the top 20 universities in the world by this reckoning and this fairly widely accepted our american universities. but some of those great universities also have big-time sports. so here we have, we can see that in that list of top american universities are some that do big-time sports, and some of them do it very, very effectively. so, the question i really wanted to start with this book is, how important is big-time sports to the operation of an american university? if you ask the university or by the way, if you ask scholars of higher education like me, you will find -- they will say it's not that important. big-time sports is not worth putting in in the mission statement and if you are a scholar like me you can find entire issues of the journal of higher education. they talk about it mission. they talk about research. they talk about interdisciplinary cooperation. they talk about new technologies of learning. they talk about it missions and financial aid. there would be almost no mention of big-time sports and just like it did not exist. yet, when i went through these mission statements as i

and, therefore, i am very grateful to our program sponsors, texas a&m university, american university school of public affairs and american university library, the george bush foundation, which always generous to the library. thank you to the foundation. and i'd also like to thank the white house historical association and stephanie sale and jim singleton. in addition, i'd also like to thank my staff and the volunteers who have helped contribute to today's success. introducing our panel -- our program and panelists this evening is a great friend of the bush library and museum, andy card, acting dean of the bush school of government and public service. can we give him a whoop! [ whoop ] mr. card was appointed july of 2011. he's formally dean card served as chief of staff to george w. bush from 2000 to 2006. during the bush administration, he was assistant to the president, deputy chief of staff and the 11th secretary of transportation. thank you, sir. [ applause ] >> thank you. i'll give you a boston accented howdy. it's great to see you. and it is a spectacular program tonight, and we

american university is ranked 19th in the country, thanks to just four guys there who are best in the nation. the biggest name, also the biggest wrestler. we're introduced to ryan forress. >> reporter: the rafters at the arena holds just one championship for wrestling. josh glenn's 2010 banner almost got some company last year. in the ncaa finals for the heavyweight division, americans ryan flores leads in the last period. the referee decides ryan doesn't fully complete a reversal. ryan misses a championship title, losing 2-1. >> there's a very clear moment where it looks like i scored. but i can't leave it up to the referee to make that sort of decision. i can't make the decision ambiguous. >> it's tough to have something like that happen. and it's especially hard to look at, you know, in the tapes and things like that. but it's just more fuel to the fire. >> reporter: this april, ryan lost the spark in that fire. mark cody, the coach who recruited and inspired ryan left for the university of oklahoma. >> i felt like he got me back to the place where i was during my youth. and just r

american university of public affairs and american university libraries, the george bush foundation, always generous to the library. thank you to the foundation and i would like to thank the white house historical association and he stephanie sale and jim si singleton. introducing our panel, our program and panelists tonight is andy card, acting dean of the bush school of government and public service, can we give him a whoop? >> whoop! >> mr. card was appointed in july of 2011. he is formally dean card served as chief of staff to george w. bush from 2000 to 2006, he was assistant to the president, deputy chief of the staff and the 11th secretary of transportation. thank you, sir. >> thank you. [ applause ] i'll give you a boston accented howdy. it's great to see you, and it is a spectacular program tonight and we appreciate warren finch welcoming us all here, yes i'm the acting dean of the bush school and the bush school at texas a and m, we are proud of our students and the performance of the graduates, because they earned a great reputation for the school. i'm not here to talk abo

i think that if we invest in research in american universities or national labs or in companies that we would like to see not only that research lead research leads to discoveries but that research leads to manufacturing in the united states. because that is where we will see our future prosperity. the department of energy is working in other ways. first, when there are issues having to do with ip generated by the department of energy, we are looking at what means we have to say if you support our star company or research, what are the means we have at our disposal to make sure it doesn't go to the highest bidder, and just wh just what are those means? >> i'll tell you one example. we supported some research by a company that was based in america on manufacturing of improving the manufactureability to drive the cost down. given what was happening in china, they weren't going to get out of this business and we were taking steps to make sure the i.p. generated by american taxpayers would have control, that, again, it doesn't migrate. >> so it did migrate? what's the reference to china?

situation in and around syria with dr omar to xabi a lecturer and professor at the lebanese american university of beirut so why do you think the u.s. and e.u. rushed to put the resolution on syria to a vote even to russia asked for a delay until foreign minister lavrov met with the syrian government. well i think there are some political objectives behind that but let's let's just clarify that the that the russian position and the chinese position was not to support the syrian regime or to support the. heart of is that are coming from syria on the contrary quite the opposite it was to stop this bloodshed and interview of russia and china to stop this bloodshed is to stick to the you and charter and the principles of the un charter and to stick to the united nations as an organization that works with peace and therefore that encourages dialogue and that with that i think is the position of russia by actually saying that there should be more time to actually for the attempts the russian attempts to model minister lavrov is going to be. in syria he would attempt to bring the parties together clos

in beirut and the american university -- >> rose: there is also this with respect to you, you gave a significant contribution to the louvre to establish the islamic art wing and significant contribution to harvard and georgetown. there is also islamic art seems to be getting a lot of attention. >> yes. >> rose: speak to that, both of you. >> we are trying to -- after 9/11, clearly there was a big wound between west and east, islam and christianity and saudi arabia and united states, so there is a burden on not only the government, but also the private sector and yours to try to bridge the gap as much as we can so we have decided as my foundation, to work in academia, establish a function in georgetown and harvard, all of them by islamic christian center and in cambridge and also establish centers in american university, in cairo to speak and teach in the american system and now we are putting them all together in a fine manner to tried to have a unified voice all together, to take the world of academia to bridge the gap between communities and religions. >> >> and islamic arts are ve

sherri ly has our fox 5 investigation. >> reporter: american university is ranked among the top universities but offcampus, some students behaving badly keep neighbors up at night. >> we tried ear plugs, taking nyquil. >> reporter: a couple of years ago the students moved across the street from chris. he dreaded nights when he saw beer kegs arrive. >> the first group had parties maybe once a month. the second group, it got to be an every weekend, maybe not an fish party -- official party, but gatherings. >> reporter: the five-year-old daughter wears ear muffs. and alleys full of beer cans and condoms. >> they have very loud parties at night going on until 2:00 a.m. in the morning. >> reporter: on facebook, pictures show the house being used for fraternity meetings. on four square the address is listed as a dive bar. the men who live in the house are military veterans. >> i say i admire what you've done for the country, but i'm not admiring what's going on now. >> reporter: each year au receives complaints about six to 10 problem houses. 43rd street, neighbors complained of finding women's un

and i was a freshman at american university. we were walking in georgetown.alking by blues alley. she stopped and sarah vaughn was playing that night. she said we have to go. and i saw sarah vaughn who i didn't even know, saw her in person with the late phyllis hyman and heard sarah vaughn sing "embraceable you" live, and felt this was a special moment. that was an experience, a washington experience. >> absolutely. i've seen a lot of great jazz artists here as well. that really is a jazz experience, too. that's one of the things that sets jazz ap part from other art forms is because it comes in african-american tradition of improvisation. a lot of people, you put on a jazz record and listen to a jazz album and you think you're listening to jazz. you're listening to jazz as it existed in one moment, as it existed in one performance because jazz is coming back to that, the saxophonist doing that solo again and playing the argument he had with his wife or whatever else happened in his life, making something different happen. that's what jazz is. it's not just t

. >> army is an american university and navy plays bucknell.>> what is with tiger? >> he is cranky. he has not won in two years. >> coming up tonight at 11:00 are your cellphone manners atrocious? what is bugging the people around you and how you can cut out the bad behavior. >> take a look at live super doppler radar tracking rains. more rain coming from the southwest. a head of a cold front. a much better day tomorrow. we will have an update tonight at 11:00. >> what time is sunrise? >> 6:40.

college basketball, american university and bought now face off in a matchup tonight. -- bucknell faced off in a matchup tonight. johnson led the way. this is johnson 43. they beat american 55-50. tiger woods was playing in the championship in tucson, arizona. he did not have his best game yesterday by he won. today he did not have his best game and he was stuck with it. literally. he had to hit left-handed. he had a chance to extend the match, but he missed a six-foot birdie putt. he is eliminated. tony stewart for race fans won the first qualifying race in daytona, but on the last lap she got mad and that was all. the contact center sliding across the track. serious crash, but she hit the wall hard. she climbed out and she seems to be ok. multiple teams have had preliminary talks with the st. louis rams about a trade to acquire the no. 2 pick in the draft. the redskins are one of the teams that need a quarterback. the rams say they are willing to trade the pick for the right package. [ male announcer ] technology accelerates at a relentless pace. anything not moving forward is moving

>> yes, i'm margaret smith, i teach in the conflict resolution program at american university. i teach on conflicts like northern ireland, sri lanka, et cetera, all civil wars where there has been a contested society where groups rely heavily on the collected memory in order to maintain the cohesion of the group for all kinds of political reasons. of course israel, palestine is another one. and when it comes to trying to address the question of memory in these places, one reality is that history is serving as a way of conducting the conflict by other means. and so until you get a political arrangement that creates a certain amount of stability, it's actually rather hard to shift the narrative or to find any willingness to shift a narrative. but maybe that's only a problem a degree compared to what you've been talking about here. what i'm trying to get at is the question of the relationship between the history and politics. can you change the historeography until you've changed politics? do you have to have a new configuration before you make progress? or can it work the other w

and now there's a nationwide awkward black girl college tour that alies at american university on march 8. so when you do the wave and you look at your watch. >> next 37. >> next on news 4, the lies employers could be learning about you, thanks to your background check. and chuck is back to tell us [ male announcer ] the draw of the past is a powerful thing. but we couldn't simply repeat history. we had to create it. introducing the 2013 lexus gs, with leading-edge safety technology, like available blind spot monitor... [ tires screech ] ...night view... and heads-up display. [ engine revving ] the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. >>> now, what's in a name? criminal background checks are big business in this country. employers spend $2 billion every year looking into the background of potential employees. sometimes what they find is flat-o flat-out false. nbc's lisa parker has the report. >> as if a hunt for a job isn't tough enough these days, some job seekers say they're being hit with curveballs they never saw coming. >> my client is not a sex offend per. his only crime

sam suffer of american university students for choice. thank you. >> good morning. name is cally otto, i'm a teener at the catholic university of america as well as president of the catholic university students for choice. a group unrecognized by my university. we are here today speaking out for the millions of students across the country who applaud the obama administration's regulations and demand our right to exercise our individual religious freedoms by using personal -- by making personal medical decisions without interference from religious authorities. we will not back down because we believe that the religious freedom of individual catholics, students, no matter what their faith, and the need for kpre comprehensive women's health care must take priority to this catholic bishops. as a student who does not practice the laws with them, i close to enroll at catholic university because it provides a world class education, a topnotch faculty and city full of opportunities. catholic university prides itself on welcoming students of all faiths and all we're asking f

. >>> over to american university the eagles trying to keep the perfect home record intact. au had no problem doing that against navy because the mids haven't won a road game since january of last year. check out the sign. can we pens win? it was got them on tv at least. 13 points, 12 rebounds, eagles best player, navy turns it over, comes up with it, the outlet pass to charles hinkle hiting the jumper, then getting it done in other ways. beyond the arc. has been au's best player, scored 16 of the game high 18 in the first half, american wins big, 69-47. 10-0 at the arena. >> home sweet home. >> too bad the student body doesn't appreciate how much they play at home. okay, people, let's get started. pete, did you forget yours? me pete, me use pen! (laughter) sorry i'm late, i was in the 16th century looking for pete's pen. (laughter) guys, guys. take it easy, ok? pete's mom is videochatting me, and she wants her pen back! ok, alright, well. i just got one. so... yeah, you've got a little... yep, i can feel the wet patch. don't look at it. when it's on your mind, it's on ebay.

say, thank you to everyone, everyone at the bush school, the bush library, texas a&m, lks at american university who organized the original conference, all of the participants in today's programs and above all, anita, whose brain storm this is. >> and thank you richard. and thank you. >> so, would you please join me in thanking our guests. thank you. thank you. [ applause ] >> all day today, american history tv is featuring america's first lady. facebook.com/cspan. facebook, youtube, twitter and four square. follow us online at cspan.org/history. american history tv will continue this week in prime time. our focus on tuesday night is black history month. at 8:00 eastern with the ground breaking of the new museum of african american history and culture taking place wednesday on the national mall. the founding director will take us through the storage facility to show the items that will be on display and on thursday, the relationship between martin luther king, jr. and his mentors. and then we will tour the national civil rights museum. and at 10:30 from waterbury connecticut, professor william f

i'm 19 years old at american university. i'm lucky and privileged to be able to attend a university and especially one that respects me enough to make positive decisions for myself and for my future. i'm here today to show solidarity with fellow students attending catholic universities, fellow students who deserve the respect and trust i receive. students who have the right to make responsible and educated decisions about their bodies. students who go to college so they can grow independently and become successful adults. students who deserve access to affordable birth control. it's well known that birth control saves lives around the globe. it is practiced for thousands of years. yet, we in 2012 have to fight the young women to have contraception. i'm lee lated to be able to stand here and stand with other young people in favor of this basic human right. it scares me because of the prevalence of unplanned pregnancies, high rates of sexually transmitted infections and growing number of young people who have contracted hiv or

the surface of the touch pad or screen, dropped it in a sterile solution and brought it to american universitybiologist nancy zeller for testing. the samples were tested two ways. both show bacterial growth but the red one contains sheep's blood. >> we can see if there is any bacteria that might have a pathogenic potential. in other words, could cause disease because they will actually break down the blood cells. >> reporter: that will be important later. first, let's look at atms. we already know money is notoriously filthy because it changes hands so much but getting that money out may be just as bad. tests on five different atms showed three with bacteria. >> you might be able to see it a little bit better if i turn it over. >> reporter: on a scale of zero to four, two samples ranked a four plus. >> if you have bacteria on these surfaces, you could also have viruses. >> reporter: our tests only indicate if bacteria are present, germ that can cause things like pink eye, staph infections or strep throat. >> i go to the twice eye week and the grocery store once a week. i'm in school so i'm tou

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. >>> american university host l lehigh. first half it was the tony -- hosting lehigh. first half it was the tony leblicki show, his first career double double and au up by six at the half. now in the 2nd half simon mccormack to beat the shot clock. au beats lehigh 71-62. american improves to 7-2 in the patriot league. >>> jim larranaga and his miami hurricanes hosting virginia tech. you knew it would be a good night for the canes when this happened. probably not the shot coach l drew up when your 6' 10 284- pound center knocks down a three, but it goes much to the delight of the crowd. miami blows out the hokies 65- 49. quick postgame handshake. >>> when we return, it's rumble time again. peterson and kahn, is it on? the details in a moment. [ female announcer ] more people are using wireless devices in more ways than ever. and our networks are getting crowded. but if congress frees up more wireless spectrum, we can empower more people to innovate, create jobs, and put momentum behind our economy. and a spectrum auction could raise as much as 30 billion dollars to help

to say thank you to everyone at the bush school, the bush library, texas a&m, the folks at american university who organized the original conference, all of the participants in today's programs, and above all, anita, whose brainstorm this is. >> thank you, richard. thank you, danny. [ applause ] >> so would you please join me in thanking our guests? [ applause ] >>> all day today american history tv featuring america's first ladies. who do you think was our most twitter, four square. follow american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3 and online at cspan.org/history. american history tv usually shown on the weekends on c-span3 will continue this week in prime time. our focus tuesday is black history month. 8:00 eastern with the ground break of the new smithsonian museum taking place wednesday on the national mall, the founding director loni bunch takes us through the storage facility to see the artifacts that will be on display. 8:30 the relationship between martin luther king jr. and mentors, benjamin mays and howard thurmon. the national civil rights museum built on the site wher

if we invest in research in american universities or national labs or companies, we would like to see that research lead to discoveries but that research leads to manufacturing in the united states because that is where we will see future prosperity. the department of energy is working in a number of ways. when there are issues having to do with i.t. generated by the department of energy we look at what means we have. if you start a company or research that -- what are the means we have at our disposal to make sure it doesn't go to the highest bidder and what are those -- for example, i will tell you one example. we supported some research done by company based in america on manufacturing of improving manufacturing to drive costs down. it was a successful program. given what was happening in china than they were going to get out of this business and we were taking steps to make sure the ip generated by american taxpayers would have control. >> so it did migrate? >> if we -- [talking over each other] >> what is the reference to china? if we made and you gave this example yourself, if w

reporting for us there now sticking with the same story dr omar a lecturer at the lebanese american university of beirut says moscow and beijing don't support the crackdown on the opposition but wish to end of the conflict in syria by peaceful means. the russian position and the chinese position was not to support the syrian regime or to support the the heart of images that are coming from syria on the contrary quite the opposite it was to stop this bloodshed and in the view of russia and china to stop this bloodshed is to stick to the un charter and the principles of the un charter and to stick to the united nations as an organization that works for peace and therefore that encourages dialogue and that what that i think is the position of russia and by actually is saying that there should be more time to actually for the attempts the russian attempts to model minister lavrov is going to be in in syria he will attempt to bring the parties together as a closer together to actually sit down on a table and solve things in peaceful ways if they if they are somebody form should be done on the part

this week we're back at american university for the second part of history professor allan lichtman's class on franklin roosevelt and his effect on the modern presidency. this is about 70 minutes. >> as soon as everybody gets seated, we'll get going again. obviously, in 1936, fdr is enthusiastically renominated. by the democratic party in a convention that eliminates the -- as we mentioned, the 9 two-thirds rule for nomination and makes nomination a simple majority. roosevelt's acceptance speech was heard by millions on radio. and it articulated the basic theme of his re-election campaign, which was an affirmation of new deal policy combined with a spirited attack on those he called the quote-unquote economic royalists who sought to concentrate power in their hands by creating an economic tyranny in the united states. these economic royalists, he said, complain that we seek the overthrow of the institutions of america. eir wer.y really complain about how do you think republicans responded to that kind of rhetoric? that's exactly the way the republicans today or yesterday responded to

now to go to beirut and speak with the safe and being a professor of economics at lebanese american university and foreign member of columbia university center for capitalism and society is most recently published article co-written with nobel laureate edmund phelps is titled blaming capitalism for corporatism safety and before last week's davos world economic forum founder klaus schwab said capitalism in its current form is no longer fits the world around us larry summers also at davos claiming we need to reform capitalism your thoughts what are they going to agree with them the will we have right now does not really fit the world around us where i would disagree with them is that they seem to think that what we have is a capitalist system although it is very clear for anybody who looks at what's going on that it's really not a couple system it's much more of a corporate a system and by a corporate a system i mean it's a system where the government controls the workings of the market economy in a sense of deciding who gets to produce what in a sense of putting priorities on economic productio

should be i wish we had more time for this professor edmund ghareeb of international studies at american university in washington thank you for coming on r.t. today thank you. but we also have an entire section dedicated to syria on our website also online we're asking you for your thoughts about the outcome of russia's efforts to unravel the complex situation in the country let's see how the numbers are going up this hour on our web site us so far about sixty percent of you believe the west will find a way to remove assad regardless of peace talks almost a fifth think that even if an agreement is reached the opposition will not honor it and the rest of you are split almost evenly between whether the talks between assad and the opposition will fail or that both parties will reach a much needed compromise to let us know what you think kasha vote now we're standing by i don't see toward. just approaching quarter past the hour here in moscow outrage sweeps britain after the european court of human rights blocked the deportation of qatada dubbed osama bin laden's right hand man in europe it's the lates