Good afternoon. Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with afternoon showers and a high of 54. Sunrise is 6:26 AM and sunset 7:27 PM for 13h 01m 00s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 26.9% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1831, the Sauk Indians leave Illinois & Wisconsin: On this…
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Daily Bread for 4.5.22: UW-Whitewater’s Chronic Administrative Turmoil
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a high of 50. Sunrise is 6:28 AM and sunset 7:26 PM for 12h 58m 08s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 17% of its visible disk illuminated. The Whitewater Unified School District’s Policy Review Committee meets at 9 AM, and Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission…
City, Culture, Daily Bread, Economy, Education, University
Daily Bread for 3.29.22: Enrollment and Culture, Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Tuesday in Whitewater will see afternoon showers with a high of 36. Sunrise is 6:40 AM and sunset 7:18 PM for 12h 37m 56s of daytime. The moon is a waning crescent with 8.8% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Community Involvement & Cable TV Commission meets at 6 PM. On this day in…
Daily Bread, Sports, University
Daily Bread for 11.18.21: UW-Whitewater resumes annual wheelchair basketball tournament
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Thursday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 35. Sunrise is 6:51 AM and sunset 4:28 PM for 9h 36m 37s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 99.4% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s CDA meets at 5:30 PM. On this day in 1928, Walt Disney Studio releases the animated…
Daily Bread, Employment, University, UW Madison, UW System, Vaccines
Daily Bread for 11.12.21: UW-Madison Charts the Right Course on Vaccination
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Daily Bread, Education, Marketing, University, UW System
Daily Bread for 11.5.21: Marketing Won’t Revive UW-Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 52. Sunrise is 7:35 AM and sunset 5:41 PM for 10h 05m 51s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 0.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1862, Abraham Lincoln justifiably removes George B. McClellan as commander of the Army…
Daily Bread, Education, School District, University, UW Madison, UW System
Daily Bread for 10.18.21: UW System Vacancies and New Hires
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Monday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 71. Sunrise is 7:13 AM and sunset 6:06 PM for 10h 53m 14s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 95.5% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Library Board meets at 6:30 PM. On this day in 1851, Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick is…
Assault Awareness & Prevention, Daily Bread, Education, Harassment, Indolence, Law, Litigation, Misconduct, University, UW System
Daily Bread for 10.15.21: From UW-Whitewater’s Administration, Too Many and Too Few Words
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
Assault Awareness & Prevention, City, Daily Bread, Law, Litigation, University, UW System
Daily Bread for 10.8.21: Ex-student Stephanie Vander Pas sues for failure of UW-Whitewater to protect her and others from sexual harassment by former chancellor’s husband
by JOHN ADAMS • • 3 Comments
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will see scattered showers with a high of 72. Sunrise is 7:01 AM and sunset 6:22 PM for 11h 21m 22s of daytime. The moon is a waxing crescent with 5.6% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1871, fire destroys Peshtigo, Wisconsin: Peshtigo, Wisconsin was devastated by a…
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Daily Bread for 10.5.21: UW-Whitewater’s Challenges Aren’t Existential
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
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Daily Bread for 9.24.21: Ongoing Enrollment Declines at UW-Whitewater, Elsewhere
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Friday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 79. Sunrise is 6:45 AM and sunset 6:47 PM for 12h 01m 35s of daytime. The moon is a waning gibbous with 88.5% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1957, President Eisenhower sends the 101st Airborne Division to Little Rock,…
Daily Bread, Public Health, University, UW System, Vaccines
Daily Bread for 9.18.21: Vaccination Rates on UW System Campuses
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny with a high of 79. Sunrise is 6:39 AM and sunset 6:57 PM for 12h 18m 52s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 93.1% of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1977, Voyager I takes the first distant photograph [7.25 million miles]…
Daily Bread, Public Health, University, Vaccines
Daily Bread for 9.15.21: UW-Whitewater’s Vaccination Rate
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be sunny with a high of 76. Sunrise is 6:35 AM and sunset 7:03 PM for 12h 27m 30s of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 68.5% of its visible disk illuminated. Whitewater’s Parks & Recreation Board meets at 5:30 PM. This day in 1940 sees the climax of the…
Education, Free Markets, University, UW System
The System Balks
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
For eight years, there has been a state-imposed price freeze for in-state UW System tuition. (This restriction applied to UW-Whitewater as a System school.) The WISGOP wanted this freeze, and it has lingered since Walker’s defeat in 2018. During its imposition, administrators complained about the freeze, and rightly so: price freezes, even short-term ones, are a…