you mentioned your collaborators at amherst college in the introduction, and i wondered if you could speak about the process of writing and flesh out what that collaboration meant. >> yeah, fabulous. so one of the most important parts about this book is this book is a true collaboration and co-authorship with four amherst undergraduates. so those of you that are, those of you that buy the book or take it out of the jones library where we have many copies -- [laughter] will notice when you open up the front cover, you see my name and the name of four amherst undergraduates. this work couldn't have been done without them. the book couldn't have been written without them as well. amherst college has invested heavily in the last several years in providing opportunities for students to do research with faculty. to become meaningful collaborators with faculty. not to work for faculty, but to work with faculty. this book, the existence of this book is a testimony to the capacity of undergraduates to carry the scholarly hold that in the past -- load that in the past would have been thought t

patricksetts governor the commencement anniversary at the university of massachusetts in amherst. he addresses climate change and supporting clean energy initiatives. governor patrick is scheduled to leave office in generally when he finishes up his second term. this is 15 minutes. [applause] thank you. chairman thomas the members of the board of trustees, members of the faculty and staff, senator rosenberg, representatives, honorees, distinguished guests, family and friends, and the proud and worthy members of the u mass class of 2014 -- cap underline applause]s and >> congratulations for reaching this milestone and thank you for having me. handain event is dating in the degree for which you had worked hard for. i'm aware of that and how important it is for me to get on and off as quickly as possible. i get it. question is what is next? ,rom the time you were little some and had almost certainly been asking you what you wanted to be when you grow up. it is what adults ask kids, especially parents of their own kids. the kids answer with gusto. as young people get closer to seemsgr

earlier this month at the undergraduate commencement ceremony at the university of massachusetts in amherst. he calls on the students to become good citizens by supporting clean energy initiatives. governor patrick is scheduled to leave office in january when he finishes his second term. this is 15 minutes. addresses climate change and [applause] >> thank you. chairman thomas the members of the board of trustees, members of the faculty and staff, senator rosenberg, representatives, honorees, distinguished guests, family and friends, and the proud and worthy members of the u mass class of 2014 -- [cheers and applause] >> congratulations for reaching this milestone and thank you for having me. the main event is dating in hand the degree for which you had worked hard for. i'm aware of that and how important it is for me to get on and off as quickly as possible. i get it. the main question is what is next? from the time you were little, some and had almost certainly been asking you what you wanted to be when you grow up. it is what adults ask kids, especially parents of their own kids. the kids

have many copies we noticed when you open up the front cover, you see my name and the name of the amherst undergraduate this couldn't have been done without them. it couldn't have been written without them as well. in the last several years providing opportunities for the students to do research in the faculties to become meaningful collaborators. it's to work with faculty into this book, the existence of this book is a testimony to the capacity of undergraduates to carry the scholarly load that in the past would have been thought to be only carried by graduate students and family members. there is a collaboration of the science is, so every article has 350 names. to collaborate within undergraduate on the resource project, it is to run a kind of risk. the research can't be very good because it was done by undergraduates. but i hope that when you read the book you will be convinced that the perception is radically wrong. teaching the students that are in this room working with these students is the best thing that happened to me in the 40 years of teaching. i was going to save my things u

california at berkeley, dartmouth, harvard, yale, university of north carolina-chapel hill, vanderbilt, amherstllege and occidental among scores of others. the number of complaints against colleges related to sexual violence has tripled since tracking began in 2009, with 33 in the first half of this year alone. most recently, the spotlight has been on brown university, where a student, lena sclove, says she was raped and strangled after a party in august 2013. her alleged rapist was found responsible for four violations of the student conduct code, including "sexual misconduct that involves one or more of the following: penetration, violent physical force or injury." sclove says a university panel recommended a two-year suspension, but a dean reduced that to one year. sclove appealed, seeking a harsher sentence, but was denied. since her accused attacker remained on campus throughout the hearing and appeal process, his one-year suspension effectively became one semester. the case has caused a nationwide uproar. but students at brown and elsewhere say lena sclove's case is not necessarily unusua

>> jimmy: yeah. [ laughter ] this one's from kelly marsh in amherst, massachusetts. at a restaurant menu online. saw something interesting here. we got subs. there look in the right hand column. buffalo wing sub made with children blue cheese and hot sauce. [ laughter ] >> steve: whoa! >> jimmy: and freddy kruger's the chef. [ laughter ] >> steve: hannibal lector's in town. >> jimmy: fava beans. >> steve: ooh, chianti. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: and finally this last screen grab was sent into us by erin nicolochi in highland -- high lands ranch, colorado. she was checking out some tv listings. let's see what's on everybody. big, dick tracy. [ laughter ] there ya go. [ cheers and applause ] >> steve: weiner tower. [ clapping ] weiner tower. [ clapping ] >> jimmy: that's all we have for screen grabs. if you have a funny screen grab, email it to us at screengrabs@tonightshow.com and we might put it on the show. stick around. we'll be right back with louis c.k. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ doesn't really look like burger. man 2: grilled beef patty? that's burger-esque. man 1: y

u-mass amherst says you would see a 20% increase in the price of food.d make the menu prices go up, would you hire fewer people? how would you absorb the cost? >> well, first thing, you'd certainly have to raise the prices, or you just couldn't stay in business. i'm not sure what the breaking point is for customers to not be able to afford to eat there anymore, but if our costs get pushed up from below, we've got no choice. and what that certainly will do, of course, it already has, when minimum wage goes up, it does eliminate jobs. one of the most obvious ones that people may or may not -- probably notice it, you remember when you used to go into a fast food restaurant and somebody would hand you the drink? now almost all of the fast food restaurants are self-serve drinks in the dining room. that's thousands of jobs that are not even there anymore. melissa: you're going to automate more and more. the argument that folks on the other side if you pay your workers more, then they have more money to buy at places like your shop. do you think that's true? be

u-mass amherst found pushing the minimum wage to $15 would raise prices by 50 president. out to eat, could you afford to pay more for these items? >> well, see, the thing is that right now i wouldn't be able to afford it. right now i only make $9.25. but if my pay was increased, i would be able to afford it, you know? i would love to shop locally, but i can't. it's way too expensive, you know? melissa: by that logic, they're giving you more money, and you're giving it right back to them. isn't that frustrating? >> i mean, not really. i believe that it'll actually help the economy grow. melissa: okay. you're 24 years old. have you taken steps, i mean, this is supposed to be an entry-level job. are you taking steps in your life to do something else down the line? what do you see for your future? >> oh, yes. right now i actually have two jobs. i work at a restaurant as well as kfc/taco bell, and i'm also attending school with a degree in humanities and photography, and if everything goes right, i should be graduating by next year. melissa: good luck to you -- >> and i don't

massachusetts governor patrick spoke of the commencement anniversary at the university of massachusetts in amherst. he addresses climate change and supporting clean energy initiatives. governor patrick is scheduled to leave office in generally when he finishes up his second term. this is 15 minutes. [applause] thank you. chairman thomas the members of the board of trustees, members of the faculty and staff, senator rosenberg, representatives, honorees, distinguished guests, family and friends, and the proud and worthy members of the u mass class of 2014 -- cap underline applause]s and >> congratulations for reaching this milestone and thank you for having me. handain event is dating in the degree for which you had worked hard for. i'm aware of that and how important it is for me to get on and off as quickly as possible. i get it. question is what is next? ,rom the time you were little some and had almost certainly been asking you what you wanted to be when you grow up. it is what adults ask kids, especially parents of their own kids. the kids answer with gusto. as young people get closer to seemsg

she works at the university of massachusetts-amherst, but since the day that she started, the day she started she made a lower salary than her male counterpart who is doing the exact same job. they had the same responsibilities and both of them had taken a pay cut to accept that job and they both graduated from the same university in the same year. well, when ann marie found this out that he was making more than she was, even though they had the exact same resumes and qualifications and year of graduation, she went in and asked for a raise and she was told she couldn't have one. well, she stayed on at that job and continued to work hard, and it wasn't until her husband's job was at risk that she started thinking about how much those lost wages meant to her and her family. she ran the numbers and she found out that over the years, she had missed out on more than $12,000 in wages compared to her male counterpart who was doing the exact same work. ann marie and her husband are first generation college graduates, and they have a 5-year-old daughter who was in full-time daycare because bot

as announced by university of massachusetts, amherst -- the presiding officer knows this well, he's fromthe state of massachusetts -- ranked koch industries as one of the nation's biggest air and water polluters, period. in one year koch industries released 31 million pounds of toxic air. how much is that? it's more than dow chemical, exxon mobile and general electric combined emitted. they are the champions. the koch brothers' actions against the environment aren't limited, though, to toxic emissions. charles and david koch are waging a war against anything that protects the environment. i know that sounds absurd, but it's true. these two billionaire oil barons are actively campaigning now, spending tons of money against anything that seeks to curb pollution, limit our dependence on fossil fuels. they are one of the main owners of that ugly tar stuff in canada. they are, if not the largest, second-largest owner of that stuff up there. the kochs are pumping millions of dollars into political organizations, fighting legislation that's good for the environment. mr. president, they're not d

his speeches is at the university of massachusetts at amherst. he wanted the state to go coal free. some clips from recent commencement addresses. we will start with bobby jindal, louisiana.r of >> what happens when our government decides it does not need a religious people? mired incan people are a silent war. it threatens our communities and the health of our public square. is a war against the propositions and declarations of independence. it is war against the spirit that motivated abolitionists. ofis a war against the soul acts of charity. it is a war that drives social change. it is a war against people that bind us together. it is a war. a silent war against religious liberty. this is waged in our courts and the halls of political power. it is pursued with relentless determination by like-minded elites determined to transform our country. is silenced,face their vision is not of 10 years ago. it is a vision in which isividual devotion considered a hobby. these elites have faced little opposition. .here is a remnant my question to our graduates is will you be a part of that rem

this is richard wolffe economist professor of economics emeritus at the university of massachusetts amherst and author of numerous books including his latest democracy at work richard welcome back. thank you tom glad to be here great great to have you with us so obviously there's an inequality problem in america but fifty straight months of job growth two hundred eighty eight thousand jobs added in april of four tenths of a percent drop in the unemployment rate it all sounds good what should we make of this. well i think it's very very mixed bag it's always good to have jobs being opened up that is enough there to give people work but we've been focused way too much on the sheer number of the unemployment rate and the sheer number of jobs created to really get back to anything like what we were in two thousand and four five six seven before this crisis hit we would need to do major other things the two most important we would have to do something about the millions of workers that have dropped out of the labor force that have given up looking for work part of the reason the unemployment rat