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2020-05-08
In this KNPR episode, Andre Carrier discusses ways on how to bring up the economy in the face of the pandemic.
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2020-07
This segment summary was written by a college student during the pandemic. It required the student to write the summary of an interview in which Sen. Bernie Sanders, a presidential candidate, was racing during this pandemic.
*College student
*Bernie Sanders, KNPR radio host
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0220-05-08
A student's paper discussing a KNPR segment on how the pandemic may affect water usage in Nevada.
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2020-05-06
In this summary, it discusses what might happen after the economy reopens back up during this pandemic. Like, what regulations will be taken, and how different things might possibly end up being after reopening.
I wrote the summary, however, Joe Shoenmann and Congressman Amodei spoke during the broadcast.
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2020-05-09
Reporting from radio station KNPR (88.9) “State of Nevada” program they are specifically there to give the news/information of what is happening in Nevada. With the news being broadcast on the radio they tend to talk about business-related news, politics in Nevada, and in this week’s radio news they were talking about “Megadroughts in Nevada” in the beginning. A megadrought is a shortage of water in the land causing it to become dry usually lasting much longer than a normal drought. In KNPR radio news they discuss how Nevada we have been in a drought, a megadrought to be specific for about two decades. Listening to this week’s broadcast news a summary of this topic will be given in the following order such as the topic being discussed, who were the participants, the specific issues deliberated, terms the program discussed, and what were the points made by the participants.
As regards to listening to KNPR news program, the topic of one of this week’s broadcast was about megadroughts in Nevada. Megadroughts have been happening all over the western areas of the United States of America. To be more precise it has been happening more in northern California, northern Nevada, Utah, some parts of Colorado, and northern New Mexico. In the broadcast, they explain what causes that megadroughts have come every 5 centuries. They determine that by looking at the tree rings records looking at the moisture of them. In the past megadroughts occur once in five hundred years stated in the broadcast. By looking at the past megadroughts, this megadrought in Nevada that was talked about in the broadcast is confirmed to be in the pace of becoming like those past megadroughts. This topic was being talked about in KNPR radio news to explain to its viewers and fellow Nevadans that this is a serious topic to talk about since it will affect them in the long run. It brings attention to this topic making fellow Nevadans more concerned with this dilemma. KNPR “State of Nevada” program helps this problem come to light and with the help of the participant gain knowledge and information about this topic.
The participant named A. Park Williams talked about the topic of this week being megadroughts in Nevada with the interviewer being Joe Schoenmann. A. Park Williams is a professor at Columbia University and wrote an article about megadroughts in Northern America in the journal of the science magazine. Through the interview in the KNPR radio as he explains how this drought in Nevada can go to 21 years or more considering that the past megadroughts could last 30 to 100 years stated by professor Williams. It is important for Nevada and its residents to hear about this professor opinion, knowledge, and wise-words about the topic of megadroughts. He states that Nevada is in the midst of a megadrought that has gone through 20 years that could last up to 80 more years affecting the water system and environment of Nevada and other states as well. Professor Williams goes through the issues with the megadroughts in more depth throughout the broadcast.
In more depth of Professor Willams explaining the issues of Nevada, he explains what the issues deliberated in KNPR. KNPR gave the chance to professor Williams to describe the issues of Nevada with megadroughts. The issues were that if this megadrought continues it will not only affect the environment but as well the way of our life. Water is the main constraint of life, therefore, being very valuable and should be sacred when coming to it. Humans have had their addition to megadrought increasing causing climate change and it is a contributing factor to the megadrought. Even though professor Willams declares that climate change has had an impact role in the temperature it is behind 2.5 to 3 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than it would be without humans causing climate change. Therefore the megadrought would have had to happen, either way, but the human is still a contributing factor to the megadrought. He states that this drought is becoming an issue becoming it growing to be a long-lasting megadrought being a huge issue. The issue is climate change is affecting either a small or large amount to increase the possibilities of a megadrought. Coming to the end of this interview it makes the audience think about what kind of concepts this theme goes through.
Tying this segment of megadroughts in Nevada the course concepts as one of the viewers make us think they are talking about is state cooperation. State cooperation is another form of is a system where the system of government in which powers/policies assignments are shared between states and national government and interchange cooperatively and altogether solve common problems. The government of different states working together toward a common goal. Megadroughts is a common trait between Northern California, Northern Nevada, part of Colorado, Northern New Mexico, and Utah. This is shared between these states because they have a river following through these states which they use the source from to live and sustain their environment. Since this is a common problem for the western side of the United States they should share federal guidelines for this issue and follow guidelines for how to solve this dilemma. The federal government should give some kind of tax revenue to these states in order to find a solution to this problem since it will eventually affect them greatly. Even though professor Williams didn’t make a statement about state cooperation he made very good points in this broadcast.
Some good points that Professor Williams made throughout this broadcast were very much knowledgeable and helpful information that helps the audience truly know about megadroughts. One of the good points was that the cause of the megadrought was from climate change. He stated that humans have an effect on megadroughts making them maybe last longer than usual. Another point he made was that what made this drought was that it had a more spacial extent than the last past megadroughts. He pointed with the spatial extent statement because global warming events are happening not occurring in Nevada but all across the west. Making it known to other states that it was affecting them too. He points out throughout the interview that Nevada should be realistic about this issue since it will be affecting them for a long time. Professor Williams mainly pointed out that he wants to be able to anticipate those climate changes so that the megadrought could come to an end.
Stephanie Morales summarizing from KNPR station
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2020-05-16
Participating in Public History
Hi, Rebels. Thank you for your hard work on your final paper. Your discussions of federalism and COVID-19 should not go to waste. I'm working with a project involved in chronicling people's experiences and the like during the time of coronavirus. We are living history. We must keep and curate information from all walks of life (rather than just the elite). Therefore, we are going to include your work in a growing archive of living history.
Here is a news story that introduces and explains the archive:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/us/coronavirus-pandemic-historians-archive.html
Upload your final paper to this website. You can do this anonymously, if desired.
https://covid19.omeka.net/contribution
A breakdown of the submission form follows:
Contribution: Story
Upload file: Your final paper in PDF form
Title: This is NOT the title of your paper. The requested title is a descriptive term for fellow researchers looking for information. Pretend you are scrolling through pages of random data and looking for your work. Create a title for the archive that would help with that. Examples could include "Student Paper on Federalism and Coronavirus" or "Academic analysis of federalism and coronavirus" or "Examining the impact of coronavirus and federalism."
Author: You. (If there is more than one author, you have two choices of the order to list people. The first is by order of effort (or seniority), and the second is alphabetical. Most of the time, academic collaborations have a primary author/editor/master kitten herder/principal investigator, and this person is listed first, then things go alphabetical. Do not use et al. for this project – list all authors. Most of you should have only one author.)
Date created: 05/15/2020
Story text: The cut and pasted version of your pdf, which you uploaded above.
Geolocation: UNLV or your zip code
Name: Your name (Include even if you want to be anonymous)
Email: An email the researchers of the project can contact you at if you have questions
What else: THIS IS IMPORTANT. (1) Include hashtags here. Make sure they include #unlv #psc401D #mlphelps #coursework #federalism and then keep going. Do you mention the name of a politician? #therenamehere A location? #nevada #lasvegas
(2) If you would prefer your entry to be anonymous, include that information here. (Remember to remove your name from your paper, too.) (3) Any other comments you think would help a librarian curate your materials.
After uploading, take a snapshot or screenshot of your confirmation page and upload it to Canvas for extra credit. https://unlv.instructure.com/courses/60820/assignments/676732
I also encourage you to upload all of your notes, the journal entries I asked you to keep, pictures of abandoned places, or any other materials you have that may be of interest to future historians. Each item should be in a separate entry (unless they are linked.) I ask you to include the tag #mlphelps on anything you upload, even not course-related. Again, this part is optional. Still, you did so much work. You might as well put it somewhere for future use. Explore and have fun! Tell your friends to upload stuff! This is academia in action!
Questions? Phelps@unlv.edu
#mlphelps
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas #unlv
Political Science 401D, The State #psc401D
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2020-05-09
A summary of gov't officials and their response to COVID-19
*Me for UNLV
*Homework Assignment
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2020-04-06
This resource related to the pandemic because it talks about how higher educational institutions in the state of Nevada are dealing with the virus of Covid-19. Stating how things are changing and how it is affecting their students as well as faculty.
*Nevada System of Higher Education Chancellor Thom Reilly
*Audio source from knpr.org
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2020-03-09
A paper by UNLV student Joe Schonenmann about a KNPR segment on different political stances on how Las Vegas, Nevada should respond to the pandemic.
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2020-04-24
A student's paper discussing how the hospitality and gaming industries in Las Vegas, Nevada have been impacted by the pandemic.
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2020-05-09
This an article based of the pandemic
*I created to paper for one of my classes
*Email
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2020-05-16
A student's paper discussing a KNPR report on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals in Nevada, covering the program's proposed termination and resulting impact on undocumented students.
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2020-05-09
A student's essay on how COVID-19 has affected education in Nevada.
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2020-05-11
A student's paper on a KNPR podcast covering the ways in which Nevada's dairy industry has been impacted by COVID-19.
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2020-05-06
This is an assignment done for a class in University of Nevada Las Vegas about the reopening of casinos in Las Vegas during the pandemic.
*Me
*KNPR's State of Nevada, Professor Martha Phelps for assigning the assignment.
*It is for a school paper in pdf format.
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2020-05-09
A student's final paper discussing the reopening of Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada
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2020-05-16
Hi, Rebels. Thank you for your hard work these past five weeks. I have my grades inputted, and I will submit them to UNLV in 24 hours. I am here if you have any questions. I also have some announcements that I think may interest you:
Contribute to the Covid-19 Archive: A favor – if your KNPR paper dealt with coronavirus, would you please upload it to the Covid-19 Archive? I encourage you to upload other things that relate to you as a person and Las Vegas. Do you have pictures of an empty Las Vegas? Have you been journaling about how much this sucks? Have you made art inspired by the pandemic? I'm part of a project trying to collect these stories. I encourage you to upload a bit of your life. Tag anything class related with #psc100 and #unlv. I'd like you to include the tag #mlphelps in anything you upload to trace your activity to me. (Don't worry if you do it wrong, real people will review and fix your entry) Please upload your KNPR paper/journal/picture/poem/art/anger here: https://covid19.omeka.net/contribution
COVID-19 Testing: Testing for coronavirus is available and free. You do not have to have symptoms or health insurance to get tested. Visit UNLV Medicine's COVID-19 Triage Questionnaire website, Text ''covid'' to 702-744-9722, or call 702-583-4408. I tried out the website before sending it out, and it seems pretty easy.
Political Science Club: In Fall 2020, the department of political science will be sponsoring a student-led and student-created Political Science Club. We are now gathering interested members. This club will exist to provide a community for our majors and friends. Anyone is welcome. Join here: https://groups.google.com/a/unlv.edu/forum/#!forum/political-science-club
In closing, I offer my sincerest congratulations to our graduating seniors. Look at how far you've come and how much you've overcome! The world is dark and hard, but we've trained you to be a rebel. Be the light. Congratulations again.
Phelps
#mlphelps
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2020-05-16
Call For Paper Upload to Archive for PSC101: Hi, Rebels.
I hear your upset about the KNPR paper. In response, I have given everyone 5% extra credit on that assignment. (I've done this by lowering the points possible to 95 while not adjusting your score. Since the KNPR paper is worth 15% of your grade – no matter how many points I make it worth – this has the effect of giving you 5% extra credit on your paper. Yes, this really is the easiest way.)
I also offer you the chance for an extra 5% extra credit on the KNPR paper. I'm working with a project involved in chronicling people's experiences and the like during coronavirus. Right now, you and I are living history. We must keep and curate information from all walks of life (rather than just the elite). To get this 5% of extra credit, you will upload your KNPR assignment to https://covid19.omeka.net/contribution with following tags in the "What else would you like to tell us about this contribution?" field: #unlv #psc100 #mlphelps #knpr #stateofnevada #nevada You may also remove all personal information from your paper and upload it anonymously. If you do not want to contribute to the archive, you may write a 250 to 500-word essay explaining the intent and history of this archival project and upload that in place of the screenshot.
TLDR: For extra credit, upload your KNPR paper here: https://covid19.omeka.net/contribution then upload a screenshot of your confirmation page to canvas here: https://unlv.instructure.com/courses/61456/assignments/676624
I need to turn in grades soon, so you only have 24 hours to complete this extra credit. I'm here if you have any questions.
Best,
Phelps
PS: I hope you upload many, many things to this archive, such as journals, explanations of what is going on at work, pictures of empty or strange places, interviews with your parents and friends, etc. I would see us represented. It'll help me if you include #mlphelps in everything you upload. I want to make sure the experience of the individual - you - is not forgotten by history.
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2020-05-09
Citizen's need protection. KNPR.
*A Word Document
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2020-05-16
The image is a paper written about the coronavirus and how it affected las Vegas
*Corona virus
*Google doc
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2020-03-31
Social distancing markers placed on the ground in Walmart to encourage people to stay 6 feet apart at all times.