March 13, 2003 - Mainstreet Radio's Dan Gunderson profiles four North Dakota State University students competing in Salt Lake City for a national championship. The NDSU Saxophone Quartet won a six-state competition to reach the national contest and hope to bring home top honors in the National Collegiate Chamber Music Competition.
March 13, 2003 - As part of the series “A Lesson on Learning: Behind No Child Left Behind,” MPR reporter Tim Pugmire reports on how tougher accountibilities are putting more schools at risk of being deemed as “needing improvement.” That leaves administrators and teachers stressed and concerned.
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March 17, 2003 - Minnesota lawmakers have a busy week ahead of them. House and Senate committees will take up a wide range of issues, including abortion, concealed carry, and --of course-- the budget. Senate Democrats are holding hearings around the state tomorrow on Minnesota's 4.2 billion dollar projected deficit. Joining us now is Laura McCallum, Minnesota Public Radio's Capitol Bureau Chief.
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March 19, 2003 - Playwright John Guare talks with Guthrie Theater Artistic Director, Joe Dowling, about his writing, life, and play "Six Degrees of Separation" at the Guthrie Theater March 1st through April 6th.
March 24, 2003 - Mainstreet Radio’s Chris Julin takes a ride with the crew of the Coast Guard cutter Sundew. The vessel is carving a path through the ice of Lake Superior in Duluth harbor so the ships can leave.
March 25, 2003 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews former DFL Senator Eugene McCarthy discusses his world views and the current situation in U.S.-Iraq War.
March 27, 2003 - As we try to understand what's happening in Iraq right now, one Minnesotan watches and listens with a unique perspective. John Hartnett is a veteran of the first Gulf War. He was a Military Police Platoon Commander with the Marines. His job was to round up prisoners on the battlefield and take them to POW compounds in Saudi Arabia. John Hartnett has written a book about his experiences. He says the job was sometimes very stressful.
March 27, 2003 - Northwest Airlines is taking heat from laid off workers, union leaders and even Governor Tim Pawlenty over executive pay increases. Last week, Northwest announced it was cutting nearly five thousand jobs due to the war in Iraq. Less than a week later, the company disclosed its two top executives saw pay increases last year totalling nearly 2 million dollars ... a year the company lost almost 800 million dollars. Minnesota Public Radio's Bill Catlin reports.