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MTPR Pledge Week Begins Saturday
Montana Public Radio will hold its annual
Pledge Week Saturday, Feb. 21, through
Sunday, March 1. The week begins with a
reading of donated premiums at 4 p.m.
Saturday. The financial goal for Pledge Week
this year is $460,000.
Known throughout the nation for keeping the
fun in its on-air fundraising, the station
plans to air a comedy special from 7:30 to 10
p.m. Thursday, Feb. 26. At 4 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 28, the String Orchestra of the Rockies
will perform with guest guitarist Pablo Sáinz
Villegas. Jazz chanteuse Eden Atwood will be
in the studios to perform Sunday afternoon,
March 1.
Listeners can pledge and vote for their
favorite cats, dogs, chickens, horses and
more during the week's finale, "Pet Wars,"
from 5 p.m. to midnight Sunday, March 1, when
the species winning the most votes will be
announced.
For more information about MTPR Pledge Week,
call 406-243-4931.
Montana Public Radio
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Lecture To Examine Future Of Journalism
Former Wall Street Journal managing editor
Paul Steiger, now editor of ProPublica, an
independent investigative news organization,
will give UM's inaugural Jeff Cole
Distinguished Lecture on Monday, March 2.
Steiger will present "Finding the New Jeff
Coles: Journalism's Future in the Internet
Era" at 8 p.m. in the University Center
Theater. The event is free and open to the
public.
Steiger also will hold an open forum for UM
students and faculty from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.
Tuesday, March 3, in Gallagher Business
Building Room 123.
Cole, a 1981 graduate of the UM School of
Journalism, was aeronautics editor at The
Wall Street Journal when he was killed in a
plane crash in January 2001 while on assignment.
Steiger has had a long and distinguished
journalism career. He has won many
prestigious awards, including the Columbia
Journalism Award, the highest honor awarded
by the Columbia University School of
Journalism, and the Goldsmith Award for
Excellence in Journalism from The Kennedy
School of Government at Harvard University.
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Experts On North Korea To Present Program
Three top experts on North Korea will present "Fallout
Southeast Asia: Consequences of the Global
Economic Crisis and Nuclear Stalemate on the
Korean Peninsula" at UM on Tuesday, Feb. 24.
The program will take place from 3 to 5 p.m. in the
University Center Theater and is free and open to the
public.
Presenters are:
- Thomas Byrne, vice president/senior credit officer
of Moody's Financial Institutions & Sovereign Risk
Group.
- Gordon Flake, executive director of the Maureen
and Mike Mansfield Foundation.
- Nicole Finnemann, director of research and
academic affairs, Korea Economic Institute.
Terry Weidner, director of UM's Maureen and Mike
Mansfield Center, said this program is particularly
timely because rumors persist that North Korean
dictator Kim Jong Il has suffered a serious stroke and
U.S. policy toward the country is likely to change.
The program is funded by the Korea Economic
Institute in Washington, D.C., and co-sponsored by
the Mansfield Center, the Maureen and Mike Mansfield
Foundation and the World Affairs Council of Montana.
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'Go Green' With Griz Basketball
"Go Green" is the theme of the Saturday, Feb.
21, men's basketball game at UM. The
Grizzlies take on the Idaho State Bengals at
4:30 p.m. in Dahlberg Arena.
The "Go Green" game is an effort by UM to
bring the University's commitment to
sustainability initiatives and environmental
stewardship to Griz fans.
During the game, Griz fans can purchase a
variety of Farm to College food items. The UM
Farm to College program is committed to
buying local, Montana-produced food whenever
possible. Benefits include a reduced carbon
footprint, economic support for Montana
farmers and ranchers and fresher,
better-tasting food.
Student volunteers will provide fans with
information about the efforts of UM Recycling
on campus. Bins will be available at the game
for waste that can be used for compost. With
help from the University's Environmental
Studies Program, the compostable waste will
be sent to UM's PEAS Farm.
The energy consumption of Dahlberg Arena for
one basketball game, along with fan and
athlete travel to and from the game, has been
estimated at 71 tons of greenhouse gas
emissions. To mitigate the carbon footprint
of Saturday's game, UM plans to purchase an
equal amount of carbon offsets from
Clear Sky Climate Solutions.
More information about Saturday's "Go Green"
men's basketball game is available by calling
Jessie Davie, Associated Students of UM
sustainability coordinator, at 406-243-4856
or by e-mailing ASUM.Su
stain@mso.umt.edu.
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