January 2005 Articles

Leonard Bernstein: An American Life
Sundays at 9 p.m.

Leonard Bernstein: An American Life is a documentary illuminating the life and work of musical titan Leonard Bernstein. Six years in the making, these eleven one-hour segments form one of the most in-depth portraits of a musician ever created.
Bernstein was the last classical musician of our time to be a household name; no one since has achieved the level of fame with the general public. He became an American icon because of his ability to conduct and compose, and through the power of his personality and his passion to communicate-through music-about life, love and the human condition. Youngsters (and adults) in the 1960s were the beneficiaries of Bernstein's intense music making and insightful commentary on his televised Young People's Concerts.
Virtually every aspect of Bernstein's career and life is explored through his correspondence as well as interviews with more than one hundred people who knew and worked with him. These luminaries include John Adams, Marin Alsop, Betty Comden, John Corigliano, Adolph Green, Bobby McFerrin, Hal Prince, Mary Rodgers, Mstislav Rostropovich, Stephen Sondheim, and many others. Bernstein's family also participates in the production, including his daughter Jamie Bernstein who voices Bernstein's own letters. His brother Burton, son Alexander, and daughter Nina also appear.
Actor Alec Baldwin voices the majority of the correspondence written by men; actress Maria Tucci reads the female letters; and Schuyler Chapin, NYC's former Cultural Commissioner and Bernstein's record producer and longtime friend, reads the letters of European composers. These excerpts were compiled from some 17,000 pieces of correspondence held by the Library of Congress.
Leonard Bernstein: An American Life was produced by Peabody Award-winning veteran radio producers Steve Rowland with Larry Abrams of CultureWorks, and is narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Susan Sarandon.

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America Abroad: Battling for Hearts and Minds
Sunday, January 2, 8 p.m.

This documentary looks at global attitudes towards the United States throughout the 20th century, the rise of anti-Americanism, and efforts to win "hearts and minds" around the world through public diplomacy.
Host Garrick Utley speaks with correspondents in Europe and in the Middle East about perceptions of the United States today, the implications of President Bush's reelection for U.S. public diplomacy, and anti-American sentiment during the next four years.
Margaret Warner interviews Jeane Kirkpatrick, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and Charles Wick, director of the USIA under President Reagan, about key public diplomacy initiatives undertaken by the United States to communicate with the peoples of the Soviet Union and Eastern bloc during the Reagan Administration.
In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. has enacted strict new rules governing the granting of visas to foreigners-rules that have led to sharp decreases in foreign visitors, students and professionals, but rules that supporters say have increased America's security against terrorism. Steve Roberts examines the reactions around the world to America's new visa policies, pressures within the United States to modify the policies, and the issues and trade-offs at stake.
The program concludes with a roundtable discussion moderated by Marvin Kalb examining where America is headed in its efforts to communicate with foreign audiences in general, and with the Muslim world in particular.

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The Changing World

Each documentary in this series takes a close look at a single global issue, from nuclear technology to the effects of storms to the nature of love. Hosted by respected journalist Lisa Mullins, it relies on the BBC's most seasoned correspondents to research and report the full story behind the issue. Listen and gain critical insights from around the globe, helping you to deepen your understanding of foreign and domestic affairs.

Slavery Today
Part 1: Sunday, January 9, 8 p.m.
Part 2: Sunday, January 16, 8 p.m.

The United Nations has proclaimed 2004 the Year of the Commemoration of Slavery and Its Abolition, yet at least 900,000 people are still trafficked in slavery every year. Today, there isn't one continent where slavery does not exist.
Slavery was the very first international human rights issue. More than 50 years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights stated "No one shall be held in slavery or servitude," the international community is fighting new forms of oppression, ranging from traditional chattel slavery and bonded labor to child labor and sexual slavery.
Globalization has had an enormous effect on slavery: Migration has increased and borders have become international, so that slaves are often trafficked to more than one country during their lifetimes. New technology and more open borders let trafficking gangs quickly adapt to avoid getting caught. Slavery Today presents four cases of modern-day slaves. Through their stories, it explores the reasons slavery prevails and offers some hope for its eradication.

Inside the Red Cross
Part 1: Sunday, January 23, 8 p.m.
Part 2: Sunday, January 30, 8 p.m.

Inside the Red Cross examines this remarkable organization in two programs.
The International Committee (and Federation) of the Red Cross works around the world on what it claims is a strictly neutral and impartial basis to protect and assist people affected by armed conflicts, internal disturbances, and natural disasters. It is the world's leading organization in the repatriation of prisoners of war, preventing or treating explosive remnants of war, tracing missing people-dead or alive-during and after conflict, and supporting families with issues of land and property rights when a relative has been killed.

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Compact Discoveries
with Fred Flaxman

Swan Songs
Sunday, January 2, 4 p.m.

This hour is devoted entirely to music inspired by swans. It includes a suite from the ballet Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky, The Swan of Tuonela by Sibelius, and several versions of "The Swan" from The Carnival of the Animals by Saint-Saëns.

One-Hit American Composers
Sunday, January 9, 4 p.m.

Fred Flaxman presents the biggest hits of four American composers who only had one big hit: Morton Gould's American Salute, Edward MacDowell's Piano Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Walter Piston's The Incredible Flutist, and an excerpt from Virgil Thomson's The Plow that Broke the Plains.

More One-Hit American Composers
Sunday, January 16, 4 p.m.

Howard Hanson's Romantic Symphony, Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings, and excerpts from Ferde Grofé's Grand Canyon Suite are featured.

Joaquín Nin
Sunday, January 23, 4 p.m.

The father of writer Anaïs Nin was a modern day Don Juan whose scandal-plagued life eclipsed his melodic, rhythmic, folksy piano compositions. We'll hear pianist Thomas Tirino's new CD of Nin's complete works for solo piano.

Music of "Rospighi"
Sunday, January 30, 4 p.m.

To create the ballet music for La Boutique Fantasque (The Fantastic Toyshop), Ottorino Respighi orchestrated piano pieces written by the famous opera composer Gioacchino Rossini as part of his Sins of Old Age. Respighi orchestrated other Rossini piano pieces into a suite called Rossiniana. These delightful combinations of compositions by Rossini and Respighi constitute what Fred Flaxman calls the music of "Rospighi." The pianist is Paolo Giacometti, and the Vienna Symphony Orchestra is led by Antonio Janigro.

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January Community Events

WFIU is the media sponsor for the following events. Find more information on these and other activities on the calendar page of our Web site: www.wfiu.indiana.edu.

"Julie D" by Mike Smith
January 6-9, 13-15 at 8 p.m.; Sunday matinee at 2 p.m.
John Waldron Arts Center
Bloomington

Co-produced with the Bloomington Area Arts Council and Bloomington Playwrights Project, this program is directed by Richard Perez. Recently performed off-off Broadway in New York City, this drama from Bloomington playwright Mike Smith presents a writer's struggle between creativity and sobriety. Julie Davenport is a creative writing professor at a small college grappling with long-term writer's block who decides to drink to be able to write again. Her newest play develops into an autobiographical reflection of her life. Moments of Julie's life and of her play intermingle to tell her story.

Martin Luther King Jr. Celebrations

"A Day On! Not a Day Off"
January 17

The City of Bloomington's Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. volunteer initiative invites volunteers to get involved on and around the January 17th holiday by helping local non-profit organizations that have created service projects.

Birthday Celebration
Buskirk-Chumley Theatre
January 17 at 7:30 p.m.

The Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday Celebration will feature keynote speaker Constance Curry, and music by the IU African American Choral Ensemble and IU Distinguished Professor David Baker. Presentations during the evening include the Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Award and recognition of volunteers participating in "A Day On! Not a Day Off." The event includes a reception with refreshments and presentation of winning Web pages designed by MCCSC students. For information visit the City of Bloomington's Web site at www.bloomington.in.gov or call 812-349-3471.

Atanas Tzetkov
John Waldron Arts Center
Bloomington
January 29 at 8 p.m.

Bulgarian-born classical guitarist Atanas Tzetkov studied with the renowned Maestro Ernesto Bitetti at the Indiana University School of Music, co-founded the annual summer Spanish Guitar Academy and also currently serves as Director of the Pre-College Guitar Program at Indiana University. He is known for his tender yet aggressive, romantic yet thoughtful playing style. Co-produced with the Bloomington Area Arts Council and the Bloomington Classical Guitar Society.

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We Couldn't Have Done it Without You!

Food Donors
We extend our appreciation to the following local businesses, all of which provided food for our staff and volunteers during the annual fund drive:

Arby's, South Walnut
Aver's Pizza
Buehler's Buy Low
BuffaLouie's
Chili's
Cold Stone Creamery
Crescent Donut Shops
Grazie!
Hardee's, West 3rd Street
Heavenly Ham
Kroger
The Laughing Planet
Marsh, Kinser Pike
McDonald's, East 3rd Street
Mother Bear's Pizza
Olive Garden
Penn Station
Pizza Hut on Winslow Road
Pizza Hut, Franklin Rd
Roly Poly
Runcible Spoon
Sahara Mart
Starbucks
Starbucks at Whitehall Crossing
Subway, Kinser Pike
The Trojan Horse
Wendy's

Volunteers
We extend our sincerest thank you to the following organizations and individuals who answered the pledge phones during Fund Drive 2004:

Bloomington Early Music Festival
Bloomington Worldwide Friendship
Calamity Jane - the IU Women's Ultimate Frisbee Team
Columbus Area Arts Council
Master Gardeners of Monroe County
Ryan's Auto Tech in Columbus
Walking Women of Brown County
WFIU's Community Advisory Board (Jane Clay and Pam Davidson)
Windfall Dancers

Alex Cartwright
Alex Gul
Alexander and Virginia Buchwald
Bob and Allison Lendman
Amy Lawson
Amy Leeper
Amy Nadler
Ann Wesley
Anne Fraker
Pat and Bob Bayer
Barb Randall
Barnard Waldhier
Beckie Wagner
Becky Cape
Betty Greenwell
Bill Kroll
Bill Rozycki
Bob Brookshire
Carl Horne
Carla Carson
Carol Campbell
Carol Shapiro
Clint Jackson
Danielle Goldfarb
Deborah Wilkin
Diane Miller
Dorothy Soudakoff
Elizabeth Fleming
Emilie Murray
Erin Fagan
Erin Hagman
Fran Weinberg
Gena Asher
Gino Brancolini
Jamie Combs
Janet Rowland
Jesolyn Lucas
Jim Scarbrough
John McKay
John Padawan
Julia BeBeau
LaShaunda Parker
Laura Ginger
Libby DeVoe
Lindsay Cockeril
Lynn and Derek Burleson
Lynn Schwartzberg
Lynne Plogsted
Mady England
Marcy Robles
Margaret Dalle-Ave
Marie Shakespeare
Mark Ronan
Martin Horne
Mary Beth Haas
Mary Beth Hannah-Hansen
Mindy Hursh
Nina Shelton
Pat Medland
Rachel Taxman
Rupert Wentworth
Sandy Churchill
Stella Hooker-Haase
Sue Booe
Sue Dixon
Susan Fargo
Susanne Schwibs
Tamara Cameron
Tanya Dixon
Ted Benckart
Teresa Heinz
Teri Keith
Tim Burke
Timothy Housel
Vera Grubbs
Virginia Metzger

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Juan Orrego-Salas Symposium

Composer and educator Juan Orrego-Salas, one of the most important figures in contemporary Latin American music, was honored on his 85th birthday with an interdisciplinary colloquium on December 4-5 at the IU School of Music.
Participants from universities across the United States and from Mexico and Australia attended the symposium, entitled "Composer and Community." The day concluded with a concert at Auer Hall with the IU School of Music's Contemporary Vocal Ensemble in the premiere of Orrego-Salas' La ciudad celeste (The Celestial City). It was conducted by Carmen Téllez, director of IU's Latin American Music Center. The LAMC was founded by Orrego-Salas more than forty years ago, creating the largest collection of its kind.
WFIU's Christina Kuzmych participated in an interdisciplinary panel in which she talked about the realities of including contemporary music on radio, how music communicates with audiences, and the role of radio in promoting new music.
LAMC Visiting Associate Director Ricardo Lorenz said the symposium "showed us that the relationship between composer and community is based upon a fundamental and very simple principle: it is a matter of survival to build a community in the process of making music.
"The colloquium showed the benefits of gathering musicians and scholars from diverse fields: discussions about community require an interdisciplinary community."

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Musical Highlights for January
by Robert Lumpkin, Music Director

Artist of the Month
WFIU's Artist of the Month for January is pianist Edward Auer. Edward Auer has performed solo recitals and concerts across the United States and Europe, in Japan, Israel and Australia. He has recorded for RCA Japan, Toshiba EMI, Erato, Camerata, TownHall, and other labels. Maestro Auer is also known as an educator and adjudicator. Join WFIU on Wednesday, January 5 at 7:07 p.m. to hear Edward Auer in a performance of Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in g, Op. 23. On Thursday the 13th at the same time you can hear him playing the Rondeau in E-flat, Op. 16 also by Frédéric Chopin. Violinist Arturo Delmoni and cellist Nathaniel Rosen join the pianist on Wednesday, January 19 at 10:12 p.m. for a performance of Schubert's Piano Trio in E-flat, Op. 100. More Chopin comes our way on Wednesday, January 26 at 7:07 p.m. as Edward Auer plays a selection of 3 Waltzes.

New Releases
Two pianists are included in our featured new releases for January as well as a symphony by a lesser-known early 19th century composer and a string quartet from the 20th century. On Wednesday, January 5 at 10:12 p.m., tune in to hear the Symphony No. 1 in A by Georges Onslow. Johannes Goritzki conducts the NDR Radio Philharmonic on that recent CPO release. The Corigliano Quartet performs the String Quartet by Atar Arad on Sunday the 9th at 11:08 p.m. on a new RIAX recording. Decca has recently issued a compilation of piano music by Francis Poulenc played by Pascal Rogé. Join us on Monday, January 17 at 7:07 p.m. to hear the suite Les soirées de Nazelles from that new recording. And on Wednesday the 26th at 10:12 p.m., we'll hear Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3 in d, Op. 40. Hyperion offers this new release which includes all the piano concertos by this composer on a 2-CD set. The pianist is Stephen Hough and Andrew Litton conducts the Dallas Symphony Orchestra.

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Music and Dance are Joining Forces

"Dance, like music, is an exhilarating experience in itself. But when molded together the two disciplines-physical and musical-become a different thing, a multidimensional experience," says Elizabeth Shea, choreographer of a new work premiering on the IU campus in an evening of dance titled Joining Forces.
Shea set her dance Infinite Streams, Layered Dreams to music by Bloomington composer Cary Boyce's string quartet Nightshade. The piece will be performed with another new work set to a quartet, The Return, by Bloomington composer James Holt with choreography by Laura Poole.
WFIU is the media co-sponsor for Joining Forces, presented by the Department of Kinesiology with the Department of Theatre and Drama. The event will be held on January 13th and 14th at 8 p.m. in the Ruth N. Halls Theatre at the Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center.
Shea put the Harlequin String Quartet, an IU student chamber ensemble who will perform the music at the concert, on stage along with the dancers and even integrates them into the choreography. Having the musicians onstage presented a challenge for the choreographer, who had to "coordinate four dancers on stage to avoid collisions of bows and bodies."
"Having the musicians on the stage and as part of the piece also sets up a spatial constraint for patterns of movement-and some concern for the safety of expensive instruments on stage."
Composer Boyce describes Nightshade as "a collision of styles, cultures, and historical periods" that borrows elements from such diverse sources as Sergei Prokofiev and David Bowie. This integration of musical styles appeals to Shea.
"It overlaps in themes and rhythms that are not always in sync," she says of Boyce's music. "Voices from the strings emerge and submerge in the texture. These quirky attributes made choreographing the work a challenge and a joy."
George Walker's interview with composer Cary Boyce and choreographer Elizabeth Shea can be heard on WFIU on Tuesday, January 11th at 1 p.m. and 3:20 p.m. A performance of Nightshade by the Corigliano String Quartet will be broadcast that same day during Late Night Music, which begins at 11:08 p.m.

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Profiles

January 2 - Ruth Engs
Ruth Engs, professor of Applied Health Sciences at IU, is an authority on addictive behaviors. Her research focuses on American health reform movements, patterns of alcohol use among women and students and controversies in the addiction field. Dr. Engs is the author of six books including "Clean Living Movements: American Cycles of Health Reform," "The Progressive Era's Health Reform Movement: A Historical Dictionary" and "Alcohol And Other Drugs: Self Responsibility." Her next book will be about eugenics. She is also an avid magician, pilot and farmer. She spoke with WFIU's Adam Schwartz in an hour-long conversation. (repeat)

January 9 - Kathryn Harrison
Kathryn Harrison was both praised and lambasted for her starling memoir, "The Kiss," a chronicle of her turbulent childhood and adult life. In Harrison's collection of personal essays, "Seeking Rapture," she continues her lancing examination of her past and of the dramatic bonds of family. Whether she is fictionalizing tales of Chinese foot binding, as in "The Binding Chair," or charting obsessive desire, as in "The Seal Wife," the themes of possession and passion are always present. This interview is a KERA production for The Writer's Studio, co-hosted by Gary Reaves and Randy Gordon.

January 16 - Third House
This hour-long question-and-answer session with legislators from the Indiana General Assembly provides insight into current legislative activities. The featured legislators represent most of the WFIU listening area and answer questions from local residents. Produced in the studios of WTIU, Third House is simulcast live on that station. If you have any questions that you would like to submit, send them in advance to wtiu@indiana.edu or call 855-2102 or (800) 553-7893.

January 23 - Ha Jin
In graceful, fluid prose, Ha Jin's writing chronicles firsthand the complexities of the individual in the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Born in Liaoning, China in 1956, as an adolescent he served in the People's Liberation Party for six years. He has written three volumes of poetry; three collections of short stories including "The Bridegroom" and "Ocean of Words"; and three novels, including the National Book Award winner "Waiting" and "The Crazed." Jin is currently a professor of English at Boston University. He spoke KQED's Wendy Lesser.

January 30 - Dean Sluyter
Dean Sluyter has taught nonsectarian meditation for more than thirty years and developed one of the most successful classroom meditation programs in the United States. His books include "The Zen Commandments: Ten Suggestions for a Life of Inner Freedom" and "Cinema Nirvana." He teaches a practical form of meditation and is known for his clarity, warmth and humor. A former movie critic, he writes about finding enlightenment lessons in movies, songs and other artifacts of popular culture. WFIU's Adam Schwartz hosts this hour-long conversation. (repeat)

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The Radio Reader
with Dick Estell

"On the Wing"
by Alan Tennant
Begins December 29

In this extraordinary narrative, Alan Tennant, a passionate observer of nature, recounts his all-out effort to radio-track the transcontinental migration of the peregrine falcon-an investigation no one before him had ever taken to such lengths. His account transports us from the windswept flats of the Texas barrier islands where the tundra falcons pause during their springtime journey north to the Arctic, and then back south, through Mexico, Belize, and into the Caribbean.
Tennant and his partner, George Vose, a septuagenarian World War II vet who trusts his instincts as much as the instruments of his single engine Cessna, nearly lose their lives in the race to keep their birds in view and their rattletrap plane gassed up and running.
"On the Wing" is a breathtaking encounter with these majestic birds whose power and swiftness have fired the human imagination for centuries.

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Broadcasts from the IU School of Music

PRINZ-Bloomington Quartet.; Trio Indiana; Alfred Prinz, cl.
Airs: 1/3 at 7 p.m., 1/4 at 10 a.m., 1/7 at 3 p.m.

POULENC-Violin Sonata; Alexis Galperine, vln.; Jean-Louis Haguenauer, p.
Airs: 1/10 at 7 p.m.; 1/11 at 10 a.m.

BACH-Trio Sonata No. 6 in G, BWV 530; Trio Indiana
Airs: 1/17 at 7 p.m., 1/18 at 10 a.m., 1/21 at 3 p.m.

BEETHOVEN-Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a; Paul Biss/IU Phil. Orch.
Airs: 1/24 at 7 p.m., 1/25 at 10 a.m., 1/28 at 3 p.m.

SNOW-Hasana Tanz; Trio Indiana
Airs: 1/31 at 7 p.m.

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Terre Haute Names Day for Hometown Producer

Terre Haute Mayor Kevin D. Burke declared November 18, 2004 "Tom Roznowski Day" in recognition of Roznowski's long-running radio series that chronicles the life of Terre Haute in 1926.
The day included a public screening at Indiana State University of Roznowski's documentary "Hometown: A Journey Through Terre Haute, Indiana," an hour-long television special produced by WTIU.
The screening was followed by a reception and panel discussion in the Cunningham Memorial Library attended by about 300 people. The subject under discussion: "Why Is Terre Haute History Valuable?" Presentations were given by Roznowski, Mayor Kevin Burke, ISU President Lloyd Benjamin, Vigo County Historian Mike McCormick, and Tommy Kleckner of Historic Landmarks. Roznowski later called the panel "a good opportunity for a town-gown connection and for a dialogue on the downtown's future."
In his official proclamation, Mayor Burke recognized how Roznowski "focused on his radio and television programs on our city, finding it reminiscent of his own home town." The mayor congratulated Tom for "opening historical information to people's lives, and making us aware of local treasures."
"For the last ten years I've become pretty familiar with Terre Haute in the 1920s," Roznowski says. "That connection, however, has been primarily imaginative. The proclamation will always symbolize to me the very real relationship I have with Terre Haute in the present and the wonderful individuals I've met there."
Tom was raised in Albany, New York, "a town not unlike Terre Haute in many respects," he says. He's lived in Indiana most of his adult life.
His fascination with Terre Haute began about twenty-five years ago when he first glimpsed photographs of the city in a book, and he's been captivated ever since. He has written and narrated over 450 episodes of Hometown, which is heard on Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. after A Prairie Home Companion.
Each Hometown segment is conceived as a walking tour through Terre Haute in the summer of 1926, when it was known as "The Crossroads Of America." The city was the classic American hometown with its front porch conversations, Labor Day parades and corner groceries.
"Terre Haute in 1926 is fascinating simply because it is so commonplace," Tom recently told the Terre Haute Tribune Star. "There's nothing more interesting than everyday life."

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Ukraine Comes to WFIU

A group of young Ukrainian newspaper people visited WFIU in November as part of an exchange program between the Kafa newspaper in Ukraine and the Bloomington Herald-Times to study American media.
WFIU Station Manager Christina Kuzmych showed the group around the station, speaking in Ukrainian, her native language.
"They were very inquisitive about how things were done," Kuzmych said. "They wanted to know how public radio is subsidized and they were intrigued with issues of free speech."
Reporter Alexey Batourin learned during his visit that gaining access to public information is much easier here than in Ukraine.
News Editor Irina Smirnova observed that "the system works differently in our country. People are less open and less likely to talk to strangers."
Kafa's advertising director Maxim Onishchinko also noticed American friendliness. He was surprised by what happened when he went outside in the early mornings for a smoke. "Everyone said hello and asked 'How are you?'"
During their visit, the group saw a Pacers game and the musical Jesus Christ Superstar, toured discount stores, took part in a tailgating party, and went horseback riding.
Ukraine was also the subject of a recent Noon Edition. Professor Charles Wise from IU's School of Public and Environmental Affairs discussed the turmoil over the recent presidential elections in that country. Wise is director of the Parliamentary Development Project, which works to advance the democratic process in Ukraine.

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