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President Joe Biden Declaring Pandemic ‘Over’ Has Experts Reeling

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The Daily Beast

“There is simply too much uncertainty about what happens next,” David O’Connor, a professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at the University of Wisconsin, told The Daily Beast. “Will future variants outrun existing vaccines and therapeutics? What will be the impact of long COVID years, and potentially decades, from now? What other challenges can we not foresee three years into COVID-19 that will challenge us collectively in 2025, 2030, 2040 and beyond?”

UW-Madison Police make arrest, reports of assaults on campus

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Daily Cardinal

Marc Lovicott, the Executive Director of Communications for the UWPD explained, “… our one report came to us in early September. We made the decision to share photos on social media which we believed would help us identify the suspect. And that’s ultimately how we are able to make an arrest — through community tips”.

Wisconsin volleyball takes down NCAA attendance record

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Wisconsin State Journal

The Badgers made history at the Kohl Center Classic, breaking the NCAA’s regular-season attendance record as 16,833 fans gathered Friday. It broke the previous record set nine days ago by Nebraska and Crieghton in Omaha, topping their mark of 15,797. UW dropped the match in five sets, but that did little to dampen the atmosphere.

Forced to speak in a foreign language: A blessing for EU politics

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Brussels Times

In a diplomatic context, using a non-native language is an asset, not a handicap. Negotiations conducted in a non-native language display more rationality and are facilitated by greater empathy. But can this be extrapolated to European politics? In The Language(s) of Politics. Multilingual policy-making in the European Union (Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 2022), University of Wisconsin political scientist Nils Ringe presents the results of several years of research on the linguistic dimension of EU-level politics.  What are his main findings?

Barbara A. Prescott

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Wisconsin State Journal

Barbara worked for the duplicating service within the UW-Madison campus for 30 years before her retirement.

Reconciling antisemitism and free speech on college campuses

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San Diego Union Tribune

At my alma mater, University of Wisconsin-Madison, the fall semester is off to an inauspicious start. Administrators there are calling for “civility and kindness” after antisemitic messages were written on campus sidewalks in seven different locations. The chalkings labeled Jewish student groups as “racist,” “genocidal,” and “having blood on their hands.”

10 Best Non-MCU Series On Disney+

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CBR

Big Shot is a comedy-drama starring John Stamos as coach Marvyn Korn. After being fired from the University of Wisconsin as their men’s basketball coach due to controversy surrounding his temper, he relocates to California to coach a girls high school basketball team. Soon after, his daughter joins him in California, and Korn adjusts to coaching girls while trying to manage his temper on the court.

How Owamni Became the Best New Restaurant in the United States

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The New Yorker

The plate of grits, with smoked trout, smoked ramps, and pine-needle syrup, was dainty and delicious. Seated across from me was a man named Daniel Cornelius, a member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin. Cornelius worked for the Intertribal Agriculture Council, which promotes Native farming. He expressed admiration for Sherman and Baca, and for their effort to reclaim Native cuisine: “The culinary approach has such a role to play, to get people excited about these foods, to show they can taste good.” Still, he said, “there’s this idea, like, ‘Oh, people have healthier food and a bunch of vegetables, they’re gonna be healthier and really happy,’ but that’s bullshit. The issues go a lot deeper. There’s a lot of intergenerational trauma.”

10 Tips To Protect Your Phone From Hackers At The Airport

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SlashGear

According to the University of Wisconsin-Madison, there are two ways to know if the website you’re about to visit is considered secure: HTTPS and a padlock icon. Look at the website’s URL and check for the letter S. A secure website URL will start with HTTPS, with an emphasis on the letter S as this indicates that the website is using an SSL certificate. You may find website URLs that start with HTTP, without the S — in general, these are no longer regarded as secure.

Climate change could soon affect biofuel supply | Popular Science

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Popular Science

“Increasingly dryer and hotter weather conditions pose a threat to successful cultivation, and ultimately, the yield of agro-derived biomass feedstocks,” says Victor Ujor, assistant professor of food science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “With a near-global drop in rainfall, plant growth and yield will fall dramatically, if this trend continues.”

David G. Sutter

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Wisconsin State Journal

David worked at the University of Wisconsin – Madison as a painter for many years, retiring in 2000.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison embraces, favors hate speech

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Daily Cardinal

The creators of these hateful messages need to understand that being a Jew does not equate to being a Zionist. This is a common misconception of Jewish people, where many Jews disagree with the Zionistic idea. Although, many Zionists are undoubtedly a vocal part of the ethno-religion.

Cooperation holds promise for a healthier, stronger Wisconsin

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The Capital Times

Evers got the two sides talking and they reached an agreement that will allow the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission to determine if UW Health and the nurses who work there are covered under the Wisconsin Employment Peace Act, which establishes protocols for workers to organize unions and to engage in collective bargaining.

This is a step in the right direction, which we hope will lead in short order to recognition of the nurses union.

MMSD teachers, parents alarmed by lunches early in the year

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The Capital Times

The board is expected to continue its discussion of hourly wage increases next week. Jennifer Gaddis, a UW-Madison associate professor and expert on school food programs, suggested increasing pay is one place parents and staff disappointed with the food options so far should focus their energy.

“There’s not a whole lot that you’re going to see improve in terms of a reduction in prepackaged foods or greater freshness or variety unless MMSD can attract and retain the labor to prepare those kinds of meals,” Gaddis said. “There are things that the district could be doing if they had a fully staffed workforce, and I think that if they were able to invest and build out higher-quality jobs, that would really translate pretty directly into improved meals for kids.”

UW should address hate speech

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The Capital Times

Dear Editor: The UW campus was defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti on the first day of classes. The UW news release stated that anti-Semitic sidewalk chalkings appeared around campus labeling Jewish student groups as “racist,” “genocidal” and “having blood on their hands.”

50 years of Title IX has helped level the playing field for women

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The Capital Times

This year, as fall sports seasons are underway, we are marking the 50th anniversary of Title IX, which became law in 1972. It was a law of great consequence. As the U.S. Department of Education says, “Title IX protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance.” Specifically, the law says: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”

UW-Madison opens exhibit confronting its history of exclusion

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The Capital Times

The gallery is a culmination of the university’s Public History Project, titled “Sifting & Reckoning,” which confronts the challenges of marginalized communities on campus. The exhibit runs through Dec. 23, featuring photographs, archival materials and oral histories spanning 175 years.