Approval ratings declineSome believe that low approval ratings are a result from the slow response of different issues by President Barack Obama
President Barack Obama's approval ratings have been steadily declining since January of last year. He has lost 16 percent in his approval rating, according to Gallup.com.
Gallup.com records the daily approval ratings of the president, shows a steady decline in his approval ratings since coming into office.…
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Vogel speaks about drug education
Thirty faculty members and 60 students picked up clickers and participated in a discussion of drug education in the Phoenix Rooms on Feb. 23.
Matt Vogel explained the importance of knowledge and drug education through an interactive program.
The programed titled, "Weed, Speed and Beyond," was presented to faculty and students discussing safety, not avoidance with drugs.…
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Native Americans divided on logos
Tribes in Wisconsin have faced many challenges over the years from treaty rights to health care, but more recently they are faced with the issue of mascots.
The state Assembly will vote on a bill this week that targets race-based mascots and logos. An estimated 36 schools in Wisconsin use race-based mascots.…
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President signs extension of Patriot Act
President Obama has signed a one-year extension to the Patriot Act expanding the government's ability to monitor Americans in the name of national security. Provisions would have expired today.
Three sections of the act that will stay in force include authorization of court-approved wiretaps that permit surveillance on multiple phones, allow court-approved seizure of records and property in anti-terrorism operations, and permitting surveillance against a so-called "lone wolf" which is a non U.…
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Mueller endowment ready for use
A promise Captain Craig A. Mueller made to UW-Green Bay five years before his death was realized in Sept. 2008. In 2002, Mueller pledged to make a $1 million gift to start a scholarship endowment in his name at his alma mater.
Mueller's gift, the largest ever for UWGB's scholarship funds, will make scholarships available annually to students enrolled in both the arts and visual design (formerly communication and the arts) and communication academic units.…
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Asian carp threaten the Great LakesExperts fear Asian carp may enter Great Lakes threatening the native fish and the ecosystem
Debate has been raging about Asian carp are heading toward the Great Lakes. The carp continually threaten the Great Lakes with their rapid growth, and unfamiliarly large size and danger to native fish.
Silver and Bighead, two species of Asian carp, were first introduced in Mississippi in catfish farms around the 1960s.…
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