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Many of today’s university campuses are the scene of political turmoil, turmoil that is simply a reflection of the rest of society. It is the same anger, name-calling, refusal to listen, but one professor and author says it doesn’t have to be that way. He says we need to reject the ignorance enjoined by racism and sexism, and take the time to learn something new. This program is the second in a three-part series. Guest: Jonathon Zimmerman, a professor of education and history at the University of Pennsylvania. Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades. The program has included interviews with dignitaries, authors and thought leaders from around the world. Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu. K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State Univer

Americans like to think the education we provide is the best, but concern is growing over just how good it really is. One educational researcher says her experience leads her to believe that most educational systems around the world have more in common than one would think. Today’s Perspective program is the first in a three-part series examining such things as the changing value of education, problems on university campuses, brain bandwidth, and just what those issues might point to for the future. Guest: Cathy Rubin, author, journalist, editor and founder of C-M-Rubin-World, an online publishing company focused on education, entertainment and lifestyle. Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades. The program has included interviews with dignitaries, authors and thought leaders from around the world. Send comment

When we think of the "Ole West," we often entertain images of cattle drives, Native Americans, Wyatt Earp, shoot-outs, Billy the Kid, huge herds of bison, wagon trains, and much more…but seldom do Black cowboys come to mind. And while there is little mention of them in history books, there were a lot of them. On today’s Perspective program a civil rights movement veteran, editor, and writer shares his thoughts on Black cowboys and the Black west. Guest: Augusta University professor emeritus Michael Searles. Also known as Cowboy Mike, Searles has contributed a great deal of scholarship on Black cowboys Buffalo Soldiers and the Black west. Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades. The program has included interviews with dignitaries, authors and thought leaders from around the world. Send comments, questions or re

SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY INITIATIVES – Immigration and its implications is just one the areas of focus for an expert who works around the globe in international development. She has taken these and other concerns from the field, to the classroom, to her own consulting firm. On todays’ Perspective program a look at immigration, peace, gender equity, fair trade, and sustainable development – and the impact they all have. Guest: Summer Lewis, an international development consultant and educator, with more than 15 years of academic and professional experience. Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades. The program has included interviews with dignitaries, authors and thought leaders from around the world. Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu. K‑State Research and Extension

Immigration and its implications is just one the areas of focus for an expert who works around the globe in international development. She has taken these and other concerns from the field, to the classroom, to her own consulting firm. On this week's Perspective program a look at immigration, peace, gender equity, fair trade, and sustainable development – and the impact they all have. Guest: Summer Lewis, an international development consultant and educator, with more than 15 years of academic and professional experience. Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades. The program has included interviews with dignitaries, authors and thought leaders from around the world. Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu. K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas

Maybe it is time to overhaul the U.S. Constitution…at least that is the view of one legal scholar.  He says, “We are used to falling back on the Constitution to save us, and find it disturbing when it fails to do that.  But what if, instead of a panacea, the Constitution itself is the root of many of our problems.   Guest: Sanford Levinson is an American legal scholar, a professor of law at the University of Texas Law School, and a professor in the Department of Government at the University of Texas at Austin.  He is the author of a number of books and co-author, with his wife Cynthia Levinson, of "Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Framers, Their Fights, and the Flaws That Affect Us Today."  Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades. The program has included interviews with dignitaries, authors and thought lea

Impacts of Low Enrollment -- When the numbers for this fall’s enrollment were finalized, Kansas State University found itself in a financial bind. But university President Richard Myers says the school can and will deal with the situation. The K-State Radio Network’s Richard Baker has details.

Most of us at some point in life try our hand at humor. And I think we have often done so without realizing just how important humor really is. One professor, author and radio personality says humor and the laughter it elicits is a natural reaction to the breakdown of rationality and reason – and it is a sign of hope when are faced with life’s pain. Guest: Al Gini, a professor at the Quinlan School of Business at Loyola University, a Chicago radio personality, and author of several books. Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades. The program has included interviews with dignitaries, authors and thought leaders from around the world. Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu. K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Expe

An official with the World Wildlife Fund believes that if nothing is done differently we will need to produce as much food as we do today to meet the increased demand by 2050. He says food production has always been the biggest human impact on the planet, but going forward with more people, more per capita income, and increased per capita consumption, the impact will only increase. Guest: Jason Clay, senior vice president for markets and food at the World Wildlife Fund. Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades. The program has included interviews with dignitaries, authors and thought leaders from around the world. Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu. K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University Agricultural Experiment Station and

According to numbers compiled by the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, women on college campuses between the ages of 18 and 24 are at an elevated risk of sexual violence. In fact, the organization says they are at three times the risk of women in general, and non-college women of the same age are at four times the risk of women in general of confronting sexual violence. However, many of these college-age women do not report the violence to police or campus authorities. Guest: Keith Edwards, speaker, educator and leadership coach. Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades. The program has included interviews with dignitaries, authors and thought leaders from around the world. Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu. K‑State Research and Extension is a short name

According to numbers from the State of Kansas report, over 18% of Kansas kids live in poverty, which the report says is over a 24% increase in the last 10 years. In addition, a report from Kansas Action for Children says childhood poverty in Kansas increased 22% over the last five years, and 98 of the state’s 105 counties saw an increase in the number of children receiving food assistance. When those numbers are combined with a reduction in publicly-funded safety net programs, it means Kansas families are struggling with day-to-day life. On today’s Perspective program, a look at one effort that works to reduce poverty in the state.

One of the darkest and perhaps least known episodes of America’s history took place in the second half of the 19th century. During this time, there were forced round-ups and expulsions of over 200 Chinese communities from towns in the Pacific Northwest. Thousands of Chinese were marched out of towns, even killed, as their homes and communities were burned.

Think of all the numbers we confront every day … and how many of them we accept without even thinking. That is just one of many factors that caused an expert to consider the proper relationships between science, numeracy and representations. However, most of us never think about those proper relationships, much less any regular relationships. The fact is that science and math both have a significant impact on our lives, yet few of us have the experience or knowledge to properly appreciate their consequences. Guest: Dr. Michael Ranney, head of the Reasoning Research Group at the University of California-Berkley. Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades. The program has included interviews with dignitaries, authors and thought leaders from around the world. Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past p

According to the Vera Institute of Justice, most of us think skipping school, violating curfew, and even running away is just normal adolescent acting out. But far too many, in fact thousands of kids a year – some as young as 11 – find themselves in court and jail for those misbehaviors. A new report by the Vera Institute of Justice says sometimes these behaviors are rational coping strategies, and that rather than punishment, these cases call for more intensive individual and family services that address the unique needs of the kids and families. Guest: Mahsa Jafarian, a program associate with the Vera Institute of Justice’s Center on Youth Justice. Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades. The program has included interviews with dignitaries, authors and thought leaders from around the world. Send comments, qu

For over four years, the Institute for the Health and Security of Military Families at Kansas State University has worked to address the health and resilience of military personnel, veterans and their families. The Institute is home to a group of scientists from diverse programs across the university. On this week’s Perspective program, a look at an effort to identify and address the complex effects of wartime service. Guest: Dr. Briana Nelson Goff, professor in the School of Family Studies and Human Services at Kansas State University and director of the Institute for the Health and Security of Military Families. Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades. The program has included interviews with dignitaries, authors and thought leaders from around the world. Send comments, questions or requests for copies of pas

For decades, there has been a continual growth in the income gap between rich and poor. And that increasing gap has been accompanied by deep social and political divisions. One expert thinks the U.S. is paying a severe price for its failure to update policies, institutions and practices governing employment relations. Guest: Thomas Kochan, George M. Bunker Professor of Work and Employment Relations at the MIT Sloan School of Management and co-director of the MIT Institute for Work and Employment Research. Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades. The program has included interviews with dignitaries, authors and thought leaders from around the world. Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu. K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State University

In many of this nation’s schools, teachers work had to prepare students for tests … standardized tests that will query them over a narrow set of academic subjects. That effort concerns one professor and author who thinks public education needs to not only transmit knowledge, but also prepare its students to utilize that knowledge in their role as citizens – something he feels is not happening. Guest: Joel Westheimer, professor and university research chair in democracy and education at the University of Ottawa. Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades. The program has included interviews with dignitaries, authors and thought leaders from around the world. Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu.  K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State Univ

Putting together the Constitution of the United States was not exactly what many of us would like to think of as unique and extraordinary. In writing the Constitution, the framers were trying to do a couple of things: fix the Articles of Confederation, which was a lack of federal power, specifically to raise adequate taxes, and they wanted to do it in such a way as to get the fix enacted into law. On this week’s Perspective program a look at how the framers went about it. Guest: Jeffrey Jackson, a professor of law at Washburn University. Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades. The program has included interviews with dignitaries, authors and thought leaders from around the world. Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu. K‑State Research and Extension is a short name

Machines … robots … are most assuredly taking over jobs, not only in the United States, but worldwide. A recent study says that over the course of the next 20 years, technological advances have a high probability of displacing as many as 80 million jobs in the U.S. – or 47 percent of the workforce. A professor of business administration says we are not prepared. Guest: Edward Hess, professor of business administration and the Batten Executive-in-Residence at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades. The program has included interviews with dignitaries, authors and thought leaders from around the world. Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu. K‑State Research and Extension is a short name for the Kansas State Unive

  The concern over antibiotic usage in animal production has increased as consumers are asking for more and more information.  They want to know where the meat that goes on their table originated, and they want to know how the animal that produced that  steak or chop was raised.  On this week’s Perspective program, a look at the controversy over antibiotic usage and the role of agriculture in addressing the issue.   Guest: Dr. Mike Apley, professor of production medicine and clinical pharmacology in the Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine.   Perspective is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Richard Baker, communications professor at Kansas State University. Perspective has been continuously produced for radio stations across the nation by K-State for well over six decades. The program has included interviews with dignitaries, authors and thought leaders from around the world. Send comments, questions or requests for copies of past programs to ksrenews@ksu.edu. K‑State Research and Ex