed in Eau Claire in summer 2024 and is fronted by vocalist/guitarist Emm K with Seany Cope on lead guitar, Kman on bass and Ryan Pleski on drums. ValleyKiL’s ...

The following is part of an ongoing story. Read the original story here. At least eight former and current UW-Eau Claire employees say the adverse behavior of Albert Colom, vice chancellor of ...

As an experience, the book is both thrilling and terrifying. It’s both of these things because it describes our current landscape so well. The main thesis of the book is that it’s impossible to ...

Returning UW-Eau Claire students are faced with a new reality: being required to live on campus for their second year. To match the rest of the Universities of Wisconsin, the decision was made for ...

College Sports There aren’t any contract negotiations, player buyouts or sitouts. There are no threats of relocation or strikes because of a collective bargaining disagreement. Professional sports are ...

It’s no secret that I’m a huge fan of the critically-acclaimed anime and manga series “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (JJBA).” I’ve written two articles about it for this very paper, I recently started ...

The fall semester is in full swing and the UW-Eau Claire campus has seen some changes since last May. This past summer, facilities staff and engineers took part in several large-scale projects fixing ...

In 2011, Showtime released its own version of the UK series, “Shameless.” But despite our love for the US version, we cannot deny the downfall of the show. How it goes from its peak early seasons to ...