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Points North: Great Lakes fisheries missed out on millions for pandemic aid

This week we look into why commercial fishers in the Great Lakes have been left out of federal aid for fisheries nationwide, to the tune of $300 million. (The Great Lakes got zero.)

Pilot program testing wastewater could reveal COVID outbreaks before they worsen

Classical IPR in Concert: Pacifica Quartet

GAMEPLAY: The Music of Wilbert Roget

By Keith Brown • 20 hours ago

Composer Wilbert Roget is an amazing talent who has written original scores for some of the biggest videogame franchises on the planet!

This episode of Gameplay features conversation with Wilbert Roget and selections of his music from Call of Duty: World War II, Mortal Kombat 11, Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, and more.

This week’s full episode and playlist are available below, plus an exciting behind-the-scenes video featuring the recording of A Matter of Time, the main theme from Mortal Kombat 11.

Music By Request for September 19, 2020

By Gretchen Carr • 21 hours ago

Featured on today's program were exceprts from The Long View: A Portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg in Nine Songs by Patrice Michaels. Michaels, a composer and vocalist arranges Ginsburg's legal opinions, letters, and lectures creating an episodic portrait of the late Supreme Court Chief Justice, wife, mother and feminist icon.

1. Erik Satie, Je te veux, Jean-Yves Thibaudet

2. Julie Giroux, Fort McHenry Suite, U.S. Air Force Heritage of America Band, Col. Larry H. Lang

3. John Tavener, Song for Athene, VOCES8

Pilot program testing wastewater could reveal COVID outbreaks before they worsen

By Taylor Wizner • Sep 18, 2020

Testing wastewater can rapidly detect COVID-19 outbreaks in college campuses, nursing homes and prisons.

Thanks to a $10 million dollar grant from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act the state is beginning to test wastewater across Michigan.

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) and the State Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) will team up with local health departments and colleges for the three month pilot.

The Interlochen Collection: Old Music Made New

By Amanda Sewell • Sep 18, 2020

This program features music from the medieval and renaissance eras, but reimagined by 20th-century composers.

Hear Notre Dame polyphony, Renaissance keyboard pieces and a variety of instrumental dance music brought to life by modern wind bands, brass ensembles and orchestras.

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The Interlochen Collection: Old Music Made New

COVID-19 cases popping up in northern Michigan schools

By Max Johnston • Sep 18, 2020

Most school districts Up North have returned to in-person learning in the past few weeks, and several are already seeing COVID-19 cases among students and staff.

Essay: Add Sugar

By Karen Anderson • Sep 18, 2020

When my mother cooked sweet potatoes, she put them in a casserole dish with miniature marshmallows on top. When she baked acorn squash, she scraped out the seeds and put in butter and brown sugar. She added white sugar to fresh strawberries and fresh peaches and lots of other fresh fruit.

And because I was a kid, I thought this was the way to eat. It wasn’t until I was an adult that I ate fruits and vegetables by themselves—and of course, I discovered that they taste pretty great without any additional anything.

Points North: Great Lakes fisheries missed out on millions for pandemic aid

By Peter Payette & Lexi Krupp • Sep 18, 2020

This week we look into why commercial fishers in the Great Lakes have been left out of federal aid for fisheries nationwide, to the tune of $300 million. (The Great Lakes got zero.)

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It's not the goldenrod

By Cheryl Bartz • Sep 17, 2020

Cheryl Gross says a common misconception is “beautiful yellow goldenrod flowers” are the cause seasonal allergies.

“They’re not,” says the president of Plant it Wild.

Gross says the real culprit is ragweed.

It blooms at the same time as goldenrod, but isn’t very noticeable. It’s dull green with tiny dull green flowers.

Ragweed doesn’t need to be flashy because it doesn’t need to attract insects.

Stateside: Albion’s COVID pods; how to be an accomplice to Indigenous people; wildfire effects in

By Stateside Staff • Sep 17, 2020

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Stateside for Thursday, September 17, 2020

On Stateside, how can schools keep COVID-19 cases under control on campus, while also holding in-person classes? Albion College is hoping that their pandemic pod model might be the answer. Also, why the spectacular skies caused by Western wildfires are a reminder of the collective stakes of climate change. And finally, we hear from members of an artist collective that questions white people's fascination with—and sometimes fetishization of—Indigenous culture.