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{CafeNews.87.17}: {scoop} Mon, 08 May 2000 13:17:17 EDT (0 lines)
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{CafeNews.87.18}: Scott Butki {scoop} Tue, 09 May 2000 16:01:54 EDT (7 lines)

How well do you think gays and minorities are treated in the media? Not
just in the news media but also advertising and regular programming as
well? Are they stereotyped? Is there tokenism?
And what about minority and gay rights issues? How well do you feel
they are portrayed and explored?

Come join the conversation at motet:media.206

{CafeNews.87.19}: Kai Hagen {kai} Fri, 12 May 2000 01:52:40 EDT (6 lines)

Cafe Utne wins a Webby - in the Community category!!

Reporting in from the post-ceremony party at the Webbys in
San Francicsco.

Very fun. Very exciting to win the gol'darn thing!!

{CafeNews.87.20}: {scoop} Mon, 15 May 2000 22:06:54 EDT (0 lines)
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{CafeNews.87.21}: {scoop} Mon, 15 May 2000 22:08:20 EDT (0 lines)
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{CafeNews.87.22}: {scoop} Mon, 15 May 2000 22:10:27 EDT (0 lines)
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{CafeNews.87.23}: Scott Butki {scoop} Mon, 15 May 2000 22:11:28 EDT (4 lines)

Which newspapers are doing the best job adapting to the Internet?
What do you think of the Washington Post's site?
Come sound off at
motet:media.13.51-

{CafeNews.87.24}: Elena Tscherny {etworld} Tue, 23 May 2000 21:20:34 EDT (15 lines)

Name Withheld (user:withheld), co-host of the MetaMatters Conference
would like to invite you to apply for an upcoming unHost position in
that conference:

   "Ever wondered what it's like to be a Host?  Well, we can't offer
    you that opportunity, but you can have a shot at something pretty
    close:  You can be an UnHost!

   "Drop by the patron-run conf:MetaMatters, topic:MetaMatters.10-5-
    and add your name to the list of UnHost candidates.

   "User:ov has served is three-month term as UnHost and preparations
    are underway for him to pick his successor.  It's time to give
    someone else a turn to behind the wheel of this jalopy we call
    MetaMatters!"

{CafeNews.87.25}: Kai Hagen {kai} Wed, 24 May 2000 13:56:09 EDT (18 lines)

In case you haven't noticed, or had the impression the conference was
just for people who attended the conference in San Francisco...

Check out the new PLANETWORK conference:

Conference:PLANETWORK

Subtitle: The Internet, technology and an ecologically sustainable
future

"Explore the ways that information technology can contribute to
creating a sustainable future.

This conference will explore how the creative application of digital
tools - scientific visualization, interactive databases, GIS based
systems and computational modeling, among others, as well as the
Internet itself - can open up new possibilities for environmental
activism and positive global change."

{CafeNews.87.26}: Elena Tscherny {etworld} Sun, 28 May 2000 22:53:56 EDT (3 lines)

A new round of the game "Where am I?" just started in the Globe
Conference.  If you like geography games, study the clues, ask
questions and find Where Am I in posting:Globe.38.2644-

{CafeNews.87.27}: Scott Butki {scoop} Tue, 30 May 2000 22:51:32 EDT (3 lines)

Should newspapers endorse political candidates? What do you think?
come weigh in at
motet:media.211

{CafeNews.87.28}: Scott Butki {scoop} Fri, 02 Jun 2000 18:29:30 EDT (4 lines)

A local columnist's column is being criticitized and called sexist.
Come read it and tell us if you agree.

http://cafe.utne.com/motet/bin/show?-u9Hz8p+-i+-lr+Media+69+63

{CafeNews.87.29}: Choo Norbury {choo} Fri, 02 Jun 2000 23:23:50 EDT (7 lines)

We all know cat people just LLLUUUUVVVVV to talk about their furry
four-footed felines... come join the cat chat at
http://cafe.utne.com/motet/bin/show?-u9K8Pt+-i+-lr+Pets+8+2052--1

Mary, Quite Contrary isn't the only one with a garden growing this
spring.  So what have you planted?
http://cafe.utne.com/motet/bin/show?-u9K8QF+-i+-lr+Home+30+205--1

{CafeNews.87.30}: Scott Butki {scoop} Mon, 05 Jun 2000 14:42:49 EDT (5 lines)

How much information about public figures should be
made public? Come look at two real situations and help us
decide if newspapers acted appropriately?

http://cafe.utne.com/motet/bin/show?-u9K8QF+-i+-lr+Media+215

{CafeNews.87.31}: Scott Butki {scoop} Wed, 07 Jun 2000 15:32:53 EDT (4 lines)

Having a good day?  A bad? No matter how your day is, we'll always give
you a free drink if you come by the "Publisher's Pub" at

http://cafe.utne.com/motet/bin/show?-u9Lzgi+-i+-lr+Media+106

{CafeNews.87.32}: Choo Norbury {choo} Wed, 07 Jun 2000 15:41:25 EDT (10 lines)

So is that new digital camera you got for Christmas still gathering
dust?  Well, get it out, annoy your pets by shooting lots of
disgustingly cute pictures of them, then head over to Pets to share!
http://cafe.utne.com/motet/bin/show?-u9Lzf0+-i+-lr+Pets+4+413--1


A rose by any other name... would still have thorns and drive most
gardeners crazy!  The Home Conference has just the place to
commiserate:
http://cafe.utne.com/motet/bin/show?-u9Lzgi+-i+-lr+Home+8+184--1

{CafeNews.87.33}: Patrice {patrice} Thu, 08 Jun 2000 15:32:47 EDT (5 lines)

"Malt does more than Milton can/to justify God's ways to man."
Come discuss the relative merits of all things malty from the old sod
(Ireland or Scotland) in "The Single-Malt Whiskey Topic"...preferably
with a dram of your favorite at hand.
motet:Nook.359.1

{CafeNews.87.34}: Leif Utne {leif} Fri, 09 Jun 2000 13:57:59 EDT (8 lines)

Don't miss the final debate for the Great American Think-Off, broadcast
live on C-SPAN, Saturday, June 10, 7-10 PM Central.

The four Think-Off finalists' essays are online at:
http://www.think-off.org/html/2000_finalists.html

Give 'em a read, then stop by topic:Globe.155 and discuss who you think
should win.

{CafeNews.87.35}: {leif} Tue, 13 Jun 2000 02:11:53 EDT (0 lines)
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{CafeNews.87.36}: Leif Utne {leif} Tue, 13 Jun 2000 02:13:49 EDT (8 lines)

IS DEMOCRACY FAIR? That was the question at the Great American Think-
Off last Saturday in New York Mills, Minnesota.

Join "America's Greatest Thinker" Peter Hilts -- a 33-year old
environmental studies teacher from Lakeville, MN, who argued
successfully that democracy IS fair -- and runners-up Andy Dehnart,
Kristin Talbott and John Staub in the Globe Conference.
http://cafe.utne.com/motet/bin/show?Globe+155+-4-

{CafeNews.87.37}: Scott Butki {scoop} Tue, 13 Jun 2000 21:09:40 EDT (13 lines)

How much information about public figures should be
made public? Come look at two real situations and help us
decide if newspapers acted appropriately?

http://cafe.utne.com/motet/bin/show?-u9K8QF+-i+-lr+Media+215



Having a good day?  A bad? No matter how your day is, we'll always
give
you a free drink if you come by the "Publisher's Pub" at

http://cafe.utne.com/motet/bin/show?-u9Lzgi+-i+-lr+Media+106

{CafeNews.87.38}: Patrice {patrice} Wed, 21 Jun 2000 15:53:32 EDT (4 lines)

There's a brand new game of Opposites Attract happening at
motet:Nook.335  Deadline for round 1 is midnight Monday, 6/26.
Come get in on the first of 7 rounds and improve your chance of
winning!

{CafeNews.87.39}: Leif Utne {leif} Fri, 23 Jun 2000 01:37:01 EDT (11 lines)

AREN'T YOU FAMOUS YET? Cindy is. Regis too. So Why Does Anyone Care?
Utne Reader's May/June cover section explores our bizarre obsession
with celebrity. Join managing editor Craig Cox, who edited the section,
and get your fifteen minutes in the Culture Conference. Now through
Friday, July 1.

Check out the section online at:
http://www.utne.com/magazine/currentissue.tmpl

Then join the discussion:
http://cafe.utne.com/motet/bin/show?Culture+146+-4--1

{CafeNews.87.40}: {scoop} Wed, 28 Jun 2000 23:14:09 EDT (0 lines)
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{CafeNews.87.41}: Scott Butki {scoop} Wed, 28 Jun 2000 23:15:22 EDT (4 lines)

Should Internet chats with guests be held to a higher standard when
conducted on newspaper web sites? come weigh in at

http://cafe.utne.com/motet/bin/show?Media+217