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Originally broadcast 05/12/2014
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The ISU Vice President for Student Affairs, Dr. Thomas Hill, was appointed by ISU President Leath's office to lead a 20-person VEISHEA Task Force to make recommendations for the future of the event. VEIESHA, Iowa State University's long-standing Spring festival highlighting the university, its students, and faculty, was cancelled this past Spring after public vandalism and a critical injury occurred a few days prior to the festival.

Susan Franzen documents graduation as a family event.

Originally broadcast 05/07/2014
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Pat Schlarbaum catches on tape a presentation by Linda Zaletal and Mike Meetz of the Outdoor Alliance of Story County, a new local foundation that will serve as an umbrella for various nature-related organizations.
Greta Anderson talks with Valerie Williams about the upcoming May 9-10 Women in Motion performance, Girls Night Out.

Cynthia McClure visits the Brick City Grill in the Somerset district, recently voted the best burger in Iowa. With phenology: the river otters are giving birth, in all 99 counties of Iowa!

Originally broadcast 04/30/2014
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Local Talk ends National Poetry Month with a bit of a "slam" featuring 4 local poets: Jim Coppoc, Xavier Cavazos, Jennifer L. Knox and Claire Kruesel. In between poems, Jim Coppoc shares the history of poetry slams nationwide and in the town of Ames, and describes the scene at Ames Poetry Revival, the poetry slam / music jam that happens the first Tuesday of each month at DG's Taphouse. Host Greta Anderson also checks in with the poets on what drives them to keep pulsing out poems.