May 16, 1989 - Steve Chadwick, Duluth Community Action Program executive director, speaking at the Compass Project symposium held at the College of St. Scholastica. Chadwick’s address was on the topic of financial hardship in Duluth. The Compass Project surveyed households, key informants or community leaders, human service agencies, and examined reams of existing data, like previous studies and demographics of Duluth. The survey identified four primary areas of concern: employment, housing, financial hardship and health care.
May 17, 1989 - Russell Ewald, the retiring executive vice-president of the McKnight Foundation, speaking upon receipt of the A.A. Heckman Community Service Award. Ewald’s address was on the topic “The Many Faces of Philanthropy.” Russell Ewald has spent the last forty years serving as an Episcopal minister and doing foundation work.
May 19, 1989 - MPR’s Tom Meersman does a profile on new production by performer Garrison Keillor. The production, called “Garrison Keillor’s American Radio Company of the Air,” will include monologue, music, and comic sketches. The new two hour show will follow in the footsteps of A Prairie Home Companion.
May 26, 1989 - A tribute to the late University of Minnesota political science professor, Mulford Q. Sibley. Program features his popular speech entitled, "My Last Lecture," as well as excerpts from an interview on Midday in June, 1982, and excerpts from a call-in program.
May 26, 1989 - MPR’s Kate Smith presents a reflection on the life of author and academic Mulford Q. Sibley. Segment includes interviews with those who knew Sibley and his political beliefs.
June 11, 1989 - Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist and author of "A Brief History of Time”, speaking in Northrop Auditorium at the University of Minnesota, as part of the Abigail and John Van Vleck lecture series. As Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at England's Cambridge University, Hawking occupies a chair once held by Isaac Newton. Hawking is renowned for his theories of black holes and the structure of space-time. He found that black holes - dense objects with gravity so strong even light can't escape - emit radiation just outside the boundary beyond which nothing can overcome the pull of gravity. He also initiated the concept that the continuity of space-time breaks down at infinitesimally small distances. Hawking has suffered from Lou Gehrig's disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and now speaks about 10 words a minute with the aid of a computer voice synthesizer. By preparing speeches in advance, however, he can "speak" at a normal rate, although with an American accent.
June 20, 1989 - Rev. Jesse Jackson giving keynote address at the annual Minnesota Bar Association. Jackson’s speech was titled "The Future of Justice in America: Lawyers as Agents of Change."
August 15, 1989 - Sara Evans, director of the Center for Advanced Feminist Study at the University of Minnesota and author, speaking at St. Olaf College in Northfield, as part of a conference called, "Re-visioning the Curriculum". Evan’s address was on the topic of the importance of integrating the history of women into school curriculum. Following speech, Evans answered audience questions. Sara Evans is author of "Born for Liberty: A History of Women in America", and co-authored "Wage Justice" with Barbara Nelson, which is a study of comparable worth in Minnesota.
August 21, 1989 - Gary Bauer, president of the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C., speaking at a recent forum sponsored by the Berean League in Crystal, Minnesota. Bauer addresses the topic of family and religious values. In the Reagan administration, Gary Bauer was Undersecretary of Education. While at the Department of Education, he was chairman of the administration working group which issued a report called, "The Family: Preserving America's Future". He later worked in the White House Domestic Policy Office, serving as an advisor to President Reagan.
August 21, 1989 - Werner Fornos, president of the Population Institute in Washington, D.C., speaking at the Minnesota Press Club. Fornos’s address was titled “A World of 5 Billion: What Are Its Implications?" After speech, Fornos answered audience questions.