Morning Links for February 2, 2016

Morning Links for February 2, 2016

Snow, exploding hoverboards, and more.

Tuesday’s need-to-know news chunklets.

  • A Fond du Lac high school newspaper is the central figure in the latest debate about students’ free speech.
  • The Washington Post breaks down what House Speaker Paul Ryan is trying to do to fight his position at the wrong end of the political name-calling game.
  • Remember that horrible snowstorm some were predicting to hit the area today? It might not be as bad as predicted, the Journal Sentinel reports.
  • Will fewer hoverboard explosions mean more hoverboards on the streets?  Gulp.
  • More money to fight ISIS, please, says the Department of Defense.

 

 

 

Claire Hanan worked at the magazine as an editor from 2012-2017. She edited the Culture section and wrote stories about all sorts of topics, including the arts, fashion, politics and more. In 2016, she was a finalist for best profile writing at the City and Regional Magazine Awards for her story "In A Flash." In 2014, she won the the Milwaukee Press gold award for best public service story for editing "Handle With Care," a service package about aging in Milwaukee. Before all this, she attended the University of Missouri's School of Journalism and New York University's Summer Publishing Institute.