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Thursday, April 17, 2008

Packaging the Pope and Earth Day

By, Jamie Letica

Profile: Jennifer Pascual. She is the music director at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. She is in charge of coordinating the music for the majority of the Pope's events during his stay in New York.

News Item: The march to Ground Zero with the Pope and some of the 9/11 victims' families.

Enterprise Story: The pope is highly praises the tradition of religious tolerance in America. However, there was a lot of religious intolerance in America and probably still is around the country.

Earth Day 2008
Profile: Peter Bross. He is on the Board of Directors of Earthday.net, and therefore helps to plan a lot of the Earth Day activities. He contributes to a lot of environmental organizations on a regular basis as well. However, he is the only person on the Board of Directors who does not have an education in environmental studies, and does not work for an environmental agency. He is a doctor.

News Item: Central Park's Green Apple Festival. It is the third year this festival is taking place. The event boasts "Free Valet Bike Parking." It will have live bands, planting and mulching activities, tree care and composting demonstrations, arts and crafts with recycled materials, tree tours, face painting, a green mural project, and Greenmarket Vendors.

Enterprise Story:

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