October 16, 1991 - MPR’s Terri Keefe reports on student protest taking place at St. Cloud University. The protests were instigated by unequal punishment of black and white students after a dormitory fight. Protestors stated that it is only an example of the greater persecution of minorities.
October 21, 1991 - David Elwood, a professor of public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, speaking at the Earle Brown Center at the University of Minnesota. Elwood’s address was on problems of the poor and disadvantaged. After speech, Elwood answered audience questions. Elwood is author of the book, "Poor Support".
October 23, 1991 - Federico Pena, former mayor of Denver, gave keynote speech at Itasca Seminar, held at Madden's Lodge in Brainerd. Pena’s address was titled "Building a Community That Values Diversity: Reflections of a Two-Term Mayor." After speech, Pena answered audience questions.
October 25, 1991 - Hedrick Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, discusses the damaging developments of the soviet economy, and possibility of future loose confederation of the splintering Soviet republics as an economic power. Smith has been a New York Times journalist and foreign correspondent from the Soviet Union and around the world for 26 years. Hedrick Smith has updated his book, "The New Russians", to include several new chapters on the failed Soviet Coup and its aftermath. He is currently a fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
October 25, 1991 - Tobin Barrozo, president of Twin Cities-based Metropolitan State University, speaking at Carlton College's 1991 Asia Convocation. Barrozo’s address was titled "The New Learning Community: A New Object for the Higher Learning." After speech, Barrozo answered audience questions.
October 28, 1991 - On this Midday program, Dan Olson hosts a discussion about gay rights in Minnesota. Guests are Tracy Elftmann, deputy commissioner with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights; Emma Hixson, executive director of the Minneapolis Department of Civil Rights; and Larry Meyer, St. Cloud city council member. Guests also answer listener questions.
November 1, 1991 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder interviews Willy Green, who works at a local homeless shelter. Green describes how many people were caught by surprise with snowstorm and how shelter is trying to assist.
November 1, 1991 - MPR’s Dan Olson takes a look at gay and lesbian discrimintation in Minnesota and the opposing viewpoints on expanding Minnesota Human Rights Act or various city ordinances that include protections for the gay and lesbian community.
November 1, 1991 - Minnesota Public Radio presents “Choosing Death,” a documentary which examines the issues of doctor-assisted suicide and euthanasia. Documentary includes interviews with patients, doctors, ethicists, and a visit to Holland, the only country in the world where euthanasia is performed openly.
November 4, 1991 - As voters prepare to go to the polls on November 5th to decide on gay rights ordinance repeal, MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on the positions in the debate over human rights protection for gays and lesbians in St. Paul.