[Imc-newsroom] Newshour notes 01-12-2002

[Peter Miller]

IMC News Notes

1/13/2002

Danielle C., Dan Chambers, Russ Rybicki, Pauline B., Avram G-T, Orion Weill

Tomorrow's Newshour:
         Peter is producing on Education.
-> Bush's racial slur (Dan C.)
-> War will drag on for six years (Dan C.)
-> Football coach salary (Avram)
-> Teacher with anti-war views removed from teaching class (ucimc.org)
-> Death penalty (See SDAS) (Peter)
-> DOE recommends permanent waste site (Orion) see
http://urbana.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=3710
-> Champaign school board to close meetings to public comment
-> Alloy Casting (Peter/Lindsay)

Feature:  Education Bill, local impact. (Peter)
Feature:  Argentina -- Paul Mueth's interview with Mark Weisbrot (5 min)
Feature:  LITBL:  Global Environmentalism -- Crummey Talk (minidisc) (~ 5 
min) (Poss.)

         January 21:  Mike Feltes will produce a program on Pacifism.
February 11 program:  Dan Chambers will produce a program on Enron.

Submit headlines to FSRN by emailing to randiz at wmnf.org (Randi 
Zimmerman).  She'll want your voice on-air, which can be done via 
telephone.  They pay.

New Name for "IMC Newshour":
 From last week:  Possible alternative names with poll results. . .
1. Connect the Dots 5
2. Under the Radar 8
3. Under Our Noses 8
4. In One Ear 10
5. Rocket Science 9
6. Front Burner 1
7. Short Fuse News
8. News With Views
9. Muzzle This! 1

At least one person had an argument against each of the names on our 
list.  Because of this we'll open up to more name submissions.  Pauline 
will send a message to the IMC list soliciting names.  Next Sunday, the 
news group will formally decide on a new name.

Radio for Peace International:  Pauline is going to Costa Rica (Ciudad 
Colon) to intern with RFPI at the end of February and will stay for 4-5 
months.  She wants to know what we want from her while she's there, and if 
we know about any stories currently happening.  Danielle asked Pauline to 
bring back training, tip us off on international stories, and call or email 
us each Saturday night to let us know what she's been up to. Pauline can 
post to the news list and let us know what she's producing.  She also wants 
to know if she can borrow a minidisc recorder (the international 
one).  Knows it's a long time to take equipment, but she plans on doing 
things for UCIMC.  We'll try to raise funds to equip Pauline for the trip 
(a send-off fundraiser).

Rep for Programming Committee Meeting:  Danielle can't be there (Wednesday, 
January 23).  Need a rep to attend PC meeting to say that we're going to 30 
minutes and supplying the new name.  Would be good for it to be someone 
who's been listening to the newshours.  Pauline will be there; OTHERS 
SHOULD ATTEND.

Collaboration with "Public I" group:  Paul Mueth joined us.
·       Paul volunteered an interview about Argentina he's done with Mark 
Weisbrot.  Peter requested a 5 min spot for tomorrow's newshour.
·       UI Budget Cuts -- Avram's interested.
·       Charter school -- Nathaniel Banks, chair of the charter school 
initiative, may write for Public I.  Paul suggested that a counterpoint may 
also be presented.
·       Enron -- series on oil/war/drugs, colombia-afghanistan-enron (Paul 
M./Dan C.)
·       Champaign school board closing meetings to public comment (?)
·       Reparations -- article coming up.  Written by head of afro-american 
research program at UI.  (Sundiata ???)
·       BOAST Academy, after school minority student program at UI. (Avram 
could guide people to sources)

Final notes:  Avram is going to the AFSC meeting about Iraq activism.  Will 
return with mucho audio.

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