April 17, 1998 - Midday presents Governor Arne Carlson's speaking to the Minnesota Business Partnership and higher education groups about his ideas to improve Minnesota's public schools. Carlson highlights the definition of the “American Dream.” Following broadcast of speech, MPR’s Gary Eichten gets reaction from Joe Nathan, director of the Center for School Change at the University of Minnesota.
April 17, 1998 - National polling expert Peter Hart speaks on character, polls, and President Clinton. Hart’s speech is entitled, "Politics 1998: Public and Private Character in America” and given at 1998 Frank Premack Memorial Lecture at the Minnesota Journalism Center.
April 17, 1998 - As part of Mainstreet Radio’s Treaty Rights and Tribal Sovereignty series, Catherine Winter presents report on the concept called tribal sovereignty, and a look at the where this complex set of rules comes from, and how it affects Indian people today. Report includes various interviews with tribe members.
April 17, 1998 - Anyway you measure it, too many African American students are failing in Minneapolis and Saint Paul public schools. Results of last year's eighth grade basic skills tests put the problem in sharp focus, and raised the pressure on school leaders to improve scores. There are a few urban schools where African American students are not only passing, but excelling in rigorous academic programs. Educators from throughout the region will gather this weekend at Augsburg College in Minnespolis to learn more about those success stories. Minnesota Public Radio's Tim Pugmire reports... --------------------------------------------------------- | D-CART ITEM: 3923 | TIME: (4:29) | OUTCUE: s.o.c. --------------------------------------------------------- 3806 (Sound of classroom)
April 17, 1998 - This is a big weekend for Minnesota writers and literature. Tonight the winners of the tenth annual Minnesota Book Awards will be announced. Then on Sunday, the Marshall festival 5 gets underway. It's a week of readings, roundtables and workshops packed with familiar names...Carol Bly, Robert Bly, Bill Holm and Will Weaver just to name a few. Rosalie Maggio is a writer who's a veteran of both events. She'll be giving a workshop on "Wordsmithing" in Marshall, and she's twice won Minnesota Book Awards. Maggio says the book awards have really grown in stature: Rosalie Maggio is a two-time Minnesota Book Award winner. Her most recent book is The New Beacon Book of Quotations for Women.
April 20, 1998 - U.S. Attorney David Lillehaug discusses his ideas to reduce crime in the highest-crime Minneapolis neighborhoods, including the Phillips neighborhood. Lillehaug also answers listener questions.
April 20, 1998 - On this Midday, a broadcast of Governor Arne Carlson speaking on media accountability, and a need for self-examination of profession. Carlson’s speech was given at the Minnesota Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
April 20, 1998 - The fastest growing chruches in the country today are affiliated not by denomination, but by size. So called, "MEGA CHURCHES" describe congregations numbering in the thousands. Some are housed in huge complexes that resemble business centers more than churces. These congregations are largely evangelical and suburban without many of the trapping of tradition and liturgy. Critics call them 'shopping mall' churches but even some mainline denominations are taking note, wondering what they can learn from the mega church movement. Mary Stucky reports...
April 20, 1998 - Hundreds of students and faculty members at St. Olaf College are putting pressure on administrators to fully explain recently-announced cuts in academic programs and sports. A group of faculty at the four-year liberal arts college in Northfield says the changes will ensure St. Olaf's long-term success. But some students say they feel betrayed. Minnesota Public Radio's Todd Moe visited the campus and filed this report... St. Olaf Colleges' expenses are growing faster than it's revenues. The private school's tuition is 21-thousand dollars a year while it spends more than 30-thousand dollars annually per student. To reduce costs, a Dean's Council, composed of seven long-time
April 21, 1998 - A Mainstreet Radio special broadcast from Mille Lacs Indian Museum, highlighting Indian treaty rights and Native American sovereignty. Rachel Reabe interviews Don Wedll, Commissioner of Natural Resources for the Mill Lacs Band of Ojibwe; Doug Sam, tribal elder; and Henry Van Offelen, treaty biologist for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Group discussion includes spearfishing topic and answering audience/listener questions.