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Granite State College Makes Changes To Attract Students

By Amy Quinton on Tuesday, October 25, 2005.

One year ago, what was known as the College of Lifelong Learning was struggling with decreasing enrollments, and talking of merging with Plymouth State College.
But the college – now called Granite State -is in the process of making some sweeping changes.
Armed with a new mission and a new name, Granite State College is hoping some new programs will open the door for more students.
New Hampshire Public Radio’s Amy Quinton reports.

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Where Do You Put a Foot of Rain?

By Kerry Grens on Tuesday, October 25, 2005.

New Hampshire has been soaked by record-breaking rainfalls this month.

Over a foot fell on to the southwest part of the state alone.

And all that water has to go somewhere.

Some of it is swelling the state’s rivers and streams, but much of it is filling the aquifers.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Kerry Grens has more.

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An Emerging China

By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, October 25, 2005.

It’s a leading global manufacturer – a leading consumer of tech products – and the world’s number-two consumer of oil. but it's not the United States – or the European Union...it's China. China's economy has grown at an astonishing rate over the past decade – and yet, while economics is the engine pulling the Chinese train onto the world stage - politics is inevitably included. Laura's guest is Joe Massey, Professor of International Business and Director of the International Center for Business at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth and TBA.

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Simply Lasting: Jane Kenyon

By Shay Zeller on Tuesday, October 25, 2005.

Poet and writer Jane Kenyon died in 1995 at age 47. During her life she'd amassed a huge following of admiring friends and fellow writers, both in New Hampshire and nationwide. Longtime friend and poet Joyce Peseroff has gathered works from Jane Kenyon's friends and from Kenyon's own personal collection that reveal the tenacity and spirit Jane Kenyon possessed. We'll talk with Joyce about her collection, Simply Lasting: Writers on Jane Kenyon, her friendship with Jane and the process of getting to know Jane Kenyon better through years of research.

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