 Current Carbondale resident Tiger Moon will screen a documentary and show 10 contemporary film shorts produced by and starring Native Americans beginning at 7 p.m. Friday, January 19 at the Big Muddy Independent Media Center at 214 N. Washington St. in Carbondale. Moon, part Chocktaw, is a musician, poet, screenwriter and film student who
has lived in Carbondale for many years. She has long been an impassioned
advocate for Native American and indigenous people and is the founder of The
Restorarion of Indigenous Beliefs Expeditions Foundation, or TRIBE, a
grassroots organization which uses media and other means to draw attention
to the plight of Native and Indigenous peoples and to change mainstream
perceptions about them.
Moon began TRIBE in 2004 to raise awareness about the the many challenges
faced by Native Americans and other indigenous youth from North and Central
South America who live and labor in the United States and Southern Illinois.
For example, reservations have the highest suicide rate in the nation -- 12
times the national average of all other ethinc groups combined. By age 12,
many Native Americans are addicted to alchohol and by age 16, a 50 percent
dropout rate has been recorded. The documentary and following shorts are the outcome of a collaborative
effort of 25 Native Americans from across the United States who were chosen
to attend a special workshop program organized by the Institute of American
Indian Arts (IAIA), the only Native Amercian arts school in the country,
located in Santa Fe, N.M.
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Approximately 25 people gathered today at the Carbondale Town Square Pavillion to protest the deployment of more than 20,000 additional U.S. troops to Iraq. This protest, organized by the Peace Coalition of Southern Illinois and the Shawnee Green Party, was one of more than 1,000 rallies that took place in communities in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. They were held in response to the public address given by President Bush last night from the White House library. In this address, Bush stated that his new strategy in Iraq included the deployment of over 20,000 new troops, most of which would be sent to Baghdad to aid in efforts to secure the city.
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 The Prepared signs say "Don't rezone walnut and oakland" and it looks like they'll win but could the Arbor District be mistaken about this one?
Could it actually be beneficial for C'dale to allow a 24hour CVS pharmacy at Walnut and Oakland. If the city actually had a developer build a complex with apartments above the pharmacy, it might improve the area. It is not as if that is a really great spot to live. It is right on Route 13. The traffic is heavy and noisy. A good deal of the proposed developement is rental property. Better parking could be arranged for appartment dwellers under a new plan.
Inner-cities were made up of apartments above storefronts. What is wrong with recreating that type of neighborhood appeal. Pratical use of property is frequently dual use. I just wonder if the city would consider going to such effort?
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 Tonight at 6:30 pm, Carbondale will be celebrating the holiday season with its 16th Annual Lights Fantastic Parade. The Big Muddy IMC will be joining in the celebration with an Open House event during and after the parade.
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 Rosetta Stone Bookstore announces the opening reception for "Book Art" by the School of Art and Design's Bookmaking class. The show opens December 8 and will run for the week through December 16. The reception will take place on Friday, December 8 from 6-8 p.m. Rosetta Stone Bookstore is located at 214 West Freeman Street in the Campus Shopping Center in Carbondale.
The reception is free and open to the public.
This show contains examples of work by students in the School of Art and Design's Bookmaking class in the fall of 2006. The class worked with several binding and construction techniques, including the accordion fold, pamphlet stitch, Japanese binding, Coptic stitch, interactive books, altered books, and book boxes. Each of the books in this exhibition was made by hand and shows the unique vision of the artist. Some play with the layout of traditional books, searching for the ideal synchronicity among their chosen text, images, and materials, while others utilize the book form as a playground for experiments in appropriation, process, and objecthood, in order to question and expand our understanding of what a book can be.
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After over two hours of protracted discussion at its November 21 meeting, the Carbondale City Council did not pass a proposed ordinance to ban smoking in enclosed public places such as bars and restaurants. The ordinance required a four vote majority to pass the measure, and the Council was divided 3-3, with Councilperson Steven Haynes abstaining abstaining.
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[Original Story by Andrea Zimmerman of Daily Egyptian]
Walter Wendler, whose tenure as SIUC chancellor has been marked by sweeping plans for change as well as accusations of insensitivity and intellectual dishonesty, is being replaced, President Glenn Poshard said Wednesday.
The move takes effect in a week, with Provost John Dunn taking over as interim chancellor and Wendler becoming a professor of architecture, Poshard said.
He said a national search would take place, and he hopes to have a new chancellor take over in July 1. Poshard said Dunn would not be a candidate for the job.
Citing problems such as declining enrollment and his desire to build his own team of administrators, Poshard said he believed SIUC needed a "different skill set and a different kind of strength" to achieve his goals for SIU's main campus.
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Download here: 2006 US Debates I : five debates in Midwest and East Congressional and gubernatorial races
Kenneth Blackwell, Republican; Ted Strickland, Democrat (Ohio U.S. Cong. Dist. 6) debate in the Ohio gubernatorial race.
Representative John Hostettler, Republican incumbent, Indiana U.S. Congressional District 8, debates Democrat Brad Ellsworth, Vanderburgh County, Indiana Sheriff, in the Iowa District 8 race.
Representative Christopher Shays, Republican incumbent, Connecticut U.S. Congressional District 4, debates Libertarian candidate Phil Maymin and Democrat Diane Farrell in the Connecticut District 4 race.
Pennsylvania Democrat Governor Ed Rendell debates Republican Lynn Swann in the gubernatorial race.
Mike Beebe, Democrat, and Asa Hutchinson, Republican, debate in the Arkansas gubernatorial race.
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Southern Illinois activists and activist-lawyers / law students / legal workers are invited to join the National Lawyers Guild, Chicago chapter, in honoring Michael E. Deutsch, in Chicago, Nov. 11.
NLG Chicago 2006 Annual Dinner
Honoring Michael E. Deutsch
Saturday, November 11, 2006
6:00 p.m.
Irish-American Heritage Center
4626 N. Knox
Chicago, 60630
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If America's So Great, Where's Our Health Care?
By Sarah Ruth van Gelder and Doug Pibel, YES! Magazine. Posted September 23, 2006.
The rest of the industrialized world gets universal health care. The U.S. gets limited access at a far higher cost. It's time for Americans to get the health care system they want, and the savings that go with it.
For Joel Segal, it was the day he was kicked out of George Washington Hospital, still on an IV after knee surgery, without insurance, and with $100,000 in medical debt. For Kiki Peppard, it was having to postpone needed surgery until she could find a job with insurance -- it took her two years. People all over the United States are waking up to the fact that our system of providing health care is a disaster.
An estimated 50 million Americans lack medical insurance, and a similar and rapidly growing number are underinsured. The uninsured are excluded from services, charged more for services, and die when medical care could save them -- an estimated 18,000 die each year because they lack medical coverage.
But it's not only the uninsured who suffer. Of the more than 1.5 million bankruptcies filed in the U.S. each year, about half are a result of medical bills; of those, three-quarters of filers had health insurance.
Businesses are suffering too. Insurance premiums increased 73 percent between 2000 and 2005, and per capita costs are expected to keep rising. The National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC) estimates that, without reform, national health care spending will double over the next 10 years. The NCHC is not some fringe advocacy group -- its co-chairs are Congressmen Robert D. Ray (R-IA) and Paul G. Rogers (D-FL), and it counts General Electric and Verizon among its members.
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Top Ten Ways We Got Jacked by Conservatives
By Nomi Prins, AlterNet
Posted on September 22, 2006, Printed on September 28, 2006
http://www.alternet.org/story/41921/
Had enough of 'conservative' rip-off artists in Washington? Here's a list of the worst offenses we've seen since 2001.
1) The Bush administration has created the biggest budget deficit, debt, and trade imbalance ever while cutting funding for domestic needs like education, Medicare, and Medicaid.
2) The administration’s tax cuts favor the rich, no matter how you look at it. About 87 percent of tax benefits go to the 14 percent of households with incomes above $100,000. Households with incomes below $75,000 -- three-quarters of all households -- get just 5 percent of those benefits.
3) Bush signed the largest corporate tax break package in two decades, $136 billion. After World War II, corporations paid half the cost of running the federal government. Today, they pay 7%.
4) The price of gas doubled under Bush. The top oil companies earned $25 billion during the quarter that Hurricane Katrina struck compared to $50 billion for all of 2004. Former Exxon-Mobil, CEO, Lee Raymond got a $400 million exit package.
5) The Republican Congress has voted against every minimum wage increase, except the one linked to getting rid of the estate tax for the rich. The real income of the average American household has fallen five years in a row.
6) House Republicans chopped education programs by $14.3 billion -- the highest cuts ever. College tuition has increased 34 percent since Bush took office.
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Declassified Key Judgments of the National Intelligence Estimate —"Trends in Global Terrorism: Implications for the United States" dated April 2006 Key Judgments
United States-led counterterrorism efforts have seriously damaged the leadership of al-Qa’ida and disrupted its operations; however, we judge that al-Qa’ida will continue to pose the greatest threat to the Homeland and US interests abroad by a single terrorist organization. We also assess that the global jihadist movement—which includes al-Qa’ida, affiliated and independent terrorist groups, and emerging networks and cells—is spreading and adapting to counterterrorism efforts. . • Although we cannot measure the extent of the spread with precision, a large body of all-source reporting indicates that activists identifying themselves as jihadists, although a small percentage of Muslims, are increasing in both number and geographic dispersion.
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A paradigm is defined as a philosophical or theoretical framework by which decisions are made and actions are taken. Within this structure there are many well-defined paradigms such as; religious, political, and personal. It must be noted that there are several important uses for paradigms of all variations. Traditional paradigms are used in everyday decision-making from the choices we make in our jobs to the policy decisions devised in Washington. Considering the positive aspects of paradigms are important as they propel society forward and allow social norms to be constructed. It is vitally important to note, however, that paradigms can also have adverse effects on a society. Paradigms can generate hatred between nationalities, religions, or other groups of people. Paradigms can be used to perpetuate wars, destroy people, and erode social structures.
A closer examination of paradigms and how they fit into real-world political scenarios is an important step toward understanding their functionality in a society. Viewing such paradigms through the current Republican Party lens will help better illustrate a functioning reality of three specific paradigms; patriarchal, whiteness and privilege.
The patriarchal masculinity paradigm that currently exists in todays society will help explain the Republican response to terrorism and policy in the Middle East. Patriarchy is defined as: "a society in which formal power over public decision and policy making is held by adult men" (Schriver 2004, 49). This system is ruled by the fathers in a masculine way. The characteristics that the masculinity paradigm posses are: aggression, courage, competence, and endurance. Looking at the current landscape of modern politics it is plain to see that a vast majority of our decision makers are male. Thus carrying with them the patriarchal masculine ideals associated with this modern paradigm.
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The Following Article appeared in the Daily Egyptian's Our Word column on August 30, 2006.
Contracts of state employees should be made available to the public.
SIU recently rejected the Anna Gazette-Democrat's Freedom of Information Act request for the employment contracts of five top university administrators. The newspaper filed the suit along with Carbondale's Southern Illinoisan paper. The groups hired Springfield-area attorney Dennis Craven to represent them.
Craven said the suit aims to accomplish two things. First, to obtain the contracts, which the Anna paper's publisher said he wants not for a specific story, but rather for "news gathering."
The second and more important goal is to establish in Illinois law that the contracts of state employees are public record.
We commend the papers for working toward this goal.
Administrators work for the people. We have a right to know what their contracts say.
SIU general counsel Jerry Blakemore cited a 2005 ruling in Peoria in which an appellate court rejected the Journal Star's request for an employment record of a school district employee.
Blakemore said he denied the Anna paper's request without consulting those whose contracts were requested. Chancellor Walter Wendler, along with visiting professor John Jackson and Mike Lawrence, the director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute, have all offered to provide photocopies of their contracts.
SIU President Glenn Poshard showed a copy of his contract to the DAILY EGYPTIAN, saying he had nothing to hide. However, the university president refused to leave the duplicate.
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