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The Man from Madill

As young Gary Sandefur galloped his horse Thunder through the dusty outskirts of Madill, Okla., the open plains seemed to stretch forever. Madill, a little town in rural southeastern Oklahoma where everybody knew everybody, was the sort of place where a kid who loved the outdoors could thrive. Sandefur grew up fishing with his father [...]

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Asides

• Gerda Lerner, pioneer of women's history, dies at 92 (Wisconsin State Journal) The professor emerita of history created a Ph.D. program in women's history at UW-Madison after founding the first graduate program on the discipline in the country at Sarah Lawrence College. Read more...
• Jim Healy from Communication Arts and Christina Martin-Wright from the Wisconsin Film Festival promote this year's event on "The Morning Blend." To learn more about the 2012 film festival, click here.
• Doug Bradley: The Man from DARE (The Huffington Post) Former director of communications for the University of Wisconsin System, Doug Bradley reminisces about the late Professor Fred Cassidy, who was the force behind the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), which recently published its fifth and final volume. Read more...  
• A to Zydeco: Saving the Diversity of American English (The White House) The Office of Engagement in the White House features the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE) in its blog for being "the longest continuously-funded project of the National Endowment for the Humanities." DARE recently published its fifth and final volume. Read more...
• Exploring Bruce Springsteen's America (Huffington Post) Professor Craig Werner blogs about  his Bruce Springsteen class, which as part of a First Year Interest Group (FIG) which enrolls a small group of freshman in the same cluster of related courses. Read more...