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Mary Turck
Date:
Jun 25 02:58 UTC
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WEDNESDAY, June 25
HEADLINES
Ethiopian official defects to U.S., decries Anuak genocide
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12320
By Douglas McGill, TC Daily Planet
An Ethiopian government official seeking to distance himself from what
he says is a continuing attempt by Ethiopia to eradicate an African
tribe living within its borders, has defected to the United States.
St. Paul Teaching Fellows program launched
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12315
by Jennifer Holder, TC Daily Planet
Earlier this year, the St. Paul Public Schools (SPPS) district made a
public call to recruit and train highly qualified individuals from a
variety of professional and academic backgrounds to make a difference
where they are needed most in the classroom. Six hundred thirty-
eight individuals answered that call. After a rigorous screening
process, 42 qualified and talented individuals were selected.
'Diploma Counts' brings clarity to achievement gap, education needs
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12147
by John Fitzgerald, Minnesota 2020
The key to Minnesota's future is an effective workforce. The key to
creating this workforce is education, and a quality education requires
coordination between early education, K-12 and higher education
institutions. It also requires a cure for the achievement gap, which
keeps a quality education away from some students.
The ordeal of Blake Office: a not so "juvenile" justice system
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12311
by Anna Pratt, Minnesota Independent
Last Dec. 29 Blake Shamar Officer, a 17-year-old African-American, was
on his way home from work at a local sandwich shop when he stumbled
onto a crime scene in South Minneapolis. A middle-aged Latino man had
been shot nonfatally during a robbery in front of an apartment
building at Pillsbury and 28th avenues south. As Blake happened by, he
caught the attention of police officers who believed the tall teen-
ager matched the victim's physical description of the shooter. After
officers questioned him, the innocent yet nervous teen-ager was
arrested, charged with four felonies and placed on house arrest. In a
kind of legal limbo, he waited several months before charges against
him were finally dropped.
INSIDE THE DAILY PLANET
HIV/AIDS awareness takes center stage amongst Liberians in Minnesota
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12314
by A. Kiatamba, African News Journal
The Brooklyn United Methodist Church, also called BUMC, launches a
massive HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in Minnesota. "The project is in
response to efforts aimed at fighting against the further spread of
HIV/AIDS, especially in minority communities", said Richmond Tobii,
Coordinator of the project.
Film note: Gentrification is funny
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/12234
by James Sanna, TC Daily Planet
Wouldnt it be great if all gentrification was caused by a murderous,
ambiguously gay Adonis?
Previewing the Queer Takes Film Festival with curator Dean Otto
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/12265
By Lydia Howell, TC Daily Planet
Aging, identity, and relationships are among the themes explored in
Queer Takes, the Walker Art Centers annual festival of GLBT films
from across America and around the world. Dean Otto, the Walkers film
curator, has selected several new films as well as some American gay
classics in danger of disappearing.
Celebrate Northeast Parade Grand Marshal cooked on Central Avenue for
35 years
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12305
by Gail Olson, Northeaster
"Well, isn't that nice?"
That was 101-year old Mary Marinos reaction, when she learned that
shell be Grand Marshal of the Celebrate Northeast parade this year.
Rash of street robberies in St. Paul
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12302
by Mary Turck, TC Daily Planet
St. Paul police report a rash of armed robberies in the western
district in the past two months.
NEW IN VOICES
A well considered patriotism
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/node/12301
by Tom Heuerman, Special to the TC Daily Planet
I learned as a child that patriotism is love of our country and
devotion to the ideals we believe in. Patriots are people who act
courageously for their country. I love America, but never thought of
myself as a patriotthat title was reserved for those who sacrificed
greatly for the rest of ususually on the battlefield.
NEW IN BLOGS
Speak nothing but good: A helluva week for the mainstream press
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/12235
by Rich Broderick, Ground Zero
I remember reading a sly satire of what was then called The MacNeill-
Lehrer NewsHour in an old issue of Harpers.
Vergne heading to the Empire State
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/12286
by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet
Just across the wire: Philippe Vergne, chief curator at the Walker Art
Center, is heading east to take a position with the Dia Art
Foundation. Theres been some understandable local grumbling in recent
years about whether the museums administration has sold Jasper
Johnss soul to Wolfgang Puck, but even the grumblers have smiles
twitching at the corners of their mouths, like a father complaining
that he never sees his son any more because the boys always hanging
out with that homecoming-queen girlfriend of his.
A blue highway across the Mississippi
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/12307
by Mark Weaver, TC Daily Planet
The Solstice River Celebration XII included dance, banners, music, and
audience participation. I watched last Saturday as performers,
marchers, kayakers, and musicians paraded, paddled, and danced around
and under the Stone Arch Bridge, on the dike of the lock, along the
banks and mooring cells, on the grain silos by the mills and the
Guthrie, and near the St. Anthony Falls.
Returning favoritesJoseph Scrimshaw
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/12291
by Matthew A. Everett, TC Daily Planet
In the time it takes me to finish this blog post, Joseph Scrimshaw
will write another script. He is depressingly prolific. And extremely
funny.
MSP bike posters
http://tcdailyplanet.net/node/12292
by Brian Moen, East-Lake.net
I really want the Greenway poster.