Chicago
Public TV Taps Strain's Expertise
When
a Chicago public television station was producing a segment
on the history of two Windy City-based manufacturers of mallet
percussion instruments, they contacted James Strain (Music)
for his insight and a musical demonstration. Strain had published
articles on one of the companies – J.C. Deagan – for the Percussive
Arts Society journal, which he edits. He also owns many old
Deagan instruments.
The
end result was a segment of the "Chicago Tonight" program
that featured a performance by Strain and NMU students accompanied
by faculty colleagues in Reynolds Recital Hall and recorded
by a WNMU-TV camera crew. Full Story |
Student
Witnesses Government Overthrow
NMU
senior Angie Hewitt spent the waning days of last semester
witnessing a government overthrow. Lucio Gutiarrez, Ecuador’s
president, was ousted from power in late April after a week
of constant, violent public protests.
Hewitt
was doing her student teaching in a valley near the city of
Quito. She and other teachers were put on lockdown at the
school when the protesting reached its peak.
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