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9-15-08
Sandy Pasch wins 22nd district Democratic primaries
Democratic candidate Sandy Pasch of Whitefish Bay defeated three other Democrats to win the 22nd district state assembly primary vote. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel endorsed Pasch in August. She will now face Republican Yash Wadhwa of Glendale for the 22nd district seat on Nov. 4.
3 UWM faculty named “Distinguished Professors”
John Heywood (Economics), Nadya Fouad (Educational psychology), and Abbas Ourmazd (Physics) were all recently named UWM Distinguished Professors by the UW System Board of Regents. The three additions bring to the current number of such professors at UWM to 18. There have only been 35 UWM Distinguished Professors since 1973. Source: uwm.edu
Report indicates MPS attendance problems
A report released Thursday Sept. 11 by the Wisconsin Legislative Audit Bureau shows that almost half of all Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) students are habitually truant, or skipping class. The report, which used data from the 2006-2007 school year, showed that 46.3% regularly skip.
B.O.S.S. van collides with city bus
A UWM B.O.S.S. van collided with a Milwaukee County Transit System bus on Friday Sept. 12 around 6 p.m. The van was attempting to turn into the front UWM Union half-circle driveway while a route 62 city bus struck the van’s right side. Nobody was in the van besides the driver, and no injuries were sustained. It was the B.O.S.S. driver’s first accident.
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