Dec. 10, 2006

Title: "My Name is Wallace"
Host: Gina Logue
Guests: Dr. Bob Pondillo and David Lawrence

"My Name is Wallace," the second independent film of Dr. Bob Pondillo, electronic media communication, is the subject discussed by Pondillo and the lead actor in the film, David Lawrence, who discusses his part in the picture via telephone from Los Angeles.

Title: "Albert Gore Sr."
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Dr. Tony Badger

Dr. Tony Badger, Paul Mellon Professor of American History at Cambridge University, Master of Clare College, and biographer of the late U.S. Sen. Albert Gore Sr., talks about Gore's role in ensuring the creation of the nationwide interstate highway system.

Title: "Midterm Election Report Card"
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Dr. John Vile

Gina dissects the results of the 2006 midterm election and what they bode for the future of Tennessee, the U.S. Congress, and the Bush Administration with Dr. John Vile, chair of the Department of Political Science.

Title: "Trip to Belgium"
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross

Dr. Judith Iriarte-Gross, chemistry, discusses her summer experience teaching chemistry to Belgian monks and living in a castle.

Title: "Trip to Venezuela"
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Dr. Sekou Franklin

Dr. Sekou Franklin, political science, recaps his trip to Venezuela with an assessment of President Hugo Chavez as a politician, the impact of his social policies on his people, and his standing in the eyes of other world leaders.

"Bill Bowers"
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Bill Bowers

Actor and mime Bill Bowers, who delivered a free performance at MTSU and tutored theatre students, talks about his art, his studies with the legendary Marcel Marceau and how to maintain control over his physical instrument as he ages.

"Rosenwald Schools"
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Dr. Mary Hoffschwelle

Dr. Mary Hoffschwelle, history, discusses her book "The Rosenwald Schools of the American South," which chronicles a retail store magnate's generous gift of quality educational opportunities to African Americans during the Jim Crow era.

"Helping Student-Athletes"
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Jim Rost

The new director of MTSU's Student-Athlete Enhancement Center, Jim Rost, talks about the unique challenges in finding tutors for student-athletes, counseling them on time management, and helping them live well-rounded campus lives.

"Estelle Condra"
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Estelle Condra

Actress Estelle Condra, keynote speaker at the "Arts Talk" conference at MTSU, talks about how her blindness informs her creativity and how the arts can open up whole new worlds for the disabled.

Title: "Educational Gerontology"
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Lori Farney

Lori Farney, who earned her master's degree at MTSU, talks about research she conducted while a graduate student under the guidance of Drs. Kevin Breault and Ron Aday, sociology and anthropology. Their study examined three different demographic groups' perceptions of whether there should be age limits for certain service professions.

Title: "Greg Critser"
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Greg Critser

The author of "Fat Land" and this year's University Convocation speaker talks about obesity in America, its causes and implications for society.

Title: "Summer for the Gods"
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Dr. Ed Larson

Dr. Ed Larson of the University of Georgia, the Windham Lecturer in Liberal Arts at MTSU, revisits the Scopes Monkey Trial and its modern ramifications.

Title: "Migration in the U.S. and Former Soviet Union"
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Dr. Andrei Korobkov

Dr. Andrei Korobkov, political science, talks about his research into why people move to different regions of the USA and the former USSR in the post-Cold War era.

Title: "Dwight Pitcaithley"
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Dwight Pitcaithley

Visiting Public Historian Dwight Pitcaithley, former chief historian for the National Park Service, discusses ways of "Rethinking the Civil War after 150 Years."

Title: "Terrorism and the Middle East"
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Dr. Karen Petersen

Dr. Karen Petersen, back from a terrorism seminar in Israel, talks about conditions in the Middle East and international relations in the post-9/11 world.

Title: "Prisoners of War"
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Steve Yarbrough

Award-winning author Steve Yarbrough discusses his book "Prisoners of War."
The Virginia Peck Trust Fund and the Department of English sponsored Yarbrough's appearance at MTSU.

Title: "MTSU At the Met"
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Holli Harrison

MTSU student Holli Harrison talks about being one of only five performers to win a $15,000 prize at the 52nd Metropolitan Opera National Council Grand Finals in New York.

"Chief Buddy Peaster"

Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Chief Buddy Peaster

MTSU Director of Public Safety Carl "Buddy" Peaster, whose first day on the job was April 3, talks about the challenges facing the campus police.

"Obesity Project"

Host: Gina Logue
Guests: Drs. Tom Brinthaupt and Doug Winborn

The MTSU Initiative on Obesity, a study of one of the nation's most pressing health problems and programs for blunting its spread in children, are discussed by Dr. Tom Brinthaupt, psychology, and Dr. Doug Winborn, health and human performance.

"International Folkfest"

Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Scott McCurley

Scott McCurley, spokesman for Murfreesboro's International Folkfest, talks about the goodwill generated by the visitors, the hosts and the resulting cultural exchange.

"Health and Wellness"

Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Dr. Mark Anshel

Dr. Mark Anshel, health and human performance, talks about the "Heart of Tennessee Health and Wellness Program," a 12-week regimen designed to promote fitness, lifestyle changes and healthy habits through testing and personal coaching.

"Physical Mysticism"

Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Steven Wyre

Steven Wyre, author of "Physical Mysticism: The Brain and Mystical Experiences," talks about his research into the relationship between religious encounters and the science of the brain.

"Alvin York's Battlefield"

Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Tom Nolan

Tom Nolan, professor of geosciences, talks about using global positioning technology to pinpoint the exact location where Tennessee's own Alvin York and a handful of soldiers killed 25 German soldiers and captured another 132 during World War I.

"Kennewick Man"

Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Dr. Hugh Berryman

Dr. Hugh Berryman, sociology and anthropology, was one of a handful of experts chosen to examine Kennewick Man, a 9,300-year-old skeleton discovered on the banks of the Columbia River in Washington state. Research on this skeleton could force scientists to rewrite the story of the entire North American continent.

"See Spot Run"

Host: Gina Logue
Guests: Katy Francisco Riddle and Amanda Newman Samsel

Katy Francisco Riddle, assistant director of alumni relations, and Amanda Newman Samsel, graduate assistant in the Office of Student Organizations and Community Service, talk about "See Spot Run," a 5K run for humans and their dogs to raise money for Habitat for Humanity.

"Books from Birth"

Host: Tom Tozer
Guests: Dr. Gloria Bonner, Rachell Peay, and Hunter McFarlin

Dr. Gloria Bonner, dean of the College of Education and Behavioral Science; Hunter McFarlin, co-chair of Rutherford Books from Birth; and Rachell Peay, an MTSU student leader, talk about the kickoff of the Books from Birth program in Rutherford County with Gov. Phil Bredesen's reading of "The Little Engine That Could" to children.

"WalkAmerica"
Host: Gina Logue
Guests: Jason Klepper, Tanya Klepper, and Chris Maze

Chris Maze, community director of the Rutherford County March of Dimes, discusses the annual WalkAmerica with the county's official Ambassador Couple, Jason and Tanya Klepper, whose fraternal twins were born prematurely.

"Psychology Conference"
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Dr. Scott Lilienfeld

MTSU and its Department of Psychology will host the 2006 Middle Tennessee Psychological Association Conference on April 22. Its keynote speaker is Dr. Scott Lilienfeld of Emory University. In this conversation, Lilienfeld discusses pseudoscience in the mental health professions.

"Katrina Oral History Project"
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Sarah Elizabeth Hickman, a graduate assistant at the Albert Gore Sr. Research Center

Hickman discusses a program in which oral histories are being gathered from Hurricane Katrina survivors, rescue volunteers, and aid workers.

"National Aviation Technician of the Year"

Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Joe Hawkins

Joe Hawkins, assistant professor, aerospace, was named National Aviation Technician of the Year for 2006 by the National General Aviation Awards Program. He discusses the art and science of aircraft maintenance and the state of the aviation industry.

"Concrete and China"
Host: Gina Logue
Guest:Dr. Austin Cheney, engineering technology and industrial studies

Dr. Cheney talks about the Concrete Industry Management program's new partnership with the People's Republic of China.--host, Gina Logue

"Country Music Goes to War"
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Dr. Charles Wolfe

This encore presentation, which originally aired on March 20, 2005, is a tribute to Dr. Charles Wofle, English professor and country music expert, who died February 9th.

"The South as Other,"

Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Dr. Vernon Burton

Dr. Vernon Burton, professor of history and sociology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and MTSU's Strickland Visiting Scholar, talks about the positive and negative aspects of the South's uniqueness as a region.

March 5, 2006

"Alternative Spring Break."
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Dr. Peter Cunningham.

Some MTSU students are spending their spring break helping the residents of Pass Christian, Mississippi, a town that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina. One of the faculty members guiding the project, Dr. Peter Cunningham, health and human performance, talks about the needs and the work to be done.

"National Women's History Month."
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Dr. Elyce Helford.

Dr. Helford, English professor and director of the Women's Studies Program at MTSU, talks about the many activities scheduled on campus in March to celebrate National Women's History Month.

"Manufacturing Excellence Conference"
Host: Tom Tozer
Guest: Dr. Charles Perry.

Dr. Perry, holder of the Russell Chair of Manufacturing Excellence in the Department of Engineering Technology and Industrial Studies, talks about the March 16 Manufacturing Excellence Conference at MTSU.

"Tunnel of Love."
Host: Gina Logue
Guest: Shannon Josey, instructor, Department of Health and Human Performance.

On Valentine's Day week, Josey discusses the "Tunnel of Love," a Feb. 16th on-campus event designed to raise students' awareness of sexually transmitted infections.

"Center for Popular Music." Paul Wells, director of the Center for Popular Music, talks about the celebration of the center's 20th anniversary and how it has been a ready reference for students, faculty and the public over the years.

Jan. 22, 2006
29 min.
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