Aggie Almanac; The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (Promo) : African Art Collection and Spaceport Tax Vote
Description:
From 29:18 - 32:56 a promo of The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer is shown. The promo highlights North Korean Nuclear Deal, Home Again to New Orleans, and Former President Jimmy Cater and Former Secretary of State Jim Baker on Elections. NewsHour is directed by Steve Howard and produced by WETA-TV, Washington, DC. Aggie Almanac is a weekly show that focuses on New Mexico State University (NMSU). In this episode, a special collection of African art objects, donated to NMSU by a late Professor of Journalism, Dr. Steve Pasternack, is highlighted and exhibited. Pasternack not only taught at New Mexico state but was a huge advocate in exposing the role of media in Rwanda's mass genocide. Spearheading the first journalism program at the University of Rwanda, Pasternack did a lot of work in promoting media ethics and was an avid collector of African art. The second part focuses on an important Spaceport Tax Vote in southern New Mexico. Las Cruces Mayor Bill Mattiace and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson speak to Vista Middle School to encourage students to have family members vote. Southwest Space Task Force is discussed, as well as New Mexico's role in this spaceport planning. The spaceport is a promise for economic benefits for local communities, but some local residents do not believe this is the correct way to go and protest the event outside the school. Bill Gutman, Technical Advisor New Mexico State University's Science Lab, and Patricia Hynes, Director of the New Mexico Space Grant Consortium join host Hillary Floren in studio to communicate the economic and education benefits of the spaceport. The Aggie of the Weeks is Art History professor, Stephanie Taylor, whose research focuses on Playboy centerfolds. A local show that features accomplishments of faculty, staff, students, and alumni at New Mexico State University. This show is largely 10-15-minute field segments (mini-docs) and has excellent features from across southern New Mexico in which NMSU played a role. Highly visual, educational, historic, scientific, political, economic, entertaining, informative.
