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Culture a Key to Healthier Immigrant Communities
Story air date: Monday, May 21, 2012
The obesity epidemic in this country is running rampant, and it’s hitting Latinos especially hard. We continue our series on efforts in the region to increase health and wellness. Illinois Public Media’s Sean Powers explores an effort at the University of Illinois that encourages Latinos to make cultural changes to stay healthy.
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arts and culture • music • culture • health • peopleIndiana College Says No to National Anthem
Story air date: Friday, July 01, 2011
You will no doubt be hearing a lot of “The Star Spangled Banner “ during Fourth of July parades and ceremonies. For some people, it is the sound track of national loyalty. But one small private college in North Central Indiana is pulling the national anthem from its sporting events. It says the anthem does not fit its religious outlook. As Illinois Public Radio’s Michael Puente reports, critics of that decision are calling the college unpatriotic.
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arts and culture • music • education • historyAt Fisk University, A Tradition Of Spirituals
Story air date: Monday, February 28, 2011
For nearly 150 years, a largely black private university in Nashville has prided itself on its liberal arts studies and its music. Vocal ensembles at Fisk University have been there about as long as the campus itself, but as Illinois Public Media's Jeff Bossert reports for NPR, the songs performed there could have sounded very different if it had not been for the efforts of one of the school's first music directors.
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arts and culture • music • historyBeatles Course Popular on iTunes U
Story air date: Tuesday, December 28, 2010
A longtime instructor of a course on The Beatles has greatly boosted his student base… and popularity… via the web. University of Illinois at Springfield Communication and Liberal Studies professor Michael Cheney has taken his love for the Fab Four and condensed it into a series of on-line lectures. Illinois Public Media’s Jeff Bossert talked with Cheney about his Beatles course, and a podcast that’s drawing fans worldwide.
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arts and culture • music • technology • internetThe Impact of Farm Aid on the Nation's Farmers
Story air date: Tuesday, September 21, 2010
This week marks the anniversary of one of the largest efforts to raise money for the nation’s farmers, who in 1985 were battling lower land values and higher interest rates. Illinois Public Media's Sean Powers looks at how this benefit concert has helped small family farms in the last 25 years.
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