June 2004 Articles

2004 Kids' Art Winners

This year's edition of the annual WFIU Kids' Art contest drew unprecedented numbers of entries from all over south-central Indiana. Children in grades one through six were invited to enter artwork on the theme "Space Exploration," with visuals of alien creatures, distant planets and out-of-this-world travels often depicted.
This year's winner is Gary Blevins of Martinsville. Gary is in fifth grade at Brooklyn Elementary School. His illustration of an astronaut on the surface of Mars was uniquely drawn, with interesting use of color and shadows. The judges also selected two runners-up. Maemie Blankenship of Central Elementary School and Alex Golay of Centerton Elementary School also received awards. Maemie's distinctive use of various artistic tools impressed the judges, and Alex's bold colors set his work apart from the rest.
The winners received generous gift certificates from Pygmalion's Art Supply in Bloomington, and met with WFIU staff members. The winning entries, along with numerous honorable mentions, will be on display throughout the summer as part of WFIU's Traveling Art Show. Stay tuned to find out when it will travel to your area!
Special thanks to this year's judging panel:
Milton Hamburger - WFIU Art Director, M.F.A. Graphic Design
Yaël Ksander - Producer/Announcer, M.F.A. Painting
Malcolm Mobutu Smith - Assistant Professor, Studio Art (Ceramics) - Indiana University

Winner: Gary Blevins
Runner-up: Maemie Blankenship
Runner-up: Alex Golay

Honorable Mentions:
Emma Binkowski
Faith Bridges
Holly Bunner
Heather Carada
Travis Cordin
Mersadi's Curtsinger
Jacob Draughn
Samantha Ellison
McKenzi Gatlin
Andrew Goodrum
Evan Heeb
Annie Hollinden
Josh Hunt
Courtnee Johnson
Abby Karcher
Kyana Kemp
Robert Livingston
Emily Man
Jenny So Young Park
Brooke Perez
Cory Pless
Jeff Ratliff
Megan Reynolds
Dillon Taylor
Zachery Terrell

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Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel
Sundays, 4:00 p.m.

Each Keyboard Conversations program is a concert-plus-a concert where each work is performed in its entirety… and the plus is pianist Jeffrey Siegal's informal commentaries before performing each composition, as he illustrates with a few pertinent musical examples from the keyboard.
Siegal may pose the questions, "How was the music of Robert Schumann affected by his love life? In Beethoven's immortal Für Elise, who was "Elise," and why did Beethoven write this "love poem" for her? How was Brahms able to compose a monumental work based on only one very short melody?
After his commentary, listeners hear the music with a fresh perspective for the performance that follows. For newcomers to classical concerts, the programs provide an informal, accessible and entertaining introduction to the vast repertoire of the piano and to classical music in general. Seasoned music lovers are enlightened by Siegal's erudition and rewarded with increased understanding and enjoyment of their favorite works. Each concert concludes with a brisk question and answer session
Conductor Leonard Slatkin commented that Siegal's presentation and performance "add immeasurably to the listener's understanding of how and why a piece of music exists. I can't think of anyone who does this kind of programming better."
Chicago native Jeffrey Siegel has been a soloist with the world's great orchestras. For more than thirty-two years across eighteen cities, broadcasts of Keyboard Conversations have, in Siegal's words, "made friends for classical music." Join us for a series of classical music concerts unlike any you have ever heard.

June 6: L.V. Beethoven

June 13: The Russians: Rachmaninoff, Medtner, Scriabin

June 20: Chopin, Grieg, Liszt

June 27: W.A. Mozart

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Confronting Terrorism: Democracy's Response to the Terrorist Threat
Three specials from the Voices of Public Intellectuals series

Now in its fifth year, the Voices of Public Intellectuals lecture series brings innovative, thought-provoking issues affecting civic life to a public forum. This year's series explores the effect of terrorism on democracy. These live lectures were held at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The Nature of the Terrorist Threat
Sunday, June 6, 8:00 p.m.

Louise Richardson opens the Voices of Public Intellectuals lecture series by placing terrorism in context, suggesting how the term should be understood and examining terrorist motives and tactics. Using lessons learned by other democracies, Richardson argues that terrorism can be defeated without compromising democratic principles. Richardson has written extensively on British foreign and defense policy, security institutions and international terrorism. She is the coeditor of the SUNY Press series on terrorism and is currently working on studies of decision making inside terrorist movements and of the patterns of terrorist violence.

Why the U.S. is Targeted by Terrorism
Sunday, June 13, 8:00 p.m.

The United States has been a terrorist target since the late 1960s; in this lecture, Martha Crenshaw discusses why. She examines the strategies of groups that have employed terrorism against Americans and their interests, as well as the specific, local roots of their grievances.
Crenshaw has written extensively on the issue of political terrorism and is the editor of Terrorism in Context, a volume of case studies of terrorist campaigns from the nineteenth century to the present. In addition to her academic appointments at Wesleyan University, Crenshaw serves on the executive board of Women in International Security and on the Council for the American Political Science Association. She is also a member of the Brookings Institute Task Force on US Policy Towards the Islamic World.

Civil Liberties and the War on Terrorism
Sunday, June 20, 8:00 p.m.

Mary Jo White served as the first and only female U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York-widely recognized as the premier U.S. attorney's office in the country-from 1993 until 2002. Under White's leadership the office investigated and prosecuted numerous international terrorism cases, including prosecutions for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center; the indictment of Osama bin Laden and the leadership of the al Qaeda terrorist organization for the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings in Nairobi, Kenya and Tanzania; and the investigation of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

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American Radio Works: The Hospice Experiment
Sunday, June 27, 8:00 p.m.

In the 1960s a protest movement took place that did not involve marches, demonstrations or student sit-ins. Its leaders were middle-aged women who set out to change the treatment of the terminally ill. They wanted to call off the fruitless battles for cures and focus instead on pain control and the quality of a dying person's last days.
Their movement was a striking success-today three in ten dying Americans get hospice care. But until now, the story of the hospice movement has gone untold.
The Hospice Experiment tells the stories of the hospice pioneers and follows a hospice patient through her last weeks of life. Listeners meet the movement's founder, a formidable Englishwoman named Cicely Saunders, and a nurse named Florence Wald who created America's first hospice program. The program also shows how Swiss-born psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross became the leading spokesperson for hospice through her landmark book, "On Death and Dying."

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Humankind
Stories of remarkable people whose dedication help to humanize our society

The Pressure to Consume
Sunday, June 6, 9:00 p.m.

In this first installment we hear the voices of a variety of Americans who feel overwhelmed by the pressure to consume, and who are seeking ways to simplify and un-clutter their lives by turning to relationships that are less materialistic and more genuine. We then examine two traditions that practice the discipline of fasting as a way of intentionally experiencing what it means to go hungry.

Cancer Support Groups
Sunday, June 13, 9:00 p.m.

Cancer patients in Los Angeles join a support group where they can identify with others who have the disease and can freely express taboo topics like the fear of death. Also, a counselor of cancer patients explains how to interrupt the psychological cycle of worrying and despair so common among those who receive a potentially life-threatening diagnosis.

Getting Rid of Nuclear Weapons
Sunday, June 20, 9:00 p.m.

At a time when the U.S. government advocates lowering the threshold for use of nuclear weapons, Global Security Institute President Jonathan Granoff pleads for an end to all nuclear stockpiles. In the second half of this program, Reverend Steve Shick, a Unitarian pastor in Haverhill, Massachusetts, wrestles with the appropriate role to be played by a religious congregation in social activism and social service.

The Importance of "Downtime"
Sunday, June 27, 9:00 p.m.

Members of a Philadelphia organization promote more "downtime" so that people can nurture relationships and catch their breath in the midst of relentless stress caused by modern schedules, accelerated by modern technology. And John Heider, Kansas-based author of the best-selling "The Tao of Leadership," discusses how a work of ancient Chinese wisdom inspires him to lead a "meaningful, conscious" life.

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A Moment of Science Fan visits Don Glass

On April 2, 2004, 11-year-old Taylor Nelson dropped by to WFIU from Chicago to meet A Moment of Science producer Don Glass and ask him to sign one of her favorite books-"How Can You Tell if a Spider Is Dead? And More Moments of Science."
Taylor's family was visiting Indiana to watch her sister play in a volleyball tournament, and she made a special trip to Bloomington. Don was away from the station at the time, but he signed Taylor's book and mailed it back to her.

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Head Start-Tulip Tree Tour

On a blustery March morning, a group of four- and five-year-olds from the Head Start program at Tulip Tree Apartments in Bloomington were given a tour of the WFIU studios.
Promotions and Marketing Director Mark Zalewski led the tour and answered the children's questions. While showing them WFIU's music library, he displayed something few of the kids had seen before-a vinyl record.
The group also visited George Walker inside the broadcast studio during a break in his morning music show, where George gave them a chance to be on the air.
First he made sure the kids could give the station's ID. He asked them say "WFIU Bloomington" in unison. They passed the audition.
"I mentioned on the air that usually I announce alone, but that today I had help from a Head Start group," George said. "They were so darned neat that I wanted to do something special for them, and I didn't think telling them how I got into radio or how many CD players I had would be as memorable."

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June Community Events

Travel to Mozart's Musical Cities - Information Session
Wednesday, June 2, 6:00 p.m.
WFIU Studios, 1229 E. 7th Street, Bloomington

Join WFIU for a guided tour of Mozart's Musical Cities from November 26 through December 3, 2004. WFIU and Collette Vacations are offering an eight-day tour of the Christmas Markets of Salzburg, Linz, Vienna and Prague.
A representative from Collette Vacations will be at the WFIU studios on Wednesday, June 2 at 6:00 p.m. to give a presentation, answer questions and take reservations. To sign-up for this session or to request a brochure, call WFIU at 812-855-1357. Detailed trip information can be found on the WFIU web site: wfiu.indiana.edu.

Indiana State University - SummerStage 2004
"The Foreigner"
written by Larry Shue, directed by Kristin Kundert-Gibbs
June 18, 19, 23 - 7:30 p.m.
June 20 - 4:00 p.m.

Larry Shue, author of the SummerStage 1996 comedy hit "The Nerd," brings us another side-splitting comedy. This one takes place in a fishing lodge in rural Georgia, often visited by "Froggy" LeSeuer, a British demolition expert who runs training sessions at a nearby army base. On this visit "Froggy" takes along Charlie, a pathologically shy young man who is overcome with fear at the thought of making conversation with strangers. To help his friend, "Froggy" tells all assembled that Charlie is from an exotic foreign country and speaks no English. This fuels the non-stop hilarity of the play as Charlie overhears sinister plots and intimate details of the lives of the resident minister, his pretty fiancée and the local KKK-all the while pretending to understand none of it. This farce, featuring SummerStage veterans Susan Monts Bologna and Mark Douglas Jones, promises to be wildly funny as things go uproariously awry for the "bad guys."

Arts Fair on the Square
Saturday, June 19, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Monroe County Courthouse Square, Bloomington

The Arts Fair on the Square is a one-day fair organized by the Bloomington Area Arts Council. The fair is held amid the landscaped beauty of the Monroe County courthouse in downtown Bloomington. This annual event is run in conjunction with the Taste of Bloomington, which offers visitors a broad sampling of the variety of dining experiences available in the Bloomington area. The Arts Fair is in its 24th year of connecting artists with the art-buying public and promoting the awareness of the visual arts in a festive and entertaining atmosphere.

Indiana State University - SummerStage 2004
"The Glass Menagerie"
written by Tennessee Williams, directed by Julie Dixon
June 25, 26, 30 - 7:30 p.m.
June 27 - 4:00 p.m.

One of Tennessee Williams' most powerful and oft-performed pieces, "The Glass Menagerie" is a poetic, sunlight-and-memory drenched classic. The struggle between beauty wrung from pain and survival at great cost twines through the bittersweet drama of a family's gradual disintegration, all set in St. Louis during the depression era. This poetic, delicate and fragile portrayal of a faded Southern belle, her dreamer son, and her painfully withdrawn daughter makes an indelible impression on everyone who sees it.

Brown County Studio & Garden Tour
Saturday, June 26, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday, June 27, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The Brown County Studio and Garden Tour is a free, self-guided educational event designed to showcase the arts and crafts of "The Art Colony of the Midwest." A select group of artisans, who continue this cultural heritage, will open their studios and gardens to the public for this one special weekend. Demonstrations will delight young and old, while collectors will relish the selections of new artwork available especially for this occasion.

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Christmas in Mozart's Music Cities
November 26 - December 3, 2004

WFIU is offering listeners a unique travel adventure: a guided tour of the cities associated with the life of Mozart, at the time of year when they are at their most beautiful.
Travel with WFIU to Europe on an eight-day journey featuring the Christmas markets of Salzburg, Linz, Vienna and Prague. You'll enjoy stunning vistas and Alpine splendor, leisure time to shop the traditional Christmas markets, plus classical music and culinary delights. You'll see historic palaces and cathedrals, like the marvelous Schoenbrunn Palace and St. Stephan's Cathedral, and tour the world-famous city of Salzburg with its sights made famous by Rodgers and Hammerstein in The Sound of Music.
Roam the banks of the Danube to Linz for a comprehensive tour of this imperial city, highlighted by a visit to the Mozarthaus, where Mozart composed his "Linz" Symphony. Tour the Jewish Quarter with its Old World synagogues, museums and cemetery.
The tour concludes in the "Golden City" of Prague in the Czech Republic, which offers visitors a mix of Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architecture. A sightseeing tour of this fairy tale city includes the beautiful Hradcany Castle and St. Vitus Cathedral. A leisurely tour of the Old Town showcases the unique astronomical clock and the 14th Century, statue-lined Charles Bridge. Celebrate the end of a spectacular trip with a special farewell dinner.
WFIU is coordinating this trip through Collette Vacations. A representative will be at the WFIU studios on June 2 at 6:00 p.m. to give a presentation, answer questions and take reservations. To sign up for this presentation or to request more information, call (812) 855-1357.

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Itinerary at a Glance
Day 1 Overnight Flight
Day 2-3 Renaissance Hotel, Salzburg
Day 4-5 Hotel De France, Vienna
Day 6-7 Renaissance or Marriott Hotel, Prague

Rates
Single $1,999 per Person
Twin $1,799 per person
Triple $1,769 per person

Includes round trip air from Indianapolis, hotel transfers and departure tax. Also includes 10 meals (six breakfasts and four dinners).

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Musical Highlights for June
By Robert Lumpkin, Music Director

Artist of the Month
WFIU's Artist of the Month for June is conductor and violinist Paul Biss. Paul Biss is active in orchestral and chamber music. He's a former member of the Berkshire Quartet and has participated in major festivals including Ravinia, Marlboro, La Jolla, Lockenhaus and Casals. Paul Biss is also an accomplished pedagogue with master classes in Europe, Israel and North America. On WFIU this month, he'll be conducting the IU Chamber Orchestra on Wednesday, June 9 at 10:12 p.m. in a performance of Apollo by Igor Stravinsky. On Thursday the 17th at 7:07 p.m., join us for Beethoven's Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72a. Paul Biss leads the IU Philharmonic Orchestra in that performance. He's joined by violist Atar Arad on Sunday, June 27th at 11:08 p.m. for a performance of the Viola Concerto by Don Freund. And on Wednesday, June 30 at 10:12 p.m., you can hear him again leading the IU University Orchestra in Ives' Symphony No. 2.

New Releases
Vocal, orchestral and chamber music are all featured in this month's selected new releases. Mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson has caused somewhat of a stir in the press with her new recording on Nonesuch of two solo cantatas by J. S. Bach. On Monday, June 7, we'll hear the Cantata BWV 199: "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" from that new release. Ms. Lieberson is joined by the Orchestra of Emmanuel Music conducted by Craig Smith. On Wednesday the 9th at 10:12 p.m., tune in for a historic recording reissued by Decca of Manuel De Falla's Three Cornered Hat. We'll hear the Orchestra of the Suisse-Romande conducted by the legendary Ernest Ansermet. Trio Amadé, made up of violinist Felicia Moye, cellist Emilio Colón and pianist Heather Coltman, join us with a recent release from Klavier of Aaron Copland's trio, Vitebsk. That airs Wednesday, June 16 at 7:07 p.m. Also Hilary Hahn, who seems to have a new disc every few months, can be heard Wednesday the 23rd at 10:12 in Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 1 in a, Op. 77. Marek Janowski leads the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra in this new Sony recording.

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Profiles

June 6 - David Quammen and Russell Mittermeier
David Quammen is a science and nature writer, and a two-time National Magazine Award winner for his science essays and columns in Outside magazine. In addition to his columns in Outside magazine, essays, nonfiction and fiction, Quammen has also published in National Geographic, Harper's and The New York Times Book Review. He spent eight years traveling the globe for his book, "Song of the Dodo: Island Biogeography in an Age of Extinctions," which describes the history of evolutionary theory, biodiversity and population dynamics.
A primatologist, herpetologist and biological anthropologist, Russell Mittermeier brings a multidisciplinary perspective to conservation. He has conducted fieldwork in more than twenty tropical countries, with special emphasis on Brazil, the Guianas and Madagascar. His research focuses on identifying the world's megadiversity countries, biodiversity hotspots, and major tropical wilderness areas-topics that are also the themes of his latest books, "Megadiversity" and "Hotspots." In 1998 Time magazine named Mittermeier "Hero for the Planet." Listen to these two experts in conversation with John McCosker during City Arts and Lectures, courtesy of KQED in San Francisco.

June 13 - Matt Ridley
Matt Ridley brings a unique perspective to science writing. In his national bestseller "Genome: An Autobiography of Species in 23 Chapters," Ridley explains how mapping out human DNA could change everything from medicine and politics to what it means to be human. His latest book, "Nature via Nurture," argues that genes predetermine the broad structure of the brain and absorb formative experiences, react to social cues and even run memory. He spoke with Roy Eisenhardt of City Arts and Lectures, courtesy of KQED in San Francisco.

June 20 - 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 a avid magician, pilot and farmer. She spoke with WFIU's Adam Schwartz in an hour-long conversation.

June 27 - Sallyann Murphey
Sallyann Murphey began her career at age 23, as the then-youngest producer in the British Broadcasting Corporation. She went on to produce the current events program The World At One and later established the American news operation for Good Morning Britain, the sister program to Good Morning America. She has also worked as an investigative journalist for a number of publications including the London Observer, the Daily Mail and Utne Reader. In her first of four books, "Bean Blossom Dreams: A City Family's Search for a Simple Country Life," Murphey wrote about her experiences moving to Indiana. She teaches history, government and media studies at Harmony High School in Bloomington, where she is the junior advisor and leader of their First Amendment program. Join us for this hour-long interview, hosted by Shana Ritter.

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The Radio Reader
with Dick Estell

"No Greater Glory"
by Dan Kurzman
Begins May 27

During the night of February 5, 1943, the SS Dorchester was pushing through the chill seas off the coast of Greenland when a torpedo shattered her starboard side. Some of the 904 men aboard managed to fight their way onto lifeboats. Many did not have life jackets and panicked as the ship gradually sank, and would have drowned if not for the four chaplains aboard-the Rev. George L. Fox (Methodist), the Rev. Clark V. Poling (Dutch Reformed), Father John P. Washington (Roman Catholic) and Rabbi Alexander Goode (Jewish). These four men courageously distributed life jackets and, in the end, gave up their own.
Author Dan Kurzman has penetrated the lives of these four extraordinary men, showing the influences and spiritual forces that led to their ultimate sacrifice. "No Greater Glory" is a riveting story of four men of the cloth who came from different backgrounds but found common ground in serving God and country.

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Broadcasts from the IU School of Music

ROCHBERG-Sonata for Viola and Piano; Atar Arad, vla.; Jeannette Koekkoek, p.
Airs: 6/1 at 10:00 a.m.

ARGENTO-Sonnet No. LXIV (in memoriam 9/11/01); Jan Harrington/IU Univ. Singers
Airs: 6/7 at 7:00 p.m., 6/8 at 10:00 a.m., 6/11 at 3:00 p.m.

WILLIAMS-Concerto for Tuba and Orchestra; Bryan Heath, b. tb.; Imre Pallò/IU Concert Orch.
Airs: 6/14 at 7:00 p.m., 6.15 at 10:00 a.m.

BRAHMS-Serenade No. 1 in D, Op. 11; Imre Pallò/IU Concert Orch.
Airs: 6/16 at 10:00 p.m.

LANG, D.-Little Eye; Joakim Munkner, vlc.; David Dzubay/IU New Music Ens.
Airs: 6/20 at 11:00 p.m.

BARBER-Vanessa: Intermezzo; Pratt, Stephen/IU Wind Ens.
Airs: 6/21/ at 7:00 p.m., 6/22 at 10:00 a.m., 6/25 at 3:00 p.m.

HARLAP-Bat Yiftach [Jephthah's Daugher]; Reyna Carguill, s.; Chris Carducci, bar.; John Manganaro, hn.; Jan Harrington/IU University Singers
Airs: 6/28 at 7:00 p.m., 6/29 at 10:00 a.m.

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Musical information is Thomas Pease's Passion

When a WFIU announcer enlightens you with insightful information about a piece of classical music, there is a good chance that music assistant Thomas Pease was at work. Pease maintains WFIU's music database, which contains some 40,000 entries. Cataloging the CD in the correct category is more complicated than one would think.
"Often on CDs, music pieces are put down in the vaguest sense, like "adagio" or "aria by Handel," he says. "But a piece isn't just named 'aria'; that might not even be the name of the movement. That might be something that they just call it."
To classify a piece, Pease needs to ask: Where did that piece come from? When was it written? What were the circumstances under which the composer wrote it? To make things even harder, there are different composers with the same names. Not to mention the occasional inaccuracies that Pease finds lurking in the database.
Pease must also catalog the twenty-five to forty new CDs that come to the station each month. His favorite part of the job is cataloging what he calls "a really tough CD"-one that requires a lot of background information to look up from various sources, including the Internet and other databases.
Pease's passion for musical information stems from his desire to help connect people to great works of art and from his belief in music education. "Everyone should have the arts as a part of their lives." Pease started out planning to be a music teacher, but as an undergraduate he took a course in musicology that excited his interest, pointing him in a new direction.
"I loved doing the research for the papers we had to do, and being in the library, and finding all this neat stuff out about the music." Prior to coming to Bloomington, Pease spent three years as music librarian at public station WETA in Washington, D.C. He also was an intern for the National Symphony Orchestra.
To stay informed about the field, Pease attends the annual conference of the Music Librarian Association. He is now working towards his masters of library science degree with a specialization in music librarianship at IU's School of Information and Library Science.
Defying the image of librarians being quiet people, Pease prefers a lively work environment. "I like an atmosphere where there are interesting conversations and a lot of life going on," he says with a smile. "That's why I like to hang around radio stations."

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Society of Professional Journalists Honor WFIU News

Members of the WFIU and WTIU news departments went toattended the 25th Annual Indiana Society of Professional Journalists Awards ceremony in Indianapolis this April. Radio stations and publications from all over Indiana were represented, including the Indianapolis Star, the South Bend Tribune, the Indianapolis Monthly and the Herald-Times.
The delegation from WFIU brought home four awards.
WFIU News Director Will Murphy received a second place award in the "Best Radio Feature" category for his piece featuring Bloomington's Von Lee theater. Adam Schwartz won a first place award in the "Social Justice Reporting" category for his report on Pages to Prisoners and a second place award for "Best Coverage of Children's Issues" for his piece on transient students at Fairview Elementary. Simone Gubar won a first place award in the "Best Radio Feature-Student Division" for her Veteran's Day feature of M.E. Lawlis. Behind the scenes, WFIU's audio production assistant Jason Stahl was indispensable, providing the expert audio editing skills that contributed to the department's successes.
The judges described Adam's Pages to Prisoners piece as "great reporting" and commented that it showed "excellent research of sound; well used to provide different points of view."
Simone's piece on Professor Lawlis' wartime experience prompted the judges to write, "'Veteran's Day' is the clear winner. Excellent use of sound clips captures Lawlis' experience and reflections on being a POW. Strong writing, narrative and production resulted in a compelling and memorable radio feature."
To date this year, the WFIU News Department has entered four state, regional and national competitions. It has received recognition in three of them, earning a total of seven awards so far, including two regional Edward R. Murrow awards for Chad Bouchard and an award from Network Indiana for Chelsea Wald's feature on Bloomington's WonderLab.

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