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by Wayne Gersie, Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Every year on the third Monday of January, we celebrate the life, work, and sacrifice of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It is widely known that Dr. King fought for a day when America would be a country of equals—when we would be judged by our merits, no matter the color of our skin, the religion we profess, or the place we were born. The power of Dr. King’s words and the beauty of his dream are often the focus on this day. The phrase ...

Michigan Technological University HOUGHTON – The Department of Visual and Performing Arts and the Rozsa Center are pleased to announce Denali: Artists Respond to Music Inspired by Wilderness, an exciting collaboration culminating in both a Rozsa Gallery A-Space exhibit “Denali: Artists Respond to Music Inspired by Wilderness,” and a virtual event, “Denali: Music and Art Inspired by Wilderness,” featuring composers and artists, their music, and the art inspired by it. Denali: Artists ...

Republicans ridiculed for trying to compare impeaching Trump to ‘cancel culture’ Joanna Taylor Republicans are trying to claim that the president of the United States has been impeached because of “cancel culture”. And not, you know, because he incited an armed mob of insurrectionists to storm the Capitol building by telling them to “fight like hell” against the election result. During impeachment proceedings, Ohio congressman Jim Jordan – whom Trump recently awar...

National Endowment for the Humanities Awards $300,000 Infrastructure Grant Waverly, Ohio- Waverly is one step closer to seeing a new main library. The Garnet A. Wilson Public Library of Pike County has received a $300,000 Infrastructure and Capacity Building Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). NEH grants typically go to cultural institutions, such as museums, archives, libraries, colleges, universities, public television, and radio stations, and to individual s...

PENDLETON — The Umatilla-Morrow District of the Oregon Music Teachers Association, in partnership with the Oregon Community Foundation and the Nellie Tholen Fund, will present a free lecture for pianists, piano teachers and all who would be interested on Saturday, Feb. 6, from 10 a.m. to noon, presented by Jennifer Wright. Entitled “Playing Perfectly: What It Takes to Practice and Perform Completely Without Mistakes (or Fear of Mistakes) — Yes, It’s Possible!” the lecture will be h...

»Binod to Rasode Mein Kaun Tha? 20 Memes That Made World a Better Place in (Cursed) 2020 14-MIN READ Binod to Rasode Mein Kaun Tha? 20 Memes That Made World a Better Place in (Cursed) 2020 News18 image. (Twitter, YouTube screengrabs) Despite the several downs and a handful of ups this year has seen, good folks on the Internet latched onto humour and got creative with memes to get through the difficult days they hadnt anticipated for when they entered into 2020. FOLLOW US ON: 2020 has been a c...

The Untold Truth Of Fort Bragg Sara D. Davis/Getty Images By Jenna Inouye/Dec. 24, 2020 12:06 pm EDT North Carolinas Fort Bragg is one of the best known military installations in the United States — in fact, its one of the few military installations that most people know by name. But most are familiar with Fort Bragg not because of its military operations but because of its dramatic (and gruesome) headlines. It often seems as though every time theres a murder, shooting, or di...

Don’t miss a new LIVE! every weekday at 3 pm E on social media! SUMMARY Happy Friday! Stewart and his wife raise hogs just outside of Listowel. Does things a little bit different: focuses on niche markets and raises pigs for certified organic, certified humane, and RWA production system (they can’t use antibiotics) What made them decide to go this route? When Stewart finished school in Guelph he came home and raised hogs with his parents, then worked in town, then when he wanted to settle d...

Canada’s Clean Fuel Standard is likely to be published Friday, kicking off a comment period ahead of the standard becoming law. For a what-we-know and what-we-don’t discussion, we go to Marla Orenstein, of the Canada West Foundation, on this RealAg LIVE! Q&A. Don’t miss a new LIVE! every weekday at 3 pm E on social media! SUMMARY Who is the Canada West Foundation? CWF has put out a report on the “Citizen’s Guide to the Clean Fuel Standard” Lower greenhouse gas emissions, lower the c...

Everyone segregated, those that were positive? >> all really important questions. stephanie is with us tonight. and i know you are now hearing from the owner of that nursing home? >> reporter: we are, david. the owner says the staff is working around the clock and he calls the nursing team heroic in their efforts to contain the virus and safeguard the residents. he also says the health and safety of the residents and his staff are his top priority. david? >> all right, stephanie ramos tonight. s...