By Anna Hansen and Mandy Scheuer September 17, 2020 COVID-19 cases on Edgewood’s campus have quadrupled, going from five on Sept. 15 to twenty-one on Sept. 17. To combat the spread of the virus, Phil’s, one of two on-campus dining halls, has closed in-person dining, offering pick-up only. “This spike is attributable to egregious violations […]
By Anna Hansen September 8, 2020 Edgewood College community members gathered on Monroe Street Sept. 1 to peacefully protest police brutality and support the Black Lives Matter movement following the August 23 police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha. The protest, organized by Vivi Velasquez, Jahdai Guerrero, and Shawn Padley, featured several speakers who shared […]
August 29, 2020 The August 23 police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, WI has reinvigorated protests across the country decrying police brutality and anti-Blackness. Below is a statement from Edgewood’s Student Senate in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. To the students of Edgewood College, Our country has been seeing months of protests, […]
By Nora-Kathleen Berryhill August 10, 2020 New work-study positions will soon become available to students for the fall semester, President Manion announced in a July 23 email. The positions are intended to ease the burden on professors and ensure that “students and faculty have the flexibility to join classes remotely depending on their individual circumstances,” […]
By Anna Hansen August 1, 2020 Edgewood’s Board of Trustees has reinstated seven faculty members who were terminated by the college May 27. This decision comes following the appeals of Ethnic Studies and English Professor Huining Ouyang, English Professor Susan Rustick, and Communications Studies Professor Bonnie Sierlecki, three of the terminated faculty. The other four […]
By Anna Hansen A group of Edgewood College students have formed the LegEC committee to unite BIPOC community members. Jahdai Guerrero, a junior at Edgewood studying psychology, told OTE that the group’s primary mission is to unite minority groups in the Edgewood community while supporting marginalized community members. “We are all here to support each […]
By Anna Hansen Following the elimination of Kasey Hoffman’s position and Grace Bandoh’s resignation, Edgewood College is currently in the market for disability services workers. Matt Sullivan, assistant vice president for student development, said the search was nationwide, and that Edgewood has already received applications. Barb Perkins is a mental health professional and the mother […]
By Nora-Kathleen Berryhill Students and faculty can submit plays for consideration by emailing Jeanne Leep at [email protected]. The deadline is July 20. Edgewood College’s Theatre Arts Department will live-stream three Zoom readings of plays during the 2020-21 season on YouTube. The announcement comes after a presentation of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” was postponed due to COVID-19 concerns. The play “Tiny Beautiful Things,” which […]
By Anna Hansen Edgewood College community members gathered for a peaceful protest on July 1 in support of an 18-year-old bi-racial woman attacked with lighter fluid by four white men in downtown Madison last month. Althea Bernstein had stopped for a red light in her car with her window down when one of the four […]
By Nora-Kathleen Berryhill In a June 27 Zoom meeting hosted live by Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Edgewood President Andrew Manion spoke with President Jack E. Daniels of Madison College and Chancellor Rebecca Blank of UW-Madison about facilitating online learning, confronting campus racism, and fostering diversity. Both UW-Madison and Edgewood College are adopting a hybrid plan […]
