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College towns seeking to limit off-campus drinking.
Several universities across the United States have sought to limit alcohol in their nearby municipalities. The Madison city council has prevented new liquor licenses around the University of Wisconsin. The University of Iowa, has sought legislation to limit the number of bars and liquor stores near the campus. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been pushing an ordinance that prevents "bottle clubs", places that provide mixers, if people BYOB.
Do you think that these new restrictions will help limit alcohol consumption, or will young people find other ways to get overly intoxicated.
Dude, where's my beer bong? Several universities across the United States have sought to limit alcohol in their nearby municipalities. The Madison city council ha... more -
Anti-abortion display at cemetery stirs up controversy
Students at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point butted heads Thursday after an anti-abortion organization planted 4,000 white crosses on campus to symbolize aborted fetuses and a student responded by pulling hundreds of them out of the ground. Students at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point butted heads Thursday after an anti-abortion organization planted 4,000 white cr... more
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Recycling 101: College of Menominee Nation sets example in EPA Great Lakes 2008 Ea...
The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin contributed over 4 tons of electronic and pharmaceutical waste to the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge.
This is the first of several videos explaining the tribes numerous projects that included cleaning up the reservation, replacing gang symbols with Native American art, teaching youth about the legend of the sturgeon and its place in tribal culture.
In part one, the non-profit interfaith Earth Healing Initiative looks at the many recycling projects of the College of Menominee nation.
The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin in Keshena is being praised for its massive cleanup projects during the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge - involving over 100 projects across eight states that comprise the Great lakes basin.
The college of Menominee Nation held a pharmaceutical and electronic waste collection as part of the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge.
Other tribal projects during the challenge included the clean up of two reservation communities by tribal school students, the Menominee Teen Court Panel, and many other volunteers.
All classes at the tribal school taught the students about the sturgeon, that is a vital part of Menominee heritage.
Called the protector guardian of Menominee wild rice, the sturgeon used to spawn on the reservation until a man made dam blocked the route to ancestral spawning grounds.
The students whitewashed gang graffiti at a skateboard park replacing it with American Indian art.
"The younger students put their hands in paint and made flower hand prints on the wall," said teacher Beth Waukechon.
Adults participated in the challenge in a big way - as the tribe's Solid Waste and Recycling Department held curbside e-waste collections during Earth week 2008 - and all month accepted e-waste at the transfer station.
Native American and other students also made garbage monsters at the Keshena Public Schools with help from their parents using common every day trash from home.
More than four tons of e-waste and other recyclables were removed from the reservation during April.
At the College of Menominee Nation, over 23 pounds of medicines were turned in including 100 bottles of pills, more than 25 computers and dozens of related components like hard drives, printers, keyboards and speakers; televisions, radios, DVD players, 12 cell phones and over 100 small batteries.
Sponsors include the tribe's Community Resource Center, Menominee County Police, Menominee Tribal Police, Tribal Clinic Wellness Program (Maehnowesekiyah), Probation and Parole, Community Recycling Project, Recreation Department and the U.S. Post Office in Keshena.
While hosting the collection, the college's Implementing Sustainable Development class found out they won the National Recycling Coalition Bin Grant through Coca-Cola, said professor William Van Lopik, Ph.D.
"One of premises of the class is to do things, not just talk about what we are going to do and how the world is going to be changed, but having students do things," Dr. Van Lopik said.
The grant pays for 50 recycling bins.
The class has participated in the ten-week Recycle Mania project two years in a row that involves weighing recyclables as they leave the building. This year, the class ranked 136 out of 200 colleges and universities with 8 pounds of recyclables per person, beating out Ohio State and Georgetown, Van Lopik said.
This video on the projects connected to the Great Lakes 2008 Earth Day Challenge was made possible by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in collaboration with the EPA Region 5 office in Chicago, and the EPA Great Lakes national Program Office in cooperation with the non-profit Interfaith Earth Healing Initiative in Marquette, MI.
The EHI involves American Indian tribes and "a coalition of churches, synagogues and other faith traditions joining together to heal, protect and defend the environment," said EHI founder Rev. Jon Magnuson of Marquette, Michigan. The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin contributed over 4 tons of electronic and pharmaceutical waste to the EPA Great Lakes 2008 Ear... more -
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BUCKY THE BADGER! Let's get the This Is College guys back to Wisconsin!!!!!
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Cinderella Davidson Keeps on Prancing, Jilts Wisconsin 73-56!!
Heavens yes, little Davidson College keeps rolling on! Sweeps into the Elite Eight!! Davidson College's Stephen Curry scored more than 30 points for a third straight game, as Davidson racked up another stunner Friday night, rolling over third-seeded Wisconsin 73-56, and advancing to the Midwest Regional finals. Davidson (29-6) now has the nation’s longest win streak, 25 games.
Photographs and video are included. Heavens yes, little Davidson College keeps rolling on! Sweeps into the Elite Eight!! Davidson College's Stephen Curry scored more th... more -
This Is U of Wisconsin
Jake Futernick and Steve Basilone try to hit all the "Big Ten" colleges. At the University of Wisconsin the costumed Halloween revelers arrive early and often impersonating everyone's favorite Kazakhstani journalist. After the big game Trevor tires the three story beer bong and the basement dance floor gets hot. In case you forgot... this is college Jake Futernick and Steve Basilone try to hit all the "Big Ten" colleges. At the University of Wisconsin the costumed Halloween revele... more
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