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ArchivesPrincipal John Rist On His SchoolBy John Rudolph on Tuesday, September 26, 2006.As part of Culture Lessons, John Rudolph speaks with Manchester Central principal John Rist about diversity, education and "Central Pride." listen:
  Manchester Central: An Exchange Forum (Full Version)By Laura Knoy on Tuesday, September 26, 2006.The full, unedited version of The Exchange's special forum at Manchester Central High School. Laura's guests are Christine Noon, Education Consultant for the New Hampshire Department of Education's English for Speakers of Other Languages Program (ESOL) and the English Language Learners Program (ELL) and June Rojas Tumblin, Department Head for the English Language Learners Program at Manchester Central High School. We'll also hear from John Rudolph, the man behind the documentary "Culture Lessons: Stories of Students at Manchester Central", Robert Cioppa, Director of ESL for the Nashua School District and two students from Manchester Central- Alena Golovnya from Russia and Igrain Fermait from Puerto Rico. listen:
The Intriguing ThereminBy Andrew Walsh on Tuesday, September 26, 2006.This episode of the Front Porch is not available on CD or Cassette People fainted when the Theremin was first performed onstage in Paris in 1928. It’s haunting sound resembled voices from beyond the grave. It was the first electronic instrument – and at that time, the only one which was played without actually touching it. Its ingenious maker, the charismatic Russian Leon Thermin, was in many ways as mysterious as his invention. Tonight on the Front Porch, we'll learn all about the instrument and its maker through a documentary by Radio Netherlands. This piece comes to us through the Public Radio Exchange. You can learn more about this piece and review it here. listen:
Moslem Women Chart a Careful CourseBy John Rudolph on Tuesday, September 26, 2006.Being a teenager in America means questioning everything. At least that’s true for many teenagers. But if you are Muslim and female and an immigrant or refugee, life can be less about questioning, and more about learning to navigate. Today in our week-long series Culture Lessons, John Rudolph reports on Muslim girls at Manchester Central High School. Of all the students at the school, they are the ones most obviously searching for a way between American culture and the culture of the country they left behind. listen:
E.J. DionneBy Laura Knoy on Tuesday, September 26, 2006.Author and long time Washington Post political columnist E.J. Dionne will be visiting the Granite State later this week to be the Keynote Speaker for the New Hampshire Humanities Council 17th Annual Dinner. He'll be addressing the attendees with a speech entitled "Can Religion Unite Us Rather than Divide Us: Why Americans Should Seek Peace in our Wars over Culture and Faith". But first, he comes on the Exchange to talk about the upcoming mid-term elections and how these culture wars may play out in them. Laura's guest is E.J. Dionne, Columnist for the Washington Post and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. listen:
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