city college of san francisco has 9 campuses in the city and serves approximately 100,000 students each year. the state has reduced funding to ccsf by core academic courses, provide work force training, provide an education that prepares students for 4 year universities, keep city college libraries and student support services open, keep technology and instructional support up to date, and offset state budget cuts. i'm here with alyssa messer, an english teacher at city college of san francisco. she's the ppt of aft2121, the faculty union, and a proponent of proposition a. also joining us is starchild, a local activist with the libertarian party of san francisco and a former candidate for the san francisco school board. he's an opponent of the measure. thank you both for taking the time to be with us today. >> thank you. >> alyssa, i'd like to give you the opportunity it share the thoughts of your position. >> so proposition a is a temporary 8-year, $79 parcel tax on properties in san francisco. and that money would go directly to supporting city college of san francisco. city college i

but college campuses often are not. two reasons. some have speech codes of what you cannot say. some are so liberal libertarians and conservatives are ostracized if they speak up. you had a student here? >> 2010. and robert studies free-speech and is with fire the foundation for individual rights and education. hadley, you were not very political. what happened? >> i have opinions but struggled what i believe, when to speak up, and when to be quiet. john: the because of friends ? >> there were a variety of students that were very mature but others who could be loudmouth that overshadows the culture with a small group to make a lot of noise it can be intimidating. congressmen tom 10 credo was invited but the speech never happened. john: he has positions on immigration that you disagree. i am not in alignment with his philosophy and every issue. tax policy but not by to buy another issues. i was not present the day they shutdown the event but many were shouting there is no debate. no-space 48. that hit home. >> he was shouted down. john: somewhere outside the building and throwing

they have no idea the cost of different campuses and how they operate. and so that is just a case study in how we have to be brave, we have to have people who are willing to be honest and plan ahead. in terms of having community college system which is not only you know, such a critical aspect of san francisco, and almost one in ten people is taking classes there, but is around and is not threatened by something has horiffic as losing their credentials which are being threatened. >> i think that when governor pat brown designed the education, there were three rungs,. and they were absolutely integral. if you cut off one of those rungs you are cutting off a pathway for people to have a better life. if the community colleges don't offer courses where people can ma trick you late to csu or uc, i think that you are absolutely limiting their options. it is critical to do that. we have 90,000 students at the city college in san francisco. half of them are actually learning english as a second language because san francisco is an entry point for immigrants. and

, high school and middle school campuses across the county to help make it more vibrant and consistent. >> cheryl: a lot of kids finding out? >> we just had our first conference a few weekends ago and we had 51 people attend. the overall program we started a year ago. but this work that we are doing in the county started recently. >> cheryl: that is amazing. and you are very involved in this program. you are only 17 and senior in high school. >> we have a lot of goals planned for gsa this year. it started this year. we've been organizing and getting our planning started. the things that we want to do how specifically is we want to start a campaign to help teachers be actively to create their own spaces in classrooms. and another campaign for gender education. it's where we reach out to others in the county. >> cheryl: how big is the problem of bullying among students? >> you shared information and educators network which shows that it is pervasive. almost daily students that we talk about to in napa county are saying they hear anti-gay language, that is so gay or other worse terms. the

you have been visiting college campuses talking to young voters. what are you detecting in terms of enthusiasm this time around? >> i think there is a sense of this has been a bit of a bad breakup from four years ago, not necessarily with president obama, but just with government at large. so the sense of being disenfranchised, not as engaged, and that's been, you know, a bit disheartening but i think it's on us to ask questions, to make sure that our friends get involved, and i have seen as we've gotten closer to election day a lot of young people are starting to talk about it more, so i mean, that's been encouraging. >> kristen, in 2008, president obama won 66% of the under 30 vote, 34% margin of victory over john mccain. you say the president's numbers are high this time around but certainly not as high as 2008. >> not at all. you had a recent poll come out that harvard released where he had a 19 point advantage. it's still a wide margin but not nearly the margin that he had four years ago. if he doesn't hold young voters to a significant margin

, high school and middle school campuses across the county to help make it more vibrant and consistent cheryl: a lot of kids finding out? >> we just had our first conference a few weekends ago and we had 51 people attend. the overall program we started a year ago. but this work that we are doing in the county started recently. >> cheryl: that is amazing. and you are very involved in this program. you are only 17 and senior in high school. >> we have a lot of goals planned for gsa this year. it started this year. we've been organizing and getting our planning started. the things that we want to do how specifically is we want to start a campaign to help teachers be actively to create their own spaces in classrooms. and another campaign for gender education. it's where we reach out to others in the county. >> cheryl: how big is the problem of bullying among students? >> you shared information and educators network which shows that it is pervasive. almost daily students that we talk about to in napa county are saying they hear anti-gay language, that is so gay or other worse terms. the gen

is it prohibited on many campuses anymore? >> no, it's illegal to prohibit them, but many schools have not got them out after the tumble 71860s. so they are coming back. you'll just started an air force program. >> what's been the response? >> or a positive. i would say there was more impetus for the students to bring it back then there was that the faculty did not resist it in any way. you will dissertation committee members now, teaching the naval history class after paul kennedy. >> brand-new book on the market, "underdogs" is the name of it. "underdogs: the making of the modern marine corps." marine and professor aaron o'connell is the author. >> here's a look at upcoming book fairs and festivals happening around the country:

they might close some of the new campuses they've opened recently and consolidate facilities. >> thankou. do you want to offer comments to starchild's opposition? >> i think the, one of the primary things we need to remember is that city college of san francisco, which is an institution that san francisco really counts on, i think, for both our economy and for all of the community, has been operating under duress for a number of years. we can and we will make the smart reforms, we already are making the smart reforms that need to be made around scheduling, around addressing the needs of our various communities and of our students and i think that's already well underway. we'll meet our accreditation and work to make the college more fiscally sound. but proposition a is really a component of that. it's not everything that needs to happen at san francisco city college right now, but it is a huge component and it will make a tremendous difference in ensuring that city college is here for san franciscoans in the future. >> thank you. is there any further response you have, starchild? >> ev

why can't college campuses get it there? they need to do something. this bothered me a little bit. >> i don't think the military has gotten it yet. there's a great room for improvement there and you talk to women soldiers raped and molested. there's a big problem there. college campuses, this is a very unsafe environment being in a dormitory and walking around at night. i think it's horrific how the colleges are sweeping it under rug and making the young girls feel like a victim. they sent her to a psychiatric institution and didn't want her to come back at school because she was in a psychiatric institution. >> it's important to educate the students. many of them are living in coed dorms and friends of the victimizers. we have to across the board create -- we stop this culture of shame and silence and create one of transparency and accountability if we want to stem the tide on this. >> where are you on the board of trustees? >> george washington university. >> what are they doing in trying to make the campus and the school more aware of and trying to

because he will who are so young realize what's happened on college campuses. you have been brainwashed literally not just in college but in grade school, middle school, you've been totally, utterly brainwashed. there are speech codes on college and as is where if you stand in this square circle you may say whatever you want. if you step outside of that square circle and you are bound by the speech code if you violate you can be sent to sensitivity training so a lot of what you want to say to these young women is going to shock them because you are not allowed to actually see some of those things on the campus because they can be perceived to be insulting to the persecuted groups which by the way does not include the conservative women. we are not counted and neither are you like many other neither are you christians or jews but pretty much everybody else is subject to those speech codes. what i said if i made an offhand comment about sandra when i say that on college campuses even among conservatives there is a collective gasp because i am not allowed to say t

the board of trustees has named timothy white to head the 23 c-s-u campuses. white is the current chancellor of university of california riverside. he is expected to start his new position at the end of december. coming up next, representatives from a high profile animation studio come to campus... and the music department is adding a little bit of spice to its concert schedule. we'll be back after this break. tori green is here with arts and entertainment. tori, i hear a&e has a little spice this week? a little jazz and spice to give your weekend a little flavor. but first, some animation. the world of technology is constantly changing. graphic designers must learn to stay ahead of the curve. as smart phones become smarter and computers become faster. this week graphic design students gathered at the science building to catch a glimpse of what martin watt had to offer. watt is a principle engineer at bay area animation company dreamworks. watt demonstrated different methods animators use to make movies including programming techniques... mult-processing and m

. >>> the owner of the largest po profit college plans to cut jobs and close campuses to save money.llo group owns the university of phoenix and proposes cutting hundreds and hundreds of jobs and shutting down 25 campuses. because of the declining profits, and lower student enrollment. about 4% of its students will be affected by this. they are going to have the option to switch to online courses, or to continue their degree and work at another site. >> it is just october 17. if you've been out there at the big box retailers you know the guys are competing for your shopping dollar. >> they are. target is now getting in on. this the latest retailer to announce that they will match prices from amazon .com, best buy .com. toys r us .com and rivals. and they have similar plans. retailers are changing tactics because online sales are expected to increase by 12%. >>> chevy volts come out to mixed reviews and gm says they will come out with a luxury electric car. the automaker says the cadillac elr will have a gasoline engine and an electric power battery. it is due out on the streets next

realize this, you all who are so young realize what's happened on the college campuses.u have been brainwashed, literally, not just college, but grade school, middle school, high school, you have been utterly brainwashed. there's speech codes on college campuses where if you stand in this square or circle, you may say what you want. you have first amendment rights. you step outside that, and you are bound by a campus speech code. if you violate, you can be sent to sensitivity training. a lot of what you want to say to the young women is going to shock them because you're not allowed to actually say some of those things on their campus because that could be perceived to be insummitting to persecuted groups, which, by the way, does not include white conservative women. we are not counted, neither are the white men, sorry, nor christians or jews, but everybody else is subject to the speech codes. if i ma÷et a comment about sanda fluke, when i say that on college campuses and among conservatives, there's a collective gasp because i can't say that. they want to shut us down.ñ

the one place that's the challenge are college campuses. other group of women are women who have never lived in a world with without access to abortion services, living on the campuses of the university of virginia and all of that and whether or not those women show up to vote depends a lot on whether or not the young vote feels enthusiastic rather than the women's vote. >> and whether campuses will be shut down because of the storm. we'll be right back with the exclusive footage. that's coming up next. managing my diabetes is part of my life, between taking insulin and testing my blood sugar... is this part of your life? freestyle lite test strips? why, are they any... beep! wow, that hardly needs any blood! yeah... and the unique zipwik tab targets the blood and pulls it in. so easy. freestyle lite needs just a third the blood of onetouch ultra. really? yep, which is great for people who use insulin and test a lot. max and i are gonna run out and get them right now. or you can call or click today and get strips and a meter free. test easy

muni partners program, we are focusing more on institutional shuttles whether it's ucsf connecting campuses or google ferrying employees generally to the silicon valley. the sectors, although the vehicles look very similar, have very different issues, needs and challenges. these employer shuttles are really tcm measures, they are taking cars off the road. they have a strong commitment to being involved in this process and recognize the need to make sure everyone on the street is safe and muni isn't delayed. some of the lessons how this is managed, the policy level aspects are going to be somewhat different and important to be weighed separately. >> can i ask a quick question? >> commissioner olague. >> a question about the timing of that. when i hear working groups or people hear working groups and we're talking about it during that time period, i certainly in my neighborhood have people frustrated, a lot of people take the shuttles, they are great for a lot of reasons but they are also jamming up traffic and all i can tell them is we're looking into it, we're collecting data. but i've been

there was some ambiguity about whether it included college campuses.he university of colorado challenged that law because they felt they should have control over weapons on their campus. in march, the colorado supreme court ruled that they were printed, that they could not make own rules, and there for concealed weapons would be allowed on any public diversity or college in colorado. my legislation would put the decision back in the hands of the people who are responsible for the safety of students and faculty on their campuses. >> why do you say universities should be exempt from the state law? if >> they are responsible for the safety of the students, college campuses, these are places of learning. those who have those responsibilities should make the decision about whether to allow concealed weapons. >> noah, you teach at the university of colorado boulder. talk about what is happening on campus, the concerns of profs? >> i would say, overwhelmingly, the faculty are against having firearms on campus, whether they be by conceal-carry permit holders,

mainly for that day she was going be campuses and taking them on right there in those places. i was a student in 1965 at kersten university and i was drawn by democrats into democrats into wanting to help take care of people are hearing the clarence thomas hearings, i switched to republican. the >> that's great. >> after the republicans inability to prosecute clinton all the way, i let them and became an independent and decided that was the best place i could find. i loved what you said about the courage of the black conservative. that's the subject i've been drawn to from the very beginning. it was in my heart in those days as a student, when i was in the march to montgomery, where it all got started. >> is this leading to question? >> i have value of my own, too. i wanted you to comment on the person of thomas soul if you don't mind. [applause] >> i think is the greatest living human. that's part of the reason my dedication is kind of a crackerjack surprise. the book is dedicated to free his black man in america. but you have to read the book to see that was one black man fa

. >> one of boat t's university series visiting campuses across the country to talk with professor sadr authors per at the wasadem unable academy joining us is arrow coddle was also author of the book underdog makingthey of the modern marine corps. when was it established? >> 1775. of marines claim 10 november but that was just a date congress authorized the creation. they did not raise those for. battalions.?? those battalions never were but the first marine goes into uniform 28 november this still celebrated as their birthday. >> host: what was the purpose? >> originally to be the guard on ship to protect the officers from the crew. it was difficult to salishan up. they had to have people there to enforce. na their job was to be ship's guard and also snipers buthe they are a very small part of the navy. >> host: and the marine corps is completed the separate service? >> inside the navy but it was contentious. they've good claim they should follow the navy and ashore follow thearmy, d regulations of the army. they eventually 1832 they are a separate service inside the >> navy. >> hos

. >> there has been and continues to be opposition to the war in vietnam on the campuses and in the nationas far as this kind of activity is concerned, we expect it. however, under no circumstances will i be affected what ever by ed. >> the president of the nine states said nothing young kids would do would have any affect on him. well, i suggest to the president of the united states if you want to know how much affect youngsters can have on the president, he should make one long distance phone call to the lbj ranch and ask that was how much effect you can have. >> you went to vietnam to see the battlefields firsthand, the jungle there were climbing some lives. his first trip was in 1975. >> i went to a hospital of american soldiers in saigon. the very first person i talked to was a captain. and the nurse who is taking me around said the captain at the silver star and the purple heart. i said, well, congratulations, capt. but as i did so, his lips started to quiver. i look down and his feet were gone. he had stepped on a mine and blown off his feet about 6 inches above the ankles. i visite

the one place that's the challenge are college campuses.ther group of women are women who have never lived in a world with without access to abortion services, living on the campuses of the university of virginia and all of that and whether or not those women show up to vote depends a lot on whether or not the young vote feels enthusiastic rather than the women's vote. >> and whether campuses will be shut down because of the storm. the hostdays. >>> we already right back with that exclusive footage that i have been teasing you about all hour. that's coming up next. with the spark cash card from capital one, olaf's pizza palace gets the most rewards of any small business credit card! pizza!!!!! [ garth ] olaf's small business earns 2% cash back on every purchase, every day! helium delivery. put it on my spark card! [ pop! ] [ garth ] why settle for less? great businesses deserve the most rewards! awesome!!! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or double miles on every purchas

he believed the best place to start changing the way americans think and live was on college campuseshe pushed the university presidents nationwide to make advancing the sustain ability agenda their school's number one priority. >> how successful were you in getting your support? >> we started in early 20007 with colleges and universities that stepped up and made this commitment. we have 677 in all 50 states. >> the sustain ability movement is the biggest thing on the american college campus. >> wood said it shouldn't surprise any one that it led to outrage over things like that sustain ability program at the university of delaware. >> sustained view is our civilization founded on a rotten base. >> this is not over intending to do this. the there is no liberal con sefb ti -- conservative. >> you are not driven by political agenda. >> the publication suggests otherwise. >> sustainable development and environmental addresses past present and future mal distribution of resources rights of endangered communities poor people and of communities of color. it sounds like liberal social theory

as they travel together debating their opposing views on college campuses.e of our last conversations, we talked about today's leaders who forgot to often the importance of respect, corporation, and compromise for the survival of democracy. with all of these accomplishments, perhaps his greatest is his marriage. i will never forget the opening of the library, which eleanor was too sick to attend. he touched a statue of her with him as they sit together throughout their lives. we can rejoice today thatthey are now reunited and with two other children, they lived a life that a great methodist leader admonished him, when he said, do all the good you can. by all means you can. and all the ways you can. in all the places you can. at all the times you can. to all the people you can, as long as ever you can. i now have the honor to introduce a leader i deeply respect. a man who also with drew inspiration from the life of his close friend, george mcgovern. our vice president, joe biden. [applause] >> thank you very much. thank you. thank you. dan and susie, and all

especially at different college campuses. you shouldn't be making a joke about somebody actually missing. >> reporter: this tweet was sent last night. it was retweeted 34,000 times. rutgers journalism and media are not surprised by this. there have been several in the past. >> twitter lends itself to this kind of quick response, quick mobilization, sometimes panic. >> reporter: the clark police communication center got more than 6,000 calls in the hours after help cara went viral. they were up monitoring an investigation that included a canine tracker. >> additional manpower were called in to start investigating all possible leads. >> reporter: police here finally determined that she had called a taxi to take her to the train stapgs. and now the twitter verse has turned on her. one said, dear god, she's cruel. a good lawyer, she's going to need it. some manners and common sense, annoying. >>> an emergency landing after passenger seats came loose in the middle of a flight. >>> a beloved professor and loyal dog walker was kille