Feature Stream: Night of the Living Dead

In Night of the Living Dead, a disparate group of individuals takes refuge in an abandoned house when corpses begin to leave the graveyard in search of fresh human bodies to devour. The pragmatic Ben (Duane Jones) does his best to control the situation, but when the reanimated bodies surround the house, the other survivors begin to panic.

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Feature Stream: Cracking Your Genetic Code

What will it mean when most of us can afford to have the information in our DNA - all three billion chemical letters of it - read, stored, and available for analysis? Cracking Your Genetic Code reveals that we stand on the verge of such a revolution.

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Feature Stream: Shadows of Liberty

SHADOWS OF LIBERTY examines how the US media are controlled by a handful of corporations exercising extraordinary political, social, and economic power. The loosening of media ownership regulations has led to the current situation where five mega corporations control the vast majority of the media in the United States.

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Check This Out! October 2018

Knowing News part 2: Journalist Panel Discusses Today's Newsroom

Knowing News part 1: Elements of Journalism - Introduction

September 20, 2-4pm, Stout Starters: A Speed Friending Event

As part of the Talk to Strangers Series, SPEAK UP, University Library and Menomonie Public Library are teaming up to host Stout Starters September 20, 2-4pm, in the Memorial Student Center Ballrooms.

Everyone has a story to tell and we hope to incorporate many diverse voices. Modeled after speed networking, two strangers have seven minutes to converse using questions provided at each station. After seven minutes, it’s time to meet a new person.

People can spend 30 minutes or the whole two hours getting to know people from around campus and the surrounding community.