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Three guys from Dartmouth stumbled into a dance class looking for easy credits and twenty-five years later they're running one of the most successful modern dance companies in the world. Pilobolus Dance Theatre is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. What's remarkable is that it's managed to stay together that long with FOUR artistic directors (with the exception of one, the same four for all 25 years)...and it's managed to do it without subsidies or wealthy patrons. Pilobolus derives 80 to 90 percent of its annual budget from ticket sales...and it's managed to do that while presenting very challenging modern dance (Pilobolus was one of the pioneers of nudity in modern dance) with a sense of humor. Charlene Scott, of member station W-F-C-R, visited the company at its home in rural Connecticut.

JERRY BERMAN is Executive Director of the Center for Democracy and Technology. Its mission is to develop public policies that advance democratic values and constitutional civil liberties in new computer and communications technologies. His group has joined a coalition of on line services, telecommunications companies, librarians, and others in filing a federal suit seeking less restrictive means to protect minors on the internet. (The Center for Democracy and Technology is located in Washington, D.C. (202) 637

Liane Hansen speaks with composer, guitarist and programmer Skip cDonald and English producer Adrian Sherwood about their collaboration on music or the group LITTLE AXE, and its debut album, "THE WOLF THAT HOUSE BUILT." The usic has been described as the first "ambient dub blues" project. (Epic/Okeh ecords; EK 64254)

Host Liane Hansen talks with film historian Marsha cCreadie (mick-CREE-dee) about the role of women screenwriters in Hollywood rom the silent era to modern times. McCreadie is the author of "The Women Who rite The Movies: From Frances Marion to Nora Ephron" (Birch Lane Press).

2: The stars of the Emmy Award winning TV series "Cagney & Lacey" SHARON GLESS (Christine Cagney) and TYNE DALY (Mary Beth Lacy). The two play New York City Police detectives. The series aired on CBS from 1982 to 1988. This Tuesday the two will be reunited in the two-hour TV movie "Cagney & Lacey: Together Again." The movie is the second two-hour episode since the series ended. "C&G" was the first TV crime show in which the two central characters were female. The TV series won 14 Emmy Awards and one Golden Globe Award.

MARK HERRELL (her-ell) is a local organizer for the Philadelphia contingent headed to Monday's Million Man March in Washington D.C. Last year, Herrel chaired a three-day forum in Philadelphia that brought together several hundred African-American men together to discuss problems in the black community. He is the Director of the Youth Gang and Drug Prevention Program for the Philadelphia Mayor's office. INT 3: GLENN LOURY (lau as in cow) is an African-American conservative who is an outspoken critic of affirmative action programs. He has just written the book One by One From The Inside Out: Essays and Reviews on Race and Responsibility in America. Free Press 1995. In 1987, Loury was nominated to become Reagan's Deputy Secretary of Education. Loury withdrew his name citing "personal reasons." Later that year, Loury was arrested for possession of marijuana and cocaine. He now a Professor of Economics at Boston University. INT 4: GEOFFREY CANADA is author of Fist Stick Knife Gun; A Personal History of Violence in America (Beacon Press 1995) It provides a look into the lives of children living in violence. CANADA is President and CEO of Rheedlan Centers for Children and Families in New York. He helps at risk children in the inner-city to find alternatives to violence.

2: Writer LES ROBERTS, author of eleven detective books featuring Cleveland private eye Milan Jacovich or L.A. actor/detective Saxon. The most recent, "The Lake Effect" (St. Martin's Press), is a Milan Jacovich mystery. ROBERTS also produced episodes of "The Lucy Show," "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.," and "The Andy Griffith Show," and was the first producer of "The Hollywood Squares."

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in the news this ast week, including Senator Bob Packwood's (R-OR) resignation on the floor of he U.S. Senate; former LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman pleads the 5th; white eparatist Randall Weaver testifies at Senate subcommittee investigation of the 992 Ruby Ridge, Idaho shootout with federal agents; BBC reporter John cIntyre's account of tear gas used against anti-nuclear protesters in Tahiti; aseball great Joe DiMaggio on Baltimore Orioles shortstop Cal Ripken; Ripken omments on his appearance in 2,131 consecutive games.

2: Actor and film Director BILL DUKE. He's directed several 0ff-Broadway plays, and lots of television, including PBS's award winning teleplays, "The Meeting," and "Raisin in the Sun." He directed the movies, "A Rage in Harlem," and "Deep Cover." His latest film is "The Cemetary Club," about three Jewish widows, who meet up with an charming widower. (REBROADCAST from 2

This past week, the Defense Base Closure and Realignment ommission released its updated list of recommended military shut-downs. Part of he Air Force base in Grand Forks, North Dakota was included in that lineup. eekend Edition Sunday host Liane Hansen speaks with Mike Jacobs, editor of the rand Forks Herald newspaper, about the potential effects of the closing, ncluding the expected number of military jobs lost, as well as the everberations throughout the rest of the Grand Forks community. They also iscuss local coverage of the Waco hearings in Washington D.C. and the growing roblems with Devil's Lake.