September 29, 2003 -
September 30, 2003 - More than 1000 people gathered in Cold Spring yesterday at the funeral of a student killed in last week's school shooting; the community still faces weeks and months of grief. Bill Bond has first-hand insight into what Cold Spring's healing process might be like. Bond was the principal at Heath High School in Paducah, Kentucky. On December 1, 1997, a freshman at the school shot eight students, killing three of them. Bond dealt with the aftermath of the tragedy, and guided the school through the recovery process. Bond now serves as the Resident Practitioner for Safe and Orderly Schools for the National Association of Secondary School Principals. Bond says a shooting at a school affects people particularly deeply.
September 30, 2003 - It hasn't even been a week, but for the people of Cold Spring, everything is different. They've already mourned and buried one of their own, and still grieve over another, still in critical condition at St. Cloud Hospital, after last Wednesday's school shooting at Rocori. As Mainstreet Radio's Annie Baxter reports, children and adults are grasping for ways to communicate their feelings.{
October 1, 2003 -
October 1, 2003 -
October 3, 2003 - The Minneapolis chapter of the NAACP has become good at one thing steady self-destruction. Last weekend, the Rev. Albert Gallmon became the latest in a long line of distinguished, well-intended people chewed up by a small group of people in a once-meaningful organization. Gallmon, who became president of the Minneapolis branch in December, fell on his sword with grace in announcing that he was stepping down from the position.
October 3, 2003 - University of Minnesota President Robert Bruininks says the institution is robust and poised to become even greater despite its current budget crisis. At his State of the University address yesterday Thursday Bruininks outlined recent university successes and new priorities for the coming year. Following the speech, Bruininks was put on the defensive by union workers and their supporters who are critical of the university's policy on salaries. Minnesota Public Radio's Marisa Helms reports.
October 6, 2003 - Mankato residents are cleaning up following a weekend riot. A crowd of about three thousand erupted into violence near Minnesota State University following the school's homecoming football game Saturday night. People threw bottles, tore down signs and fences, broke windows and overturned cars. Dozens were arrested in the melee. Daniel Myers is a professor of sociology at the University of Notre Dame and has spent years studying collective violence. He says people tend to congregate after sporting events, and he says this fosters an environment that makes it easier for people to riot.
October 6, 2003 - Two weeks ago, a school shooting dealt a blow to the town of Cold Spring. One student died and another is still in critical condition at St. Cloud Hospital. Everyone deals with trauma differently. But therapists working at the school say kids are resilient and tend to heal well from such emotional wounds. The counselors say their job is to help that healing process along, in the gentlest way possible. Mainstreet Radio's Annie Baxter reports.
October 8, 2003 - The documentary "Four Sisters for Peace" was created by the students of Southside Family School in Minneapolis with their help of their teacher Susie Oppenheim and Twin Cities filmmaker Mike Hazard. I spoke with 13-year-old Jordan Sprenger-Wilson, 13-year-old Libby Sweet and 12-year-old Tristan Brown.