DATE: 4/11/07

CONTACT: Bob McAnally, (864) 656-7458

Your Day radio schedule for week of April 16

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 April 16. 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, APRIL 16, 2007
The Clemson legacy. Bob Becker, director of the Strom Thurmond Institute on Government and Public Affairs at Clemson University , talks with historian Jerry Reel about the history of Clemson University during the bicentennial celebration of the birth of its benefactor, Thomas Green Clemson.

Trends in the safety of children in the state and in the nation. Gary Melton, director of the Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life at Clemson University , talks with David Finkelhor from the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire and James McDonell from the Strong Communities program.

Poet Mark Turcotte. Roy Scott talks with Native American writer Mark Turcotte whose newest collection, Exploding Chippewas, is in its third printing. Turcotte was a participant in the 2007 SC Book Festival held February 24-25 in Columbia .

The Soul of a Citizen: Hope in a Time of Fear. Donna London gets a preview of the upcoming visit by writer Paul Loeb who takes part in the I. DeQuincey Newman Lecture Series at the University of South Carolina on April 24 and speaks at Clemson University on April 25 as part of the Clemson Presidential Colloquium. Loeb is the author of Soul of a Citizen: Living With Conviction in a Cynical Time and The Impossible will Take a Little While.

Saving memories on DVD.  Eric Rodgers talks with blogger Phil Yanov, executive director of the GSA Technology Council and president of Thinkhammer Communications , about how to convert still photos and home movies from videotape to DVD storage. The Tech Guys will return to Your Day at noon on Wednesday, April 18, to take questions from listeners.

TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2007
Questions and answers on insects and other household pests. Charlotte Holt hosts Bug Guys Cam Lay, assistant head of the Department of Pesticide Regulation, and Eric Benson, Clemson Extension urban entomologist, in this selection of moments taken from the archives of some off-air discussions. For additional insect information, visit the Clemson University Entomology website.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2007
A live call-in hour on the Internet and related technologies.  Eric Rodgers hosts Internet expert and blogger Phil Yanov, executive director of the GSA Technology Council and president of Thinkhammer Communications. Listeners may call in via the tollfree number 888-539-8859 to ask questions about using the Internet, computers, new digital devices, and related topics.

THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 2007
Turning climate change awareness into action .  Donna London, director of the Jim Self Center on the Future, talks with Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley about an unprecedented bi-partisan coalition of S.C. mayors attempting to turn climate change awareness into action. Mayor Riley participated in the recent Hometown Legislative Action Day conducted by the Municipal Association of South Carolina.

Citrus for South Carolina . Dyana Daniels speaks with “citrus man” Stan McKenzie of McKenzie Farms at the 17 th Annual Spring Gardening Symposium held at the Columbia Convention Center

Becoming Watershed Wise. Bob Schuster talks with Hugh Caldwell, treasurer of the SC Soil and Water Conservation Society at the 2007 S.C. Conservation Partnership Conference held in Myrtle Beach .

Evolutionary Science. Peter Kent talks with Biology Professor Kenneth Miller of Brown University , science textbook writer and author of Finding Darwin’s God: a Scientist’s Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution.

Post House Crab Cake. Clemson Extension Food and Nutrition Specialist Libby Hoyle visits with Chef Tim Armstrong at the Old Village Post House restaurant in Mt. Pleasant .

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

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