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.
October 8, 2003 - Minnesota health professionals, hospital administrators and school personnel say they're ill prepared to handle a SARS outbreak. Many health experts predict that Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome is likely to resurface this year during the coming cold and flu season. More than eight thousand people have been infected with SARS worldwide in the last year. Though most of those infections occurred outside of the United States, analysts predict that a SARS outbreak could occur in the U.S. this winter. Minnesota Public Radio's Tom Scheck reports...
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October 8, 2003 - Peter Agre's late father predicted his scholarly son would one day win a Nobel prize. The Nobel Committee announced today Agre will share this year's chemistry prize with another American scientist. The 54 year old Agre was raised in Northfield and Minneapolis. His mother Ellen got the call at 6:45 this morning about his award. One of his Augsburg College professors remembers Agre as a model student with a social conscience. Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Olson reports.
October 9, 2003 - It's been two weeks since a shooting at Rocori High School in Cold Spring. One student was buried last week, another is still in critical condition. Now grief turns to questioning. What should happen next? Some parents say the school should spend more money on security measures. Metal detectors are an option. But the experts say spending a lot of money on new safety measures is unnecessary and could create a false sense of security. Mainstreet Radio's Tim Post reports.
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October 10, 2003 - Seth Bartell died this afternoon. The 14-year-old freshman was shot late last month at Rocori High School in Cold Spring. He had been on life support ever since. 17-year-old Aaron Rollins died shortly after the shooting and was buried last week. Inaccurate rumors of Bartell's death spread through Cold Spring last night. Some media outlets reported it. For the boy accused of the shooting, Bartell's death will likely bring additional and possibly more serious murder charges.
October 10, 2003 - American Indians have the lowest level of educational attainment of any ethnic group in the country. But a growing movement to establish tribal colleges is having an impact. Just three decades ago, there wasn't a single tribal college in the country. Today there are 35, and the number is growing. While mainstream universities have struggled to attract and retain Indian students, tribal colleges are succeeding. In northern Minnesota, tribal colleges have become cornerstones of reservation life. And as Mainstreet Radio's Tom Robertson reports, larger universities are hoping to attract tribal college graduates. {