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THURSDAY, May 15 HEADLINES Tou Saiko Lee: Courage under fire http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11466 by Justin Schell, TC Daily Planet Its been an interesting couple of weeks for Hmong hip-hop in Minnesota and specifically for one of its most well-respected and well-known figures, Tou Saiko Lee. In the span of two weeks, hes been laudably profiled in a video piece for the New York Times and skewered by radio host Jason Lewis on KTLK. Critical need for college opportunities http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11451 by John Fitzgerald, Minnesota 2020 College graduates earn more, pay more in taxes, are less likely to use taxpayer-funded programs like welfare or Medicaid and spend less time in the law enforcement, justice and prison systems. Unfortunately, statistics point to fewer college opportunities for Minnesota students. Taxi driver at dawn, Somali TV cameraman by noon http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11446 by Anthony D. Advincula, Mshale Before the first light shines over the Mississippi River, Siyad Salah is already on the road outside Minneapolis, driving a taxicab for a living. By early afternoon, he's carrying around his video camera, interviewing and shooting images for his volunteer work at a local Somali television station. Minnesota doubles down on biofuels http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/11500 by Tom Elko, Minnesota Monitor As a growing chorus of voices from all corners begin to question the benefit of agriculturally derived biofuels, Gov. Tim Pawlenty has signed into law a new biofuel mandate. The agriculture and veterans policy bill (SF 3683) mandates that by 2015, diesel fuels sold in Minnesota must contain at least 20 percent biofuel (B-20). The state currently requires diesel to contain 2 percent biofuel (B-2) but that must increase to 5 percent by May 1, 2009, and 10 percent by 2012. INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET Views and Reviews Interview: Hmong emcee Tou Saiko http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11419 by Justin Schell, TC Daily Planet "During the 90s, the first people that were rapping, it was all this very violent gangsta-type rap. Thats the environment we grew up in, and thats a lot of what we heard too. My parents were not digging the idea that we were rapping until I started doing spoken word poetry, thinking more consciously about what I was doing through hip-hop, and started going into schools and communities and doing it for the youth." Music note: Two songbirds, two styles http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11162 by Dwight Hobbes, TC Daily Planet I recently listened to Allison Scotts debut album <i>Wish on the Moon</i> and a pair of albums by Jevetta Steele: <i>My Heart</i> and <i>Two Queens, One Castle</i> (the original cast recording from the hit play). Scott doesnt quite live up to her rising-star reputation. Steele, on the other hand, shows you why shes ensconced in the area firmament and has attained international fame. Onstage now: Theater x 3 Theater note: <i>Real Women</i>, proudly revealing their curves http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11409 by Jennifer Holder, TC Daily Planet About an hour into <i>Real Women Have Curves</i>, the five women triumphantly shed their clothes and revealed their curves. The audience shared their glee because in doing so, the women were relieved if only temporarilyof the constant pressures in their lives. Theater note: <i>American Pilot</i> explores global tensions http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11406 by Juliette Cherbuliez and Michael Opperman, TC Daily Planet In 2005, the phrase Mission Accomplished appeared on a banner hung from the deck of the supercarrier <i>USS Abraham Lincoln</i> and was displayed during a televised appearance by President Bush, announcing the success of the invasion of Iraq. In the same year, David Griegs <i>The American Pilot</i> opened. Grieg's play has certainly aged better than the current presidency. Theater note: <i>Cabaret</i> turns the Ordway into the Kit Kat Klub http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11485 by Rebecca Mitchell, TC Daily Planet Audiences visiting the Ordway Center through Sunday will be transported to the Kit Kat Klub, where life is beautiful, the girls are beautiful, even the orchestra is beautiful. NEW IN VOICES Solidarity with Postville http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11489 by Amalia Anderson, Carlos Ariel, Axel Fuentes, Reginaldo Haslett Marroqun, and Ana Njera Mendoza As Guatemalans (by birth and by family origin) living in Minnesota and Iowa, we strongly condemn the Postville, Iowa raid--the largest single- site enforcement operation of its kind in the history of the United States. Of the 390 workers reportedly detained, nearly three hundred are from Guatemala. NEW IN BLOGS Bike/Walk to Work Week http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/11497 by Mary Turck, 5/14/08 A vegan tofu scramble, pancakes, vegan caramel rolls, scrambled eggs and tortillas, and morethe breakfast spread at the Green Institute was more like a bounteous buffet than the continental breakfast promised on the Bike/Walk to Work Week Web site. And I was ready for it, after biking over from St. Paul, passing the Daily Planet office on my way to the celebration.
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