The Pure Foods Movement was a grass roots effort that called attention to the presence of unhealthy additives in processed food. Prior to 1906, there was no governmental oversight of processed foods and pharmaceutical drugs. Purity, quality, and sanitation were not regulated. Upton Sinclair’s 1906 novel \“The Jungle\” exposed the unsanitary conditions of Chicago slaughterhouses. The book increased people’s awareness of the unhealthy condition of some foods.
Patent medicines were wildly popular in America during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They were non-prescription preparations protected by a trademark and advertised with a trade name.
NDSU President Dean Bresciani not given 2-year contract, leaving post in December 2022
State Board of Higher Education Chair Nick Hacker declined to say why Bresciani was not given a full two-year contract like his counterparts at other state universities and colleges. 3:49 pm, Jun. 29, 2021 ×
North Dakota State University President Dean Bresciani speaks June 25, 2020, outside of the Memorial Union. Forum file photo
FARGO North Dakota State University President Dean Bresciani plans to step down after higher education leaders did not give him a two-year contract, despite doing so for other state university and college presidents.
State Board of Higher Education Chair Nick Hacker announced during a Tuesday, June 29, meeting that Bresciani would leave the position in 2022. The NDSU president plans to take on a tenured professor position in health sciences and education.