KUCI: Ask A Leader

CA 74th State Assembly District campaigns; Here’s Rush but Where’s Daigle?

Bob Rush, Democratic candidate for the CA 74th Assembly District seat talks about his background in finance, neighborhood issues, his policy positions and fiscal priorities, and his independent campaign financial support. More information is available at: www.rush2012.com The discussion reminds voters of the new state assembly district maps, and the effect of Propr 14, "the voter nominated primary election." Efforts to reach out to Leslie Daigle, running as a Republican in the same race, were unsuccessful in getting her to this interview.

The Bard, The Buffet, The Bikes at UCI

Around the campus in 60 minutes! Professor Luke Hegel-Cantarella talks about the new and portable Swan Shakespeare Theater that he designed along with Sara Sedeghat-Pisheh. The Merchant of Venice and the Comedy of Errors will be performed in August in this theater, to be located at U.C. Irvine's Gateway Commons. More information is available at: www.newswanshakespeare.com Jack McManus, Director of Hospitality and Dining Services talks about managing all food and drink concessions for students and campus guests over his 27 years (and counting) at UCI. Always taking the pulse of his consumers, Jack offers his cell phone for more input (949)677-3091. Ramon Zavala, Employee Transportation Coordinator announces his workshops this month about bicycle safety and talks about general the increased use of bicyles around the campus. More information is available at www.bike.uci.edu and www.parking.uci.edu

Sisters AND Mothers

Sister Maureen Fiedler (D.C.) and Sister Mary Ann McGivern (St. Louis) talk about how the Vatican is trying to reign in the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, with the April 18th Doctrine of Faith. More insightful programming on where spiritual matters converge with public policy, can be heard from Sister Fiedler's show that she hosts Interfaith Voices, an NPR radio magazine show or on her podcasts, interfaithradio.org. Sister Mary Ann continues her decades long commitment working toward a peace economy and with men and womoen released from prison. Both women are nuns are members of Sisters of Loretto Community. Mothers Day reflections are shared by mother, grandmother, and political activist Linda Schwarz (Tustin,CA); and by mother and Orange County Register Editor Alan Gibbons (Costa Mesa, CA). Conventional and alternative measures are examined, in order that mothers everywhere can be spared another hollow commercial gesture.

Orange County Women’s Health Project AND Orange County May Day Coalition

Sprawl and Your Public Health AND Containing E-waste

Dr. Richard Jackson, professor and chair of environmental health sciences at UCLA, coming from his recent venture, a CD series on Designing Healthy Communities, makes direct connections between our sprawled developmental patterns and our poor public health and our diminished sense of well being. He examines how various redevelopment and other municipal projects have remedied the dysfunctional suburban sprawl. More information and resources are available at: http://designinghealthycommunities.org/pbs or http://blog.rwjf.org/publichealth/ Celebrating Earth Day on all the days of the year, Odadele Ogunseitan (Professor of Public Health and Founding Chair of the Department of Population Health & Disease Prevention at the University of California, Irvine) and Katherine Ransom, (marketing and communications director at Goodwill Industries) talk about the pile of e-waste that every household accumulates. Senator Barbara Boxer, Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works or other Senators can be urged to act on "The Responsible Electronic Recycling Act" of 2011 202-224-8832. Information for e-waste colletion events and other programs is available at: ocgoodwill.org

Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology

Getting Current with Medicare Benefits AND Ethics in an Age of Terror and Genocide

David Sayen, Regional Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for CA AZ NE HA and the Pacific Territories, talks about the benefits stemming from the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act of 2010. Prescription drugs doughnut hole closure, attention to preventative services, and medicare fraud, are covered. Programs to check out include: Health Insurance Counseling and Assistance Program and Senior Medicare Patrols. More information is at www.Medicare.gov www.pcip.ca.gov or by calling 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227). The second guest, UCI Political Science Professor Kristen Monroe, talks about her extensive work in genocide and altruism, culminating in her latest publication entitled, Ethics in an age of Terror and Genocide; Identity and Moral Choice, published by Princeton Press. The book examines rescuer, bystander, and supporter cases studies as roles along a continuum of many responses in Dutch society, during the Holocaust.

World Aids Issues AND A Tribute to Sherwood Rowland