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Here are the stories and commentary in the February 19 TWICV 

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1. FAFSA delay responses:  Good one at SLU.  Mundane responses elsewhere
2. Webster U wants to re-direct restricted donations to unrestricted.  Not going over well.
3. UNC Greensboro Faculty Oppose Academic Cuts – Faculty protests are about as new as snow is white.  Grass is green and the sun is hot.
4. Multiple lawsuits filed against Saint Augustine's University for not paying bills on time – We have seen that before.  Let’s call it a likely indicator of imminent closure.
5. Columbia College (Chicago)  President is there one day and gone the next.
6. $1.00 enrollment deposits at Upper Iowa U.  You would be better off spending $29 to buy the 2024 PCVA and learn it might not be a good $1.00 investment.

Show Note Links:
Marietta College to cut 3 dozen administrators and faculty

Concordia University Wisconsin will cut staff, 'reimagine' its Ann Arbor campus

CUNY's Queens College Faces Backlash Over Faculty Layoffs

University of Arkansas Fort Smith considering the removal of five degree programs

Gov. Kevin Stitt (OK) wants higher education consolidation. What would that look like?

‘Time for Plan B’: The FAFSA Waiting Game Is Forcing Colleges to Adjust on the Fly

Donors sue to stop Webster University from using scholarship cash

Of Course UNC Greensboro Faculty Oppose Academic Cuts 

Multiple lawsuits filed against Saint Augustine's University for not paying bills on time

Chair of the Board of Trustees, Stephen Squeri, Responds to MC CFA’s Vote of No Confidence

On TUESDAY:  Kim pledges to meet more regularly with students as financial crisis deepens

This week's podcast episode has news and commentary on:

1. Top heavy Cornell
2. The FAFSA delay
3. Spin. Spin. Spin.  This time I will drill through the laughable spin that SIU Carbondale is putting on its Spring 2024 enrollment.
4. Spin. Spin. Spin.  Take 2:   Sarasota Spring (NY)
   NOTE:  I will 'go to the data' for both.
5. UConn has good basketball programs, but serious budget issues.
6. Possible book title:  How NOT to run a college in the 21st century.  (Webster University)
7. What would an episode of TWICV be without a story about Birmingham Southern College.  This time we drill down on their president’s ChatGPT-generated responses to questions from the Birmingham Business Journal.

Episode 78: What Is Autism?
Guest: Guest: Michael Marek and Angela Bingham

As the audience is aware, the Dewhitt L. Bingham Justice for All Podcast focuses on social justice and criminal justice. This is a special episode. Bingham and his guests, Angela Bingham and Michael Marek will enlighten you on the topic of Autism. There is some correlation between Autism, criminal justice and social justice. Dewhitt, Michael and Angela discuss the following:  

• Michael and Angela’s career path
• What high School they attended
• Their educational background
• Autism as it relates to due process rights
• Mental illness and its relationship with Autism
• Is Autism a disability or disorder?
• Common conditions among people with Autism
• What parents can do to prepare their Autistic person for police contact
• How police can be prepared for contact with Autistic people
• The Autism Speaks Organization
• History of the St. Louis Autism Walk
• How the Autism Speaks Organization will be helping to train St. Louis Police Cadets
• Dr. Tasha Oswald study of high functioning Autistic people and Black Lives Matter
• Black Lives Matter
• White Supremacy
• What they’d like to see the Biden administration accomplish

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Steve Steiner has had a long career in the performing arts, beginning nearly 50 years ago when his first job at 14 was in a rock and roll band. Steve attended Webster University studying music. Following several years as a professional musician and avocational actor, Steve headed to NY at age 30. Over the next 16 years he was fortunate to work almost nonstop in the theatre, including 3 Broadway, 3 Off-Broadway, 4 National Tours and dozens of Regional Productions. As he began to direct, the next step was an offer to become the Artistic Director of Surflight Theatre. During Steve’s tenure Surflight’s professional profile grew exponentially. Achieving an unprecedented attendance increase averaging over 10% per year for 12 seasons, Main Stage attendance increased more than 130%, Children’s Theatre increased more than 35%, a concert series was created, a Touring Educational Theatre Company was created, a school with classes for young people was formed and the Intern/Apprentice program was revitalized to become one of the most sought after programs for theatre students on the east coast. In August 2010 the Surflight Board made a decision to change leadership, a move which ultimately caused Surflight’s bankruptcy and closing. Steve is proud to have led the 2 year effort to successfully re-open Surflight Theatre. Directorial credits include 2 National Tours, 8 major Casino Productions and more than 50 Regional Productions in 17 states. In addition to his work in the theatre, Steve is on the boards of: The South Jersey Cultural Alliance (Past President), ArtPride New Jersey (Treasurer) and Ocean County Tourism Advisory Committee (Chair). He served 10 years on the Council (Board) of Actors Equity Association. Steve is the proud recipient of The Cultural Access Task Force’s Innovator Award for his forward thinking and hiring practices for Artists with Disabilities. In 2013 the Cultural and Heritage Commission awarded Steve a Special Recognition for the Advancement of the Arts in Ocean County, New Jersey.

If you have been a listener of the show for a while, then you know I love cartoons and animation. So having a chance to sit down with this week's guest, Steenz, was a lot of fun. Steenz is one of the few Black women syndicated cartoonists in mainstream funny pages for her work on "Heart of the City", and her work on previous titles has netted her several coveted awards, including the Eisner Award, in the cartoon industry.

We talked about her picking up the torch from Mark Tatulli for "Heart of the City", and she walked me through her creative process for starting on new projects. She also talked how she first got into comics, her teaching at Webster University, and one of her dream projects -- a re-imaginging of Encyclopedia Brown! Keep an eye out for Steenz -- I think we'll be seeing her work in the world for years and years to come!

Links

• Steenz's Website
• Steenz on Instagram
• Steenz on Tiktok
• Steenz on Twitter
• Steenz on Wikipedia

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