November 22, 2000 - Representatives at a climate conference at the Hague this week are trying to agree on how to cut down on pollutants that are believed to cause global warming. One of the main pollutants is carbon dioxide. The United States supports what its calls a flexible plan. In part, that means forests that absorb carbon would count toward meeting reduction targets. There has even been talk of paying farmers here in the United States to plant trees rather than crops. The European Union rejected the United States' plan yesterday. John Pastor is a biology professor and part of the University of Minnesota's Natural Resources Research Institute in Duluth. He's on the line now. John Pastor is a biology professor at the University of Minnesota-Duluth
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November 23, 2000 - St Paul native Warren Burger, the 20th-century's longest-tenured U-S Supreme Court Chief Justice once said he could not have gone to law school if it wasn't for the night classes at William Mitchell. Burger was among those who took advantage of the law school's friendly stance toward untraditional students. Minnesota Public Radio's Elizabeth Stawicki reports on the school's legacy as it celebrates its 100th anniversary today (Thursday).
November 24, 2000 - When you were growing up did you dream of being a fire fighter? Do "smoke eaters" conjure up romantic images of heroics while battling fires? Some people in Northwestern Minnesota are getting a chance to live the dream. In Moorhead, the local fire department has organized its first citizens fire academy. As Mainstreet Radio's Bob Reha reports, the idea is not to train folks to join the department, but to give them a better awareness of what it is the department does.
November 27, 2000 - {For Mon. 11/27 M.E.} A special committee of Minnesota educators is helping decide what, if any, changes should be made to the Profile of Learning graduation standards. Consultants hired by the state recently issued a critical analysis of the Profile system. A local panel meets this week to review that report and will soon send its own recommendations for legislative adjustments to the state's education commissioner. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports...
November 27, 2000 - Joining us now with his take on the situation in Florida is Steven Schier, chair of the political science department at Carleton College in Northfield.
November 29, 2000 - The medical school would use the extra money, $8 million, to stabilize the school's bad budget, hire more researchers, and educate more health professionals in the state.
November 29, 2000 - A new report on student performance shows the Minneapolis school district continues to make overall gains, but a handful of schools aren't doing as well as they need to. Under new accountability standards, eight elementary and middle schools could face strict district interventions and the possible reorganization of staff. School officials say additional efforts are also needed district-wide to address a troubling achievement gap for African-American students. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports.
November 30, 2000 - The nation's largest study of adolescent health finds that one in four teenagers have used a weapon in the past and one in ten drink alcohol on a regular basis. Researchers at the University of Minnesota surveyed 10-thousand students ranging in age from twelve to seventeen. The research suggests that teenagers who engage in risky behavior have done poorly in school and have lots of unsupervised free time. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
December 5, 2000 - The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system this afternoon named James McCormick as its new Chancellor. McCormick has been head of the State System of Higher Education in Pennsylvania for the past 17 years. McCormick says initially, he wasn't interested in the job, but that he warmed to the idea when he learned more about the 35-school system: