WQRI News– The 88 Second Update

Roger Williams is set to host a media symposium this Columbus Day Weekend, an exploration of new media brought about by new technology. Presentations, hands-on workshops, dancers, singers and more are all scheduled for the symposium. It happens Saturday and Sunday at the New Academic Building. More information is available at newmediasymposium.org.

Waterfire will take on special meaning Saturday when the Providence attraction lights up for Flames of Hope, an event to benefit breast cancer research. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The event starts at 5:30 at the State House.

Gambling could become an all-night affair in Rhode Island if one state legislator has his way. Sen. Paul Moura is set to introduce legislation that would allow 24-hour gambling at Newport Grand and Lincoln’s Twin River.

Embattled Idaho Sen. Larry Craig has vowed to finish his term in office, despite mounting political pressure to resign. Thursday, Craig said he believes he can still do his job. In June, he was arrested in a men’s room at a Mineapolis airport for allegedly seeking sex.

Olympic gold-medalist Marion Jones admits to using steroids before the 2000 Olympic games. Jones said she will plead guilty Friday to two counts of lying to federal agents about the drug use. She could lose the five medals she won in Sydney, Australia.

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Roger Williams women soccer beat Eastern Nazarene College Thursday, 2-0.

Men’s tennis won over Springfield College, 5-4.

Red Sox face Los Angeles Angels again tonight, after their 4-0 win Wednesday.

WQRI FORECAST

Sunny today with the high around 80.

Partly cloudy tonight, low 60.

Sun poking through some clouds again tomorrow, high back at 80.

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Online elections for freshmen Student Senate and Interclass Council continue today on myRWU. 10 freshmen are vying for just four seats on the Senate. Elections close at midnight. For continuing coverage on the elections and the results, stay with WQRI and pick up the Hawk’s Herald, on stands now.

Ishmael Beah says he was a child soldier. At just 12 years old, the Sierra Leone government gave him a gun and sent him off to fight a civil war. Tonight at 7, Beah, now 26, was scheduled to tell his survival story at the Roger Williams Recreation Center. His book, A Long Way Gone, chronicles his years as a child soldier before being rescued in 1996 by UNICEF.

President Bush is under fire from both Democrats and Republicans after he vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have expanded children’s health insurance–a move Senate Majority leader Harry Reid called “heartless.” Bush argued that the $35 billion bill was too costly. Democratic leaders said they would override the veto within the next two weeks.

Facebook could be facing a consumer fraud charge for failing to protect young people from sexual predators. New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo subpoenaed the popular social-networking site last week, claiming it has been uncooperative with law enforcement officials who want the Web site made safer. Facebook says it is working on technology that would protect its users.

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Roger Williams mens soccer beat Eastern Nazarene College Wednesday, 3-1.

Women’s tennis also beat Eastern Nazarene, 9-0.

Red Sox beat the Los Angeles Angels Wednesday, 4-0. They face each other again tomorrow night.

WQRI FORECAST

Sunny today, high near 80.

Clear tonight with the low near 60.

Partly cloudy tomorrow with the high back at 80.

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Audio is back up and running today. NOTE: Most content in the updates is written so that it may run largely all day without sounding outdated or strange. Obviously, news happens every minute, but it’s impossible to keep the audio portion constantly updtaed at this point. If a major developing story happens, efforts will be made to update the audio as quickly as possible. Most of the time, developments will be posted here in bold. If you see something in bold, you may update your listeners yourselves.  

883 WQRI Roger Williams University Radio. With your 88 Second Update for Oct. 3, I’m PD.

Roger Williams has a $6 million cruise ship up for sale. It just can’t find anyone to buy it. Donated by local philanthropist Luther Blount last year, the ship is co-owned by two other colleges. Money from the sale was to go to marine and aquaculture programs on campus. President Roy Nirschel spoke about the gift at a student forum Tuesday night. He said plans to also build a state-of-the-art shellfish hatchery bearing Blount’s name will continue, after falling behind schedule. Blount died last year. He was 90.

Roger Williams Student Senate opens up elections for freshmen today and it’s all happening online. Freshmen should see voting reminders when they log in to myRWU, the campus e-mail server, between today and when the polls close Thursday night. Ten freshmen are vying for four seats on the Senate. For more coverage, see this week’s edition of The Hawk’s Herald on stands now.

Five people died after being trapped in an empty underground water tunnel at a Colorado hydroelectric plant Tuesday. A chemical explosion and fire shut in the the workers about 1,000 feet below ground. The Clear Creek County sherriff confirmed the deaths early Wednesday.

Providence police made their biggest gun and drug bust of the year over the weekend. They seized 70 pounds of marijuana, 4.5 pounds of cocaine and seven firearms from a house believed to be a drug haven. Four men were arrested.

The leader of a local artists group has been sentenced to probation for setting up a secret apartment inside the Providence Place Mall parking garage. Michael Townsend said he and seven other artists have lived in the hidden apartment on and off since 2003. Townsend said he was inspired by a holiday ad about how great it would be to live in the mall.

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Roger Williams women’s volleyball lost a five-game match to Salve Regina University Tuesday. Senior Amy Maurer broke a record in the process, surpassing the 1,000 kill record broken only once before in Hawk history.

All eyes on the Red Sox tonight as they face the Los Angeles Angels at 6:30.

WQRI FORECAST

Scattered showers and partly cloudy today, high 76.

Cloudy this evening with the low near 60.

Sunny tomorrow with the high near 80.

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WQRI News is in the process of switching to a new sound converter after the old one kicked the bucket this weekend. If anyone has the scoop on good, free Wav to MP3 converters available for download, please e-mail us at newsdirector_wqri@hawks.rwu.edu.

Audio updates will resume on the standard four-day schedule effective tomorrow, by which time we hopefully will have a new converter in place. If there is no audio, feel free to read the accompanying text on air.

On slow news days, or days with no audio news at all, please look around the studio for timely news to share with listeners. The new WQRI NEWS folder on the DJ Dell Desktop features links to some of the foremost news sites in the world, including the major U.S. networks, BBC, al-Jazeera and local outlets. Please explore those links for news and talk topics during your shows. Send suggestions to us via e-mail.

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