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University of Wisconsin-River Falls

"The Week in News " With Phil Bock and Nicole Aune

 

Phil Bock  

Phillip Bock is a self proclaimed news junkie and a Journalism Major at UW-River Falls. In addition to his radio show he also writes for the Student Voice and is the Online Editor for its Web site uwrfvoice.com. Last semester he hosted the show "Game Break" that reported on weekly gaming news. He is looking forward to another fun semester on WRFW.

Nicole Aune

Nicole Aune is in her last semester of her senior year at UW-River Falls.In May she’ll graduate with a degree in Psychology and a minor in journalism. In the fall she hopes to go to graduate school for School Psychology at UWRF.  This is her first radio show and she’s really excited to be a part of it.

 

 

"The Week in News" covers big stories that have been in the news during the previous week. It is a way to engage yourself in current events.

 

Shows

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Date
Show
Description

 

May 5 2008

 

35W bridge update, Austria incest, amd citizen journalists

 

April 28 2008

 

Updates, violence in schools, Wisconsin #1 drunk driving, and random stories

 

April 21 2008

 

Updates on Delta adn Northwest, earthquakes, and more

 

April 14

 

Topics of discussion include: UW-Stout fire, Betz leaving UWRF, Mexico fence, airline troubles, and other news

 

March 31 2008

 

Updates and discussion on campus safety

 

March 24 2008

 

Overview of crane collapse, Facebook bust, bridges and more
March 10 2008

 

Coverage of local and international news

 

March 3 2008

 

Coverage of major stories in the New York Times such as: the Humane Society Litigations, Prince Henry in Afghanistan, and Microsoft's Legal Woes

 

 

February 25 2008

 

Follow up on a few issues from last week such as Kosovo's independence, and new issues with Fidel Castro and Ralph Nader

 

February 18 2008

 

Coverage of Illinois shootings, the meet packing industry and Kosovo's independence

 

February 11 2008

 

The abundance of news that has been in the media

 

February 4 2008

 

Murders in the news, politics and other recent news

Fall '07 Archived Shows for "Game Break"
Date
Show
Live Guests
Description
December 20 2007
Lucas Bock; Thor Wright Pirates of the Burning Sea beta and the Wii shortage
Dember 13 2007
JJ Rivet, FredNet Services Lots of MMO News and a few end of the year Top 10 lists. Oh, and Pirate music!!
December 6 2007
JJ Rivet, FredNet Services We discussed the problem with online games, reviews, and then went through the top 10 Hardest Old-School Games
November 29 2007
JJ Rivet, FredNet Services Covered the Basic Gaming News and Holiday Sales
November 15 2007
JJ Rivet, FredNet Services
Basic gaming news and upcoming titles that would make great Christmas gifts
November 8 2007
JJ Rivet, FredNet Services New releases, violence in video games and what a system means about its owner
November 1 2007
JJ Rivet, FredNet Services

Covered the Top Ten Top Grossing Video Game Sales

October 25 2007
JJ Rivet, FredNet Services FredNet's Holloween Haunted House, New MMO's comming out, the future of video games
October 18 2007
JJ Rivet, FredNet Services Basic game and tech news is covered at the begining of the show. The second half of the show is a discussion on computer and cyber safety.

 

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