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She blazed a trail locally, and now her career comes full circle

Donna L. Halper spinning records on WNEU in 1968. (file 1968)

By Clea Simon

Globe Correspondent / October 17, 2008

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Sometimes history can give back. Forty years ago this month, Donna L. Halper was the first woman to go on air at Northeastern University's tiny WNEU, a campus-only AM station, spinning folk music records for a nightly show called "Full Circle." These days, as an assistant professor of communications at Lesley University, she has come full circle, both chronicling media ... (Full article: 599 words)