Consider the Source: Good lessons, grand characters and great fun from covering Iowa for 45 years
Chuck Offenberger
Wednesday, 01 Feb 2006 at 5:00 pm – Gold Room, Memorial Union
Chuck Offenberger is the former "Iowa Boy" columnist for the Des Moines Register and now publishes the Web site Offenburger.com. In 2005, he wrote a book about the history of high school athletics in Iowa and is now working on a biography of former Cyclone all-America Gary Thompson, who recently retired as a basketball analyst covering the Iowa State and the Big 12.Cosponsored By:
- Greenlee School of Journalism and Communication
- ISU Chapter of the Society of Prof Journal
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