Shaylin Jochum is a third-year journalism and political science student. This is her third semester at The Spectator. Her hobbies include reading any and everything, spending time with her friends, ...

I came across a picture of a bench sometime this year, it was a memorial for a woman named Judy, from her friend Janice. The bench read, “To my lifelong friend … We were girls together.” This sentence ...

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, ...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, an Army General with over 20 years of service makes approximately $192,864 a year. The 2014 median compensation for a General Surgeon was just under ...

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 ...

If you haven’t seen “Everything Everywhere All At Once” yet, do yourself a favor and buy a ticket right now. The movie has something to offer anybody — poignant commentary on generational trauma, ...

Four years of my life have been dedicated to being a student at UW-Eau Claire and a member of The Spectator staff. I knew I wanted to have a purposeful final article, so while reminiscing on my time, ...

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 ...

Perpetually gnawing and crawling, the serpent is half-blind; all it knows is hunger. The reptile’s primordial brain knows only what it will eat next. The ouroboros is an ancient symbol of eternal ...

The Blugolds traveled to Waverly, Iowa the weekend of April 12 for a non-conference match against Wartburg, and a last-minute scrimmage with UW-River Falls. The scrimmage took the place of a planned ...

Politics seems to be an issue that stalks every moment on campus, whether you are a professor or a student. In our current political climate, college campuses are a center for political action and ...

Mental health problems can happen to anyone. They stem from a variety of things, examples include traumatic events, genetics, family conflicts and environmental reasons. However, society has a ...