Timeline Of John Adams Life

Tuition hike approved by regents

The University of Wisconsin Board of Regents has voted to increase tuition at the system's 26 campuses by 5.5 percent, despite some opposition. The decision to raise tuition at UW schools was not unanimous.

Regent John Drew called the hike unfair, saying the UW System was becoming public in name only. Drew says, "Working people are not getting 5.5 percent pay increases. It is not fair to ask them to shoulder the burden of more costs for education."

But UW System president Kevin Reilly echoed the sentiments of the majority of regents who voted in favor of the tuition increase. He says, "The 5.5 percent base undergrad tuition hike proposed covers only 30 percent of the $250 million dollar, so I think it's very important for students and families and all of us to realize we're not putting the burden so to speak of that full $250 million cut on the backs of our students and families."

The hike works out to about a $400 increase for the Milwaukee and Madison campuses. Tuition at the two-year UW colleges will increase for first time in 5 years by $235. Tuition revenues account for one-fifth of the operating budget.

One recent UW-Madison graduate said after the meeting that he didn't support the hikes. He said a few hundred dollars might not seem like a lot, but that for many students, increased tuition and other fees could mean the price of a couple months' rent.

The regents also talked about new flexibilities the system would have thanks to the recently passed state budget, including more independence for deciding how certain funds are spent.

Proposal would restore forestlands that were once near the Mississippi River

The Army Corps of Engineers wants to restore the forest ecosystem along the Mississippi River. Logging, agriculture, urbanization, and the locks and dams have contributed to a decline in forests along the Mississippi River. Aging stands of silver maples aren't replacing themselves, and the invasive reed canary grass is taking over the floodplains.

So the Army Corps of Engineers has developed the Systemic Forest Management Plan to restore and maintain the ecosystem along the upper Mississippi River and its major tributaries, stretching from Minneapolis to Cairo, Ill.

It's working with U.S. Fish and Wildlife, and Upper Mississippi River Refuge District Manager Tim Yager says it would help the animals. He says,"The thread of forest that's found along the Mississippi River and along the bluffs and valleys of the river is a continentally significant migration corridor for a lot of species. So we're concerned about the importance of that migration corridor potentially declining as we transition out of the forested ecosystem to more of a grass and meadow ecosystem.

LightsOnTheLake: America-Land of the Pilgrims Pride

Monday we began our new unit study. America.

This is a two year study from Christian Novel Studies. The first unit is from 1492-1789. This unit will last 11 weeks.

Today was so easy. Everything is laid out. All I had to do is gather the books, and materials needed and read from the script. Homeschooling has never seemed so easy!

Here is a rough list of things we covered this week.

This is one of our quotes to memorize this week.:

I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these States. Yet through all the gloom I can see rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than all the means.