"It's the most everyday pervasive form of violence against women.... It's not just annoying, it's scary. And the reason that it's scary is because street harassment isn't about sex. It's about power." -Emily May, founder of HollaBackNYC.com

Molly, Nona Willis-Aronowitz, and Jack Calhoun talked with Emily on the most recent Feminist Wednesday. She talks about how women "holla back" these days: snapping that creep's picture with your cellphone and posting it on the website.

There's a HollaBackChicago too, but it's not as active as the original. (We get into why that might be during this segment, too.)

Emily May of HollaBackNYC

 "If street harassment is OK, groping is OK. If groping is OK, beating is OK. If beating is OK, rape is OK. Violence agnst women simply isn't OK." @HollaBackNYC Twitter account, Mar. 16

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Jubei from WTNR Radio stopped by to play some tunes, but also had this insane tale of a horrible bus ride.

Crazy Bus Story

  

4am: Up for School »

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   Rob of Respect Ours is up at 4:00am to get the bus to school.  The morning of a high school senior.

Rob of Respect Ours

  

Stacey Appleton gets the bus
Live from the Public Transportation Championships with Tom and Luis. (Edited by Tom from a longer version at http://www.vocalo.org/explore/content/43816)

We've got a winner!

Top sportscaster!  Who will it be?

Live at T&T Gaming in Chesterton, IN. we found our Next Top Sportscaster!  It's a "they":

Blackout won!

July 30 was the culminating event of our search for Vocalo.org's next top sportscaster contest.   We were there while our contestants battled it out, calling the UFC Undisputed tournament in progress.

Some shots from the big day...

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Will from  T&T

 Ann came by to watch the bouts and bring us a cake. Totally awesome!

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More competitors and the bouts...

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Professional Gents from a real Mixed Martial Arts bouts here at T&T Gaming.

MMA dudes

Sammy - a surprise champ on the left who only started playing UFC in the last 12 days and Robbie and established champion at T&T.

Sonny and Robbie

Will from T&T and John Tucker - one of our sportscaster finalists.

Will and John Tucker

 Black Out - our other sporstcaster finalists.

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Team Khaos is an MMA team from the area. Featured below in no particular order.. Albert "the convict" Kaufman, Jeff "Juggernaut" Szakais, Ethan "Sunshine" Nadolski, Ray "Bug" Cortazar, Ron "The Whiteboy" Stewart, James "Too Tall" Roberts and Josh "I've got no nick name" Gonzales.

Team Khaos

And Speed stopped by as Luis takes a break to play a little UFC Undisputed as well...

Speed and Luis

Sonny and Dan release the results. Black Out are the winners of our sportscaster contest!

Dan and Sonny

Luis and Sonny play a bout as Black Out does their first sportscast for Vocalo.org. Sonny wins!

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And we're almost there.  On Monday, our judges picked two finalists, and Thursday evening, they'll battle it out live on the air... from T & T Gaming in Chesterton, IN.  They'll be announcing a UFC Undisputed tournament.  The pre-game starts at 4:00, and the action goes from 5:00 to 7:00.

Contestants entered by calling our hotline with two minutes of their best stuff, and five of them took part in Round 2, doing live segments with our on-air hosts. 

Here are the entries from our two finalists:

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John Tucker… broke down some recent baseball news for his initial entry:

Three Fantastic Ballgames at Once

 For round 2:  He called play-by-play... of whatever happened to be on ESPN when he visited our studios.

Calling ESPN

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BLACKOUT… uploaded two minutes on Shaq’s latest move for round 1:

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 For round 2:  Talked about disgraced NFL quarterback Michael Vick:

Blackout on Michael Vick

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And here are the entries from our three other semi-finalists:

Trish Vignola… called in a bit about Sammy Sosa for round 1:

Sammy Sosa addresses the media

 For round 2:  A mid-season report on her Fantasy Baseball league.

Fantasy Baseball

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Joey Scavuzzo… called in a live report on a scuffle between two senior citizens, who happen to be married to each other, as they start the day.

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 For round 2:  A report on a grudge match... at his family picnic.

Pinic Grudge Match

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James Gibson… gave us a report on the Couch Potato Olympics for round 1, live from his living room:

Couch Potato Olympics

For round 2:  A classic matchup of Man vs. Shelf:

Man vs. Shelf

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Tune in on Thursday, July 30 at 5:00 p.m. to hear the final Sportscasting Smackdown at live from T & T Gaming.

Meanwhile, enjoy this sample entry from Tom and Luis:

Stacey Appleton gets the bus