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Sustainability Conference Reader
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Local businesses are discussing sustainability with Keene State College students. Tuesday... a panel of representatives talked with students in the Science Center. Stoneyfield Sustainability Coordinator... Lisa Drake says the event can give students a head start into their job search. {ACK} <Lisa Drake / Stoneyfield Sustainability Coordinator> ("I think it's really a way of thinking that can apply to a lot of different kinds of things and not to only look for roles that have sustainability in the title, but look for roles that have the opportunity to innovate and create change") [15] {ANCHOR TAG} Students will use the knowledge passed down by Drake and other representatives to utilize the education they've received. |
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Holocaust Memorial Wrap
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Preserving democracy and learning from the past were the focus of the 22-nd Holocaust Memorial Lecture at Keene State College. The director of the Anne Frank House Ronald Leopold gave the lecture Monday night. K-S-C Radio's Ethan Platt reports Leopold says the story of Ann Frank and the Holocaust can teach us much about how to respond to the current polarization in our society. {WRAP} Ronald Leopold titled his speech -- Is the future a foreign country? He says his point is to encourage the audience to see links from the past to the present. {ACK} <Ronald Leopold / Executive Director Anne Frank House> ("On one hand, of course it's a history lesson, like many other history lessons but it's also very much a lesson from history") [08] Leopold pointed to several instances of genocide and the Holocaust. He also points out that many of those events happened in Democratic societies. {ACK} <Ronald Leopold / Executive Director Anne Frank House> ("I've always been interested in how a democracy could turn into a dictatorship with these huge tragedies that followed, I think it's something that has a huge relevance for us today") [11] Keene State students in the Holocaust and Genocide Studies program like Grace Frost say they see the connection between what they have learned in the classroom and Leopold's presentation. {ACK} <Grace Frost / Junior/HGS Major> ("It's important to learn about past genocides because you can study them and study the early on signs and study what was happening before the genocide happened") [11] Ethan Platt K-S-C Radio New's. {ANCHOR} Ronald Leopold was the featured speaker for the 22-nd Holocaust Memorial lecture. |
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Feature Story
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Take a walk around Joyce fields around five-P-M on a fall day and you can find Lauren Perkowski and her pack of runners finishing up their workouts. Perkowski has been running since she was in seventh-grade and hasn't let up since. K-S-C Radio's Ethan Platt tells us how Perkowski hopes to end her storied career and the challenges she faces in doing that. {WRAP} {NAT SOUND} <CHEERING> ("Sound of people cheering") That's the sound of star cross country senior ... Lauren Perkowski crossing the finish line FIRST ... yet again. She just won her second L-E-C Championship ... she is the fifth athlete to repeat as a conference champion in Owl History. And it almost didn't happen ... {ACK} <Lauren Perkowski / Senior Runner> (" I haven't been able to run I've just been like grinding it out on the bike or lifting and doing a lot of core. I didn't even know the night before the race if I was gonna race it or not because I hadn't ran prior to that day.") [13] Perkowski has been dealing with a stress reaction in her Tibia for much of the season. In the two weeks leading up to L-E-C Championships Perkowski wasn't able to run at all. {ACK} <Lauren Perkowski / Senior Runner> ("Then the day came and I was like you know what, I would feel so guilty watching the race happen and knowing I'm physically capable of it, it would just really hurt") [11] So she pushed herself to MAKE the L-E-C championship race. It paid off .... Perkowski took first place overall with a scorching time of 18 minutes and 22 seconds which is the 11th fastest time recorded in LEC Championship history. It's THAT kind of drive and determination that has made her a team leader. Sophomore teammate Kara Guinan ... (GUY-nin) says that Perkowski has worked incredibly hard to get to where she is today. {ACK} <Kara Guinan / Sophomore Runner> ("She has so much passion for running and getting better and you never see her stop trying shes always working towards getting better and I don't know how much better she can get honestly.") [14] Guinan says Perkowski also brings that energy and drive to getting her teammates ready for each race. {ACK} <Kara Guinan / Sophomore Runner> ("We cheer after we do certain strides at the end and we huddle up and she's usually the one to talk and calm us down.") [11] {NAT SOUND} <CHANT> ("Team in huddle") Perkowski's next goal to complete ... comes in two-weeks with the arrival of Regionals. She hopes her two-weeks off from running will allow her to be healthy enough to compete in that race. {ACK} <Lauren Perkowski / Senior Runner> ("My biggest goal individually at least is to qualify for nationals at the regional meet which is in two weeks") [11] If Perkowski perseveres through her injury and runs well enough we may see her competing at a national level. K-S-C Radio's Ethan Platt {ANCHOR} The N-C-double-A New England Regionals takes place Saturday ... November 16th. |
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Issue Story
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Keene State College's ... The Hungry Owl ... is a student-run food pantry that has provided free and accessible food to hungry students and staff members on campus for about a year. They were established to help combat the food shortage on campus. While they've been able to help feed much of the campus ... they're still finding the need for food to be increasing. K-S-C Radio's Ethan Platt dives into what's causing this epidemic and how the Hungry Owl looks to defeat it. {ETHAN} The issue of hunger on campuses is a NATIONWIDE issue. That's true also here at Keene State. The Hungry Owl was established last year to address the student food needs here. {ACK} <Susan Whittemore / Professor of Biology/Faculty Advisor to the Hungry Owl> ("So I think like I said the reasons people need to explore why do we need the hungry owl. And it's not going to that need isn't going to go away education isn't going to get cheaper here or anywhere else.") [11] That's Hungry Owl faculty advisor Susan Whittmore. She says students often have to prioritize their expenses and food often falls to the bottom of that list. {ACK} <Susan Whittemore/ Professor of Biology/Faculty Advisor to the Hungry Owl> ("The rents are high. Everything else textbooks costs a lot of money et cetera you know and plus they're managing a job.") [10] Another club on campus that has been working in conjunction with the Hungry Owl is the Hunger and Homelessness task force. Founder of the Hungry Owl ... Jenna Verge says her and Whittemore have been working on a donate a meal process for quite some time. {ACK} <Jenna Verge / Founder/Co-Founder Hungry Owl> ("One of the things that we've been working on as the task force was to get donation of swipes to other people. And that's just been like back and forth from everyone in administration") [10] One of the NEW challenges the Hungry Owl faced THIS year came when the college contracted with new dining services provider Chartwells. The Hungry Owl would like a permanent donation system whereby students can donate unused meal swipes to each other. {ACK} <Jenna Verge / Founder/Co-Founder Hungry Owl> ("They're able to donate to other students on campus and then say I go and donate one of my guest wipes. The student has to then reach out saying they're looking for one to the D.C. and if there are available guest swipes the dining commons will put that swipe onto their owl cards") [18] Chartwells and the Hungry Owl are doing a trial run of meal swipe donations the week of November 18th ... through November 22nd. But ... a permanent system is still in negotiations. Ethan Platt K-S-C Radio News {ANCHOR} Researchers surveyed 43-thousand college students at 66 schools and found that 36 percent of students on U-S college campuses are considered “food insecure,” meaning they do not get enough to eat. |
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