UWM to Co-Host Great Lakes Water Compact Briefing on March 5

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will co-host the Great Lakes Water Compact briefing at Discovery World on March 5. The pending Great Lakes Water Compact, how the compact will impact the region’s freshwater supply and the economic benefits that the compact will provide will be discussed. The program will start with a continental breakfast at 7:15 a.m. and is open to the public. The event is sponsored by WisPolitics.com, the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce, and Discovery World. To register for the event, call 414-287-4127.

St. Patrick’s Day to possibly become official holiday by Proposition 3-17

Guinness Brewery is attempting to make St. Patrick’s Day an official U.S. holiday by offering a petition online to supporters of the idea. If passed, Proposition 3-17 would give most Americans the day off and “reduce the amount of employees missing work in order to celebrate,” according to the proposition’s Web site. In order to present the petition to congress, Guinness needs 1 million signatures by midnight on March 16. They still need 926,616. Those interested can check out http://www.proposition317.com.

UWM Today Revamps Website

The improved front page news feature on the UWM Web site now includes more daily news coverage. The page offers current news, events and announcements in a single page designed to give a quick overview of what’s happening at UWM. The site now links to complete listings of news stories, the events calendar, campus announcements and sports news.

SUFC announces candidates for student election

The Students United for Change party announced its candidates for president and vice president on Thursday. Speaker of the Student Association Senate Tyler Draheim will be running for president, with Tommy Hughes running as his vice president. Current SA President Rob Grover will not be seeking re-election.

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