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- U.S. President Donald Trump discusses his tax reform proposal. Trump asserts that his plan will benefit working-class Americans the most and that reduced corporate taxes will mean the creation of new jobs with higher wages. Trump also calls upon his supporters to pressure the U.S. Congress enact his plan. Held at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis.
- Date Issued:
- 2017-09-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Poet and short story writer Jim Daniels, a Detroit native and professor of English at Carnegie Mellon University, reads excerpts from "No pets" and "Blue Jesus" and other selections from his works. He also answers questions from the audience. Ends abruptly. The event is convened by Peter Berg, Michigan State University Libraries' Head of Special Collections. Part of the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-04-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- President Obama speaks at a Ford Motor Company assembly plant in Wayne, Michigan, about jobs and the economy. He talks about the success of the 2009 bailout of the auto industry which he suggests improved the economic situation in Detroit and says that the economy is recovering overall across the country. Obama jokes with the audience about the Detroit Lions loss to the Dallas Cowboys and the scandal of the pass interference call that the officials overturned.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-01-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Journalists Sheila Schimpf, Kathleen Lavey, and John Schneider explain how they became authors, and discuss the literary forms and characteristics of their works, the role of Michigan in their writings, their reading habits, and works in progress. The trio is interviewed by Michigan State University Librarian Jane Arnold for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-09-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Poet and essayist Marc Sheehan reads selected poems and answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by Michigan State University Libraries Assistant Director Peter Berg. Part of the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held in the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2000-11-10T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Writer Michigan State University Professor Marcia Aldrich explains how Michigan influences her work, the "Fourth genre", being both a critic and a writer at the same time, and her current projects. Aldrich is interviewed by MSU Librarian Michael Rodriguez for the Michigan State University Libraries' Michigan Writers Series. Held at the MSU Main Library.
- Date Issued:
- 2007-02-09T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- An address by the late General William Booth, founder of the Salvation Army.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Chilean essayist, novelist, professor, and poet Marjorie Agosín speaks at the Michigan State University Main Library about her life, family and experiences in Chile and the United States. Professor Agosin discusses how being a Jewish Latin American has influenced her writing and relates the history of Jewish dislocation and the migration of her own family throughout the world. She also explains her development as a writer and discusses why she uses memoirs, poetry and novels to tell the story of Jews in Latin America living among German Nazi expatriates. Agosín reads several of her poems that illustrate her experiences. Rocío Quispe-Agnoli, Associate Professor of Colonial Latin American Studies at MSU, introduces Agosín. MSU librarian Mary Jo Zeter moderates. Sponsors of the event include the Michigan State University Libraries, MSU's Jewish Studies Program, and the MSU Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Part of the MSU Libraries' Colloquia Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2010-11-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Carter answers questions about nuclear arms and biochemical warfare reduction, daily communications with Arab leaders, U.S. preference for a Palestinian homeland connected with Jordan, his Baptist faith and his hopes for more religious freedom in all countries, his hopes that Soviet influence on Poland will diminish, the Helsinki and Belgrade conferences on human rights, increasing human rights in Poland, the energy crisis in the world, but maily in the U.S., US-Polish economic intercourse, up to one billion dollards in 1978; the neutron bomb, his hopes that Poles can visit family members in the US and vice versa; includes post-interview comments on the state of Polish Jews. With reporter Roger Mudd.
- Date Issued:
- 1977-12-30T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- W. Patrick Dixon, Michigan State University Professor of Educational Psychology, delivers a talk at the MSU Main Library titled "Technology and higher education: the future is now". Dixon says the shift to online learning is irreversible and accelerating and that appliances and storage media will continue to get smaller. Dixon also reports on the growth of competition in the education business and says that traditional educational environments can not keep up with the rate of change or accommodate the diversity of learners. He strongly endorses the concept of student portfolios to showcase college work and says that portfolios need to be online for prospective employers to see. Question and answer session follows. Sponsors of the event include the Michigan State University Libraries and the ASMSU U-Voice Seminar. Part of the MSU Libraries' Colloquia Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-11-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection