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October 2006
Monday, 10/2/06: NYC proposes a trans-fat ban. Interviews with Joel Burger of the NYC Coalition Against Hunger and Dr. Sonya Angel of the NYC Department of Health. (Annie Danis)
Tuesday, 10/3/06: HIV/AIDS advocacy groups voice concern over new CDC testing recommendations. Interview with Julie Davids of the Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project. (Alexandra Lalonde)
Wednesday, 10/4/06: The newly-renovated Langston Hughes House will open to the public in February 2007. Interviews with Marc Carey and Shon "Chance" Miller. (Petal Largie)
Thursday, 10/5/06: Columbia students protest the Minutemen. (Leah Rethy)
Friday, 10/6/06: Protesters storm the stage at a College Republicans-sponsored speaking event for the Minutemen. (Dan Wang)
Monday, 10/9/06: Columbia students in the activist group Students Promoting Empowerment and Knowledge (SPEaK) hold "Decolonization Day" in protest of Columbus Day. (Maximo Cubilette)
Wednesday, 10/11/06: North Korea claims to have tested nuclear weapons. Interview with Charles Armstrong of Columbia University. (Francesco Michelassi)
Thursday, 10/12/06: The Royal Swedish Academy awards the Nobel Prize in Literature to Columbia visiting professor Orhan Pamuk. (Avigail Oren)
Monday, 10/16/06: The Royal Swedish Academy awards the Nobel Prize in Literature to Columbia visiting professor Orhan Pamuk. (David Xia)
Tuesday, 10/17/06: The Food Bank for NYC launches a campaign to raise awareness of hunger in the city. Interview with Lisa Jakobsberg of the Food Bank. (Coleman Moore)
Wednesday, 10/18/06: People turn to Urban Shamanism as a way of alternative healing. (Petal Largie)
Friday, 10/19/06: Immigrant Rights supporters will rally this weekend. Interview with Walter Sinche, an immigrants rights activist from Queens. (Glover Wright)
Monday, 10/23/06: The Sudanese government expels Jan Pronk, the UN's top envoy in Sudan. Interview with Professor Eric Reeves of Smith College. (Maximo Cubilette)
Tuesday, 10/24/06: The MTA agrees to allow transgendered persons to use restrooms consistent with their gender expression. Interview with Chris Daly of the Transgendered Law Center. (Tobin Manackal)
September 2006
Tuesday, 9/26/06: Subway announcements are clarified thanks to technology and new cars. Interview with Charles Setin of MTA. (Coleman Moore)
Wednesday, 9/27/06: Scientists map over 20,000 genes in the mouse brain. (Francesco Michelassi)
Friday, 9/29/06: Immigrants often lack access to adaquate financial services. Interview with Deyanira Del Rio of the Immigrant Financial Justice Project. (Ugo Aniukwu and Sarah Blakley-Cartwright)
April 2006
Thursday, 4/20/06: Boot Camp software by Apple enables Apple computers to run both Macintosh and Windows operating systems. Interviews with Columbia University students. (Estelle Chan)
Wednesday, 4/19/06: Walmart plans to open a new bank, amidst much controversy. (Grace Park)
Tuesday, 4/18/06: 7 World Trade Center and the Hearst Tower become NYC's first official "green office towers" according to the Leadership in Energy and Design (LEAD) environmental group. (Ilene Spitzer)
Monday, 4/17/06: Mayor Bloomberg announces that NYC will be applying for a federal government waver to allow thousands of previously ineligible New Yorkers to receive food assistance. Interview with Leslie Annexstein of the Urban Justice Center. (Kris Wiener)
Friday, 4/14/06: Mayor Bloomberg announces the creation of a new public school policy: random searches by the NYPD. (Hannah Temple)
Wednesday, 4/12/06: Immigration protests from a NYC point of view. Interview with Norman Eng of the New York Immigration Coalition. (Kris Wiener)
Tuesday, 4/11/06: A proposed senate bill would ban fatty and sugary foods in public schools to help combat childhood obesity. Interview with Marlene Schwartz of the Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. (Rachel Quimby)
Monday, 4/10/06: Fossilized remains of a new species reveal a missing link between fish and land animals. Interview with Marcus Davis, a post-doctoral student at the University of Chicago. (Matt Nguyen)
Thursday, 4/6/06: Student activists from Columbia University rally to support immigrants' rights. Interview with Columbia Students from the Asian American Alliance and the International Socialist Organization. (Ishmael Adjetey Osekre)
Wednesday, 4/5/06: Immigrants' rights mobilizations occur across the country in response to pending immigration reform in the senate. Interview with Avideh Moussavian of the New York Immigration Coalition. (Jesse Chanin)
March 2006
Friday, 3/31/06: Mayor Bloomberg speaks out against House Bill 4437 which would make undocumented immigrants felons and forbid social service workers from helping them. Interview with Aarti Shahani. (Nell Geiser)
Thursday, 3/30/06: Adopting a pet is now almost as difficult as adopting a child due to rising numbers of animal abuse. Interview with Anne Marie Karash of the New York Humane Society. (Estelle Chan)
Wednesday, 3/29/06: A new form of fish farming is emerging: deep sea fish farming. Interview with Rebecca Goldberg of Environmental Defense. (Grace Park)
Tuesday, 3/28/06: Researchers clone five pigs that contain their own heart-healthy Omega-3 fatty acids, commonly found in leafy green vegetables and oily fish. Interview with Alice Lichtenstein, Professor of Nutrition Science at Tufts University. (Rachel Quimby)
Monday, 3/27/06: According to a new study, the percentage of US physicians providing charity healthcare is declining. Interview with Alwyn Cassil of the Center for Studying Health System Change. (Matt Nguyen)
Friday, 3/24/06: An appeals court rules that the NY State Legislature must give between $4.7 and $5.6 billion extra per year to NYC schools. Interview with Education Committee Chair Robert Jackson and Executive Director of the Center for Financial Equity Geri Palast. (Hannah Temple)
Thursday, 3/23/06: Mexican President Vicente Fox hosts leaders from Canada and the US to discuss immigration. (Ishmael Adjetey Osekre)
Wednesday, 3/22/06: The State of the Planet Conference at Columbia University. Clip from Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times. (Kris Wiener)
Tuesday, 3/21/06: NY State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer files a lawsuit against H&R Block for fraudulent marketing of their Express IRA Accounts. Interview with Elizabeth Maresca, Associate Clinical Professor at Fordham Law School. (Ilene Spitzer)
Monday, 3/20/06: Colleges and universities across the country open hundreds of thousand dollars in scholarships and fellowships, originally intended for minority students, to white students. Interview with Theodore M. Shaw of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund. (Jesse Chanin)
Wednesday, 3/8/06: Mayor Bloomberg announces that thousands of smokers who bought tax-free cigarettes online via e-smokes owe the city back taxes (Kris Wiener)
Tuesday, 3/7/06: Common Cause/NY releases a report that claims campaign finance laws in New York are far too lax. Interview with Megan Quattlebaum. (Nell Geiser)
Monday, 3/6/06: According to a new Colorado University study, the antarctic ice sheet is declining considerably in mass. (Matt Nguyen)
Thursday, 3/2/06: The US relinquishes the presidency of the UN Security Council yesterday to Argentina. (Ishmael Adjetey Osekre)
Wednesday, 3/1/06: The Retail Industry Legal Association calls illegal Maryland legislation that states companies must dedicate a certain percentage of their earnings toward their employees' health care plans. The bill currently only affects Walmart. (Grace Park)
February 2006
Tuesday, 2/28/06: Scientists discover that Mormon Crickets feast on each other in times of food shortage. (Rachel Quimby)
Monday, 2/27/06: The World Trade Center Memorial Foundation announces they have not received a major donation in over three months. Interview with the President and CEO of the Foundation, Gretchen Dykstra. (Kris Wiener)
Thursday, 2/23/06: Pope Benedict names 15 new bishops, including two Americans and one Chinese radical. Interview with Joe Zwillig of New York Archdiocese. (Estelle Chan)
Wednesday, 2/22/06: An electronic barrier is created in the Great Lakes to help stop hundred-pound leaping carp from injuring fishermen and causing an ecological threat. Interview with invasive species specialist Phillip Moy with the University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute. (Grace Park)
Tuesday, 2/21/06: President Bush announces he will veto any bill that prohibits Dubai Ports World from buying US east coast ports. (Ilene Spitzer)
Friday, 2/17/06: The Federal Communications Commission probes hundreds of radio stations regarding their potential involvement in the recent Payola scandal. (Justin Goncalves)
Thursday, 2/16/06: Interview with Columbia University Professor Celia Deutshe about the Muslim Cartoon Controversy (Ishmael Adjetey Osekre)
Wednesday, 2/15/06: The interim Haitian government announces they will temporarily withhold the presidential election results due to widespread allegations of fraud and days of protest across the nation. (Kris Wiener)
Tuesday, 2/14/06: An update from the greeting cards industry. (Rachel Quimby)
Friday, 2/10: Russian President Putin invites Hamas to Moscow for talks (Hannah Temple)
Thursday, 2/9: According to a new study, low-fat diets do not reduce women's risks of heart attacks, strokes, or cancer (Estelle Chan)
Wednesday, 2/8: Ben Bernanke sworn in as new Federal Reserve Chairman (Grace Park)
Tuesday, 2/7: Israel announces they will continue diplomacy with Palestinian authorities, but not with Hamas (Ilene Spitzer)
Monday, 2/6: The campaign to make Central Park's loop drive car-free (Jesse Chanin)
Friday, 2/3: The counterfeit merchandise industry in NYC (Justin Goncalves)
Wednesday, 2/1: Reactions to President Bush's call for a democratic Iran (Kris Wiener)
January 2006
Tuesday, 1/31: Public school students outperform private school students on math tests (Rachel Quimby)
December 2005
Friday, 12/9: The Chinese government admits they shot citizens in a small village (Tedde Tsang)
Thursday, 12/8: Debt cancellation for the world's poorest countries (Ishmael Adjetey Osekre)
Wednesday, 12/7: Bear hunting in New Jersey (Rachel Quimby)
Monday, 12/5: Excerpts from John Ashcroft's speech at Columbia (Shoshana Schwartz)
Friday, 12/2: Cocaine and presidential elections in Bolivia (Justin Goncalves)
Thursday, 12/1: World Aids Day (Ishmael Adjetey Osekre)
November 2005
Wednesday, 11/30: NYC's bedbug infestation (Rachel Quimby)
Tuesday, 11/29: NYU threatens to withhold stipends of striking grad students (Nell Geiser)
Monday, 11/28: Racist military recruitment in high schools (Jesse Chanin)
Thursday, 11/24: "A Moment of Silence" (Ishmael Adjetey Osekre)
Wednesday, 11/23: Columbia University's hunger banquet (Shoshana Schwartz)
Tuesday, 11/22: Hunger on the increase in NYC (Nell Geiser)
Friday, 11/18: Brown University's Sex, Power, God party (Justin Goncalves)
Thursday, 11/17: Free-press and free-association issues in Tunisia (Ishmael Adjetey Osekre)
Wednesday, 11/16: The Fulton Fish Market moves to the Bronx (Rachel Quimby)
Tuesday, 11/15: Reasons for Bloomberg's success (Kris Wiener)
Monday, 11/14: Possible toll hike to enter Manhattan (Justin Goncalves)
Friday, 11/11: Mozilla Firefox (Tedde Tsang)
Thursday, 11/10: Paris police arrested for violence against rioting youth (Ishmael Adjetey Osekre)
Wednesday, 11/9: Five new cases of Polio discovered (Rachel Quimby)
Tuesday, 11/8: The election from a pollworker's point of view (Jesse Chanin)
Monday, 11/7: Young adult (dis)engagement with politics (Shoshana Schwartz)
Friday, 11/4: Availability of condoms in NYC high schools (Nell Geiser)
Thursday, 11/3: Brain drain in Africa (Ishmael Adjetey Osekre)
Wednesday, 11/2: Deer cameras explain deer motivation (Rachel Quimby)
Tuesday, 11/1: An update on Israeli/Palestinian relations (Kris Wiener)
October 2005
Monday, 10/31: Tiny surgery robots (Tedde Tsang)
Thursday, 10/27: War in northern Uganda (Ishmael Adjetey Osekre)
Wednesday, 10/26: Indictment of drug lord Baz Mohammed (Rachel Quimby)
Tuesday, 10/25: Unequal medical treatment in NYC based on race (Nell Geiser)
Monday, 10/24: Universities protest order to upgrade IT systems (Shoshana Schwartz)
Friday, 10/21: Open-source software (Jesse Chanin)
Thursday, 10/20: Food crisis in Malawi (Ishmael Adjetey Osekre)
Wednesday, 10/19: Miers' pro-life political past (Rachel Quimby)
Tuesday, 10/18: New study suggests the decline of wars (Kris Wiener)
Monday, 10/17: Tiny skeletal Hobbit-people discovery (Tedde Tsang)
Friday, 10/14: Columbia students protest new tailgaiting policy at Homecoming (Justin Goncalves)
Thursday, 10/13: Liberian presidential elections (Ishmael Adjetey Osekre)
Wednesday, 10/12: Iraqi draft constitution change (Rachel Quimby)
Tuesday, 10/11: MTA bomb threats (Mitchell Moreis)
Friday, 10/7: Third World Newsreel's "Call to Change" series (Jesse Chanin)
Wednesday, 10/5: Obesity and hunger in East Harlem (Jesse Chanin)
Tuesday, 10/4: NYC teachers reach a union contract (Nell Geiser)
Monday, 10/3: The Avian Flu pandemic (Tedde Tsang)
September 2005
Friday, 9/30: New MTA regulations (Justin Goncalves)
Thursday, 9/29: Third world debt relief (Ishmael Adjetey Osekre)
Wednesday, 9/28: Giant Squid discovery (Rachel Quimby)
Tuesday, 9/27: Homeless advocates challenge Bloomberg (Nell Geiser)
Monday, 9/26: Rockefeller Drug Law reform (Michael Kosdan)
Thursday, 9/22: Trial of Lyndie England (Ishmael Adjetey Osekre)
Wednesday, 9/21: German parliamentary elections (Flying Tom)
Tuesday, 9/20: Israeli withdrawl from the West Bank (Kris Wiener)
Monday, 9/19: North Korea's nuclear weapons program (Brendan Ballou)