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Last Thursday, January 19th, the activist group Occupy IU organized a teach in, titled “Why the Occupy Movement is Happening Now.” The group invited three Indiana University Professors to present on factors that led to the dawn of the occupy movement. Professors David Hakken, Lynn Duggan, and Ben Robinson each lectured and then took audience questions. This event was recorded on location at IU’s Henry Radford Hope School of Fine Arts.

Indiana gubernatorial hopeful Mike Pence was the keynote speaker at the Monroe County GOP Women's Club Dinner last Friday, January 13th. Pence, who began his tenure in congress in 2000, is now seeking to be the next Governor of Indiana following Mitch Daniels’ departure at the end of his term this year. In 2007 Pence was named the 19th most influential republican by the London Daily Telegraph, and he has been profiled in The Chicago Tribune, Business Week, the Weekly Standard, U.S. News and World Report and The New York Times as a powerful force, moving Congress further to the right. In his keynote to the Monroe County GOP Women’s club, Pence talked about the future he invasions for Indiana and Monroe county. He was introduced by Monroe County GOP Women's Club Linda Steins and Eric Holcomb, the Indiana party chairmen. This event was recorded on location in the fountain square ballroom, on Friday January 13, 2012.

On January 3rd the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce hosted a legislative preview luncheon, a panel discussion featuring local representatives Bob Heaton, who serves the 46th district, Eric Koch, of District 65, District 61 representative Matt Pierce, and District  60 representative Peggy Welch.  Local Realtor Tracy Lutes moderated the event, filmed on location at Terry’s Banquets and Catering, for Standing Room Only, on WFHB.

Peace Activast Cindy Sheehan visited Bloomington in October to speak about her continued anti-war efforts. Sheehan was coined the “peace mom” after setting up camp outside Gearge w bush’s texas home awaiting answers regarding her son’s death during his work fighting for the united states army in Iraq. Seven local peace groups combined their efforts to bring Sheehan to Bloomington. Sheehan’s lecture was a free event, held in the First united church in downtown Bloomington.

Current first lady of Indiana University Laurie Burns McRobbie discusses some of IU's remarkable first ladies, the roles they played in the life of the university, and what she has learned from them. McRobbie first gave her presentation about her predecessors on April 15th, as part of the Monroe County History Center’s Third Thursday lecture series. We bring you the story of IU’s first ladies past and present here, on community radio WFHB.

"Mark Winne: America’s Food System: A Cause for Concern, a Time for Action"
This fall, Lifelong Learning Week 2011 welcomed author Mark Winne for a public lecture about America's food system. Winne has been inside the world of food access and distribution, and shared what he has learned about how local and national policies affect the food choices people make. This program was recorded on location at the Monroe County Convention Center by our media partners community access television services on September 15th, 2011. Winne's talk was a part of Lifelong Learning Week 2011: Food for Thought.

The Bloomington Chamber of Commerce hosted an education forum with local education leaders and Indiana superientent of education Dr Tony Bennett. The panel also includes Monroe County Community School Corporation Superintendent Dr. Judy DeMuth, Richland Bean Blossom School District Steven Kain and Education Policy Expert Terry Spradlin.

Indiana University is holding a series of talks to mark the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks. The events cumulate at the end of this week with a historic reconvening of eight members of the 9/11 Commission at IU.  But early last week, Hoosier Muslims gave their personal perspectives on the events and the affect it’s had on the United States.

"The Bloomington Storytelling Project: Tales Out of School: Part 2 " - Several times a year WFHB partners with the Bloomington Storytelling Project to host a live storytelling event, featuring local stories shared by the people who experienced them. There are only two rules for story submissions: they must be less than fifteen minutes long, and they must be true. The project has now expanded with "The Porch Swing", a weekly half-hour program airing Saturdays at 5:30pm on WFHB. In this eighth installment of the live storytelling events, for a second time Barton Girdwood hosts college students at Indiana University as they tell their stories.  Recorded live on-location for WFHB at Collins Living-Learning Center in Bloomington, Indiana on February 18th 2011.