Noon Edition

On this week's Earth Day-themed edition of Noon Edition, we discussed sustainability efforts on Indiana campuses. Joining host Herald Times Editor Bob Zaltsberg and co-host Mary Catherine Carmichael were DePauw University sustainability Coordinator Carol Steele and Indiana University Director of Sustainability Bill Brown.

This week on Noon Edition we discussed online journalism and community building through social networking online.

Spring Gardening in Indiana

This week on Noon Edition, a conversation with Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, author of the New York Times Bestselling book "My Stroke of Insight," and the neuroanatomist at the local Midwest Proton Radiotherapy Institute.

This week on Noon Edition, a discussion of a study ranking Indiana ninth in the country for its community corrections population. Herald Times Editor Bob Zaltsberg and Mary Catherine Carmichael are joined in the studio by Monroe County Judge Ken Todd and Sheriff Jim Kennedy.

This week on Noon Edition, Indiana University Athletics Director Fred Glass stops by the studio. Herald-Times Editor Bob Zaltsberg and WFIU News Director Stan Jastrzebski are you hosts.

This week on Noon Edition, we'll discuss the reorganization and policy changes at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, or IDEM. Joining hosts Bob Zaltsberg and Mary Catherine Carmichael are IDEM Assistant Commissioners Scott Nally and Dan Murry as well as Hoosier Environmental Council Senior Policy Director Tim Maloney.

This week on Noon Edition, we'll discuss the encroachment of wildlife on urban Indiana. Joining us in the studio are Private Lands Program Manager Gary Langell and Bloomington Director of Animal Care and Control Laurie Ringquist.

Evidence of the national recession is becoming apparent in Bloomington’s Perry Township. Township Trustee Dan Combs says his office, which is responsible for poor relief, has seen an increase in requests for assistance.

On this episode of Noon Edition, State Senator Vi Simpson as well as other state legislators discuss what state legislators are doing to address the economic situation in Indiana.