DATE: 5/23/06

CONTACT: Bob McAnally, (864) 656-7458

Your Day radio schedule for week of May 29

CLEMSON -- The following "Your Day" radio programs from Clemson University Radio Productions are scheduled to air on South Carolina ETV Radio for the week of May 29. 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, MAY 29

The role of the president in midterm elections. Bob Becker, director of the Strom Thurmond Institute on Government and Public Affairs at Clemson University , gets a preview of the upcoming election year from Adam Warber, a professor in the Clemson University Political Science Department who specializes in the American presidency.

SC Life Undergraduate Research Colloquium. Bob Schuster talks with Dr. Barbara Speziale, associate dean of Clemson University PSA and Dr. Rebecca Bullard-Dillard, Director of Research Development at Claflin University during the fourth annual SC Life Undergraduate Research Colloquium.

Genova & Dimitrov, piano duo. Mickey Harder, director of Clemson University ’s Brooks Center for the Performing Arts, visits backstage with Aglika Genova and Liuben Dimitrov, the award-winning piano duo from Hanover , Germany . We’ll hear selections from their March 7, concert in the Lillian and Robert Utsey Chamber Music Series.

TUESDAY, MAY 30
A live call-in hour on gardening in South Carolina . Host F. Brian Smith, Clemson Extension agent in Charleston County , will take your lawn and garden questions. Use the toll-free number 888-539-8859. For additional gardening advice, contact the Clemson Extension Home and Garden Information Center.

W EDNESDAY, MAY 31

A live hour of discussion on pet healthcare issues. Call in to talk with host Glenn Birrenkott of the Clemson University Department of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, and Clemson veterinarian Nathan Craddock of Tiger Town Animal Hospital . Listeners may call in via the toll-free number 888-539-8859.

THURSDAY, JUNE 1

Dear Senator: a Memoir by the Daughter of Strom Thurmond . Donna London of the Jim Self Center on the Future, talks with Essie Mae Washington Williams, the daughter of S.C. Senator Strom Thurmond during her visit to Clemson University as a guest of the Computer Science African American Alliance.

Directing 8 Below. Jon Keith talks with American movie producer and director Frank Marshall about his recent film 8 Below, a fictional account based upon the true story of a 1957 Japanese sled dog expedition. 8 Below becomes available on DVD on June 20.

Research on locomotion. Sara Diaz talks with Dr. Rick Blob, an evolutionary biologist in the Clemson University Department of Biological Sciences, about his study of musculoskeletal function in animals.

Spokes and Strings. Bob Schuster talks with the producer and videographer of Spokes and Strings, a PBS documentary about wheelchair athletes who play tennis. It airs at 9 p.m. , June 1, as part of the ETV series Carolina Stories .

For more information, contact Your Day at (864) 656-7458.

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