Gardening A Cure-all For What Ails You
Kansas State University horticulturalists promote therapy through gardening, claiming benefits for the mentally ill, elderly, handicapped, and children. The program offers a bachelor’s degree, internships across 20 sites, and measurable boosts in mood and productivity among participants. Connie Pierce, Menninger's therapist, describes gardens as life lessons and notes patient progress varies.
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Lynn Byczynski
Kansas
Manhattan Chns
Kansas State University
Richard Mattson
Mattson
KSU
Menninger Foundation
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Connie Pierce
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TV News Blurred By Reality Shows Sparks Integrity Debate
AP report notes TV blends entertainment with news and reality based programs like That's Incredible and Real People threaten audience trust. It cites sketches of events without witnesses, calls it cartoon journalism, and notes executives enforcing limits to keep hard news free of unverified dramatization.
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Fred Rothenberg
NEW York
TV Guide
ABC
NBC
John Hinckley
Howard Stringer
CBS Evening News
CBS
Burton Benjamin
CBS News
Benjamin
News
NBC News
Reuven Frank
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