Sunday Forum
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Sunday Forum airs the first and third Sunday of every month on WVBR 93.5 FM at 6:00 PM. The purpose of the Sunday Forum is to create a medium for discussion about important issues in the Ithaca community and World Wide. The show is hosted by Cornell Vice President for University Communication, Tommy Bruce, and WVBR Vice President.
LISTEN LIVE on WVBR.com
Shows in the Archive
Sunday Forum airs the first and third Sunday of every month on WVBR 93.5 FM at 6:00 PM. The purpose of the Sunday Forum is to create a medium for discussion about important issues in the Ithaca community and World Wide. The show is hosted by Cornell Vice President for University Communication, Tommy Bruce, and WVBR Vice President.
LISTEN LIVE on WVBR.com
Shows in the Archive
Previous Shows
April 4th, 2010: David Skorton and All That Jazz.
A laid back discussion with Cornell President David Skorton about what's on his mind and his love of Jazz. This one is a can't miss!
March 7th, 2010: Cornell and Federal Stimulus.
Guests Include:
Steve Johnson, Vice President, Government and Community Relations,
Cornell University
Robert Frank, Professor of Economics, Johnson Graduate School of
Management, Cornell University
Stephen Kyle, Professor of Economics, Cornell University
February 21st, 2010: Cornell Life, Past, Present and Future.
Guests Include:
Susan Murphy, AB '73, PhD '94, Cornell University Vice President for Student and Academic Services
Kent Hubbell '69, Cornell University Dean of Students
Charlie Walcott, Professor Emeritus, Cornell University Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
Travis Apgar, Robert G. Engel Associate Dean of Students, Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, Cornell University
February 7th, 2010: The Future of Media: "Will The Superbowl Ever Be Broadcast on Cable?"
Nancy Cornwell, Professor and Chair, Television and Radio, Park School
of Communication, Ithaca College
Tarleton Gillespie, Professor of Communications, Cornell University
Michael Stratford, News Editor, Cornell Daily Sun
January 17th, 2010: Copenhagen, Coal, and Cornell.
Guests Include:
Bruce Nilles, National Coal Campaign Director, Sierra Club
Bert Bland, Director of Cornell's Environmental Compliance and Sustainability Office'
Ed Wilson, Manager, Cornell entral Heating Plant
Thea Whitman, Member of Cornell University delegaton to Copenhagen 15
Alex Gore, President, Kyoto NOW!
December 6th, 2009: Ithaca Arts and Entertainment
Guests Include:
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, Cornell English Professor and National Book Award-nominated poet
Walter Cohen,Cornell Professor of Comparative Literature and Nabokov scholar, to discuss "The Original of Laura"
Mary Fessenden, Director, Cornell Cinema and Lynne Cohen, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Cinemapolis
Ed Baptist, Cornell History Professor and Lincoln scholar
November 15th, 2009: How to Position Yourself for a Job in 10% Unemployment
Guests Include:
Rebbecca Sparrow, Director, Cornell Career Services
Craig Jones, Information Services Assistant, Cornell Career Services
Brian Earle, Senior Lecturer, Cornell Dept. of Communications
Bruce Tracey, Associate Professor, Cornell School of Hotel Administration
Listen
November 1st, 2009: Topics in Tompkins County Politics
Topics Include:
Political Dominance of one party in Ithaca and Tompkins County
The Debate Over The Marcellus Shale
The Ithaca Commons Smoking Ban
Listen
October 18th, 2009: Glimpses into American Education
Guests Include:
Mark Spencer, Director of Cornell University Engineering Admissions
Chris Werner, MArch '09, Team Leader Cornell University Solar Decathlon
Ian Hills, Teach for America
A debate between Andrew Daines ‘10, Cornell Daily Sun Columnist, and Andrew Wolf ‘10, of Cornell Organization for Labor Action
Listen
October 4th, 2009: Young Cornell Entrepreneurs
Guests Include:
John Jaquette, Executive Director of Entrepreneurship@Cornell
Dan Cohen, Entrepreneur-in-residence, Cornell's eLabs
Aaron Strickland, Professor College of Human Ecology & Founder of iFyber, LLC
Jonathan Santomauro, President, Ancillare
Dana Lampert, Co-Founder, Wiggio
September 20th, 2009: Banned Books and the First Amendment
Guests Include:
Anne Kenney, Cornell University Librarian
Peter Potter , Managing Editor, Cornell University Press
Kathleen Gemmell, Former President, Ithaca City of Asylum
Irakli Kakabadze, Writer-in-Residence, Ithaca City of Asylum
September 6th, 2009: The Ever-Changing Newspaper Industry
Tommy and co-host Mike Beyman sit down with newspaper editors from around Ithaca and the country to find out how they are combating declining print revenue and how the plan to stay relevant in a new media world.
Guests Include:
Bruce Estes, Managing Editor, Ithaca Journal
Rob Montana, Managing Editor, Ithaca Times
Emily Cohn ‘10, Editor-in-Chief, Cornell Daily Sun
Ben Eisen ‘10, Managing Editor, Cornell Daily Sun
Mimi Whitfield ‘73, Business Editor/Special Projects, Miami Herald
Aug 15th, Welcome Freshmen, Cornell Orientation and Beyond
Aug 2nd, Wines
Guests Include:
Gavin Sacks, Assistant Professor of Enology at Cornell University
Kit Kalfs, Tasting Room Manager at Sheldrake Point
Dana Hesson, Assistant tasting room manager at Lucas Vineyards
Catlin Barton, "tasting room manager at Bellweather Hard Cider."
May 17, 2009: A Year Later, The Job Market Coming out of College
Guests Include:
Rebecca Sparrow, Director of Cornell Career Services
The show also included a panel of seniors, so close to graduating and leaving the safety of college, and their stories of getting a job, continuing school, as well as other post-graduation plans.
Listen to the show
Extras: Senior Stories
Shows in the Archive
May 4, 2009: Summer in Ithaca
Guests Include:
Jes Seaver, Executive Director of the Ithaca Festival
Megan Romer, Marketing Director for The Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance
Connie Bruce, Ithaca Motion Picture Project
Listen
April 19, 2009:
Events Unfolding: The Willard Straight Hall Takeover
On April 19, 2009 we talked to individuals who were on campus during the Willard Straight Hall takeover. The takeover happened 40 years ago, and on Sunday Forum we heard testimonials from people who were there about the atmosphere on campus, civil rights issues, and why this event has remained a lasting legacy.
Guests Include:
Tom Jones, '�69, a front runner of the takeover
Art Spitzer, 71, Legal Director of the ACLU
Robert Harris, Vice Provost Emeritus and faculty in the Africana Studies and Research Center
Gary Kaye, '70, former news director of WVBR
Listen
April 5, 2009:
Collegetown: Moving Forward (kind of)
Ithaca is divided on deciding the future of Collegetown. Last year Cornell Univerisity and the City of Ithaca paid Goody Clancy, a planning firm in Boston, MA, $180,000 to come up with a long-term plan for Collegetown. Residents, property owners, students, city officials, Cornell officials, and others collaborated to fine-tune the details. Now, more than a year later, the plan is not finalized due to disagreement on some of its major parts, including building height, parking, and zoning. On Sunday Forum we discuss the reasons for and against the plan in its current form.
Guests Include:
Svante Myrick, 4th Ward, representing Collegetown on Ithaca City Common Council; Cornell '09
Mary Tomlan, 3rd Ward; Collegetown Resident for more than 30 years
Thys Van Cort, former member of the Ithaca City Planning Board, involved in the creation of the Ithaca Commons
Listen
March 15, 2009:
Sustainability at Cornell and Beyond
Guests Include:
Frank Disalvo, Director of the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future
Dean Koyanagi, Cornell Sustainability Coordinator
Todd Cowen, Cornell professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
David Leib, Assistant Director for Public Information Transportation
Edward R. Wilson, Manager Central Utility Plants
Kat McEachern, Cornell Student Activist and former leader of KyotoNOW!
Listen
March 1, 2009:
WVBR Special: Who Will Lead the Leaders
For the first time ever, the candidates running for the Student Assembly presidency and vice presidency were elected by the general population of Cornell students. We met the candidates, followed by a debate.
Listen
February 15, 2009:
Celebrating Darwin
Guests Include:
Hunter R. Rawlings III
Kenneth Clarke, Cornell United Religious Works
Warren Allmon, Museum of the Earth
Kelly Zamudio, Cornell Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Listen
February 1, 2009:
The Financial Crisis
David Skorton, President of Cornell University
Elia Kacapyr, Ithaca College Economist and Tompkins County Index of Economic Activity Expert
Carl Haynes, President of Tompkins-Cortland Community College
Ken Schlather, Tompkins County Cornell Cooperative Extension
Listen
January 11, 2009:
Ithaca Entertainment and Dining
Dan Smalls, Dan Smalls Presents and the State Theater
Chris Wilson, Ithacamusic.com
Mark Anbinder, 14850 Dining Critic
Listen
January 2009:
The Best of Sunday Forum 2008
January 4th featured a compilation of the best interviews and features from each of the shows from 2008.
Listen
December 2008:
The Value of Being Greek
Susan Murphey, Vice President, Student & Academic Services
Tony Cashen '57, MBA '58, Chair of the Fraternity and Sorority Advisory Council
Alison Ewing '10, Panhellenic Association President-elect
Eddie Rooker '10, Interfraternity Council President-elect
Allen Miller '11, Interfraternity Council Executive Vice President-elect
Listen
November 2, 2008 Topic:
The 2008 Presidential Election Coverage for Dummies
Listen
October 2008:
Your Safety
Environmental factors that cause breast cancer; Gorge Safety; Intervention and Privacy
Dr. Suzanne Snedeker, Associate Director for Translational Research for the Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors (BCERF) at Cornell University
Information about reducing the risk of breast cancer from BCERF.
Todd Cowen, Associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Tim Marchell, Director of Mental Health at Gannett Health Services
Listen
September 2008:
Question and Answer Forum with Cornell's President Skorton
President David Skorton was fielded and discussed questions from students to ask questions and discuss the answers during a live broadcast from Willard Straight Hall on Cornell University.
Listen
August 2008:
Grape Growing and Winemaking in the Finger Lakes Region
Pete Saltonstall, Owner of King Ferry Winery on Cayuga Lake
Evan Earle, Curator of "The Story of the Vine," an exhibit in Kroch Library at Cornell
Listen
July 2008:
Perspectives on the Global Water Crisis
Professor Gail Holst-Warhaft, Professor of Near Eastern Studies, who is working on a project to integrate and improve water practices in the Mediterranean Basin
Dan Cogan, Ithaca City Councilman, who is working on a project to either renovate the Six Mile Creek water plant where Ithaca has gotten their water for 100 years or look at other water sources
Amy Samueal, Cornell Cooperative Extension Watershed Educator, who is working with farmers in this area to integrate water use and promote better water-use techniques
Listen
June 2008:
Global Food Shortage
Per Pinstrup Anderson, J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship at Cornell, H.E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy and Professor of Nutritional Sciences and Applied Economics and Management
Ronnie Coffman, International Professor of Plant Breeding and lead researcher for Cornell's $26 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to combat stem rust in wheat
Ramsey Brous, Co-Owner of the Ithaca Bakery, where a surcharge has been added to wheat products due to increasing prices and demand around the world
Jessica Prue, Cornell Senior traveling to Bangladesh this summer to work with Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunis at Grameen Bank
Kathleen M. Dischner, Cornell Cooperative Extension Team Coordinator of Nutrition, Health and Food Safety in Onondaga County, New York
Listen
May 2008:
The Job Market Coming Out of College
Rebecca Sparrow, Director of Cornell Career Services
Helene Dillard, Associate Dean for Cornell Cooperative Extension
David Patel, Associate Professor of Government
With comments from Cornell�s President David Skorton
Listen
A laid back discussion with Cornell President David Skorton about what's on his mind and his love of Jazz. This one is a can't miss!
March 7th, 2010: Cornell and Federal Stimulus.
Guests Include:
Steve Johnson, Vice President, Government and Community Relations,
Cornell University
Robert Frank, Professor of Economics, Johnson Graduate School of
Management, Cornell University
Stephen Kyle, Professor of Economics, Cornell University
February 21st, 2010: Cornell Life, Past, Present and Future.
Guests Include:
Susan Murphy, AB '73, PhD '94, Cornell University Vice President for Student and Academic Services
Kent Hubbell '69, Cornell University Dean of Students
Charlie Walcott, Professor Emeritus, Cornell University Department of Neurobiology and Behavior
Travis Apgar, Robert G. Engel Associate Dean of Students, Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, Cornell University
February 7th, 2010: The Future of Media: "Will The Superbowl Ever Be Broadcast on Cable?"
Nancy Cornwell, Professor and Chair, Television and Radio, Park School
of Communication, Ithaca College
Tarleton Gillespie, Professor of Communications, Cornell University
Michael Stratford, News Editor, Cornell Daily Sun
January 17th, 2010: Copenhagen, Coal, and Cornell.
Guests Include:
Bruce Nilles, National Coal Campaign Director, Sierra Club
Bert Bland, Director of Cornell's Environmental Compliance and Sustainability Office'
Ed Wilson, Manager, Cornell entral Heating Plant
Thea Whitman, Member of Cornell University delegaton to Copenhagen 15
Alex Gore, President, Kyoto NOW!
December 6th, 2009: Ithaca Arts and Entertainment
Guests Include:
Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, Cornell English Professor and National Book Award-nominated poet
Walter Cohen,Cornell Professor of Comparative Literature and Nabokov scholar, to discuss "The Original of Laura"
Mary Fessenden, Director, Cornell Cinema and Lynne Cohen, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Cinemapolis
Ed Baptist, Cornell History Professor and Lincoln scholar
November 15th, 2009: How to Position Yourself for a Job in 10% Unemployment
Guests Include:
Rebbecca Sparrow, Director, Cornell Career Services
Craig Jones, Information Services Assistant, Cornell Career Services
Brian Earle, Senior Lecturer, Cornell Dept. of Communications
Bruce Tracey, Associate Professor, Cornell School of Hotel Administration
Listen
November 1st, 2009: Topics in Tompkins County Politics
Topics Include:
Political Dominance of one party in Ithaca and Tompkins County
The Debate Over The Marcellus Shale
The Ithaca Commons Smoking Ban
Listen
October 18th, 2009: Glimpses into American Education
Guests Include:
Mark Spencer, Director of Cornell University Engineering Admissions
Chris Werner, MArch '09, Team Leader Cornell University Solar Decathlon
Ian Hills, Teach for America
A debate between Andrew Daines ‘10, Cornell Daily Sun Columnist, and Andrew Wolf ‘10, of Cornell Organization for Labor Action
Listen
October 4th, 2009: Young Cornell Entrepreneurs
Guests Include:
John Jaquette, Executive Director of Entrepreneurship@Cornell
Dan Cohen, Entrepreneur-in-residence, Cornell's eLabs
Aaron Strickland, Professor College of Human Ecology & Founder of iFyber, LLC
Jonathan Santomauro, President, Ancillare
Dana Lampert, Co-Founder, Wiggio
September 20th, 2009: Banned Books and the First Amendment
Guests Include:
Anne Kenney, Cornell University Librarian
Peter Potter , Managing Editor, Cornell University Press
Kathleen Gemmell, Former President, Ithaca City of Asylum
Irakli Kakabadze, Writer-in-Residence, Ithaca City of Asylum
September 6th, 2009: The Ever-Changing Newspaper Industry
Tommy and co-host Mike Beyman sit down with newspaper editors from around Ithaca and the country to find out how they are combating declining print revenue and how the plan to stay relevant in a new media world.
Guests Include:
Bruce Estes, Managing Editor, Ithaca Journal
Rob Montana, Managing Editor, Ithaca Times
Emily Cohn ‘10, Editor-in-Chief, Cornell Daily Sun
Ben Eisen ‘10, Managing Editor, Cornell Daily Sun
Mimi Whitfield ‘73, Business Editor/Special Projects, Miami Herald
Aug 15th, Welcome Freshmen, Cornell Orientation and Beyond
Aug 2nd, Wines
Guests Include:
Gavin Sacks, Assistant Professor of Enology at Cornell University
Kit Kalfs, Tasting Room Manager at Sheldrake Point
Dana Hesson, Assistant tasting room manager at Lucas Vineyards
Catlin Barton, "tasting room manager at Bellweather Hard Cider."
May 17, 2009: A Year Later, The Job Market Coming out of College
Guests Include:
Rebecca Sparrow, Director of Cornell Career Services
The show also included a panel of seniors, so close to graduating and leaving the safety of college, and their stories of getting a job, continuing school, as well as other post-graduation plans.
Listen to the show
Extras: Senior Stories
Shows in the Archive
May 4, 2009: Summer in Ithaca
Guests Include:
Jes Seaver, Executive Director of the Ithaca Festival
Megan Romer, Marketing Director for The Grassroots Festival of Music and Dance
Connie Bruce, Ithaca Motion Picture Project
Listen
April 19, 2009:
Events Unfolding: The Willard Straight Hall Takeover
On April 19, 2009 we talked to individuals who were on campus during the Willard Straight Hall takeover. The takeover happened 40 years ago, and on Sunday Forum we heard testimonials from people who were there about the atmosphere on campus, civil rights issues, and why this event has remained a lasting legacy.
Guests Include:
Tom Jones, '�69, a front runner of the takeover
Art Spitzer, 71, Legal Director of the ACLU
Robert Harris, Vice Provost Emeritus and faculty in the Africana Studies and Research Center
Gary Kaye, '70, former news director of WVBR
Listen
April 5, 2009:
Collegetown: Moving Forward (kind of)
Ithaca is divided on deciding the future of Collegetown. Last year Cornell Univerisity and the City of Ithaca paid Goody Clancy, a planning firm in Boston, MA, $180,000 to come up with a long-term plan for Collegetown. Residents, property owners, students, city officials, Cornell officials, and others collaborated to fine-tune the details. Now, more than a year later, the plan is not finalized due to disagreement on some of its major parts, including building height, parking, and zoning. On Sunday Forum we discuss the reasons for and against the plan in its current form.
Guests Include:
Svante Myrick, 4th Ward, representing Collegetown on Ithaca City Common Council; Cornell '09
Mary Tomlan, 3rd Ward; Collegetown Resident for more than 30 years
Thys Van Cort, former member of the Ithaca City Planning Board, involved in the creation of the Ithaca Commons
Listen
March 15, 2009:
Sustainability at Cornell and Beyond
Guests Include:
Frank Disalvo, Director of the Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future
Dean Koyanagi, Cornell Sustainability Coordinator
Todd Cowen, Cornell professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
David Leib, Assistant Director for Public Information Transportation
Edward R. Wilson, Manager Central Utility Plants
Kat McEachern, Cornell Student Activist and former leader of KyotoNOW!
Listen
March 1, 2009:
WVBR Special: Who Will Lead the Leaders
For the first time ever, the candidates running for the Student Assembly presidency and vice presidency were elected by the general population of Cornell students. We met the candidates, followed by a debate.
Listen
February 15, 2009:
Celebrating Darwin
Guests Include:
Hunter R. Rawlings III
Kenneth Clarke, Cornell United Religious Works
Warren Allmon, Museum of the Earth
Kelly Zamudio, Cornell Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Listen
February 1, 2009:
The Financial Crisis
David Skorton, President of Cornell University
Elia Kacapyr, Ithaca College Economist and Tompkins County Index of Economic Activity Expert
Carl Haynes, President of Tompkins-Cortland Community College
Ken Schlather, Tompkins County Cornell Cooperative Extension
Listen
January 11, 2009:
Ithaca Entertainment and Dining
Dan Smalls, Dan Smalls Presents and the State Theater
Chris Wilson, Ithacamusic.com
Mark Anbinder, 14850 Dining Critic
Listen
January 2009:
The Best of Sunday Forum 2008
January 4th featured a compilation of the best interviews and features from each of the shows from 2008.
Listen
December 2008:
The Value of Being Greek
Susan Murphey, Vice President, Student & Academic Services
Tony Cashen '57, MBA '58, Chair of the Fraternity and Sorority Advisory Council
Alison Ewing '10, Panhellenic Association President-elect
Eddie Rooker '10, Interfraternity Council President-elect
Allen Miller '11, Interfraternity Council Executive Vice President-elect
Listen
November 2, 2008 Topic:
The 2008 Presidential Election Coverage for Dummies
Listen
October 2008:
Your Safety
Environmental factors that cause breast cancer; Gorge Safety; Intervention and Privacy
Dr. Suzanne Snedeker, Associate Director for Translational Research for the Program on Breast Cancer and Environmental Risk Factors (BCERF) at Cornell University
Information about reducing the risk of breast cancer from BCERF.
Todd Cowen, Associate professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Tim Marchell, Director of Mental Health at Gannett Health Services
Listen
September 2008:
Question and Answer Forum with Cornell's President Skorton
President David Skorton was fielded and discussed questions from students to ask questions and discuss the answers during a live broadcast from Willard Straight Hall on Cornell University.
Listen
August 2008:
Grape Growing and Winemaking in the Finger Lakes Region
Pete Saltonstall, Owner of King Ferry Winery on Cayuga Lake
Evan Earle, Curator of "The Story of the Vine," an exhibit in Kroch Library at Cornell
Listen
July 2008:
Perspectives on the Global Water Crisis
Professor Gail Holst-Warhaft, Professor of Near Eastern Studies, who is working on a project to integrate and improve water practices in the Mediterranean Basin
Dan Cogan, Ithaca City Councilman, who is working on a project to either renovate the Six Mile Creek water plant where Ithaca has gotten their water for 100 years or look at other water sources
Amy Samueal, Cornell Cooperative Extension Watershed Educator, who is working with farmers in this area to integrate water use and promote better water-use techniques
Listen
June 2008:
Global Food Shortage
Per Pinstrup Anderson, J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship at Cornell, H.E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy and Professor of Nutritional Sciences and Applied Economics and Management
Ronnie Coffman, International Professor of Plant Breeding and lead researcher for Cornell's $26 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to combat stem rust in wheat
Ramsey Brous, Co-Owner of the Ithaca Bakery, where a surcharge has been added to wheat products due to increasing prices and demand around the world
Jessica Prue, Cornell Senior traveling to Bangladesh this summer to work with Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunis at Grameen Bank
Kathleen M. Dischner, Cornell Cooperative Extension Team Coordinator of Nutrition, Health and Food Safety in Onondaga County, New York
Listen
May 2008:
The Job Market Coming Out of College
Rebecca Sparrow, Director of Cornell Career Services
Helene Dillard, Associate Dean for Cornell Cooperative Extension
David Patel, Associate Professor of Government
With comments from Cornell�s President David Skorton
Listen
