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- A Michigan State University faculty panel participates in a discussion entitled, "Detroit: The Past, Present and Future of the City." Panelists explore Detroit's music scene, youth culture and education, the auto industry and jobs. Dr. Cynthia Jackson-Elmoore, Dean of the MSU Honors College convenes the session. Professor John P. Beck from the School of Human Resources and Labor Relations moderates questions from the audience. Part of the series "Sharper Focus/Wider Lens" sponsored by: MSU Honors College; College of Agriculture and Natural Resources; College of Music; College of Social Science; James Madison College; Lyman Briggs College; Residential College in the Arts and Humanities; Department of Geography; School of Planning, Design and Construction; and the Jazz Studies Program.
- Date Issued:
- 2013-10-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Dr. Willis Dunbar presents "This Was 1949," a review of local and national news and chart topping songs. Among the news stories Dunbar covers are the inaugurations of President Harry S. Truman and Governor G. Mennen Williams (D-MI), Michigan high school sports, the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty, local election results, and the first Soviet atomic bomb test. A series of interviews and sound bytes used in the program follows.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Date Issued:
- 1890-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama delivers the commencement address for the 2013 class of The Ohio State University. Obama calls on the graduates, who grew up in years blotted by economic tumult, terrorism and war, to commit to citizenship and public service. Quoting President George W. Bush's address to OSU seniors in 2002, Obama says, "American needs more than taxpayers, spectators, and occasional voters. America needs full-time citizens." He challenges the graduates to "participate, and to persevere" and dares then "to do better."
- Date Issued:
- 2013-05-05T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- President Obama announces he spoke on the telephone with Iranian President Hasan Rouhani, the first time leaders from the U.S. and Iran have spoken directly since 1979, and he talks about progress on securing chemical weapons in Syria. Obama also talks about the continuing resolution to fund the government past September 30, 2013, calling the Republican tactics "grandstanding."
- Date Issued:
- 2013-09-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Jimmy Carter talks about budget, Middle East, foreign policy and SALT II, minorities, Iran, taxes, etc., with the voices of Frank Cormier, Helen Thomas, Dan Schorr, Judy Woodruff, Walter Rodgers, Terrence Smith, Jo Ann rowe, Chris Ogden, Lesley Stahl, Godfrey Sperling, Bob Moore and John Dancy.
- Date Issued:
- 1980-03-14T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- This radio program includes excerpts from the original news stories that aired during the year. In 1968, a new waterfront marina in Grand Haven is built and Grand Valley State College receives accreditation. Also mentioned are plans for North Ottawa Community Hospital, LSD drug crimes committed in the area, a natural gas accident, R.V. Terrill's retirement as city manager, the laying of a new water pipeline on bottom of Grand River to service North Shore area, and the dedication of Rix Robinson Park. The program also includes a list of well-known and beloved members of the community who died during the year.
- Date Issued:
- 1968-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- In this installment of "Cross Examination," Dr. Willis Dunbar moderates a panel discussion concerning the 4% tax on corporations proposed by Governor G. Mennen "Soapy" Williams. Justin Brocato argues that the tax is the best way to eliminate the estimated deficit of $61 million which the state is facing. Duncan Rice opposes the tax on the grounds that it punishes small business. The two panelists answer a variety of questions from Dunbar and lawyers C.H. Mullin and William Sykes concerning the finer points of the proposed tax and its effects on business and the economy.
- Date Issued:
- 1949-03-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- First press conference since the beginning of the ground phase of "Desert Storm," 20 hours after it was put into place. General Norman Schwarzkopf lists all the countries whose forces who were involved in the first assault, which has been successful.
- Date Issued:
- 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Cal Stewart's comedy routine, Uncle Josh Weathersby comments on signs seen in New York City.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection