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International water experts, students, study Tampa Bay water supply listen
05/27/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: UNESCO, Tampa Bay Water, USF, SWFWMD, water
Florida may once have had one of the world’s most richest water stores underlying most of the state, but now water managers across the state are scrambling to come up with more sustainable water sources for the coming decades. For example, Tampa Bay’s water utility is about to repair cracks in the 15 billion gallon CW Bill Young reservoir. The enormous surface water store is just part of the complex system the area uses to distribute the vital resource. An international team of water experts ...
Be the first to commentRick Scott signs Florida budget, slashes $600 million in line-item vetoes listen
05/26/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Thursday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: media, Rick Scott, TBARTA, USF, budget, 2011 Legislative session, veto
Republican Governor Rick Scott signed the state budget today. Florida lawmakers had cut nearly $4 billion from the budget for next fiscal year. But today in a private Republican Party of Florida event at The Villages, Scott announced he had vetoed $615 million in line items.
10 comments"There were 3,036 line items in the budget. 3,036. I know this because I looked at every single line item in the budget, and it took quite a ...
The debt ceiling deadline approaches: What are the options?
05/25/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Wednesday) Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Charles Kroncke, USF, federal deficit, debt ceiling, entitlements, military spending, George Bush tax cuts
Good morning. Welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. The federal government is heading toward an important deadline.
The national government’s accumulated spending is approaching the $14.3 trillion debt ceiling. Republicans are demanding huge deficit reduction concessions in return for raising it. The nation is expected to run out of money to pay its debts — on Aug. 2. Some fear that as we get closer - and as the debt ceiling is not raised - the markets will get spooked and they may pl...
Be the first to commentImmigrant and youth issues propel USF student body president to claim political speech record listen
04/20/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Cesar Hernandez, University of South Florida, filibuster, speech, USF, Florida Legislature, Barack Obama, immigration, youth, education, students
Late this morning, University of South Florida student body president Cesar Hernandez wrapped up a record-breaking speech that lasted twenty-four hours. The aspiring doctor and politician hopes to catch the eye of lawmakers in Tallahassee and Washington.
"What struck me most forcibly about the NLF was the totality as a social revolution first and as a war second..."
It was a Mr. Smith Goes to Washington-style filibuster, but unlike the film, spectators wore flip-flops and carried iPo...
Be the first to commentEnvironmentalists are still concerned about oil disaster impacts listen
04/18/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: BP oil disaster, NOAA, Gulf of Mexico, Florida, USF, Gulf Restoration Network, oil spill, BP
Wednesday marks the one-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon well blowout in the Gulf. Many officials are touting a swift environmental recovery, but environmentalists see alarming signs that Gulf of Mexico is far from healthy.
It’s been more than nine months since gushing oil well in the gulf was permanently capped. The worst human-caused environmental disaster in US history may no longer be daily fodder for front page news, but scientists and environmental groups say the disaster is...
Be the first to commentUSF student body president to lead talk-a-thon for student rights and immigration reform listen
04/15/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, immigration, students, education
Some University of South Florida students are so upset about how lawmakers in Tallahassee and Washington are treating young people, they’re going to talk about it nonstop for more than three days. They don’t like cuts to education or policies that hurt immigrants. It’s being spearheaded by Cesar Hernandez, USF’s student body president who also serves on the university’s Board of Trustees.
One of their goals is for president Obama to notice their activism enough to come to USF to engage the...
Be the first to commentYouth LGBT author Alex Sanchez headlines USF Gala listen
04/15/11 Kate BradshawWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: USF, Lavender Scare, homophobia, homosexuality, LGBT, tolerance
Today marks the fourteenth annual Day of Silence, a day when students of all ages across the country take a vow of silence to draw attention to bullying and hate crimes against people who are gay. Last night more than 100 people gathered at USF to honor activists who promote tolerance of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, which still struggles with homophobia. That school’s Gay and Lesbian Alumni Association event highlighted that progress that’s been made in recent decade...
Be the first to commentHow can children's mental health research be effective listen
03/30/11 Dawn Morgan ElliottWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: mental illness, research, USF, education, Children's Board, children's mental health
At last week’s 24th Annual Children’s Mental Health Research and Policy Conference in downtown Tampa, WMNF’s Dawn Morgan Elliott spoke with several mental health professionals about how research can grow from an idea to a viable strategy in dealing with children’s behavioral issues and mental illness.
“We who are providing services in the field of children and families are being asked to prove that what we’re doing works.”
Robert Lieberman is the Executive Director of the Southern O...
Be the first to commentCEO of Children's Board on mental illness & early childhood education listen
03/25/11 Dawn Morgan ElliottWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: mental illness, research, USF, education, Children's Board
Dr. Luanne Panacek is the CEO of the Children’s Board of Hillsborough County. This week she attended the 24th Annual Children’s Mental Health Research and Policy Conference in Tampa, and sat on a panel that responded to keynote speaker Geoffrey Canada, a somewhat controversial education reformer and founder of the Harlem Children’s Zone in New York.
WMNF’s Dawn Morgan Elliott interviewed Panasek today, and began by asking her to explain the role of the [Children’s Board](http://www.childre...
Be the first to comment24th Annual Children’s Mental Health and Policy Conference listen
03/21/11 Dawn Morgan ElliottWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: mental health, FMHI, USF
30 years ago the field of mental health care for children barely existed. But yesterday in Tampa over 700 researchers and child advocates came for the commencement of the 24th Annual Children’s Mental Health and Policy Conference to share their work and open their minds to innovations in mental health care.
Be the first to comment“People did not recognize the seriousness of the problem. People did not recognize how many young people had emotional and behavioral disorders....
