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Clowning Not Swimming to Cambodia |
by Susan Parenti
Email: sparenti (nospam) uiuc.edu |
09 Feb 2004
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We are 'humanitarian clowns' which means we use the antics of clowning for purposes of social change. Like activists and medical practitioners, we move towards(not away from) suffering, trying to lessen it, clowning in checkpoints and refugee camps, as well as hospitals and orphanages. In the airport we arrive in full clown costume and clown with the airline staff, waiting passengers, and at the security stations (NOT in the US, we'd be guillotined). Pain? Boredom? Deadly serious power over? Here we come. We try. I'm an accordionist, a beginning clown. I consider what we do a political act. |
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Supporters of Fired Lesbian Nurse Protest Carle Foundation Hospital’s Delay in Hearing |
by K A Kranich
Email: kakranich (nospam) yahoo.com |
26 Jan 2004
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Twenty activists today demonstrated in support of fired Carle Foundation Hospital pediatric nurse, Lynn Sprout, outside the hospital one day before her lesbian discrimination hearing was to take place before the Urbana Human Relations Commission. |
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News :: Urban Development |
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Urbana City Council approves Preliminary Plat for Walmart Development |
by Zachary C. Miller
Email: zach (nospam) ucimc.org |
21 Jan 2004
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Tonight, 4 city council members (Patt, Wyman, Chynoweth, Hayes) voted unanimously to approve the Preliminary Subdivision Plat for Walmart in East Urbana at the corner of route 130 and route 150. |
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News :: UCIMC |
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Urbana-Champaign IMC Turns 3!!! |
by Sascha Meinrath
Email: sascha (nospam) ucimc.org |
19 Jan 2004
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The Urbana-Champaign IMC celebrated its third anniversary on January 19, 2004. Over 100 people have come to the celebration for an evening of conversation and cake. |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights : Political-Economy |
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New Report: The State of the Dream: Black-White Gaps Still Wide - Some Even Widening - Since Dr. King's Death |
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by United for a Fair Economy |
15 Jan 2004
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"There is nothing new about poverty. What is new is that we now have the techniques and the resources to get rid of poverty. The real question is whether we have the will." -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Racial inequities in unemployment, family income, imprisonment, average wealth and infant mortality are actually worse than when Dr. King was killed, according to United for a Fair Economy's new report, "The State of the Dream: Enduring Disparities in Black and White." |
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Announcement :: UCIMC |
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UC-IMC celebrates 3 years of independent media! |
by J Waters
Email: jq (nospam) wildhunt.org |
12 Jan 2004
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The UC-IMC invites its members and community to come out and celebrate 3 years of independent media Monday, January 19th from 6:30-8:30 pm at 218 W. Main in Urbana with live music, food and good company. |
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News :: Urban Development |
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Wal-Mart Passes Urbana Plan Commission! Precious few days left to stop Wal-Mart! |
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by Urbana Proud |
09 Jan 2004
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The Urbana Plan Commission passed the proposal that will allow Wal-Mart to come to Urbana. The last chance to stop this proposal will be at the Urbana City Counsel meeting on January 20th. |
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Announcement :: Media |
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Watch the Nat'l Conference on Media Reform on UPTV Cable Channel 6 - Tuesdays @ 4 PM |
by Paul Riismandel
Email: paul (nospam) mediageek.org |
05 Jan 2004
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Thanks to Greg Boozell at Chicago Access Network TV, coverage from the Nat'l Conference on Media Reform, held Nov. 7 - 9 in Madison, WI, will air on Urbana Public TV, Insight Cable Channel 6, on Tuesdays at 4:00 PM, beginning January 6. |
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Announcement :: UCIMC |
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UCIMC website receives update |
by Clint Popetz
Email: clint (nospam) ucimc.org |
03 Jan 2004
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The UCIMC website software has been updated to the latest version of DadaIMC, which should fix many bugs and provide new features, but which will also likely provoke new bugs and break some features, so be paitient!
Over the next few weeks the imc-web team will be tweaking the site to use dadaIMC's new stylesheet mechanism, so you should expect to see the look-and-feel of the site shift in subtle and not-so-subtle ways.
Peace!
-Clint |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights |
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No Joke: FBI Almanac Alert And Response |
by Ricky Baldwin
Email: baldwinricky (nospam) yahoo.com |
02 Jan 2004
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The FBI is warning police nationwide to watch for people carrying almanacs - no, seriously - and local activists are responding.
The Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette has once again deprived its readers of a good laugh at the US government's expense. The paper did not report that, according to the Associated Press, "The FBI is warning police nationwide to be alert for people carrying almanacs, cautioning that the popular reference books covering everything from abbreviations to weather trends could be used for terrorist planning" (Dec. 30, 2003) -- although news outlets from the Memphis Commercial Appeal to the New York Times, Washington Post, CBS and NPR did run the story.
The AP story describes "a bulletin sent Christmas Eve to about 18,000 police organizations," in which the FBI said terrorists may use almanacs "to assist with target selection and pre-operational planning."
"It urged officers to watch during searches, traffic stops and other investigations for anyone carrying almanacs, especially if the books are annotated in suspicious ways," according to AP, which also said the wire service had obtained a copy of the alert and verified its authenticity -- a point AP articles do not usually feel compelled to make.
Presumably even mainstream journalists recognize the absurdity of the alert on some level, and know that a lot of people may assume it's a joke. Some may even see humor in it. |
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