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Students kayak Rock River with new device

Emily Lepkowski, News Editor October 7, 2016

As the water glistened and kayaks moved downstream, a group of students set out with University of Wisconsin-Whitewater professor Eric Compas in May for 11 days. The group arrived at the Rock River equipped...

Gasland – Thousands of Americans have sold their land to energy companies; the documentary ‘Gasland’ shows the risks of fracking

October 3, 2012
Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is a process by which companies forcibly extract fossil fuels from underground deposits. Experts say the process pumps several million gallons of water and metric tons of chemicals and sand into a well to shatter rock formations and force fossil fuels to the surface. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 specifically exempts companies from reporting what chemicals they use to mine these wells.

UW-W professor going green on campus, at home

April 20, 2011
Eric Compas is just an average professor who wants to save the environment, one green thumb at a time.

Inspiring march for their rights

April 6, 2011
With our years at UW-Whitewater being a time of growth and maturation for many of us, we often look to faculty and staff members as role models. We look to them to not only guide us in our studies, but in life as well.

Faculty march to Madison to deliver letter

March 30, 2011
Sometimes it takes great measures to get your point across to someone with different beliefs. Several UW-Whitewater faculty and staff members decided it would take a measure such as a 42-mile hike to Madison to deliver a letter addressing Gov. Scott Walker’s budget-repair bill and proposed biennial budget.
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