Today we highlight our investigation of Wisconsin’s struggle to contain COVID-19 in its prisons, where about 10,800 inmates have been infected more than half of the population and at least 25 have died.
ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Abe Lincoln cancelled? Abraham Lincoln? How could this be, we wondered?
In this age of divisiveness, you’d think that if there is one person, one president, one national hero who would be immune to the hatred of the cancel culture it would be Old Abe, Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War president, the one who freed the slaves, saved the Union, one of our national heroes, and subject of more books than any American, and in fact any other person except Jesus Christ.
My company, Republic Book Publishers is the publisher of “Old Abe,” a widely-acclaimed historical novel about Abraham Lincoln’s final five years. Taking the reader from the 1860 campaign, through his inauguration, the Civil War and the assassination, the book has been universally praised as a masterpiece of historical fiction, a book that, according to more than a few readers, makes you feel as though you are walking through the White House or across a battlefield with Lincoln getting to know him
The Distinguished Teaching Awards have been held since 1953 to recognize exceptional educators on the University of Wisconsin campus. Faculty, departments and student organizations can submit nominations for faculty members who they feel not only exceeded expectations as teachers but also profoundly changed the community.
Associate Professor in English Caroline Gottschalk Druschke, awarded the Community-Based Learning Teaching Award.
Professor of Anthropology John Hawks, awarded the Van Hise Outreach Teaching Award, which recognizes excellence in outreach teaching.
Professor of Political Science Yoshiko Herrera, awarded the Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award.
Professor of English Amaud Johnson, awarded the Chancellor’s Inclusive Excellence Award, which recognizes achievements in diversity and inclusion.
which dictates how student segregated fees can be spent Heller said in an email to ASM leaders obtained by The Badger Herald that the fund still cannot go forward.
“ASM’s proposal still does not address the significant statutory and policy concerns raised by UW System and the Office of Legal Affairs and communicated to you previously,” Heller said in the email. “These concerns are still blocking issues and this means that moving forward as you propose is still not possible.”
The latest OLA legal analysis cites issues with the contract with the Tenant Resource Center in charge of distributing the funds, monetary compensation for the Mask Ambassador position under ASM bylaws and additional violations of existing state and federal law and Board of Regents and UW System policies regarding segregated fees.