03 Oct 2006

Can WQPT Re-Make Itself?: With a $200,000 Deficit, the Quad Cities PBS Affiliate Faces Tough Choices

By Administrator

Reader issue #601Rick Best acknowledges that public television isn't the unique presence that it was in the 1970s and '80s - virtually the only place on the television spectrum to find educational programming and serious shows on science, history, public affairs, and high culture.

"The landscape has changed a lot," said Best, the general manager of the Quad Cities' PBS station, WQPT. "PBS used to use the phrase, ‘If PBS doesn't do it, who will?' You don't hear that phrase being used so much anymore, because it got to the point where there were other answers out there."

15 Aug 2006

College Sports: Remove the Worm from the Apple

By Steven C. Bahls

It's been a torturous summer for some of the nation's top college sports programs.

Reader Issue #594 We've seen screaming headlines of a grading scandal at Auburn, the shocking arrests on murder charges of two former Montana State University athletes, and sharp scrutiny over so-called high-school-diploma mills that churn out would-be college athletes who lack the requisite academic credentials. Echoing among these stories is the Duke University lacrosse scandal, which continues to percolate in the national news media.

15 Aug 2006

Paying Athletes Will Solve College Sports' Ills

By Administrator

It's nearly college football season, which means Iowa fans can look forward to another Top 25 squad, and Illinois fans can pray for respectability and then look forward to basketball season.

But maybe avid boosters ought to consider their own critical role in the ills of college athletics. Namely, they ought to recognize that they're supporting of the exploitation of college-sports stars. (Full disclosure: As a University of Illinois graduate and fan, I'm part of the problem.)

13 Jun 2006

The Vacation Manifesto: Radical Ideas to Grow the Quad Cities

By Dan Carmody

Issue 585 Cover Editor's note: Last year, after a European vacation, longtime Renaissance Rock Island leader Dan Carmody submitted a draft of a "Vacation Manifesto" - a series of anecdotes and ideas for the Quad Cities.

In the year since, Carmody left our area for Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he serves as president of the Downtown Improvement District. We recently asked him to revisit his manifesto. Here it is.

We welcome your ideas in the comments section of the article.

 

02 May 2006

River Cities' Reader Spring/Summer Dining Guide

By Administrator
palm_resturant-aweb11 Welcome to the spring/summer edition of the Quad Cities Dining Guide, presented by the River Cities’ Reader. We’ve contacted hundreds of local restaurants and asked them for the information that would be most useful to our readers, from kitchen hours to payment options to specialties to alcohol offerings.
25 Apr 2006

The Secret Histories of 9/11

By Jeff Ignatius
Loose Change 911 Creators: Korey Rowe, Dylan Avery, Jason Bermas

On Friday, Paul Greengrass' film United 93 opens nationwide, telling a story of bravery that this country has embraced because of the comfort it provides in the face of intense pain. On September 11, 2001, passengers on that plane stormed the cockpit and foiled a terrorist plot, in the process sacrificing themselves.

18 Apr 2006

In the Realms of the Mind and the Eyes

By Steve Banks
On a white pedestal sits a ring of smaller eggs encircling a much larger egg. Their surfaces are covered with painting that is precise and utilizes geometric patterns, dots, and leaf/sprout motifs with a color sensibility reminiscent of old wrapping paper.
04 Apr 2006

Uncovering Iron John

By Jeff Ignatius
In the folk tale "Iron John," a mysterious being living in a lake grabs people and animals and pulls them under the water. After seeing his dog nabbed by the creature, a hunter has an ingenious idea: He gathers three men armed with buckets and empties the lake.
28 Mar 2006

The Freight House

By Jeff Ignatius
A critical thing to understand about the Freight House proposal that will probably go before the Davenport City Council again next month is that it's not really about that building, or the "public market" concept that's being championed by DavenportOne.
21 Mar 2006

Lessons from Post-Hurricane New Orleans

By Jeff Ignatius
An ad in the March issue of New Orleans magazine boasts, "Lots Start at 100' Above Sea Level." That's life in the Big Easy, post-Katrina: It doesn't matter how much it costs as long as it's on high ground.

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