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For our children’s mental health: Ban cell phones in Ripon schools (editorial)

Answering the political science professor’s query was Dr. Jenny Higgins, director of UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity and professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

“How do you feel, right now, being here in person?” Higgins asked the audience in the Great Hall of Harwood Memorial Union. 

“I see some nods,” Higgins said. “Now think about trying to communicate that with somebody on your phone or even on Zoom.”