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Austin's Movie Picks
Austin O'Connor
Sunrise Movie Critic
Bobby: Austin gives it Two Stars!
The Queen: Austin gives it Three Stars!
Focus on Arts
Julie Scolnik
Andover Chamber Music Series concert
[Web] www.andoverchambermusic.org
[Email] info@andoverchambermusic.org
(978) 474-6222
Glenn J. Prezzano
Publisher
Merrimack Valley Magazine
On startup of new magazine for region
[Web] www.mvmag.net
[Email] publisher@mvmag.net
(978) 685-3690
8 min. with Blaise
Blaise MacDonald
Riverhawks Men's Hockey Head Coach
[Web] www.goriverhawks.com
[Email] Hockey@uml.edu
Jeffrey Gerson
UML Political Science Professor
On political career of F. Bradford Morse
(and first annual F. Bradford Morse distinguished lecture, Dec. 8)
[Email] Jeffery_Gerson@uml.edu
(978) 934-4255 
Bradford Morse
Joan Kulash
Executive Director
Jericho Road Lawrence
On group and projects
[Web] www.jerichoroadlawrence.org
[Email] jericho@northparish.org
(978) 687-7948 Ext.8
Wednesday, 11/29
Cheryl Lewis
Case Manager
Lowell Community Health Center
On local World Aids Day events
[Web] www.lchealth.org
[Web] www.thebody.com/worldAIDSday
(978) 937-9700
Focus on Health
Meg Lemire
Oncology Social Worker
The Cancer Center at Lowell General Hospital
On National Family Caregivers Month
[Web] www.lowellgeneral.org
Claire Abrams
Math Coordinator
Lowell schools
On debate and discussion on approaches to teaching math
[Web] www.lowell.k12.ma.us
[Email] cabrams@lowell.k12.ma.us
(978) 970-5452
Richard Lemoine
Assistant Director
Environmental Health & Safety
On unseen pollutants in your home
[Email] Richard_Lemoine@uml.edu
(978) 934-2619
Bookshelf
Melissa Pennell
UML English Professor
Nathaniel Hawthorne isn't just for English Class.
Professor Pennel recommends Hawthorne as a good read.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
[Email] Melissa_Pennell@uml.edu
(978) 934-4198
Tuesday, 11/28
Ken Barer
Head Men's Basketball Coach
On new season
[Web] www.goriverhawks.com
[Email] Ken_Barer@uml.edu
(978) 934-2340
Peter Golden
Lowell Postmaster
On holiday season mailing
Santa letters, stamp collecting and carrier safety in the winter months
[Web] www.usps.com
Basim Usmani
On his Politics and Music lecture Nov. 30, "Muslim Punk Music"
[Web] sinsanctuary.com/kominas
Provost John Wooding
On early punk bands Sex Pistols and The Clash
[Email] John_Wooding@uml.edu
(978) 934-2635
Monday 11/27
Focus on Business
Megan Garnhum
Founder
A Girl Must Shop.com
A new Dracut based shopping web site/business
[Web] www.webundance.com
[Email] megan@agirlmustshop.com
Jack Wilson
UMass President
On UMass Confucius Institute and "China/India strategy" for Massachusetts
[Web] www.jackmwilson.com
[Email] jwilson@umassonline.net
(617) 287-7050
Dean Bergeron
UML Professor
Honoree at F. Bradford Morse Distinguished Lecture
[Email] Dean_Bergeron@uml.edu
(978) 934-4274
Friday, 11/24
Thanksgiving Holiday
No Scheduled Programming
Thursday, 11/23
Thanksgiving Holiday
No Scheduled Programming
Wednesday, 11/22
Austin's Movie Picks
Austin O'Connor
Sunrise Movie Critic
Casino Royale
Austin gives Casino Royale three stars. "Best Bond
move I've seen in two decades," says Austin.
Focus on Health
Rosemary Verri
Humorist
How to handle holiday stress with humor
[Web] www.rosemaryverri.com
[Email] Rosemary@rosemaryverri.com
(978) 443-3662
Diane LeMay
Mayor's office
On City of Lights parade
[Web]http://www.lowellma.gove
[Email] dlemay@lowell.ma.gov
Tom French
Assistant Director
Division of Fisheries and Wildlife for National Heritage & Endangered Species Program
On effects of climate change on certain species
[Web] www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/nhesp
[Email] natural.heritage@state.ma.us
Photo of a wild turkey in a backyard in Lowell taken by Vin Robinson, age 90, and submitted by Martha McGowan, retired UML professor. Listen to the interview with Tom French of the Massachusetts Division of Wildlife and Fisheries to find out why there might be a wild turkey in your back yard too!?
Bookshelf
Dora St. Martin
Director
Pollard Memorial Library
with books on Thanksgiving
[Web] www.pollardml.org
[Email] dstmartin@ci.lowell.ma.us
(978) 970-4120
Dora likes this poem:
May your stuffing be tasty
May your turkey plump,
May your potatoes and gravy
Have nary a lump.
May your yams be delicious
And your pies take the prize,
And may your Thanksgiving dinner
Stay off your thighs! - Anonymous
Tuesday, 11/21
Tom Eagle Rising Libby
Chief
Greater Lowell Indian Cultural Association
on GLICA, local native and Thanksgiving history
[Web] www.glica.net
[Email] eaglerising04@aol.com
(978) 458-3665
Melvern Taylor
Musician
[Web] www.melverntaylor.com
[Email] melvern@melverntaylor.com
Jeffrey Gerson
UML Political Science Professor
On first annual F. Bradford Morse distinguished lecture and panel discussion
[Email] Jeffrey_Gerson@uml.edu
(978) 934-4255
Housing series 8a
Sarah Barnat
Project Manager
Trinity Financial, Inc.
with a cases study of sustainable housing--Maverick Gardens
[Web] Maverick's Gardens
>Monday, 11/20
Focus on Business
Jeanne Osborn
Executive Director
Joseph Clermont
Executive Committee member
Greater Lowell Chamber of Commerce
[Web] www.greaterlowellchamber.org
[Email] info@greaterlowell.org
(978) 459-8154
Bill Schermerhorn
Director
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
[Web] www.macys.com
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade thrills millions of children of all ages ever year
Louise Sandberg
Special Collections Librarian
Lawrence Public Library
On new Local History Room
[Web] www.lawrencefreelibrary.org
[Email] lsandberg@mailserv.mvlc.lib.ma.us
(978) 682-1727
Congressman Marty Meehan
On release of "Bobby" a movie on Bobby Kennedy
[Web] www.house.gov/meehan
[Email] martin.meehan@mail.house.gov
(202) 225-3411
An off season Chaz Scoggins Red Sox Update
On the team's bid for
Daisuke Matsuzaka, a 26-year-old Japanese pitching "phenom"
Friday, 11/17
Michael Mahoney
Mahoney's Garden Centers
On fall gardening and newly banned plants in the state
[Web] www.mahoneysgarden.com
Focus on Travel
Michele Torpor
Michele Torpor's North End Market Tours
[Web] www.northendmarkettours.com
[Email] info@micheletopor.com
Austin's Movie Picks
Austin O'Connor
Sunrise Movie Critic
Sheila Kirschbaum
School Liaison/ Professor
Development Coordinator
Tsongas Industrial History Center
On open house for UML faculty and staff
[Email] Sheila_Kirschbaum@uml.edu
(978) 970-5083
Kenneth Lavallee
Interim Lowell Police Superintendent
[Web] www.lowellpolice.com
(978) 937-3235
Brian Allen
Director
Addison Gallery
On the evolving nature of collecting art by individuals and museums
[Web] www.andover.edu/Addison
[Email] addison@andover.edu
(978) 749-4015
Thursday, 11/16
Focus on Arts
Jerry Bizantz
"Naughty Readings" party and fundraiser Nov 18th
[Web] www.imagetheater.com
[Web] www.revolvingmuseum.org
[Email] imagetheater@comcast.net
(978) 441-0102
Bobby Robbins
Profile by Bob Ellis
8 min. with Blaise MacDonald
UML Men's Hockey Head Coach
[Web] www.goriverhawks.com
Elizabeth Harriman
Senior Research Associate
TURI
On her talk Monday, November 20th
"Greening the Electronics Supply Chain:
Policies and Practices in Adoption of Safer Materials"
Located in O'Leary 500M, 12:00 pm
[Web] www.turi.org
Robert Kunzendorf
UML Psychology Professor
On bounderies of thick and thin personalities
and between truth and falsehood
[Email] Robert_Kunzendorf@uml.edu
(978) 934-3967
Wednesday, 11/15
Focus on Health
Christine LaBrecque
LGH Center for Weight Management and Bariatric Surgery
[Web] www.lowellgeneral.org
Dick Clapp
UML Professor, BU School of Public Health
On new computer manufacturing sickness and his study
[Email] rclapp@bu.edu
(617) 638-4731
Donald Milton
UML Professor
Work Environment Health
On being named research by the CDC to evaluate use of masks in pandemic flu
[Email] Donald_Milton@uml.edu
(978) 934-4850
Shannon Hlebichuk
Head Coach
UML Field Hockey
Shannon_Hlebichuk@uml.edu
(978) 934-3976
Bookshelf
Krista McLeod
Director
Nevins Memorial Library, Methuen>
[Web] www.nevinslibrary.org
(978) 686-4080
Tuesday, 11/14
Focus on Politics
Evan Lehmann
Sun DC Reporter
On the election from a Washington perspecive
[Email] elehmann@lowellsun.com
(202) 662-8926
Dr. Steven Saro
UML hockey team Chiropractor
Named 2006 Chiropractor of the Year by Mass Chiropractic Society
[Web] www.masschiro.org
Michelle Gagnon
Gallery Coordinator, University Gallery
Rachel Wren, Artist
On new exhibit
[Email] Michele_Gagnon@uml.edu
(978) 934-3491
Housing Series # 7a
Dave Turcotte
Program Director, UML Center for Family Work & Community
[Email] David_Turcotte@uml.edu
(978) 934-4682
George Proakis
Chief Planner, City of Lowell
[Email] gproakis@ci.lowell.ma.us
(978) 970-4252
On new urbanism/smart growth, local initiatives
Housing Series # 7b
Dave and George are joined by...
Dennis Page of Remax Realty
[Web] www.homesrightnow.com
Monday, 11/13
Paul Cohen
Chelmsford's new town manager
Ed Davis
Lowell Police Superintendent and soon-to-be Boston Superintendent
On his transition from Lowell to Boston
[Web] www.lowellpolice.com
Len Travers
UMass Dartmouth Associate Professor, History
On the Pilgrims of Plymouth and the Mayflower
(508) 999-8313
Ed Madden
Kris Pisarik (on guitar)
On Sun Santa Fund
[Web] www.lowellsun.com
[Donation Line] (978) 970-4712
Friday, 11/10
A conversation on Tuesday's election with...
Warren Tolman
Former State Senator and Representative
Focus on Travel
Kristen Levesque
Director of Marketing and PR
Portland Museum of Art
"American ABC: Childhood in 19th-Century America"
(November 2nd-January 7th)
[Web] www.portlandmuseum.org
(207) 775-6148
Craig Sandler
President/GM
State House News Service
On Election Results, Expectations
(617) 722-2800 Ext. 8168
UML Prof. Jeff Gerson
Harvey Araton, NY Times Sports Columnist and Author
"Crashing the Borders: How Basketball Won the World and Lost its Soul at Home"
Purchase the Book Here
[Email] Jeffrey_Gerson@uml.edu
(978) 934-4255
Benjamin Butler
aka Richard Scott
On his being named a LHS distinguished alum
Thursday, 11/9
Focus on Arts
Stephen Croke
Local Filmaker
On the release of his film, "The Busker"
[Web] www.thebuskerthemovie.com
Jim Campanini
Sun Editor
On the election
[Web] www.lowellsun.com
[Email] jcampanini@lowellsun.com
(978) 970-4621
8 min. with Blaise
Riverhawks Head Caoch Blaise MacDonald
[Web] www.goriverhawks.com/men/icehockey
Paul Watanabe
UMass Boston Political Science Professor
On resignation of Rumsfeld as Secretary of Defense
[Email] paul.watanabe@umb.edu
(617) 287-5652
Sunrise Stargazer
Scott Kenyon
Harvard/Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics
On Planet Formation & "Super Earths"
[Web] http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/~kenyon/
[Email] skenyon@cfa.harvard.edu
(617) 495 7235
Wednesday, 11/8
UML Prof. Debra-Nicole Huber
Music Department
On Politics and Music lecture on Count Basie and Big Bands
[Email] DebraNicole_Huber@uml.edu
(978) 934-4133
Focus on Health
Gayle Nutile-Pimm, RN
Maternity Nurse overseeing the Prepared Childbirth program at LGH
[Web] www.lowellgeneral.org
Dan Kennedy
Assistant Professor, Northeastern University School of Journalism
On decline in newspaper circulation
[Web] http://medianation.blogspot.com/
[Email] da.kennedy@neu.edu
Frank Talty
UML Director of Academic Programs
With a Post-Election Analysis
[Email] Francis_Talty@uml.edu
(978) 934-4328
Bookshelf
Mary Johnson-Lally
Interim Director, Haverhill Public Library
[Web] www.haverhillpl.org
[Email] mhv@mvlc.org
(978) 373-1586
Tuesday, 11/7
Focus on Politics
Bob Newman
Founder/Owner, Newman Communications
On Kerry flap and role of public relations/image in campaigns in general and gubernatorial campaign in particular.
[Web] www.newmancom.com
(617) 254-4500 Ext. 102
Karla Brooks Baehr
Lowell School Superintendent
(978) 937-7647
Dan French
Center for Collaborative Education
On his M. Virginia Biggy Lecture
"Reshaping Urban Public Education: New Partnerships, New Models"
[Web] www.ccebos.org
[Email] dfrench@ccebos.org
(617) 421-0134
Housing Series # 6a
James Rather
Assistant Project Manager, Coalition for a Better Acre
Green Housing
[Web] www.coalitionforabetteracre.org
[Email] james.rather@cbacre.org
(978) 452-7523
Housing Series # 6b
Tom Pikarsi
President of NE Builders, with a developer's perspective.
Judy Swenson-Lethbridge, with the homeowner's view.
[Web] downest@middlesex.mass.edu
Monday, 11/6
Susan Retik
Co-founder, Beyond the 11th Organization
[Web] www.beyondthe11th.org
[Email] info@beyondthe11th.org
(781) 235-2229
Ron Suskind
1995 Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author
"The One Percent Doctrine"
[Web] www.ronsuskind.com
[Email] info @ ronsuskind dot com.
*Purchase The One Percent Doctrine Here
(202) 364-6042
Chaz Maviyane-Davies
Mass College of Art Professor
& Award Winning Graphic Designer
On his UML exhibition
[Web] www.maviyane.com
[Email] maviyane@comcast.net
(617) 547-5292
Friday, 11/3
Dr. Uwe Lahl
Director General
German Federal Environment Ministry
Focus on Travel
Kathleen Curtin
Food Historian at Plimoth Plantation,(and ULowell grad)
On Plantation Events
[Web] www.plimoth.org
[Email] kcurtin@plimoth.org
(508) 746-1622 Ext. 8281
Austin O'Connor Reviews
"Flushed Away" 
"Borat"
Weather Watch
UML Prof. Frank Colby
[Web] http://storm.uml.edu
[Email] Frank_Colby@uml.edu
(978) 934-3906
Arnie Tomaino
"Grill Junkie"
On New Ways to Cook the Thanksgiving Turkey
[Web] www.grilljunkie.com
[Email] info@grilljunkie.com
GRILLED THANKSGIVING TURKEY RECIPE
Thursday, 11/2
Focus on Arts
LZ Nunn and Anne Cavanaugh
On her work in the Equilibrium Show at the ALL Arts Gallery
[Web] www.cultureiscool.org
[Email] LZNunn@lowellma.gov
(978) 446-7162
Eye on the Economy
UML Prof. Robert Forrant
[Email] Robert_Forrant@uml.edu
(978) 934-2904
8 Minutes With Blaise
Head Coach Blaise MacDonald
Go RIVER HAWKS!
[Email] Hockey@uml.edu
Campus News and Notes
Ed Roberts
Trainer, UML Training and Communications
On new text messaging project for UML community
[Email] Edward_Roberts@uml.edu
(978) 934-4759
Congressman Marty Meehan
[Web] www.house.gov/meehan
[Email] martin.meehan@mail.house.gov
Lowell Dist. (978) 459-0101
Wednesday, 11/1
Carol Bundy
Author of "The Nature of Sacrifice"
And this Sunday's Parker Lecturer
www.carolbundy.com
Focus on Health
Nia Jones and Holly McCarthy
LGH Outpatient Dieticians
With tips on eating healthy during this challenging holiday season
www.lowellgeneral.org
Elaine Espindle
Superintendent
Dracut Public Schools
[Email] espindle@dracut.k12.ma.us
(978) 957-2660
Samkhann Khoeun
Co-Director
"Where Elephants Weep" ; a contemporary Cambodian Opera
Bookshelf
Lowell Firefighter Jason Strunk, '97
On release of his new book, Lowell Firefighting
