On the October 3rd edition of WINA’s “Best Seat in the House”, Jed talks with Atlanta Falcons quarterback coach Bill Musgrave. Musgrave, a former Virginia offensive coordinator, talks about the differences between college and the NFL, being reunited with Matt Schaub and his time with the Cavaliers.
In his weekly visit to WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now with Coy Barefoot, Bob Gibson joins the show to talk about the latest in the race between Jim Webb and George Allen. Polls show the two men are locked in a statistical dead heat. Coy and Bob take calls from listeners, many of whom wonder if character is an important factor in selecting a candidate.
We have recently been exploring using wikis in our teaching. In this show, the GenTech boys are joined by special guest Linda Wright from the College of Health Professions at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, Georgia. We discuss some of the opportunities and challenges inherent in using wikis in the classroom.
On the October 2 edition of WINA’s “Best Seat in the House, Jed talks about what, if anything, can be learned from Virginia’s 37-0 win over Duke. Jed also took calls from fans.
Helen Caldicott(left) is a Australian physician who moved to Boston in late seventies. She left medicine in 1980 in order to campaign against nuclear weapons, and according to Wikipedia, currently travels between the United States and Australia, lecturing against nuclear power.
Commander Jennifer Brooks is a twenty-year veteran of the U.S Navy and a graduate of the Naval Academy. Commander Brooks was among the first women to attend the Academy, at the same time Jim Webb wrote an article called “Women Can’t Fight” for the Washingtonian Magazine.
“When the article came out, it basically legitimized bad treatment towards us.” says Brooks. Brooks was a guest on the September 29 edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now with Coy Barefoot. She described some of the things that happened to her while at the Academy.
It’s fundraiser time on the October 1st edition of WNRN’s Sunday Morning Wake-Up Call. Jackie Bryant is the executive director of Children Youth and Family Services in Charlottesville. Jack Gallagher is on the of the organization’s education coordinators, who teaches a class called “Surviving the Teen Years.” Bryant and Gallagher talk about the history of the non-profit, which exists to serve the needs of children in the community.
Josh Wheeler of the Thomas Jefferson Center for Free Expression and Sibley Johns of the Music Resource Center join Coy Barefoot on the September 28th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now. The two organizations as well as Starr Hill Presents are sponsoring a song-writing and poetry contest called First Amendment Writes. The contest “celebrates the creative heights that can only be achieved when artists are free to express themselves on any theme, subject or idea.” Application forms can be found here.
David Ekern (right) was sworn in on September 20 as the new VDOT commissioner
David Ekern is the new commissioner of the Virginia Department of Transportation. He joined Coy Barefoot on the September 28th episode of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now. Ekern took office last week after a stint as the director of Idaho’s transportation department.
“That was a lot of fun,” says Ekern. “We made a lot of changes, we introduced new ways of doing business, we focused on innovative finance, and we had a really aggresive agenda with the legislature to streamline and modernize what’s going on in Idaho.”
On the September 29th edition of WINA’s Best Seat in the House, Jed Williams spoke with Virginia quarterback Jameel Sewell. The redshirt freshman talks about his first start against Georgia Tech and the challenges of being a starting quarterback for an NCAA team.