October thru December 2001

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AM 580's coverage of a two-day work stoppage by graduate teaching assistants on the UIUC campus

Jim Meadows interviews Chronicle of Higher Education editor Scott Jaschik on the national trend of unionization for grad student employees (11/30/01)

Jim Meadows examines the unionization issue on the UI campus as the work stoppage begins (11/28/01)

Capital Punishment

AM 580's Dave Dickey examines the push for two new aggravating factors for the death penalty, and how they add to the complicated nature of capital punishment

Dave looks at a bill filed in the wake of the September attacks to make murder conducted in the commission of terrorist acts punishable by death (11/19/01)

Dave examines an effort to revive an effort to make most gang-related murders eligible for capital punishment (11/12/01)

AM 580's Jim Meadows tours a new exhibit at Champaign's Krannert Art Museum documenting the life and sculpture of Jacques Lipchitz (11/2/01)

AM 580's Tom Rogers reports from Monticello, where a tornado ripped through a part of that town's north side (10/25/01)

After 9/11/01

AM 580's Ali Kawa talks with UI professor Julian Palmore, who calls for people to step back and examine the threat of anthrax contamination without panicking (10/11/01)

AM 580's Tom Rogers interviews European Parliament member Glyn Ford on the EU's support level for military strikes in Afghanistan (10/9/01)

AM 580's Dave Dickey interviews Champaign-Ford Regional Superintendent Marty Barrett, who says he will retire from the elected post after nine years (10/2/01)

AM 580's Dave Dickey reviews the proposed legislative district map for Illinois and its potential effects on local lawmakers (9/19/01)

AM 580's Ali Kawa interviews Charlene Smith of Gibson City, a member of Christian Peacemaker Teams, who hopes to travel to Afghanistan as a messenger of peace (9/26/01)

AM 580's Dave Dickey produced a sound montage from pre-game and halftime ceremonies at the first UI football game since the attacks (9/23/01)

AM 580's Jim Meadows brings us the sounds of Thursday night's "Time for Remembrance and Unity" at the UI (9/14/01)

AM 580's Jim Meadows put together a montage of reflections from religious leaders at prayer services the night of the attacks (9/12/01)

AM 580's Ali Kawa reports on the situation at Willard Airport, where air traffic stopped and passengers on one commercial jet were stranded (9/12/01)

AM 580's Tom Rogers offers a collection of reactions from Champaign-Urbana residents (9/12/01)

AM 580's Tom Rogers interviews American Red Cross/Illini Prairie Chapter director Barbara Payne on the agency's initial reaction to the tragedy (9/11/01)

AM 580's Tom Rogers interviews Sean Crawford of Illinois Public Radio, which is headquartered in the Statehouse in Springfield. State offices were evacuated and closed Tuesday (9/11/01)