Friday, October 19, 2007

Interview: North American Tibetan University Students' Conference

In depth coverage of the first North American Tibetan University Students' Conference.

Interviews with organizer Tenzin Seldon of the Office of Tibet in New York, conference speaker Robert Thurman, and Madison student attendee Kunor.

Oct 19-Madison Community Calendar

- Celebration of His Holiness Receiving the Congressional Gold Medal on Saturday, October 21

- Students for a Free Tibet announce a talent show and party fundraiser on Saturday, November 17

Oct 19-Where in the World is the Dalai Lama?

The Dalai Lama visits Georgia and Indiana

Oct 19-Breaking News From Tibet

An analysis of Chinese President Hu Jintao's speech at the opening of the 17th Communist Party Congress (Source: The New York Sun)

Friday, October 12, 2007

Interview: Milarepa the Movie

Interview with Director Neten Chokling Rinpoche about his film Milarepa

Interview: Nangpa-la Pass Anniversary

Madison Students for a Free Tibet remember the first anniversary of Nangpa-la Pass Shootings.

Interviews with organizers Peta and Tenzin, audience members Lars and David, and Tibetan elder Sonam.

Interview: North American Long Life Ceremony Meeting

North American Tibetan leaders gather in Madison to plan H.H. the Dalai Lama's 2008 Long Life ceremony at Deer Park Buddhist Center.

Interview with Tashi Namgyal, president of the Tibetan Association of Washington

Oct 12-Where in the World is the Dalai Lama?

The Dalai Lama has speaking engagements in New York and then heads to Washington D.C. for the Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony

Oct 12-Breaking News From Tibet

- China is ordering 100,000 nomadic Tibetans to move from grasslands into towns and villages (Source: BBC News)

- Authorities in western China have detained and beaten five teenage boys on suspicion of scribbling graffition walls of a middle school calling for Tibet's independence and the return of the Dalai Lama (Source: International Herald Tribune)

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Tibetans Stormed the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi (Source: ABC News)