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EARTH DAY BEGAN ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES 25 YEARS AGO, AND PHILIP DAVIS TAKES A LOOK AT THE STATE OF CURRENT STUDENT ENVIRONMENTALISM.

The United Nations is reporting that perhaps as many as four thousand Rwandans have been killed at a refugee camp. Daniel talks with New York Times reporter Donatella Lorch who was at the Kibeho refugee camp when the Rwandan Army started shooting into a crowd of stampeding refugees.

DEAN KAHLER (KAY-ler), wounded in the Kent State University shootings. 25 years ago today the Ohio National Guard fired into a crowd of students at Kent State University demonstrating over raids into Cambodia. Four students were killed and nine were injured in the shooting. The National Guard and Governor of Ohio (who ordered the Guard's presence) were exonerated of any responsibility for the shooting. KAHLER was the only survivor to be paralyzed. He is currently a substitute teacher still living in Ohio.

Actor ANDRE BRAUGHER (rhymes with "flower"). In the NBC series, "Homicide," he plays the shaved-headed Detective Frank Pembleton, a man described as "eloquent but icy." BRAUGHER was educated at Juliard and is an experienced Shakespearean actor. His other acting credits include the film, "Glory," and the TNT special, "The Court Martial of Jackie Robinson." (REBROADCAST FROM 1/

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews the new CD by the British singer/songwriter and pianist Steve Beresford: "Steve Beresford Signals for Tea" (

2: Former Congressman TIMOTHY J. PENNY was in Congress for twelve years. He's just written a new book about the cultures that modern lawmakers bring to Congress which he says "have gnawed away at the sturdy foundations of republican democracy and trustworthy service that our Founding Fathers bequeathed." PENNY's new book is Common Cents (Little, Brown & Co.) which he wrote with journalist Major Garrett. PENNY is now spokesperson for the Concord Coalition, a bipartisan coalition that promotes fiscal responsibility and deficit reduction.

NPR's Peter Kenyon reports on the latest in the investigation of the bombing last week in Oklahoma city. Authorities are pursuing leads across the country in an effort to find the suspect John Doe #2 and any others with potential links to the blast.

2: Writer/Director KAYO HATTA. Hatta's film "Picture Bride," is the story of a young woman who moves to Hawaii as a "picture bride." Picture brides were Japanese women who moved to Hawaii in order to marry the Japanese plantation workers who settled there. The women would only have seen a picture of their future husband before they were married. The film is HATTA'S first commercial release and the first Hawaiian production to gain a commercial release. "Picture Bride," won the 1995 Sundance Film Festival Audience Award for best dramatic film.

Daniel speaks with NPR's Andy Bowers about today's presidential elections in France. Conservative Paris mayor Jacques Chirac defeated socialist candidate Lionel Jospin by a clear margin in this second round of French balloting.

President Clinton leaves tomorrow to visit Moscow and to meet with Russian President Boris Yeltsin. Daniel talks to NPR's Ann Garrels about the mood of the Russian people and the state of Russian politics. Russians find that the security of their lives under the Soviet system is gone and they are facing an uncertain future. She says that although Yeltsin is not popular, there are no political alternatives to his leadership.