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A day of debate on life and crime at the statehouse. |
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The house sends a definition of marriage bill to the Senate. We'll see what life is like for same-sex couples in the Granite State. |
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And later. a look at the Dartmouth years of one of the most beloved children's authors of all time. |
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Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to NH Outlook. We'll get to those stories in a moment, but first. a look at troubling developments in a small country whose problems could soon be ours. U-S Marines are back in Haiti trying to restore order -- after the departure of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide -- who claims he was forced to go into exile by the American Military. A claim the White House Denies. There was celebration in Haiti's capital Monday after Aristide fled. Thousands embraced the return of the former police chief who came out of exile to force Aristide from Power. He's vowed to revive the military, a force known for brutality. U-S Marines now guard the front door of the Presidential palace. Next to the morgue -- hearses lined up to take away bodies of more than a dozen people murdered overnight, many of them executed. |
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Joining us now with some perspective on Haiti -- is Nina Glick Schiller, A Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Hampshire whose been studying Haiti for 30-years. Host: PROFESSOR, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE FRIENDS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE CONNECTIONS TO ARISTIDE IN HAITI. YES. Professor: YES, I KNOW PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE OPPOSITION. I KNOW SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH ARISTIDE, AND I'VE BEEN WATCHING THE SITUATION WITH HORROR. WHAT'S HAPPENING IS DEFINITELY NOT GOOD FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE OF HAITI AND THE SITUATION, HOWEVER, HAS NOT TAKEN ME BY SURPRISE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN EXPECTING FOR A LONG TIME. MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ARISTIDE HAD POPULARITY AMONG THE POOREST IN THE NATION BUT THERE WERE OTHER CLASSES IN THE COUNTRY THAT DIDN'T SEEM TO SUPPORT HIM. WHAT HAPPENED? ARISTIDE CAME TO POWER ON THE BASIS OF A GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENT, SUPPORTED BY THE POOR AND A GOOD SECTION OF THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THE HAITIANS LIVING ABROAD WHO ARE CALLED THE HAITIAN DIASPARA. THERE'S A HOPE TO BUILD A NEW HAITI AFTER A LONG DICTATORSHIP OF 27 OR SO YEARS AND THEN A PERIOD OF MILITARY REGIME KIND OF A HUNTAS, ONE AFTER ANOTHER. HOWEVER, ARISTIDE WAS NOT ABLE TO FULFILL HIS PROMISES IN PART BECAUSE OF THE POLICIES OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE INTERNATIONAL LENDERS. THE U.S. HAS A LONG HISTORY OF INTERVENTION IN HAITI. YOU'VE BEEN TO THAT COUNTRY. HOW DOES THE POPULATION FEEL ABOUT THE U.S.? IN PART THE U.S. CONTINUES TO BE THE DREAM OF PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. THEY SEE THAT LIFE IS BETTER AND THEY WANT TO LIVE LIKE HUMAN BEINGS IS HOW THEY PUT IT. THEY WANT RESPECT. THEY WANT TO LIVE LIKE HUMAN BEINGS. MUCH OF THE BLAME THAT THE HAITIAN PEOPLE PUT. MUCH OF THE BLAME GOES TO HAITIAN POLITICIANS ACCORDING TO HAITIAN PEOPLE. ALL POLITICIANS. THEY'RE ALL OUT FOR THEIR OWN GOOD. I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. THE HAITIAN POLITICAL LEADERSHIP HAS ONLY SERVED ITS OWN INTERESTS. HOWEVER, THERE HAS BEEN A HAND OF U.S. FOREIGN POLICY IN HAITI IN TERMS OF THE DISTORTED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. THAT MAY NOT BE CLEAR TO EVERYONE IN HAITI BUT IT IS CLEAR TO STUDENTS OF HAITI. OF COURSE WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF MIGRATION TO THIS COUNTRY FROM HAITI. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S EVEN A POPULATION HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. THERE IS DEFINITELY A POPULATION HERE IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. MOSTLY IN MANCHESTER THERE ARE HAITIAN ORGANIZATIONS. THERE WAS A CELEBRATION OF HAITIAN INDEPENDENCE. THE HAITIANS ARE VERY PROUD OF THE FACT THAT THEY WERE THE FIRST REPUBLIC, THE FIRST BLACK REPUBLIC, AND THAT THEY'VE STOOD FOR DEMOCRACY. THE PRESS OFTEN SAYS THAT HAITIANS DON'T UNDERSTAND DEMOCRACY. THEY HAVE NO DEMOCRATIC TRADITION. BUT THEY DO UNDERSTAND DEMOCRACY. THEIR MEANING OF DEMOCRACY IS THAT PEOPLE NEED TO HAVE A DECENT WAY OF LIFE, THAT FORMAL RIGHTS WITHOUT A DECENT STANDARD OF LIVING MEANS NOTHING. IN THE LAST 20 YEARS, THE ECONOMY OF HAITI HAS BEEN UNDERMINED. THE CURRENT SITUATION IS A PRODUCT OF THAT. MUCH OF WHAT WE THINK OF IN TERMS OF FOOD AID WE THINK WE'RE HELPING THE PEOPLE OF HAITI. WE'RE SENDING THEM FOOD. WE'RE SENDING THEM MONEY. THE FACT IS THAT THE MONEY. OFTEN THE MONEY. THERE ARE CONTRACTS AND THEY SAY THE MONEY HAS TO BE SPENT ONLY ON U.S. PRODUCTS FROM U.S. MANUFACTURERS SO MOST OF THE PROFITS GO BACK. MEANWHILE THE FOOD HAS UNDERMINED THE AGRICULTURE OF HAITI SO YOU HAVE A COUNTRY WITH MOSTLY FARMERS AND THEY'RE SELLING APPLES FROM WASHINGTON STATE, RICE FROM THE UNITED STATES, FROZEN CHICKENS, AND THE PEOPLE CAN'T SELL THEIR PRODUCTS AND THEY CAN'T LIVE. WHAT THEN SHOULD THE U.S. ROLE BE IN HAITI TO STABILIZE THE REGION? TO STABILIZE THE REGION YOU WOULD HAVE TO PUT. HAVE AN ECONOMIC POLICY THAT WOULD BENEFIT HAITI, NOT U.S. AGRIBUSINESS. YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A POLICY THAT WOULD ALLOW HAITIANS TO PRODUCE THINGS THAT THEY CAN THEN CONSUME. YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A POLICY THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO HAVE WAGES, MINIMUM WAGES THAT PEOPLE CAN LIVE ON. YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC WATER AVAILABLE ELECTRICITY. THESE KINDS OF THINGS HAVE BEEN PROCH HINTED BY INTERNATIONAL ARRANGEMENTS. FINALLY, ARE YOU HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE OF HAITI? I HAVE A LOT OF FAITH IN THE HAITIAN PEOPLE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US AND GIVING US YOUR PERSPECTIVE. THANK YOU. |
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Turning now to State politics. If someone assaults a pregnant woman and kills her unborn child, should that death be regarded as a homicide? That is the issue at the heart of three bills debated in front of the House criminal justice committee today. Richard Ager was at all three hearings today and joins us with more. |
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Richard Ager: HELLO, BETH. IT'S NOT A VERY COMMON OR LIKELY SCENARIO AS I THINK MOST OF US KNOW, BUT THAT REALLY WAS AT THE SORT OF THE PRINCIPAL HEART OF ALL THREE BILLS. I'LL READ SOME OF THE LANGUAGE OF THE FIRST BILL BECAUSE IT STATED A PREGNANT WOMAN IS JUSTIFIED IN USING DEADLY FORCE UPON ANOTHER FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFENDING HER FETUS. THAT'S IF SHE HAS REASONABLE EXPECTATION THAT THAT ATTACK COULD CAUSE THE DEATH OF THAT FETUS. THROUGHOUT THAT HEARING THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT WHEN LIFE BEGAN, THE USUAL LANGUAGE YOU ENCOUNTER WHEN YOU START INTRODUCING BILLS WITH "FETUS" IN THEM. I'LL GET ON THE SECOND BILL NOW BECAUSE THAT WAS RELATED. IT WOULD MAKE IT A CRIME TO CAUSE THE DEATH OF A FETUS AS A RESULT OF COMMITTING A VIOLENT ACT UPON A PREGNANT WOMAN. REPRESENTATIVE SPONSORED THIS BILL NOTED THAT HE HAD BEEN INSPIRED TO DO SO BY THE CASE OF LACI AND SCOTT PETERSON OUT IN CALIFORNIA. OTHER SPONSORS REMARKED UPON THAT SORT OF CONNECTION THAT RATHER LURID TALE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO. HERE'S PART OF THE DESCRIPTION OF THE REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT THE INTENT OF HIS BILL. WE EXPECT THAT THE CHILD WILL BE BORN, BRING HAPPINESS INTO THE FAMILY BUT WHEN THAT CHILD'S LIFE, THAT UNBORN CHILD'S LIFE IS SNUFFED OUT IT DOES BRING HARM. IT DOES BRING MISS RE. IT DOES BRING TEARS TO THE FAMILY. THIS BILL WOULD HELP TO BRING SOME CLOSURE TO THE FAMILIES WHERE THIS TERRIBLE TRAGEDY HAS OCCURRED. CLEARLY A LOT OF EMOTIONAL CONTENT IN ALL THREE BILLS TODAY. ONE OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ACTUALLY OBJECTED TO THE FACT THAT IN THE LANGUAGE OF THAT SECOND BILL THERE WAS NO AGE LIMIT PUT ON THE FETUS WHETHER IT WAS ONE MONTH OR NINE MONTHS AND REPRESENTATIVE PHYLLIS WOODS WHO WAS ONE OF THE SPONSORS OF THE BILL HAD THIS ANSWER. THIS IS A REAL BABY IN MY MIND AND TO MANY PEOPLE'S MINDS AND CERTAINLY WHETHER THE BABY IS WANTED OR NOT AND PARTICULARLY IF THAT BABY HAS BEEN CONCEIVED AT GREAT RISK TO THE MOTHER AND AFTER GREAT EFFORT, YOU KNOW, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN DEMEAN THAT THE VALUE OF THAT LIFE. AS IS SAID, THE SIZE OF AN INDIVIDUAL CERTAINLY DOESN'T AFFECT THEIR VALUE AS A HUMAN BEING. NOW ALL OF THE SPONSORS DID INSIST THAT NONE OF THESE BILLS WAS ABORTION RELATED. BUT AS ANYONE WHO SHOWS UP AT THE LEGISLATURE ON A REGULAR BASIS CAN TELL YOU MANY OF THE SAME PEOPLE WHO SHOW UP FOR PRO-LIFE BILLS DID SHOW UP FOR THESE. OF COURSE ALSO ON THE OTHER SIDE MANY OF THOSE WHO OPPOSE PRO-LIFE BILLS SUPPORTING ABORTION RIGHTS ALSO SHOWED UP TO OPPOSE THESE BILLS. I'LL GET ON TO THE THIRD BILL BECAUSE IT HAS LANGUAGE THAT WOULD INCLUDE "UNBORN CHILD" IN THE DEFINITION OF ANOTHER. THAT'S FOR THE PURPOSE OF CAPITAL MURDER, FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE MURDER, MANSLAUGHTER AND HOMICIDE. CLEARLY A WAY TO CREATE SOME RIGHTS FOR AN UNBORN CHILD. NOW REPRESENTATIVE HAD THIS COMMENT ABOUT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN THAT BILL. I THINK SOME OF THE WORDING IN THE LEGISLATION THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER IS RATHER INFLAMMATORY. BY CALLING AN EMBRYO OR A FETUS AN UNBORN CHILD GIVES. TRIES TO ESTABLISH THAT THE CHILD-- BECAUSE IF WE HAVE CHILDREN, THEY ARE PERSONS-- BUT IT'S NOT UNTIL THE BIRTH OF A FETUS THAT THAT INDIVIDUAL BECOMES A CHILD. AND THE SAME WITH MOTHERS. YOU'RE NOT A MOTHER UNTIL YOUR FIRST CHILD IS ACTUALLY BORN. THAT'S SOME FAMILIAR ARGUMENTS IN THE AID OF DIFFERENT BILLS BUT NONETHELESS YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES THAT REALLY UNIFY THEM. THESE ARE PERENNIAL MEASURES THAT YOU SEE COMING UP AT THE STATEHOUSE IN. YEAH. PEOPLE ON THE PRO-LIFE SIDE HAVE AN ENDURING INTEREST IN FINDING WAYS TO EXTEND THE RIGHTS OF WHAT THEY SEE AS UNBORN CHILDREN. ANYWAY THAT THEY CAN DO IT WHETHER IT'S INCLUDING PROTECTION FOR FETUSES IN EXISTING LAWS OR OTHER MEASURES IS CLEARLY FAIR GAME FOR THEM. THANK YOU. |
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The Gay Marriage bill took a step forward Monday. A Senate Committee voted 4-to 1 in favor of the measure which bans recognition of same-sex marriages. and defines marriage as an institution between a man and a woman. The Gay Marriage bill now heads to the full Senate--where it could be acted on as early as this Thursday. |
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It's an issue being closely followed by same-sex families in the Granite State. Reporter Julie Donnelly sat down to dinner with one family from Deerfield. 1:18-1:24 |
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THIS FAMILY LIVES IN DEERFIELD. THEY HAVE A SON WHO LIKES BASKETBALL, A DAUGHTER WHO LIKES TO DRAW AND TWO WORKING PARENTS. ONLY IN THIS FAMILY BOTH PARENTS ARE CALLED MOM. I'M ALSO THANKFUL THAT WE HAVE THIS NICE MEAL. I'M THANKFUL MOM HAD THE DAY OFF TODAY. AMEN. WE MET A LONG TIME AGO, 21 YEARS AGO. 21 YEARS AGO THIS MONTH. WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR 20 YEARS. IT WAS A MUTUAL FRIEND OF OURS THAT INTRODUCED US. THEN WE WERE TOGETHER FOR QUITE SOME TIME, EIGHT YEARS. AND THEN WE DECIDED TO HAVE A CHILD. WE THOUGHT A LOT BEFORE HAVING KIDS. WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, WELL, A COUPLE YEARS. Reporter: THE COUPLE DECIDED THAT JULIE WOULD BE THE ONE WHO GIVE BIRTH TO THE KIDS. ONCE WE HAD HIM RIGHT AWAY WE WANTED ANOTHER ONE BUT WE WAITED A LITTLE BIT. WE WERE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE ANNIE. WE USED TO PICNIC UP AT THE PRE-SCHOOL THAT HE USED TO GO TO. ONE OF OUR FUNNIEST STORIES WAS THAT I USUALLY DROPPED THEM OFF AND SHE WOULD PICK HIM UP. THERE WAS A KID THAT WAS THERE NOT USED TO SEEING HER ON THE PICK-UP SIDE BECAUSE HE PROBABLY LEFT EARLIER. WHEN THE PARENTS CAME TO PICK UP THE KIDS, NO MATTER WHAT YOUR NAME WAS, WHO YOU WERE, THE KIDS WOULD YELL, YOU KNOW, NICK, YOUR MOM IS HERE. THEY WOULD ANNOUNCE THE WHOLE NAME. HE HAS BOTH OUR NAMES. SO IT WOULD BE A MOUTHFUL. ONE KID LOOKED AT THE OTHER AND SAYS THAT'S NOT NICK'S MOM. THE TWO BOYS STARTED ARGUING BACK AND FORTH. YES THAT IS. HIS MOM HAS WHITE HAIR. AND BACK AND FORTH. NICK FINALLY JUST TURNED AND SAID TO HIP, I HAVE TWO MOMS. ANOTHER LITTLE GIRL COMES ALONG AND GOES THAT'S HIS OTHER MOM. Reporter: FUNNY STORIES ASIDE JULIE AND HER PARTNER SAY THEY FEEL LIKE A PRETTY ORDINARY FAMILY. THEY SAY EVERY SO OFTEN THE LAW GETS IN THE WAY. ONE TIME WHEN I TOOK NICK TO THE HOSPITAL I WAS REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY MAD ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WHEN I GOT THERE, SOMEBODY THERE AT THE TIME HAD JUST GIVEN ME A HARD TIME ABOUT WELL YOU'RE NOT THE PARENT. SHE WOULD CALL SOMEBODY ELSE AND SAY THIS IS THE PARENT. NO, NO, I AM THE PARENT. I SAID IT'S JUST THAT HE'S ON HIS OTHER MOM'S HEALTH INSURANCE. SHE SAID WELL DO YOU HAVE DOCUMENTATION? I UNDERSTOOD LATER THEY EXPLAINED TO ME THAT THEY HAVE TO DO THIS BECAUSE THEY CHECK FOR ABDUCTED CHILDREN AND THINGS LIKE THAT. INITIALLY IT WAS VERY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE I'M LIKE YOU MEAN I HAVE TO REMEMBER IF I'VE GOT TO GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM TO CARRY MY POWER OF ATTORNEY WITH ME? THAT WAS FRUSTRATING. IT'S THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. I MEAN THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT SITUATION, BUT I WOULD SAY ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS THAT WE'RE NOT DEALING WITH THOSE THINGS. WE'RE JUST KIND OF PART OF THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S JUST WHAT WE WANT TO BE. Reporter: WHAT WOULD IT MEAN TO YOUR FAMILY IF YOU WERE ABLE TO GET MARRY SND WOULD IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE? I THINK IT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR ALL FAMILIES IN OUR SITUATION. I THINK THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF FAMILIES IN THIS SITUATION. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE NOT IN THE DAY-TO-DAY STUFF. IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN IMPORTANT THINGS, FOR INSTANCE, IF ONE OF US DIES, PASSED AWAY, SHE HAS A PENSION WITH FED EX-. I WOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS TO THAT PENSION. SO IT'S ALL THESE KINDS OF LEGAL RAMIFICATIONS DOWN THE LINE. THE WAY THE LAW IS WRITTEN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE RIGHT NOW, THE BEST I CAN DO IS DURABLE POWER OF ATTORNEY IN TERMS OF BEING A PARENT TO THESE GUYS, IN TERMS OF THE LAW. I'VE BEEN THRILLED WITH THE WAY NEW HAMPSHIRE HAS TRIED TO MOVE. WE WERE ONE OF THE FEW STATES THAT HAD AN EMPLOYMENT BILL AND HOUSING BILL. SO I WAS REALLY KIND OF THRILLED THAT. AND I THINK IT KIND OF COMES FROM THE LIVE FREE OR DIE ATTITUDE. I THINK WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT I THINK PEOPLE ARE REALLY. WANT TO KEEP THE LEGISLATOR AND LAWS OUT OF PEOPLE'S LIVES AND SO THE LAWS ARE WELL SURE A PERSON CAN LIVE HERE OR SURE A PERSON CAN BE ABLE TO WORK HERE OR THERE WITHOUT BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST. SO THE MARRIAGE THING HAS JUST BEEN KIND OF A LIGHTNING ROD AND PERHAPS MAYBE BECAUSE IT IS SUCH A LONGSTANDING INSTITUTION. BUT HUMAN EVOLUTION GOES ON AND CULTURES ADAPT TO IT. SO I'M HOPING THAT THIS IS A GROWTH PERIOD. THINGS WILL CHANGE IN OUR HISTORY BECAUSE THE PEOPLE IN LEADERSHIP THOUGHT IT NEEDED TO BE CHANGED SO THAT PEOPLE HAD, YOU KNOW, RIGHTS. WOMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE. ELIMINATION OF SLAVERY. THE AFRO AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT. IF YOU HAD PEOPLE VOTE ON ALL THOSE THINGS AT THAT TIME I WONDER IF THE PEOPLE WOULD HAVE VOTED FOR THOSE THINGS. I DON'T THINK THEY WOULD HAVE. THE PEOPLE AREN'T READY TO MOVE ALONG QUITE AS QUICKLY AS THOSE THAT MAYBE HAVE SOME VISION AS TO WHAT WILL BE REALLY TRUE. THE OTHER NIGHT WE TALKED ABOUT OUR CONSTITUTION AND LIFE LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS. IT DOESN'T SAY ONLY FOR YOU PEOPLE AND FOR YOU PEOPLE. IT'S FOR EVERYBODY. Reporter: AS FOR THE KIDS NICK SAYS IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER HIS PARENTS CAN GET MARRIED OR NOT. HE SAYS EITHER WAY THEY'RE STILL THE SAME FAMILY. FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK, I'M JULIE DONNELLY. |
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Finally, this is Read Across America week. It coincides with the birth of one of the most popular children's authors of all time-- Dr Seuss. He has been called an American icon: one of the most influential American poets of the last century. But who was Dr. Seuss? What shaped his early career? And what impact did Dartmouth have on a young Thedore Geisel? Professor Donald Pease gives us some insights into the man behind the MYTH. |
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Theodor Geisel came into this world in 1904-- born to German immigrants in Springfield Massachusetts - a blue-collar city long famed for its rifles and munitions. But it was BEER that earned his family their fortune: His grandfather was part of the calmback and geisel brewery in sp MA one of the most successful breweries in N.E. when he was growing up they called it the come=back and guzzle family. Geisel was labeled the german brewers' kid and nicknamed the KAISER It was that name calling that stayed with geisel as a motive for and puns for children to have fun In 1917-the U-S entered the first World War and recruits joined the armed forces in droves. In Springfield everyone got behind the war effort. Ted Geisel sold 1-thousand dollars in war bonds. Theodore roosevelt came to his school with medals. Geisel, who sold the most was last in line and when Roosevelt got to him he said…and WHO are you. It made him feel like empty-pants. He later would use that to create Whoville…in order to recover. nat snd up of grinch with website reading of whoville By 1921 - Ted Geisel was off to DARTMOUTH - class of 1925. Geisels' early cartoons and essays were featured in the campus humor magazine "Jack O Lantern". Professor Don Pease -who lectures around the country on Seuss. finds the Dartmouth connection to the creation of Dr Seuss particularly inspiring. the humor magazine I think was a watershed moment for t.g. because it permitted him to turn what had been an avocation.noodles.springfield mass.gave him identity here… saw it could give him identity throughout his life. Geisel was caught drinking at Prohibition-era Dartmouth in his senior year, and the dean promptly booted him from the campus magazine. The last character here was the image he constructed to get by Dean's justice after having been fired by the Jack O-lantern taking his mother's name and using it… to get by the Dean's eye it became his new signature and hence Dr Seuss was born - that's right, Dr Seuss was born. An English Major - Geisel graduated 133rd out of a class of 461. He belonged to one of Dartmouth's most prestigious clubs - Casque and Gauntlett - made up of the schools most gifted students. it was that club that voted on who was most likely to succeed or fail -and in 1925 they unanimously voted Geisel least likely to succeed - took it with great sense of humor. After Dartmouth - Geisel attended Britain's Oxford University - where he met the woman who would later marry. Helen Palmer Geisel was crucial to Ted's emergence as a cartoonist -- he wanted to become an English professor.she saw his doodles and said why teach when you have a gift for cartoons encouraging himto become the creator of comic images he later learned to link.to marry to words. Geisel became an AD man in the 1930's -- his slogan for a bug spray - "quick henry the flit" became a national catchphrase. While in the army - he gained notoriety for his cartoons ridiculing Hitler. He despised the reputation of Hitler -and eventually got deeply involved in anti-germany efforts around ww 2. It was a dozen years after Dartmouth before Seuss would publish his first children's book…"And to think that I saw it on Mulberry street. the reason dr seuss became a chidren's book author has to do with mike mclintock class of 26 at dartmouth. Mclintock, an editor at Vanguard publishing said I'm going to take it home to my kid and if my kid likes it I'm going to publish it. He did !!. Over the next 50 years, Dr Seuss would write 44 books selling more than 500-million copies. Green eggs and ham - has become the 3rd best selling book in the english language Theodor Geisel filled the pages of his books with outlandish images-and when english fell short, he made up his own words. So, on the 75th anniversary of his graduation from Dartmouth, Librarian emeritus Ed Latham decided it was time for a reference book - a who;'s who and what's what in Dr Seuss books…. after all, where else can you find a definition for a findow - define it.wocket in my pocket. Geisel said he always wanted a phd -but never got one -- so he bestowed one on himself - adding the label DOCTOR to his signature. ===== Thedor Geisel never felt he could appear without the persona of dr seuss -- and yet he won every award.-terrified as the day he received the award from the great teddy rosevelt. Dr Seuss was a man who was terrified of appearing in public when he was asked to go on tonight show with Johnny Carson. He became so terrified of the public moment.he wrote out responses and then forgot them on air:33 A creative genius, Dr Seuss went on to become the best-selling children's author in history - and few of his books were without a moral. the message became foregrounded, ecological question…butter battle book…was an anti-nuke war book. He felt important for children to feel safe in a world that had so many potential catastrophies ======================================== "The cat in the Hat"-- which made Dr Seuss famous-- has become an industry. The Seussville website gets more than 100-thousand hits a day - Several Seuss tales have become big-budget movies. Although he died in 19-91 at 87, Dr Seuss lives on as his books continue to educate, entertain and inspire. he produced generations of readers.that's his legacy nat snd up |
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That's it for this edition of our program. We'll see you next time. Thanks for watching. |
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Tonight on New Hampshire Outlook. Fiscal reality at the Statehouse. State financial officers report to the House Finance committee to review the numbers. Join us tonight at 10:00 only on New Hampshire Outlook. |
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Finally, this is Read Across America week. It coincides with the birth of one of the most popular children's authors of all time-- Dr Seuss. "Oh, the Places you'll go" is the title of Dr. Seuss's last book. It's also his class motto at Dartmouth College --where the school is holding SEUSSENTENNIAL celebrations to mark the 100th birthday of their famous alum Theodor Geisel. |
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On the next New Hampshire Outlook - Fiscal reality at the Statehouse. State financial officers report to the House Finance committee to review revenues and expenditures. Richard Ager reports. |
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That concludes our program. For more information and links to our guests and interviews, connect with us on-line at nhptv.org. Join our online discussion and tell us what's on your mind. You can also find streaming video of all our broadcasts. |
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Nina Glick Schiller is also the author of the book "Georges Woke Up Laughing: Long Distance Nationalism and the Search for Home". |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 03/02/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 10:30 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, A day of debate on life and crime at the statehouse. The house sends a definition of marriage bill to the Senate. We'll see what life is like for same-sex couples in the Granite State. And later. a look at the Dartmouth years of one of the most beloved children's authors of all time. Hello. I'm Beth Carroll. Welcome to NH Outlook. We'll get to those stories in a moment, but first. a look at troubling developments in a small country whose problems could soon be ours. U-S Marines are back in Haiti trying to restore order -- after the departure of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide -- who claims he was forced to go into exile by the American Military. A claim the White House Denies. Joining us now with some perspective on Haiti -- is Nina Glick Schiller, A Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Hampshire whose been studying Haiti for 30-years. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Nina Glick Schiller\UNH Anthropology Professor |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 03/02/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 00:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, A day of debate on life and crime at the statehouse. The house sends a definition of marriage bill to the Senate. We'll see what life is like for same-sex couples in the Granite State. And later. a look at the Dartmouth years of one of the most beloved children's authors of all time. Turning now to State politics. If someone assaults a pregnant woman and kills her unborn child, should that death be regarded as a homicide? That is the issue at the heart of three bills debated in front of the House criminal justice committee today. Richard Ager was at all three hearings today and joins us with more. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Richard Ager\NH Outlook, Rep Omer Ahern\R-Sanborton, Rep Phillis Woods\R- Dover, Rep Hilda Sokol\D- Hanover |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 03/02/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 00:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, A day of debate on life and crime at the statehouse. The house sends a definition of marriage bill to the Senate. We'll see what life is like for same-sex couples in the Granite State. And later. a look at the Dartmouth years of one of the most beloved children's authors of all time. Turning now to State politics. If someone assaults a pregnant woman and kills her unborn child, should that death be regarded as a homicide? That is the issue at the heart of three bills debated in front of the House criminal justice committee today. Richard Ager was at all three hearings today and joins us with more. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Richard Ager NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Richard Ager\NH Outlook, Rep Omer Ahern\R-Sanborton, Rep Phillis Woods\R- Dover, Rep Hilda Sokol\D- Hanover |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 03/02/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 00:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, A day of debate on life and crime at the statehouse. The house sends a definition of marriage bill to the Senate. We'll see what life is like for same-sex couples in the Granite State. And later. a look at the Dartmouth years of one of the most beloved children's authors of all time. he Gay Marriage bill took a step forward Monday. A Senate Committee voted 4-to 1 in favor of the measure which bans recognition of same-sex marriages. and defines marriage as an institution between a man and a woman. The Gay Marriage bill now heads to the full Senate--where it could be acted on as early as this Thursday. It's an issue being closely followed by same-sex families in the Granite State. Reporter Julie Donnelly sat down to dinner with one family from Deerfield. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Julie Donnelly NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Julie DeCosta\Mom, GiGi Klipa\Mom |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 03/02/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 06:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, A day of debate on life and crime at the statehouse. The house sends a definition of marriage bill to the Senate. We'll see what life is like for same-sex couples in the Granite State. And later. a look at the Dartmouth years of one of the most beloved children's authors of all time. he Gay Marriage bill took a step forward Monday. A Senate Committee voted 4-to 1 in favor of the measure which bans recognition of same-sex marriages. and defines marriage as an institution between a man and a woman. The Gay Marriage bill now heads to the full Senate--where it could be acted on as early as this Thursday. It's an issue being closely followed by same-sex families in the Granite State. Reporter Julie Donnelly sat down to dinner with one family from Deerfield. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Julie Donnelly NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Julie DeCosta\Mom, GiGi Klipa\Mom |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 03/02/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 06:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, A day of debate on life and crime at the statehouse. The house sends a definition of marriage bill to the Senate. We'll see what life is like for same-sex couples in the Granite State. And later. a look at the Dartmouth years of one of the most beloved children's authors of all time. he Gay Marriage bill took a step forward Monday. A Senate Committee voted 4-to 1 in favor of the measure which bans recognition of same-sex marriages. and defines marriage as an institution between a man and a woman. The Gay Marriage bill now heads to the full Senate--where it could be acted on as early as this Thursday. It's an issue being closely followed by same-sex families in the Granite State. Reporter Julie Donnelly sat down to dinner with one family from Deerfield. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Julie Donnelly NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Julie DeCosta\Mom, GiGi Klipa\Mom |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 03/02/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 06:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, A day of debate on life and crime at the statehouse. The house sends a definition of marriage bill to the Senate. We'll see what life is like for same-sex couples in the Granite State. And later. a look at the Dartmouth years of one of the most beloved children's authors of all time. he Gay Marriage bill took a step forward Monday. A Senate Committee voted 4-to 1 in favor of the measure which bans recognition of same-sex marriages. and defines marriage as an institution between a man and a woman. The Gay Marriage bill now heads to the full Senate--where it could be acted on as early as this Thursday. It's an issue being closely followed by same-sex families in the Granite State. Reporter Julie Donnelly sat down to dinner with one family from Deerfield. PRODUCER/REPORTER: Julie Donnelly NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Julie DeCosta\Mom, GiGi Klipa\Mom |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 03/02/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 08:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, A day of debate on life and crime at the statehouse. The house sends a definition of marriage bill to the Senate. We'll see what life is like for same-sex couples in the Granite State. Finally, this is Read Across America week. It coincides with the birth of one of the most popular children's authors of all time-- Dr Seuss. He has been called an American icon: one of the most influential American poets of the last century. But who was Dr. Seuss? What shaped his early career? And what impact did Dartmouth have on a young Thedore Geisel? Professor Donald Pease gives us some insights into the man behind the MYTH. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Donald Pease\Dartmouth College English Professor, Beth Carroll\NH Outlook |
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NEW HAMPSHIRE OUTLOOK Air Date/Time: 03/02/04 22:00 HOST: Beth Carroll Length: 08:00 minutes In this edition of New Hampshire Outlook, NHPTV's nightly news magazine, A day of debate on life and crime at the statehouse. The house sends a definition of marriage bill to the Senate. We'll see what life is like for same-sex couples in the Granite State. Finally, this is Read Across America week. It coincides with the birth of one of the most popular children's authors of all time-- Dr Seuss. He has been called an American icon: one of the most influential American poets of the last century. But who was Dr. Seuss? What shaped his early career? And what impact did Dartmouth have on a young Thedore Geisel? Professor Donald Pease gives us some insights into the man behind the MYTH. PRODUCER/REPORTER: NAME OF PARTICIPANTS: Donald Pease\Dartmouth College English Professor, Beth Carroll\NH Outlook |
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