FATY's Limerick Contest: Results

In honor of our St. Patrick's Day show on March 16th, we asked our listeners to submit original limericks for a chance to win a $10 gift card to Starbucks.

We received two submissions, both from my (Alyce de Carteret's) mother, Joanne. Who could have seen that one coming? Congrats, Mom!

As promised, here is her (very good) St. Patrick's Day limerick:

A leprechaun up in a tree

Decided to try to tease me.

He tempted with gold.

Of great riches he told.

Then, POOF, with his gold he did flee.

I told you it was good! :) She also submitted this more esoteric limerick:

There once was a cat named O’Jerry,

Whose demeanor caused all to be wary.

He showed up one day

On the pretense of play,

Then remained to make all of us merry.

This one is about our cat, Jerry. He showed up on our doorstop one day and decided to make us his family. We love him, but he is a huge jerk.

Don't be fooled by the cuteness. He is evil!

Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this year's entries! Mom may be our default winner, but I think we can all agree she is truly deserving.

Don't forget to tune in next week for more of our special Old Time Radio Showcase! FATY will return to our regular schedule on Sunday, April 6th.

Old Time Radio Showcase: Episode 1

From Across the Yard and Sports Talk are on hiatus this week and next due to Spring Break (much-needed, I assure you!).

So today (on this lovely Easter's afternoon), we took advantage of this rare opportunity to experiment with our programming. If you tuned in at 12:30 expecting to hear WHRB News, you instead had the chance to listen to the first of our Old Time Radio specials, including Abbott and Costello, Dimension X, and Gunsmoke. If you missed today's showcase, you can listen to it in its entirety here: Old Time Radio Showcase: Episode 1.

NOTE: As this showcase took the place of both FATY and Sports Talk, the show is an hour and fifteen minutes long instead of the usual half-an-hour.

Next Sunday we will air the second (and last) of our specials, so be sure to tune in! We will be airing episodes from some classic series including Escape, the Bickersons, and the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

If you enjoy hearing OTR on WHRB's airwaves and would like to hear more in the future, let us know! Email our Program Director at pd[at]whrb[dot]org.

Slainte!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! We had a blast putting together today's holiday show. If you missed it, thank your lucky charms, because you can listen to the show in its entirety here: FATY 3.16.08.

Also, don't forget about our LIMERICK CONTEST:

Give us a limerick for the day of St. Patty
Because it's time for us to hear your poetry
Audience participation
From your favorite station
Here on WHRB

This wonderful limerick of both questionable rhyme and meter is brought to you by today's marvelous host, John Selig. Remember: we think YOU can do better! Please send us your original holiday limericks to news[at]whrb[dot]org. All submissions will be posted on our blog, and the best one will receive a $10 gift card to Starbucks!

This week:

• The Life of a Harvard Athlete: Kate Mills - Continuing with our series on Harvard athletes, reporter Leah Schwartz sat down with Kate Mills, currently training for Beijing's Olympic Swimming Trials.
• Harvard at War - A commentary from Harvard graduate Joe Linhart '03 who registered for the U.S. Army upon graduation. Serving in Iraq from January to December of 2005, Linhart gives his perspective on his time as a troop.
• Did You Know?: St. Patty's Day - Reporter Alyce de Carteret brings you some interesting St. Patrick's Day history and trivia.
• Guinness! - Director of the Harvard University Dining Services and native of Ireland Martin Breslin sat down with reporter Christine An to talk about the world's most famous Irish beer.

Don't forget! Send your limericks to news[at]whrb[dot]org for a chance to win a $10 gift card to Starbucks!

From Across the Yard will be on hiatus for spring break on our March 23 and March 3o shows. However, in their place we will be broadcasting some Old Time Radio classics, so be sure to tune in!

From Across the Yard will return, at its regularly scheduled time, on April 6. For now, we hope you are having a safe and enjoyable St. Patrick's Day weekend. Slainte!

Spring forward!

I hope you all remembered to turn your clocks one hour ahead: Daylight Saving Time is here! We here at WHRB News managed to wake up on time to give you another episode of your favorite news magazine, but if you were one of the many who slept in a little too late this morning, we understand. You can listen to our show in its entirety here: FATY 3.9.08.

Special thanks to our host Kendall Kulper.

This week:

• The Life of a Harvard Athlete: Margie Thorp - The first installment of what will be a series on the lives of athletes here at Harvard. This week we highlight varsity skier and Olympic hopeful Margie Thorp. Brought to you by reporter Leah Schwartz.
• BONK! BONK! BONK! - A commentary on the consistently incorrect 'conventional wisdom' of political pundits, from frequent commentator Markus Kolic.
• This Week in Review - A compilation of top news stories in the week leading up to March 9, from reporter Alyce de Carteret.

This week we also invited Jenna Mellor '08, member of Harvard's sex and gender journal H-Bomb, to the studio for a live interview. She discussed the role of sex and sex magazines on campus. Her interview can be found in the recording of the entire show (for convenience: FATY 3.9.08).

Extra:

• A clip of Jenna Mellor interviewing Dennis Kucinich at the 2008 New Hampshire Primaries (he has since dropped out of the race).
  

To check out more, visit h-bomb.org.

• Campus Sexperts - The Newsweek article mentioned in today's interview with Jenna Mellor.
• In a New Era at Harvard, New Questions of Standards - The NY Times article referenced in today's glimpse at the lives of Harvard athletes.

Tune in next week for our special St. Patrick's Day show, where there will be the opportunity to win a special holiday-themed prize. But--in order to win, you must tune in!

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

Today we aired an awesome show!
The first in March! Away we go!
If you missed it, never fear!
You can listen to it here!

Special thanks to our host Erika Solomon.

This week:

• A story on Dare Family Services, a foster care organization, by reporter Alyce de Carteret: Dare Family Services (to learn more about their service, visit www.darefamily.org)
• A story about the Breaking the Silence Exhibit: Israeli Soldiers Talk about the Occupied Territories by reporter Larissa Zhou: Breaking the Silence (for more information, visit www.BreakingtheSilenceExhibit.org)
• An audio postcard of a talk graphic novelist Adrian Tomine gave at the Harvard Book Store from reporter Christine An (see the Extra section for more from Tomine's talk): Adrian Tomine's Book Talk

Extra:

• Adrian Tomine's entire talk: Tomine at Harvard Book Store
  
• An interview with local Nathan Kitler about Adrian Tomine and his work: Kitler on Tomine
• An interview with graphic artist Tak Toyoshima about Tomine's work: Toyoshima on Tomine