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ETCETERA, PAGE 15 SPORTS, PAGE 9 NEWS, PAGE 3 Staff predicts Falcon comeback Fire spreads to two Oscar outcomes falls short at last second houses near downtown Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin-River Falls of Valentine’s Wisconsin Edition river falls tudent oice S www.uwrfvoice.com V Dating in 21st century explores new platforms Brooke Shepherd Kerkvliet mentioned that students who [email protected] wrote about the use of these apps have had both positive and negative experienc- Dating in the 21st century is complex. In es. “They either seem to find someone on the past, couples simply met in person and there without much hassle and are happy had to contact each other through the home with how the app worked for them, or landline, usually after awkwardly meeting they have the same problems that are often whichever family member answered the brought up in newspaper and magazine ar- phone. Today, however, people can be eas- ticles about dating apps: too many choices, ily contacted through Snapchat, over text, superficial decisions about who to date, or sending a quick meme to Instagram DMs, receiving offensive messages,” Kerkvliet or, of course, Tinder and other dating apps. explained. Greg Kerkvliet, an English lecturer at Anna Broll, a Biomedical major with a UW-River Falls, has had students exam- Chemistry minor at UWRF spoke about ine relationships. Kerkvliet commented her thoughts on dating, “I’m kind of old on how his students ideas on online dating fashion since I don’t want to start dating based on an app, I’ve actually never used Tinder or any other dating apps. I would just would like to meet someone the old way, where you run into each other or your friends or something like that. On a lot of those apps, you don’t really know what the other person’s motive is.” “I definitely know a lot of people person- ally who are on those dating apps,” Broll continued. “Some of them have had rela- tionships that have lasted a while, but a lot of them also have had questionable experi- ences. All the people that I know who are in a serious committed relationship right now met in person.” Young couple holding hands after lunch at the University Center. Peirre Conwell, a senior majoring in Photo by Brooke Shepherd communication studies, commented on the use of dating apps, “I just meet people through friends. I don’t use apps. Some of Cindy Schmidtke, a graduate from tions but I just had an acquaintance who my friends use Tinder, but they have not UWRF with a Bachelor in Fine Arts and married a guy she met on Tinder. My sister had success with that. I feel like there’s a an emphasis in ceramics and drawing, ex- is also currently dating the guys she met off lot of stuff you can’t get from an app like amined her own reasons for using apps, tinder, so I remain hopeful.” facial expressions and gestures. People can “The apps just seem to be a better option A survey collected by the Council on write and tell you anything.” to meet more people from other areas. I Contemporary Families that analyzed over Though some are suspicious of these feel so many guys are so [. .] shy nowa- 24,000 college students at 22 colleges apps, according to a days. I could sit at the bar around the U.S. between 2005 and 2011 study done by the Pew Convenience is for literal hours, for a full found that “College students have essen- Research Center in a factor for most day even, and no guy will tially equal rates of hooking up and dating. 2015, “The share of students who turn to come up and talk to me. Since beginning college, approximately 62 Freddy the Falcon’s potential online 18- to 24-year-olds who The apps is the way I tend percent reported having hooked up, while dating profile. use online dating has dating apps. to go, but I do still try to 61 percent said they had gone out on a Graphic by Kacey Joslin roughly tripled from 10 meet people in person, date.” percent in 2013 to 27 percent [in 2015].” since that seems more genuine.” “Only 8 percent of all students had Convenience is a factor for most students Schmidtke has used both Tinder and hooked up without ever going on a date who turn to dating apps. Elliot Corbett, a Bumble, though her relationship status is or being in a long-term relationship,” the have changed, “When I first started using student getting their Bachelors of Fine Arts still currently “very single.” Schmidtke Council continued. “More than 3 times as online dating as part of a reading theme with an emphasis in ceramics and drawing, said,“Of all the matches you get [on Tin- many students – 26.5 percent — had never about 10 years ago, most students thought has used Bumble and OKCupid in order to der], sometimes half of them just want to hooked up at all, but instead had dated and/ of it in terms of catfishing and didn’t seem find dates. “I’m queer, so it’s much easier hook up because they don’t want to be or formed a long-term relationship.” to have direct experience with it. The last to find people on apps. I feel like it’s hard- in anything serious, which is garbage,” two or three years of student discussion er to find other queer people in person,” Schmidtke continued. “However, some of Continued on page 8 and papers on the subject seem to indicate Corbett said. my friends have met their significant oth- more are using the apps.” ers through work or through other situa- Page 2 STUDENT Voices February 14, 2019 What are your Valentine’s Day plans? Compiled by Kacey Joslin & Brooke Shepherd Elijah Avidan Haley Wozniak “I don’t really care about Valen- “I’ll be going out to eat with tine’s day. I have basketball.” my girlfriend. It’s not really romantic.” Tori Ross Gavin Bunnell “I’ll probably hang out with “I’ll probably just go to the my BF, it’s likely we’ll go bar, have some whiskey and out to eat somewhere. It’ll coke . I am of age.” probably be very informal. Valentine’s is just like any other date.” Abi Carlson Elliot Corbett “I’m apart of several clubs “I don’t have any plans for the like APL and Masquers, and day of, but the day after I’ll be for Valentine’s we’re posting performing in Dragged Out’s theatrical cheesy pick-up lines show, it’s their Valentine’s day all over. They’re pretty nerdy. show. I’m part of the drag battle My favorite is ‘are you a light portion.” crew, ‘cause you light up my life.’” Top 10 Restaurants in River Falls According to a survey of 56 UWRF students Data compiled by Chelsie Rosa Graphic by Kacey Joslin Photos used by permission February 14, 2019 NEWS Page 3 ‘Total loss’ after fire ravages house in River Falls Brooke Shepherd and Kacey Joslin [email protected] Early morning on Saturday, January 26th, River Falls fire- fighters braved the piercingly cold temperatures to extinguish two house fires at 222 E. Walnut St. and 209 S. Third St. At 1 a.m., the River Falls Fire Department was dispatched to a structure fire near Jacob’s Lad- der Preschool, an Ezekiel Lu- theran Church affiliate. The flames could be seen from several blocks away, and, ac- cording to a news release from the City of River Falls, “[C]rews were met with heavy smoke and flames and battled the blaze in sub-zero temperatures.” Ac- cording to Mike Moody, As- sistant Fire Chief at River Falls City Fire Department, the weather conditions “definitely” had an effect. “The sub-zero temps caused some equipment problems, as well as being hard on firefighters,” Moody said. Both properties are owned by Ezekiel Lutheran Church. 222 E. Walnut St. is recognized by Damage to exterior from the flames. Entrance cordoned off by River Falls Fire Department the Wisconsin Historical Soci- Photo courtesy of Heather Sperl Photo courtesy of Heather Sperl ety as it was built in 1885. the home’s older building mate- ground,” Moody explained. heart.” The main causes of structure rials may have saved the house 222 E. Walnut Street retained “I couldn’t believe In response, the city has rallied fires in older homes such as 222 from worse damage. “If this the most damage, and although that this happened,” around the displaced residents. Walnut St., as stated by Moody, had been a newer home with no damage estimate has been Sperl said. “I couldn’t Sperl has joined forces with the are electrical wiring and old ‘lightweight’ construction, it made available, Moody re- manager of Junior’s Restaurant fireplace chimneys. However, likely would have burned to the vealed “The assessed the value imagine having to & Tap House downtown River of the house at $157,000, and it watch all of my stuff Falls to host a fundraiser for will be a total loss.” burn to the ground.” those affected by the fire. The exact cause of the fire, “The fundraiser is March 8. Moody said, is still undeter- We are doing a silent auction. mined, although a news release kiel Lutheran Church’s Business [. .] Also, an account has been from the City of River Falls stat- Administrator Paul Moe, “One opened at First National Bank.

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