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Eyes Wide Open Review
…variety of current environmental news topics are introduced in this essay, but the unique manner in which the author presents is not just a factual litany of worries. Fleischman leads the young reader to explore human motivations, influences, and barriers in the decision-making process, and matters of societal and cultural…
Message to the Community: budget updates
…commitments beyond that. May 24, 2017 Dear Northland College Community & Friends: I’m writing today with the news that our Board of Trustees has unanimously directed the College to adjust our operations for the next academic year by significantly reducing expenses, increasing revenues, and reducing our reliance on the repeated…
Center for Rural Communities Releases First Opinion Poll: CAFO
…opposition, 19.5 percent strongly favor or lean toward favoring it. The remaining 17.2 percent are neutral. Bayfield County is exploring CAFO regulations that would be stronger than current state regulations. Nearly three-quarters—72.5 percent—of households support tighter local regulations on CAFOs while 19.8 percent oppose tighter regulations, and 7.6 percent remain…
Thornley: Passion for Strong Communities
…narrative around development. Right now, the narrative is ‘the past was better, we need to take what we can get.’ When it should be more optimistic and look at building up the community’s current strengths,” Thornley concluded. This summer, Thornley will be wrapping up projects with the Center for Rural…
Changing Climate, Changing Culture
Student-Led Conference at Forest Lodge
…will be offered as a one-credit course for current Northland College students. Craig said she is currently working to make this a reality, using this year’s pilot as the model. If approved, next year’s conference will likely feature more speakers, a water activity on Lake Namekagon, and a few hours…
Alumnus Dan Romano: Weatherman
…fill out a forecast sheet looking at the current conditions and I also look at the short and long range trends,” said Romano. He works every weekend and fills in for Good Morning Northland. He is not chasing storms or starring in his own television show, but Romano is happy….
Why Donald Trump (wrongly) thinks Chicago resembles a war-torn country
THE POWERFUL POLITICS OF STOKING FEARS ABOUT URBAN VIOLENCE
…out of control, and rapidly getting worse” in “our inner cities,” or that Chicago resembles a city in a war-torn country, his rhetoric invokes the image of New York in his formative years — the era of “Death Wish” — far more than the current urban reality. For full article….
Fitzgerald: From Plankton Guy to Water Resources Policy Economist
…bay to determine the impact upwelling currents have on the food web. During the symposium, Fitzgerald explained that upwelling occurs when water from the bottom of the bay is brought to the top, usually by sustained winds for four to seven days. This can change water chemistry, and carries nutrients…
A Future in Solar
Loucks '18 to hold first paid sustainability internship for City of Ashland
…southern Wisconsin. Q. Name a pivotal moment that helped shape your current plan? A. The experience that most shaped my future was taking AP Human Geography as a freshman in high school. This was the class that initially lead me to begin thinking globally about humanity’s problems, and studying population…