Journalism Guest Speaker Series (SPRING 2008)
News Reporting & Writing and the Uptown Exchange student newspaper at Truman College welcome you to join in the following talks with professional journalists on a variety of topics, including how to pursue stories for publication and broadcast.
SCHEDULE
All sessions take place at Truman College (1145 W. Wilson, Uptown, Chicago).
Thurs., Jan. 31, 11:30am, Room #2953 Former feature writer and editor of the Wilmington Morning Star in North Carolina, CLIFTON TRUMAN DANIEL directs Public Relations and writes web stories that represent Truman College to the world. Daniel will speak on his journalism experiences and the differences between news writing and PR. He will also talk about specific approaches to on-line reporting and writing.
FEBRUARY TBA KEYNOTE PRESENTATION & AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY EVENT: DETAILS TBA
Tues., Feb. 26, 11:30am, Room #2953 Editor of the Chicago Journal News-Star, LORRAINE SWANSON, covers neighborhood news and public interest issues for the community newspaper that carries stories about Uptown and other North Side neighborhoods. Swanson will speak about covering a community beat.
Tues., March 4, 11:30am, Room #2953 Truman student at large KARI McCLEAN represents The Night Ministry as Coordinator for Public & Media Relations. In Spring 2005, she completed the News Reporting & Writing class and contributed articles to the Uptown Exchange premiere issue. Students will learn answers to the question: What can you do with the journalism program at Truman?
Tues., March 11, 11:30am, Room #2953 Retired Truman creative-writing professor and winner of an Honorable Mention from The Best American Essays series, MEL LIVATINO talks about using Truman journalism and composition training to write creative non-fiction and literary prose.
Tues., March 25, 11:30am, Room #2953 Investigative reporter and Medill School of Journalism graduate JEFF KELLY LOWENSTEIN writes as a staffer for the Chicago Reporter and will talk to students about developing the instincts of an investigative reporter.
Thurs., March 27, 11:30am, Room #2953 Novelist and retired Truman instructor MICHAEL RALEIGH talks about how he got into creative writing and how students can use writing instruction to pursue poetry and fiction writing.
Thurs., April 10, 11:30am, Room #2953 Award-winning journalist and Medill graduate ROXANE ASSAF works at Truman as Director of Teaching and Learning Programs, in addition to having been a television producer, disc jockey, documentary filmmaker, essayist, and performance artist. Her work in Bethlehem and Jerusalem won a 2002 National Arab Journalists Association's Excellence in Journalism Award.
Tues., April 29, 11:30am, Room #2953 ANTONIO ROSAS-LANDA visits from HOY newspaper, Chicago's Spanish-language daily, where he works as Senior Editor of the Editorial Page. He'll talk about the significance of opinion pages for Chicago Latino journalism.
Thurs., May 1, 11:30am, Room #2953 Truman Communications faculty ROBERT HUGHES has had a distinguished teaching career notable also for his publishing of a book-length memoir and regular contributions to the Chicago Tribune, WBEZ's "848," and the "My Turn" section of Newsweek. Hughes will talk about how he started writing and how he now teaches students to become perspective writers.
Journalism Guest Speaker Series (FALL 2007)
News Reporting & Writing and the Uptown Exchange student newspaper at Truman College welcome you to join in the following talks with professional journalists on a variety of topics, including how to pursue stories for publication and broadcast.
ABOVE: Award-winning photo-journalist Jon Lowenstein took this shot of border-crossers detained in Texas Lowenstein talks about his work on Latinos, labor, and immigration on Oct. 3 (SEE DETAILS BELOW).
SCHEDULE
All sessions take place at Truman College (1145 W. Wilson, Uptown, Chicago).
Mon., Sept. 17, 11:30am, Room #2973 Former feature writer and editor of the Wilmington Morning Star in North Carolina, CLIFTON TRUMAN DANIEL directs Public Relations and writes web stories that represent Truman College to the world. Daniel will speak on his journalism experiences and the differences between news writing and PR. He will also talk about specific approaches to on-line reporting and writing.
Wed., Sept. 19, 11:30am, Room #2973 Staff writer at the Pioneer Press News-Star, LORRAINE SWANSON covers neighborhood news and public interest issues for the community newspaper that carries stories about Uptown and other North Side neighborhoods. Swanson will speak about covering a community beat.
Wed., Oct. 3, 1pm, Main Lobby KEYNOTE PRESENTATION & LATINO HERITAGE EVENT: Investigative reporter and Medill School of Journalism graduate JEFF KELLY LOWENSTEIN writes as a staffer for the Chicago Reporter. He'll join forces with his brother, JON LOWENSTEIN, to talk about their recent investigations on undocumented Latino immigrants, featuring a hard-hitting photo slide-show. Also, ANTONIO ROSAS-LANDA visits from HOY newspaper, Chicago's Spanish-language daily, where he works as Senior Editor of the Editorial Page. He'll talk about the significance of opinion pages for Chicago Latino journalism.
Mon., Oct. 15, 11:30am, Room #2973 Truman student at large KARI McCLEAN represents The Night Ministry as Coordinator for Public & Media Relations. In Spring 2005, she completed the News Reporting & Writing class and contributed articles to the Uptown Exchange premiere issue. Students will learn answers to the question: What can you do with the journalism program at Truman?
Mon., Oct. 29, 11:30am, Room #2973 Truman Communications faculty ROBERT HUGHES has had a distinguished teaching career notable also for his publishing of a book-length memoir and regular contributions to the Chicago Tribune, WBEZ's "848," and the "My Turn" section of Newsweek. Hughes will talk about how he started writing and how he now teaches students to become perspective writers.
Wed., Nov. 7, 11:30am, Room #2973 TORI MARLAN has been a feature writer for the Chicago Reader since 1995. She has won three Peter Lisagor Awards for exemplary journalism, an Association of Alternative Newsweeklies award for social reporting, and a Herman Kogan Award for writing about legal affairs. She has also contributed to The Christian Science Monitor, the Utne Reader, and the public-radio show This American Life.
Wed., Nov. 7, 12:30pm, Room #2973 Former Truman student and managing editor of the first Uptown Exchange, EZEKIEL "Zeek" GARNETT (first in the back row of the photo above) talks about transferring to Columbia College and writing for the student magazine, in which he published a piece on Chicago police surveillance cameras. Zeek will talk about his experiences post-Truman and what he's been up to as an undergraduate journalist.
Mon., Dec. 3, 11:30am, Room #2973 With expertise from the University of Chicago Latin American Studies program, AARON COHEN covers jazz and world music as Associate Editor of DownBeat Magazine. He'll discuss music journalism and arts writing.
Mon., Dec. 10, 11:30am, Room #2973 Award-winning journalist and Medill graduate ROXANE ASSAF works at Truman as Director of Teaching and Learning Programs, in addition to having been a television producer, disc jockey, documentary filmmaker, essayist, and performance artist. Her work in Bethlehem and Jerusalem won a 2002 National Arab Journalists Association's Excellence in Journalism Award.
SPRING 2007 Journalism Guest Speakers
News Reporting & Writing and the Uptown Exchange student newspaper at Truman College welcome you to join in the following talks with professional journalists on a variety of topics, including how to pursue stories for publication and broadcast.
Chicago Reader staff writer Tori Marlan (above) talks about alternative-weekly journalism on April 24. (Photo by Riva Lehrer)
All sessions take place at Truman College (1145 W. Wilson), at 11:30am in Room #2953, on the following dates:
Thurs., Feb. 1 Former feature writer and editor of the Wilmington Morning Star in North Carolina, CLIFTON TRUMAN DANIEL directs Public Relations and writes web stories that represent Truman College to the world. Daniel will speak on his journalism experiences and the differences between news writing and PR. He will also talk about specific approaches to on-line reporting and writing.
Tues., Feb. 6 Contributor at the North Lawndale Community News, TAMIKO BOWIE covers neighborhood news and public interest issues as a freelance writer and community journalist, in addition to her work as a writing tutor at Truman College.
Thurs., March 1 Investigative reporter and Medill School of Journalism graduate JEFF KELLY LOWENSTEIN writes as a staffer for the Chicago Reporter and has freelanced for NPR, the Chicago Tribune, Boston Herald, Daily Southtown, and The Common Review. He'll talk about how to collect data and work a story from an investigative focus.
Thurs., March 8, SPECIAL SESSION AT 12:30pm Former Truman student and managing editor of the first Uptown Exchange, EZEKIEL "Zeek" GARNETT (first in the back row of the photo above) talks about transferring to Columbia College and writing for the student magazine, in which he published a piece on Chicago police surveillance cameras. Zeek will talk about his experiences post-Truman and what he's been up to as an undergraduate journalist.
Thurs., March 15 Truman student at large KARI McCLEAN represents The Night Ministry as Coordinator for Public & Media Relations. In Spring 2005, she completed the News Reporting & Writing class and contributed articles to the Uptown Exchange premiere issue. Students will learn answers to the question: What can you do with the journalism program at Truman?
Tues., March 27 Staff writer at the Pioneer Press News-Star, PATRICK BUTLER covers neighborhood news and public interest issues for the community newspaper that carries stories about Uptown and other North Side neighborhoods. Butler will speak about covering a community beat.
Tues., April 24 TORI MARLAN has been a feature writer for the Chicago Reader since 1995. She has won three Peter Lisagor Awards for exemplary journalism, an Association of Alternative Newsweeklies award for social reporting, and a Herman Kogan Award for writing about legal affairs. She has also contributed to The Christian Science Monitor, the Utne Reader, and the public-radio show This American Life.
Tues., May 1 With expertise from the University of Chicago Latin American Studies program, AARON COHEN covers jazz and world music as Associate Editor of DownBeat Magazine.
Tues., May 8 Award-winning journalist and Medill graduate ROXANE ASSAF works at Truman as Director of Teaching and Learning Programs, in addition to having been a television producer, disc jockey, documentary filmmaker, essayist, and performance artist. Her work in Bethlehem and Jerusalem won a 2002 National Arab Journalists Association's Excellence in Journalism Award.
Fall 2006 Journalism Guest Speakers
News Reporting & Writing and the Uptown Exchange student newspaper at Truman College welcome you to join in the following talks with professional journalists on a variety of topics, including how to pursue stories for publication and broadcast.
Chicago Reader staff writer Tori Marlan (above) talks about alternative-weekly journalism on Oct. 16. (Photo by Riva Lehrer)
Sessions take place at Truman College (1145 W. Wilson), at the following dates, times, and rooms:
Wed., Sept. 13, 12:30pm, Room #2973 Truman student at large KARI McCLEAN represents The Night Ministry as Coordinator for Public & Media Relations. In Spring 2005, she completed the News Reporting & Writing class and contributed articles to the Uptown Exchange premiere issue. Students will learn answers to the question: What can you do with the journalism program at Truman?
Mon., Sept. 18, 11:30am, Room #2973 Former feature writer and editor of the Wilmington Morning Star in North Carolina, CLIFTON TRUMAN DANIEL directs Public Relations and writes web stories that represent Truman College to the world. Daniel will speak on his journalism experiences and the differences between news writing and PR. He will also talk about specific approaches to on-line reporting and writing.
Wed., Sept. 20, 11:30am, Room #2973 Staff writer at the Pioneer Press News-Star, PATRICK BUTLER covers neighborhood news and public interest issues for the community newspaper that carries stories about Uptown and other North Side neighborhoods. Butler will speak about covering a community beat.
Wed., Sept. 27, 12:30pm, Room #2973 Contributor to the North Lawndale Community News, TAMIKO BOWIE covers neighborhood news and public interest issues as a freelance writer and community journalist, in addition to her work as a writing tutor at Truman College.
Mon., Oct. 16, 11:30am, Room #2973 TORI MARLAN has been a feature writer for the Chicago Reader since 1995. She has won three Peter Lisagor Awards for exemplary journalism, an Association of Alternative Newsweeklies award for social reporting, and a Herman Kogan Award for writing about legal affairs. She has also contributed to The Christian Science Monitor, the Utne Reader, and the public-radio show This American Life.
Mon., Oct. 30, 11:30am, Room #2973 Investigative reporter and Medill School of Journalism graduate JEFF KELLY LOWENSTEIN writes as a staffer for the Chicago Reporter and has freelanced for NPR, the Chicago Tribune, Boston Herald, Daily Southtown, and The Common Review. He'll talk about how to collect data and work a story from an investigative focus.
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Wed., Nov. 8, 2pm, Room #3416 Syndicated columnist, author, radio host, and Executive Editor of the historic Chicago Defender, cross-trained multimedia journalist ROLAND S. MARTIN talks about how to do it all: report it, shoot it, write it, produce it, edit it, and voice it.
Wed., Nov. 29, 11:30am, Room #2973 With expertise from the University of Chicago Latin American Studies program, AARON COHEN covers jazz and world music as Associate Editor of DownBeat Magazine.
Mon., Dec. 11, 11:30am, Room #2973 Award-winning journalist and Medill graduate ROXANE ASSAF works at Truman as Director of Teaching and Learning Programs, in addition to having been a television producer, disc jockey, documentary filmmaker, essayist, and performance artist. Her work in Bethlehem and Jerusalem won a 2002 National Arab Journalists Association's Excellence in Journalism Award.
Spring 2006 Journalism Guest Speakers
News Reporting & Writing and the Uptown Exchange student newspaper at Truman College welcome you to join in the following talks with professional journalists on a variety of topics, including how to pursue stories for publication and broadcast.
Roxane Assaf speaks about Middle East media coverage and broadcast journalism on March 16 (photo courtesy of Truman College).
Sessions take place at Truman College (1145 W. Wilson), at the following dates, times, and rooms:
Thurs., Feb. 2nd, 11:30am, Room #2963 Former feature writer and editor of the Wilmington Morning Star in North Carolina, CLIFTON TRUMAN DANIEL directs Public Relations and writes web stories that represent Truman College to the world. Daniel will speak on his journalism experiences and the differences between news writing and PR. He will also talk about specific approaches to on-line reporting and writing.
Tues., Feb. 7th, 11:30am, Room #2963 Investigative reporter and Medill School of Journalism graduate JEFF KELLY LOWENSTEIN writes as a staffer for the Chicago Reporter and has freelanced for NPR, the Chicago Tribune, Boston Herald, Daily Southtown, and The Common Review.
Thurs., Feb 23rd, 12:30pm, Room #2963 Truman student at large KARI McCLEAN represents The Night Ministry as Coordinator for Public & Media Relations. In Spring 2005, she completed the News Reporting & Writing class and contributed articles to the Uptown Exchange premiere issue. Students will learn answers to the question: What can you do with the journalism program at Truman?
Thurs., March 2nd, 11:30am, Room #2963 Staff writer at the Pioneer Press News-Star, ANGELA CAPUTO covers neighborhood news and public interest issues for the community newspaper that carries stories about Uptown and other North Side neighborhoods. A graduate of Columbia College, Caputo will speak about covering a community beat and pursuing advanced training in journalism.
Wed., March 15th, 4pm, Room #3416 The Truman Journalism Program is proud to welcome LUIS ALBERTO URREA.
Professor of Creative Writing at UIC, Urrea is also a member of the Latino Literary Hall of Fame, and his searing investigation, The Devil's Highway: A True Story (2004), was a National Bestseller and Pulitzer Prize Finalist. Urrea has passionately covered the U.S.-Mexico Border with the eye of a reporter and pen of a poet, in such works as Across The Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border and By the Lake of Sleeping Children: The Secret Life of the Mexican Border. In The Devil's Highway, "Urrea has crafted an impassioned and poetic exploration of the dark side of globalization, where commodities flow free and people die in the desert" (Chicago Tribune).
Thurs., March 16th, 11:30am, Room #2963 Award-winning journalist and Medill graduate ROXANE ASSAF teaches at Truman in the ESL and credit programs, in addition to having been a television producer, disc jockey, documentary filmmaker, essayist, and performance artist. Her work in Bethlehem and Jerusalem won a 2002 National Arab Journalists Association's Excellence in Journalism Award. (See also Ms. Assaf's full bio.)
Tues., April 25th, 11:30am, Room #2963 TORI MARLAN has been a feature writer for the Chicago Reader since 1995. She has won three Peter Lisagor Awards for exemplary journalism, an Association of Alternative Newsweeklies award for social reporting, and a Herman Kogan Award for writing about legal affairs. She has also contributed to The Christian Science Monitor, the Utne Reader, and the public-radio show This American Life.
Thurs., May 4th, 11:30am, Room #2963 Journalist, critic, and curator of intellectual conversations, DANNY POSTEL (below) edits the international net-journal openDemocracy. Postel has covered international politics, culture, and intellectual currents for a variety of publications, including The American Prospect, The Nation, and The Washington Post.
Pulitzer Finalist to Visit Truman
The Truman Journalism Program welcomes LUIS ALBERTO URREA for the Spring 2006 Guest Speaker Series (time/place TBA).
Urrea is a member of the Latino Literary Hall of Fame, and his book The Devil's Highway: A True Story (2004) was a National Bestseller and Pulitzer Prize Finalist, a searing piece of investigative reporting that follows the fate of Mexican border-crossers who perished in the Arizona desert.
Urrea has passionately covered the U.S.-Mexico Border with the eye of a reporter and pen of a poet, in such works as Across The Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border and By the Lake of Sleeping Children: The Secret Life of the Mexican Border. In Devil's Highway, "Urrea has crafted an impassioned and poetic exploration of the dark side of globalization, where commodities flow free and people die in the desert" (Chicago Tribune).
Professor of creative writing at UIC, Urrea will visit Truman along with other guests of the Journalism Program, to be announced. . . . .
Journalism Guest Speaker Series
News Reporting & Writing at Truman College welcomes you to join in the following talks with professional journalists on a variety of topics, including how to pursue stories for publication and broadcast.
Roxane Assaf speaks about Middle East media coverage and broadcast journalism on September 19 (photo courtesy of Truman College).
Sessions take place at Truman College (1145 W. Wilson), Room #2106, at 11:30am, on the following dates:
Wed., Sept. 14 Former feature writer and editor of the Wilmington Morning Star in North Carolina, CLIFTON TRUMAN DANIEL directs Public Relations and writes web stories that represent Truman College to the world. Daniel will speak on his journalism experiences and the differences between news writing and PR. He will also talk about specific approaches to on-line reporting and writing.
Mon., Sept. 19 Award-winning journalist and Medill graduate ROXANE ASSAF teaches at Truman in the ESL and credit programs, in addition to having been a television producer, disc jockey, documentary filmmaker, essayist, and performance artist. Her work in Bethlehem and Jerusalem won a 2002 National Arab Journalists Association's Excellence in Journalism Award. (See also Ms. Assaf's full bio.)
Wed., Oct. 12 Staff writer at the Pioneer Press News-Star, ANGELA CAPUTO covers neighborhood news and public interest issues for the community newspaper that carries stories about Uptown and other North Side neighborhoods.
Wed., Oct. 26 Also covering local neighborhood news, Medill School of Journalism graduate JEFF KELLY LOWENSTEIN reports for the South Shore Community News and has freelanced for NPR, the Chicago Tribune, Boston Herald, Daily Southtown, and The Common Review.
Wed., Nov. 2 Truman student at large, KARI McCLEAN represents The Night Ministry as Coordinator for Public & Media Relations. In Spring 2005, she completed the News Reporting & Writing class and contributed articles to the Uptown Exchange premiere issue. Students will learn answers to the question: What can you do with journalism classes at Truman?
Mon., Nov. 28 Founder and editor-in-chief of the bi-monthly culture and politics mag Punk Planet (which he created when he was 19), DAN SINKER developed some of his best ideas on a skateboard at our own Wilson park, where he also dreamed up Bail magazine and Punk Planet Books. Sinker will talk about do-it-yourself journalism and publishing.
Wed., Dec. 7 World Press prize-winning photojournalist JON LOWENSTEIN has exhibited his work locally and in the pages of Mother Jones, US News & World Report, Fortune, The New York Times, and Chicago Magazine, among other publications.
Summer Doc-Film Festival
The Truman College student ReelActivists doc-film group welcomes the general public to a free series of movies every Wednesday, through August 24, in the campus Student Lounge at 12:30pm.
Following each screening is an informal discussion on issues from the film.
JULY 27
The Corporation--25 International & 10 intl Audience Choice Awards
Explores the nature and spectacular rise of the dominant institution of our time. Footage from pop culture, advertising, TV news, and corporate propaganda, illuminates the corporation's grip on our lives. Taking its legal status as a "person" to its logical conclusion, the film puts the corporation on the psychiatrist's couch to ask "What kind of person is it?" Includes forty interviews with corporate insiders and critics -including Milton Friedman, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Klein, and Michael Moore -plus true confessions, case studies and strategies for change. Run Time: 145min
AUGUST 3
Dwarfs: Not a Fairy Tale--Emmy nominee
Reveals the realities of dwarfism through five personal stories and dispels many of the misconceptions about little people by exploring the effects of family, culture and medical advances in their lives. The film proves that being different does not affect the potential for happiness or success. Run Time: 54min
AUGUST 10
Cleavage--A&E Award
Cleavage is an uplifting and informative journey to the most eye-catching destination on earth: The space between a woman's breasts. Cleavage is what happens when breasts collide--a merger that at once fascinates, scandalizes, and mesmerizes. Cleavage makes movie & pop stars, enriches surgeons, tempts politicians, and dominates fashion. Run Time: 100min
AUGUST 17
SuperSize Me ---Oscar Nominee 2005, Winner of 6 major festivals for Best Doc
Super Size Me, covers a 30-day binge of McDonalds consumption by one courageous filmmaker. Peppered through are interviews from the Surgeon General to gym teachers, cooks to kids, lawmakers to legislators, who share their research, opinions and "gut feelings" on our ever-expanding girth. Run Time: 100min
AUGUST 24
Hatemongers--Filmmakers Trophy Award
Rev. Phelps and his band of devotees gained national notoriety when they picketed the funeral of Matthew Shepard, the 21-year-old gay University of Wyoming student who was beaten to death in Colorado in 1998.Hatemongers examines the true story of Fred Phelps and his relentless 55-year campaign against homosexuality. Run Time: 100min
FOR MORE INFO ON HOW TO GET INVOLVED:
See the ReelActivists web site.
News Class Guest Speaker Series
The Truman College News Reporting & Writing class welcomes you to join in the following talks with professional journalists on a variety of topics, including how to pursue stories for publication.
Roxane Assaf speaks about Middle East media coverage on March 3rd.
[Photo courtesy of Truman web site and C.T. Daniel]
Thurs., Feb. 17 -- Medill School of Journalism graduate Jeff Kelly Lowenstein reports for the South Shore Community News and has freelanced for NPR, the Chicago Tribune, Boston Herald, Daily Southtown, and The Common Review.
Thurs., Mar. 3 -- Award-winning journalist and Medill graduate Roxane Assaf teaches English as a Second Language for Truman's Adult Education Department, in addition to having been a television producer, disc jockey, documentary filmmaker, essayist, and performance artist. Her work in Bethlehem and Jerusalem won a 2002 National Arab Journalists Association's Excellence in Journalism Award. 2:30pm, Room #2162
See also Ms. Assaf's FULL BIO.
Thurs., Mar. 17 -- With expertise from the University of Chicago Latin American Studies program, Aaron Cohen covers world music for a variety of publications, including the Chicago Tribune, Down Beat Magazine, and more. 11:40am, Room #2162
Tues., Apr. 5 -- Cheryl Ross got her start as a copy girl at a paper in Virginia, graduated from Northwestern University, and then went on to work as municipal and general assignment reporter for one of the country's top ten newspapers, the St. Petersburg (FL) Times. She covered one of the paper's biggest stories, the abolishment of a 100-year-old police department, wrote about an alligator that took a dip in a neighborhood pool, and followed police efforts to nab a serial killer. In the mid-'90s, she made her way to Chicago to write for the Reader. In recent months she assisted with the launch of Time Out Chicago, and now she's back to doing longer-form writing.
11am, Room #2162
Tues., May 17 -- Winner of an L.A. Times Book Prize for history, Rick Perlstein has written for The Nation, Mother Jones, New York Times, Village Voice, Slate, and The New Yorker. 11:40am, Room #2162
All talks take place at Truman College, 1145 W. Wilson.
Independent Journalist Visits Truman
PLEASE NOTE NEW DATE...
Danny Postel, Contributing Editor to UK-based openDemocracy.net, visits Truman College News Reporting & Writing students on Wednesday, December 15, 2004.
Postel speaks on his work covering human rights, international politics, the Kosovo War and the American Left, ideological divisions on the American Right, intellectual history, and more.
The event runs 11am-12:20pm in Room 2420 of Harry S Truman College, 1145 West Wilson. The class welcomes Truman College students and community to attend this event please post or e-mail if interested.
Visit Postel's site for biographical background and a writing archive. College Newspaper and News Reporting & Writing students are encouraged to read at least two different pieces on Postel's site as preparation for Q&A.
Rally Against Reprisals
The Local 1600 '04 strike ended, but a fight to reinstate and protect Truman teachers against disciplinary action continues this Thursday, November 18, with a rally outside the building (sigh, again!) on 1145 West Wilson at 4:30pm.
Read an open letter from a Truman College student to the entire community, and download a rally flyer here.
From a Truman College student...
The CCC administration has upped reprisals against students and teachers in the wake of our fight during the three week strike of Local 1600. Action is needed from people immediately to prevent a victory for rank and file teachers and students from turning into bitter anger throughout the student body and CCC faculty. The reason for these reprisals is payback for an administration that feels they lost the strike!
On Thursday at Truman College there will be a Rally Against Reprisals. Everyone needs to get the word out about this rally at their respective colleges. A flyer called "reprisals.doc" has been added to this post. Please download one (below), make as many copies for your students or class mates, and get these flyers out! We need as many people as possible who supported the strike and were affected by the strike at Truman on Thursday, including all of you paying the price for your solidarity. The timing of the Rally will coincide with the disciplinary hearings of two Truman adult educators, Earl Silbar and Ron Johnson.
In addition to the direct reprisals, there is also going to be a nursing fee hike of $900/year. Chicago City College administration is blaming this on the pay increases of striking nursing teachers. "Nursing student fees have been raised as a result of the increase in pay for nursing clinical teachers," was the quote today from Angela Starks, CCC Executive Director-Nursing Department. This is taking place immediately after the administration wrote themselves a 3% raise!
There is much at stake in our work for the next year. If teachers and students look back on the strike as fighting back the most horrible of administration demands through mobilization, solidarity and direct action, then greater teacher/student power will be built for all of our other issues in the future (contract negotiations, tuition hikes, free speech on campus). These schools are not the private property of City Hall and the administration. They are the property of the people and are now increasingly under attack. For the sake of cross-union strength, student morale and the future of these public institutions, we need to stand up to the reprisals against striking teachers and all of their supporters.
Please let us know what you are doing on your campus to build for Thursday. Also let us know of any reprisals going on in your campus. Lets keep people in touch and in power over the next year. Thanks for the effort.
Sincerely,
Cliff Willmeng
Truman Solidarity Committee
(773) 968-7797
iwwhammer@ameritech.net
Phi Theta Kappa Satellite Seminars
My report on the first seminar and links for more information about these events at Truman College...
I enjoyed the Phi Theta Kappa satellite seminar at Truman College this past Wednesday. Students in attendance were genuinely enthusiastic about the topic, (Mis)understanding History: Shaping Modern Myth and Popular Values. A discussion broke out after I left that closed down the building.
The satellite/internet/telephone format featured questions from 2-year college students all over the map. What is pop culture?, Birth of a Nation, history & conspiracy theory, mass media, etc.
For more information on UPCOMING SEMINARS (each starting at 6pm in room #3416 at Truman), e-mail Truman Social Sciences professor Gregory Robinson, or click on the link below.
grobinson@ccc.edu
1st Truman Newspaper Meeting
You are welcome to the first general meeting for the Truman College Newspaper Project:
September 1st, Wednesday, 12:30-1:20pm, Room #2420
This is open to all part- and full-time Truman students who want to contribute to building a new student publication.
If you cannot make this first meeting, fill out the questionnaire at
http://www.benortiz.com/tp/
You can also pick up a copy of the schedule for College Newspaper, and we'll try to arrange future meetings around times that most students can attend.
E-mail your questionnaire as a Word attachment to
bortiz@ccc.edu