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Interview with student sitting in at USF Tampa listen
04/05/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, SDS, students, tuition
Friday on the Tampa campus of the University of South Florida several students held what they’re calling a weekly occupation of the Patel Center.
That building houses the offices of university president Judy Genshaft and other administrators.
We spoke live on the phone by Danielle Leppo with Tampa Bay Students for a Democratic Society.
Be the first to commentNancy Tong part of the Through Women's Eyes Film Festival talks about her film: Trailblazers in Habits
04/04/13 Nancy Tong with Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: film, women's issues
Nancy Tong is the director of the film "Trailblazers in Habits" which is a documentary about some of the first missionary sisters to go to China. Six Maryknoll nuns, with no prior missionary experience and unfamiliar with the culture, go to China in 1921. The film follows their path through the years of turmoil, chaos and revolution. The film also follows the involvement of the Maryknolls in America both as teachers and counselors at the Japanese/American internment camps during World War...
Be the first to commentCathryne Czubek the director of a Girl and a Gun is part of the Through Women's Eyes film festival
04/04/13 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: film, women's issues
Cathryne Czubek, the director of A Girl and A Gun, talks about the different attitudes many women have about guns. Guns are important issues in our society and involve all of our lives yet very little is known about how women feel about guns. The film is Surprising and frank, and not surprisingly 80 % of guns are purchased by women for self protection but women and guns challenge the male stereotype of the typical gun owner. A Girl and a Gun is part of Through women's Eyes which is part o...
Be the first to commentCeceilia Peck the director of Brave Miss World talks about her film which is part of Through Women 's Eyes
04/04/13 Mary GlenneyFrom A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
Tags: film, women's issues
Ceceilia Peck, the director of Brave Miss World, talks about Linor Abargil who won the Miss World award in 1998 two weeks after she was brutally raped. The documentary follows Linor's speaking out and campaigning to get other rape victims to speak out and talk about their experiences. Linor started a web sight Linorspeaksout.com and almost immediately heard from women throughout the world. The film follows Linor as she speaks to women and girls and is a horrifying testimony to the extent of...
Be the first to commentU.S. Rep. Kathy Castor is in Cuba; will lean about their environment, economy and culture
04/04/13 Seán Kinane & Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Cuba, Kathy Castor, oil spill, drilling, tourism, economy, socialism
Tampa-area member of Congress Kathy Castor is in Cuba on what her office calls a fact-finding visit. The Democrat traveled to the socialist island Wednesday and will learn about Cuba's economy, culture, human rights and environment.
While on her trip Castor will speak with the ministry of tourism and a professor of gender studies.
She’ll spend time in Old Havana with small business owners to encourage...
Be the first to commentDo "Gun Free Zones" Invite Gun Deaths? And A Leading Muslim American Human Rights Activist Speaks Out
04/04/13 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Thursday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: gun control, preventing gun violence, Mother Jones Magazine, gun free zones, NRA, Mark Follman, Cyrus McGoldrick, NCPCF, police spying, WMNF, Rob Lorei
Good morning,
Welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up we’ll look at those proposals from the NRA for school safety. We’ll talk with a journalist from Mother Jones Magazine who has been covering the gun safety issue closely since the Newtown massacre.
Later we’ll talk with a leading Muslim American civil rights activist……
But first: U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein is blaming the National Rifle Association and gun manufacturers for the reluctance among many of her colleagues...
4 commentsSt. Pete City Council schedules Pier workshop to appease anti-Lens group listen
04/04/13 Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: St. Pete City Council, the Pier, the Lens, Charlie Gerdes, Leslie Curran, Jim Kennedy, Wengay Newton, WOW St. Pete, Concerned Citizens of St. Pete
Debate over the future of St. Pete’s iconic pier is heating up as it enters its final days. Critics of the proposed replacement are celebrating a small victory Thursday. City council members approved holding a workshop later this month to discuss some possible problems with the Lens.
St. Petersburg is being sued by critics of the Lens. That’s because the city won’t put the issue on a ballot even though critics got more than the 16,000 certified signatures required to force a referendum....
Be the first to commentMontelione says Tampa's Bro Bowl skateboard park may be rebuilt, not preserved listen
04/04/13 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Perry Harvey Park, Tampa, Tampa City Council, skateboarding, Bro Bowl, Lisa Montelione
There’s a fight to save a historic skateboard bowl in downtown Tampa from encroaching development.
During public comment at this morning’s Tampa City Council meeting, Shannon Bruffett, a representative from the Skateboarding Heritage Foundation asked council to protect what’s known as the Bro Bowl in Perry Harvey Park.
Bruffett had a receptive audience in council member Lisa Montelione.
Be the first to comment"I know that it is sacred ground to those who've use it and it's been...
Synthetic drug bans move in Tampa and St. Pete listen
04/04/13 Janelle Irwin & Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Tampa City Council, St. Pete City Council, Steve Kornell, CONA, Frank Reddick, spice, synthetic drugs, bath salts
St. Petersburg City Council members unanimously passed an ordinance Thursday that would ban the sale, use or possession of synthetic drugs. The ordinance builds on loose state regulations that make it easy for manufacturers to find loopholes in Florida law.
The ordinance includes synthetic cannabinoids or fake pot. It also includes what is commonly referred to as bath salts. St. Pete City Council member Steve Kornell is a social worker who helps h...
Be the first to commentCreating a new district for a Latino commisioner in Hillsborough County, and Kathy Castor in Cuba
04/04/13 Mitch PerryLast Call Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Cuba, Kathy Castor, Les Miller, Hillsborough County Commission, redistricting
Victor DiMaio is with the Hillsborough County Hispanic Caucus. They're supporting a plan that Commissioner Les Miller is proposing - it would move one of the at-large districts in Hillsborough into a 5th single member district, which he thinks could be one that elects a Latino member. Latinos make up over a quarter of the county (26%), but aren't represented on the board.
DiMaio also discussed Congresswoman [Kathy Castor's trip](http://www.wmnf.org/news_stories/us-rep-kathy-castor-is-in-cu...
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