Join Murphy Library and the La Crosse Public Library during Banned Books Week, September 24-30. Banned Books Week is a national celebration that promotes the freedom of choice and the freedom of expression, even if that choice or opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular.

Events include:

The Fifth Annual Freedom to Read – Read Out takes place from noon-2 p.m Wednesday, Sept. 27, at Hoeschler Tower. The event is open to all. Participants and audience members can enter into a drawing for banned book mugs.

Volunteers are needed to read short passages (no more than five minutes) at the event. Those interested in reading for the program should complete the volunteer to read form or contact Marc Manke at mmanke@uwlax.edu

The script reading and subsequent discussion of "Alabama Story" will take place at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25, at The Pump House in La Crosse. This is a powerful new play about librarians, censorship, race and the power of books. Written by Kenneth Jones and premiered in January 2015 at the Pioneer Theatre Company in Salt Lake City, “Alabama Story” was a finalist in the 2014 National Playwrights Conference of the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center. The event is free and open to all. 

Banned Books Cabaret will provide fun, daring and truth-poking cabaret entertainment related to banned books at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 27, at The Pump House in La Crosse. The event is free and open to all.

Auditions for Kinesis Dance Theatre will take place at 2:15 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, in 103A Mitchell Hall. Dancers will learn and perform a modern dance combination artistic director, Kathy Gorman. Sponsored by the ESS Department, Kinesis Dance Theatre performs modern and jazz choreography by Gorman and student choreographers. For more info, contact Kathy Gorman at kgorman@uwlax.edu or 608.785.8180.

Natalie Eschenbaum, associate professor and chair of English, will present information about the national decline of English and other humanities majors, but also comparative information about how English at UWL has progressed. Eschenbaum will also provide examples from schools that have had great success in recruiting majors during this period of decline. A number of the plans for revising English to attract new majors are based on the concept of "Design Thinking," which is innovation that combines aspects of business with the creativity of the humanities. This colloquium will include some preliminary workshopping of ideas related to major/minor innovation using the concept of Design Thinking. The colloquium will take place from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, in 112 Wimberly.

Women in Black have resumed their weekly campus peace vigils. Any women are invited to join the silent, non-confrontational vigils from 11:30 a.m.-noon every Thursday during the semester by Hoeschler Tower. Women in Black is an international network of women who seek to promote peace and end war and other violence.  Women in Black began in 1988 with Palestinian and Israeli women calling for their governments to peacefully settle their differences. It has grown into a global network.  For more information contact Deborah Buffton at dbuffton@uwlax.edu or 608.785.8359.

The University Bookstore is having a sale on Tuesday, Sept. 19 through Wednesday, Sept. 20. Come in and stock up. The sale includes: 25 percent off of all headwear, drinkware, backpacks, notebooks, binders, folders, portfolios, headphones, earbuds and Champion. There's an additional 50 percent off clearance items.

The next Album Encounters multimedia light and laser show will feature Queens of the Stone Age - "Villains" at 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 22, in 20 Cowley Hall. Admission is $5.

For more information, contact Bob Allen at allen.robe@eagle.uwlax.edu or 608.785.8669. See more about the planetarium at www.uwlax.edu/planetarium. 

Due to the recent resignation of Supervisor Keyla Jones-Rosa, a vacancy exists in District 5 of the La Crosse County Board of Supervisors effective Sept. 8. 

County Board Chair, Tara Johnson, has announced the schedule for filling the seat. Qualified applicants should submit a letter of application to the Office of the County Clerk before 4:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 25. Interviews with qualified applicants will be held later that week.

The County Board Chair’s appointee recommendation will be presented to the full County Board for approval at the Policy Planning Meeting on Monday, Oct. 9. It is anticipated the newly appointed supervisor from the 5th District would then be sworn in and take office at that meeting.

District 5 County Board seat process

Monday, Sept. 25 - Application deadline

Week of Monday, Sept. 25 -  Interviews with qualified applicants

Monday, Oct. 9 - Appointment recommendation to County Board

UW-L police combat stolen bikes  Sept. 8

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"It's my lifeline to get around campus,” UW-L senior Christian Sontag said about his bike. He remembers when an old bike was stolen as a teenager.

UW-L's Gedicks resuming fight over mining Wisconsin, as Republicans want to end moratorium  Sept. 8

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Republicans in Wisconsin want to end a mining moratorium and a UW-La Crosse professor emeritus shows no signs of giving up his decades-long ...

La Crosse's creative history on display at Silent City cemetery walk   Sept. 10

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Focusing on artists was the idea of University of Wisconsin-La Crosse archivist Laura Godden, who helps the Historical Society with its research work ...

Madeline Kumm crowned Miss La Crosse/Oktoberfest  Sept. 10

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UW-La Crosse student Madeline Kumm was crowned Miss La ... Kumm will represent La Crosse and become a part of the Oktoberfest family before ...

Wisconsin's only storytelling festival here in La Crosse   Sept. 10

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The storytelling festival would not have been possible without volunteers from the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse, and the surrounding community ...

UW-La Crosse scores high on college rankings list    Sept 13

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U.S. News and World Report's annual college rankings place UW-L fourth among Midwest public universities the ranking classifies as regional ...

Hundreds of UW-La Crosse students live in extended housing  Sept.13

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This semester, the living situation is a bit crowded for many UW-La Crosse students. More than 900 of them are living in what's considered extended ...

Wisconsin's lakes topic of inaugural Science Cafe  Sept.13

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Joan Bunbury, an associate professor of geography and earth science at UW-La Crosse, will speak about “Impacts of Climate and Land Cover ...

La Crosse Symphony Orchestra makes $60k investment in Onalaska High School orchestra   Sept.13

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For more than 20 years the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra has played on ... its own instruments or partnering with the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. That changed when the orchestra discovered the La Crosse Youth ...

UW-La Crosse ranked among best regional universities in the Midwest   Sept. 13

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The University of Wisconsin La Crosse placed 4th on the recently released 'Best Colleges List' for 'Best Public Regional Universities in the Midwest.' The school has placed in the top five for as long as UWL's current chancellor can remember.

UWEC, UW-L and UW-Stout ranked high in best colleges list    Sept. 14

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According to U.S. News and World Report's "Best Colleges of 2018" list, UW-La Crosse ranked fourth among the top regional public universities in the ...

La Crosse Science Cafe debuts Saturday   Sept. 14

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The first speaker will be Joan Bunbury, an associate professor in University of Wisconsin-La Crosse's geography and earth science department.

Bike Theft Statistics Rising In Town & On Campus    Sept. 14

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Bike theft is becoming more of a concern for the city of La Crosse, both in town and on campus. The UW-La Crosse have reports of stolen bikes every ...