joining me today on "bloomberg studio 1.0," outgoing harvard president, drew faust.ou have been president for 10 years and this is your last year. how do you feel? is it bittersweet? drew: i feel good about it. i think that jobs like a presidency have a certain rhythm. you move through an agenda and accomplish things and work together with people. it is good to have fresh eyes and somebody with another agenda, carrying -- you hope -- carrying your agenda forward, but nevertheless bringing new skills and new approaches and energies to it, so i feel terrific about what we have been able to accomplish. emily: you were the first woman president of harvard. when you took over, you made a point to say, i am of harvard, not the first woman president. why was it important for you to say what you said? drew: i felt people would label me as special or in a different category, or perhaps imply that i was there only because i was a woman. i did not want that. i wanted to make clear from the start that i was as real and complete and full a president of harvard as any of my 27 pre

. >> including this guy, alex faust. he is the play-by-play announcer for the l.a.trebek says faust is young, attractive and has a great first name, as you can understand. another option, he suggested cnn legal analyst laura coates. faust and coates were both thrilled by the endorsement and surprised by it. >>> an idaho woman who faced tough terrain on a seven-mile hike decided to make the trek even more challenging. >> yeah, after finding an injured dog along the trail of the grand teton mountains in wyoming, tia vargas decided to lift the 55-pound springer spaniel named boomer onto her shoulders and carry him a mile down the mountain. boomer's owners had lost himn e was gone for good. >> there was a note, and we found the note, and we called the number, and their first question was, is he dead because they thought for sure he was dead, and they were very happy to hear that he was very much alive. >> boomer had some torn ligaments but is otherwise okay. after learning how vargas rescued boomer, his previous owners let her keep him. >>> next a car lover's expensive

. ♪ ♪ emily: in february 2007, drew faust made history when she was appointed president of one of theous and storied institutions in the world, becoming the first woman president of harvard university. a civil war historian and multi-time off there, -- faust led author, the university for a decade, tackling thorny issues like immigration and same-sex social clubs and raising record amounts of capital, all while fighting to prove that an ivy league education is worth the rapidly rising costs. as she passes the torch to her suces

and what would that say about women generally, not just could drew faust do this job, but could a woman do this job? i would just have young women in beaming at me. people that i did not know would give me the biggest smile to say, "you go girl!" it is for us to. so, throughout i felt i could be the kind of role model that i didn't initially have when i was a child, but found in professors when i got to college and saw women doing extraordinary things. emily: amen to that. you go girl. what do you see as your biggest success? drew: i hope i have made the university a more open place, have expanded access for people from all kinds of backgrounds, points of view, economic circumstances. and made harvard more affordable and more open, but also made it a place that felt more welcoming and inclusive once i got there. -- once they got there. a place where women would not feel they were there on severance, or students from once -- from other backgrounds that they got there. or students from less attended backgrounds would feel they are there on the margins, but this was their harvard too, that

. >> this is all owing to drew faust who is about to step down.hat was her gift in terms of raising so much money. ? >> she had a lot of people to ask. a lot of people who have done well went to harvard. not everyone is a billionaire but there were a lot of people over the years. what is interesting is there going to go to the people, good men and women who gave a really got -- really large gift. less alumni are given to the universities. we have a statistic in the story. of all the universities that giftsast year, one dozen made up a third of all of the gifts. put that into perspective. are people given less to their alma mater? >> maybe they don't think they needed. they didn't think there are other organizations in the world that need their help or than a wealthy university. >> this was a criticism leveled by malcolm gladwell. essentially, you could help the poor, feed the poor and yet, you are giving to a superrich university. >> absolutely. he had the same criticism when stanford got a make a gift of that size. there was a lawyer that used to

jason: and this is all largely owing to drew faust, who is about to step down as the president of harvardat was her gift in terms of raising so much money? janet: well, she had a lot of people to ask, and a lot of people who done well went to harvard. even if you are looking for low hanging fruit, not everyone is a billionaire, but there were a lot of people over the years and people who have multigenerational affiliations with harvard, they want to get back. isol: what's interesting that it goes to a few good men and women who gave some really large gifts. seeing, isat we're less alumni are giving to the universities. harvard has the edge. statistic that of all the gifts that came in last year, one dozen gifts made up a third of all the gifts. jason: wow. jason: put that into perspective. jason: why are people giving less to their alma mater? janet: good question. maybe they think they don't need it. they say other organizations that need their help more than a wealthy university. that jason: that was the criticism leveled by none other than malcolm gladwell at john paulson's gift, speci

alex faust and jim fox here with you.ost highly anticipated opening round series in recent memory. they should consider him. he's young, he's attractive, his first name is alex. it wouldn't be a big hardship for johnny gilbert to say, "and now here is the host of 'jeopardy!' alex, not trebek." what about a woman? um, there is an attorney, laura coates. she's african-american, and she appears on some of the cable news shows from time to time. very bright. very personable. welcome back to "laura coates show" here on sirius xm urban view channel 120 taking your calls today. alex: your profession would be well represented. what are the factors that go into your decision on whether to hang it up in 2020? if i'm still enjoying it and if i'm not making too many mistakes, then i will continue. but there comes a time, of course, you know, bob barker is a perfect example. he was still doing well, but he figured, "hey, the time is now." and in life, we make a lot of decisions about what we want to do and whether to accept a job and

kings announcer alex faust? >> right, right. >> he likes him and laura coates from cnn legal.ost popular syndicated game show since 1984. alex, if it is true, we sure will miss you. [ applause ] >> you can't believe he's 78. >> he looks good. >> he looks amazing. >> and finally, holy guacamole, it's national avocado day, everybody. [ cheers and applause ] i keep waiting. remember, when i say holy guacamole -- that's your cue. thank you, thank you so much. help yourselves, family. because they're heart healthy. you know who is embracing this holiday with open arms, chipotle. they let us know that you won't have to hear those dreaded three words, guac is extra. they are giving it away for free all day. perhaps you want a little avocado toast. so exciting. you get an avocado. you get an avocado. [ cheers and applause ] oh! yes! enjoy them. >> what could go wrong, lara? what could go wrong? >> i am a believer. >> we got a lot going on today. >> happy avocado day. that is it for "pop news," george. [ applause ] >> thank you. good arm by the way. >> guacamole, like how long has that