March 5, 2001 - Most college graduates these days can zoom, effortlessly, around the internet. They might know high-level mathematics, or they might be competent in genetics. But few of them can say, for sure, which one is the salad fork. Corporate recruiters say rough table manners can take the shine off of an otherwise attractive job candidate. So some colleges now bring in consultants to help students polish their manners before they hit the job market. Minnesota Public Radio's Chris Julin went to the Etiquette Dinner put on by the University of Minnesota-Duluth, and he has this report.
March 5, 2001 - MPR's Laura McCallum reports that Governor Ventura's education budget came under more fire from education groups who say it shortchanges schools. About a thousand students, parents, and educators rallied at the Capitol for more education spending.
March 6, 2001 - MPR’s Tim Pugmire reports that educators throughout Minnesota have criticized Governor Ventura's proposed budget as insufficient for public schools, but supporters of the state's Indian Education programs are not complaining. Ventura wants to double the current funding targeted to American Indian students in an attempt to lower one of the state's highest drop out rates.
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March 6, 2001 - Gopher, created in the early 1990s at the University of Minnesota, organized the internet into lists.
March 7, 2001 - Phrases like "Curses, foiled again," and "Unhand me you coward" sound painfully quaint to ears trained on catch-phrases made popular by Bart Simpson and Beer commercials. But today's popular culture from comic books to television series have at their root, Dime Novels. Minnesota Public Radio's Steven John visited the Elmer L. Anderson Library at the University of Minnesota to check out the country's largest collection of dime novels. {Costing literally ten cents, and printed on newsprint bound in paper covers, dime novels were ephemeral, inexpensive entertainment for a generation of readers in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Originally intended for adults, the tales of Indian fighters and detectives, heroes and villains ultimately found a younger audience and inspired many a backyard gunfight and imaginary barroom brawl...
March 7, 2001 - As users anticipate the end of unlimited access to music files through Napster, many are scrambling to download as many songs as possible while they still can. Napster has always been particularly popular on college campuses and at times students have overwhelmed Internet connections because of the amount of material being downloaded. Joel Clemmer is the Vice President for Library and Information Services at Macalester College in St. Paul. He says he's not too concerned about being swamped by Napster users because of precautions taken about a year ago.
March 8, 2001 - The accomplishments of girls and women are being celebrated worldwide today in honor of International Women's Day. University of Minnesota law professor Barbara Frey (FRY) thinks that women's everyday acheivements often go unrecognized.
March 9, 2001 - INTRO-- Tigers will be in the spotlight at the Minnesota Zoo this weekend. The zoo has organized a weekend of speakers, films, kids' games, and other activities-- all to educate the public about tiger conservation. The Minnesota Zoo has five Amur tigers of its own-- and it's also considered a leader in international tiger conservation efforts. Dr. Ron Tilson is the director of conservation at the zoo. He's just returned from Indonesia, where the zoo is involved in an ongoing study of wild Sumatran tigers. He says tigers are in big trouble.
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