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Booze Clues

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Origins of the Cinco de Mayo:
May 5, 1862 was the day General Ignacio Zaragosa led Mexican forces against the French and won. No one really celebrated that day until about 100 years later. Los Angeles Recreation and Parks commissioner Riordan decided to use the day to market the Coors beer distributors he owned. He […]

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Drinko de Mayo

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

This week’s In the Know promises to be a festive one señores! We’re going to be talking about Cinco de Mayo, or what we at ITK like to call Drinko de Mayo.
Every year, it seems like more and more people use Cinco de Mayo as an excuse to get drunk and have fun. But do they […]

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In The Know: The Director’s Cut

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Welcome to In The Know: The Director’s Cut.
I’m KVRX News Director Vanessa Castaneda.
Today I’m sharing some of my favorite shows from the spring 2008 season with you.
In the Birthcontrol episode, Gulie Fager from U.T. Austin’s University Health Services was in the studio. Coming up: candid discussion about whether you can lose something inside the vagina, […]

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Capitalism vs. Socialism

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

This week on In the Know: a sensational discussion about CvS (not the store). Reply with your thoughts and comments, so we can talk about them on the show. Help us help you get in the know this Wednesday, at 7PM, on 91.7FM KVRX.

In which direction should our city, state, country be headed - money […]

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Labeling

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

On Wednesday’s In the Know, we’ll be talking about labels–words we use to describe someone or even ourselves based on things such as race, gender, class, and/or sexual orientation.
Are labels a way of perpetuating stereotypes already created by a white-dominated society? Who even created these labels in the first place? Are we at fault?
Also, do […]

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Institutionalized racism

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

Earlier this evening, we discussed HB 588 a.k.a the Top Ten percent law and how it relates to racism on In The Know.
A Sugar Land teen who didn’t make the cut is suing U.T. Austin, because she says race and ethnicity shouldn’t be used to determine whether a student is admitted into the school.
Oddly enough, […]

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Tonight on In The Know: Top Ten Percent

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

This week we’re talking about the Top Ten Percent rule.
It’s a life saver for some and a stupid piece of legislation to others. We hear the same issue brought up every year. Should Texas get rid of this whole admissions process? And are Texas students taking advantage, and filling up the same public university.
It’s more […]

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Sexin’ up your ipod

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

As promised, here’s the second half of the In The Know which aired April 2, 2008.
We talked about birth control with University of Texas at Austin Health Education Coordinator Gulielma Leonard Fager, MPH.
Download it to your ipod or zune or whatev and listen to it.
We’ll keep you company while you cavort through the pollen showers […]

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Birthcontrol: UT-Austin

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Who is responsible for birth control? The woman or the man?
In The Know reporter Abhinav Kumar pounded the pavement at UT Austin in search of perspective to provide you with websclusive content.
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