Keeping up with Faculty Senate
Weekly updates from University of Idaho's faculty government

Faculty Senate meets weekly throughout the academic year and reports to University of Idaho faculty and regents. Talking points, agendas and links to meetings are available on the Faculty Senate website.

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Funeral homes adapt to the pandemic
In times of grief, local funeral homes continue support for families while following

Although there have been zero COVID-19 deaths in Latah County, nearby funeral homes have had to adapt to health protocols and the methods used to address families.

Breaking down ASUI’s upcoming intiatives
Plans for handling COVID-19 among the topics in discussion

Lauren Carlsen, the 2020-21 ASUI president, has been planning around the impacts of COVID-19 on University of Idaho’s student government for months. Several of the platforms she campaigned on remain on the docket for this year’s initiatives, but others have seen greater changes.

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OPINION: There are more than two ways of thinking
America boosts a two-party system, but there is much more than that

Lately I’ve noticed that many people like to think in terms of black or white, right or wrong, this or that and right or left, especially when it comes to politics. You’re thought of as a Democrat or a Republican, with very few people seen as fitting in that awkward unknown space between. The Constitution party’s presidential candidate for 2020 is Don Blankenship.

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OPINION: Voters, start preparing now
Our civic duty has never been more important

Media across the U.S. has been engulfed by politics and the 2020 election. Politics affect everything, from the rules and regulations we work under to the freedom and rights some take for granted.

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You can’t make this sh*t up
Annie Lampman, UI MFA Alumn, discusses her first published novel and its heavy themes

Annie Lampman’s fictional writing career began far before she decided to sit down in 2007 and dedicate herself to the completion of her literary thriller “The Sins of the Bees”. Writing her whole life, Lampman graduated from Lewis and Clark State College and moved on to her Vandal career to receive her Master of Fine Arts in creative non-fiction.Lampman originally selected UI because she wanted to work with Kim Barnes, a professor of non-fiction writing, but upon learning she was no longer teaching at UI at the time she began to question her path.

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LIFE hacks: drive-in is back, baby
Things to do on the Palouse this week

Idahoans – get ready for trivia nights, painting and more. Remember to wear a mask and social distance when heading out to physical events. Here are the best things happening on the Palouse this week.