Tag Archives: Controversy

Chief Deputy Accused of Racial Insensitivity over Facebook Post

Saturday morning, Dan Kontos, Chief Deputy of the Portage County Sheriff’s Department, shared his regular weekend-humor post on the Department’s Facebook fan-page. The meme’s original source is not known.  It featured a Super Troopers character and read as “OFFICERS BE LIKE ‘LAST NAME SMITH – SAM, MARY, IDA, TOM, HENRY.  FIRST NAME TAWNEEQUA – COMMON SPELLING.’ The punchline was the ... Read More »

Students Weigh in on Granite Peak Expansion Discussion

As the debate surrounding a proposed $54 million expansion of Granite Peak on Rib Mountain continues, students at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point say they understand both sides of the discussion. Granite Peak officials unveiled plans to expand the ski hill last year, which would add an additional 150 acres to the resort. The company currently leases 385 acres from ... Read More »

Coral Come Back

In early October, Outside Magazine published an obituary for the Great Barrier Reef stating that the reef is officially dead, citing its life span from 25 million BC to 2016. This article has sparked huge controversy in the scientific world as the reef is in fact very much alive. Located off the northeast coast of Australia’s Queensland, the reef stretches ... Read More »

Wisconsin Institute For Wildlife Hosts Colloquium on Wolf Management

The relationship between wolves and deer is hotly debated in Wisconsin.  Timothy Van Deelen, associate professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, visited the College of Natural Resources at UW-Stevens Point on March 26 to lecture on wolf management. Van Deelen is an expert in deer ecology and a self-proclaimed “deer nerd.”  He has authored or contributed to ... Read More »

UW’s Adidas Controversy Raises Questions

I before I put on my UWSP sweatshirt, I glance at the tag. Champs Sports, cotton, made in Lesotho. We have pride in our school, but do we ever worry about the conditions of the places where that sweatshirt has been? Where was the cotton extracted? Who assembled it? “What I have heard anecdotally from my colleagues in the industry ... Read More »