DATE: 1/7/05

CONTACT: Bob McAnally, (864) 656-7458

EDITOR: Diane Palmer, (864) 656-4741

Your Day radio schedule for week of Jan. 10

CLEMSON -- The following "Your Day" radio programs from Clemson University Radio Productions are scheduled to air on the South Carolina Educational Radio Network for the week of Jan. 10. The program airs from noon to 1 p.m. , Monday through Thursday. Listeners can call in questions during a "live” show by using the toll-free phone number: 1-888-539-8859

MONDAY, JAN. 10 -- Computers and Society. Bob Becker, director of the Strom Thurmond Institute on Government and Public Affairs at Clemson University, talks with Marc Smith, a research sociologist for Microsoft following his visit to Clemson’s program on Science, Technology, and Society.

The Use of Slaves in Confederate Currency. Glenn Hare visits with Columbia artist John W. Jones about his work featuring images of slavery found in Confederate money. The exhibit, “Confederate Currency: The Color of Money" is on display through Feb. 17 in the Milliken Gallery at Converse College in Spartanburg . A panel discussion featuring the artist, along with Richard G. Doty of the National Museum of American History and Michael Harris, art historian of African-American Art from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill , will be held on Jan. 17 (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day) at 5:30 p.m. in Daniel Recital Hall. The discussion and the exhibit are open to the public free of charge. For more information, call (864) 596-9181 or e-mail art.design@converse.edu.

Faith Communities and Those with Disabilities. Gary Melton, director of the Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, speaks with Connie Ginsberg, executive director of Family Connections of South Carolina, and Ann Turnbull, co-director of the Beach Center on Disability and professor of special education at the University of Kansas .

The Long Bay Symphony. Roy Scott talks with Scott Jacob, general manager of this symphony organization of the Myrtle Beach area. On Jan. 23, the Long Bay Symphony presents Symphonic Jazz, a blend of orchestral and big band works by great jazz composers such as Bernstein, Gershwin and Ellington, plus favorite jazz and swing standards, featuring the song stylings of Lynn Roberts and the Swingtime Big Band. For more information: 843-448-8379.

A river runs through it.Furman University President David Shi considers the intertwined history of rivers and community in this commentary inspired by the Reedy River of Greenville.

TUESDAY, JAN. 11 -- A live call-in segment on gardening in South Carolina . Clemson Horticulture Professor David Bradshaw, an heirloom gardener and naturalist for the SC Botanical Garden, will take lawn and garden questions from listeners. Use the toll-free number 888-539-8859 . For additional gardening advice, contact the Clemson Extension Home and Garden Information Center.

 A live call-in segment on insects and other household pests. Ask the bug guys about the creatures you’ve encountered. Charlotte Holt hosts Clemson Extension Entomologist Eric Benson and Cam Lay, assistant department head for Pesticide Regulation. Use the toll-free number 888-539-8859. For additional insect information, visit the Clemson University Entomology website.

W EDNESDAY, JAN. 12 -- Snacking on Super Bowl Sunday. Libby Hoyle, Clemson Extension food and nutrition specialist in the Clemson University Department of Packaging Sciences, and her guest Dottie Ryan, a registered dietician and program coordinator for the Southeastern United Dairy Industry Association .

A live call-in program on pet healthcare issues . Glenn Birrenkott of the Clemson University Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences hosts Dr. Nathan Craddock of Tiger Town Animal Hospital in Clemson. Listeners may call in with questions via the toll-free number: 888-539-8859.

THURSDAY, JAN. 13 -- The upcoming year in the SC Legislature . Donna London of the Jim Self Center on the Future, talks with Andy Brack, a principal with The Brack Group in Charleston , and the editor and publisher of the weekly S.C. Statehouse Report.

Without Words. Michelle Martin, a specialist in children’s and young adult literature in the Clemson University English Department, discusses The Middle Passage, a disturbing picture book by illustrator Tom Feelings.

Help keep kids moving. Karen Kemper of the Department of Public Health Sciences at Clemson University , shares some ideas on battling the obesity epidemic among kids by modeling good fitness habits for your children.

Timber in South Carolina . Bob Schuster talks with Chuck Gresham, forest ecologist with the Belle Baruch Institute of Coastal Ecology & Forest Science, about an upcoming meeting of the Appalachian Society of American Foresters, Jan. 26-28 in Columbia .

Butter’s never tasted better. Libby Hoyle, Clemson Extension food and nutrition specialist in the Clemson University Department of Packaging Sciences, learns to prepare specialized butter spreads from Chef Christian Thormose of Cross Creek Plantation in Seneca.

For more information on these programs, contact Bob McAnally, producer, at (864) 656-7458.

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