Cast Category: NewsCast
Minnesota 6th District Congressional Candidate Tom Emmer
GOP candidate for the 6th District Congressional seat Tom Emmer sits down with KVSC assistant news director and political reporter Vicki Ikeogu. Emmer discusses his reasons for running and what he hopes he can bring to the people of the 6th District if he is elected to serve in the November elections.
B-17 Bomber History and Fly Over St. Cloud, Minnesota
Over the 2014 Independence Day weekend, the St. Cloud Regional Airport played host to an iconic piece of U.S. military history. KVSC news director Vicki Ikeogu was there to share the experience of her flight on the historic war bird. The B-17G Flying Fortress Aluminum Overcast made a stop in St. Cloud as part of […]
St. Cloud Metro Bus Reveals Compressed Natural Gas Buses
St. Cloud Metro Bus unveiled a new line of clean fuel buses Friday, May 16. The buses are possible with the help from Senator Amy Klobuchar who presented the business with the $3.35 million U.S. Department of Transportation Clean Fuels grant with former U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood in 2012. The compressed natural gas (CNG) […]
SCSU President Potter Update Live–April 2014
The spring edition of Presidential Update Live took place on April 9, 2014. SCSU President Earl Potter joined KVSC’s News Director John Peterson. They discussed the implementation of the Great Place to Work survey, the possibility of future developments in the 5th Avenue Live! Development, next fall enrollment predictions, the new Confucius Institute on campus […]
Harvard University Economist Raj Chetty’s Winter Institute Keynote at St. Cloud State
Professor of economics at Harvard University, Raj Chetty headlined the 52nd Winter Institute at St. Cloud State University with a keynote presentation on Wednesday, February 12, 2014. Chetty’s presentation, “Where is the Land of Opportunity? The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility in the United States” focused on Americans ability to achieve upward income mobility based on […]
SCSU President Potter Update Live–December 2013
The fall edition of Presidential Update Live took place on December 11, 2013. SCSU President Earl Potter joined KVSC’s News Director John Peterson. They discussed managing the university’s budget with lower student enrollment, the MnSCU “Charting the Future” initiative proposed by Chancellor Rosenstone, a student referendum vote on SCSU’s Homecoming change, the success of Husky […]
Mapuche Delegation from Chile Visit St. Cloud State University
KVSC News Director John Peterson speaks with Professor of Anthropology at St. Cloud State University Robert Lavenda, SCSU Community Outreach Director and member of the Spanish Faculty, Elizabeth Valencia Borgert, Regional Director of the BIO BIO region of CONADI, the Government Agency of Indigenous Affairs in Chile, Julio, and a Mapuche musician, Joel. They discuss […]
Minnesota Potential Reformation of Judicial Elections
The Coalition for Impartial Justice (CIJ) is the organization advocating for reforms to the way judicial elections are structured in Minnesota. A constitutional amendment is being proposed that would move the state to a system of retention elections, public performance evaluations, and would extend the merit selection process to all levels of the judiciary. For […]
Minnesota 13 Wet Wild Prohibition Days Author and Professor Elaine Davis
Marketing Professor at St. Cloud State University Elaine Davis discusses her book “Minnesota 13-Wet Wild Prohibition Days” shortly after its publication in the summer of 2007. Davis’ book, with more than 70 photos, graphs, maps and cartoons, covers the facts and the impact of Prohibition in Stearns county, including how Minnesota 13 was made; how […]
St. Cloud Somali Reaction To Narobi, Kenya Attack & Historical Context to Al-Shabaab
KVSC’s Jo McMullen discusses local reaction to the Nairobi, Kenya terrorist attack in September 2013 at the Westgate Mall with Haji Yusuf. Mr. Yusuf is a Kenyan national, St. Cloud State University graduate and program coordinator for St. Cloud Somali Radio webstream. He shares his opinions on the local reaction in St. Cloud by Somalis, […]
