Monthly Archives: May 2011

WPRB News Updates – Archive

As of Wednesday, April 6, WPRB News broadcasts news briefs on current events and culture. Tune into
WPRB 103.3 fm on Wednesdays and Fridays at 4:00pm and 9:00pm for these short segments during regularly scheduled programming. Hope you like it!

Here are the briefs we aired on May 4th:
Arts Announcement: Our resident Arts and Culture connoisseur Peter Giovine takes a look at what’s going on this week over at the Lewis Center for the Arts and
at the Senior Thesis Arts Shows. Click here to listen
News Update: A quick profile of Osama Bin Laden and his portrayal in Western media. Click here to listen

Meanwhile, check out briefs we’ve aired in the past:
News Update: Libya and the Just War Theory (click here to listen)
News Update: “Asians in the Library” on Youtube and Free Speech (click here to listen)
Arts Announcement: Senior Poetry Reading and Upcoming Events (click here to listen)

Have a great week,
News Dep’t

WPRB News Science Special: The God Particle

Scientists at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, have
stumbled upon something that may change the face of particle physics as we know it.
A recent “data bump” revealed the possible existence of the Higgs-Boson, also
known as the God particle because it is said to permeate all space and give
particles rest mass.

WPRB News Correspondent Ana Istrate spoke with Paul Langacker, a visiting professor
at Princeton University from the University of Pennsylvania. Click here
for the episode that aired Monday, May 2, 2011.

WPRB News: Power Shift

Photo credit: Heather Moyer/Sierra Club

This week, WPRB News takes you away from Princeton to Power Shift 2011 in Washington D.C., the largest grassroot environmental movement held in U.S. history. Rafael Grillo goes behind the scene to talk to leaders and offers first-hand account of what this movement is all about.
Listen here.

Executive Producer: Raphael Murillo
Senior Producer: Rosy Yang
Chief Engineer: Jackie Cremos