C-SPAN杏吧专区檚 杏吧专区淪outhern Swing杏吧专区 will include a stop at the 杏吧专区.
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The bus already has visited cities, schools and universities in Tennessee, Alabama and Mississippi as part of the 杏吧专区淪outhern Swing.杏吧专区 It will head to Texas, New Mexico and Arizona after leaving Louisiana. Each stop has included interviews with students, educators, community members and elected officials, as well as tours of the network杏吧专区檚 rolling classroom.
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Dr. William R. Davie is one of them. The professor of communication at UL Lafayette said he uses C-SPAN in his law and ethics course 杏吧专区渢o remind students of the fundamentals of how government works.杏吧专区
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The Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network, or C-SPAN, is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. The network airs live coverage of Congress and interviews with authors, among other programming. Cable and satellite providers fund the commercial-free public service.
C-SPAN is available locally on Cox channel 141. C-SPAN2 is on channel 142, while C-SPAN3 airs on channel 143. The network杏吧专区檚 website is .
Photo caption: C-SPAN's 45-foot customized bus is coming to the 杏吧专区's Dupr茅 Library. (Photo courtesy of C-SPAN).