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The Spark

When people come together and talk about really interesting topics, great questions spark better understanding and opportunities for new ideas to form. On The Spark from WITF, host Asia Tabb starts conversations about what’s happening in the world and at home. Share your ideas at https://witf.org/programs/the-spark.

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The Spark Weekly 8.18.2024: A.I. in PA Schools and...

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2024/08/18

Coming Up on This Week's Edition of The Spark Weekly: We speak with Richard McGarvey with the PA Gaming Control Board about sports betting. We also speak with Dr. Carrie Sipes from Shippensburg University and Jeff Ritchie from Lebanon Valley College about A.I. Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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August is Minority Donor Awareness Month

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2024/08/17

August is National Minority Donor Awareness Month (NMDAM). The Gift of Life Donor Program helps to heal lives by coordinating the recovery and distribution of organs and tissues used in lifesaving and life- enhancing transplants. The Gift of Life donor program has been serving the community for 50 years, and it’s the vital link between patients who wants to donate with over 100,000 patients who are awaiting transplantation according to Rick Hasz, President and CEO of the Gift of Life Program. This

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Journalist Roundtable: York Dispatch

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2024/08/17

Managing Editor from the York Dispatch Wallace McKelvey, and reporter Meredith Willse joined the Journalist Roundtable segment. Both spoke about Meredith’s reporting on education in the Central Pennsylvania region. Meredith has ben writing a series of columns about the influence of a conservative organization in Central Pennsylvania School District’s. Listen to the podcast to hear Meredith's findings. Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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Pa. Gaming Control Board on legal wagers

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2024/08/16

Professional and college football is preparing for the season, and that means legal wagers for those games. In May 2018, after a six-year-battle, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of New Jersey in Murphey v. NCAA and struck down a decades-old deferral law that prohibited the state from legalizing sports betting. Richard McGarvey, Deputy Director of Communications for the PA Gaming Control Board says in November 2018, Pennsylvania began offering sports wagering. “Sports wagering has evolved to

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21:53

History of Old City Hall Apartments

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2024/08/16

Since the early 1900's the Walnut Street property has housed schools and now apartments. Jeb Stuart the President of the Board of Directors of the Historic Harrisburg Association says the building means so much to so many people. "Well, it was a landmark, and, and had a lot of history. There are a lot of alumni from old tech, as it was called, and there was the Tech Golden Legion, which resolved the alumni association of a lot of folks and met in Harrisburg. They had gone there. So there was kind

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24:52

Pa. professors weigh in on how college professors...

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2024/08/15

Artificial Intelligence also known as A.I. for short is a set of technologies that enable computers to perform a variety of advanced functions, including the ability to see, understand and translate spoke and written language, analyze data, and make recommendations and more according to google cloud. Many professions are utilizing this tool, and colleges are integrating it into their courseloads this fall. Professor Carrie Sipes is the Department Chair and Professor of the Communications,

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Pa. Meteorologist predicts another hurricane is...

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2024/08/15

Heading into the month of September, we are heading into the peak of hurricane season. The Central Pennsylvania region just experienced remnants of Hurricane Debbie in the past week. ABC 27’s Meteorologist Dan Tomaso, says hurricane season is roughly between August though September. “Most of our impacts from any hurricane or tropical storm will be from heavy rain. And really, if you think about it, where these storms come from, thousands of miles away, it's the tropics. So that tropical air moves

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22:48

Gender vs. Sex: Pa. professor weighs in on...

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2024/08/14

During the Paris Olympics, Algerian boxer Imane Khelif faced difficulty when she tested higher for testosterone in her system. Khelif was assigned female at birth, and it says so on her birth certificate. Dr. Frederika Schmitt Associate Professor of Sociology at Millersville university says the word sex is a noun. “ Well, first, when we talk about sex, the noun is and we're talking about sex assigned at birth. That is, a term that we use to refer to one's, physiological makeup, one's physical

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Pa. Community College President announces retirement

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2024/08/13

Dr. John Sygielski, seventh president of Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC) announced he will be retiring in July 2025. He’s held the position since 2011 and holds the title of HACC’s longest running president. HACC’s reputation is what lead Sygielski to Central Pennsylvania, and how valuable this institution is to the community. “I have come to realize how generous our communities are to support our mission, especially our students. I like to say that we are the on ramp to higher education,

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PA Olympic Archery coach shares personal experience...

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2024/08/13

Lancaster County’s Casey Kaufhold made her dreams come true after winning a mixed-team archery bronze medal in the Paris Olympics. Her journey began at the Lancaster Archery Academy in Easter Lampeter Township. Kaufhold’s archery coach, Heather Pfeil, was with her in Paris as she was living her dreams as an Olympic athlete. Pfeil says watching Kaufold win in real time felt like an out of body experience. “It was so exciting. There was a large group of us and, you know, just a lot of people from the

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Chambersburg to bring Frederick Douglass to life

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2024/08/12

The Franklin County Visitors Bureau will be hosting on Aug. 17 "Frederick Douglass in Chambersburg: More Than A Speech". The presentation will include lunch, a bus tour to showcase Douglass' visit, and the major meeting between Douglass and John Brown. Janet Pollard, Executive Director of the Franklin County Visitors Bureau, says the speech that was made August 17,1859 was really to conceal the true reason he was in Franklin County. "He was getting off of the Cumberland Valley Railroad, one of the

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The Spark Weekly 8.11.2024 Journalist Roundtable on...

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2024/08/11

Coming up on this week's edition of The Spark Weekly: Vice President Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. Among those who had been in consideration was Pennsylvania Governor, Josh Shapiro. Berwood Yost, Director for the Center of Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College, and Stephen Caruso, journalist with Spotlight PA shared their general reactions to Harris’ choice, and more on the journalist roundtable. Boar's Head recalled seven million more pounds

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Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges dishes on his latest book, and...

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2024/08/10

Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges served in the military for 38 years. He has been making appearances in Pennsylvania including the Midtown Scholar Bookstore and the U.S. Army War College in Carlisle. Hodges most recently published a book called Future War and the Defense of Europe. “I wanted to write a book that would help wake people up about what needed to be done. And to be honest, as a, somewhat of an amateur historian myself, I mean, that's part of your professional education is looking at, past wars. And

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22:48

Journalist Roundtable: VP Kamala Harris selects...

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2024/08/09

Vice President Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate. Among those who had been in consideration was Pennsylvania Governor, Josh Shapiro. Berwood Yost, Director for the Center of Opinion Research at Franklin & Marshall College, and Stephen Caruso, journalist with Spotlight PA shared their general reactions to Harris’ choice, and more on the journalist roundtable.Support WITF: https://www.witf.org/support/give-now/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy

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Franklin & Marshall College prepares for Fall Semester

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2024/08/09

In just two weeks, students attending Franklin & Marshall College will be back on campus for the fall semester. F&M President Dr. Barbara Altman says the start of a new academic year is the highlight of her year. “We're expecting a first-year class of about 500, which is pretty much what we planned. I know we might want to talk about the various things going on in higher ed these days, but we're delighted with a very, very talented class of 500”. In addition to serving as President, Dr

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One World Festival in Lancaster celebrates diversity

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2024/08/08

The One World Festival in Lancaster will be held Sept. 8 at the Franklin and Marshall College at the Alumni Sports and Fitness Center. Deepa Balepur, Chair of the One World Festival Committee and Tom Daniels, Performance Coordinator of the festival appeared on The Spark to promote the festival. The festival was born in 2018, as Deepa was attending the Asian Indian Festival. "I would say a native Lancastrian who came up to me and said, you know, this is such a great thing you guys are doing. It is

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What researchers have learned about the Spotted...

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2024/08/08

It's been ten years since the spotted lanternflies began showing up in Pennsylvania. Brian Walsh, Spotted Lanternfly Researcher at Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences began noticing the insects when he was a landscaper years ago. "I was running a landscaping business, and it lanternfly landed very close to where we worked from just a few miles. And we realized that what we were seeing on the ground didn't really match up with what we were being told by some of the government agencies that

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Listeria Outbreak: What you need to know

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2024/08/07

Boar's Head recalled seven million more pounds of deli meat due to a listeria outbreak. That outbreak follows an earlier recall of more than 200 thousand pounds of deli meat by the same company. Those outbreaks have been reported in Pennsylvania and 12 other states. Martin Bucknavage, Senior Extension Program Specialist with the Penn State Department of Food Science says if this product is in your refrigerator, it should be a concern. "Throw it away, as they say. Not only that. Also making sure that

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PA Turnpike to launch Open Road Tolling System

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2024/08/07

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission will soon convert its tolling system to Open Road Rolling east of Reading and on the Northeast Extension. The Open Road Tolling system will be in place in January 2025. The turnpike was opened in 1940 with a cash collection system, then in the 2000’s the EZ pass was added. Craig Shuey, Chief Operating Officer of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, says the Open Road Tolling (OTR) system will be safer for drivers, and will be better for the environment. “When we

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National Night Out: York County

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2024/08/06

The York County Sheriff's Office is eager to engage with communities across York County for National Night Out on August 6. The goal of the event is to strengthen relationships between law enforcement and the residents they serve. Lieutenant David Godfrey and his deputies at the York County Sheriff’s Department look forward to this event each year. “So, in York County this year, we are going to 11 different events throughout the county. Basically, local police departments, jurisdictions, they have

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