Four-and-a-half years ago, graduating high school felt like an uphill battle. I nearly flunked out of three classes, I quit my varsity sport halfway through my junior year and on top of that, COVID-19 ...
The first time I ever stepped on a plane, walked into an airport or left the United States was in early March 2020, just a few weeks before the world shut down. My family took a trip to the ...
To Eau Claire native nurse and musician, Kathryn Ryan, balancing the two roles is a lot like being on the show “Severance”. “I feel like, going to work, I’m a completely different person than I am ...
Music, as we all know, is a truly wonderful experience, albeit an emotional one at times. Listening to music transcends space itself. I often find myself lost in a good song, without a sense of time ...
This is the last article I will write for The Spectator. I’ve been a part of this paper for a tumultuous four semesters. That’s 80% of the time I’ve been enrolled at UW-Eau Claire. Now, I have to say ...
Story continues below advertisementNo. 10-ranked UW-Eau Claire had their home opener on Thursday, Dec 4th, with three top-15 teams. The Blugolds opened the night with a win against a WIAC opponent and ...
The act of signaling has been around for years within many different groups. It is a method used when a subculture isn’t widely accepted or participation in that group could cause arrest, assault or ...
This show mainly follows Pim and Charlie, two employees for a company that shares the same name as the show. Each episode loosely revolves around a new job they are given to make someone smile. As the ...
Since the first “Five Nights at Freddy’s” movie was released, I have been eagerly awaiting the sequel. The sequel’s release date, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, was announced in May 2024, and it has been in my ...
The first article I ever wrote for The Spectator was about 2002’s The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind. Unsurprisingly, it’s not my best work. I knew nothing about writing for a newspaper at the time. In ...
When I first moved to Eau Claire, I wasn’t sold on the town. To be honest, I had chosen the school almost randomly, and when I arrived, I didn’t feel much connection to the place apart from the campus ...
In Latin America, sexual violence is one of the most underreported crimes. The systems set in place are often lacking the tools to support women who undergo this traumatic event. According to Maryland ...