. >> reporter: almost 85% of undergrads have cards, and they hold almost five credit cards a piece. they will graduate with an average of $4,000 in credit card debt, not counting student loan debt. instead of a credit card, encourage your college student to get a debit card, which should be connected to a joint checking account that you will oversee. teach your child to budget and make them accountable, to you, to keep track of spending. review this with them on a month-to-month basis. the next month's budget estimate will not be loaded to their account, unless they can reconcile how the money was spent the previous month. this is a real life lesson in budgeting. after your undergrad has proven they are responsible, they can obtain a credit card with a low limit, and hopefully start to build a good credit history. i'm neale godfrey. >> susie: the days of worrying about spilling a drink on your keyboard could soon be a thing of the past. logitech has come up with a washable keyboard. while you can't put it in the dishwasher, it is hand-washable, and can be submerged in almost a foot

i went to undergrad at duke university. i went to law school at harvard.fter clerking for a judge, i came out here in 1997. i have been here for the last 14 years. i have always lived in the castro. i am an attorney. i started out in private practice. i settle private law firm during complex commercial litigation. in 2002, and moved over to the sentences the city attorney's office where i worked on the trial team doing trials for the city, handling my own cases, and supervising a team of attorneys as well. >> why did you choose to live in san francisco? >> i always assumed i would go back to the philadelphia area since that is where my family is. i was always interested in san francisco in terms of what it is as a city, its culture, it's amazing lgbt community. i came out here for a summer, fell in love with it. i have been interested in politics since i was a kid. i worked on campaigns as a teenager. i was involved campaign against senator jesse helms when i was in college. when i cannot hear, and was not initially involved politically. -- when i came out

just weeks ago, csu announced that ten campuses would limit undergrad admissions for spring 2013. >>> it appears the state is unlikely to meet a deadline for reducing overcrowding in prisons. that means some inmates could be reduced. the los angeles "times" reports that the state has until friday to identify prisoners unlikely to reoffend and could be considered candidates for early release. the deadline comes after the u.s. supreme court found overcrowding in california prisons amounts to cruel and unusual punishment. >>> police in pittsburg are fighting crime with their smartphones. pittsburg is the first police agentny:crack county it -- police agent city in contra costa county to do this. they've been previously been able to watch video inside the police departments. >>> a team of investigators on the scene at -- at chevron arich refinery. we'll have a key step that could happen today that will move the investigation forward. >>> it's another hot summer day for part of the bay area. rosemary mr. be here to tell us where the temperatures will be the warmest. >>> and why the preside

>> reporter: today is a happy day for most parents, helping their undergrad move into san francisco state today. can you see a long line of cars behind me with families dragging in those belongings but there is some apprehension today as state budget cuts continue to threaten their future. >> welcome so san francisco state. >> reporter: the freshmen 15 pertained to pieces of luggage, not weight gain. it's move-in day for families. >> i feel kind of anxious, excited to go. really ready, ready to go to new stuff. >> just by the sound of it, dr. samuel sound good. >> reporter: okay, mom, let's get the ironing board before we talk advanced degree. >> he is the foyers go to college. he has a weight on his shoulder but he's going to do great and we're going to do great >> reporter: no matter how they do, they are dealing win creasing tuition and the possibility of more increases in the future. >> a little frustrating, disheartening to hear because having a secondary or a college education is so important. all the budget cuts will affect kids' decision to either go to school and continue their e

. >> reporter: go ahead and check out the cost for a year full-time undergrad living away from home at san francisco state. the tuition nearly $7,000. books and supplies, about $1,700 and meals and housing over $12,000 and other expenses about $3,200 and transportation over $1,400 for a total of nearly $26,000. kayla mentioned she wants to try to do it in about four years but the average is closer to five. classes started on monday. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, nbc11 news. >> i'm not sure what is scarier? taking a look at all of those costs or remembering how long it's been since i was in college. >> it wasn't been that long! come on now! it's funny. t it's nice for the parents who are bringing their kids to the first day and trying to get them moved in in san francisco. we started san jose state just yesterday. in san francisco right now, we have a little drizzle coming down and flight delays up until 11 minutes ago from sfo from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. the sun clearing and sun is making an appearance which is a good time because the america's cup races are on toda

the number of undergrads cashing in on cash scholarships are down. 10% last school year from the one before. according to sallie mae's how america pays for college survey, that's because cash-strapped states are cutting fund for scholarships and schools don't have the money to make up for thor for the state cutbangs. the average scholarship is more than $7600. >>> there's a new book of lists out that may make you feel a little bit old. i'm not looking at you on purpose, jim handly. i'm just here casually gazed over this way. >> it is all that way. it is all about the class of 2016. this book documents the mindset of students who are becoming college freshmen this year. the author says students in this year's class grew up listening to mp3 player or iripod, not th rye. they've never really seen an airplane ticket. before they purchased an assigned textbook they'll see if it's available for rent or online as an e-proportionally. i want to know what they know what am

so i pursued public policy both at occidental college, where i went to school as an undergrad, and also you see-berkeley where i pursued public policy -- also you see -- also uc-berkeley. that was really what shape my interest in public policy. >> where you place yourself on the local political spectrum? the left or right? supervisor chu: i know a lot of folks want to put a person in the position where they call you left, progressive, moderate, whatever category that might be, and i think it really depends on the issue. generally, i am a very practical legislator. i like to look at what the impacts of legislation would be before voting on it, so i think, depending on the issue, you could move around, and i think that should be the way that most people think, which is, "let's consider the facts of legislation before you actually consider it, irrespective of what spectrum it comes from." >> what did you learn from campaigning for supervisor? supervisor chu: it is hard. i learned that my shoes were out pretty quickly -- wore out pretty quickly. i learned to be more practical about the type

school officials there are investigating 125 undergrads cheating by working together on a take-home examight. students were using the same long identical streams of words on the essays. despite instructions not to collaborate. why did you issue a take-home exam? if you want them not to cheat, test them inside the classroom. that would be a better idea. mom and dad, you don't want kids cheating on their exams when you're paying that kind of money. the university is on the case. they will do to teach more about honesty at harvard. only at harvard.

live to our two boat but sure there is are people saying crossing the border from libya from the undergrad country is there's no question that this has become you know the most mythic figure in recent history and it's syria from the east west north and south so powerful our first world want to be. just how the us are making their way there and certainly levered down because again it doesn't have a tight borders it doesn't have a strong central government it's easy to bring in from both sides and move in and out and that's what we're seeing right now thanks ever so much for being on the line sort of the small technical problems we have their political analyst international lawyer dr franklin lamb live from beirut. this is r.t. thanks playing with yourself still to come this giving greece room to maneuver in battle that the e.u. for some space while it tries to put in place crucial reforms which dictate whether it gets more survival money reporting on that also in spain itself suffering from a biting recession that status of forces which are being sacrificed by people struggling to make ends

. >> she went to stafford undergrad and is married with two children of her own. with each of her patience, it is like she is part of the family. >> i was invited to an eighth grade graduation last week. >> hay says her patience have direct access to her after hours. they can text or call her cell phone any time. she charges a yearly or monthly fee. >> thank you. in other high-profile woman is in the news for a far more controversial real reason. why hope solo is upset about something that happened on "dancing with the star's." >> we are following breaking news from arlington. a pair of riders taken part in the memorial ride have been taken to the hospital. we are told only the motorcycle was involved in the crash and a total of two people were taken to the hospital. we have no word on their condition. >> for the first time ever the personal collection -- collection of presidential memorabilia is going on display this weekend. >> he worked under presidents john f. kennedy lyndon johnson, and richard nixon. it is the way he got the job that makes this exhibit so sp

went to princeton, undergrad. harvard law school. in 2003, appointed the texas solicitor general.osition for five years. he authored over, get this, 80 u.s. supreme court briefs and argued 40 moral arguments. what have you done with your life at all, ever? >> greg: me? >> kimberly: yeah. >> greg: a key difference when you look at the party belief, minorities or whatever. the left, if you are part of democrats do you stress separation? if you are part of the conservative movement, you stretch unity. should they take pride in being part of america or adopt the grievance industry, which takes them nowhere? latinos in general are conservative and religious. eisenhower republicans who don't know it yet. >> bob: they don't know it yet is right. right now, obama is beating romney 67 to 23. among hispanics. ain't nothing going to change that, that much. george bush was the only one who could crack 40% of all republicans because he understood the hispanic community. romney does not. you say about the tea party unifying. unifying who? >> eric: you mean like go through this tea party, it's i

it is move-in day thousands will be moving in. 6400 new undergrads including more than 1300 internationaland out of state students begin orientation monday classes start thursday >>> all you can hope for is there won't be rain to get things wet and slow you down. >> yeah. one of the things you can hope for, good classes. the classes you want. >> these days with the budget cuts, you hope for that too. mike we are looking at the embarcadero are there chances for some showers possibly? >> in the sierra. >> not here? >> i don't think so. i think it will be our north, east and west not over top of us. i think we are going to get bypassed by the system we'll see extra clouds you can see on doppler all wet weather to our east this morning. limited visibilities half mile at hay to a mile in santa rosa, everybody else -- everybody else okay. clouds are low enough and there's enough moisture they will create flight arrival delays into sfo. you can see area of low pressure yesterday moving back away from us to the west. now it has come closer that's why there's more moisture in the air this morning.

it's for new undergrads, it's scheduled for tomorrow afternoon at the greek theater and will include the address by the chancellor. berkeley classes are scheduled to begin on thursday. >>> animal rights group is asking federal regulators to impose a fine on the university of nevada in reno for the death of three sheep, according to a u.s.d.a. report the sheep died of thirst last september. the report said they were not given water for five days. the university was fined in 2005 for the death of 45 pregnant sheep and that case they were not given water or food for four days. >> a two word error may have cost the water district a place on the november ballot asking for a half billion dollars in funding. the direct wants voters to approve a parcel tax to fund trails, creek restoration and dam maintenance. the district submitted a summary of the measure of 77 words, the limit is 75 words. then the district missed deadlines trying to fix the problem. the association is threatening to sue if they don't remove the measure movement a group suing the forest service over regulations aimed to p

the number of undergrads cashing in on cash scholarships was down 10% last year from the one before.ccording to sallie mae, how america pays for college survey, it says it's because cash-strapped states are cutting funding for scholarships and schools don't have the money to make up for the state cutbacks. the average scholarship is more than $7600. >>> speaking of, there is a new book of lists out that is making some of us feel a bit older these days. >> i'm feeling rather young this morning. it's all about the class 2016. the book documents the mindset of students who are becoming college freshmen this year. the authors say students in this year's class grew up listening to mp3 players or ipods, not the car radio. they've never really even seen an airplane ticket. >> what? >> yeah. a booklet of pages separated by carbon paper. and before they purchase an assigned textbook they'll see if it's available for rent or online as an e-book first. the list is designed to remind teachers that college freshmen born mostly in 1994 see the world in a very different way. >> uh-huh. >> yeah. wha

. >> there's a new study which might leave undergrads with a major headache.isher kiplinger found the worst values in college majors. topping the list was anthropology. it has an unemployment rate at 10%, if you land a job chances are you will make $28,000 annually. other majors to make the list include fine arts, film, and graphic design. >> here's something that could help you beat the heat. today is national lemonade day. >> a pretzel maker is celebrating by giving away free drinks. i love it. customers can get a 7 ounce cup of lemonade at no charge. we like to save. you can check out the offer at the company's facebook page. they are at several bay area shopping malls. >> you have a save for just about everything. 399. mike -- no, we're going to toss it to weather. christina loren. >> good morning to you. we've got a great looking day shaping up. not too hot but hot enough for the lemonade inland. 91 degrees there, 76 bayside and 65 at the coast. as we head throughout the week temperatures tumble so we want to take you through the seven-day forecast. it's

next, harvard is investigating whether dozens of undergrads cheated on a take home exam last spring.ou surprised, john? >> not at all. i have been doing reporting at multiple colleges that where. thea.s bringing up this issue, they think there's widespread cheating at harvard and elsewhere and think they're ignoring it because it's embarrassing. if you're harvard you don't want that you're supposed to have the best and brightest students and a bunch of cheaters running around. >> alleged cheaters. >> there may be cover-ups going on. >> is there shock that students talk to each other about a take home exam? i agree. it's cheating but who's shocked? there's a paper out of current trends in college cheating. it was published in 1980 and found that 75% of the students they surveyed admitted they had cheated at least once. >> harvard kids weren't smart enough to cheat without getting caught. these guys will never make it on wall street. that's all i have to say. >> inflation in that aspect, as well. finally, today marks the last trading day of august, we're anxious to look ahead in to sep

excuses, but as you can probably hear, i just bent an hour and half with a fired up a bunch of undergrads year. they pummeled me with questions. i think this comes with chasing my grand kids around the woods in washington. at any rate, i'm delighted to be here with you today. this is my first visit to this campus. i was asked to talk about the middle east and our interests and policies related there. it is an area of high interest and a fair amount of my past was spent in the area. american interaction in the middle east came early to our young nation. in came in the early 19th century against the barbary pirates. until recently, u.s. focus has been primarily maritime, overseeing economic and security interests with almost -- with only a small footprint. my first personal experience in the region was about 35 years ago. i was visiting in my professional capacity as a naval officer. it is relatively recent from a historical perspective considering the fights with the barbary corsairs a few hundred years ago. >> ok, so what does the admiral nub of the middle east and why should we pay atten

. >> here you are, you go into harvard undergrad business and law because the family is thinking maybeh-paying job, to go back into what my family had done for 150 years, which is, you know, make beer on a small scale. he thought that was about the dumbest thing i had ever thought of. >> they call you the johnny appleseed of beer, so, what is it you like so much about this concoction? >> well, to me, beer is one of the great treasures of mankind, you know. it's been with us -- >> treasures? >> -- for 12,000 years. it's been part of our civilization since people settled down into villages. and for many years in the u.s., it's become this kind of mass-marketed, mass-produced product, and it lost the dignity and nobility and respect that beer deserves, and i'm trying to bring back flavorful beer that will earn that respect. >> and that was the goal or the point from the very beginning? >> well, in the beginning, it was to survive, you know? we were two people with this tiny little beer in an industry just dominated by these huge companies. so, i just wanted to find a little niche by makin

bill: undergrad.e's known to take extensive notes in journals and tinker with speeches until the very last minute. travels with an ipad and takes notes as he goes. martha: tim pawlenty ran a brief primary challenge to mitt romney and is also said to have been on the short list that rob portman said wasn't quite short enough for him, that was pretty funny. when tim pawlenty addressed the convention last night he took direct aim at president obama. >> after four years of this president we need mitt romne now more than ever. [cheers and applause] >> i'm proud to be supporting him for president of the united state, and i know you are too. and with any luck in a few months barack obama will at last get some experience in the private sector. [cheers and applause] >> thank you, god bless you, and god bless the united states of america. good night. [cheers and applause] martha: he definitely got a few laughs from the crowd last night. he went onto call president obama the tattoo president, explaining like a b

. >> pepperdine undergrad. >> which explains a lot, i think. >> with no football team.ee agent. then he goes to grad school at the university of texas, so his fandom is legitimate. >> how come you can't be a fan if you went to ann ivy? john berman and i who went to harvard are a little offended. >> i went to columbia and sat through some miserable seasons. >> that's true. you did. >> to be clear, you can be a fan of the harvard football team, right? ryan fitzpatrick went undefeated in 2004. now plays for the buffalo bills. as ivy league football teams go, that's pretty good. but what if i said i went to the university of texas, but i'll always claim harvard's research library as my own. >> i see. >> you get to claim it as your own? that sounds absolutely ridiculous. and the same thing at harvard, i loved lsu my whole life. come on. that's just absurd. >> the article is hilariously funny. thank you for talking to us about it. thank you. >>> ahead on "starting point," a massive shipment of those gorgeous red soled shoes stopped in their tracks. we'll tell you what they wo

i didn't really study economic history and they did not teach it in undergrad at mit where i got my doctorate but there were things that kept jumping out. first of all, the first black woman to get a phd in economics, and my mentor, doctor phyllis wallace, who is the first woman to graduate with a higher degree and was a professor at mit. a quarter of the people had purchased themselves. then it becomes an economic fact. once you consider that economic fact, you want to look at other facts. african-american people were raised different and know how to survive it. a lot of us are seen at the periphery of the economy. the outside looking in. when you look at these people, they make amazing differences. >> in that book as well coming out to inventors. the traffic light and the golf team. >> absolutely. >> did those two men get wealthy office inventions? >> no. oftentimes they were working for others. none of them were able to get extremely wealthy. they were paid, but not extremely wealthy. in your first book, perspectives of a mad economist, you write that i don't mind raising hell. i thrive on

you know, teaching graduate students and the question came up, are you really going to go get an undergrad? >> we might need you to go into politics, after you cure cancer, cure our deficit woes. >> i don't know about that, it's a mess. >> taylor, thank you and we hope to see you again. >> definitely guys. >> that was fantastic. >> unbelievable. don't miss the "20 under 20" finale tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern. >> cool documentary and he was amazing. >>> still to come, wilbur ross in the house for the next two hours, starting at 7:00 a.m. eastern time. [ male announcer ] when this hotel added aflac to provide a better benefits package... oahhh! [ male announcer ] it made a big splash with the employees. [ duck yelling ] [ male announcer ] find out more at... [ duck ] aflac! [ male announcer ] ...forbusiness.com. ♪ ha ha! >>> traveling the world for business opportunity. wilbur ross raises the stakes for investors, he's our guest host this morning. >>> and mitt romney's vp pick paul ryan energizing the debate on america's fiscal future. >> what we need to do is to have the kind of policies

. >> the award allowed me to get an undergrad degree in exercise physiology. >> i working on -- as acare. it is always satisfying when i can see that other people are learning from what i've done. >> i think helping people figure out what their dream as and start moving towards it, is one of the most rewarding experiences you can have as an individual. i would someday like to have a family of my own, and bring my kids in a way that they understand true values. i really hope that my children have the same opportunity to go to college, and able to choose a college that offers what they want to pursue for a career. thank you, mitt romney. i really appreciate you making my dreams and reality. [applause] >> please welcome the former massachusetts secretary of work force, james edmunds. >> thank you for the warm welcome. i am honored to be here with you tonight to share my feelings about mitt romney. by way of background, my politics is as a liberal democrat. by passion is about education, work force training, and leadership. when i first met governor romney, i was struck by his humanity,

i get the undergrad, work in the capital a few years, go to law school and run.sn't what i wanted to do, run for office. once i was there, i felt i was getting to serve the public in a different way. i really appreciated what i could do as a staffer to help my boss at the time to make a change, be it from a public policy standpoint or helping constituents. i felt extremely fulfilled in that role. i no longer see the need to run for legislative office. but i am grateful to my roots in the campaign that really motivated me. i think he mentioned how much fun campaigns are to work on the people you get to meet. it is or was an absolute -- it was an absolute invaluable experience for me. >> it started when i was younger. my father, there was a deparle store in st. louis where black people were spending money there but were not being hired. the naacp and other organizations put together a march. my dad came home and got the three boys and said, "your coming with me." i don't know what i marching about until later on in life. [laughter] fast forward, i am a teenager, 16