Retiring Guy's Digest: 2020-09-13

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

This will not go well

The New York Times

Monday, September 14, 2020

Covidiot Chronicle: Utah County, home to Brigham Young University, is a coronavirus hot spot

Source: The New York Times

Spike in COVID-19 diagnoses continues, with 572 new Utah cases reported. (Salt Lake Tribune, 9/12/2020)

Utah County is currently experiencing the highest COVID-19 infection rates in the state, apparently driven by Brigham Young University in Provo, where scores of new cases have been reported in recent days.

Bending over backwards to make it look like it's not a big deal.

Related reading:BYU community not happy with changes in university’s COVID reporting. (The Daily Universe, 9/12/2020)

Members of the BYU community came out on social media to voice their displeasure following BYU’s decision to move from daily to once-a-week reporting of COVID cases.

The change comes at a time when both Utah County and BYU cases are skyrocketing and the county’s infection rate is the highest in the state.

BYU reported 218 active cases and 258 total cases on Friday, Sept. 11. Following BYU’s decision to move to weekly reports, the university also announced it was rolling out a new COVID dashboard that shows the total number of cases as well as how many are active and how many are no longer in isolation. The dashboard also has weekly totals and daily averages for each week.

Related posts
Bradley University (Peoria IL). (9/10/2020)

Florida State University. (9/10/2020)

Georgia Southern University. (9/11/2020)

Indiana University. (9/10/2020)
Iowa State University. (9/11/2020)
Michigan State University. (9/14/2020)
Oklahoma State University. (8/23/2020)
Ole Miss. (9/11/2020)

Penn State. (9/12/2020)

State University of New York at Oneonta. (9/10/2020)
University of Arkansas. (9/10/2020)

University of Dayton. (9/12/2020)

University of Georgia. (9/11/2020)

University of Illnois. (9/8/2020)
University of Missouri. (9/10/2020)

University of Nebraska. (9/12/2020)

University of North Ccarolina. (9/6/2020)
University of Notre Dame. (8/19/2020)

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. (9/11/2020)

Viterbo University (La Crosse WI) (9/11/2020)

Washington State University. (9/11/2020)
West Virginia University. (9/9/2020)

Winona State University. (9/9/2020)

Wisconsin 2020 elections: Who's running in the 52nd State Assembly District?

In November 2018, Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R-Fond du Lac) won a 5th term in the Assembly by a margine of 23.4 percentage points.

Democratic challenger Julie Schroeder grew up on a family farm near Marshfield and currently works as a speech language pathologist for the Fond du Lac Area School District.

Sources include Wisconsin Election Commission

Source: Ballotpedia

The Jigsaw Art

of the WIGOP Gerrymander

Source: Ballotpedia

2020 Wisconsin election posts:

14th Senate District. (2/24/2020)

16th Senate District. (1/28/2020)

26th Senate District. (4/4/2020)

30th Senate District. (1/18/2020)

1st Assembly District. (5/8/2020)

2nd Assembly District. (7/5/2020)

3rd Assembly District. (7/6/2020)

4th Assembly District. (7/6/2020)

6th Assembly District. (7/8/2020)

8th Assembly District. (7/8/2020)

9th Assembly District. (7/9/2020)

11th Assembly District. (7/9/2020)

12th Assembly District. (7/10/2020)

13th Assembly District. (7/14/2020)

14th Assembly District. (7/15/2020)

15th Assembly District. (7/16/2020)

19th Assembly District. (7/20/2020)

21st Assembly District. (7/21/2020)

23rd Assembly District. (7/24/2020)

24th Assembly District. (7/28/2020)

25th Assembly District. (7/30/2020)

26th Assembly District. (8/3/2020)

28th Assembly District. (8/4/2020)

29th Assembly District. (2/21/2020)

30th Assembly District. (8/10/2020)

31st Assembly District: (8/6/2020)

32nd Assembly District. (8/7/2020)

33rd Assembly District. (8/21/2020)

34th Assemblyl District. (8/22/2020)

35th Assembly District. (8/24/2020)

38th Assembly District. (8/26/2020)

39th Assembly District. (8/28/2020)

40th Assembly District. (9/2/2020)

41st Assembly District. (9/3/2020)

42nd Assembly District. (8/31/2020)

43rd Assembly District. (9/4/2020)

44th Assembly District. (9/6/2020)

45th Assembly District. (9/7/2020)

48th Assembly District. (3/12/2020)

49th Assembly District. (9/8/2020)

50th Assembly District. (9/10/2020)

63rd Assembly District. (5/29/2020)

67th Assembly District. (5/4/2020)

69th Assembly District. (1/16/2020)

76th Assembly District. (5/13/2020)

82nd Assembly District. (5/13/2020)

96th Assembly District. (5/3/2020)

Covidiot Chronicle: Ingham County, home to Michigan State University, is a coronavirus hot spot

Source: The New York Times

Bridge, 9/12/2020

As of Saturday, there were at least 342 people affiliated with Michigan State University who have tested positive for COVID-19 since Aug. 24, according to the county.

MSU

Related reading:
Michigan State students, are you ready for some football? Take this survey. (The State News, 6/9/2020)

Michigan State Athletic Director Bill Beekman announced in a teleconference with reporters last week that MSU is planning on going ahead as scheduled with football as of right now. The Spartans' first game is on Sept. 5 against Northwestern. Beekman said that MSU is planning on opening Spartan Stadium to fans, but only at 20-30% capacity with priority given to students, season ticket holders and major donors.

Related posts:

Bradley University (Peoria IL). (9/10/2020)

Florida State University. (9/10/2020)

Georgia Southern University. (9/11/2020)

Indiana University. (9/10/2020)
Iowa State University. (9/11/2020)
Oklahoma State University. (8/23/2020)
Ole Miss. (9/11/2020)

Penn State. (9/12/2020)

State University of New York at Oneonta. (9/10/2020)
University of Arkansas. (9/10/2020)

University of Dayton. (9/12/2020)

University of Georgia. (9/11/2020)

University of Illnois. (9/8/2020)
University of Missouri. (9/10/2020)

University of Nebraska. (9/12/2020)

University of North Ccarolina. (9/6/2020)
University of Notre Dame. (8/19/2020)

University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. (9/11/2020)

Viterbo University (La Crosse WI) (9/11/2020)

Washington State University. (9/11/2020)
West Virginia University. (9/9/2020)

Winona State University. (9/9/2020)

GET ME REWRITE: Greeks welcome Covid to campus with open arrms

Reported in UI study explores Greek membership on political orientation, activism. (Iowa Now, 11/15/2012)

Which is why headlines like these should come as no surprise.

Wisconsin State Journal, 9/5/2020

Wisconsin State Journal, 9/12/2020

So far, 820 members of UW fraternities and sororities have received quarantine orders. Perhaps they believe this latest nonsense about rounding the final turn on Covid.

Journal of Students Affairs Research and Practice

Covidiot Chronicle: La Crosse County, home to a University of Wisconsin System campus and Viterbo University, is a coronavirus hot spot

La Crosse Tribune (9/11/2020

The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse reported 105 new positive cases Friday out of 279 tests administered -- a rate of 37.63 percent positive. UW-L has reported a total of 202 cases this week beginning Tuesday. A total of 370 students are being quarantined at Coate Hall on campus through Sept. 24. The Viterbo University COVID-19 dashboard listed 50 active student cases of COVID-19 as of Friday.

Related reading:
Viterbo University announces plans for fall classes. (Viterbo University, 6/25/2020)

Viterbo University plans a return to campus in the fall and will implement key safety measures to keep the students and employees safe. Earlier this month Viterbo, along with UW-La Crosse and Western Technical College, released a joint announcement stating each institution was planning to offer on campus classes, with each working on more detailed plans specific to their campus. The Viterbo plan, “Moving Forward @ Viterbo,” will continue to be refined and will be reviewed by health officials.

“The plan will be responsive to the situation and will continue to integrate new information and recommendations from health officials throughout the summer,” said Glena Temple, Viterbo University President.

UW-La Crosse orders 2-week quarantine, stops in-person classes as COVID-19 cases rise. (Wisconsin State Journal, 9/13/2020)

The university also is shutting down academic buildings, the student union and in-person study spaces, including at Murphy Library, for at least two weeks. UW-L reported 105 new cases Friday and a total of more than 200 last week, forcing the quarantining of Coate Hall last week.

Other campus outbreaks:
Bradley University (Peoria IL). (9/10/2020)

Florida State University. (9/10/2020)

Georgia Southern University. (9/11/2020)

Indiana University. (9/10/2020)
Iowa State University. (9/11/2020)
Oklahoma State University. (8/23/2020)
Ole Miss. (9/11/2020)
State University of New York at Oneonta. (9/10/2020)
University of Arkansas,. (9/10/2020)

University of Georgia. (9/11/2020)

University of Illnois. (9/8/2020)
University of Missouri. (9/10/2020)
University of North Ccarolina. (9/6/2020)
University of Notre Dame. (8/19/2020)
Washington State University. (9/11/2020)
West Virginia University. (9/9/2020)

Winona State University. (9/9/2020)

Sunday, September 13, 2020

Keeping tabs on authors in LINKcat: Shere Hite (1942-2020)

Not much of a long-term shelf life in the South Central Library System.

Source: LINKcat

Shere Hite, Who Challenged Myths of Female Sexuality, Dies at 77. (The New York Times, 9/11/2020)

Her most famous work, “The Hite Report: A Nationwide Study of Female Sexuality” (1976), challenged societal and Freudian assumptions about how women achieved orgasm: It was not necessarily through intercourse, Ms. Hite wrote; women, she found, were quite capable of finding sexual pleasure on their own.

However obvious her conclusions might seem today, they were seismic at the time and “sparked a revolution in the bedroom,” as Ms. magazine reported. For all the women who had faked orgasm during intercourse, the Hite Report helped awaken their sexual power and was seen as advancing the liberation of women that was rapidly underway.

The 48 member libraries of LINKcat

Related posts:
2020
Patricia Bosworth. (4/6/2020)
Mary Higgins Clark. (2/4/2020)
Clive Cussler. (2/29/2020)
David Graeber. (9/6/2020)
Shirley Ann Grau. (8/11/2020)
Pete Hamill. (8/6/2020)
A, E, Hotchner. (2/18/2020)
Roger Kahn. (2/15/2020)
Johanna Lindsey. (1/15/2020)
Sylvia Jukes Morris. (1/20/2020)
Charlers Portis. (2/19/2020)

Julia Reed. (9/8/2020)
John Rothchild. (1/22/2020)
Gail Sheehy. (9/3/2020)
George Steiner. (2/6/2020)
Charles Webb. (6/30/2020)
Elizabeth Wurtzel. (1/11/2020)

2019
Warren Adler. (4/23/2019)
Kate Braverman. (10/28/2019)
Stephen Dixon. (11/12/2019)
Ernest J. Gaines. (11/8/2019)
Dan Jenkins. (3/10/2019)
Judith Krantz. (6/27/2019)
Paule Marshall. (8/27/2019)
Robert K. Massie. (12/4/2019)
Martin Mayer. (8/3/2019)
Wright Morris. (7/25/2019)
Toni Morrison. (8/12/2019)
Anthony Price. (6/17/2019)
James I. Robertson. (11/20/2019)
Anne Rivers Siddons. (9/19/2019)
John Simon. (12/1/2019)
Sol Stein. (9/30/2019)
Brad Watson. (8/2/2020)
Lonnie Wheeler. (7/15/2020)
Herman Wouk. (5/20/2019)
Nearly forgotten "sociological megahits" of 1970. (6/18/2019)

2018
Neal Thompson. (6/17/2018)
Barbara Kafka. (6/8/2018)
Weeding or historical sanitization at LINKcat libraries? (6/2/2018)

2017
Aline Countess of Romanones. (12/17/2017)
Kit Reed. (10/1/2017)
Carol J. Adams shares feminist classics from her personal library. (9/8/2017)

2016
E. M. Nathanson. (4/10/2016)

2015
Gunter Grass (1927-2015). (4/15/2015)

2014
Thomas Berger (1924-2014). (7/23/2014)
Peter Matthiessen (1927-2014) (4/8/2014)

2013
Barbara Branden. (12/26/2013)

Greetings from Trump's America: Sargent County, North Dakota, a rural coronavirus hot spot

Source: The New York Times

Sargent County

Map found at North Dakota sets records in new COVID-19 cases, testing. (Grand Forks Herald, 9/12/2020)

Original 10/22/2017 post, with demographic and election updates, start here.

Where Trump's America First policy is not in the best interests of Sargent County residents.