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Editor: 

In your Wednesday, January 30, 2002 edition, - "Former President Clinton calls for monetary investment in Third World" was a good article that gave a synopsis of Clinton's speech. 

I am the Program Director at Berkeley Community Media and I guess I was in the closet for a week, but I wasn't aware of past president Clinton's visit to Berkeley, until one day prior. I was pleased to find out that he was received with open arms and the event occurred without incident. The speech took place in the middle of the day so I'm sure many Berkeley residents were not able to see or hear this historical moment in time. Also, I heard that the free tickets given to students were being scalped, so I'm sure the general public didn't have much of a chance on obtaining a ticket to see the talk. 

So thanks to a video and audio feed from the UC Berkeley campus, this little ole' public access station was able to tape the whole discussion. We will air it on our channel for those Berkeley residents that want to see first hand what Clinton had to say about his book, economic growth, President Bush, and the war in Afghanistan. We will air the speech on our recently acquired government access channel, C-TV 78 on the following dates and times: Friday, February 15, 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, February 16, 9:00 a.m.; Sunday, February 17, 7:00 p.m.; Monday, February 18, 8:00 p.m.; Tuesday, February 19, 1:00 p.m. and Saturday, February 23, 9:00 a.m. 

Again, I thank you for writing the article and for your continued support of Berkeley Community Media and PEG (Public, Educational and Government) Access. Without local support from other media outlets, we couldn't survive. Keep up the good work! 

Taryn Clark 

Berkeley