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On December 2, 2007, the Kluge-Ruhe Collection hosted a panel discussion: Sacred or Profane? The Australian Government’s Intervention in Aboriginal Communities. Panelists shared different aspects of the intervention and the changes already felt in Aboriginal communities. The audience was invited to participate in a Q & A following the panel presentations. Panelists included:

* Dr. Howard Morphy, Director of the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research at Australian National University
* Frances Morphy, Fellow at the Center for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research
* Josh Wheeler, Associate Director of the Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression
* Will Owen, author of the blog “Aboriginal Art - An American Eye”
* Margo Smith, Director and Curator, Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, UVA

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TIMELINE:

1:00 - Introduction from Margo Smith
17:44 - Dr. Howard Morphy
27:57 - Will Owen
43:20 - Frances Morphy
1:08:49 - Josh Wheeler
1:26:13 - Question and answer period

Kevin Doyle is the facilitator for a new group at the University of Virginia called Hoos in Recovery. He and fourth-year student “Kate” join WINA’s “Charlottesville–Right Now!” to talk about the program, which helps students, students and faculty who are seeking to break their addictions. Find out more information at the U.Va Center for Alcohol and Substance Education.

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There are two ways to change the U.S. Constititution, according to Article 5.

First, Congress can propose amendments, which would then have to be ratified by two-thirds of the states. That’s been done 27 times since 1787. But, there’s also a provision for there to be a Constitutional Convention, something that can be done if two-thirds of state legislatures call for one. So far, that’s not been done, but U.Va Center for Politics Director Larry Sabato’s new book is perhaps the beginning of a call for one.

A More Perfect Constitution lays out 23 ideas to reform the Constitution, which Sabato says was never intended to stay static. Sabato recently appeared at the U.Va bookstore to talk about the work, which dates back his days teaching at Oxford.

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Kent Willis is the executive director of the Virginia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. Every year, the group writes a report on the General Assembly session which tracks how the legislature affected various rights. Willis joins Coy Barefoot on WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk about it.

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Chad Dotson of the Commonwealth Conservative phones in WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now from his home in Wise, Virginia. Dotson and Coy Barefoot talk about Larry Sabato’s recent prediction that Jim Webb will defeat George Allen in the senate race. Dotson disagrees, and says this race is much closer then it should be.
“I’m expecting a three-point Allen victory,” he says, citing what he calls Webb’s poor campaign. Dotson also weighs in on John Kerry’s comments this week about the military and George Bush.

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Preston Bryant is the Secretary of Natural Resources for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Bryant has spent this week in the Shenandoah Valley, where he says the leaves are beautiful. He came on the October 19th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to talk with Coy Barefoot about the future of coal production in Virginia.

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Republican Steve Landes has represented Augusta County in the House of Delegates since 1996. His district includes parts of Western Albemarle County. Landes joined Coy Barefoot on the October 6th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now to discuss the recent special session on transportation, as well as his plans for the upcoming regular session.

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Delegate Bob Marshall is the author of the Marshall-Newman amendment, which if passed this November will codify state law against same-sex marriages and other civil unions into the Virginia Constitution. Evan Wolfson is the executive director of the group Freedom to Marry, a national organization formed to be a “central architect of the marriage equality movement.” The two men met in debate at the University of Virginia Law School on October 5th. The debate was moderated by Dahlia Lithwick, a senior editor of Slate.com.

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On the September 25th edition of WINA’s Charlottesville–Right Now, Bob Gibson of the Daily Progress made his weekly appearance on the show. The segment recaps Sunday’s Democratic fundraiser for Jim Webb with Stephen King and John Grisham. A caller asks why Virginians should care what a resident of Maine thinks about Virginia’s Senate race. Bob Gibson of the Daily Progress was at the event, and weighs in on what he thought of the event. Bob also talks about his recent article on Senator George Allen’s discovery of his Jewish heritage, as well as an article in Salon.com which alleges Allen frequently used racial slurs while at the University of Virginia.

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