April 26, 2021
Following a rise in xenophobia directed toward Asian Americans at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the past few months have seen a string of high-profile attacks that increased awareness of violence against members of the Asian American community.
Since the shutdown began over a year ago, nearly 3,800 Asian Americans have reported being victims of racist physical or verbal attacks, according to Stop AAPI Hate, a group formed last year to draw awareness to this issue.
To provide an opportunity for the community to come together and address the rise of anti-Asian hate crimes through conversation, the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University held a Storyscope Project event, “Surviving Anti-Asian Racism During COVID-19.” The event was held via Zoom on April 17.
Thirteen area educators are among 142 across Iowa receiving grants in support of the integration of agriculture into classroom instruction or after school programs. With an academic focus, the Agriculture in the Classroom Teacher Supplement Grants are designed to help initiate new projects or expand on existing ones to promote agriculture literacy in students. The money awarded can be used to fund innovative lessons, activities, classroom resources, guest speakers, outreach programs, field trips and more. The grants are distributed by the Iowa Agriculture Literacy Foundation (IALF) and made possible through the support of the Iowa Farm Bureau Federation and the Iowa Egg Council. Recipients from the Kuemper Catholic School System include Elizabeth Hagen at Kuemper High School and Kathy Stipe at Kuemper Junior High. Amy Madsen at the Carroll Middle School and Peggy Hamilton at Fairview Elementary will receive grants. IKM-Manning Community School District has a total of five educators r
Alabama grad on a roll as ‘Jeopardy!’ champ
Updated Jan 15, 2021;
Posted Jan 15, 2021
Lucy Ricketts, above, is a University of Alabama graduate who has won three straight episodes of Jeopardy! She s pictured with guest host and past contestant Ken Jennings. (Courtesy of Jeopardy Productions, Inc.)
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College football national champs. A 20-point blowout win over Kentucky in Rupp Arena. And now? A 3-day winning streak on “Jeopardy!” It’s a good week for the Crimson Tide.
Billed as an illustrator originally from Atlanta, Ga., University of Alabama graduate Lucy Ricketts’ has a 3-day winnings total of $79,499, capping off the trifecta with a $15,000 haul on Thursday. Ken Jennings, the famed “Jeopardy!” champion who won the show’s “Greatest of all Time” tournament, stepped in as guest host during Ricketts’ run.
it becomes everyone s problem. the root of the problem is that we need to talk to one another. compromise is not a dirty word. one of the real problematic things is that people say compromise is a bad thing. it is not a bad thing. it is what politics is about. we ultimately have to realize that we live in a civil society back together. that means compromise has to be essential for us to get things done. we seem to have lost sight about that. is civility and polarization linked? no question about it. the impacts of the civil rights movement and changes in southern politics led basically to the rise of social issues. the trouble with social issues is that abortion is a really tough issue. it is hard to have a middle decision. roe versus wade has a middle decision, but it makes people crazy. it is neither pro-choice or pro- life. it is somewhere in the middle. this is hard for people. it is easier to go to a corner of pro-choice or pro-life. those issues have become very imp
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