do you know that brown university pays more taxes than brown university does?look at the record and that is really not true. all this stuff, all the people who work there and the economy they create you have to take a look at that. and i think you can see at my way. i've not i'm not saying it shouldn't continue. over the course of 10 years, could have got more maybe over the course of the years but i think they have an obligation. rather than force them i think you have to sit down at the table and negotiate with them and i think you will find them corporative. i always did. the second part about pensions. people used to work with the city of providence and other municipalities around the country because they didn't pay much money but they had good benefits. when the pension system was put in, and don't forget policemen and firemen don't get social security. they don't get that. they get only their pension. the pension system is abused by when the retirement board was made up of people and it still is, people elected by unions. they run aboard. when i came back

thousand dollars to west virginia university and get all four hundred twenty thousand dollars to brown university they joined up with other right wingers to hand over three and a half million three point six million detroit university and the coast a seven hundred thousand dollars in state university there are dozens of other universities around the country that receive similar donations from these billion our brothers and just like with florida state university all of these charitable donations come with strings attached. here to talk more about these strains and what they mean for america's higher education system is leaf reporter and blogger extraordinary progress lee welcome back ajami strategy at florida state charles koch can pick and choose professors with his donation what other perks to these guys have with other universities or decision making powers. well it's different for almost every university i've seen you know and brown university i don't think they have the same power to pick and choose professors but they give these big chunks of my and they target that money towards research p

and they said he was coming to brown university, and they wanted to know if i could pick him up at the airport with a dean from brown, and if i could escort him through the city and take him to do his speaking and then drive him back to the airport. and so i said, yeah, i would do that. i didn't know -- i mean, i knew who he was, but i'd never met him before. so i dutifully got in the car, we used to have those big, long understood taker cars then. [laughter] looked like they were from a funeral home. so we dutifully went to the airport, we put the car on the tarmac, and we did that. about ten minutes later, the plane came in, and it was a white plane with no numbers on it, typical cia. the plane landed, and speaking about introductions, the gate came down, or the steps came down, and this guy had just had a skiing accident or something, and it was bill casey. and he was on a crutch, and he came down the stairs slowly. he got on the tarmac, and he looked at me and said, who are you? [laughter] and i said, and you're supposed to be the head of the cia. [laughter] another time in 1980 i

william casey, bill casey, the head of the cia, and they said he was coming to brown university and wanted to know if i could pick him up at the airport with a dean from brown, and if i could escort him through the city and take him to do his speaking and drive him back to the airport. so i said, yeah, i would do that. i never met him before. so, i dutifully got in the car -- we used to have those big long undertaker cars, looked like they were from a funeral home. so i picked up the dean from brown. put the car on the tarmac, and we did that, and ten minutes later the plane came in it was a white plane with no numbers, typical cia. the plane landed, and speaking about introductions, the gate came down, the steps came down, and the guy just had a skiing accident and it was bill casey, ask he was on a crutch and came down the stairs slowly and got on the tarmac and looked at me and said, who are you? and i said, you're supposed to be the head of the cia. [laughter] >> so, another time, in 1980, i was running for governor. the only election i ever lost. i had a party, a birthday party at my

and we're at brown university. and so-- whoo! (laughter) >> if i was with a friend, you know, i would maybe say stuff that had similar content but i would be behaving differently. and so-- and so that's why, like tom cruise can, like, show a lot of energy in "jerry maguire" and get applauded. and then if he jumps on the couch on oprah, people don't like that. but they're still performances. i mean it's hard to draw the line. >> rose: right. >> and so i guess if my project make people think about me and my life as a possible performance, i don't mind that. maybe that's becoming part of my project. >> rose: but take what you just said. let's take general hospital for a second. >> yes, let's talk about that. >> rose: you initiated that, did you not? because you and your friend had been thinking about soap operas and maybe this and that. and then you said why not a real soap opera. >> right. >> rose: so you write a letter to the people at general hospital or call them up and say i have two conditions. one is there's got to be an arti

a brown university student made the discovery. >> and california public utility commission approved a rate structure for pg&e that will lower electrical rates for big users. it divides residential customer in fourties and award customers who conserve . fourth tier customers will pay less, but you will not need to use as much power to enter the third tier and customers may be hit with surcharges. >> and how safe are you in a small car? >> a new report said full efficient cars are safer than ever. >> that is according to the latest crash test. >> a lot safer. that is a good thing. 14 years ago none of the maul cars earned a safety rating and this year, a much better outcome. this video by the insurance institute shows crash tests on small cars with side impacts at 31 miles per hour. six out of 13 cars were rated top safety picks. none received a poor rating. that is a big change since 19nen when they rated unsafe. small cars now are better equipped with side impact air bags and electronic control . ford focus and honda civic and lexus ct hybrid and nissan and toyota prious. >> we are tr

it's not just you virginia it's really across the country and private colleges even places like brown university. but this is a trend where koch industries can fund professors that basically cast doubt on the science of climate change and then when they want to make the argument to the public and say you know all these scientists are professors opposed action on climate change or don't believe in the war the better. there's warming i'm look at all these professors who signed this letter that agree with us they don't use they don't disclose that those professors are under a bike literature is like. waiting for them to come up with the idea that gravity isn't a law or it's amazing believe it i mean it sort of there yeah. well gravity who knows who knows you thanks for the great work you're doing over the center for american progress and the writing you don't think progress for thank you thank you so much for having me my pleasure the koch brothers are behind the tea party they're behind climate change deniers they're behind scott walker's union busting efforts you name the right wing cause the koc

. >> a brown university student made the discovery . >> colleges are supposed to offer educational opportunitisand experiences that stay with them for life. that is the goal in st. mary's that is offering life changing travel courses. >> as a student, stepping on to the st. mary's campus means stepping out of your comfort zone. in january. 13 stunes and two teachers spent a month in twen cent in columbia to gain a better understanding of the country. >> and you take columbia . drug trafficking and cocaine. before traveling there, students spent a semester with their teacher focusing on the columbia development. ecology and the condition of women and leaving out the drug trafficking and the violence. >> we saw everything else but that. we saw their ecological savvy. >> if you are not given the information there is no way to. if you have any other perception than what is to you. >> ain'tmary is gaining noterity fort for jan term. they are dopely immersed in a country. there are 13 trips every year. >> we step outside of our disciplinary boundaris and explore anything we want to explore. and what

>>reporter: brown university student on the nasa team working with the soil sample made this the exciting discovery. >>> one of yosemite national park popular roadway will open in time for memorial day weekend so good news head that go direction. glacier point road opens at noon tomorrow. officials warn that spring snow storms could force them to close the road without notice f.road that lead noose the eastern entrance of yosemite will remain closed because of the threat of avalanches but at least glacier point road will open up again none too many. that's good news if head that go wait a minute spencer is here with the memorial day forecast. looking pretty good. >> a little cooler than average around here but pretty calm. so pleasant weekend coming up. live view very pleasant nighttime weather here in the bay area. live from our high definition east bay camera in emeryville lacking back west ward to san francisco and bay bridge and clouds in the sky thickening overnight. might even produce a little bit of light rainfall by morning. today we had mainly clear skie skies. high pressure plea

the president of brown university? >> she's on the board of goldman sachs. laura tyson makes $350,000 a year in cash plus some stock as a member of the board of morgan stanley, and one will look in vain for statements by laura tyson about how investment banking behaved unethically during the crisis. >> reporter: tyson-- a berkeley professor who chaired president clinton's council of economic advisors-- and simmons both declined to talk to us as well. but in fact, the economics profession has responded to "inside job." at its annual convention in january, its official body decided to work on a code of ethics that might well include full disclosure. the film has had a demonstrable impact. so, does ferguson think everything is okay? >> no, everything is not okay. it is still possible to publish things and even more importantly, unfortunately, it is still possible to do things like testify in congress without stating you know, "i'm being paid to testify in congress." this issue is now pervasive in american academia and in my view it's a grave threat to the indep

washington, a program note come up later this week, a conversation with actor james franko from the brown university campus. >> you like the idea of sort of contradictions. you like the idea of somehow bridging all of these arenas. well, i do for several reasons. a lot of energy is generated. you know, this was a huge response to that. whether it was good or bad it was a huge response when people perked up and you mixed up high and low. i really full that pop culture had become a major fabric in our lives. you cannot escape it. so we're way past the age of romantics where you can wander around the woods and that is your source material. our source, i grew up watching television every day. now people grow up engaging with the internet every day. and that becomes part of our lives. that is part of our make up. it's just what you're engaged with. i feel like that is part of the material that i'm going to use for the work that i do. and so in this autobiography piece that i'm talking about, i have used films, other people's films, but in a way i feel like they're just part of my life too. i am in exextr

>> brown university. c-span: when did you first get interested in being a writer? >> always interested in writing it brown, but i had a cynical view of reporters. people who could not do much of their own and had to live vicariously. after working following college in washington for four years of wedded to see another part of the country before i moved back to new england. it seemed like writing and reporting was a great way to do it. i went to the deep south and work for a wonderful paper called the alabama star. stay there for six months. in the that there for two years. reporting for a lifetime. c-span: in washington? >> i was. c-span: where? >> for mike dukakis during his first term as governor. for two years for an environmental group called the union of concerned scientists. c-span: 800 boxes in a library of congress. >> enrolling and wonderful. c-span: what? >> every piece of paper he wrote during the life of 103 years and everything that he received. he saved it all. interestingly he donated it when he was 75 years old. the library of congress up the sky is

he was the young man from brown university -- you know, the college degree and the crew haircut and iemember they laughed at us when we came to indy because we cleaned the floor up in the shop, we had chrome wheels or polished wheelsz and they said they're the -- polished wheels, and they said he's the college boys. he was the bedrock of our penske racing team. >> charlie: do drivers have one common quality, that's what you have seen? >> the ones we hire are ones that know how to win. we have not hired a driver in, i think, in our career as penske racing that haven't won in some series. i think first they have to understand how to win. they've got to have the technical expertise to communicate with the engineering team because today it's very technical and i would say third they've got to communicate commercially because -- with the sponsors today, it's important, so this is a well rounded individual and i would say the business-to-business relationships that we have with our major sponsors is so important, and to me we ask them to do a lot off the track and on the track, but to me, t

recently reports surfaced saying emma watson dropped out of brown university because other students mockednes from harry potter. the fact remains, bullying is an epidemic that few are immune to. >> we have seen the tragedies of bullying. bullying causes depression and anxiety. depression causes suicide sometimes. we have to take this more seriously and do something truly pro-active. >> the consequences can and have proved deadly. phoebe prince was driven to suicide after being bullied at school and this week, several of her tormentors reached plea deals connected to the shocking case, including one of the so-called mean girls. >> i'm sorry for my role in this tragedy and the prince family. >> reporter: as more stars come forward to share their stories and support those who are vulnerable, experts hope the new attention will help battle bullying across the country. >> i think it's wonderful that celebrities are coming forward and talking about having been bullied. those are the role models for our kids. >> how bad is bullying in the u.s.? consider this, one report says 160,000 kids miss sch

jack's a graduate of brown university at case western reserve law school. he clerked for a justice of the rhode island supreme court. he has received numerous accolades and awards such as the national association of attorneys general president's award, the case wesson reserve martin luther king jr. award. he's been named to numerous lists of the best lawyers. he has the top rating in both ethics and achievement from martin dale hubbell, which is the legal service that reviews practically and lists practically every attorney in the united states. but i don't simply want to repeat jack's extraordinary resume of hard work and success. i want to share some personal judgments. he is fundamentally an extraordinary and decent and honest person. he started out with humble beginnings and worked hard for everything he accomplished through his life. through his hours of not just legal work but pro bono work and volunteer work he contributed more to the community than anyone i can think of in my home state of rhode island. and he's done it without fanfare, done it with

it is my great pleasure to introduce, tomiko brown-nagin, justice thurgood marshall distinguished professor of law, professor of history at the universityof virginia. professor brown-nagin holds a ph.d. in history from duke university and a law degree from yale university where she was an editor of the "yale law journal." she received her b.a. summa cum laude from airman university. before joining the faculty at the law school, professor brown megan practiced law in new york city and served as a law clerk to the honorable jane roth of the united states court of appeals from the third circuit and to the honorable robert l. carter of the united states district court for the southern district of new york. at uva, professor brown-nagin teaches constitutional law, to constitutional and social history and education law. she is considered one of the nations leading young legal historians and has written widely in the areas of legal history, education law and the supreme court's equal protection jurisprudence. her scholarship has appeared in some of the foremost law journals within the legal academy. in february of this year, oxford university

john savage of brown university who said to us that computer industry insiders have solutions to many cyber-security problems but the incentives to adopt a more week primarily because security is expensive and there is no requirement they be adopted until disaster strikes. >> the commission has actually taken a position on data security. we strongly support data security and legislation. that includes civil penalties. >> thank you. my time is expired. >> senator white house. >> thank you. both of you have had a chance to look into the dark side of the internet, the underbelly of the internet. you are also people who use it and have families that use it. you both have the experience of the regular american dealing with the internet having a certain measure of confidence in it. you have a heightened awareness based on your professional obligations. based on that, how well informed do you believe the average american is about the dangers and hazards that are out there on the internet? is this significant in terms of things as simple as willingness to download protective badges and be up

. >> because we had testimony from professor john savage of brown university who said to us, and i'm quoting "computer insiders, but the incentives offered are weak because security is expensive, and there's no requirement adopted until disaster strikes." >> let me correct something i just said. commission has taken a position on data security. i was confused by the question. we strongly support data security and data breach legislation, absolutely, which includes civil penalties. >> thank you. my time expired, and i will be submitting some additional questions for the record. thank you both. >> senator whitehouse. >> thank you, senator franken. quick question and a longer one. the quick question is both of you had a chance to look into the, you might call it the dark side of the interpret, the dark underbelly of the internet, and you're also people who use it and have families who use it, and so you both have the experience of the regular american dealing with the internet with a certain measure of confidence in it, and you have a hyingenned a-- heightened awareness based on your pr

or by the reduction to this gimmick because we have testimony from professor john savage of brown university, who said to us, and i'm quoting, computer industry insiders have solutions to many cybersecurity problems but the adoptions are weak because the security is expensive and there is no requirement 80 adoptive until the disaster strikes to estimate what me correct something said. the commission has taken a position on the the security threat i was a little confused by the question. we strongly support data security absolutely, which includes civil penalties. >> thank you. >> my time is expired and i will be submitting some additional questions for the record. thank you both. >> senator whitehouse. >> thank you, chairman franken. a quick question, both of you have had a chance to look into you might call it the dark side of the internet, the dark underbelly of the internet, and you were also -- you use it and have families who use it so you have the experience of the regular american dealing with the internet and a certain measure of confidence in it and have a heightened awareness based

professor tomiko brown-nagin holds a ph.d. from duke university and a law degree from yale university where she was an editor of the yale law journal. she received her b.a. summa cum laude from berman university. she served as a law clerk to the honorable jane roth of the united states court of appeals for the third circuit and to the honorable robert l. carter of the united states district court for the southern district of new york. at uva, profession brown teaches constitutional law, constitutional and social history and education law. she's considered one of the leading young legal historians and has written widely in the areas of legal history, education law, and the supreme court's equal protection jurisprudence. her scholarship has appeared in some of the foremost law journals within the legal academy. in february of this year, oxford university press published professor tomiko brown-nagin's first book, courage of dissent, the long history of the civil rights movement, a social history about lawyers, courts and community-based activism duri

. >> governor brown said the fate of the calstate university system may depend on the republicans extending tax increases. facing budget cuts, would lose $500 million unless the vote to continue the sales tax and vehicle licensing fees. they are considering drastic contingency plans including increasing tuition and trimming state and cutting enrollment. >> there is a debate over the san jose budget crisis. they addressed the union supporters outside of city hall today they are trying to get concessions to help balance the $115 million deficit. inside. city council debated dramatic change tots pension reforms. >> we're in a emergency andis . so that will not change. we don't have to make the declaration. more staff work needs to be done. >> the council moved forward to see more options. one option would be to raise the worker retirement age. >> ed lee announced his pension reform man today . investor warren helman. it would cap pension benefits and raise retirement ages . this is expected to go to the votes in november. and he faces a battle from the public defender who wants an alternative

done extraordinary things but this is a serious issue, and i am proud to be in my district of brown university, but we have a responsibility to make certain that everyone who makes the sacrifice to serve in the peace corps, we do everything possible to ensure their safety. the testimony that you have provided is very disturbing to me and all members of the committee to me. i thank you for your service to our country. >> i want to thank these brave women that are here before us, i want to thank them -- for what you have given an order to allow peace abroad. 60% of the people in the peace corps are women. your mission of a better understanding of america, to help people understand the people in america and abroad, this is commendable. but when you go over there, you need to know that you are safe. and that something happens to you you will be taken care of. this is a blemish in the whole debate. i read that article many years ago, and could not believe that this was happening. now that i served in congress i can do something about this. >> mrs. wilson, of florida. >> thank you for holding this h

i'm proud to be in my district at brown university, which is top in terms of providing volunteers to the peace corps. we have to make sure every single person who make the sacrifice to serve that we do everything we can come everything humanly possible to ensure safety in the testament you provided your written testimony is very disturbing to me and members of this committee and a thank you repeated repeated to share your story can thank you for your service to our country. >> thank you an affair. ms. schmidt of ohio. >> thank you. kershaw to think these brave women before us. most importantly, ms. puzey for what you have given in order to allow people to go abroad. you know, 60% of the folks in the peace corps are women and you are truly angels and ambassadors. or three-pronged mission of a better understanding of americans to help people understand the folks in america and abroad is commendable. when you go there, you're supposed to go knowing you're going to be safe and do something has to happen to you you'll be taken care of and i think that is the big blemish in this whole deba

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. >> brown: some recent studies support the anecdotal evidence. rutgers university researchers reported that the median starting salary for a graduate of a four-year institution actually shrank in recent years from $30,000 to $27,000. the same survey found that fewer than 60% of the 2010 graduating class held a job this past spring. labor economist andrew sum. >> nearly half of all young college graduates-- i'm talking about b.a. holders under... 25 and under-- only half of them are working in a job that requires a college degree. the rest of them are working in jobs that either don't... do not require a degree or not working at all. >> brown: longer term trends have also added to graduates' financial burdens, including, of course, the continuing rise in the cost of attending college and the accompanying rise of student debt. the average debt level for graduates has risen to more than $23,000, a jump from nearly $19,000 in 2004. but there is some solace for students. over the long term, for example, a typical college graduate nets half a million dollars more through

that was my university, checking out be the king, and james brown, a cream.inding out how they were able to penetrate people's hearts. with their music. once you do that, something happens to their eyes. they become brighter. they start crying, they do not know why. they start dancing. it is like when a woman gives birth. =mmfirst, she cries and then she laughs. later on, she dances. and that, to me, is the beauty of what san francisco is about. >> one final question, and we are going to link it to your music today. such a rich legacy that you are giving us. you mentioned to me that you are working on a new album. could you share what is coming up? >> i love to dream when i am awake. kand so i had this dream of working with india arie and yo- yo ma to do the george harrison saw; and "-- song. this is the definitive way to do this. we are all in it together, we do not leave anybody out. t conviction, i am one of the few people that you can recognize by one note. god gave me that universal tone, and that is what we want to implement in all the songs. thank you.

universe. >> james: jerry brown has a new budget plan it calls for additional revenue which would mean money for education and a smaller deficit. the governor is asking for tax extensions to close the gap. $13.4 billion in cuts. republicans are planned in the spending cuts but they are steadfast in their refusal to have any tax extensions. >> and delighted the governor acknowledged one tax does not have to be increased albeit only temporarily. and glad the governor has announced he is willing to embrace a spending cap. that's progress. there are still problems were were going from. >> james: for the latest on the budget budget battle go to our web site we have a lot of information there for you. >> justine: austria says the head of the international monetary fund should leave to protect the company's reputation. he will remain in jail until his next court hearing for attempted rape and other charges. he is accused of attacking a made who went to clean his apartment. he denies any wrongdoing. >> james: futures have been trading south all morning on the calendar today government reports on hou

brown junior turns 29. he is a professor at it tech with the university of baltimore and masters program. so donald happy birthday to you. if you have interesting photographs, birthdays, pets, anniversaries or a photo of theday, send them to morning show at wmar.com and include all necessary facts and figures and information so we can get it right when we get it on the air. entertainment news for you now. oprah winfrey is adding another accomplishment to a long list of achievements. she is thisior's inductee into the illinois broadcaster association hall of fame. she first came to the windy cityin 1984 as host of a.m. chicago and soared to unimagineed heights as she launched a daytime talk show career. >> understanding that threat of commonality has been the source of my success, of my empathy and my ability to communicate and connect. >> the show will sign off late they are morning and she launched the television network. >> all right. reality show star has done her final dance. kendra wilkerson was eliminated. now, how being a contestant on the show how has it changed her? >> "caning --

brown. >>mark: state dinners to the campus -- the was a shooting in the parking garage at a university campusg is life. >> reporter: there has been a trouble shooting come from. this is that are rosh on 10th street. the incident occurred on the fifth fort on this direction. here are some pictures of this scene not long ago. this is being handled by university police. apparently to of the victims where the shooting victims according to police. the third one is most likely the alleged shooter. he is taken to hospital and apparently is the one that has died in the time that has followed. today is not clear why it did had happened here. it is not clear what the circumstances were. students were in class when this happened. no one else was injured and the university was not locked down. people got text warnings from university. i answered questions to who these people work and the names have not been released. three victims. back to you. >>darya: 6:33 a.m.. a federal judge said no bill. and and try to get into the cockpit of that plane. he was tackled by passengers and crew. he did not show much e

it was something so human and so universal about trust bestowed and trust betrayed that i just couldn't get it out of my system. >> brownd the man at the center of all this, as you say early on, one thing you learn is that his habit of deceit began earlier than we knew. >> it did. in 1962, as a very young man-- he started this firm when he was still in college, soy that was in 1960-- he was at an intersection between expliz truth. he had a couple of dozen family--. >> brown: all the way back in 1962 he was at the intersection? >> yes, indeed. >> brown: wow. >> he had put friend and family member into wildly inappropriate stocks that hit an air pocket in 1962 and lost all their value. rather than admit that, rather than go back to these investors and say, "you know, i really lost your money. i failed you." he covered it up. he took all the money his firm had made in those two yirz, and bought those shares back, borrowed money from his father-in-law to recapitalize the firm, and never told them what had happened. so they, of course, thought, oh, this young man. he's a genius. he managed to navigate through this dreadful s

university of georgia press. it is available at the back of the auditorium this afternoon. it is called blood ties and brown liquor. and he is also been the finalist for the 2006 poetry prize. please, join me in welcoming mr. sean hill. [applause]. >> i want to read from blood and brown liquor today. this book is about my home town in georgia. it's also where [inaudible] is from. and i started researching the history of [inaudible] and sort of fell into the history of black people there because it was not taught in school. so -- in order to write about the history i had to invent a character to explore this history. the character's name is si loss wright. >> first poem i will read is titled silos write at age 71914. it's about silos follows a fishing riggel in the shallows. he describes the line in his tablet as much pride in that line as a man and his son. he giggles and goes on. the next letters come easy. with this he will have more than a mark to bind. rambling across the page again and again in messy rows along it flows until he goes off the page's edge. he smiles. he's surprised to hear when his mouth