Consider This

CONSIDER THIS
Consider This is a TV program produced by the Department that airs on local cable and community access channels throughout the state of Indiana, and in northern Kentucky. Two shows are taped every four weeks, the focus always being on international affairs; recent programs have looked at issues as varied as the situation in Bosnia, aboriginal politics in Australia, the Iraqi crisis, and political news from Zimbabwe, Mexico, Argentina, Cuba, central Asia, southeast Asia, and western Europe.

Taking the form of a panel discussion, Consider This is produced by Jasper Sumner, moderated by professional broadcaster Sam Graves, features faculty members Scott Pegg, Michael Snodgrass, Jasper Sumner, Charles WInslow and John McCormick as regular panelists, and centers on guests with special interests in the topic of the week.

Directed by IUPUI staff member Michael Maitzen, the crew on the show is made up entirely of IUPUI students working out of the IUPUI Communications Technology Laboratory.

Each show is 28 minutes long.

Information for guests:

How to find us. Drive onto campus on Michigan Street, heading west. At the second set of traffic lights, turn left onto University Boulevard. (The five-storey brick and concrete building on your left is Cavanaugh Hall.) Take the first turning on the right onto Vermont Street, and park in the Vermont Street garage to your right. Walk back to Cavanaugh, and take the elevator to the 4th Floor. Upon exiting, turn right and right again. Walk down the hall and you will find the Computer Technology Lab on your right - that's where we are.
Tips for appearing on TV. Tapings for the show are relaxed and informal, but it's also useful to know how best to prepare to make the best of the experience. For advice, visit the ComTechLab web site and click on "TV Talent Tips".

Where to view Consider This:

Indianapolis area: Educational Television Channel 2 (Comcast Channel 13, Bright House Channel 98 - Sundays at 10am, Tuesdays at 8.30pm, and Fridays at 8.30am), and WIPX TV Channel 63 (Comcast Channel 17, Bright House Channel 6) (Saturdays at 6am).

Northwest Indiana: AT&T Cable Services, Merrillville (Mondays at 6pm), and Channel 99/Public Access Studio, Michigan City (Mondays at 2.30pm).

Northern Indiana: AT&T Cable Services, Mishawaka (every alternate Tuesday at 10pm).

Northeast Indiana: College Cable Access, IUPU Fort Wayne (Thursdays at 4pm, Fridays at 10.30pm, and Sundays at 4pm).

Bloomington area: Monroe County Public Library (random times, 4-6 times per week).

Lafayette area: ICN Channel 13 (Mondays at 6.30pm, Saturdays at noon.

Southwest Indiana: WEHT 25, Henderson, KY (every alternate Sunday at 6.30am).

Eastern Indiana: Whitewater Community TV, Richmond (various times, 12 times per week - check WCTV program schedule).

Note: days and times are subject to change.
If you are a viewer who would like more information about a program, or a station that would like to carry the show, please phone the Department at 317-278 0694, or e-mail us at Political Science.