Education

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Disarm PSU takes over University President's office hours

Airs at: Wed, 10/21/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Over a hundred Portland State University students gathered in the South Park Blocks this afternoon. The students then marched into the office hours of the PSU President, Wim Wiewel. KBOO’s Jenka Soderberg was there, and brings us this report: Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for October 19, 2015

Airs at: Mon, 10/19/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Jan Haaken hosts this episode of the Old Mole, with music by Woody Guthrie and local Portland groups. Follow the links below for individual segments and more information, or click on the play button to hear the whole show. Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Send u... Read more

Kathy Farr on School Shootings

Airs at: Mon, 10/19/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Jan Haaken interviews Kathy Farr, professor emeritus at PSU, on her current research on school shootings. She looks at middle and high school rampage shootings over the past 30 years and takes up some of the gender and social dynamics that seem to be driving these expressio... Read more

Rosemary Gladstar Interview

Airs at: Thu, 10/15/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Between Us
Rosemary Gladstar founded the California School of Herbal Studies in 1978. Later, she and her family established Sage Mountain Retreat Center and Native Plant Reserve in Vermont. She's also an author and she's written a new book, "Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide". For h... Read more

Book Review: "Stoner"

Airs at: Mon, 10/05/2015 at 12:00am
Larry Bowlden reviews John Williams’ novel, Stoner, a beautifully written novel about the very ordinary life of a midwestern college professor told in prose as simple and flat as the life of the lead character. Widely praised when first published in 1965, and still worth re... Read more

The Psychology of Mass Shootings

Airs at: Thu, 10/01/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
After a mass shooting claimed ten lives this morning at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, President Obama adressed the nation with visible frustration, saying, "[Thoughts and prayers do] not capture the heartache and grief and anger that we should feel, and it does noth... Read more

DPSST Explains Changes in Active Shooter Training

Airs at: Thu, 10/01/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
This morning's tragic shooting in Roseburg is only the latest in a long list of mass murders in the US in recent years. In the Pacific Northwest alone, there have been multiple mass shootings, including the Clackamas Town Center attack in 2012, and at least three school sho... Read more

Douglas County Residents Respond to Roseburg Shooting

Airs at: Thu, 10/01/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
On the morning of October 1, a gunman entered Umpqua Community College in Roseburg and killed at least ten people and injured twenty before being killed by law enforcement. Residents of Douglas County are still in shock over today’s events but they are pulling together. Vig... Read more

Movie Moles on Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

Airs at: Mon, 09/28/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Movie Moles Jan Haaken and Denise Morris discuss the new documentary The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution. The film opens in Portland next week at the  Hollywood theatre with a benefit event for the NAACP. Noting the impossibility of fully addressing all the many ... Read more

Report: Stifling Dissent: How Israel’s Defenders Use False Charges of Anti-Semitism to Limit the Debate over Israel on Campus

Airs at: Wed, 09/30/2015 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Evening News
Two new reports were released today documenting a widespread campaign on college campuses across the U-S to stifle free speech on the issue of Israel and Palestine. The first report, co-authored by the Center for Constitutional Rights and the group Palestine Legal, examine... Read more