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The L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library welcomes local artist Sam Peskie as the November maker-in-residence. Peskie will hold in-studio hours for library visitors to drop by to see her work. Photos by Charlotte Becker.

The African Student Association (ASA) at UW-Eau Claire held its annual African Dinner at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 4 in the Ojibwe Ballroom. This year’s theme was Africa’s Future, named after the ideas behind Afrofuturism. Article/photos by Liz Curtin. spectatornews.com/student-life/2…

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Phillips Hall will be closed until further notice.

An article I wrote for The Washington Post during my Ann Devroy Memorial Fellowship was published today. I'm incredibly grateful to Griff Witte and the rest of the democracy team for their guidance and the opportunity to write for them. washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Read managing editor Toby Mohr share his perspective on the state of journalism. “It scares me as someone looking to enter the job field, and it should scare anyone who values democracy in America,” Mohr said. spectatornews.com/opinion/2024/0…

Maddie Kasper, a UW-Eau Claire Honors student double majoring in UWEC Political Science and UWEC CJ Dept., has has valuable educational experiences while studying at UW-Eau Claire, including serving as Editor in Chief of The Spectator. uwec.edu/news/universit…

The 2024 Ann Devroy Memorial Forum will be held at 7 p.m. this Thursday in the Schofield Auditorium. Patrick Marley will deliver a talk titled "Swing State Politics and Election Denialism: The 2024 Presidential Campaign in Wisconsin."

Pro-Palestine student group sends demands to UWEC administration (Maddie Kasper via The Spectator) spectatornews.com/campus-news/20…

The pro-Palestine protest has begun at UW-Eau Claire. Organizers said there will be no encampments formed.

The pro-Palestine protesters marched through the UW-Eau Claire campus mall, where the Bark Break and Spring Block Party were taking place.

Media liaisons for the pro-Palestine protest at UW-Eau Claire speak with student media and local media.

Pro-Palestine protesters at UW-Eau Claire chant “free free Palestine” and “we will not stop, we will not rest”

The UW-Eau Claire pro-Palestine protest wrapped up around an hour and a half after it started. Organizers said they want to hold another protest in the future but have not set a date yet because of upcoming finals.

‘We demand divestment’: UWEC students hold protest in support of Palestine (by Toby Mohr and Maddie Kasper) spectatornews.com/campus-news/20…

We received a statement from UW-Eau Claire Chancellor James Schmidt about the pro-Palestine protest earlier today. spectatornews.com/campus-news/20…

Constitutional law professor @adamscottkunz breaks down Chancellor James Schmidt’s response to the pro-Palestine protest held on the UW-Eau Claire campus today. spectatornews.com/campus-news/20…

Eight months ago, I decided to interview reporters at every non-Madison UW student newspaper. What I found: dedication, deep connections to campus struggles and hopes for how they can change a struggling journalism industry. dailycardinal.com/article/2024/0… signing off, The Daily Cardinal