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Friday on Lake Effect: New Marquette Athletic Research Facility, the Oscars, Author Dean Robbins

Friday on Lake Effect:

Marquette announces plans to break ground on a new athletic research facility downtown. President Mike Lovell hopes it becomes an international hub. Then, film contributor Duane Dudek says that unfortunately, the Academy Awards have a long history of ignoring non-white actors. We’ll learn about the real life friendship between Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass as told by Madison children’s book author Dean Robbins. And we’ll have an in-studio performance from Wisconsin’s own Horseshoes and Hand Grenades.

Guests:

  •  Mike Lovell, Marquette University
  • Duane Dudek, film critic
  • Dean Robbins, author
  • Horseshoes & Hand Grenades, band

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