Sophie Byrne, General Assignment Reporter
August 5, 2020
Due to the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision to eliminate Gov. Tony Evers Safer at Home Order, Wisconsin city businesses have begun to reopen and their hours have extended, including in the La Crosse area. In La Crosse...
Julia Van Fleet, Sports Reporter
July 30, 2020
On July 27 the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Association (WIAC) released a statement in regards to the future of fall sports in the University of Wisconsin system. The WIAC has decided to cancel the football, women’s...
Julia Balli, Executive Editor
July 17, 2020
On July 17, the La Crosse County Health Department released that a La Crosse County resident passed away due to COVID-19 complications. This is the first reported COVID-19 related death in La Crosse County. The resident...
- Policy change for visas of international students July 11, 2020
- UW-System elects interim system president July 6, 2020
- UWL summer and spring commencement scheduled for Aug. 22 canceled July 1, 2020
Julia Van Fleet, Sports Reporter
July 30, 2020
On July 27 the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Association (WIAC) released a statement in regards to the future of fall sports in the University of Wisconsin system. The WIAC has decided to cancel the football, women’s...
Julia Van Fleet, Sports Reporter
May 14, 2020
The athletic training department is one that can be an asset to the world of student-athletes. Athletic trainers are able to bring athletes back from injuries and help them return to play. With COVID-19 shutting down...
Julia Van Fleet, Sports Reporter
May 8, 2020
While COVID-19 has forced the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse to close for the remainder of the semester, and it has impacted the National Collegiate Athletic Association regulated sports heavily, there are many other clubs,...
- How UWL athletes are staying in shape during quarantine April 29, 2020
- UWL’s athletic administration speaks to the department’s experience with COVID-19 April 25, 2020
- COVID-19 from a collegiate athletics perspective April 15, 2020
Melissa Touche (Baca), Social Justice Reporter
May 31, 2020
On Saturday, May 30, hundreds of peaceful demonstrators gathered at Powell Park to walk to Downtown La Crosse on a second day of demonstrating against police brutality. The Southside Moms United group organized the...
Melissa Touche (Baca), Social Justice Reporter
May 29, 2020
On Monday, May 25, a video went viral showing the fatal arrest of a man whose friends referred to as a “gentle giant." George Floyd is seen in the video handcuffed as former police officer Derek Chauvin uses his knee...
Sam Stroozas, Executive Editor
May 16, 2020
The Racquet Press asked the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse graduating seniors to send us a photo of themselves and information about their post-graduation plans as well as graduating during a pandemic. Here is what they...
- Photo Series: Honoring a renegade; alumna Natalie Poltorak’s two years at UWL May 5, 2020
- Photo Series: UWL students ‘party on’ amidst COVID-19 warnings about social gatherings May 2, 2020
- Guest Photo Series: A COVID-19 goodbye to Eagle Hall April 30, 2020
Carly Severson, Guest Contributer
August 4, 2020
Reproductive and sexual health care is not up for debate, especially during a global pandemic. As we continue to wrestle with the changing norms of our reality, we are battling access to basic health care. It is important...
Tara Metzger, Guest Contributor
April 22, 2020
Imagine the green, wide-open space outside of Drake and Wentz Halls on the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse grounds. Some people see a great space for fraternities to fundraise with their bumping speakers and dogs that can...
Jackson Firer, Guest Contributor
April 11, 2020
By complete chance, I was able to have my voice heard on a topic that matters to me. An odd Monday morning where I found myself at local Global Grounds coffee shop, I overheard two women talking about the lack of male participation...
- Letter to the Editor: I am a Chinese international student at UWL, why are students being racist toward me? April 6, 2020
- Letter to the Editor: Importance of the youth vote April 1, 2020
- Letter to the Editor: If you don’t vote to combat climate change, it will end up in your backyard March 24, 2020
Sam Stroozas, Executive Editor
May 11, 2020
Annika Carlson has worked at The Racquet Press as our business manager for four semesters. She is graduating this semester with a major in economics and a minor in art. After graduation, she is moving to Milwaukee and working...
Sam Stroozas, Executive Editor
May 4, 2020
Our third graduating Senior, multimedia editor Kayleigh Marshall. She is graduating with a major in English and a double minor in creative writing and women, gender, and sexuality studies. She has worked with us for three...
Sam Stroozas, Executive Editor
April 29, 2020
Carly Rundle-Borchert has worked with us for three semesters. She first began as our student government reporter, and then moved into a new position we created for her talents: Photojournalist. While working as our first...
- Humans of UWL: Sam Stroozas April 24, 2020
- Humans of UWL: Nhouchee Yang April 8, 2020
- Humans of UWL: Payton Solberg and Anna Buchberger March 27, 2020
