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Announcement :: Media |
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Come to the Barnraising of RADIO FREE URBANA - Nov 11-13 |
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by UCIMC & Prometheus Radio |
10 Oct 2005
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 The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center (UCIMC) proudly announces the first on-air date of its new low power FM station, WRFU, and the grand opening of its Media & Arts Center in the post office building in downtown Urbana.
The UCIMC is collaborating with Prometheus Radio Project, a national grassroots radio organization, the weekend of November 11-13, 2005 to host a radio station barnraising. The barnraising is the ninth such community effort that Prometheus has sponsored in collaboration with up and coming Low Power radio stations, and the first ever in the Midwest!
This weekend event will feature the construction of the entire station with the help of hundreds of volunteers from around the country. The end product will be a fully functioning radio station that will go on air November 13th. |
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News :: Crime & Police |
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Task force takes public comment on civilian oversight of police |
by Ricky Baldwin
Email: baldwinricky (nospam) yahoo.com |
10 Oct 2005
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The Mayor's Task Force on Citizen Police Review will meet for the first time this Tuesday October 11 at 7pm in the Urbana City Council Chambers. Public comment at the beginning of that meeting is welcome and encouraged. |
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Announcement :: Media |
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Radio Free Urbana Fundraiser! Cowboy Monkey, Thur. Oct. 6 @ 8pm |
by Lynsee Melchi
Email: lemelchi (nospam) uiuc.edu |
05 Oct 2005
Modified: 11:35:55 PM |
Come support Radio Free Urbana, Thursday, October 6 at our latest rockin' fundraiser at the Cowboy Monkey. Doors will open at 9pm. Tickets are $6.
Featured bands are:
The Tractor Kings
Shipwreck
The Infinity Room
Plus local DJs, including The NoiseBoy
And a raffle with lots of chillin' prizes! |
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News :: Civil & Human Rights |
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Champaign City Council Extends Health Insurance and Leave Benefits to City Employees in Same-Sex Domestic Partnerships |
by Kimberlie Kranich
Email: kakranich (nospam) yahoo.com |
04 Oct 2005
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The Champaign City Council by a 9-0 vote tonight passed a bill that extends health insurance coverage and family and bereavement leave to city employees in same-sex domestic partnerships. These benefits do not extend to city employees in opposite-sex domestic partnerships or to unionized city employees. The council passed the bill without comment. |
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News :: Media |
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Right Wing Moving in on Sesame Street |
by Victor Pickard
Email: vpickard (nospam) uiuc.edu |
04 Oct 2005
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Right-wing ideologues are silently taking over our public media.
Just when we thought Big Bird was safe, trouble has returned to Sesame Street. In fact, trouble never left. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), the agency that oversees PBS and NPR, is the latest in a long line of institutions to suffer hostile takeovers by right-wing ideologues. Though Republicans’ attempt to de-fund the CPB in June backfired after setting off a public firestorm, the assault from within has run unabated, led by right-wing apparatchik and CPB chair, Kenneth Tomlinson. |
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Channel X: Crime and Prejudice |
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by Darrin Drda |
04 Oct 2005
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 Compulsory abortion?
No thanks, Bill, I'm pro choice... |
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News :: Protest Activity |
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Photo Documentary of the Anti-War Protests in Washington DC which Drew Hundreds of Thousands from Around the US |
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by Ida |
25 Sep 2005
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 I was one of the hundred or so who travelled from Chambana to D.C. to say "bring the troops home now!" Here is a photo documentary. |
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News :: Protest Activity |
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Reports from the Anti-War March in D.C. |
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by UCIMC Home Support |
24 Sep 2005
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Last night, close to 100 people from the Champaign-Urbana area joined members of AWARE for a overnight bus trip to Washington, D.C. where they will meet up with thousands of other Americans to protest the Iraq War. The UCIMC will be providing updates on the march and their activities. |
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