Update: the press release was changed during the day from its original wording, as indicated below. Posted immediately below is the full and unaltered text of a City of Whitewater press release on recruitment of a grocery store. Needless to say, I don’t represent the city, but it’s fair to pass along the complete municipal…
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Culture, University, UW System
12 Points on the Claims of Racial Incidents at UW-Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS • • 1 Comment
I posted yesterday about a statement from UW-Whitewater’s Chancellor Kopper about allegations of racial incidents on our campus. Kopper later walked back one of her concerns, about two students appearing in blackface in a photo (they claim they were just showing the results of a mud-pack facial). See, The Claims of Ongoing Incidents on Campus (Updates).…
City, Culture, Misconduct, University
The Claims of Ongoing Incidents on Campus (Updates)
by JOHN ADAMS • • 2 Comments
Update, Thursday afternoon, 2:30 PM. UW-Whitewater officials are now contending that a photo with students in blackface had a benign meaning. See, Image spurs concerns about race at UW-Whitewater @ Channel 3000. From that story: “Kopper later said the students said they just had a facial and took a picture. She said the students did not…
University
Outside
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Chancellor Beverly Kopper announced today the selection of Susan Elrod as provost and executive vice chancellor for Academic Affairs. Dr. Elrod currently serves as the interim provost and vice president for academic affairs at the California State University, Chico. She will join UW-Whitewater on April 15. “I am so pleased Susan Elrod will join us…
Sports, University, UW System
At UW-Whitewater, Far More Championship Rings Than Actual Athletes & Coaches
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
I wrote yesterday of Beverly Kopper’s remark that Richard Telfer’s only weakness was not having enough rings for all his championships. Needless to say, Richard Telfer had no championships at UW-Whitewater: he wasn’t a coach or athlete. When I first read Kopper’s remark months ago, it wouldn’t have occurred to me that non-athletes were – literally…
University
The Former Chancellor’s Only Weakness
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
Months ago, as then-Chancellor Richard Telfer was preparing for retirement, then-Provost Beverly Kopper thought about his career, and spotted only one weakness: Chancellor Richard Telfer has only one weakness, according to Beverly Kopper, provost at UW-Whitewater. This weakness isn’t being a bad listener or not being able to do his job. His weakness is only…
Assault Awareness & Prevention, Crime, Official Misconduct, University
A Second Sex-Assault Survivor Files Federal Complaint Against UW-Whitewater
by JOHN ADAMS • • 3 Comments
Raechel Liska, aged 22. Photo from Channel 3000. Link to Ms. Liska’s video interview, available online. Raechel Liska, aged 22, an honors student and Army ROTC candidate at UW-Whitewater, has filed a sexual discrimination action with the U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Division, against our local university. This is the second federal action that…
Assault Awareness & Prevention, Public Relations, University
Chancellor Telfer & UW-Whitewater Officials: Why Wait 147 Days?
by JOHN ADAMS • • Comments
On September 18, 2014, with the support of national-assault prevention groups, law enforcement, therapists & doctors, and actors & actresses, a bipartisan coalition launched the It’s On Us campaign. The campaign asks everyone to pledge To RECOGNIZE that non-consensual sex is sexual assault. To IDENTIFY situations in which sexual assault may occur. To INTERVENE in…